ATP M1000 WTA 1000 Madrid 4/25 - 5/7 2023

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If you haven't seen new look Borna Coric...

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Wait for David Ferrer's reaction.

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I'm watching Qinwen vs Alexandrova but these posts on Carlitos vs Grigor keep coming.

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[JazzNU]

If you haven't seen new look Borna Coric...

Like I said earlier in the tournament. I want a haircut stat. My cute Borna has been greatly diminished imo with this change.

[JazzNU]

Yup, 100% electronic line calling is going to be awesome. Not a damn thing has changed about that tech, this is going to be so problematic on clay when you can see the mark and the machine is trying to tell you, no no, the sky is green.

[ponchi101]

Yup, 100% electronic line calling is going to be awesome. Not a damn thing has changed about that tech, this is going to be so problematic on clay when you can see the mark and the machine is trying to tell you, no no, the sky is green.

I had not thought of that. Yup...

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You can lead the horse to water Carlos...

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Monday, May 01, 2023 Day 8

MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM Starts At 11:00 Am

(Q) Alexander Shevchenko VS (2) Daniil Medvedev
Not Before 1:00 PM
(WC) Mirra Andreeva VS (2) Aryna Sabalenka
Not Before 4:00 PM
(26) Paula Badosa VS (9) Maria Sakkari
Not Before 8:00 Pm
(25) Sebastian Baez VS (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Followed By
(1) I. SWIATEK vs (16) E. ALEXANDROVA

ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM Starts At 11:00 Am

Mayar Sherif VS (24) Elise Mertens
Followed By
Pedro Cachin VS (9) Frances Tiafoe
Followed By
(Q) Roman Safiullin VS Bernabe Zapata Miralles
Followed By
(8) Taylor Fritz VS Cristian Garin
Not Before 6:00 PM
(3) J. PEGULA VS (18) Martina Trevisan

STADIUM 3 Starts At 11:00 Am

(14) Liudmila Samsonova VS (31) Irina-Camelia Begu
Followed By
(16) Alex de Minaur VS (Q) Aslan Karatsev
Followed By
(12) V. KUDERMETOVA VS (8) Daria Kasatkina
Followed By
(11) B. KREJCIKOVA vs (27) CRO P. MARTIC
Followed By
Zhizhen Zhang VS (11) Cameron Norrie

COURT 4 Starts At 11:00 Am

(1) Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski VS (WC) Roberto Carballes Baena/Martin Landaluce
Followed By
Dusan Lajovic VS (LL) Jan-Lennard Struff
Followed By
Marcelo Melo/Alexander Zverev VS (7) Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden

COURT 5 Starts At 11:00 Am

Oksana Kalashnikova/Yana Sizikova VS Leylah Fernandez/Taylor Townsend
Followed By
Miyu Kato/Aldila Sutjiadi VS Su-Wei Hsieh/Barbora Strycova
Not Before 1:30 Pm
(5) Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic VS Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev

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Today's ATP heavyweight bout. Bernardes has been trying to stop Rune from being dq'd throughout. I don't know if I agree with that.

[ponchi101]

Foki takes him out, in what seems to have been a scorcher.
Hope they will at least show the highlights later tonight. They showed NOTHING during the weekend.

[ashkor87]

My high opinion of Alexandrova is not a joke now, is it? I hope folks here are willing to acknowledge she is a good player!

[ashkor87]

Sakkari vs Badosa...how do they compare? Badosa is in better form right now but ...I have always felt Sakkari is better defensively than Badosa but will that matter on this surface? Hard to tell ...if it gets close, Badosa is tougher mentally than Sakkari is..
Of course, in the larger scheme, it may not matter..it will still come down to Swiatek and Sabalenka, probably...

Claiming that Badosa is tougher than Sakkari forgets Badosa's penchant for retirements. I will borrow from your "Tier" system and will say that they are both Tier 2 players, with Badosa having one important tournament that Sakkari lacks (that IW win) and Sakkari being a bit more consistent, with deeper results at slams.
Very similar. I included Sakakri in my TSiP team because of that consistency. But that match may go a long way, because I don't see either being able to hit through the other. Very long rallies, and most likely 3 sets.

Agree with you but would you not say retirement in a match is a sign of physical frailty, not mental? Sakkari has a tendency to blow leads just when she is about to win...Badosa doesn't do that...not that I am a big fan of Badosa's.