Talk About Tennis 2.0

Ed Salmon
@fogmount@mas.to
Women’s qualifiers placed in Indian Wells: #tennis

E. Andreeva–Collins
Montgomery–(Q) Baptiste
Hibino–V. Williams
Townsend–Linette
Sramkova–Wang Yafan
Párrizas Díaz–Kessler
Hontama–Zhang
Pera–Saville
Errani–Osaka
Hovde–Tsurenko
Masarova–Raducanu

ponchi101 wrote:And why would we think Boulter would reach the 4th round?

I doubt she will with that draw. might have with a different draw given her current form.


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Kerber vs Martic - both are very similar players, really, lots of subtlety, no power.. neither will go far anyway, at this venue

Wednesday Order of Play

Stadium 1
Starts At 11:00 AM PST

Women's Singles · Round 1
A. Kerber vs P. Martic
Followed By
C. Eubanks vs B. Nakashima [WC]
Not Before 02:00 PM PST
Men's Singles · Round 1
A. Murray vs D. Goffin [Q]
Not Before 06:00 PM PST
Women's Singles · Round 1
N. Hibino [Q] vs V. Williams [WC]
Followed By
Men's Singles · Round 1
T. Seyboth Wild [Q] vs J. Wolf

Stadium 2
Starts At 11:00 AM PST

Men's Singles · Round 1
T. Kokkinakis vs M. Giron
Followed By
Women's Singles · Round 1
M. Andreeva vs K. Volynets [WC]
Not Before 02:00 PM PST
Women's Singles · Round 1
C. Wozniacki [WC] vs L. Zhu
Not Before 06:00 PM PST
Men's Singles · Round 1
B. Coric vs S. Ofner
Followed By
Women's Singles · Round 1
P. Badosa [WC] vs A. Krueger [WC]

Stadium 3
Starts At 11:00 AM PST

Women's Singles · Round 1
S. Sorribes Tormo vs M. Bouzkova
Not Before 01:00 PM PST
Women's Singles · Round 1
C. Giorgi vs K. Boulter
Followed By
Women's Singles · Round 1
E. Andreeva [Q] vs D. Collins
Not Before 06:00 PM PST
Men's Singles · Round 1
J. Shang [Q] vs J. Thompson
Followed By
Men's Singles · Round 1
J. Mensik [WC] vs S. Hong [Q]

Stadium 4
Starts At 11:00 AM PST

C. O'Connell vs J. Draper
Followed By
Men's Singles · Round 1
L. Van Assche vs M. Arnaldi
Followed By
D. Lajovic vs E. Ruusuvuori
Followed By
Women's Singles · Round 1
R. Montgomery [Q] vs H. Baptiste [Q]
Followed By
Women's Singles · Round 1
T. Townsend [Q] vs M. Linette

Stadium 5
Followed By 12:00 PM PST

Men's Singles · Round 1
A. Shevchenko vs D. Koepfer
Followed By
Men's Singles · Round 1
F. Marozsan vs A. Popyrin
Followed By
Men's Singles · Round 1
C. Lestienne [Q] vs D. Kudla [Q]

Stadium 6
Starts At 11:00 AM PST

Women's Singles · Round 1
T. Maria vs A. Rus
Followed By
Women's Singles · Round 1
B. Pera [Q] vs D. Saville
Followed By
Women's Singles · Round 1
M. Kessler [WC] vs N. Parrizas Diaz [Q]

Stadium 7
Followed By 12:00 PM PST

Men's Singles · Round 1
Y. Hanfmann vs P. Cachin
Followed By
Men's Singles · Round 1
T. Daniel vs D. Galan
Followed By
Men's Singles · Round 1
L. Pouille [Q] vs D. Altmaier

Stadium 8
Starts At 11:00 AM PST

Women's Singles · Round 1
R. Sramkova [Q] vs Y. Wang
Followed By
Women's Singles · Round 1
M. Hontama [Q] vs S. Zhang
Followed By
Women's Singles · Round 1
T. Korpatsch vs Y. Putintseva

If the post with the PENN ball is for real (meaning the picture), and that was only after a few minutes of warming up, that will be impossible to play with.

well, this isnt a major but it is the most major of the non-majors.. so
Probabilities (to win the whole thing)
Men:
Djokovic 50%
Zverev 25%
Alcaraz 15% - hasnt been playing well in the first few months of the year
Sinner 5 %
Rest (including Nadal) 5%

Women:
Swiatek, Sabalenka and Rybakina 30% each
The field 10% (including QZ, Coco, Mirra Andreeva, Samsonova)
If any rank outsider, I would bet on Mirra Andreeva, did very well in Australia even where conditions were not very favorable, she can do better here, and young people improve with every match...

I don't see any upsets either.
But I don't see Novak at 50%. Nor Sinner at 5%. I give Novak a 30% (he has not played in a while) and Sinner likes a hard court. 30% too.

I'm agreeing with Ponchi on Djokovic and Sinner.

dave g wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:20 pm I'm agreeing with Ponchi on Djokovic and Sinner.

I can see the merit of what you are saying .
It is just that I see Sinner as being better on fast courts ..I had fully expected him to win the AO..if he can win this too, he would be in the class of Djokovic, which I don't think he is, yet

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:02 pm If any rank outsider, I would bet on Mirra Andreeva, did very well in Australia even where conditions were not very favorable, she can do better here, and young people improve with every match...

Andreeva out in straight sets in the first round to Katie Volynets

Great wins for oldies Murray and Kerber...I don't expect Kerber to get past Ostapenko though.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:56 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:02 pm If any rank outsider, I would bet on Mirra Andreeva, did very well in Australia even where conditions were not very favorable, she can do better here, and young people improve with every match...

Andreeva out in straight sets in the first round to Katie Volynets

Never seen Volynets...no idea what her game is like

Mens Doubles Draw

R. Bopanna (1)/M. Ebden (1) vs S. Gille/J. Vliegen
N. Mahut/E. Roger-Vasselin vs A. Davidovich Fokina/A. Mies
K. Khachanov/A. Rublev vs J. Sinner/L. Sonego
C. Eubanks/B. Shelton vs M. Granollers (5)/H. Zeballos (5)

S. Gonzalez (4)/N. Skupski (4) vs F. Cerundolo/C. Norrie
T. Fritz/J. Lehecka vs N. Lammons/J. Withrow
H. Nys/J. Zielinski vs S. Bolelli/A. Vavassori
U. Humbert/F. Martin vs J. Murray (8)/M. Venus (8)

K. Krawietz (7)/T. Puetz (7) vs A. Bublik/A. Mannarino
M. Arevalo/M. Pavic vs N. Jarry/M. Purcell
F. Auger-Aliassime (WC)/S. Korda (WC) vs L. Glasspool/J. Rojer
A. de Minaur/A. Popyrin vs R. Ram (3)/J. Salisbury (3)

M. Gonzalez (6)/A. Molteni (6) vs R. Seggerman (WC)/P. Trhac (WC)
S. Johnson (WC)/T. Paul (WC) vs W. Koolhof/N. Mektic
G. Dimitrov/D. Evans vs M. Melo/A. Zverev
T. Griekspoor/H. Hurkacz vs I. Dodig (2)/A. Krajicek (2)

Women's Doubles Draw

S. Hsieh 1/E. Mertens 1 vs J. Paolini/L. Samsonova
A. Danilina/S. Zhang vs M. Kato/A. Sutjiadi
U. Eikeri/H. Guo vs A. Kalinskaya/V. Kudermetova
S. Cirstea/D. Vekic vs D. Schuurs 6/L. Stefani 6

N. Melichar-Martinez 4/E. Perez 4 vs L. Noskova/M. Vondrousova
O. Kalashnikova/A. Parks vs M. Linette/B. Pera
S. Aoyama/A. Krunic vs X. Wang/F. Wu
S. Errani/L. Siegemund vs L. Kichenok 8/J. Ostapenko 8

B. Haddad Maia 7/T. Townsend 7 vs H. Baptiste [WC]/C. Ngounoue [WC]
C. Garcia/Y. Xu vs E. Hozumi/M. Ninomiya
M. Bouzkova/S. Sorribes Tormo vs M. Andreeva/A. Potapova
A. Krueger [WC]/S. Stephens [WC] vs S. Hunter 3/K. Siniakova 3

C. Gauff 5/J. Pegula 5 vs S. Kenin [WC]/B. Mattek-Sands [WC]
C. Dolehide/D. Krawczyk vs G. Minnen/M. Niculescu
H. Chan/G. Olmos vs A. Muhammad/E. Shibahara
C. Bucsa/A. Panova vs G. Dabrowski 2/E. Routliffe 2