Talk About Tennis 2.0

Top Half

SABALENKA Aryna --- [1] vs RAKHIMOVA Kamilla ---
Qualifiée (Q) vs TEICHMANN Jil SUI
COLLINS Danielle USA vs BURRAGE Jodie GBR
DANILOVIC Olga SRB vs FERNANDEZ Leylah CAN [27]

TAUSON Clara DEN [22] vs LINETTE Magda POL
RUS Arantxa NED vs OSORIO Camila COL
KVITOVA Petra CZE vs GOLUBIC Viktorija SUI
Qualifiée (Q) vs ANISIMOVA Amanda USA [16]

SHNAIDER Diana --- [11] vs Qualifiée (Q)
YASTREMSKA Dayana UKR vs AIAVA Destanee AUS (W)
Qualifiée (Q) vs RAKOTOMANGA RAJAONAH Tiantsoa FRA (W)
SHERIF Mayar EGY vs SAMSONOVA Liudmila --- [19]

STEARNS Peyton USA [28] vs LYS Eva GER
Qualifiée (Q) vs SUN Lulu NZL
EALA Alexandra PHI vs ARANGO Emiliana COL
PAVLYUCHENKOVA Anastasia --- vs ZHENG Qinwen CHN [8]


PAOLINI Jasmine ITA [4] vs YUAN Yue CHN
TOMLJANOVIC Ajla AUS vs JOINT Maya AUS
Qualifiée (Q) vs CIRSTEA Sorana ROU
POTAPOVA Anastasia --- vs NOSKOVA Linda CZE [29]

VEKIC Donna CRO [18] vs BLINKOVA Anna ---
GARCIA Caroline FRA vs PERA Bernarda USA
SIEGEMUND Laura GER vs BONDAR Anna HUN
SONMEZ Zeynep TUR vs SVITOLINA Elina UKR [13]

RYBAKINA Elena KAZ [12] vs BENCIC Belinda SUI
JOVIC Iva USA (W) vs ZARAZUA Renata MEX
DOLEHIDE Caroline USA vs MINNEN Greet BEL
KUDERMETOVA Polina --- vs OSTAPENKO Jelena LAT [21]

KOSTYUK Marta UKR [26] vs Qualifiée (Q)
CRISTIAN Jaqueline ROU vs BIRRELL Kimberly AUS
RADUCANU Emma GBR vs WANG Xinyu CHN
SRAMKOVA Rebecca SVK vs SWIATEK Iga POL [5]

BOTTOM HALF

ANDREEVA Mirra --- [6] vs BUCSA Cristina ESP
LAMENS Suzan NED vs KRUEGER Ashlyn USA
VOLYNETS Katie USA vs Qualifiée (Q)
Qualifiée (Q) vs PUTINTSEVA Yulia KAZ [32]

KASATKINA Daria AUS [17] vs SINIAKOVA Katerina CZE
JEANJEAN Leolia FRA (W) vs BEGU Irina-Camelia ROU
RUSE Elena-Gabriela ROU vs KESSLER Mccartney USA
OSAKA Naomi JPN vs BADOSA Paula ESP [10]

MUCHOVA Karolina CZE [14] vs PARKS Alycia USA
JACQUEMOT Elsa FRA (W) vs SAKKARI Maria GRE
AVANESYAN Elina ARM vs KALININA Anhelina UKR
BOISSON Lois FRA (W) vs MERTENS Elise BEL [24]

FRECH Magdalena POL [25] vs JABEUR Ons TUN
Qualifiée (Q) vs VONDROUSOVA Marketa CZE
Qualifiée (Q) vs LI Ann USA
TODONI Anca ROU vs PEGULA Jessica USA [3]


KEYS Madison USA [7] vs Qualifiée (Q)
Qualifiée (Q) vs BOULTER Katie GBR
WICKMAYER Yanina BEL vs AZARENKA Victoria ---
GRACHEVA Varvara FRA vs KENIN Sofia USA [31]

HADDAD MAIA Beatriz BRA [23] vs BAPTISTE Hailey USA
Qualifiée (Q) vs UCHIJIMA Moyuka JPN
PARRY Diane FRA (W) vs MONTGOMERY Robin USA
BOUZAS MANEIRO Jessica ESP vs NAVARRO Emma USA [9]

KREJCIKOVA Barbora CZE [15] vs MARIA Tatjana GER
KUDERMETOVA Veronika --- vs TOMOVA Viktoriya BUL
Qualifiée (Q) vs COCCIARETTO Elisabetta ITA
BRONZETTI Lucia ITA vs ALEXANDROVA Ekaterina --- [20]

KALINSKAYA Anna --- [30] vs BOUZKOVA Marie CZE
KARTAL Sonay GBR vs ANDREEVA Erika ---
PAQUET Chloé FRA (W) vs Qualifiée (Q)
GADECKI Olivia AUS vs GAUFF Coco USA [2]

Coco has a nice easy path to the semis, where she will meet Andreeva (i project)..Sabalenka vs Ostapenko will be the other semi,(I expect)

The thing with the WTA is that anyone can beat anyone on any given day. The two top seeds have "easy" draws but ya never know.

The ATP is becoming more like the WTA in this regard though.

No way Ostapenko will reach SF's. R3 max and R1 a possibility.

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 6:09 pm No way Ostapenko will reach SF's. R3 max and R1 a possibility.

With her record at RG, very possible. But I only want her to reach far enough until she meets Iga.
(Won't happen, I know).

Paolini has the toughest draw to the semis, and I think Iga will ultimately factor in more than we think at the moment.

Iga gets Sramkova, maybe Raducanu and then maybe Kostyuk. No giants there, but Kostyuk may beat her.
Then whomever survives from a quarter where you have Alona (who may be out by R1) and Rybakina, who is on her way out too.
And then, most probably Paolini or, if not, Svitolina.
In the last years, R4 would have been assured. So now, she has those 4 rounds to get her game back before she has to deal with anything remotely deemed difficult.

Heck, Raducanu may beat her!

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 6:09 pm No way Ostapenko will reach SF's. R3 max and R1 a possibility.

You couldn't resist... Congratulations, Jelena, on your second Roland Garros championship! The least you could do in return is cover Suliso's accommodations in Armenia.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 1:10 am Heck, Raducanu may beat her!

Nope. I know Emma likes to hit hard on second serve returns, but her own issues are worse. And she is not as natural on clay as Iga.
Again. If Emma beats her, I will be delighted. But that is not a reasonable expectation.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 2:52 pm But that is not a reasonable expectation

it could happen, though.. Raducanu seems to be adapting to clay nowadays..

Well, of course if could happen. And Iga's season has gone so crazy that is way more possible than in 2024.
I am just saying it is not likely. I like Kostyuk's odds way better.

Bencic is out, Townsend is in

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 10:51 pm Bencic is out, Townsend is in

Yay! Sorry to see Belinda out, but very glad for Taylor.

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