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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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ashkor87 wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 3:17 am ...

she beat Sabalenka! and she is a grand slam champion.. how many of those are around?! WTA player of the year in 2020, not so very long ago. The USTA probably did not fight for her- they may regard her as a Russian- who knows?!
Sure. She beat Aryna and, right now, that looks like a bad loss for Sabalenka.
The problem is: if you give Kenin a WC into the main draw, you are taking it from somebody else. I agree that she is more worth it than some of the WC's (the list is somewhere here, and, for example, Jeanjean got one) but it is always a zero sum game.
And Kenin has not done much as of late, other than that win over Sabalenka.
She will probably get a WC for the USO.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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ponchi101 wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 12:19 am This time I believe Novak's injury is real, because he is not talking about it. He is not saying much, so it must be really bothering him.
Medvedev's progress on clay has been excellent. Against Stefanos, you felt that he was right there all the time and just waited to pounce late in the set. Against Holger, it was very much the same.
And remember. Novak lost to Holger, AFTER having a day's rest. So, in RG, with also having one day in between, we may be seeing the same.
Not a single time in Melbourne ND was bringing up his injury. He was answering the questions. And somehow his injury was not real, even though it was clearly affecting his movement in early rounds. Once he felt better - he said as much. But it was "not real"... Such a disappointing comment...
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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I will always have a hard time believing somebody with a 30mm muscle tear in his hamstring could beat 3 top 20 players without dropping a set. And I saw the matches. He was playing just fine.
And about him not bringing it up. Uhm. Goran explained that Novak was having therapy "70 times a day". Which yes, that is not him, but it was part of his team.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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Best to take players at their word, I feel- after all, we don't really know what they are going through .
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Strictly with ref to the French-
The most over-rated players ,,(meaning will not perform up to their ranking/seeding) are

Men :Ruud, Sinner, Medvedev
Under-rated: Rune will do better than his ranking

Women: Overrated (will not perform as ranked) Pegula, Garcia, Gauff, Bencic
Under-rated, ie will do better than ranking:
Ostapenko, Badosa, Alexandrova, Vekic, Zheng
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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For Medvedev, if he does not make the final, he will perform below his ranking. That is too high a bar. It would be as if we say that Alcaraz' RG will be a failure if he does not win it. I say SF's would be still a very good tournament.
Ruud has been underperforming as of late. So, it would seem that repeating last year's result will be hard indeed.

Garcia has stated she is lost on court. Bencic will be coming from an injury, on her worst surface, and with almost no preparation.
Badosa at 29 means 4R. Makeable.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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So we are mostly in agreement..scary, eh,? What fo you think of Sinner's chances? I feel he needs a faster surface, he doesn't generate enough power on his own ..
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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Sinner has yet to prove that he can do damage on clay. I know, we associate Italians with clay all the time, but that is no longer true. Sinner is a hard court player, and I would not count him to do much at RG.
We are close to agree. One of us is coming to his senses! ;)
(I don't know who).
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Jennifer Brady was set to make her return to the tour here, but withdrew with another foot injury
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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Men's Seeds

1 Carlos Alcaraz
2 Daniil Medvedev
3 Novak Djokovic
4 Casper Ruud
5 Stefanos Tsitsipas
6 Holger Rune
7 Andrey Rublev
8 Jannik Sinner
9 Taylor Fritz
10 Felix Auger-Aliassime
11 Karen Khachanov
12 Frances Tiafoe
13 Hubert Hurkacz
14 Cameron Norrie
15 Borna Coric
16 Tommy Paul
17 Lorenzo Musetti
18 Alex de Minaur
19 Roberto Bautista Agut
20 Dan Evans
21 Jan-Lennard Struff
22 Alexander Zverev
23 Francisco Cerundolo
24 Sebastian Korda
25 Botic van de Zandschulp
26 Denis Shapovalov
27 Yoshihito Nishioka
28 Grigor Dimitrov
29 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
30 Ben Shelton
31 Miomir Kecmanovic
32 Bernabe Zapata Miralles
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Women's Seeds

1. Iga Swiatek
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Jessica Pegula
4. Elena Rybakina
5. Caroline Garcia
6. Coco Gauff
7. Ons Jabeur
8. Maria Sakkari
9. Daria Kasatkina
10. Petra Kvitova
11. Veronika Kudermetova
12. Belinda Bencic
13. Barbora Krejcikova
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia
15. Liudmila Samsonova
16. Karolina Pliskova
17. Jelena Ostapenko
18. Victoria Azarenka
19. Zheng Qinwen
20. Madison Keys
21. Donna Vekic
22. Magda Linette
23. Ekaterina Alexandrova
24. Anastasia Potapova
25. Anhelina Kalinina
26. Martina Trevisan
27. Irina-Camelia Begu
28. Elise Mertens
29. Paula Badosa
30. Zhang Shuai
31. Sorana Cirstea
32. Marie Bouzkova
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ti-amie wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 6:42 pm Men's Seeds

1 Carlos Alcaraz
2 Daniil Medvedev
3 Novak Djokovic
4 Casper Ruud
5 Stefanos Tsitsipas
6 Holger Rune
7 Andrey Rublev
8 Jannik Sinner
9 Taylor Fritz
10 Felix Auger-Aliassime
11 Karen Khachanov
12 Frances Tiafoe
13 Hubert Hurkacz
14 Cameron Norrie
15 Borna Coric
16 Tommy Paul
17 Lorenzo Musetti
18 Alex de Minaur
19 Roberto Bautista Agut
20 Dan Evans
21 Jan-Lennard Struff
22 Alexander Zverev
23 Francisco Cerundolo
24 Sebastian Korda
25 Botic van de Zandschulp
26 Denis Shapovalov
27 Yoshihito Nishioka
28 Grigor Dimitrov
29 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
30 Ben Shelton
31 Miomir Kecmanovic
32 Bernabe Zapata Miralles
Since y'all are wondering how the seeds will perform I found this for the men's seeds.
How last year’s seeds fared
The men’s draw last year was a strong endorsement of the world rankings, as six of the top eight seeds reached the quarter-finals.

The only ones who failed to make it that far were Daniil Medvedev, who lost to No 20 seed Marin Cilic in the fourth round, and previous finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas. The No 4 seed was downed by rising star Holger Rune, also in the fourth round.

In total, 10 of the 32 seeds failed to make it past the first two rounds.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/french ... ic-2355877
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ti-amie wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 6:45 pm Women's Seeds

1. Iga Swiatek
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Jessica Pegula
4. Elena Rybakina
5. Caroline Garcia
6. Coco Gauff
7. Ons Jabeur
8. Maria Sakkari
9. Daria Kasatkina
10. Petra Kvitova
11. Veronika Kudermetova
12. Belinda Bencic
13. Barbora Krejcikova
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia
15. Liudmila Samsonova
16. Karolina Pliskova
17. Jelena Ostapenko
18. Victoria Azarenka
19. Zheng Qinwen
20. Madison Keys
21. Donna Vekic
22. Magda Linette
23. Ekaterina Alexandrova
24. Anastasia Potapova
25. Anhelina Kalinina
26. Martina Trevisan
27. Irina-Camelia Begu
28. Elise Mertens
29. Paula Badosa
30. Zhang Shuai
31. Sorana Cirstea
32. Marie Bouzkova
How 2022 unfolded

Iga Swiatek had not lost a match since February and thus arrived at Roland Garros last year as a massive favourite. The top seed did not disappoint either, dropping just one set en route to what was her second grand slam. As has become a familiar sight in WTA slams since the pandemic, the rest of the draw fell apart: the highest-ranked player after Swiatek in the quarter-finals was No 11 seed Jessica Pegula.

In the final, Swiatek faced No 18 Coco Gauff, playing on such a stage for the first time, and frankly she blew her away. The young American will come again – few believe she won’t – but it was a baptism of fire in her first major final.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/french ... op-2356919
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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I say Sinner and Ruud are the two high seeds with the least chance of making it far.
txs for that tidbit.
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