Re: Tennis Random, Random (On Court)
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:23 pm
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I'm going with Sabalenka to repeat at AO, Swiatek for the French, Cooc or Jabeur at Wimbledon, a surprise at the Olympics (maybe Leylah), and Osaka at the US Open.ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:41 pm "major"
https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3788088/ ... 0set%20for
Some interesting predictions from Navratilova, who knows a thing or two about tennis!
Hard to disagree with her but I would bet on Coco for the AO, Swiatek for the French, Muchova for Wimbledon and Saba for the USO....
Kontaveit is certainly a good player, and, like all good players, will be missed .meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:56 pm Was this alraedy posted? So sad. I'll miss Anett. Her match with Serena at the US Open was amazing.
https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3784299/ ... ith-jabeur
Kontaveit struggled after getting COVID in the spring of 2022. It took her months to recover, and I don't think she ever fully did. Her #2 ranking was from the previous fall and earlier in 2022, before she got COVID. I was actually surprised she played as well as she did versus Serena.ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:02 pmKontaveit is certainly a good player, and, like all good players, will be missed .meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:56 pm Was this alraedy posted? So sad. I'll miss Anett. Her match with Serena at the US Open was amazing.
https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3784299/ ... ith-jabeur
But she should have been able to beat Serena, all it took was solid professional play, as Tomljanovic showed..Kontaveit was #2 in the world.
I'm contributing to Tennis.com's year-end coverage, which includes weighing in on Player of the Year and things like that. I went with Sabalenka for POTY because she changed the narrative of her career. Her legacy was heading toward "best player to never win a Slam." She vanquished her demons - the Australian Open final was a nailbiter, the kind of close big match she had choked away before - and changed her story. She suffers because it all happened so early in the season and she lost the #1 ranking to Swiatek at the end. But I think what she accomplished is bigger than what Swiatek did, by a hair.ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:23 pm https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3789961/ ... yer-awards
Not that we have any say but maybe a poll on this could be fun..