Talk About Tennis 2.0

POL I. Swiatek [1] vs ITA J. Paolini
BEL G. Minnen vs USA S. Stephens
USA L. Davis vs ITA L. Bronzetti
USA P. Stearns vs RUS E. Alexandrova [28]

USA A. Anisimova [24] vs KAZ Y. Putintseva
USA S. Kenin vs GER J. Niemeier
USA C. Liu vs RUS A. Potapova
CHN Q. Zheng vs LAT J. Ostapenko [16]

ESP G. Muguruza [9] vs DEN C. Tauson
Qualifier vs CHN X. Wang
USA B. Pera vs UKR A. Kalinina
Qualifier vs CZE P. Kvitova [21]

BEL E. Mertens [32] vs ROU I. Begu
Qualifier vs AUS J. Fourlis
Qualifier vs BLR A. Sasnovich
Qualifier vs USA J. Pegula [8]


ESP P. Badosa [4] vs UKR L. Tsurenko
RUS V. Gracheva vs CRO P. Martic
EGY M. Sherif vs UKR M. Kostyuk
Qualifier vs BLR V. Azarenka [26]

CZE K. Pliskova [22] vs POL M. Linette
CZE M. Bouzkova vs Qualifier
GER L. Siegemund vs ROU S. Cirstea
GER A. Petkovic vs SUI B. Bencic [13]

GBR E. Raducanu [11] vs FRA A. Cornet
USA T. Townsend vs CZE K. Siniakova
SLO K. Juvan vs Qualifier
JPN N. Osaka vs USA D. Collins [19]

KAZ E. Rybakina [25] vs Qualifier
BEL A. Van Uytvanck vs USA V. Williams
EST K. Kanepi vs CZE T. Martincova
Qualifier vs BLR A. Sabalenka [6]

Bottom Half

ROU S. Halep [7] vs Qualifier
POL M. Frech vs CAN R. Marino
ARG N. Podoroska vs SVK A. Schmiedlova
CHN S. Zhang vs SUI J. Teichmann [30]

USA M. Keys [20] vs UKR D. Yastremska
ITA C. Giorgi vs HUN A. Bondar
ROU E. Ruse vs AUS D. Saville
Qualifier vs USA C. Gauff [12]

BRA B. Haddad Maia [15] vs CRO A. Konjuh
FRA H. Tan vs CAN B. Andreescu
SWE R. Peterson vs RUS A. Kalinskaya
Qualifier vs FRA C. Garcia [17]

USA A. Riske-Amritraj [29] vs USA E. Yu
USA A. Li vs COL M. Osorio Serrano
FRA D. Parry vs CHN X. Wang
GER T. Maria vs GRE M. Sakkari [3]


TUN O. Jabeur [5] vs USA M. Brengle
USA E. Mandlik vs SLO T. Zidansek
Qualifier vs ESP S. Sorribes Tormo
NED A. Rus vs USA S. Rogers [31]

RUS V. Kudermetova [18] vs CRO D. Vekic
USA C. Vandeweghe vs BEL M. Zanevska
ESP N. Parrizas-Diaz vs HUN D. Galfi
GBR H. Dart vs RUS D. Kasatkina [10]

CAN L. Fernandez [14] vs FRA O. Dodin
Qualifier vs RUS L. Samsonova
Qualifier vs SRB A. Krunic
Qualifier vs CZE B. Krejcikova [23]

ITA M. Trevisan [27] vs RUS E. Rodina
CZE K. Muchova vs AUS A. Tomljanovic
MNE D. Kovinic vs USA S. Williams
ROU J. Cristian vs EST A. Kontaveit [2]

I don't see Raducanu escaping Cornet. Alize may be a drama queen, but it is also because she likes to create it.
I can perfectly well picture Sloane taking out Iga in R2.
Tauson over Garbie also.
Serena over Kovinic should be possible, and Kontaveit is not playing great tennis. It is a good draw for that farewell tour.
Leylah-Samsonova.... uhm, Samsonova.
Keys should make the semis.
It is a messy draw.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 5:25 pm I don't see Raducanu escaping Cornet. Alize may be a drama queen, but it is also because she likes to create it.

I'm hearing that Alize plans to retire after 2023 RG.

I was going to go with Caroline Garcia, and I still think she is going to go very far in the tournament, but I don't think she will reach the finals of this slam.

Iga has not looked completely Iga like the past few tournaments she has played, and here in the big slam I think she is going to kick it up a notch and go on that roll we all know Iga can do. So Iga is my girl to win the USO.

On this list, I see only Garcia, Halep and Gauff having the right combination of form, belief and ability to win, and I'm already on record saying Gauff is not ready. I do not think Halep and Garcia winning is a combined 50-percent chance, so I went with other. Again.

Serena's draw actually not too bad to go a few rounds, assuming Kontaveit continues to suck rocks

When prior to a tournament you are complaining about the balls, I just don't see you ready to take it.
So Iga and Paula look very iffy to me.
And I did go with OTHER. I have no clue.

My breakdown of each quarter

Top Half
Swiatek(1)
Ostapenko(16)
Kvitova(21)
Pegula(8)
Azarenka(26)
Pliskova(22)
Osaka
Rybakina(25)

Bottom Half
Halep(7)
Keys(20)
Garcia(17)
Sakkari(3)
Rogers(31)
Kasatkina(10)
Samsonova
S. Williams

Andreescu has a difficult draw.

AcesAnnie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 7:17 pm My breakdown of each quarter

Top Half
Swiatek(1)
Ostapenko(16)
Kvitova(21)
Pegula(8)
Azarenka(26)
Pliskova(22)
Osaka
Rybakina(25)

Bottom Half
Halep(7)
Keys(20)
Garcia(17)
Sakkari(3)
Rogers(31)
Kasatkina(10)
Samsonova
S. Williams

You appear to be missing about 11 qualifiers...

Pretty even draw. I thought Ostapenko would have a chance of surviving a 30-player pileup on the Long Island Expressway, but she drew Zheng in the first round. Tough.

I don't think Serena would beat Kontaveit or Tomljanovic.

Osaka-Collins R1... Naomi should win.

Rybanika-Sabalenka R3... oof, too early

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:13 pm Pretty even draw. I thought Ostapenko would have a chance of surviving a 30-player pileup on the Long Island Expressway, but she drew Zheng in the first round. Tough.

I don't think Serena would beat Kontaveit or Tomljanovic.

Osaka-Collins R1... Naomi should win.

Rybanika-Sabalenka R3... oof, too early

I think Serena can definitely beat Kontaveit, and Tomljanovic is iffy, but if she plays a great game she can get by.

AcesAnnie wrote:

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:13 pm Pretty even draw. I thought Ostapenko would have a chance of surviving a 30-player pileup on the Long Island Expressway, but she drew Zheng in the first round. Tough.

I don't think Serena would beat Kontaveit or Tomljanovic.

Osaka-Collins R1... Naomi should win.

Rybanika-Sabalenka R3... oof, too early

I think Serena can definitely beat Kontaveit, and Tomljanovic is iffy, but if she plays a great game she can get by.

I saw Kontaveit practice in Cincy. Still looks solid to me. I know she has struggled with results this year, but I’d still take her over Serena unless Serena serves lights out.


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I went with other. I’d love to see Garcia in the final, but she doesn’t look to have a very easy road to get there.