by ti-amie Tournament: China Open
Location: Beijing, China
Dates: September 28 - October 04 2023
Tier: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Prize Money: $3,633,875
Total Financial Commitment: $3,798,915
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Carlos Alcaraz 1 1
2 Daniil Medvedev 3 3
3 Holger Rune 4 4
4 Casper Ruud 5 5
5 Jannik Sinner 6 6
6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7 7
7 Andrey Rublev 8 8
8 Taylor Fritz 9 9
Frances Tiafoe 10 10
Karen Khachanov 11 11
Alexander Zverev 12 12
Alex de Minaur 13 13
Tommy Paul 14 14
Felix Auger-Aliassime 15 15
Cameron Norrie 16 16
Lorenzo Musetti 18 18
Grigor Dimitrov 19 19
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 21 21
Daniel Evans 28 28
Matteo Berrettini 36 36
Roberto Bautista Agut 42 42
Diego Schwartzman 114 114
Pablo Carreno Busta 122 122
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC) A+
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
Alternates
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Jan-Lennard Struff 22 22
2 Nicolas Jarry 25 25
3 Ugo Humbert 33 33
4 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 34 34
5 Andy Murray 37 37
6 Lorenzo Sonego 39 39
7 Mackenzie McDonald 40 40
8 Max Purcell 43 43
9 Yoshihito Nishioka 44 44
10 J.J. Wolf 45 45
11 Miomir Kecmanovic 46 46
12 Ben Shelton 47 47
13 Lloyd Harris 177 47 (PR)
14 Arthur Fils 48 48
15 Kei Nishikori 353 48 (PR)
16 Aleksandar Vukic 50 50
17 Jordan Thompson 51 51
18 Dusan Lajovic 52 52
19 Daniel Altmaier 53 53
20 Yannick Hanfmann 54 54
by ti-amie Qualifying Entry Lists - ATP
Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Jan-Lennard Struff 22 22
2 Nicolas Jarry 25 25
3 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 34 34
4 Lorenzo Sonego 39 39
5 Max Purcell 43 43
6 Yoshihito Nishioka 44 44
7 J.J. Wolf 45 45
8 Miomir Kecmanovic 46 46
Ben Shelton 47 47
Aleksandar Vukic 50 50
Jordan Thompson 51 51
Lloyd Harris 177 47 (PR)
Kei Nishikori 353 48 (PR)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
Alternates
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Dusan Lajovic 52 52
2 Daniel Altmaier 53 53
3 Yannick Hanfmann 54 54
4 Emil Ruusuvuori 56 56
5 Roman Safiullin 60 60
6 Matteo Arnaldi 61 61
7 Luca Van Assche 64 64
8 Brandon Nakashima 68 68
9 Christopher O'Connell 69 69
10 Daniel Elahi Galan 71 71
11 Aslan Karatsev 77 77
12 Thanasi Kokkinakis 78 78
13 Jaume Munar 82 82
14 Cristian Garin 90 90
15 Pavel Kotov 98 98
16 Rinky Hijikata 110 110
17 Aleksandar Kovacevic 120 120
18 Fabio Fognini 146 146
19 Egor Gerasimov 783 173 (PR)
20 Marc Polmans 174 174
by ti-amie Tournament: China Open
Location: Beijing, China
Level: WTA 1000
Prize Money: $8,127,389
Surface: Hard
Seed Name Entry Ranking
1 Iga Swiatek 1
2 Aryna Sabalenka 2
3 Jessica Pegula 3
4 Elena Rybakina 4
5 Ons Jabeur 5
6 Coco Gauff 6
7 Caroline Garcia 7
8 Maria Sakkari 8
9 Marketa Vondrousova 9
10 Karolina Muchova 10
11 Petra Kvitova 11
12 Barbora Krejcikova 12
13 Belinda Bencic 13
14 Daria Kasatkina 14
15 Liudmila Samsonova 15
16 Veronika Kudermetova 16
Madison Keys 17
Victoria Azarenka 18
Beatriz Haddad Maia 19
Ekaterina Alexandrova 20
Jelena Ostapenko 21
Donna Vekic 22
Qinwen Zheng 23
Magda Linette 24
Karolina Pliskova 25
Elina Svitolina 26
Anastasia Potapova 27
Anhelina Kalinina 28
Elisabetta Cocciaretto 29
Sorana Cirstea 30
Marie Bouzkova 31
Elise Mertens 32
Mayar Sherif 33
Jasmine Paolini 35
Sloane Stephens 36
Petra Martic 37
Anna Blinkova 38
Marta Kostyuk 39
Varvara Gracheva 40
Linda Noskova 41
Alycia Parks 42
Irina-Camelia Begu 43
Lin Zhu 44
Arantxa Rus 45
Lesia Tsurenko 46
Jennifer Brady 14 (PR)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 21 (PR)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
by ti-amie Qualifying Draw - ATP
(1)Max Purcell vs (WC) Hanwen Li
(WC) Yan Bai vs (7) J.J. Wolf
PC vs (WC) Jie Cui
(PR) Lloyd Harris vs (5) Daniel Altmaier
(3) Miomir Kecmanovic vs PC
Yannick Hanfmann vs (8) Dusan Lajovic
(4) Matteo Arnaldi vs (Alt) Daniel Elahi Galan
Brandon Nakashima vs (6) Aleksandar Vukic
by ti-amie Main Draw Singles - ATP
(1) Carlos Alcaraz vs Qualifier
Karen Khachanov vs Lorenzo Musetti
Qualifier vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Jan-Lennard Struff vs (7) Casper Ruud
(3) Holger Rune vs Felix Auger-Aliassime
(WC) Mackenzie McDonald vs Grigor Dimitrov
(WC) Juncheng Shang vs (SE) Yoshihito Nishioka
Daniel Evans vs (6) Jannik Sinner
(8) Alexander Zverev vs Diego Schwartzman
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs (WC) Yi Zhou
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Nicolas Jarry vs (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas
(5) Andrey Rublev vs Cameron Norrie
Ugo Humbert vs Lorenzo Sonego
Alex de Minaur vs Andy Murray
Tommy Paul vs (2) Daniil Medvedev
by ti-amie WTA singles entry list updates:
Muchova out
Stephens out
Keys out
Svitolina out (for the rest of the year)
Collins out - did not travel to China
Giorgi is not playing in Asia this season
Begu out
In
WANG Xinyu
Saville
Sorribes Tormo
Next in
Fruhvirtova, Trevisan, Stearns
I'm not sure if Fruhvirtova is in or not
by ti-amie Thursday, September 28, 2023 Day 3
Diamond Starts At 12:30 Pm
Ugo Humbert VS Lorenzo Sonego
Followed By
(Q) Lloyd Harris VS Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Followed By
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina VS (WC) Yi Zhou
Not Before 7:30 Pm
Alex de Minaur VS Andy Murray
Lotus Starts At 2:00 Pm
(Q) Matteo Arnaldi VS (Q) J.J. Wolf
Not Before 4:30 Pm
Marcelo Arevalo/Nikola Mektic VS (PR) Marcelo Melo/Alexander Zverev
Brad Drewett Starts At 2:00 Pm
(Q) Alexander Erler/Lucas Miedler VS (3) Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Molteni
Not Before 4:30 Pm
(WC) Jie Cui/Aoran Wang VS Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev
by ashkor87 Rune needs to hold on to his precarious lead over Fritz for the season-ending championships..
by
meganfernandez ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:02 pm
Rune needs to hold on to his precarious lead over Fritz for the season-ending championships..
He's defending Paris title points. Will be dificult.
by
Suliso meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:01 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:02 pm
Rune needs to hold on to his precarious lead over Fritz for the season-ending championships..
He's defending Paris title points. Will be dificult.
That doesn't matter, does it?
by ti-amie WTA Qualifying Singles Draw
P. Stearns (1) vs A. Friedsam
D. Shnaider vs A. Sasnovich (16)
K. Boulter (2) vs Z. Bai
E. Bektas vs K. Rakhimova (12)
L. Fernandez (3) vs N. Podoroska
K. Day vs C. Bucsa (14)
M. Andreeva (4) vs K. Birrell
X. You vs A. Kalinskaya (15)
B. Pera (5) vs C. Liu
D. Parry vs M. Frech (9)
L. Bronzetti (6) vs L. Siegemund
T. Korpatsch vs C. Tauson (11)
R. Masarova (7) vs K. Baindl
S. Wei vs Y. Wickmayer (13)
E. Avanesyan (8) vs Y. Ren
J. Burrage vs Y. Putintseva (10)
by ti-amie Friday, September 29, 2023 Day 4
Diamond Starts At 12:30 Pm
Tommy Paul VS (2) Daniil Medvedev
Followed By
(3) Holger Rune VS Felix Auger-Aliassime
Followed By
(8) Alexander Zverev VS Diego Schwartzman
Followed By
Opening Ceremony 20 min.
Not Before 7:30 Pm
(1) Carlos Alcaraz VS (Q) Yannick Hanfmann
Lotus Starts At 12:30 Pm
Daniel Evans VS (6) Jannik Sinner
Followed By
Nicolas Jarry VS (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Followed By
(WC) Juncheng Shang VS (SE) Yoshihito Nishioka
Followed By
Jan-Lennard Struff VS (7) Casper Ruud
Moon Starts At 11:00 Am
(2) Katie Boulter VS (WC) Zhuoxuan Bai
Followed By
(WC) Sijia Wei VS (13) Yanina Wickmayer
Followed By
(WC) Xiaodi You VS (15) Anna Kalinskaya
Followed By
(3) Leylah Fernandez VS Nadia Podoroska
Brad Drewett Starts At 12:30 Pm
(WC) Mackenzie McDonald VS Grigor Dimitrov
Followed By
(5) Andrey Rublev VS Cameron Norrie
Followed By
Karen Khachanov VS Lorenzo Musetti
Followed By
(WC) Fajing Sun/Yi Zhou VS (2) Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski
Court 2 Starts At 11:00 Am
Emina Bektas VS (12) Kamilla Rakhimova
Followed By
(8) Elina Avanesyan VS (WC) Yufei Ren
Followed By
(1) Peyton Stearns VS Anna-Lena Friedsam
Followed By
Diana Shnaider VS (16) Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Court 6 Starts At 11:00 Am
(5) Bernarda Pera VS Claire Liu
Followed By
Jodie Burrage VS (10) Yulia Putintseva
Followed By
(4) Mirra Andreeva VS Kimberly Birrell
Followed By
(6) Lucia Bronzetti VS Laura Siegemund
Court 3 Starts At 11:00 Am
Diane Parry VS (9) Magdalena Frech
Followed By
(7) Rebeka Masarova VS Kateryna Baindl
Followed By
Kayla Day VS (14) Cristina Bucsa
Followed By
Tamara Korpatsch VS (11) Clara Tauson
by
skatingfan Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:13 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:01 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:02 pm
Rune needs to hold on to his precarious lead over Fritz for the season-ending championships..
He's defending Paris title points. Will be dificult.
That doesn't matter, does it?
No, losing the points for Paris will hurt his ranking, but he needs to play, and probably win some matches to hold on to a spot in the WTF.
by ashkor87 If I remember right, the court at Beijing is the fastest on the tour..of course it could be different this year ...
by
ashkor87 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:57 am
If I remember right, the court at Beijing is the fastest on the tour..of course it could be different this year ...
i think it was Shanghai that was the fastest, Beijing is sort of medium
by ti-amie WTA MD Singles
[1] SABALENKA, Aryna vs WC KENIN, Sofia USA
Qualifier vs Qualifier
WC YUAN, Yue CHN vs MERTENS, Elise BEL
PAOLINI, Jasmine ITA vs [15] HADDAD MAIA, Beatriz BRA
[10] KREJCIKOVA, Barbora CZE vs Qualifier
PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia/Performance Bye
TREVISAN, Martina ITA vs MARIA, Tatjana GER
ZHENG, Qinwen CHN vs [5] RYBAKINA, Elena KAZ
[4] PEGULA, Jessica USA/Performance Bye
VEKIC, Donna CRO vs BLINKOVA, Anna
WC TIAN, Fangran CHN vs NOSKOVA, Linda CZE
Qualifier vs [13] OSTAPENKO, Jelena LAT
[12] KVITOVA, Petra CZE vs WC WANG, Xiyu CHN
PARKS, Alycia USA vs SAMSONOVA, Liudmila
KOSTYUK, Marta UKR vs COCCIARETTO, Elisabetta ITA
Qualifier vs [7] JABEUR, Ons TUN
[6] SAKKARI, Maria GRE/Performance Bye
FRUHVIRTOVA, Linda CZE vs RUS, Arantxa NED
WANG, Xinyu CHN vs WC ZVONAREVA, Vera
SHERIF, Mayar EGY vs [11] KASATKINA, Daria
[16] KUDERMETOVA, Veronika/Performance Bye
TSURENKO, Lesia UKR vs ZHU, Lin CHN
CIRSTEA, Sorana ROU vs MARTIC, Petra CRO
ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina vs [3] GAUFF, Coco USA
[8] VONDROUSOVA, Marketa CZE vs KALININA, Anhelina UKR
SAVILLE, Daria AUS vs SINIAKOVA, Katerina CZE
BOUZKOVA, Marie CZE vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs [9] GARCIA, Caroline FRA
[14] AZARENKA, Victoria vs LINETTE, Magda POL
BRADY, Jennifer USA vs Qualifier
POTAPOVA, Anastasia vs GRACHEVA, Varvara FRA
SORRIBES TORMO, Sara ESP vs [2] SWIATEK, Iga POL
by ti-amie Saturday, September 30, 2023 Day 5
Diamond Starts At 12:30 Pm
R16
(Q) Matteo Arnaldi VS Nicolas Jarry
Followed By
R16
Alex de Minaur VS (2) Daniil Medvedev
Not Before 4:30 PM
R 64
(WC) Yue Yuan VS Elise Mertens
Not Before 7:30 PM
R 64
(14) Victoria Azarenka VS Magda Linette
Not Before 9:00 Pm
R16
(8) Alexander Zverev VS Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Lotus Starts At 11:00 Am
R 64
Donna Vekic VS Anna Blinkova
Followed By
R 64
Marta Kostyuk VS Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Followed By
R 64
Sorana Cirstea VS Petra Martic
Followed By
R16
(5) Andrey Rublev VS Ugo Humbert
Moon Starting At 12:30 PM
R 64
Anastasia Potapova VS Varvara Gracheva
Followed By
R 64
Martina Trevisan VS Tatjana Maria
Not Before 2:00 PM
R 32
(6) Su-Wei Hsieh/Xinyu Wang VS Marie Bouzkova/Sara Sorribes Tormo
Brad Drewett Starts At 12:30 Pm
R16
(1) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz
Followed By
R16
Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski VS Sander Gille/Joran Vliegen
Followed By / After Rest
R16
(4) Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin VS Tomas Martin Etcheverry/Nicolas Jarry
Followed By / After Rest
R16
Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos VS Alex de Minaur/Jannik Sinner
Court 2 Starts At 11:00 Am
Qualifying
(2) Katie Boulter VS (12) Kamilla Rakhimova
Followed By Qualifying
(8) Elina Avanesyan VS (10) Yulia Putintseva
Followed By Qualifying
(6) Lucia Bronzetti VS (ALT) Ashlyn Krueger
Court 6 Starts At 11:00 Am
Qualifying
Claire Liu VS (9) Magdalena Frech
Followed By Qualifying
(4) Mirra Andreeva VS (15) Anna Kalinskaya
Followed By Qualifying
(ALT) Eva Lys VS (14) Cristina Bucsa
Court 3 Starts At 11:00 Am
Qualifying
Kateryna Baindl VS (13) Yanina Wickmayer
Followed By
(1) Peyton Stearns VS (ALT) Laura Pigossi
by ashkor87 Two tough first rounds on the women's ...Gauff vs Alexandrova, Sabalenka vs Kenin...an upset won't surprise me
by ashkor87 Plus QZ vs Rybakina
by ponchi101 Don't share your faith on Kenin. I can't see her making an impression of Sabalenka at this stage of their careers.
by meganfernandez How is Haddad Maia able to play this soon after lacerating her hand on a shower door in Guadalajara?
by ti-amie Sunday, October 01, 2023 Day 6
Diamond Starting At 12:30 PM
(8) Marketa Vondrousova VS Anhelina Kalinina
Followed By
(1) Aryna Sabalenka VS (WC) Sofia Kenin
Followed By
(1) Carlos Alcaraz VS Lorenzo Musetti
Not Before 7:30 Pm
(3) Holger Rune VS Grigor Dimitrov
Not Before 9:00 Pm
(12) Petra Kvitova VS (WC) Xiyu Wang
Lotus Starts At 11:00 Am
Jasmine Paolini VS (15) Beatriz Haddad Maia
Not Before 12:30 Pm
Tomas Martin Etcheverry VS (7) Casper Ruud
Followed By
(SE) Yoshihito Nishioka VS (6) Jannik Sinner
Followed By
(WC) Fangran Tian VS Linda Noskova
Not Before 5:00 PM
(10) Barbora Krejcikova VS (Q) Mirra Andreeva
Moon Starting At 12:30 PM
Alycia Parks VS Liudmila Samsonova
Followed By
Jennifer Brady VS (Q) Peyton Stearns
Followed By
(Q) Eva Lys VS (13) Jelena Ostapenko
Followed By
(Q) Magdalena Frech VS (Q) Katie Boulter
Brad Drewett Starting At 12:30 PM
Daria Saville VS Katerina Siniakova
Followed By
Marie Bouzkova VS (Q) Yulia Putintseva
Followed By
Linda Fruhvirtova VS Arantxa Rus
Court 2 Starts At 3:00 Pm
Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev VS (Q) Alexander Erler/Lucas Miedler
Not Before 5:30 Pm
(1) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS (PR) Marcelo Melo/Alexander Zverev
Court 6 Starting At 12:30 PM
Tereza Mihalikova/Yifan Xu VS (5) Desirae Krawczyk/Demi Schuurs
Followed By
Nadiia Kichenok/Monica Niculescu VS (7) Shuko Aoyama/Ena Shibahara
After Suitable Rest
Alycia Parks/Yanina Wickmayer VS (WC) Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic
After Suitable Rest
(OSE) Magda Linette/Peyton Stearns VS (ALT) Elisabetta Cocciaretto/Martina Trevisan
by
JTContinental meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:18 pm
How is Haddad Maia able to play this soon after lacerating her hand on a shower door in Guadalajara?
I was wondering that too.
by JTContinental Note to Rybakina: Pegula, Sakkari, Pavlyuchenkova, and Kudermetova all got byes into the second round
by
ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 4:47 pm
Don't share your faith on Kenin. I can't see her making an impression of Sabalenka at this stage of their careers.
She has exactly the same number of majors as Sabalenka, and she is on the upswing now...she is exactly the kind of player who can drive Sabalenka up the wall in frustration..
by
ashkor87 JTContinental wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:50 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:18 pm
How is Haddad Maia able to play this soon after lacerating her hand on a shower door in Guadalajara?
I was wondering that too.
Hope it means it was not that serious...
by
ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 4:47 pm
Don't share your faith on Kenin. I can't see her making an impression of Sabalenka at this stage of their careers.
you were right.. she didn't
by ashkor87 watched a bit of Parks vs Samsonova.. Samsonova should do ok here, court is slow enough to give her time to hit her big shots.. Sabalenka too, of course..
by
ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 12:50 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 4:47 pm
Don't share your faith on Kenin. I can't see her making an impression of Sabalenka at this stage of their careers.
you were right.. she didn't
Just a little bit of luck on that comment (mine). Kenin's good 2020 was already a few years back, and I believe her game has too many twitches at the moment, especially the serve.
But she has been healthy for a good run now and yet she has not climbed further up. Aryna was a bit too much for her at the moment.
by ti-amie Monday, October 02, 2023 Day 7
Diamond Starts At 12:30 Pm
QF
Ugo Humbert VS (2) Daniil Medvedev
Not Before 2:00 Pm
QF
(8) Alexander Zverev VS Nicolas Jarry
Not Before 4:30 PM
Ekaterina Alexandrova VS (3) Coco Gauff
Not Before 7:30 PM
Qinwen Zheng VS (5) Elena Rybakina
Not Before 9:00 Pm
QF
Grigor Dimitrov VS (6) Jannik Sinner
Lotus Starts At 11:00 Am
Lesia Tsurenko VS Lin Zhu
Followed By
Sara Sorribes Tormo VS (2) Iga Swiatek
Followed By
(Q) Ashlyn Krueger VS (7) Ons Jabeur
Not Before 5:00 PM
(12) Petra Kvitova VS Liudmila Samsonova
Not Before 7:00 Pm
QF
(1) Carlos Alcaraz VS (7) Casper Ruud
Moon Starting At 12:30 PM
Xinyu Wang VS (WC) Vera Zvonareva
Followed By
(WC) Yue Yuan VS Jasmine Paolini
Followed By
Magda Linette VS Jennifer Brady
After Suitable Rest
(WC) Hanyu Guo/Xinyu Jiang VS (OSE) Jasmine Paolini/Mayar Sherif
Brad Drewett Starting At 12:30 PM
(Q) Kateryna Baindl VS (9) Caroline Garcia
Followed By
Mayar Sherif VS (11) Daria Kasatkina
Followed By
QF
Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski VS (2) Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski
Followed By
QF
(4) Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin VS Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos
Court 2 Starting At 12:30 PM
Anhelina Kalinina VS Daria Saville
Not Before 2:00 PM
Linda Noskova VS (13) Jelena Ostapenko
Not Before 4:30 PM
Anna Danilina/Alexandra Panova VS Beatriz Haddad Maia/Veronika Kudermetova
After Suitable Rest
(WC) Xiyu Wang/Yue Yuan VS Lyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko
Court 6 Starting At 12:30 PM
Oksana Kalashnikova/Miriam Kolodziejova VS Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez
Followed By
(OSE) Sorana Cirstea/Bethanie Mattek-Sands VS Hao-Ching Chan/Giuliana Olmos
After Suitable Rest
(8) Laura Siegemund/Vera Zvonareva VS Miyu Kato/Aldila Sutjiadi
Followed By
Ingrid Gamarra Martins/Luisa Stefani VS Latisha Chan/Yana Sizikova
by ashkor87 Andreeva is for real! good win over Krejcikova.. on a court that quite suits Krejcikova
by JTContinental She hasn't looked for real in any match that I've seen her in yet (I did not see this one and have not seen her play since the US Open). She's got amazing power and her serve is great, but she needs to learn a lot about court position and shot selection before she'll contend for big titles, IMO. She's also super moody oncourt in a not good way.
by ashkor87 She is young, she will learn
by
mick1303 JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:39 am
She hasn't looked for real in any match that I've seen her in yet (I did not see this one and have not seen her play since the US Open). She's got amazing power and her serve is great, but she needs to learn a lot about court position and shot selection before she'll contend for big titles, IMO. She's also super moody oncourt in a not good way.
Awfully high standards you have here )
by
meganfernandez Kvitova not happy with the scheduling. Finished singles at 1 a.m. and scheduled for doubles 5 p.m. the next day while other $1 matches haven't been completed (not sure if those are the performance bye matches or not). She says she usually doesn't complain but feels strongly about this one
https://x.com/Petra_Kvitova/status/1708 ... 37285?s=20
by
ti-amie meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:43 pm
Kvitova not happy with the scheduling. Finished singles at 1 a.m. and scheduled for doubles 5 p.m. the next day while other $1 matches haven't been completed (not sure if those are the performance bye matches or not). She says she usually doesn't complain but feels strongly about this one
https://x.com/Petra_Kvitova/status/1708 ... 37285?s=20
Her point is valid.
by
mmmm8 meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:43 pm
Kvitova not happy with the scheduling. Finished singles at 1 a.m. and scheduled for doubles 5 p.m. the next day while other $1 matches haven't been completed (not sure if those are the performance bye matches or not). She says she usually doesn't complain but feels strongly about this one
https://x.com/Petra_Kvitova/status/1708 ... 37285?s=20
I'm not following. Is she saying they should delay the doubles draw to complete the singles R1?
by mick1303 Wasn't sure that this is a right thread. Can see only WTA comments here... On ATP semis - this is much juicier lineup than if the opponents were reversed. Sinner is better against Alcaraz than against Medvedev. Zverev is better against Medvedev than against Alcaraz. What we have here are the best ATP matchups.
by ashkor87 Pegula won but served under 50% for the third match in a row..has she become more (too) aggressive on first serve?
by ashkor87 Andreeva just routed Pavly..Rybakina next ..
by
skatingfan mick1303 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:24 am
Wasn't sure that this is a right thread. Can see only WTA comments here... On ATP semis - this is much juicier lineup than if the opponents were reversed. Sinner is better against Alcaraz than against Medvedev. Zverev is better against Medvedev than against Alcaraz. What we have here are the best ATP matchups.
These matches were surprisingly one sided - some good points, but Medevedev, and Sinner won the big points.
by
meganfernandez mmmm8 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:38 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:43 pm
Kvitova not happy with the scheduling. Finished singles at 1 a.m. and scheduled for doubles 5 p.m. the next day while other $1 matches haven't been completed (not sure if those are the performance bye matches or not). She says she usually doesn't complain but feels strongly about this one
https://x.com/Petra_Kvitova/status/1708 ... 37285?s=20
I'm not following. Is she saying they should delay the doubles draw to complete the singles R1?
I have a feeling it''s more about the late-night finish and how those should be avoided. Point is, do whatever you have to do to not make someone finish after midnight and play the next day. Start there and schedule accordingly.
by meganfernandez Medvedev highlights were insane. Best I've seen him play in a few years. How did Sinner beat Alcaraz 6-1? What happened?
by ti-amie Wednesday, October 04, 2023 Day 9
Diamond Starts At 12:00 Noon
(4) Jessica Pegula VS (13) Jelena Ostapenko
Followed By
(WC) Hanyu Guo/Xinyu Jiang VS Tereza Mihalikova/Yifan Xu
Not Before 5:00 Pm / Doubles Final
F
(1) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS (2) Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski
Not Before 7:30 Pm / Singles Final
F
(6) Jannik Sinner VS (2) Daniil Medvedev
Lotus Starts At 12:00 Noon
Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez VS (3) Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova
Not Before 2:00 PM
Liudmila Samsonova VS Marta Kostyuk
Not Before 4:00 PM
Magda Linette VS (2) Iga Swiatek
Followed By
(Q) Mirra Andreeva VS (5) Elena Rybakina
Brad Drewett Starting At 2:00 PM
Beatriz Haddad Maia/Veronika Kudermetova VS Nadiia Kichenok/Monica Niculescu
After Suitable Rest
Ingrid Gamarra Martins/Luisa Stefani VS (2) OSE Coco Gauff/Jessica Pegula
by ashkor87 Sinner vs Med should be a good one..It is indoors, I hear..Medvedev superior serving and ability to absorb pace, should win the day..the court seems difficult to hit through..the many lopsided scores suggest the court is slow, the server doesn't get cheap points..it will take good serves... But I would expect Medvedev to win.
by Suliso Wrong this time. Sinner wins in two tiebreaks. Up to career high #4.
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ashkor87 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:01 am
Sinner vs Med should be a good one..It is indoors, I hear..Medvedev superior serving and ability to absorb pace, should win the day..the court seems difficult to hit through..the many lopsided scores suggest the court is slow, the server doesn't get cheap points..it will take good serves... But I would expect Medvedev to win.
https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3720325/ ... rterfinals
Hmm..see Osta's comments on the court speed
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Sinner on the week: I think this is maybe the most important thing from this week. First time for me in China. I didn't know exactly what to expect. I was for sure not expecting this kind of reaction, so it was really nice experience.
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by ti-amie Day 10 Order of Play
Diamond Starts at 12:30 PM
UKR A. KALININA vs FRA C. GARCIA (9)
NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM
RUS V. KUDERMETOVA (16) vs USA C. GAUFF (3)
FOLLOWED BY
GRE M. SAKKARI (6) vs CHN X. WANG
NOT BEFORE 7:30 PM
BLR A. SABALENKA (1) vs ITA J. PAOLINI
Lotus Starts at 02:30 PM
TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS vs SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/CHN Y. XU
Quarter finals
POL M. LINETTE/USA P. STEARNS vs BRA B. HADDAD MAIA/RUS V. KUDERMETOVA
by ashkor87 Atp pecking order looks a bit unsettled now..almost like the wta! Maybe because the real champion, Djokovic, is MIA?
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skatingfan ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:14 am
Atp pecking order looks a bit unsettled now..almost like the wta! Maybe because the real champion, Djokovic, is MIA?
Based on a top ten player winning an ATP 500 event? Sinner has been close to world #4 for a while now, and this win just confirmed his place near the top of the tour, and a contender for big titles.
by ashkor87 Not just this one case, I just see more chaos than in the past ..nobody would have picked Sinner to beat Alcaraz and Medvedev one after the other..and I am a big Sinner fan...
by ashkor87 Osta vs Samsonova, sabalenka vs rybakina . The balls will take a beating..!
by Suliso Why not? #4 beating #2 and #3 back to back occasionally seems reasonable to me.
by ti-amie Day 11 Order of Play
Diamond Starts at 12:30 PM
Quarter finals
FRA C. GARCIA (9) vs POL I. SWIATEK (2)
NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM
Quarter finals
GRE M. SAKKARI (6) vs USA C. GAUFF (3)
FOLLOWED BY
Quarter finals
LAT J. OSTAPENKO (13) vs RUS L. SAMSONOVA
NOT BEFORE 7:30 PM
Quarter finals
BLR A. SABALENKA (1) vs KAZ E. RYBAKINA (5)
Lotus Starts at 12:30 PM
Quarter finals
GER L. SIEGEMUND/RUS V. ZVONAREVA (8) vs BRA I. GAMARRA MARTINS/BRA L. STEFANI
FOLLOWED BY
Quarter finals
CZE M. BOUZKOVA/ESP S. SORRIBES TORMO vs USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ
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ashkor87 Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:54 pm
Why not? #4 beating #2 and #3 back to back occasionally seems reasonable to me.
He wasn't #4 then..more like 7
But why am I talking?! Rankings mean nothing, according to me.
by ashkor87 Coco vs Swiatek in the semis..court is slow, should help Swiatek...on a faster court, I would bet on Coco...
by ashkor87 Rybakina is sooo formidable on a slow hard court! Can't imagine who can beat her here...let us see what happens. samsonova next, also formidable on a court where she gets time to set up...
by ti-amie Day 12 Order of Play
Diamond Starts at 12:30 PM
Semifinal
TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS vs POL M. LINETTE/USA P. STEARNS
NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM
Semifinal
USA C. GAUFF (3) vs POL I. SWIATEK (2)
NOT BEFORE 4:30 PM
Semifinal
E. RYBAKINA (5) vs RUS L. SAMSONOVA
FOLLOWED BY
Semifinal
CZE M. BOUZKOVA/ESP S. SORRIBES TORMO vs BRA I. GAMARRA MARTINS/BRA L. STEFANI
by JTContinental Coco's winning streak is now the longest on tour this year
by ti-amie Day 13 Order of Play
Diamond Starts at 04:30 PM
Final
TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS vs CZE M. BOUZKOVA/ESP S. SORRIBES TORMO
UPCOMING
Final
RUS L. SAMSONOVA vs POL I. SWIATEK (2)
by ti-amie José Morgado
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Shockingly bad crowd for the Swiatek vs. Gauff semifinal in Beijing. Around 30% full
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12h
Chinese ppl got work today:( (yep on a Saturday)
by Fastbackss Umm...It's a holiday week in China, although I suppose some had to go back to work starting yesterday.
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Owendonovan ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 7:39 pm
José Morgado
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Shockingly bad crowd for the Swiatek vs. Gauff semifinal in Beijing. Around 30% full
Harris
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12h
Chinese ppl got work today:( (yep on a Saturday)
That might be an "injury" break for you if you were Chinese and said that.
(Irina needs a better p/r firm. (hopefully outside of Belarus/Russia)
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A mighty comeback to win the biggest doubles title of their career
@MarieBouzkova & @sara_sorribes capture the @chinaopen title, defeating Chan/Olmos, 3-6, 6-0 [10-4] in Beijing!
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