Talk About Tennis 2.0

Day 6 Order of Play

Estadio Akron de Tenis Starts at 11:00 AM

USA H. BAPTISTE vs FRA C. GARCIA (3)
NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM
USA S. KENIN vs LAT J. OSTAPENKO (6)
NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
ITA C. GIORGI vs TBD
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
RUS V. KUDERMETOVA (7) vs BLR V. AZARENKA (10)
FOLLOWED BY
TUN O. JABEUR (1) vs ITA M. TREVISAN

Grandstand Caliente Starts at 11:00 AM

ITA J. PAOLINI/EGY M. SHERIF vs SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/CHN Y. XU
FOLLOWED BY
USA C. DOLEHIDE vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA (8)
NOT BEFORE 2:00 PM
USA T. TOWNSEND vs COL E. ARANGO
NOT BEFORE 4:30 PM
TBD vs CAN L. FERNANDEZ

Court 1 Starts at 01:30 PM

USA A. KULIKOV/BRA I. GAMARRA MARTINS vs JPN M. KATO/INA A. SUTJIADI (8)
FOLLOWED BY
JPN S. AOYAMA/JPN E. SHIBAHARA (4) vs USA C. DOLEHIDE/USA A. MUHAMMAD
FOLLOWED BY
AUS S. HUNTER/BEL E. MERTENS (1) vs USA B. MATTEK-SANDS/FRA K. MLADENOVIC

Still 5 Americans left in the R16, and not any of the ones you would expect (maybe Kenin now). I'm sure Maddie is probably still a little down about blowing the USO SFs, but Navarro seems to have improved above the level of nepo baby this year.

great win for Leylah over Mertens.. court is very slow but... Mertens struggled with it more than LF did

Ostapenko should do well, assuming she cares enough!

saw a bit of Sloane losing to Arango.. Sloane seemed to have no ideas when the ball keeps coming back, and no power to put it away.. not a natural volleyer like Leylah is, either.. she really struggles on a slow court!

JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:27 am Still 5 Americans left in the R16, and not any of the ones you would expect (maybe Kenin now). I'm sure Maddie is probably still a little down about blowing the USO SFs, but Navarro seems to have improved above the level of nepo baby this year.

I still haven't seen anything special or distinctive in Navarro's game. I guess she's getting enough balls in play to crack the Top 50, which isn't easy. But I can't tell you her strengths. Her movement and footwork seem subpar. Several times in San Diego, Kenin's return caught Emma flat-footed and she hit it off her back foot and lost the point. Maybe the issue is with the serve, too attackable.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:24 am Meanwhile, the tournament has been hit with a spate of withdrawals - latest being Bencic (gastro trouble i gather - that will teach her to eat enchiladas on an empty stomach)

Enchiladas are always good!

Jeff from TX wrote:

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:24 am Meanwhile, the tournament has been hit with a spate of withdrawals - latest being Bencic (gastro trouble i gather - that will teach her to eat enchiladas on an empty stomach)

Enchiladas are always good!

Not with a side of Montezuma’s Revenge.


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ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:04 pm Ostapenko should do well, assuming she cares enough!

She has never cared one way or another. She just goes there and blasts balls. if they land in, you lose, if they don't, she loses. It is a very simply equation.

Day 7 Order of Play

Estadio Akron de Tenis Starts at 01:00 PM

Quarter finals
CAN L. FERNANDEZ vs USA S. KENIN
NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM
Quarter finals
TBD vs FRA C. GARCIA (3)
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
Quarter finals
TBD vs USA C. DOLEHIDE
FOLLOWED BY
Quarter finals
COL E. ARANGO vs GRE M. SAKKARI (2)

Grandstand Caliente Starts at 01:00 PM

Quarter finals
NOR U. EIKERI/EST I. NEEL vs CAN G. DABROWSKI/NZL E. ROUTLIFFE (3)
FOLLOWED BY
Quarter finals
TBD vs CHI A. GUARACHI/ROU M. NICULESCU
Quarter finals
ITA J. PAOLINI EGY M. SHERIF vs CAN L. FERNANDEZ/USA T. TOWNSEND (2)
Quarter finals
USA C. DOLEHIDE/USA A. MUHAMMAD vs JPN M. KATO/INA A. SUTJIADI (8)

I'm digging Kenin being a threat again, at any tournament.

Day 8 Order of Play

Estadio Akron de Tenis Starts at 01:30 PM

Semifinal
CAN G. DABROWSKI/NZL E. ROUTLIFFE (3) vs TBD
NOT BEFORE 4:00 PM
Semifinal
TBD vs USA S. KENIN
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
Semifinal
TBD vs TBD
Semifinal
AUS S. HUNTER/BEL E. MERTENS (1) vs TBD

Some pretty astonishing results...wonder if it is just hangover of a Major? Slow surface at altitude? Absence of big names ?

Owendonovan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 1:01 am I'm digging Kenin being a threat again, at any tournament.

She is up there with Sloane..subtle and undecipherable..a players' player..!

Now Kenin has a great chance to make the final