WTA 500 Queens Club 6/9 - 6/15 2025

[ti-amie]

BHM broke down again, inexplicably, lost focus due to a spectator getting ill, in the third set tiebreak. She really needs to learn to manage her own mind better.

She baffles me. She's got all the goods to be a top ten player and yet somehow she manages to go on walkabout when it matters.

[ti-amie]

Friday Order of Play

Andy Murray Arena
Starts at 7:00 AM

RUS D. Shnaider (5) vs USA M. Keys (2)
Upcoming
GER T. Maria vs KAZ E. Rybakina (4)
Upcoming
CHN Q. Zheng (1) vs GBR E. Raducanu
Upcoming
USA E. Navarro (3) vs USA A. Anisimova (8)

Court 1
Starts at 7:00 AM

UKR Kichenok/NZL Routliffe (1) vs USA Muhammad/NED Schuurs (4)
Upcoming
AUS Perez/CHN Zhang (3) vs KAZ Danilina/RUS Shnaider (2)

[Owendonovan]

All good match ups here.

[ashkor87]

saw Kessler play Zheng on highlights video.. Kessler has the right idea - go to the net behind a low ball, often a slice - opponent will tend to hit it uppishly, and Kessler is a very good volleyer. She didnt win but she showed she knows how to.

[ashkor87]

Shnaider versus Keys will be very interesting.. Keys is a bit slow on her feet, so will be vulnerable.. wouldnt be surprised if Shnaider wins this one. Though, I must say, Keys has become much quicker and more agile over the past 12 months.. as she gets older (isnt that odd?)

[ashkor87]

Keys pulled out the win...waiting to see clips..how she moved...

[ponchi101]

Maria upsets Rybakina. Elena seems to be going nowhere nowadays, and this may be permanent.

[ashkor87]

Maria upsets Rybakina. Elena seems to be going nowhere nowadays, and this may be permanent.

probably in a hurry to rehearse the speech she is going to make in support of Vukov in his hearing.. sigh...

[ti-amie]

Saturday Order of Play

Andy Murray Arena
Starts at 8:30 AM

Semifinals
GER T. Maria vs USA M. Keys (2)
Upcoming
Semifinals
CHN Q. Zheng (1) vs USA A. Anisimova (8)


https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draw ... 111/OP.pdf

[ashkor87]

saw the extended highlights - Rybakina played quite well, actually - Maria employed the slice and volley very effectively, always works on grass.. Maria will be a force at W if she plays like this.
(I have quickly traded her in to my Fantasy Team)

[ashkor87]

Now Maria beat Keys..she has the perfect grass-court game.

[ponchi101]

Ok, I know she is playing well, but "perfect" grass game is a bit too much.
She played two players that, although fast, are not extremely nimble. Elena is a "slow" mover for that echelon of the WTA, and Maddie is also very fast but her footwork is not quick and smooth.
Anybody that made the SF's at W cannot be said not to know a bit or two about grass court tennis. But this may be a bit flukey.
Hope she wins the tournament, though. Would be a good story.

[ti-amie]

Sunday Order of Play

Andy Murray Arena
Starts at 8:30 AM

Final
USA A. Anisimova (8) vs GER T. Maria
Upcoming
Final
USA Muhammad/NED Schuurs (4) vs KAZ Danilina/RUS Shnaider (2)

[JTContinental]

Ok, I know she is playing well, but "perfect" grass game is a bit too much.
She played two players that, although fast, are not extremely nimble. Elena is a "slow" mover for that echelon of the WTA, and Maddie is also very fast but her footwork is not quick and smooth.
Anybody that made the SF's at W cannot be said not to know a bit or two about grass court tennis. But this may be a bit flukey.
Hope she wins the tournament, though. Would be a good story.

Maria will lose in the first round of Wimbledon and take out a bunch of the pool.

[Suliso]

As we expected an easy win for Maria. This is her 4th career title and 2nd on grass.