JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 6:57 pm
Catching up on the days action. Krejcikova performed just about how I thought she would.
Flip over to Kerber-Fetch if you can.... such a battle. I'm exhausted just watching it. Kerber has fought off at least one match point, despite being absolutely exhausted. Fetch is doing a great job competing, but Angie won't say die.
Edit: unbelievable match. Kerber refused to lose. Crowd was so into it.
Suliso wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 1:35 pm
Down goes our defending champion! In her defense I don't think she was ready to play and wouldn't have if this were not her title defense.
She leaves the top 10 and it would not surprise me if forever.
Yeah, not surprised by this. Bottom half is a Grand Canyon now. So much opportunity to be a French Open runner-up. Could be a surprise finalist (Maria Camila Ocosio Serrano) or maybe Kerber. I know, I'm looking right past Sakkari.
She's done nothing recently to make you do otherwise.
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
Noskova ran out of gas mid second set after coming through qualies. She is 16 and should've lost to a recent Slam winner.
As for Raducanu, I am not a fan.
Krejcikova came for the check. JMHO. She was in no condition to play.
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:41 pm
Noskova ran out of gas mid second set after coming through qualies. She is 16 and should've lost to a recent Slam winner.
As for Raducanu, I am not a fan.
Krejcikova came for the check. JMHO. She was in no condition to play.
She's 17 (and a half, as Rafa would say). My take: Yeah, she should have lost 3 and 3, but instead she was up a set and a break, serving at 4-3 and red-lining, very composed, with about 80% chance of winning the match (unscientific). Raducanu responded to getting broken at love by immediately putting pressure on Noskova. She didn't wait for Noskova to get tired—she made it happen, and then kept her level up. To my eyes it was a quality win, not diminished by Noskova's relative inexperience.
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ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:41 pm
Noskova ran out of gas mid second set after coming through qualies. She is 16 and should've lost to a recent Slam winner.
As for Raducanu, I am not a fan.
Krejcikova came for the check. JMHO. She was in no condition to play.
Sure, I am not a fan either. But I don't hate her. It is a player that I find that she lost or won, it is just news to me. I don't mind either way.
Krecjikova maybe thought she could get some court time. She has been away for quite a while and clay is her best surface.
Yes, plus the check and trying to lose as few points as possible.
ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:41 pm
Noskova ran out of gas mid second set after coming through qualies. She is 16 and should've lost to a recent Slam winner.
As for Raducanu, I am not a fan.
Krejcikova came for the check. JMHO. She was in no condition to play.
Sure, I am not a fan either. But I don't hate her. It is a player that I find that she lost or won, it is just news to me. I don't mind either way.
Krecjikova maybe thought she could get some court time. She has been away for quite a while and clay is her best surface.
Yes, plus the check and trying to lose as few points as possible.
Give her some credit..maybe she feels a responsibility ..to defend her title
ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:41 pm
Noskova ran out of gas mid second set after coming through qualies. She is 16 and should've lost to a recent Slam winner.
As for Raducanu, I am not a fan.
Krejcikova came for the check. JMHO. She was in no condition to play.
Sure, I am not a fan either. But I don't hate her. It is a player that I find that she lost or won, it is just news to me. I don't mind either way.
Krecjikova maybe thought she could get some court time. She has been away for quite a while and clay is her best surface.
Yes, plus the check and trying to lose as few points as possible.
Give her some credit..maybe she feels a responsibility ..to defend her title
You're right Ashkor. I shouldn't have assumed what her motives were. It's just weird that until the official draw came out many of her fans assumed she wasn't going to play because of her injury.
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
Suliso wrote:That's a great win for Anisimova even on clay. Hope she goes far now.
It was. She’s the one to beat in the bottom half IMO. Curious how she how she will do against a real clay-courter. Someone who won’t give her pace and will push her off the court. Also Osaka didn’t serve well today at all.
Had a look at her draw again and it is a lousy one. Maria Sakkari in the 3rd round... Why were we mentioning Fernandez instead?
Anisimova and Leylah could meet in the round of 16.
R.I.P. Amal...
“The opposite of courage is not cowardice - it’s conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.”- Jim Hightower
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 10:58 am
It was. She’s the one to beat in the bottom half IMO. Curious how she how she will do against a real clay-courter. Someone who won’t give her pace and will push her off the court. Also Osaka didn’t serve well today at all.
Had a look at her draw again and it is a lousy one. Maria Sakkari in the 3rd round... Why were we mentioning Fernandez instead?
Anisimova and Leylah could meet in the round of 16.
Popcorn is ready. I think this match will happen. Leylah will beat Bencic in R3 (and yes, Bencic will beat Andreescu, another match I am looking forward to).
ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:41 pm
Noskova ran out of gas mid second set after coming through qualies. She is 16 and should've lost to a recent Slam winner.
As for Raducanu, I am not a fan.
Krejcikova came for the check. JMHO. She was in no condition to play.
Sure, I am not a fan either. But I don't hate her. It is a player that I find that she lost or won, it is just news to me. I don't mind either way.
Krecjikova maybe thought she could get some court time. She has been away for quite a while and clay is her best surface.
Yes, plus the check and trying to lose as few points as possible.
Give her some credit..maybe she feels a responsibility ..to defend her title
Yeah, it's not often you get to defend a Slam title. I appreciate players who at least try, if they aren't clearly unable or uninterested in mounting the slightest competition. I also don't begrudge anyone who shows up for the Slam R1 paycheck, especially women, given that the WTA prize money is embarrassing.
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My take: Yeah, she should have lost 3 and 3, but instead she was up a set and a break, serving at 4-3 and red-lining, very composed, with about 80% chance of winning the match (unscientific). Raducanu responded to getting broken at love by immediately putting pressure on Noskova. She didn't wait for Noskova to get tired—she made it happen, and then kept her level up. To my eyes it was a quality win, not diminished by Noskova's relative inexperience.
