Talk About Tennis 2.0

Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER

Women’s Singles
BRA B.Haddad Maia (14) vs TUN O.Jabeur (7)
Women’s Singles
UPCOMING
POL I.Swiatek (1) vs USA C.Gauff (6)
Men’s Singles
UPCOMING
GER A.Zverev (22) vs ARG TM.Etcheverry
Men’s Singles
UPCOMING
DEN H.Rune (6) vs NOR C.Ruud (4)

Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN

Men’s Legends
FRA G.Forget/FRA H.Leconte vs FRA M.Bahrami/FRA F.Santoro
Women’s Legends
UPCOMING
FRA N.Dechy/SVK D.Hantuchova vs FRA T.Golovin/FRA N.Tauziat
UPCOMING
Mixed Legends
BEL K.Clijsters/FRA A.Clement vs POL A.Radwanska/ESP S.Bruguera

Mixed Doubles
UPCOMING
SEMIFINALS
JPN M.Kato/GER T.Puetz vs INA A.Sutjiadi/NED M.Middelkoop
Mixed Doubles
UPCOMING
SEMIFINALS
CAN B.Andreescu/NZL M.Venus vs CAN G.Dabrowski/USA N.Lammons
Women’s Doubles
UPCOMING
--- V.Kudermetova (15)/--- L.Samsonova (15) vs TPE SW.Hsieh/CHN X.Wang
Women’s Doubles
UPCOMING
CAN L.Fernandez (10)/USA T.Townsend (10) vs TPE L.Chan (14)/TPE HC.Chan (14)

Court 14

Girls’ Singles
JPN M.Crossley (8) vs CZE T.Valentova (11)
Girls’ Singles
UPCOMING
FRA A.Lew Yan Foon vs PER L.Perez Alarcon (6)
Boys’ Singles
UPCOMING
USA D.Blanch vs BUL A.Dzhenev (14)
Boys’ Singles
UPCOMING
BOL JC.Prado Angelo (8) vs CZE J.Hrazdil
Boys’ Doubles
UPCOMING
CAN K.Rice/GBR H.Searle vs USA M.Exsted/SUI P.Schoen

Court 7

Quad Wheelchair Singles
3RD PLACE
NED N.Vink (1) vs CAN R.Shaw
Men’s Wheelchair Singles
UPCOMING
GBR A.Hewett (1) vs GBR G.Reid
Women’s Wheelchair Singles
UPCOMING
USA D.Mathewson vs NED J.Griffioen (3)
Men’s Wheelchair Doubles
UPCOMING
GBR A.Hewett (1)/GBR G.Reid (1) vs FRA F.Cattaneo/USA C.Ratzlaff

Court 6

Boys’ Singles
BUL I.Radulov (5) vs BRA J.Fonseca (10)
Boys’ Singles
UPCOMING
USA L.Tien vs BEL A.Blockx (2)
Girls’ Singles
UPCOMING
TUR M.Ercan vs --- A.Ibragimova
Girls’ Doubles
UPCOMING
USA TC.Grant (6)/USA C.Ngounoue (6) vs BUL I.Ivanova/ROU CM.Mester
Boys’ Doubles
UPCOMING
NED T.Boogaard/NED A.Forger vs USA L.Tien (6)/USA C.Williams (6)

Court 4

Girls’ Singles
DEN R.Munk Mortensen vs ESP C.Esquiva Banuls
Girls’ Singles
UPCOMING
BUL I.Ivanova vs USA C.Ngounoue (2)
Girls’ Doubles
UPCOMING
FRA J.Lim/AUS L.Taylor vs GBR RA.Stoiber/GBR M.Xu
Girls’ Doubles
UPCOMING
CZE A.Kovackova/CZE L.Samsonova vs AUS E.Jones/GBR H.Klugman

Court 5

Girls’ Singles
--- A.Gureva vs SVK R.Jamrichova (7)
Boys’ Singles
UPCOMING
USA C.Williams (9) vs ITA L.Sciahbasi
Girls’ Doubles
UPCOMING
MAR M.El Allami/MAR A.El Aouni vs JPN S.Ishii (4)/JPN E.Koike (4)
Girls’ Doubles
UPCOMING
--- A.Gureva/JPN H.Kinoshita vs BUL R.Dencheva/--- A.Oktiabreva

Court 9

Boys’ Singles
CRO D.Prizmic (3) vs CZE M.Mrva
Girls’ Singles
UPCOMING
SRB T.Kostovic vs --- A.Oktiabreva
Boys’ Singles
UPCOMING
AUT J.Schwaerzler (15) vs ARG F.Cavallo
Girls’ Doubles
UPCOMING
SVK R.Jamrichova (3)/ITA F.Urgesi (3) vs ITA F.Pace/ITA A.Teodosescu
Boys’ Doubles
UPCOMING
ROU MA.Coman/SWE K.Edengren vs ITA L.Sciahbasi/ITA G.Vulpitta

Court 10

Girls’ Singles
AUS E.Jones vs --- A.Korneeva (3)
Boys’ Singles
UPCOMING
GER D.Fix vs GBR H.Searle
Boys’ Doubles
UPCOMING
ITA F.Bondioli (5)/CZE M.Mrva (5) vs FRA A.M'Chich/FRA L.Massard
Boys’ Doubles
UPCOMING
FRA P.Barbier Gazeu/SRB V.Radjenovic vs USA R.Horovitz/USA A.Razeghi
Boys’ Doubles
UPCOMING
USA D.Blanch/USA A.Frusina vs GER D.Fix/GER M.Majdandzic

Court 11

Quad Wheelchair Singles
RSA D.Ramphadi vs NED S.Schroder (2)
Women’s Wheelchair Singles
UPCOMING
JPN M.Ohtani (4) vs RSA K.Montjane
Men’s Wheelchair Singles
UPCOMING
ESP M.De La Puente vs BEL J.Gerard (4)
Women’s Wheelchair Doubles
UPCOMING
CHI M.Cabrillana/GER K.Kruger vs JPN M.Tanaka (2)/CHN Z.Zhu (2)

Court 12

Quad Wheelchair Singles
GBR A.Lapthorne vs USA D.Wagner
Women’s Wheelchair Singles
UPCOMING
GER K.Kruger vs JPN Y.Kamiji (2)
Men’s Wheelchair Singles
UPCOMING
QUARTERFINALS
ARG G.Fernandez (3) vs JPN T.Miki
Women’s Wheelchair Doubles
UPCOMING
JPN Y.Kamiji (1)/RSA K.Montjane (1) vs COL A.Bernal/JPN S.Funamizu

Court 13

Quad Wheelchair Singles
JPN K.Sugeno (W) vs AUS H.Davidson
Men’s Wheelchair Singles
UPCOMING
NED R.Spaargaren vs JPN T.Oda (2)
Women’s Wheelchair Singles
UPCOMING
NED D.De Groot (1) vs FRA P.Deroulede
Men’s Wheelchair Doubles
UPCOMING
CHI A.Cataldo/NED T.Egberink vs FRA S.Houdet/JPN T.Sanada

What it is about Haddad Maia's game that has forced her to play three of the five longest matches of the year and four of the longest 16?

This one may go a while, too, the way both she and Jabeur play up-and-down tennis, albeit with different styles.

not sure, but good question...

I don't give either BHM or Coco much chance today..will be fun to watch though ...

BHM really dug in at the end of the 2nd

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:17 am I don't give either BHM or Coco much chance today..will be fun to watch though ...

Are you sure?

Yes, saw that. I couldn't watch the match though..was OJ just short of match practice or did BHM play well?

I'm hiking in the mountains today and thus didn't see it either...

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:02 am BHM really dug in at the end of the 2nd

And Jabeur dug her own grave. Terribly tight. I remembered how tight she got at the end of her R1 match vs Linette last year at RG, when she came in with huge expectations. There was some mumbling about a leg injury, too. The one that she came back from too early at Indian Wells. But at a set, 5-5 and break point, it's not the leg. Really tough loss for Jabeur. Happy for BHM. Iga will roll her, though.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:51 am Yes, saw that. I couldn't watch the match though..was OJ just short of match practice or did BHM play well?

Neither. The last set was a lot of errors from both sides.
About what is it about BHM playing long matches. I think that, for a woman of considerable size, she has limited power. The serve is not big, the FH is neither, the BH is too flat. Remember that her two tournament victories came on grass, which helps the lack of power.
She is a tall woman; 6 feet tall. But she does not crush the ball. So she scrapes a lot, and that means long matches.

Not a high quality match then ...too bad

I am sitting in traffic returning from a client meeting - hope to see some of Gauff-Swiatek...

Suliso wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:53 am I'm hiking in the mountains today and thus didn't see it either...

Well, you could hear Jabeur's choke from many kilometers away, so maybe you caught that coming over the Alps from France.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:59 am Not a high quality match then ...too bad

It had a lot of great play and incredible defense, but yeah, Jabeur choked or was hurt in the end. She also played the most bone-headed drop shots in the history of tennis.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:58 am

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:51 am Yes, saw that. I couldn't watch the match though..was OJ just short of match practice or did BHM play well?

Neither. The last set was a lot of errors from both sides.
About what is it about BHM playing long matches. I think that, for a woman of considerable size, she has limited power. The serve is not big, the FH is neither, the BH is too flat. Remember that her two tournament victories came on grass, which helps the lack of power.
She is a tall woman; 6 feet tall. But she does not crush the ball. So she scrapes a lot, and that means long matches.

How does she win, then? Match after match?