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Tournament: Abierto GNP Seguros 2024
Location: Monterrey, MEXICO
Dates: August 19 - August 24, 2024
Level: WTA 500
Surface: Hard

Seed Player Entry Ranking

1 Jasmine Paolini 5
2 Danielle Collins 9
3 Emma Navarro 15
4 Donna Vekic 21
5 Linda Noskova 27
6 Ekaterina Alexandrova 28
7 Yulia Putintseva 30
8 Elina Svitolina 31
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 33
Veronika Kudermetova 39
Yue Yuan 40
Anhelina Kalinina 47
Lin Zhu 50
Caroline Dolehide 51
Xiyu Wang 54
Lulu Sun 55
Magdalena Frech 57

Qualifying Draw

FRA C. Paquet (1) vs NOR U. Eikeri
ROU G. Lee vs ISR L. Glushko (6)

AUS A. Tomljanovic (2) vs UKR K. Volodko
MEX J. Garcia Ruiz vs SRB N. Stevanovic (7)

FRA A. Hesse (3) vs USA C. Harrison
MEX A. Guadiana Campos vs CAN C. Zhao (5)

HUN T. Babos (4) vs SRB A. Krunic
SUI C. Perrin vs UKR K. Baindl (8)

Main Draw Singles

USA D. Collins (1)/BYE
RUS E. Andreeva vs UKR A. Kalinina
FRA C. Paquet vs NZL L. Sun
ARG M. Carle vs RUS V. Kudermetova (8)

RUS E. Alexandrova (3)/BYE
MEX V. Rodriguez vs MEX R. Zarazua
CAN C. Zhao vs CRO P. Martic
SRB A. Krunic vs CHN Y. Yuan (7)

CZE L. Noskova (6) vs KAZ A. Danilina
CHN X. Wang vs GER T. Maria
ARM E. Avanesyan vs ITA E. Cocciaretto
BYE/UKR E. Svitolina (5)

POL M. Frech (9) vs ARG N. Podoroska
ISR L. Glushko vs UKR K. Volodko
COL C. Osorio vs AUS A. Tomljanovic
BYE/USA E. Navarro (2)

Monday August 19 Order of Play

Center Court
Starts at 5:30 PM

ARG M. CARLE vs RUS V. KUDERMETOVA (8)
Followed By
FRA C. PAQUET vs NZL L. SUN
Followed By
COL C. OSORIO vs AUS A. TOMLJANOVIC
Followed By
ARM E. AVANESYAN vs ITA E. COCCIARETTO

Court 1
Starts at 5:30 PM

RUS E. ANDREEVA vs UKR A. KALININA
Followed By
ISR L. GLUSHKO vs UKR K. VOLODKO
Followed By
KAZ A. DANILINA/RUS I. KHROMACHEVA (4) vs FRA A. HESSE/MEX V. RODRIGUEZ
Followed By
MEX G. OLMOS/RUS A. PANOVA (1) vs MEX J. GARCIA RUIZ/MEX A. GUADIANA CAMPOS

Court 4
Starts at 7:00 PM

UKR L. KICHENOK/SRB A. KRUNIC vs CHN X. JIANG/JPN M. NINOMIYA (3)

Collins should win this one, she is the best player in the draw...

But this is not an easy field. I am surprised, considering it is in Mexico and the USO starts next week. Some really good players are showing up.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 4:55 pm But this is not an easy field. I am surprised, considering it is in Mexico and the USO starts next week. Some really good players are showing up.

Mostly those who have had a disappointing start to the hardcourt season and need the matches to get their confidence back....

And it is a 500 tournament, so certainly worth the effort...

It must be. I say Collins and Navarro could be playing in Cleveland, which is much closer to NYC.
Then again, I am sure that Navarro has that Gulfstream 50 ready for takeoff within one hour of when she loses or finishes the tournament. And she will bring Collins if needed. AND it will have a masseuse and plenty of refreshments for the flight to NYC.

They will have earned it

Order of Play Tuesday August 20

Center Court
Starts at 5:30 PM

CZE L. NOSKOVA (6) vs KAZ A. DANILINA
Followed By
MEX V. RODRIGUEZ vs MEX R. ZARAZUA
Followed By
POL M. FRECH (9) vs ARG N. PODOROSKA
Followed By
USA D. COLLINS (1) vs RUS E. ANDREEVA

Court 1
Starts at 5:30 PM

CAN C. ZHAO vs CRO P. MARTIC
Followed By
SRB A. KRUNIC vs CHN Y. YUAN (7)
Followed By
CHN X. WANG vs GER T. MARIA
Followed By
HUN T. BABOS/UKR N. KICHENOK vs FRA C. PAQUET/MEX R. ZARAZUA

Court 4
Starts at 5:30 PM

COL M. PEREZ GARCIA/SRB N. STEVANOVIC vs NOR U. EIKERI/INA A. SUTJIADI (2)
Followed By
SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/GBR O. NICHOLLS vs USA C. HARRISON/POL A. ROSOLSKA
Followed By
CHN H. GUO/ROU M. NICULESCU vs SUI C. PERRIN/UKR V. STRAKHOVA

Wednesday August 21 Order of Play

Center Court
Starts at 5:30 PM

NZL L. SUN vs ARG M. CARLE
UPCOMING
ARM E. AVANESYAN vs UKR E. SVITOLINA (5)
UPCOMING
RUS E. ALEXANDROVA (3) vs MEX R. ZARAZUA
UPCOMING
COL C. OSORIO vs USA E. NAVARRO (2)

Court 1
Starts at 5:30 PM

CRO P. MARTIC vs TBD
UPCOMING
CZE L. NOSKOVA (6) vs TBD
UPCOMING
TBD vs ISR L. GLUSHKO

Court 4
Starts at 5:30 PM

TBD vs NOR U. EIKERI/INA A. SUTJIADI (2)
UPCOMING
SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/GBR O. NICHOLLS vs UKR L. KICHENOK/SRB A. KRUNIC
UPCOMING
RUS E. ANDREEVA/ARG M. CARLE vs GEO O. KALASHNIKOVA/POL K. PITER

saw a bit of the Andreeva-Collins match on highlights.. interesting..in the first set and a half, Collins was blowing her off the court, then Andreeva threw a switch and turned it into a foot race.. drops, subtle angles and put aways..whenever Collins tried the same, Andreeva reached them easily - moves really really well. (this is the other Andreeva ..).. also I thought Collins ran out of energy as the match went on.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 5:43 am Collins should win this one, she is the best player in the draw...

well, that didnt quite work out..Andreeva beat her already.

My preferred strategy when predicting WTA matches that do not involve Iga on clay is to read chicken entrails. A freshly slaughtered chicken.
I find it much more reliable than tea leaves or the locally accepted practice of coffee grinds.