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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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ponchi101 wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:55 pm And I will add to what you say: IT IS A BUSINESS, and it is entertainment business. Putting on a match that has the potential to be less than one hour, and ALL of Iga's matches except those vs Elena or Aryna can last less than an hour, is bad scheduling.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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Who will be the 'surprise semifinalist' on the women's side? We have to have one, it is the French Open!! I would say Jabeur but there is no 'surprise' in that .? Avanesyan fits the bill best!
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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Avanesyan would completely fit the bill. But PAVS would do to, as well as Muchova, and one of them will reach the SF's.
The bottom half, unless Aryna comes out of there, will be a surprise. All the players there were not expected.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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ashkor87 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:00 am Who will be the 'surprise semifinalist' on the women's side? We have to have one, it is the French Open!! I would say Jabeur but there is no 'surprise' in that .? Avanesyan fits the bill best!
Jabeur definitely wouldn't be a surprise. She's a top non-Iga favorite for the title. I'd considere Sloane a mild surprise, not an Avanesyan-level surprise.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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ti-amie wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:05 pm I bet night session tickets are expensive too. Let's see if all the WTA fans who were clamoring for a women's night session put their money where their mouths are and buy the tickets just put on resale.

Also who has the TV rights for the night session?
Does anyone know if the big show courts, those individually ticketed, are nearly sold out before the tournament even begins? How many people wait for the day's order of play before buying a reserved ticket? They might buy one on the resell market, but I wonder how many tickets were available through the tournament before any given night session. In Cincy, center court is largely sold out before the tournament starts. Slams have bigger arenas, but I still bet it holds.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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Muchova looks so much like Chris Evert! My wife pointed it out, I laughed at her but now ...!
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Was this default discussed elsewhere? A doubles team was defaulted after hitting a ballgirl, Djokovic-style. The circumstances were different - it wasn't rocketed in anger - but it was hit unnecessarily hard in her direction. I'm sure it was purely unintended, but I stand behind a pretty strict application of this rule. It wasn't wildly bad luck, like framing a ball that hits someone. The player hit this too hard in the wrong direction, and got unlucky that it hit someone a little immature. (A grownup might have been able to shrug it off and not cry - I think that was a factor. I don't think that ballgirl should be out there if this upset her so much.)

(I watched it again- Kato clearly wasn't hitting the ball in anger or hostility. IT's just that she's strong enough to return the ball to the ballkid without it bouncing. A tiny, tiny error in judgment, but I maybe not worth a default. I think this rule should be applied as strictly as possible, but umpires have to retain some discretion in the interest of full fairness. Common sense has a place on the court.)

My problem with this call is that the umpire changed it from a warning to a default after the opponents complained. The umpire shouldn't bend to an opponent. I"m not even sure the opponents should have gotten involved - it didn't relate to their own play, like a bad line call. I wouldn't have wanted to win that way.

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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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meganfernandez wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:24 pm j
ashkor87 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:00 am Who will be the 'surprise semifinalist' on the women's side? We have to have one, it is the French Open!! I would say Jabeur but there is no 'surprise' in that .? Avanesyan fits the bill best!
Jabeur definitely wouldn't be a surprise. She's a top non-Iga favorite for the title. I'd considere Sloane a mild surprise, not an Avanesyan-level surprise.
This I don't agree with at all. In my opinion Sabalenka is far more likely to win than her. Even on clay.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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About the ball hitting a ball kid event.
I disagree with you (@megan). The rule says that if you hit a person, with a ball, you get disqualified. If you leave it to interpretation to the chair, you will get issues. Novak's ball was clearly hit in anger, but he wasn't even looking at the area where he hit it into. This ball was not hit in anger, but that is such a gray area.
A couple of days ago, one player hit the ball across the net, right after the game was over. He hit it with some force, just to make sure it would reach the back of the other side. Problem was that the ball kids were scurrying across the court, as they do after games are over, to get all the balls and the ball hit by this player came very close to hitting one of the ball kids. What would the chair have done then? It was not hit in anger, the player was actually helping the ball kids, but a situation could have arise.
If you make it discretionary, the chair at Novak's match could have said "Oh, he didn't mean it, he was just venting some frustration". The PCB could have complained.
Even Shapo could have said "I didn't mean it" (because he didn't).

Tell the players: drop the balls on your side. THAT IS WHAT THE BALL KIDS ARE THERE FOR. Avoid these situations.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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Suliso wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:57 pm
meganfernandez wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:24 pm j
ashkor87 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:00 am Who will be the 'surprise semifinalist' on the women's side? We have to have one, it is the French Open!! I would say Jabeur but there is no 'surprise' in that .? Avanesyan fits the bill best!
Jabeur definitely wouldn't be a surprise. She's a top non-Iga favorite for the title. I'd considere Sloane a mild surprise, not an Avanesyan-level surprise.
This I don't agree with at all. In my opinion Sabalenka is far more likely to win than her. Even on clay.
Megan is saying Ons is A TOP non-Iga favorite, not THE TOP. Ons making the semis will surprise nobody.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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ashkor87 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:43 pm Muchova looks so much like Chris Evert! My wife pointed it out, I laughed at her but now ...!
And now that you mention it, yes indeed. I could not place her. :thumbsup:
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My wife is always right...what can I say!
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ponchi101 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:11 pm Megan is saying Ons is A TOP non-Iga favorite, not THE TOP. Ons making the semis will surprise nobody.
Isn't she saying that Ons is the 2nd favorite after Iga? That's the part I don't agree with :)
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/28-6/11 2023

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Suliso wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:16 pm
ponchi101 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:11 pm Megan is saying Ons is A TOP non-Iga favorite, not THE TOP. Ons making the semis will surprise nobody.
Isn't she saying that Ons is the 2nd favorite after Iga? That's the part I don't agree with :)
I'm not reading it that way. I agree: Ons is NOT the second favorite. But she is a top favorite.
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