Talk About Tennis 2.0

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 2:07 am Not that I am a fan of Pegula's but she was my benchmark...always to be relied on to beat lesser players..now I can't rely on her any more!

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:48 am The interesting matches today are Krejcikova-Paolini and Sinner-FAA..
FAA certainly has a chance, his serve will be hard to deal with on this fast court..40% FAA i would say..I would bet on Paoljni to beat K ..65%,..I don't expect K to enjoy the conditions here. But the real revelation has been Kudermetova..I never thought she could do well here.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:46 am Great win for Kalinskaya over Alexandrova, who led their head-to-head 6-0 and was three points from winning in straights at 5-6 in the second-set tiebreak. Kalinskaya was outstanding for the final two sets.

I really believe she has slam-winning potential if she can stay healthy, which I understand is a stretch based on her history. Her game is so smooth, and her backhand is elite. She also apparently is in the top seven on tour this year in second-serve points won and second-serve return points won. She won seven straight matches against top-10 players last year, including beating Swiatek, who will be her quarterfinal opponent on Friday.

Mental toughness and fitness have held her back--she crumbled in an Aussie Open quarterfinal against Zheng last year after winning the first set and again in a pair of matches against Paolini and again in the Washington final against Fernandez a few weeks ago--but she showed that strength tonight.