WTA YEC Fort Worth 10/31 - 11/7 2022

[Deuce]

Sabalenka came from 2-4 down in the 3rd set to beat Jabeur...

[ti-amie]

Sabalenka came from 2-4 down in the 3rd set to beat Jabeur...

I turned away from the match and just saw the result. Ons did a Murray and there wasn't enough of a crowd for her to blame them...

[ti-amie]

[meganfernandez]

Sakkari played well, and I thought Pegula looked a little flat. Maybe she will bounce back. Speaking of bounce, the ball is reportedly staying low on this surface. Pegula was frustrated by it.

[ashkor87]

Good Intel...then Swiatek will not like the bounce either

[Deuce]

Good Intel...then Swiatek will not like the bounce either

Yet she looked quite good in a routine win over Kasatkina today...

[meganfernandez]

Good Intel...then Swiatek will not like the bounce either

Yet she looked quite good in a routine win over Kasatkina today...

Yeah, she was fully in form. I'm taking her over the field (and did before this match).

[Deuce]

Maybe someone could make a poll for this and also for the ATP Finals a little later.
I think there are 10 options available in the poll, and so 8 fits into 10 easily...

[Deuce]

Garcia over Gauff 6-4, 6-3...

[ti-amie]

Garcia has a lot to prove here.

[ti-amie]

Day 3 Order of Play

WTA Finals Stadium Court

CZE B. KREJCIKOVA/CZE K. SINIAKOVA (1) vs CHN Y. XU/CHN Z. YANG (6)
UPCOMING
TUN O. JABEUR (2) vs USA J. PEGULA (3)
UPCOMING
GRE M. SAKKARI (5) vs BLR A. SABALENKA (7)
UPCOMING
USA C. GAUFF/USA J. PEGULA (3) vs USA D. KRAWCZYK/NED D. SCHUURS (8)

[Deuce]

Garcia has a lot to prove here.

I think they pretty much all have 'something to prove' here, except for Swiatek and Gauff - Swiatek because she has already proven than she is the #1 player, and Gauff because she is still young.

But I think the other 6 all have some kind of pressure (external and/or internal) to prove that they belong in the year end finals.

Meanwhile, Dabrowski and Olmos - the #2 seeds - are right now playing terribly on their way to what certainly looks like it will be a straight set loss to Danilina and Haddad Maia. Very surprising.

[ashkor87]

Garcia has a lot to prove here.

Why specifically Garcia?

[ponchi101]

Agree with Ashkor. Actually, I say Garcia has nothing to prove in her career. She is a very talented player that simply was missing something.
She has never reached a Slam final, so we know where she stands. She is very good. She is not a consistent champion.
If next year she drops out of the top 20, I will not be surprised.

[ti-amie]

Garcia has a lot to prove here.

Why specifically Garcia?

There's been a bit of churn in her team and it happened right after what some would consider the best run of her career. It's not clear who her coach is now - it may be her father again - but we talked about it in the Coaching Merry-go-Round thread.