Talk About Tennis 2.0

ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:34 am

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:53 pm Remember Ostapenko's record at RG. It is incredibly odd. Starting in 2016:
1r, W, 1r, 1r, 3r, 1r, 2r, 2r.
The oddest slam champion that I can think of.

i mean really... there is only one truly odd result in there

Hadn't thought about it that way. And, indeed.

Wednesday Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 6:30 AM

RUS E. ALEXANDROVA vs TUN O. JABEUR (7)
Followed by
UKR M. KOSTYUK vs GER L. SIEGEMUND
Followed by
USA S. VICKERY vs USA C. GAUFF (3)
Followed by
GBR E. RADUCANU vs GER A. KERBER
Followed by
ESP P. BADOSA vs BLR A. SABALENKA (2)

Court 1
Starts at 6:30 AM

USA B. MATTEK-SANDS/CHN S. ZHANG vs CHN H. GUO/CHN X. JIANG
Followed by
TPE H. CHAN/RUS V. KUDERMETOVA vs MEX G. OLMOS/RUS A. PANOVA
Followed by
RUS L. SAMSONOVA vs RUS A. POTAPOVA
Followed by
NOR U. EIKERI/EST I. NEEL vs ITA S. ERRANI/ITA J. PAOLINI

impressive win by Noskova over Ostapenko...I would have expected Ostapenko to beat her..

saw a bit of the highlights - Osta made too many wild errors on her forehand, Noskova moves well on clay - I guess all Czechs do..

Vondrousova's serve must be the most underrated weapon in tennis..it is truly effective, yet we dont notice it much.. he movement on clay is astnishing.. no wonder she reached the RG finals once.. and she is still young..could be a real force in the clay court season this year, along with QZ

I would definitely count Vondrousova in the mix at RG if she can stay healthy.

Raducanu took the first set 6-2 from Kerber and they've just started the second set. The next match, Badosa vs Sabalenka, may be moved to another court since it's close to 11p in Stuttgart.

Kerber out 2 & 1 to Raducanu who will face Noskova next.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:17 pm great win for QZ over Cirstea, and Paolini over Errani.. of course Cirstea is not a clay court specialist as such (i think) and QZ is very good on clay.. may be she is the one who will surprise us at the FO

I've nearly forgotten that QZ was in the Australian Open final. I bet a lot of people have forgotten.

Good friends Sabalenka and Badosa are in a first set TB with Badosa up 3-1.

ETA: Sabalenka won the first set 7-6(4).

Thursday Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 6:30 AM

KAZ E. RYBAKINA (4) vs RUS V. KUDERMETOVA
Followed by
ITA J. PAOLINI vs TUN O. JABEUR (7)
Followed by
POL I. SWIATEK (1) vs BEL E. MERTENS
Followed by
GBR E. RADUCANU vs CZE L. NOSKOVA
Followed by
CHN Q. ZHENG (5) vs UKR M. KOSTYUK

Court 1
Starts at 6:30 AM

RUS L. SAMSONOVA/RUS D. SHNAIDER vs CZE B. KREJCIKOVA/GER L. SIEGEMUND (2)
Followed by
CZE M. VONDROUSOVA (6) vs RUS A. POTAPOVA
Followed by
GER N. SCHUNK/GER E. SEIDEL vs TPE H. CHAN/RUS V. KUDERMETOVA
Followed by
ESP P. BADOSA/TUN O. JABEUR vs USA B. MATTEK-SANDS/CHN S. ZHANG
Followed by
NOR U. EIKERI/EST I. NEEL vs RUS A. POTAPOVA/RUS V. ZVONAREVA

Badosa retired in the third vs Sabalenka. Had her thigh wrapped midway through the match. She was playing well and was up a break in the third.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:14 pm Badosa retired in the third vs Sabalenka. Had her thigh wrapped midway through the match. She was playing well and was up a break in the third.

She's supposed to play doubles with Ons tomorrow. Let's see what happens.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:57 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:17 pm great win for QZ over Cirstea, and Paolini over Errani.. of course Cirstea is not a clay court specialist as such (i think) and QZ is very good on clay.. may be she is the one who will surprise us at the FO

I've nearly forgotten that QZ was in the Australian Open final. I bet a lot of people have forgotten.

And had taken a set off Swiatek a couple years ago after thrashing Halep so badly she was in tears...at the FO

Raducanu-Kerber..don't know what to make of Raducanu's crushing win..Kerber is not a great claycourter but she has won Stuttgart in the past..Raducanu played well, certainly exposed Kerber's inability to finish on clay...no power..

Could it be that Emma has turned the corner?
It is not as if she has enormous power, but certainly much younger legs. Could be something as simple as that.