Talk About Tennis 2.0

Top Half

POL I.Swiatek (1) vs Qualifiée
USA A.Riske vs UKR D.Yastremska
SVK AK.Schmiedlova vs SVK K.Kucova
D.Kovinic vs --- L.Samsonova (25)

ROU S.Halep (19) vs CRO A.Konjuh
BEL M.Zanevska vs CHN Q.Zheng
FRA A.Cornet vs JPN M.Doi
ITA L.Bronzetti vs LAT J.Ostapenko (13)

USA J.Pegula (11) vs CHN Q.Wang
UKR A.Kalinina vs Qualifiée
EGY M.Sherif vs UKR M.Kostyuk
USA C.Liu vs SLO T.Zidansek (24)

--- E.Alexandrova (30) vs BEL G.Minnen
ROU I.Begu vs ITA J.Paolini
FRA L.Jeanjean (W) vs ESP N.Parrizas Diaz
FRA T.Andrianjafitrimo (W) vs CZE KA.Pliskova (8)


ESP P.Badosa (3) vs FRA F.Ferro (W)
Qualifiée vs SLO K.Juvan
Qualifiée vs --- K.Rakhimova
Qualifiée vs --- V.Kudermetova (29)

USA M.Keys (22) vs --- A.Kalinskaya
USA T.Townsend vs FRA C.Garcia
USA K.Volynets (W) vs SUI V.Golubic
NED A.Rus vs KAZ E.Rybakina (16)

USA D.Collins (9) vs Qualifiée
USA S.Rogers vs CZE T.Martincova
HUN P.Udvardy vs Qualifiée
(SWE R.Peterson vs --- D.Kasatkina (20)

ITA C.Giorgi (28) vs CHN S.Zhang
Qualifiée vs KAZ Y.Putintseva
USA M.Brengle vs Qualifiée
FRA C.Paquet vs --- A.Sabalenka (7)

Bottom Half

TUN O.Jabeur (6) vs POL M.Linette
ITA M.Trevisan vs GBR H.Dart
Qualifiée vs AUS D.Saville (W)
HUN A.Bondar vs CZE P.Kvitova (32)

GER A.Kerber (21) vs POL M.Frech
GBR H.Watson vs FRA E.Jacquemot (W)
--- A.Sasnovich vs CHN X.Wang
Qualifiée vs GBR E.Raducanu (12)

SUI B.Bencic (14) vs Qualifiée
CAN B.Andreescu vs Qualifiée
CZE K.Siniakova vs CRO P.Martic
FRA K.Mladenovic vs CAN L.Fernandez (17)

USA A.Anisimova (27) vs JPN N.Osaka
Qualifiée vs Qualifiée
FRA C.Monnet (W) vs CZE K.Muchova
FRA C.Burel vs GRE M.Sakkari (4)


EST A.Kontaveit (5) vs AUS A.Tomljanovic
AUS A.Sharma vs --- V.Gracheva
USA L.Davis vs CZE M.Bouzkova
ROU EG.Ruse vs BEL E.Mertens (31)

USA C.Gauff (18) vs Qualifiée
BEL A.Van Uytvanck vs USA A.Li
BRA B.Haddad Maia vs Qualifiée
EST K.Kanepi vs ESP G.Muguruza (10)

--- V.Azarenka (15) vs ROU A.Bogdan
FRA O.Dodin vs GER A.Petkovic
Qualifiée vs HUN D.Galfi
USA B.Pera vs SUI J.Teichmann (23)

ROU S.Cirstea (26) vs GER T.Maria
USA S.Stephens vs Qualifiée
COL C.Osorio vs FRA H.Tan (W)
FRA D.Parry vs CZE B.Krejcikova (2)

Pegula would get Kalilina in R2, which is tough, and she's in Iga's quarter. Bad draw for her.
Leylah, Bencic and Andreescu are in the same section. Only one of them makes the fourth round.
Badosa has a soft draw, other than being in Iga's half.
Collins could potentially get Kasatkina in R3 and Sabalenka in R4. So-so draw.
Muguruza will lose to Kanepi in R1.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 7:40 pm Pegula would get Kalilina in R2, which is tough, and she's in Iga's quarter. Bad draw for her.
Leylah is in the same section as Bencic and Andreescu. Only one of them makes the fourth round.
Badosa has a soft draw, other than being in Iga's half.
Collins could potentially get Kasatkina in R3 and Sabalenka in R4. So-so draw.
Muguruza will lose to Kanepi in R1.

I thought the same thing.

My vote is for Halep. Not that I think it’ll happen, but I think if Halep plays her best it might be good that she gets Iga early on in the draw

Osaka vs Anisimova in the first round. Ouch.

Kevin

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 7:41 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 7:40 pm Pegula would get Kalilina in R2, which is tough, and she's in Iga's quarter. Bad draw for her.
Leylah is in the same section as Bencic and Andreescu. Only one of them makes the fourth round.
Badosa has a soft draw, other than being in Iga's half.
Collins could potentially get Kasatkina in R3 and Sabalenka in R4. So-so draw.
Muguruza will lose to Kanepi in R1.

I thought the same thing.

Makes three of us. The way she is playing these days, Kanepi is too hard a 1R.
Osaka-Anisimova. Anisimova in 3. But Anisimova.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 7:40 pm Badosa has a soft draw, other than being in Iga's half.

Disagree on this one after looking at her draw. Badosa would do well take it match by match. She's got a draw where I can see her being upset and I wouldn't be surprised, so not what I'd term a soft draw. But definitely no big names to get through in the first few rounds.

Worst case scenario for Paula is: Ferro, Juvan, Kudermetova. With today's parity in the WTA (except Iga, we agree), that is as good as you can hope for.
Sure, she can lose to all of those. But she should beat them too. (Yes, I know, big SHOULD and I just jinxed her to death, but...)
Raducanu has to take this opportunity. Qualifier, maybe Sasnovihc, maybe Kerber. That is doable. It should take only 2 MTO's per match.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:31 pm Worst case scenario for Paula is: Ferro, Juvan, Kudermetova. With today's parity in the WTA (except Iga, we agree), that is as good as you can hope for.

This is where I disagree. There are much easier draws in the early rounds than someone who got to the 4th Round of RG 2 years ago and should've gotten to the QF (got finessed by Kenin and her dad) and a top 30 player that has a winning record against you. Should it go well for Paula? Yes. But I've learned with her, things aren't as predictable as they ought to be for someone with enough consistency to be ranked in the Top 5. That being said, since I'm saying this, she'll handle these two well, win a tough match I thought she'd lose, then she'll lose to someone I thought she'd beat fairly easily.

Top 1/4 toughest for me. Ons has a decent draw

'other' for me is Anisimova, Alexandrova or Rybakina...
If I had to choose one, Anisimova...
I know some people here are supporting Halep..I like her too but she isn't as good any more as she used to be..and even then, ould have had no chance against Swiatek of today...if the operative word in the poll is 'challenge' I would say 'nobody' should be the option to choose!

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 8:28 am 'other' for me is Anisimova, Alexandrova or Rybakina...
If I had to choose one, Anisimova...
I know some people here are supporting Halep..I like her too but she isn't as good any more as she used to be..and even then, ould have had no chance against Swiatek of today...if the operative word in the poll is 'challenge' I would say 'nobody' should be the option to choose!

Anisimova, yes. Maybe Ostapenko or Sabalenka, if one of them finds a zone. What about Collins? She has the belief... Rybakina and Alexandrova would have to outperform their recent results quite a bit. I could see it from Rybakina more than Alexandrova. Samsonova might have some confidence after taking a set off Iga in Stuttgart. I just don't see anyone blasting through Iga in her current form. Iga will have to have an off day or get really nervous, and so far she hasn't this season. But who knows, this is the big one. Ostapenko is the last person to beat her.

I wonder how much the ball will be a factor. Listened to Marc Lucero's podcast yesterday (he coaches Stevie Johnson) and he said it plays so differently than other balls. Said it's like a b-b gun bullet hitting the court, very hard and speedy. Said kick serves are grabbing the court really well. This probably favors Iga even more. Doesn't she have a good kick serve? But also someone with a lot of power.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:31 pm Raducanu has to take this opportunity. Qualifier, maybe Sasnovihc, maybe Kerber. That is doable. It should take only 2 MTO's per match.

Based on quotes I've seen, this is damn near a guarantee. She's setting the stage for injury excuse already at her post-game press conference.

If Ostapenko can actually win a couple of matches, I believe her third round with Halep will determine Swiatek's toughest opponent.

Ostapenko beat Swiatek on hard courts earlier this year--the last time she lost--and Halep was a point or two from winning the first set against her on hard courts. I don't the like the chances of either of them, but I can't see anyone else with any chance at all.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 8:28 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:31 pm Raducanu has to take this opportunity. Qualifier, maybe Sasnovihc, maybe Kerber. That is doable. It should take only 2 MTO's per match.

Based on quotes I've seen, this is damn near a guarantee. She's setting the stage for injury excuse already at her post-game press conference.