by ti-amie Tournament: San Diego Open
Location: San Diego, CA USA
Dates: February 26 - March 3, 2024
Level: WTA 500
Total Financial Commitment: $922,573
Surface: Hard
Seed Player Entry Ranking
1 Jessica Pegula 4
2 Karolina Muchova 10
3 Beatriz Haddad Maia 13
4 Emma Navarro 23
5 Marta Kostyuk 28
6 Dayana Yastremska 29
7 Lesia Tsurenko 31
8 Donna Vekic 34
Leylah Fernandez 37
Anna Kalinskaya 38
Xinyu Wang 40
Caroline Dolehide 41
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 42
Arantxa Rus 43
Tatjana Maria 44
Zhu Lin 45
Paula Badosa SR
by ashkor87 Pretty weak field...wonder why? It is a 500...
by Suliso Probably because lots of players want to take a break between the Middle East swing and IW/Miami.
by ponchi101 It has been that way for a few years now. It makes no sense for so many top players to skip it; you could start our N. American spring swing there, and get to IW quickly and already with no jet lag.
by Suliso Yes, but perhaps you also want to go home before jetting off to North America. Hardly any players are based in California.
by
ashkor87 Suliso wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:55 am
Yes, but perhaps you also want to go home before jetting off to North America. Hardly any players are based in California.
Yes, but Indian Wells is next, which IS in California (well, sort of, anyway)...
by ashkor87 it is a weak field anyway, and on top of that, it is not clear to me that Pegula, Muchova etc will actually play, through they are entered.. and even if they play, how well they will play..Pavly has pulled out of Dubai already, and BHM has been posting some poor results, so very murky, the whole thing..
by Suliso The field is weak indeed, but still some interesting players further down (Fernandez and Kostyuk in particular)
by patrick Muchova probably has w/d already. No official notification yet. She showed that she had surgery on her wrist via Reddit.
by
meganfernandez patrick wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:59 pm
Muchova probably has w/d already. No official notification yet. She showed that she had surgery on her wrist via Reddit.
i can't keep up with her injuries anymore. I'm more suprrised when she plays for a few months than when she doesn't.
by
meganfernandez patrick wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:59 pm
Muchova probably has w/d already. No official notification yet. She showed that she had surgery on her wrist via Reddit.
i can't keep up with her injuries anymore. I'm more surprised when she plays for a few months than when she doesn't.
by ti-amie UPDATED MD Singles
San Diego, USA
Date: 2/26/2024 Original Cut Off: 45 Ranking Date: 1/29/2024
Draw Size: 28 Direct Acceptances: 17 Wild Cards: 4 Qualifiers: 6 Special Exempts: 1
Main Draw Singles
4 Pegula, Jessica (USA)
10 Muchova, Karolina (CZE)
13 Haddad Maia, Beatriz (BRA)
23 Navarro, Emma (USA)
28 Kostyuk, Marta (UKR)
29 Yastremska, Dayana (UKR)
31 Tsurenko, Lesia (UKR)
34 Vekic, Donna (CRO)
34 Badosa, Paula (ESP) SR
37 Fernandez, Leylah (CAN)
38 Kalinskaya, Anna (RUS)
40 Wang, Xinyu (CHN)
41 Dolehide, Caroline (USA)
42 Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia (RUS)
43 Rus, Arantxa (NED)
44 Maria, Tatjana (GER)
45 Zhu, Lin (CHN)
IN 46 Gracheva, Varvara (RUS)
Alternates
47 Kenin, Sofia (USA)
by ti-amie Isn't Gracheva the woman who now plays for France or am thinking about a different player?
by ti-amie Qualifying Draw
1 BURRAGE, Jodie GBR vs MELNIKOVA, Marina
MAKAROVA, Ekaterina vs 8 SRAMKOVA, Rebecca SVK
2 DAY, Kayla USA vs WC SIEG, Madison USA
WC AHN, Alyssa USA vs 12 LI, Ann USA
3 TIMOFEEVA, Maria vs WC STAKUSIC, Marina CAN
WC GIAVARA, Haley USA vs 11 JACQUEMOT, Elsa FRA
4 LIU, Claire USA vs FUNG, Stacey CAN
STEVANOVIC, Natalija SRB vs 7 NIEMEIER, Jule GER
5 HONTAMA, Mai JPN vs PAPAMICHAIL, Despina GRE
PATTINAMA KERKHOVE, Lesley NED vs 9 GALFI, Dalma HUN
6 FRUHVIRTOVA, Linda CZE vs KOLODYNSKA, Jana
CHANG, Hanna USA vs 10 SAVILLE, Daria
by ti-amie Main Draw Singles
1 PEGULA, Jessica USA/Bye
Qualifier vs GRACHEVA, Varvara FRA
WC WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN vs BLINKOVA, Anna
DOLEHIDE, Caroline USA vs 5 YASTREMSKA, Dayana UKR
4 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia/Bye
TAUSON, Clara DEN vs WANG, Xinyu CHN
WC PRESTON, Taylah AUS vs FRECH, Magdalena POL
Qualifier vs 6 KOSTYUK, Marta UKR
8 FERNANDEZ, Leylah CAN vs MARIA, Tatjana GER
Qualifier vs ZHU, Lin CHN
Qualifier vs SINIAKOVA, Katerina CZE
Bye/3 NAVARRO, Emma USA
7 VEKIC, Donna CRO vs WC HUI, Katherine USA
Qualifier vs Qualifier
TSURENKO, Lesia UKR vs BOULTER, Katie GBR
Bye/2 HADDAD MAIA, Beatriz
by
ashkor87 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
by Togtdyalttai 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.
by
ashkor87 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..
by ti-amie 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
by ti-amie 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
by ti-amie 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
by ti-amie 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
by ashkor87 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..
by ti-amie 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)
by ashkor87 Boulter has been a revelation ..and Navarro blasting through the draw like it is a college event...
by ponchi101 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.
by ti-amie It's apparently pouring rain in San Diego and they haven't even posted a tentative OoP for today SMH
by ti-amie 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
by ti-amie The singles semis will feature
J. PEGULA (1) vs UKR M. KOSTYUK (6)
USA E. NAVARRO (3) vs GBR K. BOULTER
by ashkor87 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..
by ashkor87 Kostyuk beating Pegula on a slowish court..not a surprise..
by ashkor87 Kostyuk is a player of high class..don't know enough about Boulter..Kostyuk should win this one
by ponchi101 Boulter is just having her week; you know, every WTA player gets to play really well one week of the year, and then we have something to talk about for a few days.
Flavor of the week sort of thing. She has been around long enough to know that this is not like she all of the sudden found 5th gear.
by ashkor87 Yes ..Gilbert says something like this: some days you will play so well, nobody can beat you, some days you will play so badly you cant beat anybody..it is what you do the rest of the days that makes you a champion, or not!
by Suliso Agree, but Djokovic or Federer in their primes never really played so badly that anyone could beat them. Maybe one could hand pick some examples, but it really would have been only a few over a decade or more.
by ponchi101 I would say the great ones have like limits. One really surprising loss every year. Two or three that make you wonder. And the others are to fellow really good players.
Has Boulter really beaten a really good player this week? No, there were none in the draw. Change Boulter for any of the other 16 players on her side of the draw and we could be saying the same, maybe with the exception of BHM because she was the #2 seed.
by ti-amie Sunday Order of Play
Barnes Stadium
Starts at 4:30 PM
Final
USA D. KRAWCZYK/USA J. PEGULA (1) vs USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (3)
Followed by
Final
UKR M. KOSTYUK (6) vs GBR K. BOULTER
by ashkor87 Well, well, Boulter continues in the zone. I like her game, good pace and depth, not much volley though