joanjettson wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:20 pm
Now I'm wondering if the same 16 people joined me in picking both Yulia Putintseva and Lloyd Harris --
the highly effective "eliminate me before bedtime" strategy.
No, but I went with the apparently just as effective Alexandrova* and Kokkinakis double checked in a day strategy.
*She's getting dangerously close to a SP DNP for me.
Sloane should be the favorite, although she has been off the court for a while and was, certainly, busy with her wedding. But I don't see how Emma turns her latest losing streak around.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:01 am
Sloane should be the favorite, although she has been off the court for a while and was, certainly, busy with her wedding. But I don't see how Emma turns her latest losing streak around.
Yes, she could be still on her honeymoon, mentally .wouldn't blame her but....
Giorgi (my pick) is through, but not without a typical Giorgi stretch.
Up 6-2, 5-2, she proceeded to lose four games in a row with a slew of double faults and first-ball errors and fall behind 0-30 at 5-6 before playing three excellent points (and getting one bad return error from Martincova) to hold and racing through the tiebreak.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:01 am
Sloane should be the favorite, although she has been off the court for a while and was, certainly, busy with her wedding. But I don't see how Emma turns her latest losing streak around.
Yes, she could be still on her honeymoon, mentally .wouldn't blame her but....
Raducanu did a great job of stepping in and accelerating the pace..good to see..too many UFE from Sloane in the third set though..lack of match practice, probably