Talk About Tennis 2.0

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:18 am Word on the street is that it may be almost impossible to get WTA entry lists going forward. The situation with the Doha list(s) was ridiculous. This is coming from tennis heads who like me have been posting these lists for a long time but who may have better sources than me. I think China still publishes the lists.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 3:05 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:18 am Word on the street is that it may be almost impossible to get WTA entry lists going forward. The situation with the Doha list(s) was ridiculous. This is coming from tennis heads who like me have been posting these lists for a long time but who may have better sources than me. I think China still publishes the lists.

But why?! Isn't it in their interest to publish entry lists?

Suliso wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2025 8:11 am It was to force all the top players to show up at 1000 level events.

The i Paper understands that the confusion arose when the Doha draw was completed by tournament officials, all chips, each one of which represents a player, had been drawn by the tournament director – but there was still an empty line on the 56-line draw sheet due to a human error inputting the names.

It is understood that to preserve the integrity of the draw process, it was decided that all 40 unseeded players should be reallocated. The incorrect draw sheet was never ratified or circulated, although leaked screenshots on social media did cause some confusion.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:57 am Looking at some old videos, I was struck by how many men tucked in their tshirts into their shorts..was Agassi the first to free up his tshirt? I personally hate to tuck in, feels restrictive especially on serve...