Tennis Random, Random (On Court)

[Fastbackss]

I sat there, on my phone, and thought about placing it but didn't.

*facepalm*

Fwiw it is the same spread for today vs pegula

[meganfernandez]

I sat there, on my phone, and thought about placing it but didn't.

*facepalm*

Fwiw it is the same spread for today vs pegula

With favorable odds? Good bet.


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[Fastbackss]

Eh, roughly the same with today's being slightly worse (-118 vs -111)

[ti-amie]

I'm with Megan re Kecmanovic. Great potential.

[meganfernandez]

I'm with Megan re Kecmanovic. Great potential.

yay!

I was at his match in Cincy a few years ago, the one where Zverev hit 22 double-faults. A tennis pro had told me to keep an eye on him so I went to his match. Then he kind of plateaued - finally breaking out.


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[Suliso]

Iga Swiatek has one of the best finals records I've seen. Very early in her career, but still.

In juniors: 6-2 including 2018 Wimbledon title

At ITF level: 7-0

At WTA level: 5-1

The last loss was in the very first WTA final (Lugano 2019) to Polona Hercog.

[meganfernandez]

Iga Swiatek has one of the best finals records I've seen. Very early in her career, but still.

In juniors: 6-2 including 2018 Wimbledon title

At ITF level: 7-0

At WTA level: 5-1

The last loss was in the very first WTA final (Lugano 2019) to Polona Hercog.

Intimidating. Serena-esque


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[ponchi101]

I posted about it for the IW final, but let's repeat it. These have been the scores:
French Open. Sofia Kenin 6–4, 6–1
Adelaide International. Belinda Bencic 6–2, 6–2
Italian Open. Karolína Plíšková 6–0, 6–0
Qatar Open. Estonia Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 6–0
Indian Wells. Maria Sakkari 6–4, 6–1

She pretty much has demolished her opponents once she reaches the final. Having said that, I don't see her doing that to Naomi, who is at her best on hard courts. I can see either one winning, but I would not bet on any set going 6-1.
Then again, we all know how my predictions go.

[meganfernandez]

I posted about it for the IW final, but let's repeat it. These have been the scores:
French Open. Sofia Kenin 6–4, 6–1
Adelaide International. Belinda Bencic 6–2, 6–2
Italian Open. Karolína Plíšková 6–0, 6–0
Qatar Open. Estonia Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 6–0
Indian Wells. Maria Sakkari 6–4, 6–1

She pretty much has demolished her opponents once she reaches the final. Having said that, I don't see her doing that to Naomi, who is at her best on hard courts. I can see either one winning, but I would not bet on any set going 6-1.
Then again, we all know how my predictions go.

Naomi and... Wim Fisette for strategy. Swiatek returns so well, I'm curious to see Osaka's serving patterns. (But I can't! Because I can't watch the match! Not on TC Plus.)

[Fastbackss]

It's on regular TC, isn't it?

[Deuce]

If anyone doubts that in-tournament withdrawals and in-match retirements are at epidemic levels now, take a look at this.

This is not the year to date - it's just from Miami!

I found this breakdown for the WTA, but could not find one for the ATP.
As the comment says - add Badosa to the list...

[Deuce]

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The video is nice - but the article is the reason I'm posting this...

Ukrainian Players Ponder What's Next...

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[Suliso]

Some stats about Iga's performance in recent times:

- 17 match winning streak. Longest since Naomi's 23 after restart of the tour in August 2020
- has won the last 20 sets
- the fifth ever Sunshine double and the youngest player to accomplish it
- has won her last 6 WTA finals and all in straight sets
- third time someone wins 3 straight WTA 1000 since the start of this classification in 2009 (Wozniacki 2010, Serena 2013)

[ponchi101]

Do we recalibrate her final Slam tally? She has won RG, so being this young, I would say she gets at least one more.
If she won IW/MIA, she can be counted as a good hard court player. At least one USO and one Aussie? Plus, she won Wimby as a junior. So she has the potential to be a career slam winner, with a couple of "more than one" (RG seems the most certain).
I say: she is good for 6 slams, and a good chance (50%) of getting a career slam.

[Suliso]

Could be 6, but could also be 16. Really hard to say. Depends how strong the competitions is in her own generation plus one above and one below.