WTA 500 Charleston 4/3 - 4/9 2023

[Deuce]

Leylah came out of the gate firing vs. Badosa. And Badosa looked lethargic and uninterested.
Leylah went ahead 3-0 and 4-1 in less than 15 minutes, and was in complete control. It looked like the match would be over in less than an hour.

Badosa won the 1st set 7-5.
Badosa is ahead 2-1 with a break in the 2nd set.
Leylah is well on her way to blowing this match that she was in complete control of.

[Deuce]

Badosa closed it out with a tiebreak win in the 2nd set.
This match was not a bad one in terms of the physical tennis - it was decent quality... but it was a poor match psychologically from both players. Leylah was in complete control of the 1st set, and lost it... Badosa had a break and was in control of the 2nd set, and had to win it in a close tiebreak.

While both players did show some fight in coming back when they were behind, it's the inconsistency - the hot and the cold - which is troublesome for both. Because in tennis, good results come from maintaining a decent level, not from ups and downs.

[ti-amie]

Kenin is busy losing to Begu 1-6, 2-3...

[ponchi101]

Fairly expected. Begu is not a menial foe, and about Sofia, we may have to start considering she will never again be relevant in the sport.
Like Thiem, they just seem unable to regain their previous form.

[ti-amie]

[Deuce]

Caty McNally - who has been playing some good singles since she split with Gauff in doubles - just won the 1st set tiebreak over hometown Shelby Rogers.

[ti-amie]

I have the match between McNally and Rogers on. It's 3 all in the second set. This would be a big win for McNally.

[Deuce]

Shelby completely threw the 8th game away - broken at love to make it 3-5.
But then Caty threw the following game away when serving for the match - easily broken at 15.
That's not the way to play important games...

[ti-amie]

I think these are two women who are at roughly the same level tennis wise and they're having trouble taking control of the match/sets/games.
It's 5 all now second set and I'm not sure who will force the TB.

[Deuce]

Poor Caty...
I really thought she had it after Shelby's very poor 8th game.

3rd set starting now. I think it'll be a quick set, one way or the other. But Shelby definitely has the momentum. And the home crowd advantage.

[Deuce]

Rogers won the 3rd quickly, 6-1.
I hope Caty can overcome this one - but it's a major blow, to be sure.

Right now, Bencic is steamrolling Sebov - 6-0 1st set...

[ashkor87]

Bencic hitting the ball very hard! Much more than normal..she seems to have decided to be more aggressive ...will serve her well in the clay season ..

[ashkor87]

Thought so . Autoimmune disorders with no known cure ..

In western allopathic medicine, that is...we do have cures in Indian traditional Ayurved and yoga..but the world wants pills and shots, not holistic approaches..sigh

[ashkor87]

saw highlights of Kudermetova's match - she seems to stand too far back behind the baseline and is not very quick on her feet either (not surprising for someone who was a doubles specialist) - vulnerable to drop shots and short balls.. never realized this aspect of her...

[ponchi101]

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In western allopathic medicine, that is...we do have cures in Indian traditional Ayurved and yoga..but the world wants pills and shots, not holistic approaches..sigh

Western, evidence-based medicine. The one where double blind testing is done, to ensure that proper analysis is achieved and where anecdotal stories are not used as data.
The one that has allowed Japan (84.62), Singapore (83.74) and S. Korea (83.43), the three Asian countries that have adopted this model, to become the #1, #3 and #4 countries with the longest life expectancies in the world (Italy, another practitioner of Western medicine, is 2nd) while China has climbed to #45 (78.08) as it continues to also shift to this medicine but has a considerable tradition of holistic practices, and India is at #129 with an average of 70.15 years-life-expectancy, more than a decade below the other Asian countries and less than any S. American country except Bolivia.