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ashkor87 wrote:

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:01 am How surprised would we be if she wins the Aussie?

Mildly, I would say...she is a two-time champion, and trains in Florida, so she can handle the heat...

I wonder if she is still training in Florida or staying home in California to train.


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meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:22 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:09 pm Surprised Woz is not playing...she must be well-rested by now? Would be very interesting to see how Osaka does...some people need match practice, some don't...Osaka is so talented, she probably doesn't....?

Good observation on Wozniacki. But she'll play the Australian, surely. Just doesn't want to go Down Under so early. Probably has family holiday stuff and it's too soon.

Well, Wozniacki entered Auckland.

hope Muchova plays and is fit and well.. it would be very sad if she is off for a while with injury.. some of my favorites are anyway away - Bencic, probably will not play for a while...

I don't know what is missing from Muchova's game, but indeed her proneness to injury is something that keeps her from advancing. Bad for me, because I love her game. That slice BH is only second to players that have already retired (Barty, and the previous generations).

UPDATED WTA Entry List

Main Draw Singles

2 Sabalenka, Aryna (BLR)
4 Rybakina, Elena (KAZ)
8 Muchova, Karolina (CZE)
12 Keys, Madison (USA)
13 Ostapenko, Jelena (LAT)
16 Samsonova, Liudmila (RUS)
18 Kasatkina, Daria (RUS)
19 Kudermetova, Veronika (RUS)
21 Alexandrova, Ekaterina (RUS)
22 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR)
24 Linette, Magda (POL)
26 Cirstea, Sorana (ROU)
27 Kalinina, Anhelina (UKR)
28 Potapova, Anastasia (RUS)
29 Mertens, Elise (BEL)
33 Kenin, Sofia (USA)
37 Zhu, Lin (CHN)
38 Pliskova, Karolina (CZE)
39 Kostyuk, Marta (UKR)
41 Noskova, Linda (CZE)
42 Trevisan, Martina (ITA)
44 Dolehide, Caroline (USA)
45 Siniakova, Katerina (CZE)
46 Stephens, Sloane (USA)
49 Stearns, Peyton (USA)
52 Collins, Danielle (USA)
53 Giorgi, Camila (ITA)
56 Andreeva, Mirra (RUS)
59 Minnen, Greet (BEL)
60 Burel, Clara (FRA)
61 Bronzetti, Lucia (ITA)
66 Bogdan, Ana (ROU)
67 Pera, Bernarda (USA)
69 Podoroska, Nadia (ARG)
73 Schmiedlova, Anna Karolina (SVK)
75 Begu, Irina-Camelia (ROU)
76 Kalinskaya, Anna (RUS)
79 Tomova, Viktoriya (BUL)
IN 81 Krueger, Ashlyn (USA)
IN 83 Korpatsch, Tamara (GER)
IN 88 Shnaider, Diana (RUS)
IN 90 Bucsa, Cristina (ESP)

UPDATED ATP MD Singles Entry Lists

Entries
Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Holger Rune 8 8
2 Grigor Dimitrov 14 14
3 Ben Shelton 17 17
4 Ugo Humbert 20 20
5 Sebastian Korda 24 24
6 Sebastian Baez 28 28
7 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 30 30
8 Aslan Karatsev 35 35
Roman Safiullin 39 39
Alexei Popyrin 40 40
Andy Murray 42 42
Matteo Arnaldi 44 44
Max Purcell 45 45
Alexander Shevchenko 48 48
Yannick Hanfmann 51 51
J.J. Wolf 53 53
Jordan Thompson 55 55
Daniel Altmaier 56 56
Marton Fucsovics 59 59
Marcos Giron 60 60
Aleksandar Vukic 62 62
(WC) Rinky Hijikata 71
Luca Van Assche 90 2 (NG)
(WC) Rafael Nadal 670
(WC)
(LE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)

Alternates
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Thanasi Kokkinakis 65 65
2 Christopher O'Connell 68 68
4 Benjamin Bonzi 73 73
6 Tomas Machac 78 78
8 Gregoire Barrere 84 84
10 Luca Van Assche 90 90
11 Daniel Elahi Galan 93 93
12 Alex Michelsen 97 97
13 Dominic Thiem 98 98
14 Quentin Halys 100 100
15 Jason Kubler 102 102
16 Pedro Martinez 106 106
18 Aleksandar Kovacevic 110 110
19 Diego Schwartzman 114 114
20 James Duckworth 116 116

Withdrawals
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

Yoshihito Nishioka 47 47
Reilly Opelka 1146 33 (PR)

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:57 pm hope Muchova plays and is fit and well.. it would be very sad if she is off for a while with injury.. some of my favorites are anyway away - Bencic, probably will not play for a while...

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 5:26 pm I don't know what is missing from Muchova's game, but indeed her proneness to injury is something that keeps her from advancing. Bad for me, because I love her game. That slice BH is only second to players that have already retired (Barty, and the previous generations).

And she's out of the tournament - too bad.

WTA Qualifying Draw and results - Day 1

https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draw ... 800/QS.pdf

ATP Qualifying Draw

T. Machac (1) vs B. Ellis (WC)
F. Gaio vs A. Kovacevic (7)

G. Barrere (2) vs D. Sweeny (WC)
P. Sekulic vs J. Duckworth (9)

D. Galan (3) vs A. Kuznetsov (PR)
L. Tu vs F. Comesana (10)

A. Michelsen (4) vs A. Giannessi
J. Bradshaw (WC) vs D. Schwartzman (8)

D. Thiem (5) vs J. McCabe
O. Jasika (WC) vs G. Zeppieri (12)

Q. Halys (6) vs L. Klein
R. Peniston vs M. Cressy (11)

ATP Main Draw Singles

H. Rune (1) vs M. Purcell
L. Van Assche vs A. Shevchenko
J. Wolf vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Y. Hanfmann vs S. Korda (5)

B. Shelton (3) vs R. Safiullin
A. Popyrin vs C. O'Connell
M. Arnaldi vs M. Fucsovics
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs S. Baez (6)

A. Karatsev (8) vs J. Kubler (WC)
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs R. Nadal (WC)
J. Thompson vs A. Vukic
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs U. Humbert (4)

T. Etcheverry (7) vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
T. Kokkinakis vs R. Hijikata (WC)
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs D. Altmaier
A. Murray vs G. Dimitrov (2)

WTA MD Singles

BLR A. Sabalenka (1)/BYE
ITA L. Bronzetti vs USA A. Krueger
Qualifier vs USA D. Collins
BYE/CHN L. Zhu (15)

POL M. Linette (9)/BYE
ESP C. Bucsa vs BEL G. Minnen
ROU A. Bogdan vs UKR M. Kostyuk
BYE/RUS D. Kasatkina (5)

LAT J. Ostapenko (3)/BYE
USA P. Stearns vs ITA C. Giorgi
JPN N. Osaka vs GER T. Korpatsch
BYE/CZE K. Pliskova (16)

UKR A. Kalinina (12)/BYE
Qualifier vs FRA C. Burel
RUS A. Kalinskaya vs USA B. Pera
BYE/BLR V. Azarenka (8)


RUS E. Alexandrova (7)/BYE
Qualifier vs BUL V. Tomova
CZE L. Noskova vs Qualifier
BYE/ROU S. Cirstea (10)

USA S. Kenin (14)/BYE
AUS A. Rodionova vs ITA M. Trevisan
RUS D. Shnaider vs RUS M. Andreeva
BYE/RUS L. Samsonova (4)

RUS V. Kudermetova (6)/BYE
SVK A. Schmiedlova vs USA C. Dolehide
AUS D. Saville vs Qualifier
BYE/RUS A. Potapova (11)

BEL E. Mertens (13)/BYE
CZE K. Siniakova vs USA S. Stephens
AUS K. Birrell vs Qualifier
BYE/KAZ E. Rybakina (2)

Too many byes! Give some young players a shot...

Rune and Murray partnering in doubles. Nadal playing dubs with ol' Marc Lopez

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:42 am Rune and Murray partnering in doubles. Nadal playing dubs with ol' Marc Lopez

Nadal and Lopez won Olympic medals as a pair, if I remember right....great to see Rune partnering Murray, he can learn a lot ...

Snake on the court in Brisbane delayed play! The floor is open for jokes…

https://x.com/gasparlanca/status/174105 ... 07004?s=46


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