Talk About Tennis 2.0

Tournament: Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Level: WTA 500
Dates: February 5 - February 11, 2024
Total Financial Commitment: $922,573
Surface: Hard (Outdoor)

1 Elena Rybakina 3
2 Ons Jabeur 6
3 Maria Sakkari 8
4 Barbora Krejcikova 10
5 Beatriz Haddad Maia 11
6 Jelena Ostapenko 12
7 Liudmila Samsonova 14
8 Daria Kasatkina 15
Veornika Kudermetova 16
Caroline Garcia 20
Magda Linette 24
Sorana Cirstea 26
Anastasia Potapova 27
Anhelina Kalinina 28
Jasmine Paolini 30
Emma Navarro 31
Lesia Tsurenko 32
(Top 20 WC)
(Top 20 WC)
Emma Raducanu (WC)
Naomi Osaka (WC)
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)

Qualifying Draw

CZE L. Noskova (1) vs D. Shnaider
JPN E. Koike vs ESP C. Bucsa (10)

CZE M. Bouzkova (2) vs JPN M. Hontama
CYP R. Serban vs FRA D. Parry (7)

USA C. Dolehide (3) vs CZE L. Fruhvirtova
GRE D. Papamichail vs USA D. Collins (8)

USA S. Kenin (4) vs GBR H. Watson
ESP R. Masarova vs KAZ Y. Putintseva (9)

ESP S. Sorribes Tormo (5) vs KSA Y. Alhogbani
JPN W. Sonobe vs USA B. Pera (12)

ITA L. Bronzetti (6) vs AUS D. Saville
BLR A. Sasnovich vs USA A. Krueger (11)

UPDATED MD Singles Qualifiers Placed

KAZ E. Rybakina (1)/BYE
JPN N. Osaka vs USA D. Collins
CHN Xinyu Wang vs CHN L. Zhu
GBR H. Watson vs LAT J. Ostapenko (5)

CZE B. Krejcikova (4)/BYE
RUS V. Kudermetova vs CZE L. Noskova
UKR A. Kalinina vs ESP P. Badosa
UKR L. Tsurenko vs RUS L. Samsonova (8)

RUS D. Kasatkina (7) vs FRA D. Parry
USA B. Pera vs USA A. Krueger
FRA C. Garcia vs ROU S. Cirstea
BYE/GRE M. Sakkari (3)

BRA B. Haddad Maia (6) vs CHN Xiyu Wang
PHI A. Eala vs POL M. Linette
CZE M. Bouzkova vs GBR E. Raducanu
BYE/TUN O. Jabeur (2)

At least Osaka will get a match against a qualifier (who will likely be reasonably ranked looking at the field) before getting the #1 seed rybakina

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:52 pm At least Osaka will get a match against a qualifier (who will likely be reasonably ranked looking at the field) before getting the #1 seed rybakina

It could be Collins or Noskova...

Collins,..too bad! Not that Noskova would have been easier but Collins is a seasoned fighter

I don't know what kind of motivation a player that announced this is her last year can have.
She will collect the checks she can, and rightly so, and then bye bye Danielle. But I don't see her playing top tennis anymore.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 5:20 pm I don't know what kind of motivation a player that announced this is her last year can have.
She will collect the checks she can, and rightly so, and then bye bye Danielle. But I don't see her playing top tennis anymore.

i'm not sure she 100% meant that about retirement, and these days, retirement can mean an indefinite break but not final. She's probably burnt out and I don't expect great tennis from her, but you never know when things might change for her and she's engaged again. Just hard to say. I hope we haven't seen the last of her best tennis. She's fun to have in the mix. But I bet the rhuematoid arthritis is hard to deal with.

Day 3 Order of Play

Stadium Court Starts at 4:00 AM

FRA C. GARCIA vs ROU S. CIRSTEA
Followed by
BRA B. HADDAD MAIA (6) vs CHN X. WANG
Followed by
RUS D. KASATKINA (7) vs FRA D. PARRY
Followed by
CZE M. BOUZKOVA vs GBR E. RADUCANU

ADCB Court 1 Starts at 4:00 AM

TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS (3) vs UKR A. KALININA/CHN Y. XU
Followed by
USA B. PERA vs USA A. KRUEGER
Followed by
ESP C. BUCSA/ROU M. NICULESCU vs USA C. DOLEHIDE/USA D. KRAWCZYK

Why would the WTA site indicate the qualifiers?

Ed Salmon
@fogmount@mas.to
Qualifiers placed in Abu Dhabi: #tennis

Collins–Osaka
Watson–Ostapenko
Noskova–Kudermetova
Parry–Kasatkina
Pera–(Q) Krueger

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:44 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 5:20 pm I don't know what kind of motivation a player that announced this is her last year can have.
She will collect the checks she can, and rightly so, and then bye bye Danielle. But I don't see her playing top tennis anymore.

i'm not sure she 100% meant that about retirement, and these days, retirement can mean an indefinite break but not final. She's probably burnt out and I don't expect great tennis from her, but you never know when things might change for her and she's engaged again. Just hard to say. I hope we haven't seen the last of her best tennis. She's fun to have in the mix. But I bet the rhuematoid arthritis is hard to deal with.

She said she wants to start a family..

Ostapenko has withdrawn it seems

Day 4 Order of Play

Stadium Court
Starts at 2:00 AM

KAZ A. DANILINA/UKR N. KICHENOK vs BRA B. HADDAD MAIA/BRA L. STEFANI (2)
UPCOMING
PHI A. EALA vs POL M. LINETTE
UPCOMING
JPN N. OSAKA vs USA D. COLLINS
UPCOMING
GBR H. WATSON vs RUS V. KUDERMETOVA (9)
UPCOMING
UKR L. TSURENKO vs RUS L. SAMSONOVA (8)

ADCB Court 1
Starts at 2:30 AM

ESP S. SORRIBES TORMO vs CZE L. NOSKOVA
UPCOMING
CHN Xinyu WANG vs CHN L. ZHU
UPCOMING
HUN T. BABOS/RUS V. ZVONAREVA vs CZE M. BOUZKOVA/ESP S. SORRIBES TORMO (4)
UPCOMING
UKR A. KALININA vs ITA L. BRONZETTI
UPCOMING
TUN O. JABEUR/JPN N. OSAKA vs CHN Xinyu WANG/CHN S. ZHENG

Osaka's statements sound ominously like she is not going to play the full middle east swing either.. she will quit as soon as she gets a couple matches.. I hope she doesn't!!

Jabeur had better watch out .Raducanu is in great form and she is a major champion..am looking for Raducanu to win...especially since Jabeur doesn't appear to be playing all that well lately....