by ti-amie Tournament: ASB Classic
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Dates: January 1 - January 7, 2024
Level: WTA 250
Total Financial Commitment: $267,082
Surface: Hard
Seed Name Entry Ranking
1. Coco Gauff 3
2. Elina Svitolina 25
3. Lesia Tsurenko 31
4. Emma Navarro 32
5. Marie Bouzkova 34
6. Xinyu Wang 36
7. Petra Martic 40
8. Varvara Gracheva 43
Anna Blinkova 50
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 57
Magdalena Frech 63
Rebecca Masarova 64
Yulia Putintseva 68
Xiyu Wang 71
Elina Avanesyan 74
Yue Yuan 77
Emina Bektas 87
Kayla Kay 89
Jaqueline Cristian 91
Linda Fruhvirtova 93
Diane Parry 94
Claire Liu 99
Caroline Wozniacki
Emma Raducanu
Amanda Anisimova
by ashkor87 Strange field..strong at the top, then quickly falls off..wonder if the top 2 will also really play...the interesting players are actually the last 3 listed!
by ti-amie UPDATED MD Singles Entry List
3 Gauff, Coco (USA)
25 Svitolina, Elina (UKR)
31 Tsurenko, Lesia (UKR)
32 Navarro, Emma (USA)
34 Bouzkova, Marie (CZE)
36 Wang, Xinyu (CHN)
40 Martic, Petra (CRO)
43 Gracheva, Varvara (RUS)
50 Blinkova, Anna (RUS)
57 Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia (RUS)
63 Frech, Magdalena (POL)
64 Masarova, Rebeka (ESP)
68 Putintseva, Yulia (KAZ)
71 Wang, Xiyu (CHN)
74 Avanesyan, Elina (RUS)
77 Yuan, Yue (CHN)
87 Bektas, Emina (USA)
89 Kay, Kayla (USA)
91 Cristian, Jaqueline (ROU)
93 Fruhvirtova, Linda (CZE)
94 Parry, Diane (FRA)
99 Liu, Claire (USA)
by ti-amie MD Singles
Coco Gauff (1) vs Claire Liu
Anna Blinkova vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Varvara Gracheva (8)
Emma Navarro (4) vs Linda Fruhvirtova
Elina Avanesyan vs Monique Barry
Yue Yuan vs Kayla Day
Rebeka Masarova vs Petra Martic (7)
Xinyu Wang (6) vs Yulia Putintseva
Jaqueline Cristian vs Xiyu Wang
Diane Parry vs Emina Bektas
Qualifier vs Lesia Tsurenko (3)
Marie Bouzkova (5) vs Magdalena Frech
Amanda Anisimova vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Qualifier vs Emma Raducanu
Caroline Wozniacki vs Elina Svitolina (2)
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by ti-amie Tuesday, 2 Jan 2024
STADIUM
Rebeka Masarova vs Petra Martic 7
1:00PM Local 7:00PM Today your time
Followed By
Cori Gauff 1 vs US Claire Liu
2:15PM Local 8:15PM Today your time
Followed By
Caroline Wozniacki vs WC Elina Svitolina 2
3:30PM Local 9:30PM Today your time
Followed By
Elena-Gabriela Ruse Q vs Emma Raducanu WC
4:45PM Local 10:45PM Today your time
Followed By
Fruhvirtova / Fruhvirtova vs Hourigan / Routliffe
6:00PM Local 12:00AM Tomorrow your time
GRANDSTAND
McCartney Kessler Q vs Lulu Sun Q
12:00PM Local 6:00PM Today your time
Followed By
Anna Blinkova vs Brenda Fruhvirtova Q
1:15PM Local 7:15PM Today your time
Followed By
Tereza Martincova Q vs Varvara Gracheva 8
2:30PM Local 8:30PM Today your time
Followed By
Yue Yuan vs Kayla Day
3:45PM Local 9:45PM Today your time
COURT 1
Bolton / Bozovic vs Danilina / Kuzmova 2
12:00PM Local 6:00PM Today your time
Followed By
Kessler / Lamens vs Monnet / Osborne
1:15PM Local 7:15PM Today your time
by meganfernandez Svitolina and Wozniacki are wearing identical Adidas dresses and visors.
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ashkor87 meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:35 am
Svitolina and Wozniacki are wearing identical Adidas dresses and visors.
i hate that.. cant tell them apart on TV.. should be banned
by meganfernandez Raducanu served for the match at 5-2 in the third and is now at 5-5. Ruse is being more aggressive than Raducanu but not red-lining or anything. Emma looks good but needs matches.
Aaaand she closed it out on her fourth match point with some good serves. Warm moment between her and Ruse at the net. Ruse is Romanian, and Emma called her a friend in her speech.
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Owendonovan meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:35 am
Svitolina and Wozniacki are wearing identical Adidas dresses and visors.
I've often wondered about that. No one likes to walk into a room to see someone wearing the same outfit. It's not like these athletic companies don't have an army of designers. People want variety, so I'd want everyone we sponsor at a tournament in different kits for wider appeal. I'm also not a good sales/marketing person.
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meganfernandez Owendonovan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:39 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:35 am
Svitolina and Wozniacki are wearing identical Adidas dresses and visors.
I've often wondered about that. No one likes to walk into a room to see someone wearing the same outfit. It's not like these athletic companies don't have an army of designers. People want variety, so I'd want everyone we sponsor at a tournament in different kits for wider appeal. I'm also not a good sales/marketing person.
Seems like they could have a few more options for the top players, at least, so they all get their own look. I think that would be a good marketing approach, actually. Because then it's not "the Adidas skirt" but "Caro's skirt," and if you love her, you want her skirt. The players would love to have their own looks. You're right, why can't they design a few more? It would be hard for stores to stock that many SKUs but they could be available online. Then they would also know who sells the most merchandise.
The scorekeepers really hate it when players look identical, if they're still doing that manually.
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meganfernandez ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:50 am
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:35 am
Svitolina and Wozniacki are wearing identical Adidas dresses and visors.
i hate that.. cant tell them apart on TV.. should be banned
I had to look at their ankles from a distance.
Svitolina wore braces and Caro wore bright blue shoes.
by JTContinental Hopefully Xinyu and Xiyu Wang will be wearing different outfits when they play each other in the R16 or that will be a scorers nightmare
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by ti-amie I watched Svitolina vs Woz and Raducanu vs Ruse last night.
Svitolina vs Woz was a grueling match both mentally and physically. Woz was doing her usual and waging a war of attrition but Elina got right down in the mud with her and was the one to get the mistakes from Woz.
As for Raducanu I watched through the second set and the start of the third when it became obvious Ruse was not going to be able to hold her nerve and take the match from Raducanu who did nothing special. There were a few nice shots from her but if she had been playing anyone else I don't think she would've won the match. Ruse had no business losing the first set but you could see the panic set in and she did. She held it together better in the second to win it but she was losing the plot mentally early in the third and I'm surprised she managed to get to 5 all before losing.
It's going to be interesting to see Raducanu play the new more aggressive Svitolina next.
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meganfernandez JTContinental wrote:Hopefully Xinyu and Xiyu Wang will be wearing different outfits when they play each other in the R16 or that will be a scorers nightmare
And umpire’s. I wondered if they would ever play each other.
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meganfernandez ti-amie wrote:I watched Svitolina vs Woz and Raducanu vs Ruse last night.
Svitolina vs Woz was a grueling match both mentally and physically. Woz was doing her usual and waging a war of attrition but Elina got right down in the mud with her and was the one to get the mistakes from Woz.
As for Raducanu I watched through the second set and the start of the third when it became obvious Ruse was not going to be able to hold her nerve and take the match from Raducanu who did nothing special. There were a few nice shots from her but if she had been playing anyone else I don't think she would've won the match. Ruse had no business losing the first set but you could see the panic set in and she did. She held it together better in the second to win it but she was losing the plot mentally early in the third and I'm surprised she managed to get to 5 all before losing.
It's going to be interesting to see Raducanu play the new more aggressive Svitolina next.
Svitolina in straights, routinely.
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mick1303 ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:15 pm
I watched Svitolina vs Woz and Raducanu vs Ruse last night.
Svitolina vs Woz was a grueling match both mentally and physically. Woz was doing her usual and waging a war of attrition but Elina got right down in the mud with her and was the one to get the mistakes from Woz.
As for Raducanu I watched through the second set and the start of the third when it became obvious Ruse was not going to be able to hold her nerve and take the match from Raducanu who did nothing special. There were a few nice shots from her but if she had been playing anyone else I don't think she would've won the match. Ruse had no business losing the first set but you could see the panic set in and she did. She held it together better in the second to win it but she was losing the plot mentally early in the third and I'm surprised she managed to get to 5 all before losing.
It's going to be interesting to see Raducanu play the new more aggressive Svitolina next.
Something in Svitolina's game bothers Wozniacki. Hence 4:1 turning 5:1 h2h.
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nelslus ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:15 pm
I watched Svitolina vs Woz and Raducanu vs Ruse last night.
Svitolina vs Woz was a grueling match both mentally and physically. Woz was doing her usual and waging a war of attrition but Elina got right down in the mud with her and was the one to get the mistakes from Woz.
As for Raducanu I watched through the second set and the start of the third when it became obvious Ruse was not going to be able to hold her nerve and take the match from Raducanu who did nothing special. There were a few nice shots from her but if she had been playing anyone else I don't think she would've won the match. Ruse had no business losing the first set but you could see the panic set in and she did. She held it together better in the second to win it but she was losing the plot mentally early in the third and I'm surprised she managed to get to 5 all before losing.
It's going to be interesting to see Raducanu play the new more aggressive Svitolina next.
Actually- Emma was up 5-2 in the third against Ruse- double break. So, clearly, both were pretty wobbly.
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ti-amie nelslus wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:57 pm
ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:15 pm
I watched Svitolina vs Woz and Raducanu vs Ruse last night.
Svitolina vs Woz was a grueling match both mentally and physically. Woz was doing her usual and waging a war of attrition but Elina got right down in the mud with her and was the one to get the mistakes from Woz.
As for Raducanu I watched through the second set and the start of the third when it became obvious Ruse was not going to be able to hold her nerve and take the match from Raducanu who did nothing special. There were a few nice shots from her but if she had been playing anyone else I don't think she would've won the match. Ruse had no business losing the first set but you could see the panic set in and she did. She held it together better in the second to win it but she was losing the plot mentally early in the third and I'm surprised she managed to get to 5 all before losing.
It's going to be interesting to see Raducanu play the new more aggressive Svitolina next.
Actually- Emma was up 5-2 in the third against Ruse- double break. So, clearly, both were pretty wobbly.
Good point. I didn't watch that long. I figured Ruse would panic and lose. #shrug
ETA: The thing that bugged me with Ruse is that she wasn't deer in headlights the entire match. Every time she worked herself into a winning position like nelslus points out above coming back from 2-5 you could literally see her tense up and as the comm said "lose herself". Raducanu still has poor lateral movement and when Ruse was winning she was hitting shots that would exploit that. And then she would just stop thinking.
by ti-amie Day 6 Order of Play
Stadium
Starts at 6:00 PM
CHN Y. YUAN vs CRO P. MARTIC (7)
Followed by
USA C. GAUFF (1) vs CZE B. FRUHVIRTOVA
Followed by
SUI L. SUN vs FRA V. GRACHEVA (8)
Followed by
GBR E. RADUCANU vs UKR E. SVITOLINA (2)
Followed by
CZE M. BOUZKOVA/USA B. MATTEK-SANDS (1) vs NZL P. HOURIGAN/NZL E. ROUTLIFFE
Grandstand
Starts at 11:00 PM
NZL J. OTWAY/SUI L. SUN vs FRA J. PONCHET/CZE A. SISKOVA (4)
by ti-amie The battle of the Wang's was a bit difficult to follow unless you went by kit/skirt color and followed the indicator as to who was serving.
Going forward the WTA or whoever does the graphics for the broadcasters needs to think a bit outside of the box. Xinyu Wang and Xiyu Wang could be shown as "Wang Xin" and "Wang Xi" for example. I know, asking them to show the surname first is asking a lot but still, even using the Western naming convention it would be better than what we got last evening.
by ti-amie Brenda Fruhvirtova went up 2-0 on Cori in the first set. She lost it 6-3. Cori is now up 4-0 in the second set.
by ti-amie Gauff closes it out 6-3, 6-0 in 1h09m over Brenda Fruhvirtova.
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meganfernandez ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:08 pm
The battle of the Wang's was a bit difficult to follow unless you went by kit/skirt color and followed the indicator as to who was serving.
Going forward the WTA or whoever does the graphics for the broadcasters needs to think a bit outside of the box. Xinyu Wang and Xiyu Wang could be shown as "Wang Xin" and "Wang Xi" for example. I know, asking them to show the surname first is asking a lot but still, even using the Western naming convention it would be better than what we got last evening.
I wish the WTA site still had pronunciation audio clips for names. I dont' see them anymore.
by ashkor87 Raducanu doing quite well against Svitolina..split two tiebreak sets..Raducanu is a grand slam champion, Svitolina is not!
by ashkor87 Svitolina won the third quite easily..both can be pleased with this performance...
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ti-amie ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:40 am
Svitolina won the third quite easily..both can be pleased with this performance...
I read that Raducanu had no legs left in the third set. I wonder if it was lack of conditioning or lack of match play? Both?
by ti-amie Day 7 Order of Play
Stadium
Starts at 6:00 PM
USA E. NAVARRO (4) vs CRO P. MARTIC (7)
UPCOMING
USA C. GAUFF (1) vs FRA V. GRACHEVA (8)
UPCOMING
CHN Xiyu WANG vs FRA D. PARRY
UPCOMING
CZE M. BOUZKOVA (5) vs UKR E. SVITOLINA (2)
UPCOMING
Semifinal
FRA J. PONCHET/CZE A. SISKOVA (4) vs KAZ A. DANILINA/SVK V. HRUNCAKOVA (2)
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meganfernandez ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:22 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:40 am
Svitolina won the third quite easily..both can be pleased with this performance...
I read that Raducanu had no legs left in the third set. I wonder if it was lack of conditioning or lack of match play? Both?
I'd say both, yeah, but quite possibly legs since she had the foot surgery last year.
by ti-amie Day 8 Order of Play
Stadium Starts at 9:00 PM
Semifinal
USA C. GAUFF (1) vs USA E. NAVARRO (4)
Followed By
Semifinal
CHN X. WANG vs UKR E. SVITOLINA (2)
Followed By
Semifinal
CZE M. BOUZKOVA/USA B. MATTEK-SANDS (1) vs USA M. KESSLER/NED S. LAMENS
by ashkor87 watched a bit of Navarro-Gauff on youtube.. Navarro looks a bit like Perlovic to m, just physically, I mean..
she tried to go toe to toe against Gauff's backhand, which was never going to work.. but Gauff's forehand still has the tendency to go short- I noticed she is trying to correct it by taking a big swing - hope that works for her. Coco served very well..
by ti-amie ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, 7 JANUARY 2024
STADIUM Starting at 5:00 PM
F
[1] Coco Gauff USA vs [2] Elina Svitolina UKR
Trophy Presentation
Followed by
F
[1] Marie Bouzkova CZE/Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA vs [2] Anna Danilina KAZ/Viktoria Hruncakova SVK
by JTContinental Svitolina took 2 injury timeouts in her match, so I'll be curious to see if she is ready to go tomorrow or not. Coco has ripped through her half of the draw, and her serve has been lethal.
by JTContinental Svitolina’s grunt, which she only uses if she’s behind in the point, is quite long and obnoxious and borderline hindrance IMO. You should not still bellowing once that ball goes over the net
by JTContinental Svitolina appeared to aggravate an ankle injury when she miffed a volley and has called the trainer a couple of points later
by JTContinental High level tennis from both players
by ashkor87 Coco shouldave won in straights though, missed an easy pass by a whisker at set point first set..
court looked fast.. as expected, Coco's defense was up to the teask.. Svitolina was trying to hit harder and harder to get through it, didnt work..
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