Talk About Tennis 2.0

Tournament: Cymbiotika San Diego Open
Location: San Diego, CA, United States
Dates: September 11 - September 16, 2023
Level: WTA 500
Prize Money: $780,637
Surface: Hard

Seed Name Entry Ranking

1 Ons Jabeur 5
2 Caroline Garcia 6
3 Coco Gauff 7
4 Maria Sakkari 8
5 Belinda Bencic 14
6 Madison Keys 15
7 Veronika Kudermetova 16
8 Victoria Azarenka 18
Beatriz Haddad Maia 19
Jelena Ostapenko 20
Ekaterina Alexandrova 21
Donna Vekic 22
Magda Linette 23
Karolina Pliskova 25
Anastasia Potapova 27
Anhelina Kalinina 28
Elise Mertens 29
(WC) Top 20
(WC) Top 20
Paula Badosa (WC)
Sloane Stephens (WC)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(SE)

Main Draw Singles

Ons Jabeur (1)/Bye
Alycia Parks vs Anastasia Potapova
Katie Volynets (WC) vs Qualifier
Sofia Kenin (WC) vs Veronika Kudermetova (6)

Maria Sakkari (3)/Bye
Qualfer vs Qualifier
Jasmine Paolini vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Belinda Bencic (5)

Beatriz Haddad Maia (7) vs Leylah Fernandez (WC)
Magda Linette vs Marta Kostyuk
Anhelina Kalinina vs Karolina Pliskova
Bye/Barbora Krejcikova (4)(WC)

Ekaterina Alexandrova (8) vs Jelena Ostapenko
Qualifier vs Danielle Collins
Sloane Stephens vs Elise Mertens
Bye/Caroline Garcia (2)

Qualifying Draw Singles

K. Siniakova (1) vs R. Zarazua
L. Chirico vs C. Dolehide (9)

E. Navarro (2) vs Y. Kabbaj
K. Scott vs I. Shymanovich (11)

C. Osorio (3) vs J. Loeb
M. Herazo Gonzalez vs K. Day (7)

C. Liu (4) vs A. Ahn
C. Ngounoue vs S. Hunter (10)

M. Frech (5) vs Y. Starodubtsewa
V. Hu vs H. Baptiste (12)

A. Sasnovich (6) vs E. Cayetano
V. Lepchenko vs M. Brengle (8)

Day 3 Order of Play

Barnes Stadium Starts at 11:30 AM

USA A. PARKS vs RUS A. POTAPOVA
FOLLOWED BY
USA K. VOLYNETS vs USA C. NGOUNOUE
NOT BEFORE 5:30 PM
BLR A. SASNOVICH vs SUI B. BENCIC (5)
FOLLOWED BY
UKR A. KALININA vs CZE K. PLISKOVA

Court 2 Starts at 11:30 AM

CZE B. KREJCIKOVA/CZE K. SINIAKOVA (1) vs FRA C. GARCIA/NED D. SCHUURS
NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM
ITA J. PAOLINI vs USA E. NAVARRO
FOLLOWED BY
POL M. FRECH vs COL C. OSORIO
FOLLOWED BY
USA S. SANTAMARIA/BLR I. SHYMANOVICH vs UKR L. KICHENOK/LAT J. OSTAPENKO (4)
FOLLOWED BY
GEO O. KALASHNIKOVA/CZE M. KOLODZIEJOVA vs SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/CHN Y. XU

Day 5 Order of Play

Barnes Stadium Starts at 11:30 AM

GRE M. SAKKARI (3) vs COL C. OSORIO
FOLLOWED BY
TUN O. JABEUR (1) vs RUS A. POTAPOVA
FOLLOWED BY
UKR A. KALININA vs CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (4)
NOT BEFORE 5:30 PM
USA S. STEPHENS vs FRA C. GARCIA (2)
FOLLOWED BY
BRA B. HADDAD MAIA (7) vs UKR M. KOSTYUK

Court 2 Starts at 11:30 AM

USA K. VOLYNETS vs USA S. KENIN
NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM
USA E. NAVARRO vs BLR A. SASNOVICH
FOLLOWED BY
LAT J. OSTAPENKO vs USA D. COLLINS
FOLLOWED BY
KAZ A. DANILINA/USA B. MATTEK-SANDS vs NOR U. EIKERI/EST I. NEEL
Quarter finals
CZE B. KREJCIKOVA/CZE K. SINIAKOVA (1) vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA/BLR A. SASNOVICH

Things are currently looking grim for Ons Jabeur

JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:18 pm Things are currently looking grim for Ons Jabeur

Did you see her grimace in pain when the physio touched her lower right back? She was finished the match but I wonder if her playing now is a good idea?

court is pretty slow..Sakkari may do well (but then who knows what she will do!) Krejcikova too ..players who did not go deep at the USO will be fresh and motivated..? on paper, at least, Collins is the best player here...

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:42 pm

JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:18 pm Things are currently looking grim for Ons Jabeur

Did you see her grimace in pain when the physio touched her lower right back? She was finished the match but I wonder if her playing now is a good idea?

I don't think she will get back into the top 10 once she drops out next year. Sad to say. She got a lot farther than I thought she would.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:55 pm ...

I don't think she will get back into the top 10 once she drops out next year. Sad to say. She got a lot farther than I thought she would.

Agree with you. The injuries keep coming and it is a vicious circle by now. She gets injured, has to stop, rehabs, comes back too soon, gets injured again. It's looking a bit like Kei.
Three slam finals has been a wonderful achievement. I do hope she will get one, though.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:21 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:55 pm ...

I don't think she will get back into the top 10 once she drops out next year. Sad to say. She got a lot farther than I thought she would.

Agree with you. The injuries keep coming and it is a vicious circle by now. She gets injured, has to stop, rehabs, comes back too soon, gets injured again. It's looking a bit like Kei.
Three slam finals has been a wonderful achievement. I do hope she will get one, though.

And what that does to your confidence. She's 29. I was watching the Wimbledon final with a very knowledgeable friend, and he said, "We'll never see her again." He's bombastic, so I chalked it up to that. And we certainly saw her fight at the US Open, winning matches she should have lost being so sick. I hope he's wrong, but it wouldn't surprise me. Maybe she takes a long break and starts next year healthy and fresh. She has a good attitude and obviously a great game. I think most fans want Jabeur to get a Slam more than anyone else.

Day 6 Order of Play

Barnes Stadium Starts at 11:30 AM

Quarter finals
RUS A. POTAPOVA vs USA S. KENIN
NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM
Quarter finals
USA D. COLLINS vs FRA C. GARCIA (2)
NOT BEFORE 5:30 PM
Quarter finals
BRA B. HADDAD MAIA (7) vs CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (4)
FOLLOWED BY
Quarter finals
GRE M. SAKKARI (3) vs USA E. NAVARRO

Court 2 Starts at 03:00 PM

Quarter finals
JPN M. KATO/INA A. SUTJIADI vs SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/CHN Y. XU
FOLLOWED BY
Quarter finals
KAZ A. DANILINA/USA B. MATTEK-SANDS vs JPN S. AOYAMA/CHN Z. YANG (2)
Quarter finals
USA D. COLLINS/USA C. VANDEWEGHE vs UKR L. KICHENOK/LAT J. OSTAPENKO (4)

Kenin seems to be slowly but surely putting her game back together.

some superb play by Navarro in the thid set against Sakkari, generated winners even on a slow court with angles and unexpected power.. hadnt seen here before, she seems very promising.. Krejcikova next for her...

Krejcikova too..such a smooth silky ball striker..love to watch her...beat BHM easily