WTA 500 Charleston 3/31 - 4/6 2025

[ashkor87]

A red clay court takes a lot of maintenance..watering, rolling .the US prefers hard courts because once made, they require not much maintenance...

[ponchi101]

Har Tru is not completely like clay. I like playing on it a lot, because it is faster than clay, but you can slide on it.
It should be used a bit more, I would say.

[JTContinental]

Kenin and Anisimova seem to be improving by the week, which is great to see. Anisimova is enjoying a career high ranking and knocking on the door of the top 10.

Pegula two wins away from returning to the #1 American slot.

[ashkor87]

Har Tru is not completely like clay. I like playing on it a lot, because it is faster than clay, but you can slide on it.
It should be used a bit more, I would say.

True. ..I have played on it once at the Rock Creek Park club in the DC area..it is fun but my serve wa pretty impotent on it;

[ashkor87]

So the semis is either 3 Americans and A Russian or 3 Russians and an American...my money is on the Russian

[ti-amie]

Saturday Order of Play

Credit One Stadium
Starts at 11:00 AM

Semifinal
LAT J. Ostapenko/NZL E. Routliffe (1) vs USA H. Baptiste/USA C. McNally
Followed By
Semifinal
USA J. Pegula (1) vs RUS E. Alexandrova (9)
Followed By
Semifinal
USA A. Anisimova (8) vs USA S. Kenin

[Fastbackss]

Har Tru is not completely like clay. I like playing on it a lot, because it is faster than clay, but you can slide on it.
It should be used a bit more, I would say.

Reporting to you from the USTA National campus where they have 32 Har-Tru courts...

[ponchi101]

Har Tru is not completely like clay. I like playing on it a lot, because it is faster than clay, but you can slide on it.
It should be used a bit more, I would say.

Reporting to you from the USTA National campus where they have 32 Har-Tru courts...

Great. But I meant that there should be a few more tournaments at the pro level.
Last time I played on HT was in Georgia, and the courts were fun. A very pretty small club. And, of course, there are lots and lots of HT courts in Florida.
But for some reason, it never caught on. I guess it is the maintenance costs.

[ti-amie]

Sunday Order of Play

Credit One Stadium
Starts at 12:00 PM

Final
LAT J. Ostapenko/NZL E. Routliffe (1) vs USA C. Dolehide/USA D. Krawczyk (3)
Followed by
Final
USA J. Pegula (1) vs USA S. Kenin

[ashkor87]

Looking forward to Pegula vs Kenin..Pegula is the gold standard, of course, but Kenin is a slightly higher class player..a grand slam champion after all. Intriguing matchup.
Saw highlights of the semis .Alexandrova committed a stream of ufes in the first set..couldnt handle the wind...Pegula did better at that.

[jazzyg]

HarTru is all I can play on now because of having no cartilage in my right knee and in the South all of the clubs and parks have primarily clay courts.

I've never liked the footing but that's because I pretty much only played on hard courts until the knee deteriorated. I agree with Ponch more tournaments should be played on it.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]