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Sabalenka came from 2-4 down in the 3rd set to beat Jabeur...

Deuce wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:13 am Sabalenka came from 2-4 down in the 3rd set to beat Jabeur...

I turned away from the match and just saw the result. Ons did a Murray and there wasn't enough of a crowd for her to blame them...

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:34 am

Sakkari played well, and I thought Pegula looked a little flat. Maybe she will bounce back. Speaking of bounce, the ball is reportedly staying low on this surface. Pegula was frustrated by it.

Good Intel...then Swiatek will not like the bounce either

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:30 pm Good Intel...then Swiatek will not like the bounce either

Yet she looked quite good in a routine win over Kasatkina today...

Deuce wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:52 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:30 pm Good Intel...then Swiatek will not like the bounce either

Yet she looked quite good in a routine win over Kasatkina today...

Yeah, she was fully in form. I'm taking her over the field (and did before this match).

Maybe someone could make a poll for this and also for the ATP Finals a little later.
I think there are 10 options available in the poll, and so 8 fits into 10 easily...

Garcia over Gauff 6-4, 6-3...

Garcia has a lot to prove here.

Day 3 Order of Play

WTA Finals Stadium Court

CZE B. KREJCIKOVA/CZE K. SINIAKOVA (1) vs CHN Y. XU/CHN Z. YANG (6)
UPCOMING
TUN O. JABEUR (2) vs USA J. PEGULA (3)
UPCOMING
GRE M. SAKKARI (5) vs BLR A. SABALENKA (7)
UPCOMING
USA C. GAUFF/USA J. PEGULA (3) vs USA D. KRAWCZYK/NED D. SCHUURS (8)

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:18 am Garcia has a lot to prove here.

I think they pretty much all have 'something to prove' here, except for Swiatek and Gauff - Swiatek because she has already proven than she is the #1 player, and Gauff because she is still young.

But I think the other 6 all have some kind of pressure (external and/or internal) to prove that they belong in the year end finals.

Meanwhile, Dabrowski and Olmos - the #2 seeds - are right now playing terribly on their way to what certainly looks like it will be a straight set loss to Danilina and Haddad Maia. Very surprising.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:18 am Garcia has a lot to prove here.

Why specifically Garcia?

Agree with Ashkor. Actually, I say Garcia has nothing to prove in her career. She is a very talented player that simply was missing something.
She has never reached a Slam final, so we know where she stands. She is very good. She is not a consistent champion.
If next year she drops out of the top 20, I will not be surprised.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:28 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:18 am Garcia has a lot to prove here.

Why specifically Garcia?

There's been a bit of churn in her team and it happened right after what some would consider the best run of her career. It's not clear who her coach is now - it may be her father again - but we talked about it in the Coaching Merry-go-Round thread.