Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 9:57 pm Seen her play enough to know she does not retire unless it is for real.
Still, more retirements. I am waiting for the person that keeps the match data for both ATP and WTA to update 2022, to keep those numbers.

I think a lot of it has to do with the calendar. There shouldn't have to be quite as much thought put into how to maximize the calendar which evolves according to a W/L record for each tournament, add this one, drop that one as the season marches on.

She can't do that. Her ranking is not high enough for her to decide where to play. She plays where she can.
And, as much as one can praise her, she is not a player that can claim fatigue. She regularly loses by Wednesday, so she usually plays 1-2 matches per week.

Day 6 Order of Play Austin

Stadium Court
Starts at 11:00 AM

GER A. FRIEDSAM vs RUS E. ANDREEVA
FOLLOWED BY
UKR M. KOSTYUK (8) vs USA M. BRENGLE
FOLLOWED BY
USA C. MCNALLY vs USA D. COLLINS (4)
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
RUS A. KALINSKAYA vs USA C. VANDEWEGHE
FOLLOWED BY
USA C. CHAVATIPON/UKR S. ZEYNALOVA vs NZL E. ROUTLIFFE vs INA A. SUTJIADI (2)

Grandstand
Starts at 04:00 PM

USA A. PARKS/USA S. STEPHENS vs GER A. FRIEDSAM/UKR N. KICHENOK (3)

Day 6 Order of Play Monterrey

Center Court
Starts at 02:30 PM

CHN X. WANG vs EGY M. SHERIF (7)
UPCOMING
BEL E. MERTENS (4) vs ROU E. RUSE
UPCOMING
FRA C. GARCIA (1) vs ESP N. PARRIZAS DIAZ
UPCOMING
GER T. MARIA vs ITA E. COCCIARETTO (8)

Court 1
Starts at 04:00 PM

SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/EGY M. SHERIF vs AUS K. BIRRELL/MEX F. CONTRERAS GOMEZ
Quarterfinal
HUN A. BONDAR/ROU E. RUSE (1) vs TBD

This Friedsam vs Andreeva match is now into it's 4th hour (3h6m) and I wish I could say it was riveting tennis.

It's finally over with Friedsam taking the match 7-5, 6-7(2), 7-6(8) in Austin. Total match time 3h 11m

I'll take your word for it, but with that score, it looks like it was a scorcher.

Both players were exhausted looking and it looked like Friedsam was ready to get off the court and inside after the on court interview.

Day 7 Order of Play Austin

Stadium Court
Starts at 11:00 AM

Quarterfinal
UKR M. KOSTYUK (8) vs GER A. FRIEDSAM
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
USA K. VOLYNETS vs USA P. STEARNS
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
TBD vs USA D. COLLINS (4)
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
Quarterfinal
RUS V. GRACHEVA vs USA S. STEPHENS (5)
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (1) vs JPN N. HIBINO/JPN M. NINOMIYA

Day 7 Order of Play Monterrey

Center Court
Starts at 02:30 PM

Quarterfinal
CHN L. ZHU (5) vs USA C. DOLEHIDE
UPCOMING
Quarterfinal
BEL Y. BONAVENTURE vs CRO D. VEKIC (3)
NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
Quarterfinal
TBD vs EGY M. SHERIF (7)
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
BEL E. MERTENS (4) vs TBD

Court 1
Starts at 12:00 PM

Semifinal
TBD vs COL Y. LIZARAZO/COL M. PEREZ GARCIA

Cocciaretto beat Tatjana Maria in 2 tiebreak sets.
Tatjana was ahead in both sets - but she rather routinely lacks the stamina to play well consistently at this level. And the stamina isn't likely to get any better in the future at 35 years old with 2 young children...

Katie Volynets was down 0-5 ad-out in the third set of her match against third seeded Potapova, and proceeded to win 27 out of the next 32 points to win it 7-5.

Volynets was up 5-0 in the second set. She's now 5-3 in the second set.

Nice to see Athleta being a sponsor. Are they only willing to sponsor stuff in Texas? I think they made a sponsorship appearance in Fort Worth too. It's nice to see, but I hope this isn't limited to Texas. They should be doing better in general with WTA players and/or tournaments.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:55 pm Volynets was up 5-0 in the second set. She's now 5-3 in the second set.

Do you know if her or Stearns is projected to be the better player eventually?