Talk About Tennis 2.0

The Siegemund-Maria match on T2 was entertaining. I believe 163 points were decided at the net, which has to be a modern-day record. Some points had both of them at the net in volley exchanges.

Siegemund blew four match points over three games in the second set when I had not started watching but pulled it out 7-2 in the third-set tiebreak. The funny thing is they were playing for the right to face Madison Keys, whom both of them beat on grass recently.

163 points is indeed such a high count that you may be (most likely) right. I gather you would need to look for a Navs/Mandlikova or Mandlikova/Khode-Kilsh to find a count of points at the net that high.
Maybe Navs/Sukova in that memorable Aussie semi.

Tuesday Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 11:00 AM

CAN R. Marino vs USA E. Navarro (8)
Upcoming
AUS M. Joint vs CAN L. Fernandez
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RUS M. Andreeva (4) vs CAN B. Andreescu
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USA C. Gauff (1) vs USA D. Collins
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USA S. Kenin (23) vs CAN V. Mboko

Rogers
Starts at 11:00 AM

UKR D. Yastremska (30) vs COL C. Osorio
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UKR M. Kostyuk (24) vs CZE M. Vondrousova
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JPN A. Ito vs ITA J. Paolini (7)
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KAZ E. Rybakina (9) vs USA H. Baptiste
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NED S. Lamens vs BRA B. Haddad Maia (18)

Court 5
Starts at 11:00 AM

RUS A. Blinkova vs AUS D. Kasatkina (15)
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USA A. Li vs RUS A. Kalinskaya
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RUS V. Kudermetova vs SRB O. Danilovic (29)
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CZE M. Bouzkova vs RUS D. Shnaider (14)

Court 9
Starts at 11:00 AM

USA A. Parks vs USA C. McNally
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ROU J. Cristian vs CZE L. Noskova (20)
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USA A. Krueger (26) vs ESP J. Bouzas Maneiro
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RUS E. Alexandrova (12) vs CHN L. Zhu

saw a bit of Osaka's match - court does seem slow, Osaka took full advantage by winding up for some of the biggest forehands I have seen in a long time.
Should suit Osaka, Anisimova, Swiatek, Samsonova and Rybakina too, all of who enjoy having a little extra time to whack the ball..Gauff, Pegula, Raducanu dont need it, they would prefer the ball to come on to them fast.. Andreeva, I am not sure, will have to wait and see, she seems very versatile.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Mon Jul 28, 2025 6:37 pm The Siegemund-Maria match on T2 was entertaining. I believe 163 points were decided at the net, which has to be a modern-day record. Some points had both of them at the net in volley exchanges.

Siegemund blew four match points over three games in the second set when I had not started watching but pulled it out 7-2 in the third-set tiebreak. The funny thing is they were playing for the right to face Madison Keys, whom both of them beat on grass recently.

Sounds fun..must see if I can get it on YouTube

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 29, 2025 5:21 am

jazzyg wrote: ↑Mon Jul 28, 2025 6:37 pm The Siegemund-Maria match on T2 was entertaining. I believe 163 points were decided at the net, which has to be a modern-day record. Some points had both of them at the net in volley exchanges.

Siegemund blew four match points over three games in the second set when I had not started watching but pulled it out 7-2 in the third-set tiebreak. The funny thing is they were playing for the right to face Madison Keys, whom both of them beat on grass recently.

Sounds fun..must see if I can get it on YouTube

saw a bit of it, very good! Both players realize that on a slow court, volleying is a viable way to win a point, espeically if you dont have the power to blast through the court.

Pegula's back to back Rogers Cup wins are even more impressive when you consider that one was in Montreal, the other in Toronto - both quite different courts! (at least, so I imagine.. havent checked)

Rumors of Yastremska's visa issues seem to be untrue, as she is oncourt right now.

Paolini's magic summer of 2024 looks pretty far away now. She lost to Ito, 7-5 in the 3rd set TB.
That's how difficult sustaining that level is. She won Rome and since then it has not been fun. Let's see if she can come back to her form.

She won Rome and made semis at Miami. She isnt at the same level as last summer but doesn't feel like she's slipped too much. Obviously bad loss today though.

Paolini was a virtually unknown player on the ITF circuit. Now she's expected to make the quarters if not the semi's when she plays. Not to mention off court distractions.

This was bound to happen but I hope she gets people around her who will keep the noise at bay so she can focus on her tennis.

Wednesday Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 11:00 AM

RUS L. Samsonova (13) vs JPN N. Osaka
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CHN H. Guo vs POL I. Swiatek (2)
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GRE M. Sakkari vs USA J. Pegula (3)
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SUI B. Bencic (17) vs CAN E. Bouchard
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RUS K. Rakhimova vs UKR E. Svitolina (10)

Rogers
Starts at 11:00 AM

USA M. Keys (6) vs GER L. Siegemund
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DEN C. Tauson (16) vs ITA L. Bronzetti
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ITA Errani/ITA Paolini (1) vs CAN Fernandez/CAN Fernandez
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GBR E. Raducanu vs USA P. Stearns (32)
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USA A. Anisimova (5) vs NZL L. Sun

Court 5
Starts at 11:00 AM

POL M. Linette (25) vs LAT A. Sevastova
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MEX R. Zarazua vs LAT J. Ostapenko (22)
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BEL E. Mertens (19) vs RUS A. Kalinskaya
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CRO A. Ruzic vs CZE K. Muchova (11)
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RUS Khromacheva/INA Sutjiadi vs USA Townsend/CHN Zhang (3)

Court 9
Starts at 11:00 AM

AUS M. Joint vs USA M. Kessler (28)
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USA C. McNally vs SVK R. Sramkova (31)
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HUN Stollar/TPE Wu vs USA Gauff/USA Kessler
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UKR Y. Starodubtseva vs POL M. Frech (21)
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RUS A. Pavlyuchenkova (27) vs GER E. Lys

Court 6
Starts at 11:00 AM

KAZ Danilina/SRB Krunic vs AUS Kasatkina/CZE Noskova
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SRB Danilovic/TPE Hsieh vs RUS Andreeva/RUS Shnaider (5)
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CAN Cross/CAN Mboko vs TPE Chan/CHN Jiang
Not Before 2:00PM - TBA

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USA Dolehide/USA Kenin vs CAN Dabrowski/NZL Routliffe (2)
Not Before 2:00PM - TBA

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HUN Babos/BRA Stefani (8) vs CHN Xu/CHN Yang

Paolini just split from her coach..maybe that is a factor..maybe it is a consequence..,!

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 30, 2025 12:13 am Paolini just split from her coach..maybe that is a factor..maybe it is a consequence..,!

She split with her coach after an early loss at Wimbledon - so it probably wasn't the coach.