ATP M1000 WTA 1000 BNP Paribas Open 3/8 - 3/19 2023

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Nothing but tweets so far from the folks at IW.

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Main Draw Singles - WTA

Top Half

POL I. Swiatek (1)/BYE
USA C. Liu vs BEL A. Van Uytvanck
Qualifier vs USA P. Stearns
BYE/CAN B. Andreescu (32)

POL M. Linette (20)/BYE
MNE D. Kovinic vs GBR E. Raducanu
CZE K. Siniakova vs GER J. Niemeier
BYE/BRA B. Haddad Maia (13)

RUS L. Samsonova (12)/BYE
USA B. Pera vs ITA L. Bronzetti
ROU S. Cirstea vs Qualifier
BYE/USA M. Keys (19)

CAN L. Fernandez (30)/BYE
USA E. Navarro vs USA C. McNally
GER T. Korpatsch vs USA D. Collins
BYE/FRA C. Garcia (5)


TUN O. Jabeur (4)/BYE
BEL M. Zanevska vs USA L. Davis
CZE M. Vondrousova vs CAN R. Marino
BYE/CZE M. Bouzkova (28)

ITA M. Trevisan (23)/BYE
Qualifier vs USA M. Brengle
KAZ Y. Putintseva vs CZE K. Muchova
BYE/BLR V. Azarenka (14)

KAZ E. Rybakina (10)/BYE
USA S. Stephens vs USA S. Kenin
ESP N. Parrizas Diaz vs ITA E. Cocciaretto
BYE/ESP P. Badosa (21)

CRO P. Martic (25)/BYE
Qualifier vs Qualifier
GER T. Maria vs ITA J. Paolini
BYE/RUS D. Kasatkina (8)


GRE M. Sakkari (7)/BYE
USA K. Volynets vs USA S. Rogers
EGY M. Sherif vs CZE L. Fruhvirtova
BYE/ UKR A. Kalinina (27)

CZE K. Pliskova (17)/BYE
RUS A. Kalinskaya vs USA A. Parks
USA A. Li vs RUS A. Blinkova
BYE/RUS V. Kudermetova (11)

CZE P. Kvitova (15)/BYE
USA E. Mandlik vs USA A. Riske-Amritraj
BLR A. Sasnovich vs EST K. Kanepi
BYE/LAT J. Ostapenko (24)

RUS A. Potapova (26)/BYE
Qualifier vs CHN X. Wang
Qualifier vs ITA C. Giorgi
BYE/USA J. Pegula (3)


USA C. Gauff (6)/BYE
Qualifier vs Qualifier
CZE L. Noskova vs ROU I. Begu
BYE/USA A. Anisimova (31)

CHN S. Zhang (22)/BYE
Qualifier vs UKR M. Kostyuk
Qualifier vs SUI J. Teichmann
BYE/SUI B. Bencic (9)

CZE B. Krejcikova (16)/BYE
UKR D. Yastremska vs HUN A. Bondar
CHN X. Wang vs BEL E. Mertens
BYE/RUS E. Alexandrova (18)

CRO D. Vekic (29)/BYE
Qualifier vs CHN L. Zhu
RUS E. Rodina vs FRA A. Cornet
BYE/BLR A. Sabalenka (2)

[ashkor87]

I agree surface, of which speed is a subset, is more important than speed alone.actually, it is best to say 'conditions' -Madrid's altitude is what causes balls to fly there.
But the point about a player like Medvedev doing well at the USO and AO and not IW and Miami, would argue for court speed as being important - they are all Harcourts, USO and AO are just faster.

[ashkor87]

Nothing jumps out as a very interesting first round match ..

[ashkor87]

Good point about lower body injuries..wonder if the surfaces are getting harder..more hard courts?

[Owendonovan]

Another Billionaire right winger pitching a hissy fit over something silly?

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Main Draw Singles - ATP

(1) Carlos Alcaraz/Bye
Qualifier vs (WC) Brandon Holt
Thiago Monteiro vs (PR) Guido Pella
Bye/(31) Tallon Griekspoor

(24) Daniel Evans/Bye
Qualifier vs Jack Draper
Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs Andy Murray
Bye/(15) Pablo Carreno Busta

(9) Hubert Hurkacz/Bye
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Michael Mmoh vs Quentin Halys
Bye/(17) Tommy Paul

(27) Francisco Cerundolo/Bye
Gregoire Barrere vs (WC) Jack Sock
Pedro Martinez vs Marc-Andrea Huesler
Bye/(8) Felix Auger-Aliassime


(4) Taylor Fritz/Bye
Ben Shelton vs Fabio Fognini
Mikael Ymer vs Qualifier
Bye/(30) Sebastian Baez

(18) Borna Coric/Bye
Alex Molcan vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas
J.J. Wolf vs Marton Fucsovics
Bye/(16) Alex de Minaur

(11) Jannik Sinner/Bye
Qualifier vs Richard Gasquet
(WC) Dominic Thiem vs Adrian Mannarino
Bye/(19) Lorenzo Musetti

(26) Miomir Kecmanovic/Bye
(PR) Stan Wawrinka vs Qualifier
Mackenzie McDonald vs Filip Krajinovic
Bye/(7) Holger Rune


(5) Daniil Medvedev/Bye
John Isner vs Brandon Nakashima
Ilya Ivashka vs Roman Safiullin
Bye/(28) Botic van de Zandschulp

(22) Roberto Bautista Agut/Bye
Emil Ruusuvuori vs Constant Lestienne vs
Pedro Cachin vs Nikoloz Basilashvili
Bye/(12) Alexander Zverev

(13) Karen Khachanov/Bye
Laslo Djere vs Oscar Otte
(WC) Yibing Wu vs Jaume Munar
Bye/(23) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

(29) Yoshihito Nishioka/Bye
Daniel Elahi Galan vs Qualifier
Diego Schwartzman vs Federico Coria
Bye/(3) Casper Ruud


(6) Andrey Rublev/Bye
Jiri Lehecka vs Arthur Rinderknech
Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs Ugo Humbert
Bye/(25) Denis Shapovalov

(20) Matteo Berrettini/Bye
Qualifier vs Roberto Carballes Baena
Alexander Bublik vs Qualifier
Bye/(10) Cameron Norrie

(14) Frances Tiafoe/Bye
Marcos Giron vs (WC) Aleksandar Kovacevic
Jason Kubler vs Lorenzo Sonego
Bye/(21) Grigor Dimitrov

(32) Maxime Cressy/Bye
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Jordan Thompson vs (PR) Gael Monfils
Bye/(2) Stefanos Tsitsipas

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These are interesting to me in the WTA draw.

POL I. Swiatek (1)/BYE
USA C. Liu vs BEL A. Van Uytvanck
Qualifier vs USA P. Stearns
BYE/CAN B. Andreescu (32)

Iga vs Andreescu is the hoped for outcome for this section I think?

CAN L. Fernandez (30)/BYE
USA E. Navarro vs USA C. McNally
GER T. Korpatsch vs USA D. Collins
BYE/FRA C. Garcia (5)

Leylah has a chance here but not much of a chance.

RUS A. Potapova (26)/BYE
Qualifier vs CHN X. Wang
Qualifier vs ITA C. Giorgi
BYE/USA J. Pegula (3)

Depending on which Giorgi shows up she can make this section interesting.

CZE B. Krejcikova (16)/BYE
UKR D. Yastremska vs HUN A. Bondar
CHN X. Wang vs BEL E. Mertens
BYE/RUS E. Alexandrova (18)

Krejcikova should make it out of this section. Sorry Ashkor I just don't think Alexandrova will get past her.

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(4) Taylor Fritz/Bye
Ben Shelton vs Fabio Fognini
Mikael Ymer vs Qualifier
Bye/(30) Sebastian Baez

Shelton will have to use guile to get past Fabio. Mikael Ymer needs to keep his temper under control. That said I don't see Fritz losing to any of them.

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11) Jannik Sinner/Bye
Qualifier vs Richard Gasquet
(WC) Dominic Thiem vs Adrian Mannarino
Bye/(19) Lorenzo Musetti

Musetti has been playing better tennis as of late but Sinner should win this group.

(5) Daniil Medvedev/Bye
John Isner vs Brandon Nakashima
Ilya Ivashka vs Roman Safiullin
Bye/(28) Botic van de Zandschulp

I would love Botic or Brandon to come out of this section but...

(22) Roberto Bautista Agut/Bye
Emil Ruusuvuori vs Constant Lestienne vs
Pedro Cachin vs Nikoloz Basilashvili
Bye/(12) Alexander Zverev

Hoping RBA can get it together long enough to come out of this group. If he doesn't that guy will probably make it out.

(6) Andrey Rublev/Bye
Jiri Lehecka vs Arthur Rinderknech
Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs Ugo Humbert
Bye/(25) Denis Shapovalov

Lehecka can wreak havoc here. I'm all for it but I'd love to see Andrey do well at a M1000.

[Deuce]

Putinseva vs. Muchova has the potential to be interesting...
Kenin vs. Stephens - given the way that these two are going, there's a distinct possibility that both will somehow lose this one .

It's surprising to see Danielle Collins not seeded. Her ranking must have fallen significantlyc amidst her ongoing health problems.

On the men's side, potentially interesting 1st round matches...
Nakashima vs. Isner
Wolf vs. Fuscovics
Maybe Shelton vs. Fognini (we never know what we'll get with Fabio)...

[ashkor87]

Generally agree, but no first round stunners I think

[JTContinental]

I don’t think it takes that much guile to heat Fognini these days

[ashkor87]

Sorry Ashkor I just don't think Alexandrova will get past her.

we shall see, wont we. I think on a slow court, Alexandrova has a chance (maybe 40%) of beating Krejcikova..I love Krejcikova so am reluctant o bet against her..!

[ashkor87]

I do like data. I am a data rat, and I like to quantify these facts.

as a leading data scientist said recently - 'If you torture the data enough, it will confess to anything'..