by ti-amie Rod Laver Arena
Day session - From 8:00pm EST
Men's Legends Doubles • Round 1
T. Johansson/R. Lindstedt vs M. Baghdatis/M. Philippoussis
Day session - Not before 9:00pm EST
Women's Singles • Quarterfinals
M. Kostyuk vs C. Gauff 4
Day session - Not before 10:30pm EST
Men's Singles • Quarterfinals
N. Djokovic 1 vs T. Fritz 12
Night session - From 3:00am EST
Women's Singles • Quarterfinals
B. Krejcikova 9 vs A. Sabalenka 2
Men's Singles • Quarterfinals
J. Sinner 4 vs A. Rublev 5
Margaret Court Arena
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Men's Doubles • Quarterfinals
A. Behar/A. Pavlasek vs T. Machac/Z. Zhang
Day session - 7:00pm EST
Women's Doubles • Quarterfinals
G. Dabrowski 4/E. Routliffe 4 vs C. Bucsa/A. Panova
Mixed Doubles • Quarterfinals
S. Hsieh 3/J. Zielinski 3 vs N. Melichar-Martinez 7/K. Krawietz 7
Mixed Doubles • Quarterfinals
G. Dabrowski 6/N. Lammons 6 vs O. Gadecki WC/M. Polmans WC
Kia Arena
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Women's Legends Doubles • Round 1
C. Dellacqua/A. Molik vs I. Majoli/A. Petkovic
Day session - Not before 9:00pm EST
Women's Doubles • Quarterfinals
C. Garcia/K. Mladenovic vs L. Kichenok 11/J. Ostapenko 11
Mixed Doubles • Quarterfinals
H. Watson A/J. Salisbury A vs D. Krawczyk 2/N. Skupski 2
Mixed Doubles • Quarterfinals
J. Fourlis WC/A. Harris WC vs L. Siegemund 5/S. Gille 5
1573 Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 2
I. Lacy Q vs M. Joint
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 2
W. Rejchtman Vinciguerra Q vs N. Budkov Kjaer 2
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 2
P. Marinkov 13 vs D. Dedura-Palomero
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 2
M. Joint 6/K. Sidorova 6 vs R. Jamrichova/I. Lacy
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 2
H. Jones 3/A. Razeghi 3 vs M. Exsted/C. Woestendick
Court 3
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Junior Boys' Singles • Round 2
K. Bigun 5 vs T. Boogaard
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 2
E. Jones 6 vs M. Buchnik
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 2
I. Ivanova 16 vs T. Kokkinis WC
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 2
P. Brunclik 5/V. Frydrych 5 vs J. Hahn WC/T. Host WC
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 2
H. Kinoshita 5/W. Sonobe 5 vs A. Arystanbekova/Y. Perapekhina
Court 5
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Quad Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
F. Broadbent WC vs R. Shaw
Quad Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
G. Sasson 4 vs A. Ataman
Men's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
T. Miki vs T. Oda 2
Day session - Not before 10:00pm EST
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
J. Griffioen 3 vs S. Funamizu
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
L. De Greef vs Y. Kamiji 2
Court 6
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Quad Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
T. Masaryk vs H. Davidson
Men's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
A. Hewett 1 vs T. Sanada
Men's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
M. De la Puente 3 vs J. Gerard
Day session - Not before 10:00pm EST
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
M. Moreno vs A. Van Koot
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
A. Bernal vs D. Mathewson
Court 7
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Quad Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
D. Perez vs A. Lapthorne
Men's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
A. Cataldo vs A. Parker WC
Men's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
B. Weekes WC vs S. Houdet
Day session - Not before 10:00pm EST
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
X. Li vs Z. Zhu
Court 8
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Quad Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
Y. Silva vs S. Schroder 2
Quad Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
N. Vink 1 vs A. Kaplan
Men's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
M. Scheffers vs G. Reid 4
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Men's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
T. Egberink vs C. Ratzlaff
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
D. De Groot 1 vs L. Shuker
Court 12
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Quad Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
D. Ramphadi vs D. Wagner 3
Quad Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
G. Slade WC vs F. Cayulef
Men's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
D. Arai vs R. Spaargaren
Day session - Not before 10:00pm EST
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
P. Deroulede vs M. Tanaka
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Round 1
K. Montjane vs M. Ohtani 4
Court 13
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 2
B. Gusic Wan vs P. Brunclik 11
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 2
J. Pastikova vs T. Grant 9
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 2
A. Karahan vs C. Camus 9
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 2
T. Grant 3/I. Jovic 3 vs Y. Kotliar/M. Stankiewicz
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 2
Y. Konstantinova/T. Kostovic vs E. Jones 7/M. Stojsavljevic 7
Court 14
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 2
H. Oluwadare Q vs M. Slama
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 2
G. Jang vs A. Schuman Q
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 2
Y. Perapekhina vs V. Valdmannova
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 2
L. Nilsson/H. Oluwadare vs H. Klugman 2/M. Xu 2
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 2
F. Cina 1/R. Sakamoto 1 vs I. Ivanov/S. Planella Hernandez
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 2
R. Nijkamp/V. Valdmannova vs S. Tsujioka A/H. Yamamoto A
Court 15
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 2
K. Rice vs A. Mazdrashki Q
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 2
L. Angelini SE vs R. Sakamoto 4
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 2
R. Horovitz/K. Rice vs T. Derepasko/D. Sarksian
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 2
J. Kim 6/A. Omarkhanov 6 vs K. Bigun/J. Leach
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 2
L. Angelini/D. Rapagnetta vs D. Dedura-Palomero/M. Schoenhaus
Court 17
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Junior Girls' Singles • Round 2
A. Kovackova 7 vs L. Nilsson Q
Junior Boys' Singles • Round 2
M. Schoenhaus vs C. Woestendick
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 2
M. Forbes/M. Stenzer vs T. Berkieta 2/M. Mrva 2
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 2
L. Brunkel/O. Carneiro vs J. Pastikova/J. Stusek
Junior Boys' Doubles • Round 2
T. Faurel/T. Papamalamis vs N. Budkov Kjaer 8/J. Kumstat 8
Day session - Not before 11:00pm EST
Junior Girls' Doubles • Round 2
E. Koike 1/S. Saito 1 vs A. Hamilton/E. Sartz-Lunde
by ashkor87 Coco's famous defence already paying off..forcing Kostyuk to hit one more shot...in the third game
by ashkor87 Two double faults .Coco broken early...doesn't look very comfortable...
by ashkor87 Kostyuk doing a great job attacking Coco's forehand, not expecting an error but preparing for the shorter ball, which she is getting sometimes ..good coaching, I guess, and good discipline
by ashkor87 Kostyuk moving very well too..quite a foot race here..
by atlpam Kostyuk seems like she’s out to prove something to the world - very impressive so far.
by atlpam Will be interesting to see if Coco can make the second set competitive.
by meganfernandez I gotta say, this doesn't surprise me. Coco's level in general doesn't blow me away.
by ponchi101 Serving for a set, ANY SET, in tennis, has got to the most (expletive) difficult thing to do in the world.
I kid you not.
She was playing a gorgeous set and then plays a game that would even embarrass me.
by ashkor87 Coco back in keel now, she will win now .
by ashkor87 Kostyuk self-destructing..too emotional, I think...
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ashkor87 atlpam wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:46 am
Will be interesting to see if Coco can make the second set competitive.
Likely to be 7-5, 6-0
by martini4me Incredible how much Kostyuk tightened up there. Lost five games in a row (so far) including three breaks of serve.
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ashkor87 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:07 am
atlpam wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:46 am
Will be interesting to see if Coco can make the second set competitive.
Likely to be 7-5, 6-0
Spoke too soon
by ponchi101 And... Coco tightened to give it back.
And I am sorry. Calling the physio now is cheap.
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meganfernandez ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:48 am
Serving for a set, ANY SET, in tennis, has got to the most (expletive) difficult thing to do in the world.
I kid you not.
She was playing a gorgeous set and then plays a game that would even embarrass me.
It shouldn't be too tough if your serve is a weapon. But hardly any woman has one.
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skatingfan ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:13 am
And... Coco tightened to give it back.
And I am sorry. Calling the physio now is cheap.
Not the physio - just the trainer - those feet needed some work.
by JTContinental That was the worst set of tennis Gauff has played since last summer, but somehow Kostyuk managed to play even worse.
by atlpam Will Kostyuk come back out firing or implode in the second set?
by ponchi101 I like Kostyuk. But that was one of the most pathetic sets of tennis I have seen in a long time.
Label it "Exhibit A: Player that does NOT have it".
by nelslus WELL. THAT 1st set was some ugly s**t.
by martini4me And then Gauff plays a real stinker of a first game to break herself.
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nelslus ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:48 am
Serving for a set, ANY SET, in tennis, has got to the most (expletive) difficult thing to do in the world.
I kid you not.
She was playing a gorgeous set and then plays a game that would even embarrass me.
She played some gorgeous points. But- she was making way too many errors even getting to 5-1 up. Then- she decided to play, somehow, more pathetically than Coco.
by ponchi101 They are showing the stats.
Kostyuk lost a set where she was leading 5-1, and her opponent had a 5-24 W/UE count. A truly WTF moment in tennis.
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nelslus martini4me wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:33 am
And then Gauff plays a real stinker of a first game to break herself.
AND then Kostyuk, of course, returned the favor.
by JTContinental In addition to the UFEs, Coco's shot selection has been pretty dismal today.
by nelslus OK, Cheap Jokes Alert: Kost-yuck.
Cost-yucks?
by ponchi101 Mortem Kostyuk?
by
ti-amie José Morgado
@
josemorgado@sportsbots.xyz
"Go to her forehand", says Kostyuk's coach. An obvious tactic against the US Open champ.
by ashkor87 The way she is playing today, Coco won't stand a chance against Sabalenka. .except for the mental fortitude she has displayed..?
by JTContinental Margaret Court to Goomba from Super Mario Bros transformation = 85% complete
by Owendonovan Coco could use a first serve around now.
by meganfernandez Coco served for the match and lost the game at 15. At 15-40, she hit a floater swinging volley right back down the middle to Kostyuk and Kostyuk passed her easily. I think Coco expected Kostyuk to run to cover the open court, but nope. Second time in as many games that Coco did that and lost the point.
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meganfernandez Owendonovan wrote:Coco could use a first serve around now.
For sure. Serve has room for improvement in general.
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by Owendonovan I don't not feel like watching another set of this drek, so Coco better get on it.
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meganfernandez Owendonovan wrote:I don't not feel like watching another set of this drek, so Coco better get on it.
I feel like it has gotten better in the 2nd. First point of the TB was 36 shots, with about 15 going to Coco’s FH… it held up well but she finally missed it.
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by JTContinental Kostyuk's husband is in her box wearing a hat that says SHAKE YOUR COCOS with an image of a split coconut on it
by ashkor87 A bagel was inevitable...
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meganfernandez JTContinental wrote:Kostyuk's husband is in her box wearing a hat that says SHAKE YOUR COCOS with an image of a split coconut on it
Yeah, they got married too young.
Kostyuk has fallen apart in the third. Such a sudden turn of events. She had a game point in the first game and a break point in the next. Has totally crumbled since losing them. Sad to see
Sabalenka is going to eat Coco alive.
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skatingfan meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:09 am
Sabalenka is going to eat Coco alive.
I feel like I should bookmark this just in case.
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nelslus meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:09 am
JTContinental wrote:Kostyuk's husband is in her box wearing a hat that says SHAKE YOUR COCOS with an image of a split coconut on it
Yeah, they got married too young.
Kostyuk has fallen apart in the third. Such a sudden turn of events. She had a game point in the first game and a break point in the next. Has totally crumbled since losing them. Sad to see
Sabalenka is going to eat Coco alive.
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Spoiler Alert: Sabalenka hasn't made it into the SF's yet.
AS if Sabalenka can't at any point- especially in a Slam- turn in a terrible performance and/or choke?
Sure- a lot of players coulda/would beat the Coco that showed up in the first two sets today. But, you only have to beat the person in front of you.
NOT saying that Sabalenka can't eat Coco alive- ESPECIALLY if Coco again plays this crap-level. OR vice versa (i.e., it's Sabalenka). Who knows? But, it's not let any of the remaining players in the women's singles draw are unequivocally match-play mental giants. (AND, with the men's- there's only Novak, and, perhaps, Carlos). Entirely possible that there's gonna be a lot of match nuttiness with the remaining matches. With so many of the top players now gone.
IN general- with all that we all have seen through the years with tennis matches- I just don't get how often folks can be so definite about their results opinions- when quite often, we all end up being wrong.
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nelslus HAVING said all of that....
Novak is going to eat Taylor alive.*
*My sad-little attempt at some Suliso magic.
by jazzyg Fritz had a shot there. Two set points at 15-40 after saving eight break points earlier in the set. Didn't get much of a look at either one and then dumped the first point of the tiebreak with a shocking swing volley error and the set was over.
by jazzyg They are even at a set apiece and Djokovic is 0 of 15 on break points.
Pretty sure I've never seen a match where anyone was 0 of 15 on break points.
by skatingfan Still at least 2 sets to play in Djokovic/Fritz, and the night session on Laver is supposed be starting now. Are they really going to hold the night matches until after 10pm local before they start?
by Fastbackss Woke up and put on Sabalenka-Krejcikova match. They were showing a replay, so the score was missing.
I saw Barbora wasn't wearing long sleeves and I thought "she's losing handily."
Yup
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ashkor87 meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:09 am
Sabalenka is going to eat Coco alive.
maybe but mentally, Coco is much stronger than Saba... I am still backing Coco for the title, though Sabalenka is clearly playing the best right now..
by ponchi101 For some reason, Aryna has gotten a reputation that she is not mentally strong.
Which begets the question: ever seen a mentally weak player be able to fix a shot the way Sabalenka fixed her serve?
I don't see much difference between Coco and Aryna, mentally. I find they both compete well.
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martini4me skatingfan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:08 am
Still at least 2 sets to play in Djokovic/Fritz, and the night session on Laver is supposed be starting now. Are they really going to hold the night matches until after 10pm local before they start?
Oh, so this is why they're only in the second set as I wake up in the morning. I was thinking there must have been some major disruption (heavy rain and a roof leak, or evacuation due to a bomb threat) overnight to be so far behind schedule.
I suppose the Gauff-Yastremska match was over three hours. And they didn't start singles play until 1:00 p.m., just so that we could have the joy of watching Casey Dellacqua and Iva Majoli play old ladies doubles.
by Suliso As most of us would have easily predicted Sinner slowly, but surely ground down Rublev. Straight sets today and no serve lost!
In fact Jannik has now advanced to his 2nd GS SF without dropping a set and only losing his serve twice.
by ponchi101 He will push Novak to his usual limit of three very close sets, making a lot of people dream for minutes that the inevitable will not happen.
And then Novak will simply close the door on him.
5, 6 & 5, Novak.
by Suliso I think it will be much closer than that, BUT beating Djokovic at his favorite Slam is a very tough proposition. Not impossible (see Wawrinka), but very hard indeed...
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meganfernandez ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:23 pm
For some reason, Aryna has gotten a reputation that she is not mentally strong.
Which begets the question: ever seen a mentally weak player be able to fix a shot the way Sabalenka fixed her serve?
I don't see much difference between Coco and Aryna, mentally. I find they both compete well.
Fans and media still define Sabalenka by her tough losses, which is undeserved at this point, IMO. I think it's alaos because she is so demonstrative on court - you can see the struggle. She wears it on her sleeve. But that's good point about her serve. And she has overcome her demons on the biggest stage. She won the Slam in a super tight match against an opponent playing very well.
I think competing is one of Coco's great strengths. They both do, but for Coco, i'd say it's maybe her best strength. Aryna's are her firepower and serve.
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meganfernandez nelslus wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:33 am
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:09 am
JTContinental wrote:Kostyuk's husband is in her box wearing a hat that says SHAKE YOUR COCOS with an image of a split coconut on it
Yeah, they got married too young.
Kostyuk has fallen apart in the third. Such a sudden turn of events. She had a game point in the first game and a break point in the next. Has totally crumbled since losing them. Sad to see
Sabalenka is going to eat Coco alive.
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Spoiler Alert: Sabalenka hasn't made it into the SF's yet.
AS if Sabalenka can't at any point- especially in a Slam- turn in a terrible performance and/or choke?
Sure- a lot of players coulda/would beat the Coco that showed up in the first two sets today. But, you only have to beat the person in front of you.
NOT saying that Sabalenka can't eat Coco alive- ESPECIALLY if Coco again plays this crap-level. OR vice versa (i.e., it's Sabalenka). Who knows? But, it's not let any of the remaining players in the women's singles draw are unequivocally match-play mental giants. (AND, with the men's- there's only Novak, and, perhaps, Carlos). Entirely possible that there's gonna be a lot of match nuttiness with the remaining matches. With so many of the top players now gone.
IN general- with all that we all have seen through the years with tennis matches- I just don't get how often folks can be so definite about their results opinions- when quite often, we all end up being wrong.
I hear you on the certainty. Most matches are impossible to call, IMO. I wasn't as comfortable predicting Sabalenka to beat Anisimova or Krejcikova, or for Iga to get past Noskova or (theoretically) Svitolina or Coco past Kostyuk. This isn't just cynicism--it's just that they're all really, really good and upsets happen. I thought Krejcikova could have upset Sabalenka because she beat her last year, she's not intimidated by the occasion, she can pay sublime tennis, and she's in decent form if she's reaching the quarters. I wasn't certain that Sabalenka would win that match at all.
In retrospect, I shouldn't have thought Anisimova/Sabalenka would have been that close, given Sabalenka's form and Anisimova's lack of match play. But she has beaten Sabalenka a couple times, including at the AO, and I didn't know (most of us can't) what shape Anisimova is really in, if she was feeling the physical effects of playing a few matches for the first time in a while, etc.
Regarding Sabalenka vs Coco, my prediction is because Coco's level was terrible vs Kostyuk (17 winners to 51 errors for the match, 43% first serve in the third) and Sabalenka's has been off the charts. Sabalenka is also just the better player, by quite a bit - she should have won in New York. And I think she will learn from that loss. I think it will help her that it's not the final. All of those things together = Sabalenka crushing Coco, unless Coco raises her level a lot and Sabalenka has a mental block. Which could happen, of cousre. Kostyuk probably should have won the match last night, though - she utterly collapsed. I think her strategy of playing Coco's FH and being aggressive on the right ball would have won her the match if she had held her nerve, and Sabalenka will do the same and have her way with Coco's serve.
We talk about predictions with relativity - provisions are assumed. There are a nillion unknowns about every match, and of couse, anything can happen in sports.
Alt post;
100%, staking my life, Sabalenka will crush Coco.
I'm actually not sure she will happen tomorrow but she likely would have crushed her yesterday.
by jazzyg Sabalenka has been mentally weak multiple times in slam semis and she was again in the final of the U.S. Open last September. It's not the media searching for a tired angle. It's right there in front of us all.
That said, I'll be shocked if she loses to Gauff. She's playing like she did last year at this time, when I posted she might win the grand slam (hilariously wrong in retrospect). Even if Gauff plays a heck of a lot better than she did in the QF, Sabalenka is on another level, a level she was nowhere close to before they played in New York. She choked that day, but it was a result of not being particularly confident based on her form, when she should have lost to Keys in the semis.
If Sabalenka holds her nerve, the rematch will be a rout. If she doesn't, she still has built up enough confidence in the last five matches to overcome any wobble.
by jazzyg The Djokovic-Sinner match will be decided by a few points, and if Sinner wins it, he will beat whomever he faces in the final as long as he is healthy.
If it is Alcaraz as it very probably would be, Sinner has been the better player in that matchup on every surface. He found a way to lose their epic battle at the U.S. Open two years ago, but he's improved exponentially since then.
If it is Zverev or Medvedev or Hurkacz, the scoreline will be similar to the Rublev match.
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meganfernandez jazzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:03 pm
Sabalenka has been mentally weak multiple times in slam semis and she was again in the final of the U.S. Open last September. It's not the media searching for a tired angle. It's right there in front of us all.
That said, I'll be shocked if she loses to Gauff. She's playing like she did last year at this time, when I posted she might win the grand slam (hilariously wrong in retrospect). Even if Gauff plays a heck of a lot better than she did in the QF, Sabalenka is on another level, a level she was nowhere close to before they played in New York. She choked that day, but it was a result of not being particularly confident based on her form, when she should have lost to Keys in the semis.
If Sabalenka holds her nerve, the rematch will be a rout. If she doesn't, she still has built up enough confidence in the last five matches to overcome any wobble.
Sabalenka has also been mentally tough at times, too. Fixing her serve, winning the tight Slam final, beating Krejcikova at Indian Wells after losing to her the month before, the US Open semi when she came back against Keys. We fixate on the failures. Sure, she has demons but she has also overcome some of those demons. Is it proper/understandable to acknowledfge that aspect of her career? Sure, they aren't ancient past. But I think we still define her too much by them and give them too much weight in assessing her prospects.
God point about the confidence in her form. But she has been confident this week despite being obliterated by Rybakina before the AO. That's mental strength, right?
We will never be surprised when Sabalenka chokes. But I think she's more likely to close these days unless her opponent is red-lining, like Rybankina was.
by Suliso I think most of us will agree that Sabakenka is a strong favorite. Would we completely rule out Gauff? No...
As for Djokovic vs Sinner I'd really like it to be Sinner. Do I believe it will be? No...
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nelslus jazzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:08 pm
The Djokovic-Sinner match will be decided by a few points, and if Sinner wins it, he will beat whomever he faces in the final as long as he is healthy.
If it is Alcaraz as it very probably would be, Sinner has been the better player in that matchup on every surface. He found a way to lose their epic battle at the U.S. Open two years ago, but he's improved exponentially since then.
If it is Zverev or Medvedev or Hurkacz, the scoreline will be similar to the Rublev match.
WELL....assuming that this becomes a Alcaraz vs. Sinner final (AND, not exactly a set-in-stone result)....there's also the 2 Slam titles vs. 0 factor. AND, the point needs to be made that, Sinner's choke in their US Open match is quite the factor to be considered.
PS: Novak the Horrible Man Child is winning this.
by nelslus PS: Would I be shocked if Sinner does win this thing? Absolutely not. Certainly, ya gotta think that, health permitting- Sinner will at least win multiple Slam titles.
But, until he wins the first one.....
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nelslus Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:56 pm
I think it will be much closer than that, BUT beating Djokovic at his favorite Slam is a very tough proposition. Not impossible (see Wawrinka), but very hard indeed...
AND, Carlos beat Novak at the Wimbledon final. I mean....and here we go again....Novak HAS to eventually drop down a level.
by Suliso Agree, but will it be this week?
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ponchi101 We have been saying that Novak has to drop a level a little sorter than all the years we said Rafa's knees would give out.
Has he shown any signs of dropping that level, recently? I say no. And, let's be honest, this generation is scared of the guy.
Aryna: sorry Megan, but what demons? She has had a wonderful career, she is a player that seems to bounce from loses with no consequences. Demons is too strong a designation. She is not the dominant player of her time because no-one is, but she simply is a damn good striker of the ball.
Her DF's were not demons. It was a technical issue, and it was corrected. She plays well, she competes, she can stay with everybody on any surface.
She is the favorite in that semi. Will she win, that is a different story.
(Notice how nobody here is willing to bet their dog's kennel on that result, much less the house
)
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meganfernandez ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:43 pm
We have been saying that Novak has to drop a level a little sorter than all the years we said Rafa's knees would give out.
Has he shown any signs of dropping that level, recently? I say no. And, let's be honest, this generation is scared of the guy.
Aryna: sorry Megan, but what demons? She has had a wonderful career, she is a player that seems to bounce from loses with no consequences. Demons is too strong a designation. She is not the dominant player of her time because no-one is, but she simply is a damn good striker of the ball.
Her DF's were not demons. It was a technical issue, and it was corrected. She plays well, she competes, she can stay with everybody on any surface.
She is the favorite in that semi. Will she win, that is a different story.
(Notice how nobody here is willing to bet their dog's kennel on that result, much less the house
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I think her serving yips a couple years ago were partly mental, not just technical, as was losing a few tight Slam semis, esp the Leylah semi at the US Open. I don't know if she has confirmed that word or not. Top journalists have described it as demons, so I gave the notion some credibility. It certainly appears on court that she has demons. But this is an example of the limits of our knowledge - we're always making a leap to some extent because we are far from the circle of truth. Even the media sources we trust sometimes are. It's the best we can do!
It's a good point that the whole "demons" narrative might be a media/fan concotion, but at least that much is true, and what I'm really talking about is how people regard her.
I'll bet the dog's kennel that she will beat Gauff. Maybe the house, too, if I was feeling frisky. But as always, we don't know, and it also wont' surprise me if Gauff rises to the occasion and Sabalenka's level drop a bit for one of many reasons, mental or otherwise. It would never be surprising for the NO. 4 seed to beat the No. 2 seed, esp after she just did in the last Slam final.
Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:43 pm
I think most of us will agree that Sabakenka is a strong favorite. Would we completely rule out Gauff? No...
As for Djokovic vs Sinner I'd really like it to be Sinner. Do I believe it will be? No...
Of course we don't rule out Gauff, esp with Brad helping her strategize and prepare and coach during the match. He is obviously an asset. But she will have to play a lot better tomorrow than she did yesterday - she even graded her level a C. It will be impressive if she can step on the court with the kind of belief she will need to win. We'll see! She's a champion, she might ber able to do it. She will have to serve great.
by Suliso Sabalenka at 25 is now in tennis players prime years (never mind people like Federer or Djokovic for a moment). Now is the time to win as much as possible.
by jazzyg I am ruling out Gauff 100 percent.
Does anyone have a recommendation for where I can get a good dog kennel if she wins?
