by ti-amie Top Half
SABALENKA Aryna --- [1] vs RAKHIMOVA Kamilla ---
Qualifiée (Q) vs TEICHMANN Jil SUI
COLLINS Danielle USA vs BURRAGE Jodie GBR
DANILOVIC Olga SRB vs FERNANDEZ Leylah CAN [27]
TAUSON Clara DEN [22] vs LINETTE Magda POL
RUS Arantxa NED vs OSORIO Camila COL
KVITOVA Petra CZE vs GOLUBIC Viktorija SUI
Qualifiée (Q) vs ANISIMOVA Amanda USA [16]
SHNAIDER Diana --- [11] vs Qualifiée (Q)
YASTREMSKA Dayana UKR vs AIAVA Destanee AUS (W)
Qualifiée (Q) vs RAKOTOMANGA RAJAONAH Tiantsoa FRA (W)
SHERIF Mayar EGY vs SAMSONOVA Liudmila --- [19]
STEARNS Peyton USA [28] vs LYS Eva GER
Qualifiée (Q) vs SUN Lulu NZL
EALA Alexandra PHI vs ARANGO Emiliana COL
PAVLYUCHENKOVA Anastasia --- vs ZHENG Qinwen CHN [8]
PAOLINI Jasmine ITA [4] vs YUAN Yue CHN
TOMLJANOVIC Ajla AUS vs JOINT Maya AUS
Qualifiée (Q) vs CIRSTEA Sorana ROU
POTAPOVA Anastasia --- vs NOSKOVA Linda CZE [29]
VEKIC Donna CRO [18] vs BLINKOVA Anna ---
GARCIA Caroline FRA vs PERA Bernarda USA
SIEGEMUND Laura GER vs BONDAR Anna HUN
SONMEZ Zeynep TUR vs SVITOLINA Elina UKR [13]
RYBAKINA Elena KAZ [12] vs BENCIC Belinda SUI
JOVIC Iva USA (W) vs ZARAZUA Renata MEX
DOLEHIDE Caroline USA vs MINNEN Greet BEL
KUDERMETOVA Polina --- vs OSTAPENKO Jelena LAT [21]
KOSTYUK Marta UKR [26] vs Qualifiée (Q)
CRISTIAN Jaqueline ROU vs BIRRELL Kimberly AUS
RADUCANU Emma GBR vs WANG Xinyu CHN
SRAMKOVA Rebecca SVK vs SWIATEK Iga POL [5]
BOTTOM HALF
ANDREEVA Mirra --- [6] vs BUCSA Cristina ESP
LAMENS Suzan NED vs KRUEGER Ashlyn USA
VOLYNETS Katie USA vs Qualifiée (Q)
Qualifiée (Q) vs PUTINTSEVA Yulia KAZ [32]
KASATKINA Daria AUS [17] vs SINIAKOVA Katerina CZE
JEANJEAN Leolia FRA (W) vs BEGU Irina-Camelia ROU
RUSE Elena-Gabriela ROU vs KESSLER Mccartney USA
OSAKA Naomi JPN vs BADOSA Paula ESP [10]
MUCHOVA Karolina CZE [14] vs PARKS Alycia USA
JACQUEMOT Elsa FRA (W) vs SAKKARI Maria GRE
AVANESYAN Elina ARM vs KALININA Anhelina UKR
BOISSON Lois FRA (W) vs MERTENS Elise BEL [24]
FRECH Magdalena POL [25] vs JABEUR Ons TUN
Qualifiée (Q) vs VONDROUSOVA Marketa CZE
Qualifiée (Q) vs LI Ann USA
TODONI Anca ROU vs PEGULA Jessica USA [3]
KEYS Madison USA [7] vs Qualifiée (Q)
Qualifiée (Q) vs BOULTER Katie GBR
WICKMAYER Yanina BEL vs AZARENKA Victoria ---
GRACHEVA Varvara FRA vs KENIN Sofia USA [31]
HADDAD MAIA Beatriz BRA [23] vs BAPTISTE Hailey USA
Qualifiée (Q) vs UCHIJIMA Moyuka JPN
PARRY Diane FRA (W) vs MONTGOMERY Robin USA
BOUZAS MANEIRO Jessica ESP vs NAVARRO Emma USA [9]
KREJCIKOVA Barbora CZE [15] vs MARIA Tatjana GER
KUDERMETOVA Veronika --- vs TOMOVA Viktoriya BUL
Qualifiée (Q) vs COCCIARETTO Elisabetta ITA
BRONZETTI Lucia ITA vs ALEXANDROVA Ekaterina --- [20]
KALINSKAYA Anna --- [30] vs BOUZKOVA Marie CZE
KARTAL Sonay GBR vs ANDREEVA Erika ---
PAQUET Chloé FRA (W) vs Qualifiée (Q)
GADECKI Olivia AUS vs GAUFF Coco USA [2]
by ashkor87 Coco has a nice easy path to the semis, where she will meet Andreeva (i project)..Sabalenka vs Ostapenko will be the other semi,(I expect)
by ti-amie The thing with the WTA is that anyone can beat anyone on any given day. The two top seeds have "easy" draws but ya never know.
The ATP is becoming more like the WTA in this regard though.
by Suliso No way Ostapenko will reach SF's. R3 max and R1 a possibility.
by
ponchi101 Suliso wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 6:09 pm
No way Ostapenko will reach SF's. R3 max and R1 a possibility.
With her record at RG, very possible. But I only want her to reach far enough until she meets Iga.
(Won't happen, I know).
by JTContinental Paolini has the toughest draw to the semis, and I think Iga will ultimately factor in more than we think at the moment.
by ponchi101 Iga gets Sramkova, maybe Raducanu and then maybe Kostyuk. No giants there, but Kostyuk may beat her.
Then whomever survives from a quarter where you have Alona (who may be out by R1) and Rybakina, who is on her way out too.
And then, most probably Paolini or, if not, Svitolina.
In the last years, R4 would have been assured. So now, she has those 4 rounds to get her game back before she has to deal with anything remotely deemed difficult.
by ashkor87 Heck, Raducanu may beat her!
by
dryrunguy Suliso wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 6:09 pm
No way Ostapenko will reach SF's. R3 max and R1 a possibility.
You couldn't resist... Congratulations, Jelena, on your second Roland Garros championship! The least you could do in return is cover Suliso's accommodations in Armenia.
by
ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 1:10 am
Heck, Raducanu may beat her!
Nope. I know Emma likes to hit hard on second serve returns, but her own issues are worse. And she is not as natural on clay as Iga.
Again. If Emma beats her, I will be delighted. But that is not a reasonable expectation.
by
ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 2:52 pm
But that is not a reasonable expectation
it could happen, though.. Raducanu seems to be adapting to clay nowadays..
by ponchi101 Well, of course if could happen. And Iga's season has gone so crazy that is way more possible than in 2024.
I am just saying it is not likely. I like Kostyuk's odds way better.
by JTContinental Bencic is out, Townsend is in
by
Jeff from TX JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 10:51 pm
Bencic is out, Townsend is in
Yay! Sorry to see Belinda out, but very glad for Taylor.
by skatingfan First Grand Slam Event
Tereza Valentova, Age 18, Czech Republic
Victoria Mboko, Age 18, Canada
Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah, Age 19, France
Alexandra Eala, Age 20, Philippines
Anastasiia Sobolieva, Age 21, Ukraine
Lois Boisson, Age 22, France
Joanna Garland, Age 23, Chinese Taipei
Emiliana Arango, Age 24, Colombia
First French Open
Iva Jovic, Age 17, United States of America
Maya Joint, Age 19, Australia
Anca Todoni, Age 20, Romania
Robin Montgomery, Age 20, United States of America
Solana Sierra, Age 20, Argentina
Polina Kudermetova, Age 21, Russia
Leyre Romero Gormaz, Age 23, Spain
Olivia Gadecki, Age 23, Australia
Sonay Kartal, Age 23, Great Britain
Lulu Sun, Age 24, New Zealand
Destanee Aiava, Age 25, Australia
Jodie Burrage, Age 25, Great Britain
McCartney Kessler, Age 25, United States of America
Suzan Lamens, Age 25, Netherlands
Lucrezia Stefanini, Age 27, Italy
by ashkor87 Potapova -Noskova is the one I am carefully watching.. Potapova is playing well, Noskova is not, but I always thought she has a higher ceiling.. it will tell me a lot about Noskova.
by mick1303 I did not realize how rare was the feat that Musetti pulled out this year - reaching the semis of all 3 clay masters during a clay season...
Only 8 players done this since 1990. There was a gap since 1995 until 2007 when nobody was able to do this.
by mick1303 Amazingly neither Muster, nor Bruguera or Kuerten or Coria managed to do this. Neither did JCF, Moya and Costa. You'll be REALLY surprised when you'll look it up who was the player that done it in 1995.
by ponchi101 Obviously R/R/N must have done it.
But you are mentioning 1995 specifically. Sampras? He had a very good run on clay that year, and he won Rome.
by
skatingfan mick1303 wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 8:39 am
I did not realize how rare was the feat that Musetti pulled out this year - reaching the semis of all 3 clay masters during a clay season...
Only 8 players done this since 1990. There was a gap since 1995 until 2007 when nobody was able to do this.
mick1303 wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 6:06 pm
Amazingly neither Muster, nor Bruguera or Kuerten or Coria managed to do this. Neither did JCF, Moya and Costa. You'll be REALLY surprised when you'll look it up who was the player that done it in 1995.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 8:05 pm
Obviously R/R/N must have done it.
But you are mentioning 1995 specifically. Sampras? He had a very good run on clay that year, and he won Rome.
I don't want to squash this discussion, but folks this is the WTA draw thread.
by
ponchi101 skatingfan wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 1:01 am
...
I don't want to squash this discussion, but folks this is the WTA draw thread.
Holy ooops
by ashkor87 Upset alert : Todoni has a good shot at upsetting Pegula today..40% maybe.. clay doesn't suit Pegula much and todoni is a good clay courter, has actually won a small clay tournament, if I remember
by
ponchi101 ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 10:03 pm
Dear Naomi.
It may actually BE Patrick. He keeps living of the fact that he coached Serena, while people never see that she never won a slam while being coached by him.
Nor has he ever coached a player that won a slam under his coaching.
So, maybe he is disappointing YOU.
Just a thought.
by
ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 3:40 am
Upset alert : Todoni has a good shot at upsetting Pegula today..40% maybe.. clay doesn't suit Pegula much and todoni is a good clay courter, has actually won a small clay tournament, if I remember
Good call. Pegula won but the second set was closer than what the score says. Todoni could be one of those players that gets better. Has the size and the power. Don't know what else she needs.
by Suliso All the top 8 reached R16 and only on of their next round opponents will be from outside top 20 (Baptiste). Who said rankings are not indicative?
by ponchi101 Yes. This time, the "field" has not been that productive.
We will still see if somebody can sneak in, but it looks like the winner will be a top 5 player.
by jazzyg Ponch,
Serena won 10 slams while being coached by Mourataglou and had the most consistent dominant stretch of her career under his watch.
by ashkor87 Alexandrova playing amazingly well, better than I expected..meanwhile Paolini, Anisimova, Andreeva are playing as well as expected, which is great. coco is surviving but that is all that can be said..Alexandrova will probably beat her unless she really dtrps up. Her forehands are still dropping short and her dfs continue ..not good.
by
ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 2:24 pm
Nor has he ever coached a player that won a slam under his coaching.
perhaps you should check your facts.
by ashkor87 Re Alexandrova: never been a great clay court player but this year she seems to have amped up her serve considerably.. her return was always excellent.. at this rate, she will really do well at Wimbledon.
by ashkor87 I dont think probabilities have changed much - it is still between Alcaraz and Sinner, isnt it? Both playing up to expectations..
The women, too, reasonably as expected. This has been a strangely orderly FO.But I guess the French Open is the usually the least chaotic of the majors,, Wimbledon is the most.. USO and AO are somewhat in between..
by
ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:26 am
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 2:24 pm
Nor has he ever coached a player that won a slam under his coaching.
perhaps you should check your facts.
Stand corrected. He did coach Serena for several years and slams.
I'll rephrase: since then, nothing. Osaka should be aware of that, and not put all the blame on herself.
by ashkor87 Sabalenka vs Anisimova - 55-45, Anisimova has beaten her several times and clay suits her powerful, slow-footed style
Samsonova - Zheng - 10-90, cant really see Samsonova beating Zheng here
Paolini-Svitolina - Paolini should win this time, 60-40, Svitolina did not impress in her previous outing
Rybakina - Swiatek - 60-40, enough has been said but I think Rybakina is nearly back now.
Andreeva - Kasatkina 90-10, cant see How K can beat A.. Andreeva does everything better
Boisson - Pegula 5-95, would be a real shocker, Pegula cannot be beaten by a lesser player even on clay
Keys - Baptiste 90-10- cant see how Baptiste can beat Keys here.
Alexandrova-Gauff- 70-30, Alexandrova playing really well, Gauff not.. if Coco were playing close to her best, the probabilities would be reversed, but sadly, that is not the case.
by ponchi101 Hope you are right about Iga/Elena.
by ashkor87 Watching Svitolina-Paolini..high quality match, whoever wins
by ashkor87 Neither Paolini not Svitolina able to hold serve
by ashkor87 Paolini too passive on the big points...
by ashkor87 Swiatek not stable..something has changed in her body..slipping and stumbling
by
skatingfan ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:34 pm
Swiatek not stable..something has changed in her body..slipping and stumbling
Today's Match Discussion
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by ashkor87 Rybakina doesn't put away volleys...needs to learn!
by ashkor87 Ryba is not a fighter, she won't win now. 4 all
by ashkor87 I guess that is why Swiatek is a champion
by
ashkor87 skatingfan wrote: ↑Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:45 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:34 pm
Swiatek not stable..something has changed in her body..slipping and stumbling
Today's Match Discussion
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That board wasnt there when I looked