Talk About Tennis 2.0

Suliso wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2024 2:57 pm IF Ostapenko gets that far. I give 20% for that.

Exactly. It is actually good that Ostapenko is ranked high enough that she can't meet Iga sooner. It gives her four rounds to falter.

Suliso wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2024 2:57 pm IF Ostapenko gets that far. I give 20% for that.

Why? I don't see anyone in her little section of the draw that I would bet against her on, and grass is her best surface despite her Roland Garros win. And she's having a pretty good year.

She went 1-2 in the lead-ups to Wimbledon and lost to her first-round opponent, Tomljanovic, three years ago at Wimbledon.

Tomljanovic recently made the final of a tournament in which Ostapenko lost in the first round.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2024 6:59 pm She went 1-2 in the lead-ups to Wimbledon and lost to her first-round opponent, Tomljanovic, three years ago at Wimbledon.

Tomljanovic recently made the final of a tournament in which Ostapenko lost in the first round.

Okay, maybe, but Ostapenko has a winning record against her, and there's no shame in losing Boulter this season on grass in England.

Alona does not need to have ANYBODY ON HER SIDE OF THE DRAW to lose. She will wake up some days and will simply be unable to hit the court with a hose.
Mind you. I do hope she meets Iga and pulverizes her. It is just that Ostapenko is as wild as it gets.

FredX wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2024 6:56 pm

Suliso wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2024 2:57 pm IF Ostapenko gets that far. I give 20% for that.

Why? I don't see anyone in her little section of the draw that I would bet against her on, and grass is her best surface despite her Roland Garros win. And she's having a pretty good year.

Ostapenko can lose and has to anyone 2 and 2. She's rarely a lock.

No updates to the draw yet...

James Gray
@jamesgraysport
Aryna Sabalenka downplaying her fitness at #Wimbledon.

Says it's very rare injury, she might be the third tennis player ever to injure the specific muscle in her shoulder.

Even admits "there is always a chance" she does not even make her R1 match on Monday...

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 12:16 am No updates to the draw yet...

James Gray
@jamesgraysport
Aryna Sabalenka downplaying her fitness at #Wimbledon.

Says it's very rare injury, she might be the third tennis player ever to injure the specific muscle in her shoulder.

Even admits "there is always a chance" she does not even make her R1 match on Monday...

Emina Bektas from Indy is her R1 opponent. Would be her luckiest day.

The bottom half of the draw after a day of (almost) completed play

SECOND ROUND

L. SUN Q vs UKR Y. STARODUBTSEVA Q

L. ZHU vs IOA A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA 25

E. RADUCANU vs WC BEL E. MERTENS

A. RUS vs GRE M. SAKKARI 9

D. KASATKINA 14 vs GBR Y. MIYAZAKI WC

P. BADOSA vs TBD

D. YASTREMSKA 28 vs FRA V. GRACHEVA

D. VEKIC vs IOA E. ANDREEVA LL

J. PAOLINI 7 vs BEL G. MINNEN

B. ANDREESCU vs CZE L. NOSKOVA 26

M. KOSTYUK 18 vs AUS D. SAVILLE

Y. WANG vs USA M. KEYS 12

S. STEPHENS vs IOA D. SHNAIDER

N. OSAKA WC vs USA E. NAVARRO 19

S. KARTAL Q vs FRA C. BUREL

A. TODONI Q vs USA C. GAUFF 2

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 12:58 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 12:16 am No updates to the draw yet...

James Gray
@jamesgraysport
Aryna Sabalenka downplaying her fitness at #Wimbledon.

Says it's very rare injury, she might be the third tennis player ever to injure the specific muscle in her shoulder.

Even admits "there is always a chance" she does not even make her R1 match on Monday...

Emina Bektas from Indy is her R1 opponent. Would be her luckiest day.

.......Well.........

nelslus wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 8:07 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 12:58 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 12:16 am No updates to the draw yet...

Emina Bektas from Indy is her R1 opponent. Would be her luckiest day.

.......Well.........

She had a good chance. As one of her former trainers here says, "No win-y, no money."