by ti-amie Tournament: Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2024
Location: Doha, Qatar
Dates: February 11 - February 17, 2024
Level: WTA 1000
Total Financial Commitment: $3,211,715
Surface: Hard (Outdoor)
Seed Player Entry Ranking
1 Iga Swiatek 1
2 Aryna Sabalenka 2
3 Elena Rybakina 3
4 Coco Gauff 4
5 Jessica Pegula 5
6 Ons Jabeur 6
7 Marketa Vondrousova 7
8 Maria Sakkari 8
9 Karolina Muchova 9
10 Jelena Ostapenko 10
11 Barbora Krejcikova 11
12 Beatriz Haddad Maia 12
13 Daria Kasatkina 13
14 Liudmila Samsonova 14
15 Qinwen Zheng 15
16 Veronika Kudermetova 17
Caroline Garcia 19
Ekaterina Alexandrova 20
Victoria Azarenka 22
Elina Svitolina 23
Magda Linette 24
Donna Vekic 25
Emma Navarro 26
Sorana Cirstea 27
Elise Mertens 28
Anastasia Potapova 29
Anhelina Kalinina 30
Jasmine Paolini 31
Lin Zhu 32
Lesia Tsurenko 33
Marie Bouzkova 34
Leylah Fernandez 35
Xinyu Wang 36
Marta Kostyuk 37
Karolina Pliskova 38
Varvara Gracheva 39
Petra Martic 40
Sofia Kenin 41
Tatjana Maria 42
Caroline Dolehide 43
Sloane Stephens 44
Arantxa Rus 45
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 46
Naomi Osaka SR
by ti-amie Qualifying Draw
POL M. Frech (1) vs RUS M. Timofeeva
USA A. Parks vs RUS K. Rakhimova (15)
ITA L. Bronzetti (2) vs GER L. Siegemund
AUS K. Birrell vs USA D. Collins (10)
ESP S. Sorribes Tormo (3) vs HUN T. Babos
JPN N. Hibino vs ESP C. Bucsa (12)
ITA M. Trevisan (4) vs ALT
ESP R. Masarova vs BEL G. Minnen (13)
FRA D. Parry (5) vs RUS E. Andreeva
QAT M. Al-Naimi vs CHN Z. Bai (16)
CHN X. Wang (6) vs BLR A. Sasnovich
AUS A. Rodionova vs RUS D. Shnaider (11)
BUL V. Tomova (7) vs BRA L. Pigossi
USA B. Pera vs KAZ Y. Putintseva (9)
CHN Y. Yuan (8) vs CHN S. Zheng
TUR I. Oz vs USA A. Krueger (14)
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by ponchi101 It's a Muslim country. Friday is their equivalent to our Sunday, so people can go watch.
by ti-amie Main Draw Singles
1 SWIATEK, Iga/Bye
CIRSTEA, Sorana ROU vs STEPHENS, Sloane USA
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs 14 ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina
10 HADDAD MAIA, Beatriz BRA vs WANG, Xinyu CHN
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs AZARENKA, Victoria
WC RADUCANU, Emma GBR vs KALININA, Anhelina UKR
Bye/8 OSTAPENKO, Jelena LAT
4 JABEUR, Ons TUN/Bye
TSURENKO, Lesia UKR vs WC SONMEZ, Zeynep TUR
RUS, Arantxa NED vs MARTIC, Petra CRO
OSAKA, Naomi JPN vs 15 GARCIA, Caroline FRA
9 KREJCIKOVA, Barbora CZE vs POTAPOVA, Anastasia
WC KALINSKAYA, Anna vs PLISKOVA, Karolina CZE
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs NOSKOVA, Linda CZE
Bye/7 SAKKARI, Maria GRE
5 ZHENG, Qinwen CHN/Bye
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs LINETTE, Magda POL
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs WC BADOSA, Paula ESP
FERNANDEZ, Leylah CAN vs 12 SAMSONOVA, Liudmila
16 NAVARRO, Emma USA vs PAOLINI, Jasmine ITA
STEARNS, Peyton USA vs MERTENS, Elise BEL
GRACHEVA, Varvara FRA vs ZHU, Lin CHN
Bye/3 RYBAKINA, Elena KAZ
6 VONDROUSOVA, Marketa CZE/Bye
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs MARIA, Tatjana GER
DOLEHIDE, Caroline USA vs KOSTYUK, Marta UKR
PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia vs 11 KASATKINA, Daria
13 KUDERMETOVA, Veronika vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
BOUZKOVA, Marie CZE vs KENIN, Sofia USA
VEKIC, Donna CRO vs SINIAKOVA, Katerina CZE
Bye/2 GAUFF, Coco USA
by ti-amie Saturday Order of Play
Centre Court
Starts at 7:30 AM
CRO D. VEKIC vs CZE K. SINIAKOVA
UPCOMING
ROU S. CIRSTEA vs USA S. STEPHENS
UPCOMING
USA A. KRUEGER vs ESP P. BADOSA
UPCOMING
USA E. NAVARRO (16) vs ITA J. PAOLINI
Grandstand 1
Starts at 6:00 AM
USA C. DOLEHIDE vs UKR M. KOSTYUK
UPCOMING
RUS V. KUDERMETOVA (13) vs USA D. COLLINS
UPCOMING
FRA V. GRACHEVA vs CHN L. ZHU
Grandstand 2
Starts at 6:00 AM
UKR L. TSURENKO vs TUR Z. SONMEZ
UPCOMING
BEL G. MINNEN vs GER T. MARIA
UPCOMING
RUS E. ANDREEVA vs RUS D. SHNAIDER
UPCOMING
RUS V. KUDERMETOVA/RUS A. PANOVA vs ESP C. BUCSA/ROU M. NICULESCU
Grandstand 3
Starts at 7:00 AM
BUL V. TOMOVA vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA (14)
UPCOMING
QAT M. AL-NAIMI/TUR I. OZ vs UKR A. KALININA/CHN Y. XU
Grandstand 4
Starts at 7:00 AM
FRA C. GARCIA/FRA K. MLADENOVIC vs CZE M. BOUZKOVA/CZE M. VONDROUSOVA
UPCOMING
BRA I. GAMARRA MARTINS/TPE F. WU vs USA C. DOLEHIDE/USA D. KRAWCZYK
UPCOMING
TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS (8) vs JPN M. KATO/INA A. SUTJIADI
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by ashkor87 too many byes as usual.. if they want to protect players who have played deep the previous week, the simple solution would be to provide byes only to those who have played the finals of a wta event the previous week, rather than by ranking..too many young, unranked players are probably being kept out by these byes..
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skatingfan ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:23 am
too many byes as usual.. if they want to protect players who have played deep the previous week, the simple solution would be to provide byes only to those who have played the finals of a wta event the previous week, rather than by ranking..too many young, unranked players are probably being kept out by these byes..
Young unranked players aren`t getting into a WTA 1000 event without a wildcard.
by ashkor87 Low-ranked then!
by ashkor87 this court looks about 10% slower than Abu Dhabi.. good for powerful hitters and Swiatek..not so Sloane, Leylah etc. We shall see..
by ti-amie ORDER OF PLAY - MONDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2024
CENTRE COURT
REVISED
36 64 24* TBF R64
[Q] Ashlyn Krueger USA vs [WC] Paula Badosa ESP
Followed by
[Q] Magdalena Frech POL vs Victoria Azarenka
Followed by
Naomi Osaka JPN vs [15] Caroline Garcia FRA
Followed by
[1] Iga Swiatek POL vs Sorana Cirstea ROU
Followed by
[6] Marketa Vondrousova CZE vs [Q] Greet Minnen BEL
GRANDSTAND 1
Starting at 2:00 PM
[WC] Emma Raducanu GBR vs Anhelina Kalinina UKR
Followed by
[Q] Nao Hibino JPN vs Magda Linette POL
Followed by
[Q] Bernarda Pera USA vs Linda Noskova CZE
Followed by
[WC] Anna Kalinskaya vs Karolina Pliskova CZE
GRANDSTAND 2
Starting at 2:00 PM
Peyton Stearns USA vs Elise Mertens BEL
Followed by
Arantxa Rus NED vs Petra Martic CRO
Followed by
[10] Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA vs Xinyu Wang CHN
Followed by
Eri Hozumi JPN/Makoto Ninomiya JPN vs [6] Lyudmyla Kichenok UKR/Jelena Ostapenko LAT
GRANDSTAND 3
Starting at 3:00 PM
Leylah Fernandez CAN vs [12] Liudmila Samsonova
Followed by
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs [11] Daria Kasatkina
Followed by
Leylah Fernandez CAN/Oksana Kalashnikova GEO vs Sara Errani ITA/Jasmine Paolini ITA
Followed by
Ekaterina Alexandrova/Irina Khromacheva vs Shuko Aoyama JPN/Aleksandra Krunic SRB
GRANDSTAND 4
Starting at 2:00 PM
00* TBF R64
[16] Emma Navarro USA vs Jasmine Paolini ITA
Followed by
[9] Barbora Krejcikova CZE vs Anastasia Potapova
Followed by
Marie Bouzkova CZE vs Sofia Kenin USA
Followed by
Timea Babos HUN/Donna Vekic CRO vs Anastasia Potapova/Vera Zvonareva
Followed by
Anna Danilina KAZ/Nadiia Kichenok UKR vs [5] Demi Schuurs NED/Luisa Stefani BRA
by ashkor87 Krejcikova has withdrawn with a back injury...
by ashkor87 "I think she’s OK. I think the (slow) court in Doha won’t be great for her because she doesn’t create her own speed. Maybe in Dubai it will be a little faster." Navratilova agrees with me about the court at Doha.
Her comment was on Vondrousova.. though I dont agre with her that a slow court is bad for Vondrousova.. her game, with all that spin and angles, works well on slow courts..
by Suliso Fernandez beating Samsonova is mildy surprising.
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ashkor87 Suliso wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:21 pm
Fernandez beating Samsonova is mildy surprising.
Yes, and very impressive...I keep hoping LF will win a major soon...French Open?
She doesn't generate her own power either but volleying is equally good as a tactic .works well on clay provided you don't just madly rush in behind everything...
by Suliso I doubt it and of course Samsonova will not win either.
by ashkor87 Meanwhile Pavlyuchenkova beat Kasatkina...supports the theory (endorsed by Navratilova, please note) that people who can generate their own power will do well on slower courts like this one.
by ashkor87 Much as I love Rybakina, I predict she will NOT win this one...her ability to play great two weeks in a row is suspect...mentally, physically not strong enough yet..look at the way she rolled through Brisbane and then stalled in Adelaide..same story last year with IW and Miami..hope she learns and endures but has she got there yet?
by meganfernandez Osaka had a nice 5 and 4 win against Garcia. Won it on her first MP and on Caro's first serve. I only saw the last few games, but Osaka was pretty solid and Garcia was up and down - spectacular plays but then some stinker errors. Osaka looked thrilled with the win.
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Fastbackss ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:46 pm
Much as I love Rybakina, I predict she will NOT win this one...her ability to play great two weeks in a row is suspect...mentally, physically not strong enough yet..look at the way she rolled through Brisbane and then stalled in Adelaide..same story last year with IW and Miami..hope she learns and endures but has she got there yet?
Kasatkina and Samsonova both went deep last week and also lost early.
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ponchi101 Suliso wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:06 pm
I doubt it and of course Samsonova will not win either.
That USO final between Emma and Leylah has the chance of going down as the oddest final ever. Because I also doubt Leylah will win a major ever. No size and not enough power.
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meganfernandez ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:53 pm
Suliso wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:06 pm
I doubt it and of course Samsonova will not win either.
That USO final between Emma and Leylah has the chance of going down as the oddest final ever. Because I also doubt Leylah will win a major ever. No size and not enough power.
Looking more and more like it. Leylah had four wild wins on the US Open run - Osaka, Kerber, Svitolina, and Sabalenka in three tight sets, a couple times being 2 points from losing. It's not the kind of thing you can sustain week in and week out. But you never know. She's a legit top-30 player, doesn't give up, and could get lucky with a draw or hit a super high level for awhile. That's why they all keep playing.
I thought she might be a Top 10 fixture, and maybe there is still time - she's kind of like Svitolina, right? And that woman knows how to win matches.
Imagine telling Leylah she would win those 4 outstanding matches and then lose the final to a lower-ranked wild card.
The big storyline in the 2021 Open was the rise of the teens, because in addition to Emma and Leylah, Alcaraz beat Tsitsipas 7-6 in the fifth and made the quarters (losing in a walkover to FAA, of all things)... Just goes to show how flimsy these one-Slam storylines are. And a lot of tennis story lines. They reflect a small snapshot of time.
by ti-amie Tuesday Order of Play
Centre Court
Starts at 7:30 AM
CHN Xinyu WANG vs BLR V. AZARENKA
UPCOMING
CZE K. SINIAKOVA vs USA C. GAUFF (2)
UPCOMING
TUN O. JABEUR (4) vs UKR L. TSURENKO
UPCOMING
CHN L. ZHU vs KAZ E. RYBAKINA (3)
Grandstand 1
Starts at 6:00 AM
CHN Q. ZHENG (5) vs POL M. LINETTE
UPCOMING
CZE L. NOSKOVA vs GRE M. SAKKARI (7)
UPCOMING
UKR A. KALININA vs LAT J. OSTAPENKO (8)
UPCOMING
CRO P. MARTIC vs JPN N. OSAKA
Grandstand 2
Starts at 6:00 AM
UKR M. KOSTYUK vs RUS A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA
UPCOMING
USA E. NAVARRO (16) vs BEL E. MERTENS
UPCOMING
USA D. COLLINS vs CZE M. BOUZKOVA
UPCOMING
TPE S. HSIEH/BEL E. MERTENS (1) vs CAN L. FERNANDEZ/GEO O. KALASHNIKOVA
Grandstand 3
Starts at 7:00 AM
ESP P. BADOSA vs CAN L. FERNANDEZ
UPCOMING
RUS A. POTAPOVA vs CZE K. PLISKOVA
UPCOMING
NOR U. EIKERI/CHN H. GUO vs USA B. MATTEK-SANDS/CHN Xinyu WANG
UPCOMING
USA C. DOLEHIDE/USA D. KRAWCZYK vs USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (3)
Grandstand 4
Starts at 7:00 AM
JPN M. KATO/INA A. SUTJIADI vs ESP C. BUCSA/ROU M. NICULESCU
UPCOMING
RUS E. ANDREEVA vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA (14)
UPCOMING
AUS S. HUNTER/USA A. PARKS (7) vs USA S. KENIN/NED A. RUS
UPCOMING
RUS E. ALEXANDROVA/RUS I. KHROMACHEVA vs CAN G. DABROWSKI/NZL E. ROUTLIFFE (2)
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Owendonovan meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:12 pm
Osaka had a nice 5 and 4 win against Garcia. Won it on her first MP and on Caro's first serve. I only saw the last few games, but Osaka was pretty solid and Garcia was up and down - spectacular plays but then some stinker errors. Osaka looked thrilled with the win.
I thought they matched up nicely in this one. This was a good test for Naomi, still needs a little polish, but could go deepish with the game she had tonight.
by martini4me Pliskova won the tournament in Romania Sunday, took an eight-hour flight to Doha and had to play her first-round match Monday night, coming back to defeat Kalinskaya in three sets.
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ashkor87 martini4me wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:50 am
Pliskova won the tournament in Romania Sunday, took an eight-hour flight to Doha and had to play her first-round match Monday night, coming back to defeat Kalinskaya in three sets.
that is the kind of person who deserves a first round bye not all these 'top 4' who have been mostly sleeping at home for two weeks!
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ponchi101 meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:40 pm
...
Looking more and more like it. Leylah had four wild wins on the US Open run - Osaka, Kerber, Svitolina, and Sabalenka in three tight sets, a couple times being 2 points from losing. It's not the kind of thing you can sustain week in and week out. But you never know. She's a legit top-30 player, doesn't give up, and could get lucky with a draw or hit a super high level for awhile. That's why they all keep playing.
I thought she might be a Top 10 fixture, and maybe there is still time - she's kind of like Svitolina, right? And that woman knows how to win matches.
Imagine telling Leylah she would win those 4 outstanding matches and then lose the final to a lower-ranked wild card.
The big storyline in the 2021 Open was the rise of the teens, because in addition to Emma and Leylah, Alcaraz beat Tsitsipas 7-6 in the fifth and made the quarters (losing in a walkover to FAA, of all things)... Just goes to show how flimsy these one-Slam storylines are. And a lot of tennis story lines. They reflect a small snapshot of time.
But you don't look at it that way. You look at it the opposite way. The USO run by Leylah was the aberration, the odd result. If you look at her career, she has been a steady climber, but by very small increments. After the USO, she has gone back to her usual results: several 1R, plenty of 2R, a QF her and there, a SF every once in a while, a smaller title once a year. That is not bad, but simply, not good enough for us to say she has Slam potential.
by ashkor87 Leylah would have gone to the finals of RG if she hadn't injured her leg and foolishly kept playing
by ponchi101 We don't know. It is not as if she is some monster on clay, a true force on that surface. She was playing well, for sure. But that does not mean certainty in the WTA these days.
by Suliso Nice win for Noskova. Sakkari tumbles out of the top 10. Perhaps for good?
by ashkor87 I fear for Coco.. court is slow, not what suits her, Siniakova seems to be in great form, and Coco herself must be rusty from her extended time off..upset can happen.
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:40 pm
We don't know. It is not as if she is some monster on clay, a true force on that surface. She was playing well, for sure. But that does not mean certainty in the WTA these days.
true, of course. But she hasnt done as poorly as people think, at the majors. She will rebound.
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ashkor87 Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:42 pm
Nice win for Noskova. Sakkari tumbles out of the top 10. Perhaps for good?
not really surprising.. Mertens losing is more of a suprise, though she hasnt been playing that well anyway..
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meganfernandez Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:42 pm
Nice win for Noskova. Sakkari tumbles out of the top 10. Perhaps for good?
Perhaps. Maybe she'll have another Garcia-like run at some point. Who knows. It's mostly in her head, right? She can get that right if she works at it.
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Suliso meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:54 pm
Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:42 pm
Nice win for Noskova. Sakkari tumbles out of the top 10. Perhaps for good?
Perhaps. Maybe she'll have another Garcia-like run at some point. Who knows.
It's mostly in her head, right? She can get that right if she works at it.
Only to some extent, I think. I think she's technically not good enough to be in the top 10 for years to come. Also she's not that young anymore.
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meganfernandez ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:48 pm
Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:42 pm
Nice win for Noskova. Sakkari tumbles out of the top 10. Perhaps for good?
not really surprising.. Mertens losing is more of a surprise, though she hasnt been playing that well anyway..
Mertens had a dip last year (maybe another year, I don't know when she started to fall off) but I thought she was getting her form back this year. The Hobart final vs Navarro was very good and she lost to Kostyuk 7-6 in the third in Melbourne (I really thought she's make the quarters in that section). She's one of those players that I never dount out. Consummate pro who knows how to win matches. But lack of power hurts her against players who are at their peak form.
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meganfernandez Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:57 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:54 pm
Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:42 pm
Nice win for Noskova. Sakkari tumbles out of the top 10. Perhaps for good?
Perhaps. Maybe she'll have another Garcia-like run at some point. Who knows.
It's mostly in her head, right? She can get that right if she works at it.
Only to some extent, I think. I think she's technically not good enough to be in the top 10 for years to come. Also she's not that young anymore.
Good points. at least she got her 1000 title. I guess I won't be surprised if she as another good run left in her.
by Suliso Gauff losing is a surprise of the day for me no matter what else happens later.
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New England Nitemare Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:03 pm
Gauff losing is a surprise of the day for me no matter what else happens later.
Agreed. Definitely didn't see Siniakova beating Gauff, in straight sets no less. As for Sakkari, she's won one match in 3 tournaments so far this year. she clearly isn't playing like a top 10 player right now. I don't see her getting back there no time soon.
by Suliso In fact she probably gets back even without playing next week. Big points drop for Muchova and only Kasatkina within 400 points. It's likely over after IW, though.
by meganfernandez Just noticed that Navarro beat Mertens 1 and 3, rematch of Hobart final, but that match was super tight. Is this indoors?
by JTContinental Gauff was 5-1 against Siniakova, so that loss was a surprise.
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meganfernandez JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:07 pm
Gauff was 5-1 against Siniakova, so that loss was a surprise.
Siniakova rattled off 6 games in a row in the second set when Gauff was up 4-0. Seems like Gauff lost focus or something. This was Gauff's first match since the Australian. I wonder if her confidence is down or she just wasn't ready to compete this week but didn't' want to withdraw because o the appearance fee.
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nelslus meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:59 pmMertens had a dip last year (maybe another year, I don't know when she started to fall off) but I thought she was getting her form back this year. The Hobart final vs Navarro was very good and she lost to Kostyuk 7-6 in the third in Melbourne (I really thought she's make the quarters in that section). She's one of those players that I never
dount out. Consummate pro who knows how to win matches. But lack of power hurts her against players who are at their peak form.
I dount and count Mertens out. (In singles).
by ti-amie Wednesday Order of Play
Centre Court
Starts at 7:30 AM
CHN Q. ZHENG (5) vs CAN L. FERNANDEZ
Followed by
UKR L. TSURENKO vs JPN N. OSAKA
Followed by
POL I. SWIATEK (1) vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA (14)
Followed by
BLR V. AZARENKA vs LAT J. OSTAPENKO (8)
Grandstand 1
Starts at 6:00 AM
CZE M. VONDROUSOVA (6) vs RUS A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA
Followed by
CZE K. PLISKOVA vs CZE L. NOSKOVA
Followed by
USA E. NAVARRO (16) vs KAZ E. RYBAKINA (3)
Followed by
SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/CZE L. NOSKOVA vs CZE M. BOUZKOVA/CZE M. VONDROUSOVA
Grandstand 2
Starts at 7:00 AM
USA D. COLLINS vs CZE K. SINIAKOVA
Followed by
USA S. KENIN/NED A. RUS vs UKR A. KALININA/CHN Y. XU
Followed by
RUS A. POTAPOVA/RUS V. ZVONAREVA vs NED D. SCHUURS/BRA L. STEFANI (5)
Followed by
NOR U. EIKERI/CHN H. GUO vs JPN E. HOZUMI/JPN M. NINOMIYA
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ashkor87 meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:36 pm
JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:07 pm
Gauff was 5-1 against Siniakova, so that loss was a surprise.
Siniakova rattled off 6 games in a row in the second set when Gauff was up 4-0. Seems like Gauff lost focus or something. This was Gauff's first match since the Australian. I wonder if her confidence is down or she just wasn't ready to compete this week but didn't' want to withdraw because o the appearance fee.
I was sort of expecting this, as I noted above..slow court, in-form opponent, lack of match practice..lethal combination for Coco. I read she made 30 ufe on her forehand...
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ti-amie ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:38 am
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:36 pm
JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:07 pm
Gauff was 5-1 against Siniakova, so that loss was a surprise.
Siniakova rattled off 6 games in a row in the second set when Gauff was up 4-0. Seems like Gauff lost focus or something. This was Gauff's first match since the Australian. I wonder if her confidence is down or she just wasn't ready to compete this week but didn't' want to withdraw because o the appearance fee.
I was sort of expecting this, as I noted above..slow court, in-form opponent, lack of match practice..lethal combination for Coco. I read she made 30 ufe on her forehand...
UGH
by ashkor87 Osta versus Vika - Vika always beats Ostapenko, probabl because there is no more devastating punisher of weak second serves than Vika.. but AI says Osta is favorite.. which I cannot agree with - Vika is likely to beat her again, unless, by some miracle, Ostapenko gets nearly all her first serves in..
by martini4me Zheng-Fernandez is a great match.
At 3-3 in the first set, Fernandez went up 40-0, then lost five straight points to get broken. Then from 3-5 down, she won four straight games to win the set.
Lots of highlight reel points.
by ashkor87 Way to go, Laylah! Beating QZ is a feat...
by ashkor87 Well, Rybakina ryggled out of that one..let us see how long she lasts before she runs out of fuel!!
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New England Nitemare ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:55 am
Osta versus Vika - Vika always beats Ostapenko, probabl because there is no more devastating punisher of weak second serves than Vika.. but AI says Osta is favorite.. which I cannot agree with - Vika is likely to beat her again, unless, by some miracle, Ostapenko gets nearly all her first serves in..
Vika made it look easy breezy over Osta, I know she was 4-0 against her going in, but to lose only three games, wow!! Vika definitely has her number!!!
by ti-amie Wednesday Order of Play
Centre Court
Starts at 7:30 AM
RUS A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA vs USA D. COLLINS
Followed by
CAN L. FERNANDEZ vs KAZ E. RYBAKINA (3)
Followed by
POL I. SWIATEK (1) vs BLR V. AZARENKA
Followed by
JPN N. OSAKA vs CZE K. PLISKOVA
Grandstand 1
Starts at 7:30 AM
ESP C. BUCSA/ROU M. NICULESCU vs USA C. DOLEHIDE/USA D. KRAWCZYK
Followed by
TPE S. HSIEH/BEL E. MERTENS (1) vs NED D. SCHUURS/BRA L. STEFANI (5)
Grandstand 2
Starts at 8:30 AM
CZE M. BOUZKOVA/CZE M. VONDROUSOVA vs NOR U. EIKERI/CHN H. GUO
Followed by
UKR A. KALININA/CHN Y. XU vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA/RUS I. KHROMACHEVA
by ashkor87 It is reported Ostapenko had 49 ufes..that is 2 sets right there! Evidently Vika stands up to power well ..she has stood up to Serena and Venus at their height. but I don't expect her to get past Swiatek.
by ti-amie I saw a bit of Iga vs Alexandrova and Iga was playing like she's angry about something.
by ashkor87 Rybakina Leylah next ..a fascinating first-time match-up...
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ashkor87 ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:45 am
I saw a bit of Iga vs Alexandrova and Iga was playing like she's angry about something.
She is always in a hurry..maybe that is all it is..?
by ti-amie One of these days Leylah-Annie will get a cakewalk draw...
by ashkor87 as usual, Swiatek hits shots that physics says arent possible at all,, her body weight going in one direction, she hits the winner in the other direction.. that off-backhand in particular.. how on earth does she do it? she is a genius, a monster..
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ashkor87 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:59 pm
Well, Rybakina ryggled out of that one..let us see how long she lasts before she rruns out of fuel!!
Quite likely LF will beat her now..she has started to go down her usual path ..showing signs of fatigue, eking out narrow wins over people she would blow away if she were fresh ..then losing to the first good player she meets. If I were managing her, I would certainly get her to play less..she won abu dhabi, but was it worth it? Just a she won Brisbane....
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ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:11 am
as usual, Swiatek hits shots that physics says arent possible at all,, her body weight going in one direction, she hits the winner in the other direction.. that off-backhand in particular.. how on earth does she do it? she is a genius, a monster..
Modern racquets and strings
by ashkor87 Good win for Pavly over Collins..I imagine her power made the difference on this slow-medium paced court..
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ashkor87 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:48 am
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:59 pm
Well, Rybakina ryggled out of that one..let us see how long she lasts before she rruns out of fuel!!
Quite likely LF will beat her now..she has started to go down her usual path ..showing signs of fatigue, eking out narrow wins over people she would blow away if she were fresh ..then losing to the first good player she meets. If I were managing her, I would certainly get her to play less..she won abu dhabi, but was it worth it? Just a she won Brisbane....
Well well, proved me wrong! Good win for Rybakina 4 and 2
by Fastbackss Especially since she was down a break early
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mick1303 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:16 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:48 am
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:59 pm
Well, Rybakina ryggled out of that one..let us see how long she lasts before she rruns out of fuel!!
Quite likely LF will beat her now..she has started to go down her usual path ..showing signs of fatigue, eking out narrow wins over people she would blow away if she were fresh ..then losing to the first good player she meets. If I were managing her, I would certainly get her to play less..she won abu dhabi, but was it worth it? Just a she won Brisbane....
Well well, proved me wrong! Good win for Rybakina 4 and 2
Was watching extended highlights. Looks like typical case of bringing the knife to the gunfight ) Slicin-n-dicin looks fine but alas big power prevails.
by Suliso Azarenka might be a kryptonite for Ostapenko, but Iga is not affected at all.
by ti-amie I saw most of the Leylah-Annie vs Rybakina match.
Leylah-Annie came flying out of the gate. Her energy level was high and her game was on fire. As happens her energy level dropped and she started missing first serves. She's a fighter, she never quits, but she wore herself out with that high octane game play early to mid first set.
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ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:16 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:48 am
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:59 pm
Well, Rybakina ryggled out of that one..let us see how long she lasts before she rruns out of fuel!!
Quite likely LF will beat her now..she has started to go down her usual path ..showing signs of fatigue, eking out narrow wins over people she would blow away if she were fresh ..then losing to the first good player she meets. If I were managing her, I would certainly get her to play less..she won abu dhabi, but was it worth it? Just a she won Brisbane....
Well well, proved me wrong! Good win for Rybakina 4 and 2
Serious question here.
Why have we entered this era in which a player plays one tournament, wins it, and we immediately decide that they are so tired that they will not be able to play well the next tournament, if they are on consecutive weeks? The great ones from the past did it, regularly, and today's training is far better. Martina would win 2, 3 tournaments in a row, playing serve and volley tennis, and then go to a fourth and reach the final, and then do it again. So did Chris and Steffi. On the men's side, Lendl, Vilas, Wilander and plenty of others would play week in, week out, without a peep of being fatigued.
Rybakina won last week, in Abu Dhabi. That is a one hour flight, on a private luxury jet. Why are we assuming that she is running on empty? She is a young person, and a professional at what she does. She should have no physical issues stemming from fatigue.
And I repeat. Martina was playing S&V tennis, way more tiring than baseline tennis, and win over and over. Mandlikova, BJK too.
by Suliso An excellent win for Pliskova, but Osaka not that far from her former self now.
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:36 pm
Why have we entered this era in which a player plays one tournament, wins it, and we immediately decide that they are so tired that they will not be able to play well the next tournament
Because that is what has happened to Rybakina quite a bit.. I dont say that is true of everyone..!
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Owendonovan ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:36 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:16 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:48 am
Quite likely LF will beat her now..she has started to go down her usual path ..showing signs of fatigue, eking out narrow wins over people she would blow away if she were fresh ..then losing to the first good player she meets. If I were managing her, I would certainly get her to play less..she won abu dhabi, but was it worth it? Just a she won Brisbane....
Well well, proved me wrong! Good win for Rybakina 4 and 2
Serious question here.
Why have we entered this era in which a player plays one tournament, wins it, and we immediately decide that they are so tired that they will not be able to play well the next tournament, if they are on consecutive weeks? The great ones from the past did it, regularly, and today's training is far better. Martina would win 2, 3 tournaments in a row, playing serve and volley tennis, and then go to a fourth and reach the final, and then do it again. So did Chris and Steffi. On the men's side, Lendl, Vilas, Wilander and plenty of others would play week in, week out, without a peep of being fatigued.
Rybakina won last week, in Abu Dhabi. That is a one hour flight, on a private luxury jet. Why are we assuming that she is running on empty? She is a young person, and a professional at what she does. She should have no physical issues stemming from fatigue.
And I repeat. Martina was playing S&V tennis, way more tiring than baseline tennis, and win over and over. Mandlikova, BJK too.
Humans have become much more precious.
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:25 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:11 am
as usual, Swiatek hits shots that physics says arent possible at all,, her body weight going in one direction, she hits the winner in the other direction.. that off-backhand in particular.. how on earth does she do it? she is a genius, a monster..
Modern racquets and strings
then why is she the only one who can do such things? everyone with a modern racket should be able to..!
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ashkor87 Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:54 pm
Azarenka might be a kryptonite for Ostapenko, but Iga is not affected at all.
Swiatek is very quick, and her second serve isnt as bad as Osta's...
by ti-amie Friday Order of Play
Centre Court
Starts at 7:00 AM
NED D. SCHUURS/BRA L. STEFANI (5) vs CZE M. BOUZKOVA/CZE M. VONDROUSOVA
UPCOMING
KAZ E. RYBAKINA (3) vs RUS A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA
UPCOMING
POL I. SWIATEK (1) vs CZE K. PLISKOVA
Grandstand 1
Starts at 8:00 AM
UPCOMING
USA C. DOLEHIDE/USA D. KRAWCZYK vs UKR A. KALININA/CHN Y. XU
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mick1303 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:36 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:16 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:48 am
Quite likely LF will beat her now..she has started to go down her usual path ..showing signs of fatigue, eking out narrow wins over people she would blow away if she were fresh ..then losing to the first good player she meets. If I were managing her, I would certainly get her to play less..she won abu dhabi, but was it worth it? Just a she won Brisbane....
Well well, proved me wrong! Good win for Rybakina 4 and 2
Serious question here.
Why have we entered this era in which a player plays one tournament, wins it, and we immediately decide that they are so tired that they will not be able to play well the next tournament, if they are on consecutive weeks? The great ones from the past did it, regularly, and today's training is far better. Martina would win 2, 3 tournaments in a row, playing serve and volley tennis, and then go to a fourth and reach the final, and then do it again. So did Chris and Steffi. On the men's side, Lendl, Vilas, Wilander and plenty of others would play week in, week out, without a peep of being fatigued.
Rybakina won last week, in Abu Dhabi. That is a one hour flight, on a private luxury jet. Why are we assuming that she is running on empty? She is a young person, and a professional at what she does. She should have no physical issues stemming from fatigue.
And I repeat. Martina was playing S&V tennis, way more tiring than baseline tennis, and win over and over. Mandlikova, BJK too.
1) Depth of the field today
2) S&V style is/was producing much shorter rallies
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ponchi101 ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:38 am
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:25 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:11 am
as usual, Swiatek hits shots that physics says arent possible at all,, her body weight going in one direction, she hits the winner in the other direction.. that off-backhand in particular.. how on earth does she do it? she is a genius, a monster..
Modern racquets and strings
then why is she the only one who can do such things? everyone with a modern racket should be able to..!
And a lot do. Medvedev, who uses the same racquet, does that. They both have the same ugly strokes, so maybe something about the technifibres.
Kyrgios does it. Sometimes his body is going back and he is able to hit winners from there.
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meganfernandez ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:36 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:16 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:48 am
Quite likely LF will beat her now..she has started to go down her usual path ..showing signs of fatigue, eking out narrow wins over people she would blow away if she were fresh ..then losing to the first good player she meets. If I were managing her, I would certainly get her to play less..she won abu dhabi, but was it worth it? Just a she won Brisbane....
Well well, proved me wrong! Good win for Rybakina 4 and 2
Serious question here.
Why have we entered this era in which a player plays one tournament, wins it, and we immediately decide that they are so tired that they will not be able to play well the next tournament, if they are on consecutive weeks? The great ones from the past did it, regularly, and today's training is far better. Martina would win 2, 3 tournaments in a row, playing serve and volley tennis, and then go to a fourth and reach the final, and then do it again. So did Chris and Steffi. On the men's side, Lendl, Vilas, Wilander and plenty of others would play week in, week out, without a peep of being fatigued.
Rybakina won last week, in Abu Dhabi. That is a one hour flight, on a private luxury jet. Why are we assuming that she is running on empty? She is a young person, and a professional at what she does. She should have no physical issues stemming from fatigue.
And I repeat. Martina was playing S&V tennis, way more tiring than baseline tennis, and win over and over. Mandlikova, BJK too.
Prize money. It's a lot bigger now and the top players don't need every last cent.
I agree with you that young players should be able to play consecutive weeks with a short break in the middle and not tucker out. And they probably can, but very top players don't need the money and have to manage their bodies for a long, taxing season. We talk about players being smart with scheduling. This is one factor. But they CAN physically play consecutive weeks, assuming they aren't nursing an injury.
by ashkor87 everybody's body is different.
Meanwhile, Pliskova has withdrwn with a lower back injury.. and Rybakina is up 5-2 .. so all this discusion is fairly pointless.
by ashkor87 I am happy to see Rybakina is much more resilient than I had given her credit for!
by ashkor87 Rybakina versus Swiatek is a rare finals..don't remember if they have met in the finals before ..my sense is they have met only in the semis or quarters...doesn't matter, of course, they would take each other seriously no matter what round it is ..,55% Swiatek, 45% Rybakina?
by ashkor87 AI says Rybakina 75%...pretty high! She has won 3 out of 4, that doesn't give her 75% chance of winning tomorrow!
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ti-amie ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:06 pm
AI says Rybakina 75%...pretty high! She has won 3 out of 4, that doesn't give her 75% chance of winning tomorrow!
Does Rybakina have the foot speed to deal with Iga?
by Suliso H2H is 3-1 to Rybakina so there is something to it.
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ashkor87 ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:45 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:06 pm
AI says Rybakina 75%...pretty high! She has won 3 out of 4, that doesn't give her 75% chance of winning tomorrow!
Does Rybakina have the foot speed to deal with Iga?
No, but the court is slow, foot speed is not at a premium here...
by Suliso An outstanding win by Swiatek against a very difficult opponent for her. She does like this tournament, though. The third straight title in Doha!
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by ashkor87 Rybakina hit herself on the leg with her racket when leading 4-1 in the first set, Iga took the opportunity for an extended conversation with her coach, the momentum shifted after that. These things happen. but Rybakina should have continued to play, even with a slight injury, at least till the set was in the bag, maybe. Easy for me to say, but hard for her to do..
