Talk About Tennis 2.0

DAY 13 SATURDAY 9 JULY
COMPLETE

CENTRE COURT 2:00PM

LADIES' SINGLES - FINAL
E. Rybakina (KAZ) 17 v O. Jabeur (TUN) 3
GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES - FINAL
M. Ebden (AUS) 14/M. Purcell (AUS) 14 v N. Mektic (CRO) 2/M. Pavic (CRO) 2

NO.1 COURT 1:00PM

GIRLS' SINGLES - FINAL
L. Hovde (USA) 1 v L. Udvardy (HUN) 7

GENTLEMEN'S INVITATION DOUBLES - ROUND ROBIN

T. Haas (GER)/M. Philippoussis (AUS) v A. Clement (FRA)/M. Llodra (FRA)

NO.3 COURT 11:00AM

LADIES' WHEELCHAIR SINGLES - FINAL
D. De Groot (NED) 1 v Y. Kamiji (JPN) 2
NOT BEFORE: 1:00PM
GENTLEMEN'S WHEELCHAIR DOUBLES - FINAL
winner of
A. Hewett (GBR)/G. Reid (GBR) v T. Egberink (NED)/J. Gerard (BEL) v G. Fernandez (ARG) 2/S. Kunieda (JPN) 2

COURT 12 11:00AM

INVITATION MIXED DOUBLES - ROUND ROBIN
M. Woodforde (AUS)/I. Majoli (CRO) v G. Ivanisevic (CRO)/M. Pierce (FRA)

NOT BEFORE: 12:15PM
BOYS' DOUBLES - FINAL
G. Debru (FRA) 5/P. Inchauspe (FRA) 5 v S. Gorzny (USA)/A. Michelsen (USA)
GIRLS' 14&UNDER SINGLES - SEMI-FINALS
A. Tatu (ROU) 1 v S. Larraya Guidi (ARG)
GIRLS' 14&UNDER SINGLES - SEMI-FINALS
A. Soare (ROU) 5 v I. Britton (GBR)

COURT 18 11:00AM

LADIES' INVITATION DOUBLES - ROUND ROBIN
N. Dechy (FRA)/B. Schett (AUT) v A-L. Groenefeld (GER)/K. Sprem (CRO)

NOT BEFORE: 12:15PM
GIRLS' DOUBLES - FINAL
K. Cross (CAN) 4/V. Mboko (CAN) 4 v R. Nijkamp (NED)/A. Okutoyi (KEN)

GENTLEMEN'S INVITATION DOUBLES - ROUND ROBIN
B. Bryan (USA)/M. Bryan (USA) v J. Melzer (AUT)/G. Muller (LUX)
LADIES' INVITATION DOUBLES - ROUND ROBIN
D. Hantuchova (SVK)/L. Robson (GBR) v J. Jankovic (SRB)/A. Radwanska (POL)

COURT 4 11:00AM

BOYS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
M. Heidlmair (AUT) v M. Ceban (GBR)
BOYS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
L. Channon (GBR) v D. Pagani (ARG)
NOT BEFORE: 1:00PM
BOYS' 14&UNDER SINGLES - SEMI-FINALS
I. Ivanov (BUL) 1 v S. Cho (KOR) 5
BOYS' 14&UNDER SINGLES - SEMI-FINALS
C. Ngounoue (USA) 3 v M. Todoran (ROU) 2

COURT 5 11:00AM

GIRLS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
M. Stojsavljevic (GBR) v V. Sekerkova (CZE)
GIRLS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
A. Ichioka (JPN) v G. Guillen (AUS)
GIRLS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
N. Okhtenberg (USA) v A. Loftus (GBR)
GIRLS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
S. Hetherington (FRA) v M. Angel (MEX)

COURT 6 11:00AM

BOYS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
J. Dembo (AUS) v K. Hance (USA)
BOYS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
M. Schtulmann (MEX) v A. Missoum (MAR)
BOYS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
P. Dietrich (BRA) v L. Lam (NMI)
BOYS' 14&U SINGLES CONSOLATION PLAY-OFFS - FIRST ROUND
M. Alqurneh (JOR) v B. Chelia (ARG)

COURT 14 11:00AM

QUAD WHEELCHAIR SINGLES - SEMI-FINALS
N. Vink (NED) 1 v H. Davidson (AUS)
QUAD WHEELCHAIR SINGLES - SEMI-FINALS
D. Wagner (USA) v S. Schroder (NED) 2

TO BE ARRANGED 1
NOT BEFORE: 4:00PM
INVITATION MIXED DOUBLES - ROUND ROBIN
T. Enqvist (SWE)/R.P. Stubbs (AUS) v T.A. Woodbridge (AUS)/C. Black (ZIM)

Rybakina with the upset, and when she is handed the trophy, she will say "spasibo".
Oops.

Certainly betting on Rybakina today .her poise and performance against Halep was awesome .and, like all first-time W champions, she will win one or two more...

Will not be able to watch either today or tomorrow so will rely on you guys for commentary..

My prediction for tomorrow:

Ladies Final: Rybakina over Jabeur

Girls Junior Final: L.Hovde over L. Udvarde

I think Jabeur wins. She is the better player.

Rybakina is dangerous, but far too many people are glossing over Halep's nine double faults yesterday. It is as hard for me to rate Rybakina's level as it was to rate Halep's level when Badosa and Anisimova played stinker matches against her.

Clearly, though, Rybakina's first serve is first rate. I have not seen enough of Jabeur to know how good she is at returning big serves.

I say:
Rybakina. She has more power, and a better serve.
No, wait. Jabeur. She will hit enough of those magic shots to make the difference.
But Rybakina can crush anybody's second serve, and Ons' is not that good. She will put Jabeur on the defensive.
But Jabeur is deceptively quick. She gets to a lot of shots and plays underrated defense. That will be the factor.
Except that Rybakina plays very composed tennis. When she threw away that one lousy game in the semis, she came just back.

Meaning: this will be as much as a toss up as any match since... Emma/Leylah, just three slams ago. The WTA. Parity, all the way. I just hope we get a good three setter.

One thing for sure is the match is gonna be awesome.

Another thing is I have been here on this site now almost a full Grand Slam tournament and that has been awesome as well.

Jabeur the one with the easy service holds. But the unforced errors are piling for both.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:31 pm Jabeur the one with the easy service holds. But the unforced errors are piling for both.

Just turned this match on after watching Liv Hovde win the Junior Girls match. Do you think the nerves are there for both of them early on because they both have never been in this situation?

That. And it seems that the plan for both is to hit deep, so if you are a bit off, those land out.
About the nerves of never have been in that situation: I wonder if those ever go away. For Novak, he has never been in the situation of going for 4 straight.
That is one area of expertise that I have no idea. Managing nerves in such a match. I know I could not even walk out on court.

So far, an easy set for Ons, which ended in the most positive way. She gets to start serving for the 2nd. And it did not look good for Elena.
Stats: 17 UE for Rybakina. Seeing as you only need 24 points to win a set (in theory) she gave Ons 4 games and change, just with errors. Will not work.

They just showed the 18 unforced errors for Elena in the first set and that is not gonna get it done.

The 2nd set she is off to a good start though.

There is no way to politely say this. Rybakina is terrible at the net. She has blown by now at least 5 easy finishing-point strokes.

OTHER won.
This girl is truly composed. It is as if she just won 1st round.

What a huge turnaround and comeback for Elena. She did stay very composed after 17 unforced errors in the 1st set. An awesome tournament for her as well as Ons Jabeur.

Now I cannot wit for Elena's on court speech so I can here her little kid voice.