Talk About Tennis 2.0

Monday, July 31, 2023 Day 3

Stadium Starts At 12:00 Pm

(8) Liudmila Samsonova VS (WC) Danielle Collins
Followed By
(WC) Bianca Andreescu VS Marta Kostyuk
Not Before 4:00 Pm
Mackenzie McDonald VS Diego Schwartzman
Not Before 7:00 PM
(WC) Elina Svitolina VS Victoria Azarenka
Followed By
(WC) Gael Monfils VS (Q) Bjorn Fratangelo

John Harris Starts At 12:00 Noon

Emil Ruusuvuori VS Constant Lestienne
Followed By
(Q) Bradley Klahn VS Michael Mmoh
Followed By
Sloane Stephens VS (Q) Lauren Davis
Followed By
Marcos Giron VS Radu Albot
Followed By
Elise Mertens VS (5) Daria Kasatkina

Grandstand Starts At 12:00 Pm

(6) Belinda Bencic VS Anastasia Potapova
Followed By
Christopher Eubanks/Sebastian Korda VS Hubert Hurkacz/Frances Tiafoe
Followed By
(WC) Daniel Evans/Andy Murray VS (2) Austin Krajicek/Mate Pavic
Followed By
(OSE) Petra Martic/Maria Sakkari VS (OSE) Jennifer Brady/Madison Keys

Court 4 Starts At 12:00 Pm

(4) Miyu Kato/Aldila Sutjiadi VS Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok
Followed By
Maxime Cressy VS Alexander Shevchenko
Followed By
Grigor Dimitrov/Nicolas Mahut VS Jamie Murray/Michael Venus
Followed By
Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Molteni VS Robin Haase/Nikola Mektic
Followed By
(Q) Shintaro Mochizuki VS Gregoire Barrere

Court 5 Starts At 12:00 Noon

(Q) Juncheng Shang VS Emilio Gomez
Followed By
Yosuke Watanuki VS Yibing Wu
Followed By
Aslan Karatsev. VS (Q) Kiranpal Pannu
Followed By
Corentin Moutet VS Liam Broady

skatingfan wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 5:42 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:45 pm Time for the prediction.. I would say Medvedev and Bencic this year... for the win.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 5:01 pm Medvedev? Yes, should be his. Bencic? I say mid ranked player, not Bencic. It is a very even tournament.

Wow it's hard to believe you could both be this wrong before the tournament even starts.

Daniil Medvedev won't play at the 2023 Citi Open in Washington next week as the Russian withdrew from the ATP 500 event.

https://tennis-infinity.com/atp/daniil- ... washington

Well, if the player withdraws..what can anyone do?

Unfortunately players don't seem to take this tournament too seriously.. 3 big tournaments to prepare for..so predictions here are not to be taken too seriously either...

The main draw cutoff for the women's draw is 39, so I think they might be taking it seriously.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:17 am The main draw cutoff for the women's draw is 39, so I think they might be taking it seriously.

what does that have to do with it?

Men: Fritz should win, given the slow surface.. and Bencic.. the others who could so well are Samsonova and Keys...

It's saying that the quality of the draw is high, and doesn't support the theory that players aren't taking it seriously, at least on the women's side.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:27 am It's saying that the quality of the draw is high, and doesn't support the theory that players aren't taking it seriously, at least on the women's side.

True. The women's seeds are ranked 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 15, 16 and 18; the men's seeds are ranked 9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 26, 27 and 28.

3mlm wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:16 am

JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:27 am It's saying that the quality of the draw is high, and doesn't support the theory that players aren't taking it seriously, at least on the women's side.

True. The women's seeds are ranked 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 15, 16 and 18; the men's seeds are ranked 9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 26, 27 and 28.

This (I think) is the better indicator since the women's draw is smaller

Let's also remember that the top players in the world, both for the ATP and WTA, are European. And once they come to the Americas it means at least 5 weeks of being here. They may want to stay one extra week back home (I assume they all see themselves as making the second week of the USO; they are, after all, the top players).

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:05 pm Let's also remember that the top players in the world, both for the ATP and WTA, are European. And once they come to the Americas it means at least 5 weeks of being here. They may want to stay one extra week back home (I assume they all see themselves as making the second week of the USO; they are, after all, the top players).

hmm.. i suspect most of them live and train in Florida

Uhm, I don't know. Alcaraz, Djokovic and Medvedev are based in Europe (Spain, Serbia and Monte Carlo). Iga and Elena live in their countries; I am not sure about Aryna, but there you may be right.
Ruud is still based in Norway, Stefanos (I think) is in MC too.

With the opening of the Rafa academy in Mallorca, and Mouratoglou's complex in France, training facilities in Europe are available and excellent. Murray sold his flat in Miami, Vika too.
Maybe some other members can tell us more.

Tuesday, August 01, 2023 Day 4

Stadium Starts At 12:00 Noon

(14) WC Ben Shelton VS (Q) Juncheng Shang
Followed By
(5) Grigor Dimitrov VS Mackenzie McDonald Or Diego Schwartzman
Starting At 4:00 PM
(Q) Hailey Baptiste VS Karolina Pliskova
Not Before 7:00 Pm
Aslan Karatsev Or Kiranpal Pannu VS (2) Frances Tiafoe
Not Before 8:30 PM
Qinwen Zheng VS (7) Madison Keys

John Harris Starts At 12:00 Pm

Sorana Cirstea VS Petra Martic
Not Before 2:00 PM
Jennifer Brady VS Anhelina Kalinina
Followed By
(4) Hubert Hurkacz VS Michael Mmoh
Followed By
Bernarda Pera VS (Q) Leylah Fernandez
Followed By
(8) Sebastian Korda VS Alexander Shevchenko

Grandstand Starts At 12:00 Pm

(WC) Sofia Kenin VS (Q) Magdalena Frech
Followed By
(PR) Lloyd Harris VS (WC) Kei Nishikori
Followed By / TBA
QF
Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Molteni Or Robin Haase/Nikola Mektic VS Daniel Evans/Andy Murray Or Austin Krajicek/Mate Pavic
Not Before 3:30 Pm / After Suitable Rest
(WC) Mackenzie McDonald/Ben Shelton VS (Q) Alexander Bublik/Tallon Griekspoor

Court 4 Starts At 12:00 Noon

Taro Daniel VS Thanasi Kokkinakis
Followed By
Aleksandar Vukic VS Brandon Nakashima
Followed By / Potential Court Change
Emil Ruusuvuori VS (10) Yoshihito Nishioka
Followed By
WTA DOUBLES TBA

Court 5 Starts At 12:00 Pm

(1) Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez VS (OSE) Anna Blinkova/Varvara Gracheva
Followed By
(Q) Zachary Svajda VS Max Purcell
Followed By / Potential Court Change
(WC) Kevin Anderson VS Jordan Thompson
Not Before 2:00 Pm
(3) Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliovaara VS Fabrice Martin/Hugo Nys

Morgado's account on Mastodon links back to that hell site as you see here.

That said I hope he's okay.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:15 pm

Morgado's account on Mastodon links back to that hell site as you see here.

That said I hope he's okay.

Is it this hot? The humidity in Indiana has broken this week, so it's pleasant now. Usually our weather is similar to DC's. It's much less humid than normal here. Hope he is okay.

A lot of these tournaments have to follow Los Cabos and Acapulco. Start play late in the afternoon.