Talk About Tennis 2.0

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:51 pm Isn't Gracheva the woman who now plays for France or am thinking about a different player?

Yes, you are right.. took French citizenship in 23

I'm going to the final of this tournament. Kinda sad there aren't more top players, but I'm looking forward to it anyway.

Togtdyalttai wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:55 am I'm going to the final of this tournament. Kinda sad there aren't more top players, but I'm looking forward to it anyway.

Well, who thought to see Paolini vs Kalinskaya in the Dubai finals? You may get lucky..

Monday Order of Play

Barnes Stadium
Starts at 4:00 PM

UKR L. TSURENKO vs GBR K. BOULTER
Followed by
AUS D. SAVILLE vs CHN L. ZHU
Followed by
DEN C. TAUSON vs CHN Xinyu WANG
Followed by
USA A. LI vs UKR M. KOSTYUK (6)

Court 2
Starts at 3:00 PM

GRE D. PAPAMICHAIL/UKR V. STRAKHOVA vs USA K. DAY/USA C. LIU
Followed by
GER J. NIEMEIER vs FRA V. GRACHEVA
Followed by
RUS M. MELNIKOVA vs CAN M. STAKUSIC
Followed by
TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS (4) vs RUS A. BLINKOVA/AUS D. SAVILLE

Tuesday Order of Play

Barnes Stadium
Starts at 4:00 PM

USA C. DOLEHIDE vs UKR D. YASTREMSKA (5)
Followed by
CAN L. FERNANDEZ (8) vs GER T. MARIA
Followed by
CRO D. VEKIC (7) vs USA K. HUI
Followed by
DEN C. WOZNIACKI vs RUS A. BLINKOVA

Court 2
Starts at 3:00 PM

USA D. KRAWCZYK/USA J. PEGULA (1) vs JPN S. AOYAMA/TPE F. WU
Followed by
JPN M. HONTAMA vs CZE K. SINIAKOVA
Followed by
AUS T. PRESTON vs POL M. FRECH
Followed by
CHN Xinyu WANG/CHN Y. XU vs JPN E. HOZUMI/JPN M. NINOMIYA
Followed by
NOR U. EIKERI/CHN H. GUO vs USA E. DEMING/USA A. LI

Wednesday Order of Play

Barnes Stadium
Starts at 4:00 PM

AUS T. PRESTON vs UKR M. KOSTYUK (6)
UPCOMING
GER T. MARIA vs AUS D. SAVILLE
UPCOMING
GBR K. BOULTER vs BRA B. HADDAD MAIA (2)
UPCOMING
USA J. PEGULA (1) vs GER J. NIEMEIER

Court 2
Starts at 4:00 PM

CZE M. KOLODZIEJOVA/POL K. PITER vs AUS S. HUNTER/CZE K. SINIAKOVA (2)
UPCOMING
CRO D. VEKIC/CHN L. ZHU vs USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (3)
UPCOMING
ITA A. MORATELLI/ITA C. ROSATELLO vs BLR L. MAROZAVA/BEL K. ZIMMERMANN
Followed by
TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS (4) vs TBD

Thursday Order of Play

Barnes Stadium
Starts at 2:30 PM

RUS A. BLINKOVA vs UKR D. YASTREMSKA (5)
UPCOMING
CRO D. VEKIC (7) vs CAN M. STAKUSIC
UPCOMING
CZE K. SINIAKOVA vs USA E. NAVARRO (3)
UPCOMING
RUS A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA (4) vs CHN X. WANG

Court 2
Starts at 7:30 PM

USA D. KRAWCZYK/USA J. PEGULA (1) vs USA K. DAY/USA C. LIU

Pegula seems to be back, fit and well.. the court is a bit on the slow side, though, which doesnt usually suit her much..does suit Pavlyuchenkova .. Yastremska did well at the AO, which was faster, but she is a very powerful player, may find this court conducive..
of course, slower courts are coming - at IW and Miami..

Friday Order of Play

Barnes Stadium
Starts at 2:30 PM

CRO D. VEKIC (7) vs GBR K. BOULTER
Followed by
AUS D. SAVILLE vs TBD
UPCOMING
USA J. PEGULA (1) vs RUS A. BLINKOVA
Followed by
TBD vs UKR M. KOSTYUK (6)

Court 2
Starts at 7:00 PM

BLR L. MAROZAVA/BEL K. ZIMMERMANN vs USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (3)
UPCOMING
JPN E. HOZUMI/JPN M. NINOMIYA vs AUS S. HUNTER/CZE K. SINIAKOVA (2)

Boulter has been a revelation ..and Navarro blasting through the draw like it is a college event...

On the other hand.
BHM can't win a match to save her soul. Those wheels have fallen off completely. I put her back on my Around the World team because I felt that spin could not last forever.

It's apparently pouring rain in San Diego and they haven't even posted a tentative OoP for today SMH

The Doubles semis will feature


USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (3) vs AUS S. HUNTER/CZE K. SINIAKOVA (2)

USA D. KRAWCZYK/USA J. PEGULA (1) vs NOR U. EIKERI/CHN H. GUO

The singles semis will feature


J. PEGULA (1) vs UKR M. KOSTYUK (6)

USA E. NAVARRO (3) vs GBR K. BOULTER

Boulter is very impressive- what accounts for this tremendous improvement? Never thought of her as a force, here she is rolling through the field like a major champion.. doesnt seem to come forward to volley much, tremendous depth and pace on both flanks..