Talk About Tennis 2.0

ORDER OF PLAY - THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025

Campo Centrale - start 13:00

ATP - [30] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) vs [11] Tommy Paul (USA)

Not Before 15:00
WTA - [6] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) vs Peyton Stearns (USA)

Not Before 19:00
ATP - [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) vs [6] Casper Ruud (NOR)

Not Before 20:30
WTA - [8] Qinwen Zheng (CHN) vs [4] Coco Gauff (USA)

SuperTennis Arena - start 13:00

WTA - Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Eri Hozumi (JPN) vs Storm Hunter (AUS) / Ellen Perez (AUS)
WTA - [8] Asia Muhammad (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) vs Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (BEL)
ATP - [4] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Joe Salisbury (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR)
ATP - [1] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) vs [7] Christian Harrison (USA) / Evan King (USA)

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 7:33 pm Is it really that surprising? Q can play...

Sure, but the record against Sabalenka was getting to the point where it was more mental than anything so it was surprising that it was now that Zheng managed to get a very consistent win.

saw the match today.. QZ played well, but Sabalenka looked tired, unbalanced because she didnt always have the energy.. the tournaments and matches she has played have caught up with her. She should take a rest now, else she will be upset early at RG

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 3:49 am saw the match today.. QZ played well, but Sabalenka looked tired, unbalanced because she didnt always have the energy.. the tournaments and matches she has played have caught up with her. She should take a rest now, else she will be upset early at RG

I'm almost certain that Sabs won't be playing Strasbourg next week. Arnya won't play next until the French Open for sure.

Peyton is a good player but I don't think she has the class to trouble Paolini here...we shall see. How she beat Osaka and Svitolina baffles me..

Sinner completely blew away Ruud, one of the best clay court players we have. Instantly a top 2 favorite for RG.

It's a pity that Zverev's presser was before that. Someone should've asked him if he thinks that Sinner played with different kind of balls ))

Just for the record the last Italians singles champions here are Adriano Panatta (1976) and Raffaella Reggi (1985). Panatta is also the last finalist (1978) there as for women Sara Errani lost to Serena in 2014.

The Gauff-Zheng opener was one of the worst sets of tennis I've ever seen between two good players.

The Gauff/Zheng match was compelling but necessarily quality.

The Gauff/Zheng match was a sh**show. If they weren't double faulting they were overhitting or just plain playing bad tennis.

I watched the first two sets and had stuff to do so couldn't watch the third set.

I thought Zheng would take the title. I often feel Coco wins because of poor play on her opponents part.

Owendonovan wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 11:30 pm I thought Zheng would take the title. I often feel Coco wins because of poor play on her opponents part.

I thought Zheng would win it all too especially after her win over Sabalenka. She played tight and so did Cori and neither one of them really relaxed into their game.

I had such high hopes for the match.