Talk About Tennis 2.0

Rod Laver Arena
Day session - From 8:00pm EST

Women's Legends Doubles • Round 1
D. Hantuchova/N. Li vs I. Majoli/A. Petkovic
Day session - Not before 9:00pm EST
Men's Doubles • Semifinals
T. Machac/Z. Zhang vs R. Bopanna 2/M. Ebden 2
Men's Doubles • Semifinals
S. Bolelli/A. Vavassori vs Y. Hanfmann/D. Koepfer
Night session - From 3:30am EST
Women's Singles • Semifinals
C. Gauff 4 vs A. Sabalenka 2
Women's Singles • Semifinals
D. Yastremska Q vs Q. Zheng 12

Margaret Court Arena
Day session - From 8:00pm EST

Men's Legends Doubles • Round 1
T. Haas/R. Stepanek vs T. Johansson/R. Lindstedt
Mixed Legends' Doubles • Round 1
A. Molik/M. Baghdatis vs C. Dellacqua/M. Philippoussis

Day session - Not before 11:00pm EST

Women's Doubles • Semifinals
S. Hunter 3/K. Siniakova 3 vs S. Hsieh 2/E. Mertens 2
Men's Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
A. Hewett 1/G. Reid 1 vs D. Arai/T. Sanada

Kia Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Quad Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
N. Vink 1 vs G. Sasson 4
Men's Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
A. Hewett 1 vs J. Gerard
Women's Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
Y. Kamiji 1/K. Montjane 1 vs A. Bernal/Z. Zhu
Men's Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
T. Miki/T. Oda vs J. Gerard 2/S. Houdet 2
Day session - Not before 11:30pm EST
Quad Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
A. Lapthorne/D. Wagner vs H. Davidson 2/R. Shaw 2

1573 Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
D. De Groot 1 vs J. Griffioen 3
Junior Boys' Singles • Quarterfinals
K. Bigun 5 vs N. Budkov Kjaer 2
Junior Girls' Singles • Quarterfinals
M. Xu 12 vs I. Ivanova 16
Junior Boys' Doubles • Semifinals
P. Brunclik 5/V. Frydrych 5 vs K. Bigun/J. Leach

Court 3
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Girls' Singles • Quarterfinals
R. Jamrichova 1 vs K. Efremova WC
Junior Boys' Singles • Quarterfinals
H. Jones 16 vs J. Kumstat
Junior Girls' Singles • Quarterfinals
E. Jones 6 vs S. Saito 2
Junior Boys' Singles • Quarterfinals
A. Omarkhanov vs M. Rottgering
Junior Girls' Doubles • Semifinals
J. Pastikova/J. Stusek vs H. Klugman 2/M. Xu 2

Court 6
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Quad Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
D. Ramphadi vs S. Schroder 2
Junior Boys' Singles • Quarterfinals
C. Woestendick vs R. Sakamoto 4
Junior Girls' Singles • Quarterfinals
V. Mincheva 15 vs E. Koike 10
Junior Boys' Doubles • Semifinals
F. Cina 1/R. Sakamoto 1 vs M. Exsted/C. Woestendick
Junior Girls' Doubles • Semifinals
E. Koike 1/S. Saito 1 vs T. Grant 3/I. Jovic 3

Court 7
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
K. Montjane vs Y. Kamiji 2
Men's Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
G. Reid 4 vs T. Oda 2
Women's Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
D. Mathewson/M. Tanaka vs D. De Groot 2/J. Griffioen 2
Quad Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
S. Schroder 1/N. Vink 1 vs D. Ramphadi/G. Sasson

well.

Gotta say good job to Sabalenka. One match to go.

I did not expect a 2 set match. Figured it would go 3.

Sadly, I made the call to go with Gauff on my A Month in the Sun team. But...that's life.

It was harder than I expected. I was thinking more like 6-2, 6-3.

What happened to Coco? I saw she was serving for the first set! I had to go off to run a workshop so couldn't watch...

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:10 am What happened to Coco? I saw she was serving for the first set! I had to go off to run a workshop so couldn't watch...

She had a mid-court forehand at 30-15 that would have given her two set points, and she got tentative and dumped it in the middle of the net. Sabalenka went on to win a number of points in a row to break back, and take a decisive lead in the tie-breaker.

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:01 am It was harder than I expected. I was thinking more like 6-2, 6-3.

Same... Coco returned so well. But it was always on Aryna's racket.

skatingfan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:23 am

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:10 am What happened to Coco? I saw she was serving for the first set! I had to go off to run a workshop so couldn't watch...

She had a mid-court forehand at 30-15 that would have given her two set points, and she got tentative and dumped it in the middle of the net. Sabalenka went on to win a number of points in a row to break back, and take a decisive lead in the tie-breaker.

Sabalenka won 6 in a row from that point, went up 4-0 in the breaker.

Saba deserved the win, then...well done,!

Sabalenka wobbled in the first set after building that 5-2 lead but her form was too good overall to let her down. Some of her missed volleys, though, were shocking, including the one that would have given her a 2-0 lead in the second set and would have allowed her to run away with it.

Zheng is playing at a higher level that Gauff. Sabalenka will need to avoid a similar wobble, although there's no telling how Zheng will react to playing in her first final.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:32 pm Sabalenka wobbled in the first set after building that 5-2 lead but her form was too good overall to let her down. Some of her missed volleys, though, were shocking, including the one that would have given her a 2-0 lead in the second set and would have allowed her to run away with it.

Zheng is playing at a higher level that Gauff. Sabalenka will need to avoid a similar wobble, although there's no telling how Zheng will react to playing in her first final.

I hope it's competitive but I think Sabalenka will dominate the final. She was a bit nervy in the semi but that's to be expected.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:41 pm

jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:32 pm Sabalenka wobbled in the first set after building that 5-2 lead but her form was too good overall to let her down. Some of her missed volleys, though, were shocking, including the one that would have given her a 2-0 lead in the second set and would have allowed her to run away with it.

Zheng is playing at a higher level that Gauff. Sabalenka will need to avoid a similar wobble, although there's no telling how Zheng will react to playing in her first final.

I hope it's competitive but I think Sabalenka will dominate the final. She was a bit nervy in the semi but that's to be expected.

i agree..

DUE to my of-course need for Geriatric Beauty Sleep - I didn't watch the second set. But, with the first set- it was very interesting (and inevitable) seeing Sabalenka's and Gauff's Forever Problematic Match Problem Areas rear their Forever Ugly Little Heads. Ultimately in that first set- Coco's forehands and serves (Roddick taught ya THOSE serves Coco?!?!) lost to Arnya's Mental Lapse Chokes. Sabalenka just bombed her winners in to take that first set. Well done. LOL, one more win- and Sabalenka's already in the Tennis HOF with Petra and Mugsy.