Talk About Tennis 2.0

And. They are both pros. And this is only a little bit worse than playing a friend, which I gather everybody in the tour has (and has happened to them too).

ORDER OF PLAY - THURSDAY, 24 APRIL 2025

Manolo Santana Stadium - start 11:00 AM

ATP - Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN)
Not Before 1:00 PM
WTA - [7] Mirra Andreeva vs Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
WTA - Alexandra Eala (PHI) vs [2] Iga Swiatek (POL)
ATP - Joao Fonseca (BRA) vs [Q] Elmer Moller (DEN)
Not Before 7:00 PM
WTA - Dayana Yastremska (UKR) vs [4] Coco Gauff (USA)

Arantxa Sanchez Stadium - start 11:00 AM

WTA - Belinda Bencic (SUI) vs [20] Clara Tauson (DEN)
ATP - Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)
ATP - [WC] Martin Landaluce (ESP) vs Cameron Norrie (GBR)
Not Before 5:00 PM
WTA - [5] Madison Keys (USA) vs Lucia Bronzetti (ITA)
ATP - Reilly Opelka (USA) vs [LL] Rinky Hijikata (AUS)

Stadium 3 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) vs [27] Magdalena Frech (POL)
WTA - Maya Joint (AUS) vs [11] Emma Navarro (USA)
ATP - [LL] Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
ATP - Learner Tien (USA) vs Marcos Giron (USA)
ATP - Yunchaokete Bu (CHN) vs [Q] Jacob Fearnley (GBR)

Court 4 - start 11:00 AM

ATP - David Goffin (BEL) vs Alexandre Muller (FRA)
ATP - Zizou Bergs (BEL) vs Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN)
WTA - [13] Diana Shnaider vs Katie Volynets (USA)
WTA - Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) vs [23] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
WTA - [25] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs Ann Li (USA)

Court 5 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - [19] Donna Vekic (CRO) vs Hailey Baptiste (USA)
WTA - [16] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) vs Bernarda Pera (USA)
WTA - [31] Linda Noskova (CZE) vs Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG)
Not Before 4:00 PM
WTA - Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) vs [12] Karolina Muchova (CZE)

Court 6 - start 11:00 AM

ATP - Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) vs Hamad Medjedovic (SRB)
ATP - [Q] Daniel Altmaier (GER) vs Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
ATP - Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) vs [Q] Borna Coric (CRO)
ATP - Tallon Griekspoor (NED) vs [Q] Vit Kopriva (CZE)

Court 7 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - [18] Liudmila Samsonova vs Caroline Dolehide (USA)
WTA - Diane Parry (FRA) vs [30] Anna Kalinskaya
WTA - [7] Asia Muhammad (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) vs Victoria Azarenka / Ashlyn Krueger (USA)
WTA - Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (BEL) vs Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)

Court 8 - start 11:00 AM

ATP - Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Mattia Bellucci (ITA)
ATP - Quentin Halys (FRA) vs Luciano Darderi (ITA)
WTA - Ekaterina Alexandrova / Peyton Stearns (USA) vs Anna Blinkova / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE)
WTA - Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Yifan Xu (CHN) vs Alexandra Panova / Fanny Stollar (HUN)

pleased to see Andreescu playing well.. beat Kessler, which I didnt expect..

The NCAA kids are usually no bueno on clay, so not a big surprise to me.

Rybakina next...good test for both...

Eala put up a good fight for 1 1/2 sets. Maybe she has to work a bit more on the physical part.
But she keeps looking promising. Let's see in a few months.
(And this is Iga's surface, of course).

To no one's surprise, Ostapenko loses her first match, going out in straights to 35-year old Sevastova, who is on the comeback trail.

It's about the change in surface speed, Ostapenko's inconsistency and the history of players in their first match after being surprise winners of a tournament the week before. A never-ending story.

And Alona definitely went partying on Monday night

the 'other' Latvian player saved Swiatek! Sevastova beat Ostapenko...

jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:49 pm To no one's surprise, Ostapenko loses her first match, going out in straights to 35-year old Sevastova, who is on the comeback trail.

It's about the change in surface speed, Ostapenko's inconsistency and the history of players in their first match after being surprise winners of a tournament the week before. A never-ending story.

who is also Latvian!

ORDER OF PLAY - FRIDAY, 25 APRIL 2025

Manolo Santana Stadium - start 11:00 AM

WTA - [9] Paula Badosa (ESP) vs Veronika Kudermetova
WTA - [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs Anna Blinkova
ATP - [1] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

Not Before 8:00 PM
ATP - Gael Monfils (FRA) vs [7] Andrey Rublev

Not Before 9:30 PM
WTA - [10] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) vs Bianca Andreescu (CAN)

Arantxa Sanchez Stadium - start 11:00 AM

ATP - Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) vs [14] Casper Ruud (NOR)
ATP - [9] Daniil Medvedev vs Laslo Djere (SRB)

Not Before 3:00 PM
WTA - Anastasia Potapova vs [8] Qinwen Zheng (CHN)

Not Before 7:00 PM
WTA - [3] Jessica Pegula (USA) vs Eva Lys (GER)
ATP - Flavio Cobolli (ITA) vs [8] Holger Rune (DEN)

Stadium 3 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - Katie Boulter (GBR) vs [6] Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
WTA - Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) vs [26] Ons Jabeur (TUN)
ATP - [3] Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Christopher O'Connell (AUS)
ATP - [12] Ben Shelton (USA) vs Mariano Navone (ARG)
ATP - Nuno Borges (POR) vs [28] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)

Court 4 - start 11:00 AM

ATP - Francisco Comesana (ARG) vs [13] Arthur Fils (FRA)
ATP - [Q] Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) vs [18] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
WTA - Sonay Kartal (GBR) vs [17] Elina Svitolina (UKR)
WTA - Emma Raducanu (GBR) vs [24] Marta Kostyuk (UKR)

Court 5 - start 11:00 AM WTA -

WTA - Alycia Parks (USA) vs [14] Daria Kasatkina (AUS)
WTA - Peyton Stearns (USA) vs [15] Amanda Anisimova (USA)
WTA - Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova vs [5] Mirra Andreeva / Diana Shnaider
WTA - Coco Gauff (USA) / Robin Montgomery (USA) vs [4] Caroline Dolehide (USA) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA)
WTA - [3] Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR)

Court 6 - start 11:00 AM

ATP - [20] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) vs [Q] Harold Mayot (FRA)
ATP - [23] Sebastian Korda (USA) vs [WC] Federico Cina (ITA)
ATP - [Q] Ethan Quinn (USA) vs [22] Jakub Mensik (CZE)
ATP - [31] Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs Sebastian Ofner (AUT)

Court 7 - start 11:00 AM

ATP - Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) vs [27] Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
ATP - [25] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) vs Alexander Bublik (KAZ)
WTA - Camila Osorio (COL) vs [28] Elise Mertens (BEL)
WTA - [22] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs Rebeka Masarova (SUI)

Court 8 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - [29] Magda Linette (POL) vs Maria Sakkari (GRE)
WTA - [21] Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Olga Danilovic (SRB)
WTA - [32] Sofia Kenin (USA) vs Lulu Sun (NZL)
WTA - Linda Noskova (CZE) / Clara Tauson (DEN) vs Katie Boulter (GBR) / Daria Kasatkina (AUS)
WTA - Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) / Laura Siegemund (GER) vs Xinyu Wang (CHN) / Saisai Zheng (CHN)

jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:49 pm To no one's surprise, Ostapenko loses her first match, going out in straights to 35-year old Sevastova, who is on the comeback trail.

It's about the change in surface speed, Ostapenko's inconsistency and the history of players in their first match after being surprise winners of a tournament the week before. A never-ending story.

Sevastova is all junk balls, so no surprise that she would frustrate the trigger happy Ostapenko.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 12:53 pm assuming Madrid continues to be 'fast through the air', we should not expect Ostapenko, Anisimova, Fritz, to do well here.. they all need a bit of extra time to set up and hit..which they wont get.

Fritz is doing well, the other 2 are out, as I expected .

Coco wriggled out against Yastremska but it was not pretty - Coco did not play well, Y played badly in the second set...missed easy forehands. Coco's problems with the forehand continue..

Matches to look forward to next..rybakina vs andreescu, swiatek vs Noskova...