Talk About Tennis 2.0

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 2:16 pm Yes, very surprised Bencic lost..will have to look up this Bartunkova

She's the new Czech teen flavor of the month

Day 5 was finally on point, as the zombies have shuffled off and all 32 remaining players made a pick today. There is a disturbing large bandwagon that will probably get through without difficulty, but which TMQ is happy to not be a part of.

The breakdown

Karolina Muchova 21
Victoria Mboko 5
Mirra Andreeva 4
Elina Svitolina 2

Now all 32 will move in lockstep for a couple days...happened at the uso too.. then I Iost patience

Not sure about it, I already see divergent choices for tomorrow. Most are taking Osaka, but not everyone myself included.

Just gonna say: I hope everybody that picked Muchova will regret doing it so early.
(Yes, I am still sore about Samsonova, and I like Karolina. I say she has a good chance against Coco, despite de H2H).

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 23, 2026 3:54 pm Just gonna say: I hope everybody that picked Muchova will regret doing it so early.
(Yes, I am still sore about Samsonova, and I like Karolina. I say she has a good chance against Coco, despite de H2H).

Muchova is about 10% below her best this tournament...Osaka is about 20% off..Keys is about 25% off too, which is why I picked her today..don't expect her to go far..

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 23, 2026 3:54 pm Just gonna say: I hope everybody that picked Muchova will regret doing it so early.
(Yes, I am still sore about Samsonova, and I like Karolina. I say she has a good chance against Coco, despite de H2H).

In the Served bracket I have picked Coco to win this title...she is in that kind of tough resilient form

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 12:41 am
Muchova is about 10% below her best this tournament...Osaka is about 20% off..Keys is about 25% off too, which is why I picked her today..don't expect her to go far..

Haha, this kind of thinking often backfires.

"See, I was right about her being off... and she lost"

It's funny, it's often better to be WAY wrong than slightly wrong in the SP.

Keys gets Pegula next - I cant see her getting past Pegula, can you?

I took Pegula in the SP today, so I'll let you guess who I think will win. I won't be overly surprised either way though. I'm hoping not to have to actually pick that match though.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 1:55 am Keys gets Pegula next - I cant see her getting past Pegula, can you?

I can. Consistency? Pegula. Shotmaking? Keys. For sure not a match that is 60-40 in anyway. I say 55-45 Pegula.

Plus... .she did ok here last year!

Sorry for the lack of posts tonight—we are having an event at the gallery tonight. Back later.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 3:33 am

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 1:55 am Keys gets Pegula next - I cant see her getting past Pegula, can you?

I can. Consistency? Pegula. Shotmaking? Keys. For sure not a match that is 60-40 in anyway. I say 55-45 Pegula.

I am going purely on current form...yes, Keys is a major champion and Pegula is not, but Pegula is playing much better right now

Won't be lockstep for day 8! This is a tough one (especially since I used Jovic already.)