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ti-amie Tournament: bett1open, presented by ecotrans Group
Location: Berlin, Germany
Dates: June 19 - June 25, 2023
Level: WTA 500
Total Financial Commitment: $780,637
Surface: Grass
Aryna Sabalenka
Jessica Pegula
Elena Rybakina
Caroline Garcia
Coco Gauff
Ons Jabeur
Maria Sakkari
Daria Kasatkina
Petra Kvitova
Belinda Bencic
Liudmila Samsonova
Karolina Pliskova
Victoria Azarenka
Qinwen Zheng
Donna Vekic
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Martina Trevisan
Paula Badosa
Shelby Rogers
Sloane Stephens
Petra Martic
https://www.bett1open.de/de/spielerinnen-2023
by ti-amie UPDATED MD Singles Entry List
2 Sabalenka, Aryna (BLR)
3 Pegula, Jessica (USA)
4 Rybakina, Elena (KAZ)
5 Garcia, Caroline (FRA)
6 Gauff, Cori (USA)
7 Jabeur, Ons (TUN)
8 Sakkari, Maria (GRE)
9 Kasatkina, Daria (RUS)
10 Kvitova, Petra (CZE)
12 Bencic, Belinda (SUI)
15 Samsonova, Liudmila (RUS)
16 Pliskova, Karolina (CZE)
18 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR)
19 Zheng, Qinwen (CHN)
22 Vekic, Donna (CRO)
23 Alexandrova, Ekaterina (RUS)
26 Trevisan, Martina (ITA)
29 Badosa, Paula (ESP)
33 Rogers, Shelby (USA)
35 Stephens, Sloane (USA)
37 Martic, Petra (CRO)
Alternates (All to MD)
39 Podoroska, Nadia (ARG) SR
41 Andreescu, Bianca (CAN)
42 Muchova, Karolina (CZE)
44 Gracheva, Varvara (RUS)
47 Siniakova, Katerina (CZE)
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ti-amie QUALIFIKATION (Qualifying Entry List)
Leylah Fernandez
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Blinkova
Peyton Stearns
Rebeka Masarova
Jule Niemeier
Xinyu Wang
Alison Riske-Amritraj
Rebecca Peterson
Katie Volynets
Vera Zvonareva
Kimberly Birrell
Arantxa Rus
Laura Siegemund
Tamara Korpatsch
Eugenie Bouchard
Greet Minnen
https://www.bett1open.de/de/spielerinnen-2023
by ti-amie Qualifying Draw
P. Stearns (1) vs M. Timofeeva
M. Guth vs J. Fourlis (12)
Xinyu Wang (2) vs T. Preston
C. Vandeweghe vs C. Zhao (10)
E. Avanesyan (3) vs S. Karatantcheva
E. Seidel vs L. Siegemund (9)
K. Volynets (4) vs S. Bandecchi
L. Papadakis vs P. Kudermetova (8)
K. Birrell (5) vs E. Bouchard
V. Zvonareva vs N. Abduraimova (11)
J. Niemeier (6) vs N. Noha Akugue
M. Melnikova vs G. Minnen (7)
by ti-amie Day 3 Order of Play
Steffi Graf Stadion
Starts at 11:00 AM
CRO D. VEKIC vs RUS V. GRACHEVA
UPCOMING
CZE K. PLISKOVA vs CZE P. KVITOVA (7)
UPCOMING
FRA C. GARCIA (3) vs GER S. LISICKI
UPCOMING
USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (1) vs USA A. MUHAMMAD/MEX G. OLMOS
Court 1
Starts at 12:00 PM
CRO P. MARTIC/GRE M. SAKKARI vs CZE K. SINIAKOVA/CZE M. VONDROUSOVA
UPCOMING
JPN S. AOYAMA/JPN E. SHIBAHARA (3) vs RUS Y. SIZIKOVA/BEL K. ZIMMERMANN
Court 2
Starts at 02:00 PM
TPE H. CHAN/TPE L. CHAN vs USA D. KRAWCZYK/NED D. SCHUURS (2)
by ashkor87 Big tournament (relatively) ..something wrong with Pegula? Bencic we know...
by ti-amie Day 4 Order of Play
Steffi Graf Stadion
Starts at 11:00 AM
RUS P. KUDERMETOVA vs KAZ E. RYBAKINA (2)
NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM
BLR A. SABALENKA (1) vs RUS V. ZVONAREVA
NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
GER J. NIEMEIER vs TUN O. JABEUR (4)
NOT BEFORE 5:00 PM
CZE K. SINIAKOVA vs USA C. GAUFF (5)
FOLLOWED BY
GRE M. SAKKARI (6) vs FRA A. CORNET
Court 1
Starts at 11:00 AM
GER L. SIEGEMUND vs RUS A. BLINKOVA
FOLLOWED BY
RUS E. ALEXANDROVA vs RUS L. SAMSONOVA
FOLLOWED BY
BLR V. AZARENKA vs BLR A. SASNOVICH
FOLLOWED BY
CAN B. ANDREESCU vs CZE M. VONDROUSOVA
Court 2
Starts at 11:00 AM
RUS D. KASATKINA (8) vs CRO P. MARTIC
FOLLOWED BY
AUS J. FOURLIS vs CHN X. WANG
FOLLOWED BY
ARG N. PODOROSKA vs ESP R. MASAROVA
FOLLOWED BY
RUS V. KUDERMETOVA vs CHN Q. ZHENG
by ashkor87 this is a (relatively) big tournament.. two of the most under-rated players are meeting each other now.. Samsonova vs Alexandrova.. unfortunatley, both Russian, so we didnt get to see them at W last year.. this year, who knows?.. On grass, Alexandrova's movement should be the factor that decides it - Samsonova is very good too because of her serve .. we shall see what happen.
by ponchi101 That, plus there are only two big tournaments this week, so only 64 players will cash a check.
Tough to be ranked 65 these days.
by ti-amie Day 5 Order of Play
Steffi Graf Stadion
Starts at 11:00 AM
GRE M. SAKKARI (6) vs FRA A. CORNET
NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM
FRA C. GARCIA (3) vs AUS J. FOURLIS
NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
CRO D. VEKIC vs KAZ E. RYBAKINA (2)
NOT BEFORE 5:00 PM
TBD vs CZE P. KVITOVA (7)
Court 1
Starts at 11:00 AM
CAN B. ANDREESCU vs CZE M. VONDROUSOVA
SUSPENDED
Round of 32
BLR V. AZARENKA vs BLR A. SASNOVICH
4 1 -
6 1 -
NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM
CHI A. GUARACHI/NZL E. ROUTLIFFE vs GER J. NIEMEIER/GER N. NOHA AKUGUE
FOLLOWED BY
JPN M. KATO/INA A. SUTJIADI vs RUS D. KASATKINA/GER S. LISICKI
FOLLOWED BY
GER L. SIEGEMUND/RUS V. ZVONAREVA vs KAZ A. DANILINA/CHN Y. XU (4)
Court 2
Starts at 11:00 AM
RUS V. KUDERMETOVA vs CHN Q. ZHENG
SUSPENDED
ARG N. PODOROSKA vs ESP R. MASAROVA
3 6 1
6 3 1
FOLLOWED BY
RUS E. AVANESYAN vs RUS A. BLINKOVA
FOLLOWED BY
FRA C. GARCIA/BRA L. STEFANI vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA/CHN Z. YANG
by ashkor87 Good win for Coco, and Alexandrova...
by ti-amie It was a good win for Cori. I've watched Alexandrova in the past and she seems to have the same issue as Sabalenka - losing the plot late in matches.
by JTContinental Alexandrova overhits a lot of balls when she gets tight
by ashkor87 I haven't noticed that..she squeezed out the win against Kudermetova in a tight match last week. We shall see ...
by ashkor87 Rybakina beaten by Vekic...doesn't bother me because all these prep tournaments don't anyway presage much...better to peak at W than now.
by ashkor87 and, I hasten to add, that logic doesnt apply to people like Alexandrova because Alexandrova may not even get to play Wimbledon and, in any case, I dont expect her to win the whole thing. Players like Ryabkina can focus on Wimbledon, Alexandrova cannot, she has to take whatever she can get.
by ponchi101 You keep bringing this up. Why wouldn't Alexandrova play? I did some searches on the web and there is no mentioning of any problems for Russian or Belarusian athletes. There is actually no news about the UK implementing any sort of extra requirements for citizens of those countries.
And if we are going to start nominating a WTA 500 a "Prep tournament", I would say our standards would be reaching new highs. This is obviously an important tournament to play.
by ti-amie Day 6 Order of Play
Steffi Graf Stadion
Starts at 11:00 AM
RUS E. ALEXANDROVA vs USA C. GAUFF (5)
NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM
CZE M. VONDROUSOVA vs GER J. NIEMEIER
NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
BLR A. SABALENKA (1) vs RUS V. KUDERMETOVA
NOT BEFORE 5:00 PM
GRE M. SAKKARI (6) vs BLR A. SASNOVICH
Court 1
Starts at 11:00 AM
RUS D. KASATKINA/GER S. LISICKI vs USA D. KRAWCZYK/NED D. SCHUURS (2)
FOLLOWED BY
CZE K. SINIAKOVA/CZE M. VONDROUSOVA vs KAZ A. DANILINA/CHN Y. XU (4)
FOLLOWED BY
USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (1) vs GER J. NIEMEIER/GER N. NOHA AKUGUE
Court 2
Starts at 11:00 AM
RUS Y. SIZIKOVA/BEL K. ZIMMERMANN vs FRA C. GARCIA/BRA L. STEFANI
by ashkor87 Coco vs alexandrova is intriguing ...will Coco's awesome defense and serve prevail against Alexandrova's aggression? I would say 55-45 Alexandrova
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:48 pm
You keep bringing this up. Why wouldn't Alexandrova play? I did some searches on the web and there is no mentioning of any problems for Russian or Belarusian athletes. There is actually no news about the UK implementing any sort of extra requirements for citizens of those countries.
And if we are going to start nominating a WTA 500 a "Prep tournament", I would say our standards would be reaching new highs. This is obviously an important tournament to play.
Even the Uk home office is saying they are scrutinizing Russians and Belarusians more..I am not making it up, I wish I was!
by ashkor87 yikes! that was a thrashing Alexandrova adminstered to Coco.. anyone see the match? what happened to Coco?
by ashkor87 just saw the highlights on the wta site.. Coco won every point!
AI clearly doesn't know much about tennis....
by JTContinental Clearly no overhitting for Alexandrova today
by ashkor87 Now Alexandrova has to play Kudermetova yet again! Must be getting tired of each other.. K beat Saba in streights...
by ponchi101 Wonder if Rybakina and/or Sabalenka will look into WC's for next week. They each got only two matches of this week, none last. I would not want to go into W with such little time on grass.
by ashkor87 Not convinced about Sabalenka on grass..she doesn't move that well, looks like a container truck trying to make a turn ...
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:34 pm
Wonder if Rybakina and/or Sabalenka will look into WC's for next week. They each got only two matches of this week, none last. I would not want to go into W with such little time on grass.
Do they need matches? How many did Rybakina have last year?
by ashkor87 Coco had 27 UFEs on forehand...
by ponchi101 I remember that Agassi once said that, in grass, he wanted as few matches as possible, because the adjustment process affected his game. I say Sabalenka should; she did not play last year and she has not been on grass for a while.
In favor of your argument: Borg never played a single tournament in between RG and W. Pete has a "low" count of matches won on grass because he also never played on any prior tournaments.
Against your argument: Martina played almost every week prior to Wimby. Of course, her matches used to last 1 hour, so there was no reason to avoid "fatigue" (not that she was ever fatigued).
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meganfernandez ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:44 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:34 pm
Wonder if Rybakina and/or Sabalenka will look into WC's for next week. They each got only two matches of this week, none last. I would not want to go into W with such little time on grass.
Do they need matches? How many did Rybakina have last year?
I think Rybakina's general inconsistency is the bigger obstacle to defending her title, not match play on the surface.
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:50 pm
I remember that Agassi once said that, in grass, he wanted as few matches as possible, because the adjustment process affected his game. I say Sabalenka should; she did not play last year and she has not been on grass for a while.
In favor of your argument: Borg never played a single tournament in between RG and W. Pete has a "low" count of matches won on grass because he also never played on any prior tournaments.
Against your argument: Martina played almost every week prior to Wimby. Of course, her matches used to last 1 hour, so there was no reason to avoid "fatigue" (not that she was ever fatigued).
Yes, it depends on the player...
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ashkor87 meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:55 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:44 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:34 pm
Wonder if Rybakina and/or Sabalenka will look into WC's for next week. They each got only two matches of this week, none last. I would not want to go into W with such little time on grass.
Do they need matches? How many did Rybakina have last year?
I think Rybakina's general inconsistency is the bigger obstacle to defending her title, not match play on the surface.
I really don't see any inconsistency...Rybakina has been astoundingly consistent from the AO onwards..remember, clay is not her surface yet she won the Italian...
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ponchi101 She can leave her FH at the hotel every once in a while ...
by ti-amie Day 7 Order of Play
Steffi Graf Stadion
Starts at 11:00 AM
RUS V. KUDERMETOVA vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA
NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM
FRA C. GARCIA (3) vs CZE P. KVITOVA (7)
NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
GRE M. SAKKARI (6) vs CZE M. VONDROUSOVA
STARTS AT 5:00 PM
RUS E. AVANESYAN vs CRO D. VEKIC
Court 1
Starts at 11:00 AM
Semifinal
USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (1) vs FRA C. GARCIA/BRA L. STEFANI
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meganfernandez ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 12:02 am
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:55 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:44 pm
Do they need matches? How many did Rybakina have last year?
I think Rybakina's general inconsistency is the bigger obstacle to defending her title, not match play on the surface.
I really don't see any inconsistency...Rybakina has been astoundingly consistent from the AO onwards..remember, clay is not her surface yet she won the Italian...
I think she said she likes a slow surface, actually - around the time of Indian Wells. To me, if you win the Italian, you're decent enough on clay.
It's true that her losses haven't been bad ones - 6-4 in the third to Vekic isn't awful, but that's not a match Iga would lose on her favorite surface. She is 23-8 since the Australian, with two 1000s titles, and three of the losses were walkovers or retirements, so that's not bad on paper, you're right. Yet several of us have the impression that she isn't very consistent and not the favorite to defend her title. Hmmm.
The illness at the French was unfortunate. Really wanted to see her play Iga. She clocked Iga at IW.
In looking this up, I saw Kvitova won Miami. I had totally forgotten that.
by ashkor87 Yes, Kvitova could win again ...I think it is easier, not harder, to repeat..
by ashkor87 Tomljanovic said in breakpoint that Rybakina is the kind of player who gets better as the tournament progresses,.
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meganfernandez ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:00 pm
Tomljanovic said in breakpoint that Rybakina is the kind of player who gets better as the tournament progresses,.
Apparently she is, if she doesn't withdraw.
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ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:56 pm
Yes, Kvitova could win again ...I think it is easier, not harder, to repeat..
We like that narrative because we have seen some players dominate there. Serena, Pete, Roger, Novak, Venus, Martina, Borg.
But, since 2004, if you take out Serena and Venus (and, admittedly, that is taking out a lot of championships) the only player that has repeated has indeed been Kvitova. Of all the other players to have won the championship (excluding Rybakina, because she is defending this time), only Sharapova reached a second final.
It is a very difficult tournament to play in.
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meganfernandez ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:15 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:56 pm
Yes, Kvitova could win again ...I think it is easier, not harder, to repeat..
We like that narrative because we have seen some players dominate there. Serena, Pete, Roger, Novak, Venus, Martina, Borg.
But, since 2004, if you take out Serena and Venus (and, admittedly, that is taking out a lot of championships) the only player that has repeated has indeed been Kvitova. Of all the other players to have won the championship (excluding Rybakina, because she is defending this time), only Sharapova reached a second final.
It is a very difficult tournament to play in.
Not arguing with you about the difficulty, but if you take out the Williamses, then there aren't many cases to judge because of some oddities.
--Halep has only played once since winning in 2019, and she lost R1
--Barty and Bartoli retired as defending champs
--Mauresmo had 3 straight semis before winning and then didn't make a second week again in three tries, but she was winding down
--Muguruza and Kerber support your theory
I gauge these things not just by winning again, but having consistent deep runs (semis/finals).
by jazzyg Halep reached the semis last year.
Kvitova, for what it is worth, has made it past the third round of Wimbledon only once in her last seven visits. She was not injured or out of form in all of those years. She just has underperformed horrendously.
by ashkor87 Kvitova is a tier1 player ..only tier1 players can be confidently expected to win majors...it will certainly take more than Alexandrova (a. Good tier 2,) to beat her!
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ashkor87 jazzyg wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:18 pm
Halep reached the semis last year.
Kvitova, for what it is worth, has made it past the third round of Wimbledon only once in her last seven visits. She was not injured or out of form in all of those years. She just has underperformed horrendously.
The horrendous knife attack?
by ti-amie Day 9 Order of Play
Steffi Graf Stadion
Starts at 01:00 PM
Final
FRA C. GARCIA/BRA L. STEFANI vs CZE K. SINIAKOVA/CZE M. VONDROUSOVA
NOT BEFORE 3:30 PM
Final
P. KVITOVA (7) vs CRO D. VEKIC
by jazzyg Starting with 2015, Kvitova has won 16 tournaments, including four on grass, and reached the Australian Open final plus the YEC final.
In that same span, she is 9-7 at Wimbledon with one 4th round appearance.
by ponchi101 Plus she won Miami this year.
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nelslus meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 12:58 pmmeganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:55 pmIn looking this up, I saw Kvitova won Miami. I had totally forgotten that.
by ashkor87 She has won 30 titles overall .some of the players we think are great have won 3 !
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skatingfan ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:19 am
She has won 30 titles overall .some of the players we think are great have won 3 !
Andreescu won Indian Wells, Canada, and the US Open - those are 3 pretty big tournaments. I don't actually know to whom you are referring to here that won only 3 tournaments so I went with Andreescu. I don't think Andreescu is a great player - she's a good player who had a great year, and has struggled with injuries throughout her career. Kvitova is a great player, and a future hall of famer.
by ashkor87 Oh I am a big Andreescu fan..I think she will come back to the top..
by ponchi101 Plus, perhaps we can make a difference too. There are some players that WERE great and were contenders, but that is no longer the case. Pliskova was a top player; that is not longer the case.
And then, you have some players that are great NOW. And I can only think of Swiatek entering that group.
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:34 pm
Wonder if Rybakina and/or Sabalenka will look into WC's for next week. They each got only two matches of this week, none last. I would not want to go into W with such little time on grass.
You were right..Rybakina has entered Eastbourne...tough first round against Wang..
by ponchi101 It's the best thing she could have done. Her RG campaign ended early, so she had some free time, and she only played one match last week. So no worries about fatigue, and on grass, she will have quicker matches. Better to go to W with two or three this week.
by ashkor87 Oh well, now she is out with a virus.