WTA 1000 Doha 2/9 - 2/15 2025

[ashkor87]

Navarro didn't seem present...looked a bit purposeless, could be just inexperience- Leylah is the same age but vastly more experienced

[ashkor87]

which is an upset in my book.
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not really a suprise, Leylah and Emma are in the same class - LF is a USO runner-up, after all.

[Suliso]

The second bad match by Coco?

[ponchi101]

She doesn't inspire the most remote doubt in the other players. And when she hits 2 DF's in the game to stay in the match, the message to the other players is not one of confidence.

[ashkor87]

The second bad match by Coco?

Yes but as I had said, this slower court suits Kostyuk..she has the power and used it...Kostyuk played really well. Coco still doesn't make room on her forehand...no improvement there

[JTContinental]

Coco has never done well at this tournament--this is her second first match exit in a row and her best showing is the QF

[ashkor87]

Gauff -Kostyuk is always interesting ..the slow conditions favor Kostyuk but has she really found her game? Samsonova -Ostapenko, both have the power, osta has the class ..can Samsonova punish that second serve? Not sure she can.the other matchups don't look too interesting..Alexandrova won't be able to stand up to Sabalenka, Anisimova should beat Badosa but I am not sure she has really found her game yet, though the first match was encouraging. Anisimova did win the only time they met though, and I do give h2h a lot of weight ..much more than rankings or ELO.
If A beats B once, she is likely to do it again unless conditions are too different ..

Well well well! ..maybe Alexandrova is better than I think!

[ashkor87]

Coco has never done well at this tournament--this is her second first match exit in a row and her best showing is the QF

For the same reason she doesn't do well at IW

[ti-amie]

Wednesday Order of Play

Center Court
Starts at 7:30 AM

LAT J. Ostapenko vs ITA J. Paolini (4)
Followed By
CZE L. Noskova vs POL I. Swiatek (2)
Followed By
TUN O. Jabeur vs USA S. Kenin
Followed By
USA A. Anisimova vs CAN L. Fernandez

Grandstand 1
Starts at 6:00 AM

KAZ E. Rybakina (5) vs SVK R. Sramkova
Followed By
RUS D. Kasatkina (10) vs USA J. Pegula (6)
Followed By
RUS E. Alexandrova vs BEL E. Mertens
Followed By
JPN S. Aoyama/JPN E. Hozuma vs KAZ A. Danilina/RUS I. Khromacheva (7)

Grandstand 2
Starts at 6:00 AM

TPE H. Chan/RUS V. Kudermetova (5) vs USA P. Stearns/BRA L. Stefani
Followed By
CAN G. Dabrowski/NZL E. Routliffe (1) vs RUS M. Andreeva/RUS D. Shnaider
Followed By
UKR M. Kostyuk vs POL M. Linette

[ti-amie]

I think you guys said it best: with a slow hard court Iga has the best chance.

[ashkor87]

People need to recognize that Badosa simply isnt that good.. she did win IW a few years ago but after that? I am constantly surprised at ths leve of support and adulation she gets. Being beautiful helps, but it is not relevant to the game, is it? I have been saying this for years now. Probably the most over-rated player in the world right now.

[ashkor87]

Anisiomova likes slow courts because she needs the time to move to the ball and set up and hit - and she has the power to hit winners even on a slow court. The perfect profile of a slow-court player.

[ashkor87]

Ostapenko Paolini..it is the only interesting match today ...theory says Ostapenko should win, but I doubt it, somehow..Paolini can play well on slow courts too .though her game isnt ideal for it..
Her strengths are footspeed and defence..wont help her much here. We shall see...

[ashkor87]

Well well, theory was right! 2 and 2

[mick1303]

When I had lessons in "basic military training" during the 2nd year in University some 40 years ago, we had a major (our lecturer) who spilled his wisdom on us in the form of self-invented sayings. Like "sometimes I'm normal, but another times I'm relentless" (loosely translated). Today we've got a relentless version of Ostapenko ))