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WTA Qualifying Entry List

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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 9:08 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 2:54 pm Clay also seems to reward people who can work the angles, create openings and then volley into the gaps ..

As opposed to doing that exactly on any other surface? Because if you can do that on a hard court, I believe your success will be pretty good too.

On a fast surface, anyone can hit a winner..so defence is more rewarding...ability to use/redirect your opponent's power, you don't need to generate it yourself ...see Bencic, Stephens..

Daphne Perricard , eh?

Surely Andreescu deserves a wild card?! But under the corrupt system of trades with other grand slam nations, she won't get one..why are players from non grand slam nations like Canada, Czechia, Italy, less deserving?!

Wild cards aren't about "deserving." They are to make tournaments money and to help promote locals

I am sure that Bianca would have gotten a WC if she had not become so irrelevant in the WTA.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 3:51 pm I am sure that Bianca would have gotten a WC if she had not become so irrelevant in the WTA.

I am sure she has plenty of fans..like me

What matters is what fans it will actually bring to the tournament.

ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 2:51 pm Wild cards aren't about "deserving." They are to make tournaments money and to help promote locals

how does it do any of that to give a wc to someone from, say, Australia just because Australia has a Grand Slam event?

Because then in theory Australia will return the favor and do it for someone from France.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 9:08 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 2:54 pm Clay also seems to reward people who can work the angles, create openings and then volley into the gaps ..

As opposed to doing that exactly on any other surface? Because if you can do that on a hard court, I believe your success will be pretty good too.

Note 'volley' - not many do

I did. My point being: if you can create angles, create openings and volley into the gaps, you will be rewarded on ANY surface.
Heck, you will win on quicksand if you can do that.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 2:30 am I did. My point being: if you can create angles, create openings and volley into the gaps, you will be rewarded on ANY surface.
Heck, you will win on quicksand if you can do that.

but how many can? most players have been to the antarctic more often than they have been to the net

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 12:51 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 2:30 am I did. My point being: if you can create angles, create openings and volley into the gaps, you will be rewarded on ANY surface.
Heck, you will win on quicksand if you can do that.

but how many can? most players have been to the antarctic more often than they have been to the net

And you are telling this to the guy here that has been constantly whining about the death of S&V tennis?
That is different. I am saying that your formula will win anywhere. That few can do it is a different thing, and we would agree. And yes, when people like Ruud or Rublev go to the net, the stakes are high that something not totally planned will happen.

Probabilities of winning the title:
Alcaraz 70%
Sinner 25%
Field 5%

Andreeva 25%
Sabalenka 25%
paolini 15%
Gauff 10%
Ostapenko 5%
Field 20% includes Zheng, Osaka, alexandrova, muchova, anisimova et al
I don't give Pegula, Keys more than 1% each