Talk About Tennis 2.0

Thursday Order of Play

Cancha Central
Starts at 1:00 PM

USA E. Bektas vs COL C. Osorio (2)
Followed By
GER T. Maria (6) vs USA H. Chang
Followed By
ESP C. Bucsa (8) vs CRO L. Boskovic
Followed By
ARG J. Riera vs USA I. Jovic

Cancha 2
Starts at 12:00 PM

USA J. Aney/USA J. Failla vs GBR E. Appleton/USA Q. Gleason (2)
Followed By
CZE M. Bouzkova/POL K. Kawa (3) vs FRA L. Jeanjean/USA V. Lepchenko
Followed By
COL V. Mediorreal Arias/COL M. Perez Garcia vs COL E. Arango/FRA S. Janicijevic
Followed By
ROU I. Bara/BRA L. Pigossi vs CAN A. Arseneault/GEO O. Kalashnikova (4)

The weather forecast for Bogota was a prime example of why meteorology is usually seen as a joke.
So we hit the Open yesterday. It was a bit chilly and it drizzled for a little while, but a fine day of tennis.
Caught Bouzkova/Serban. A quick first set, but the second was competitive. Bouzkova's second serve is a glaring weakness, but the BH is a solid shot. To my surprise, she is fluent in Spanish (her Spanish accent betrays tells you she has trained in Spain for a long time) and she gave a very nice interview at the end.
The we caught Tig/Pareja. Pareja is an American youngster (only 16) from California, but her parents are Colombian migrants. So, obviously, the crowd embraced her and, in typical Colombian fashion, it quickly became a Davis Cup match. I guess it was only one guy and me cheering and applauding Tig, who is a veteran on her way out. Pareja won in a 2nd set TB, but needs a lot more power if she is going to make a dent in the pros.
Last match was a quick doubles between two Colombian youngsters and a Brazil/Argie team. The Brazilian woman (she is 30) showed the Colombian girls a lot of corners of the court they did not know existed.
It was fun. May think about going to the Sunday final, if Camilita does not make it.

Bouzkova.

Pareja

Live tennis is the best tennis.

Friday Order of Play

Cancha Central
Starts at 1:00 PM

GER T. Maria (6) vs COL C. Osorio (2)
Followed by
CRO L. Boskovic vs ARG J. Riera
Followed by
CZE M. Bouzkova (1) vs POL K. Kawa
Followed by
USA J. Pareja vs FRA L. Jeanjean

Cancha 2
Starts at 1:00 PM

ROU I. Bara/BRA L. Pigossi vs GBR E. Appleton/USA Q. Gleason (2)
Followed by
ESP C. Bucsa/ESP S. Sorribes Tormo (1) vs COL V. Mediorreal Arias/COL M. Perez Garcia
Followed by
USA E. Bektas/SRB A. Krunic vs BRA I. Martins/ARG J. Riera

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 2:13 am Live tennis is the best tennis.

The difference in appreciation of the speed of the ball is awesome.
If only you could get replays!

Saturday Order of Play

Cancha Central
Starts at 12:30 PM

ARG J. Riera vs COL C. Osorio (2)
Followed By
POL K. Kawa vs TBD
Followed By
TBD vs ROU I. Bara/BRA L. Pigossi

Cancha 2
Starts at 1:00 PM

ESP C. Bucsa/ESP S. Sorribes Tormo (1) vs USA E. Bektas/SRB A. Krunic

How to build up women's sports.
The semis for the tournament are being played. The #2 seed, Colombian, is playing at the moment.
Not one single open channel is showing it. You must have Direct TV.
Right

Sunday Order of Play

Cancha Central
Starts at 11:00 AM

Final
ESP C. Bucsa/ESP S. Sorribes Tormo (1) vs ROU I. Bara/BRA L. Pigossi
Followed By
Final
POL K. Kawa or USA J. Pareja vs COL C. Osorio (2)

Because I am interested in the obscure, I'd like to point out the losing finalist to Ossorio Serrano, Katarzyna Kawa, made it to the main draw by winning a four-hour-and-14-minute qualifying match against Tig.

That's even longer than the famous Djokovic-Nadal match in Madrid in 2009 and is the longest I've ever heard of for a three-set match. For her to go on and win four more matches in the next six days is incredible. She saved a match point in her round-of-16 win and beat Bouzkova, the top seed, in the quarterfinals.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Sun Apr 06, 2025 8:12 pm Because I am interested in the obscure, I'd like to point out the losing finalist to Ossorio Serrano, Katarzyna Kawa, made it to the main draw by winning a four-hour-and-14-minute qualifying match against Tig.

That's even longer than the famous Djokovic-Nadal match in Madrid in 2009 and is the longest I've ever heard of for a three-set match. For her to go on and win four more matches in the next six days is incredible. She saved a match point in her round-of-16 win and beat Bouzkova, the top seed, in the quarterfinals.

She's also 32 years old born 11/17/1992.