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by ti-amie Charleston, USA WTA 500
Date: 4/4/2022 Original Cut Off: 75 Ranking Date: 3/7/2022
Draw Size: 56 Direct Acceptances: 42 Wild Cards: 5 Qualifiers: 8 Special Exempts: 1

Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Iga Swiatek 4 4
2 Paula Badosa 7 7
3 Karolina Pliskova 8 8
4 Garbiñe Muguruza 9 9
5 Ons Jabeur 10 10
6 Danielle Collins 11 11
7 Jelena Ostapenko 12 12
8 Elina Svitolina 18 18
9 Jessica Pegula 19 19
10 Elena Rybakina 20 20
11 Leylah Fernandez 21 21
12 Veronika Kudermetova 24 24
13 Belinda Bencic 25 25
14 Simona Halep 26 26
15 Madison Keys 29 29
16 Petra Kvitova 31 31
Alizé Cornet 34 34
Sloane Stephens 38 38
Ajla Tomljanovic 39 39
Shuai Zhang 41 41
Tereza Martincova 42 42
Amanda Anisimova 43 43
Nuria Parrizas Diaz 45 45
Jasmine Paolini 46 46
Yulia Putintseva 47 47
Ana Konjuh 48 48
Shelby Rogers 49 49
Anhelina Kalinina 50 50
Ekaterina Alexandrova 52 52
Alison Riske 53 53
Madison Brengle 56 56
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 57 57
Aliaksandra Sasnovich 59 59
Andrea Petkovic 60 60
Magda Linette 62 62
Kaia Kanepi 63 63
Ann Li 64 64
Mayar Sherif 67 67
Arantxa Rus 69 69
Irina-Camelia Begu 72 72
Qinwen Zheng 74 74
Anna Bondar 75 75
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC) Top 20
(WC) Top 20
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)

Alternates
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Kristina Kucova 77 77
2 Xinyu Wang 84 84
3 Martina Trevisan 86 86
4 Claire Liu 87 87
5 Magdalena Frech 88 88
6 Anna Kalinskaya 90 90
7 Lauren Davis 92 92
8 Misaki Doi 95 95
9 Bernarda Pera 100 100
10 Kateryna Baindl 131 104 (SR)
11 Daria Saville 409 104 (SR)
12 Hailey Baptiste 119 119
13 Rebecca Marino 123 123
14 Maddison Inglis 124 124
15 Katie Boulter 127 127
16 Saisai Zheng 128 128
17 Lesia Tsurenko 141 141
18 Yue Yuan 145 145
19 Katarina Zavatska 210 145 (SR)
20 Xiyu Wang 150 150
by ti-amie Qualifying Entry Lists

Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Xinyu Wang 84 84
2 Martina Trevisan 86 86
3 Claire Liu 87 87
4 Magdalena Frech 88 88
5 Anna Kalinskaya 90 90
6 Lauren Davis 92 92
7 Misaki Doi 95 95
8 Bernarda Pera 100 100
9 Heather Watson 113 113
10 Hailey Baptiste 119 119
11 Rebecca Marino 123 123
12 Maddison Inglis 124 124
13 Katie Boulter 127 127
14 Saisai Zheng 128 128
15 Kateryna Baindl 131 104 (SR)
16 Lesia Tsurenko 141 141
Yue Yuan 145 145
Xiyu Wang 150 150
Mariam Bolkvadze 151 151
Alycia Parks 152 152
Anastasia Gasanova 155 155
Katie Volynets 158 158
Nao Hibino 161 161
Arianne Hartono 162 162
Coco Vandeweghe 163 163
Olga Govortsova 165 165
Katarina Zavatska 210 145 (SR)
Daria Saville 409 104 (SR)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)

Alternates
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Christina Mchale 168 168
2 Robin Anderson 169 169
3 Catherine Mcnally 172 172
4 Caroline Dolehide 173 173
5 Asia Muhammad 181 181
6 Grace Min 182 182
7 Anna-Lena Friedsam 184 184
8 Francesca Di Lorenzo 195 195
9 Kurumi Nara 196 196
10 Jamie Loeb 197 197
11 Yuriko Miyazaki 199 199
12 Emma Navarro 200 200
13 Laura Siegemund 202 202
14 Jodie Burrage 204 204
15 Ysaline Bonaventure 207 207
16 Ellen Perez 212 212
17 Jesika Maleckova 224 224
18 Marcela Zacarias 230 230
19 Sachia Vickery 232 232
20 Louisa Chirico 306 232 (SR)
by atlpam We have tickets for Tue & Wed.
The tournament had announced earlier that Kontaveit would be playing but that no longer appears to be the case. Very disappointed as I was looking forward to seeing her play. Either way, it looks like a great line-up.
by meganfernandez
atlpam wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:47 pm We have tickets for Tue & Wed.
The tournament had announced earlier that Kontaveit would be playing but that no longer appears to be the case. Very disappointed as I was looking forward to seeing her play. Either way, it looks like a great line-up.
Other than Shelby Rogers and Emma Navarro, are there any other locals who tend to play? Seems kind of unusual for a tournament in a smallish city to have a few really good/notable local players. (Yes, I just called Navarro good after slamming her wild cards into Monterrey and Indian Wells.)
by ponchi101 It has always been a tournament that has had a rather elite entry list, despite being "small". Sort of like Monterrey a few weeks ago, which was super tough for its category. I would like to go watch it.
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:08 pm It has always been a tournament that has had a rather elite entry list, despite being "small". Sort of like Monterrey a few weeks ago, which was super tough for its category. I would like to go watch it.
Any guesses why? Why do Europeans stick around after a long slog in the US for the Sunshine Double?
by Deuce
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:31 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:08 pm It has always been a tournament that has had a rather elite entry list, despite being "small". Sort of like Monterrey a few weeks ago, which was super tough for its category. I would like to go watch it.
Any guesses why? Why do Europeans stick around after a long slog in the US for the Sunshine Double?
^ For the amazing opportunity to play Emma Navarro in the main draw, obviously.
:D
by ponchi101
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:31 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:08 pm It has always been a tournament that has had a rather elite entry list, despite being "small". Sort of like Monterrey a few weeks ago, which was super tough for its category. I would like to go watch it.
Any guesses why? Why do Europeans stick around after a long slog in the US for the Sunshine Double?
Together with Hilton Head Island (which is no longer in the calendar), it was famous for being one of the most relaxed, easy going, fun tournaments. Word of mouth amongst the players.
And it pays way better than Bogota, the other option, plus you are closer to Europe once you are done.
by meganfernandez
Deuce wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:21 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:31 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:08 pm It has always been a tournament that has had a rather elite entry list, despite being "small". Sort of like Monterrey a few weeks ago, which was super tough for its category. I would like to go watch it.
Any guesses why? Why do Europeans stick around after a long slog in the US for the Sunshine Double?
^ For the amazing opportunity to play Emma Navarro in the main draw, obviously.
:D
Touche!
by atlpam Not sure why the tournament gets such a good draw other than a long history of supporting womens tennis. I would expect top US players and foreign players who train in Florida. This will be my first time attending this tournament.
by ti-amie Tournament: Credit One Charleston Open
Location: Charleston, SC, US
Dates: April 4 - April 10, 2022
Level: WTA 500
Total Financial Commitment: $888,636
Surface: Clay (Green)

Entries
Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Iga Swiatek 2 4
2 Paula Badosa 6 7
3 Karolina Pliskova 8 8
4 Ons Jabeur 10 10
5 Danielle Collins 11 11
6 Jelena Ostapenko 12 12
7 Elena Rybakina 18 20
8 Jessica Pegula 21 19
9 Leylah Fernandez 22 21
10 Veronika Kudermetova 23 24
11 Madison Keys 26 29
12 Belinda Bencic 28 25
13 Petra Kvitova 32 31
14 Alizé Cornet 36 34
15 Sloane Stephens 38 38
16 Ajla Tomljanovic 39 39
Amanda Anisimova 41 43
Shuai Zhang 43 41
Jasmine Paolini 45 46
Tereza Martincova 46 42
Yulia Putintseva 47 47
Shelby Rogers 48 49
Alison Riske 50 53
Anhelina Kalinina 51 50
Ana Konjuh 52 48
Ekaterina Alexandrova 54 52
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 57 57
Madison Brengle 59 56
Aliaksandra Sasnovich 60 59
Kaia Kanepi 61 63
Magda Linette 63 62
Andrea Petkovic 64 60
Irina-Camelia Begu 70 72
Qinwen Zheng 72 74
Mayar Sherif 73 67
Arantxa Rus 75 69
Anna Bondar 76 75
Anna Kalinskaya 84 90
Xinyu Wang 87 84
Martina Trevisan 88 86
Magdalena Frech 89 88
Claire Liu 90 87
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC) Top 20
(WC) Top 20
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
by ti-amie Qualifying Entry List

Entries
Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Lauren Davis 94 92
2 Bernarda Pera 103 100
3 Heather Watson 115 113
4 Hailey Baptiste 122 119
5 Saisai Zheng 128 128
6 Lesia Tsurenko 135 141
7 Yue Yuan 145 145
8 Anastasia Gasanova 148 155
9 Katie Volynets 150 158
10 Xiyu Wang 153 150
11 Mariam Bolkvadze 154 151
12 Alycia Parks 155 152
13 Asia Muhammad 159 181
14 Christina Mchale 163 168
15 Catherine Mcnally 165 172
16 Arianne Hartono 166 162
Coco Vandeweghe 167 163
Olga Govortsova 169 165
Robin Anderson 172 169
Caroline Dolehide 174 173
Grace Min 180 182
Jamie Loeb 187 197
Francesca Di Lorenzo 192 195
Emma Navarro 194 200
Kurumi Nara 195 196
Laura Siegemund 203 202
Katarina Zavatska 211 145 (SR)
Daria Saville 249 104 (SR)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
by ti-amie Doubles Entry List

Entries
Seed Names Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Darija Jurak Schreiber / Andreja Klepac 29 29
2 Shuai Zhang / Caroline Dolehide 32 32
3 Demi Schuurs / Desirae Krawczyk 37 37
4 Alexa Guarachi / Nicole Melichar-Martinez 48 48
Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jelena Ostapenko 59 59
Lucie Hradecka / Sania Mirza 69 69
Bernarda Pera / Magda Linette 81 81
Hao-Ching Chan / Zhaoxuan Yang 89 89
Nadiia Kichenok / Ulrikke Eikeri 90 90
Vivian Heisen / Yifan Xu 95 95
Alicja Rosolska / Erin Routliffe 104 104
(OS) -
(OS) -
(OS) -
(WC) -
(WC)
by ti-amie
by ti-amie UPDATED Singles Main Draw

Withdrawals
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

Garbiñe Muguruza 9 9
Jelena Ostapenko 12 12
Simona Halep 19 26
Elina Svitolina 20 18
Nuria Parrizas Diaz 49 45
Andrea Petkovic 64 60
Ann Li 65 64
Arantxa Rus 75 69
(SE)

Entries
Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Iga Swiatek 2 4
2 Paula Badosa 6 7
3 Karolina Pliskova 8 8
4 Ons Jabeur 10 10
5 Danielle Collins 11 11
6 Elena Rybakina 18 20
7 Jessica Pegula 21 19
8 Leylah Fernandez 22 21
9 Veronika Kudermetova 23 24
10 Madison Keys 26 29
11 Belinda Bencic 28 25
12 Petra Kvitova 32 31
13 Alizé Cornet 36 34
14 Sloane Stephens 38 38
15 Ajla Tomljanovic 39 39
16 Amanda Anisimova 41 43
Shuai Zhang 43 41
Jasmine Paolini 45 46
Tereza Martincova 46 42
Yulia Putintseva 47 47
Shelby Rogers 48 49
Alison Riske 50 53
Anhelina Kalinina 51 50
Ana Konjuh 52 48
Ekaterina Alexandrova 54 52
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 57 57
Madison Brengle 59 56
Aliaksandra Sasnovich 60 59
Kaia Kanepi 61 63
Magda Linette 63 62
Irina-Camelia Begu 70 72
Qinwen Zheng 72 74
Mayar Sherif 73 67
Anna Bondar 76 75
Xinyu Wang 87 84
Martina Trevisan 88 86
Magdalena Frech 89 88
Claire Liu 90 87
Lauren Davis 94 92
Hailey Baptiste 122 119
Saisai Zheng 128 128
Yue Yuan 145 145
Katarina Zavatska 211 145 (SR)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC) Top 20
(WC) Top 20
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
by Deuce
ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 8:38 pm UPDATED Singles Main Draw

Withdrawals
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

Garbiñe Muguruza 9 9
Jelena Ostapenko 12 12
Simona Halep 19 26
Elina Svitolina 20 18
Nuria Parrizas Diaz 49 45
Andrea Petkovic 64 60
Ann Li 65 64
Arantxa Rus 75 69
(SE)

Entries
Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Iga Swiatek 2 4
2 Paula Badosa 6 7
3 Karolina Pliskova 8 8
4 Ons Jabeur 10 10
5 Danielle Collins 11 11
6 Elena Rybakina 18 20
7 Jessica Pegula 21 19
8 Leylah Fernandez 22 21
9 Veronika Kudermetova 23 24
10 Madison Keys 26 29
...
As the seemingly never-ending withdrawals continue, Leylah will be the top seed by the time the tournament starts! :D :roll:
by ponchi101 There is no way Iga plays this. No way. She has the #1 ranking in the bag. It is a very good tournament, but there is nothing to gain.
by atlpam
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 2:35 am There is no way Iga plays this. No way. She has the #1 ranking in the bag. It is a very good tournament, but there is nothing to gain.
Oh come on, leave me a few players to see in person. ;)
by meganfernandez
atlpam wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:43 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 2:35 am There is no way Iga plays this. No way. She has the #1 ranking in the bag. It is a very good tournament, but there is nothing to gain.
Oh come on, leave me a few players to see in person. ;)
You'll always have Shelby Rogers and Emma Navarro. Kudermatova won last year and has continue to ascend. I would be excited to see her. But yeah, would be nice to have some stars.

Leylah and Badosa are still playing as of now. Jabeur will be fun to watch. I like Collins, personally. Maybe they will give Iga an appearance fee she can't refuse.
by ponchi101 Leylah will play. She knows that those USO points come off in Sept and her ranking depends on them too much.
Emma SHOULD play. There is one person that can't say anything about fatigue and scheduling. She has been free to do whatever she wants after every Wednesday of every week.
Garbie should have played, but who knows what injury she is nursing now. But she looks like an iffy pick for the RG SP, even for the first round.
And yes, Atlpam, I am sorry I jinxed that appearance. But you should be able to get some other good players in. Badosa may stick around.
by ti-amie Hmmm...

UPDATED MD Entry List

Entries
Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Iga Swiatek 2 4
2 (WC) Aryna Sabalenka 5
3 Paula Badosa 6 7
4 Karolina Pliskova 8 8
5 Ons Jabeur 10 10
6 Elena Rybakina 18 20
7 Jessica Pegula 21 19
8 Leylah Fernandez 22 21
9 Veronika Kudermetova 23 24
10 Madison Keys 26 29
11 Belinda Bencic 28 25
12 Petra Kvitova 32 31
13 Alizé Cornet 36 34
14 Sloane Stephens 38 38
15 Ajla Tomljanovic 39 39
16 Amanda Anisimova 41 43
Shuai Zhang 43 41
Jasmine Paolini 45 46
Yulia Putintseva 47 47
Shelby Rogers 48 49
Alison Riske 50 53
Anhelina Kalinina 51 50
Ana Konjuh 52 48
Ekaterina Alexandrova 54 52
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 57 57
Madison Brengle 59 56
Aliaksandra Sasnovich 60 59
Kaia Kanepi 61 63
Magda Linette 63 62
Irina-Camelia Begu 70 72
Qinwen Zheng 72 74
Anna Bondar 76 75
Xinyu Wang 87 84
Magdalena Frech 89 88
Claire Liu 90 87
Lauren Davis 94 92
Hailey Baptiste 122 119
Yue Yuan 145 145
Anastasia Gasanova 148 155
Katie Volynets 150 158
Xiyu Wang 153 150
Mariam Bolkvadze 154 151
Alycia Parks 155 152
(WC) Catherine Mcnally 165
Arianne Hartono 166 162
(WC) Emma Navarro 194
Katarina Zavatska 211 145 (SR)
(WC) Linda Fruhvirtova 279
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)

Withdrawals
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

Garbiñe Muguruza 9 9
Danielle Collins 11 11
Jelena Ostapenko 12 12
Simona Halep 19 26
Elina Svitolina 20 18
Tereza Martincova 46 42
Nuria Parrizas Diaz 49 45
Andrea Petkovic 64 60
Ann Li 65 64
Mayar Sherif 73 67
Arantxa Rus 75 69
(SE)
(WC)
by Deuce
atlpam wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:43 pm Oh come on, leave me a few players to see in person. ;)
Well... in the interest of helping you to find some interest/enjoyment at the tournament...

If you're into a bit of a novelty, Leylah's younger sister Bianca got a WildCard into the qualifying, and plays tomorrow morning.
She's ranked #729... so it's rather obvious why she got the WildCard...
Of course, this is the tournament where Emma Navarro always gets a WildCard into the main draw, so...

If you're open to even further novelty, Carol Zhao of Canada is also playing the qualies tomorrow (right after Bianca's match, on the same court)... and if you're so inclined, you can ask her about her singing career...
by ti-amie Qualifying Draw

H. Watson (1) vs E. Halbauer
D. Schuurs vs U. Eikeri (15)

C. McHale (2) vs N. Kichenok
WC B. Fernandez vs C. Harrison (14)

C. Vandeweghe (3) vs WC J. Aney
E. Douglas vs G. Lee (11)

R. Anderson (4) vs E. Kalievsa
H. Chan vs C. Zhao (16)

C. Dolehide (5) vs L. Chirico
S. Chang vs W. Osuigwe (12)

G. Min (6) vs S. Shapatavsa
K. Jokic (WC) vs S. Vickery (10)

J. Loeb (7) vs WC A. Graham
D. Krawczyk vs A. Kiick (13)

F. Di Lorenzo (8) vs A. Danilina
L. Kichenok vs M. Zacarias (9)
by atlpam
Deuce wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 11:03 pm
atlpam wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:43 pm Oh come on, leave me a few players to see in person. ;)
Well... in the interest of helping you to find some interest/enjoyment at the tournament...

If you're into a bit of a novelty, Leylah's younger sister Bianca got a WildCard into the qualifying, and plays tomorrow morning.
She's ranked #729... so it's rather obvious why she got the WildCard...
Of course, this is the tournament where Emma Navarro always gets a WildCard into the main draw, so...

If you're open to even further novelty, Carol Zhao of Canada is also playing the qualies tomorrow (right after Bianca's match, on the same court)... and if you're so inclined, you can ask her about her singing career...
We have tickets for Tuesday & Wednesday. Rain in the forecast for both days but hopefully with enough breaks to see some good matches. Definitely hoping to see Iga, Leyla, Badosa and Jabeur. I plan to check out as many players/matches as time & weather permit.
by ponchi101 Good luck, and have fun!
And please, post some pictures :)
by ti-amie Iga is out. Sabalenka in the top seed as we expected.
by ti-amie
by Deuce
ti-amie wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:08 pm
I agree.
I don't have a huge problem with these types of withdrawals - except that I think they should be done sooner. I mean, if ponchi knew a couple of days ago that Iga wasn't going to play here, I'm sure Iga knew...

Really - once Iga reached the Semis in Miami - win or lose - she had probably decided not to play Charleston. Perhaps she even told Charleston this.
What I don't like is that they so often wait until late to announce these withdrawals - particularly with the top and/or popular players... And the reason they do this is in the hope that they'll sell a few more tickets to people who want to see the player who is withdrawing.
I'd like to see more honesty and transparency and more respect given to the fans who purchase tickets.
by ti-amie Main Draw Singles

A. SABALENKA (1)/BYE
USA A. RISKE vs USA C. MCNALLY
KAZ Y. PUTINTSEVA vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs USA A. ANISIMOVA (15)

USA M. KEYS (9) vs RUS A. GASANOVA
GEO M. BOLKVADZE vs USA L. DAVIS
QUALIFIER vs ITA J. PAOLINI
BYE/USA J. PEGULA (6)

TUN O. JABEUR (4)/BYE
USA E. NAVARRO vs USA M. BRENGLE
CHN X. WANG vs ROU I. BEGU
QUALIFIER vs AUS A. TOMLJANOVIC (14)

FRA A. CORNET (12) vs USA A. PARKS
ROU E. RUSE vs USA H. BAPTISTE
BLR A. SASNOVICH vs UKR A. KALININA
BYE/KAZ E. RYBAKINA (5)


CAN L. FERNANDEZ (7)/BYE
POL M. LINETTE vs USA K. VOLYNETS
USA S. ROGERS vs EST K. KANEPI
POL M. FRECH vs CZE P. KVITOVA (11)

USA S. STEPHENS (13) vs CHN Q. ZHENG
QUALIFIER vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA
UKR K. ZAVATSKA vs CHN Y. YUAN
BYE/CZE K. PLISKOVA (3)

RUS V. KUDERMETOVA (8)/BYE
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
CRO A. KONJUH vs CZE L. FRUHVIRTOVA
CHN X. WANG vs SUI B. BENCIC (10)

CHN S. ZHANG (16) vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs USA C. LIU
NED A. HARTONO vs HUN A. BONDAR
BYE/ESP P. BADOSA (2)
by ponchi101 Just say: "I am beat. I need a few days off".
I know this is over the top, but it is kind of insulting to the losing player, in this case Naomi, she just crushed.
"Oh, I have to retire from the next tournament because I have an arm injury". After you just plastered a very fine player 6-0 in the second set. With an arm injury.
by ti-amie Day 3 Order of Play

Credit One Stadium

Starts at 10:00 AM

CRO A. KONJUH vs CZE L. FRUHVIRTOVA
FOLLOWED BY
FRA A. CORNET (12) vs USA A. PARKS
FOLLOWED BY
USA S. VICKERY vs USA A. ANISIMOVA (15)
FOLLOWED BY
POL M. FRECH vs CZE P. KVITOVA (11)
NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
USA S. ROGERS vs EST K. KANEPI
FOLLOWED BY
CHN X. WANG vs ROU I. BEGU

Althea Gibson Court

Starts at 10:00 AM

BLR A. SASNOVICH vs UKR A. KALININA
FOLLOWED BY
GBR H. WATSON vs USA C. LIU
FOLLOWED BY
ROU G. LEE vs ITA J. PAOLINI
FOLLOWED BY
CHN S. ZHANG (16) vs USA F. DI LORENZO

Court 3

Starts at 10:00 AM

UKR K. ZAVATSKA vs CHN Y. YUAN
FOLLOWED BY
NED A. HARTONO vs HUN A. BONDAR
FOLLOWED BY
USA A. KIICK vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA
NOT BEFORE 4:00 PM
CHI A. GUARACHI/USA J. PEGULA (3) vs TUN O. JABEUR/BLR A. SABALENKA

Court 4

Starts at 12:00 PM

NOR U. EIKERI vs UKR N. KICHENOK
by JTContinental Badosa and Pegula are veering into "how can we miss you when you won't go away" territory for me. Take a week off already!

Sabalenka also plays every week, but I can forgive her because she loses in the first round every time.
by JTContinental
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:08 am Just say: "I am beat. I need a few days off".
I know this is over the top, but it is kind of insulting to the losing player, in this case Naomi, she just crushed.
"Oh, I have to retire from the next tournament because I have an arm injury". After you just plastered a very fine player 6-0 in the second set. With an arm injury.
I do think it's feasible that your arm might need some recovery when you just spent the last month ripping winners like you were firing them from a cannon.
by ponchi101 Sure. But that is what we are saying. She can be and probably is tired. But that does not equal to being injured.
So take your time off. We are fine with that.
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:08 am Just say: "I am beat. I need a few days off".
I know this is over the top, but it is kind of insulting to the losing player, in this case Naomi, she just crushed.
"Oh, I have to retire from the next tournament because I have an arm injury". After you just plastered a very fine player 6-0 in the second set. With an arm injury.
I agree, I could do without this bit of polite theater. I always figured it had something to do with contracts between the tour and tournaments - like, withdrawals had to be categorized/certified as injuries for breach-of-contract reasons. We all know that "injury" could mean anything from soreness to a broken bone.

I don't doubt that Iga has an arm issue of some sort. I'd be surprised if something wasn't achey by now. It could be more of an "injury" that she has just been managing well but doesn't want to push any further.

Regardless, no one is surprised. Comes with the territory. Just the realities of an individual sport.
by ti-amie Look Ruud cited a toothache (although when wisdom teeth hurt they HURT).
by ti-amie Day 4 Order of Play

Credit One Stadium

Starts at 11:00 AM

CHN X. WANG vs SUI B. BENCIC (10)
FOLLOWED BY
USA S. STEPHENS (13) vs CHN Q. ZHENG
FOLLOWED BY
UKR K. ZAVATSKA vs CZE K. PLISKOVA (3)
NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
USA M. KEYS (9) vs NOR U. EIKERI
FOLLOWED BY
ITA J. PAOLINI vs USA J. PEGULA (6)

Althea Gibson Court

Starts at 10:00 AM

GEO M.BOLKVADZE vs USA L. DAVIS
FOLLOWED BY
USA E. NAVARRO vs USA M. BRENGLE
FOLLOWED BY
USA A. RISKE vs USA C. MCNALLY
FOLLOWED BY
USA S. CHANG vs AUS A. TOMLJANOVIC (14)
FOLLOWED BY
HUN A. BONDAR/POL M. FRECH vs USA D. KRAWCZYK/NED/D. SCHUURS (2)

Court 3

Starts at 10:00 AM

POL M. LINETTE vs USA K. VOLYNETS
FOLLOWED BY
KAZ Y. PUTINTSEVA vs USA R. ANDERSON
FOLLOWED BY
USA F. DI LORENZO/USA K. VOLYNETS vs CZE L. HRADECKA/IND S. MIRZA
FOLLOWED BY
TPE H. CHAN/CHN Z. YANG vs SUI B. BENCIC/UKR A. KALININA

Court 4

Starts at 10:00 AM

ROU E. RUSE vs USA H. BAPTISTE
FOLLOWED BY
USA C. VANDEWEGHE vs RUS A. GASANOVA
FOLLOWED BY
USA C. DOLEHIDE/CHN S. ZHANG (1) vs UKR L. KICHENOK/AUS A. RODIONOVA
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by Deuce Shelby got her feet caught in the clay and fell when she was serving for the match... scraped up her knee.
Thus far, that's the turning point of the match, as Kanepi won the 2nd set 7-5, and pretty much walked away with the 3rd set...

To Shelby's credit, she didn't retire from the match, as so many others have done recently. That might have had something to do with it being her hometown tournament, and not wanting to disappoint the crowd.
by ti-amie
Deuce wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:03 am Shelby got her feet caught in the clay and fell when she was serving for the match... scraped up her knee.
Thus far, that's the turning point of the match, as Kanepi won the 2nd set 7-5, and pretty much walked away with the 3rd set...

To Shelby's credit, she didn't retire from the match, as so many others have done recently. That might have had something to do with it being her hometown tournament, and not wanting to disappoint the crowd.
Also to her credit she didn't run to the sideline as if she'd been mortally wounded either. You could see the fall affected her after the adrenaline rush wore off.
by JTContinental Fun fact: Emma Navarro also won her first round match in Charleston last year by retirement.
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by Deuce
JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:56 pm Fun fact: Emma Navarro also won her first round match in Charleston last year by retirement.
^ Not a good element to add to your father owning the tournament and you continuing to get questionable WildCards into the main draw. :o :lol:
by ti-amie Day 5 Order of Play

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Starts at 10:00 AM

USA M. KEYS (9) vs NOR U. EIKERI
SUSPENDED
Round of 32
UKR K. ZAVATSKA vs CZE K. PLISKOVA (3)
7 2 -
5 3 -
FOLLOWED BY
BLR A. SABALENKA (1) vs USA A. RISKE
FOLLOWED BY
HUN A. BONDAR vs ESP P. BADOSA (2)
NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
TUN O. JABEUR (4) vs USA E. NAVARRO
FOLLOWED BY
Round of 32
CAN L. FERNANDEZ (7) vs POL M. LINETTE

Althea Gibson Court

Starts at 10:00 AM

FRA A. CORNET (12) vs USA H. BAPTISTE
SUSPENDED
Round of 64
USA S. CHANG vs AUS A. TOMLJANOVIC (14)
5 4 -
7 4 -
FOLLOWED BY
ITA J. PAOLINI vs USA J. PEGULA (6)
FOLLOWED BY
CZE L. FRUHVIRTOVA vs SUI B. BENCIC (10)
FOLLOWED BY
EST K. KANEPI vs POL M. FRECH
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
CHI A. GUARACHI/USA J. PEGULA (3) vs CZE L. HRADECKA/IND S. MIRZA

Court 3
Starts at 10:00 AM

KAZ Y. PUTINTSEVA vs USA A. ANISIMOVA (15)
NOT BEFORE 11:30 AM
UKR A. KALININA vs KAZ E. RYBAKINA (5)
FOLLOWED BY
CHN S. ZHANG (16) vs USA C. LIU
FOLLOWED BY
ROU I. BEGU vs TBD
SUSPENDED
Round of 16
TPE H. CHAN/CHN Z. YANG vs SUI B. BENCIC/UKR A. KALININA
3 2 -
6 2 -

Court 4
Starts at 10:00 AM

USA C. VANDEWEGHE vs USA L. DAVIS
FOLLOWED BY
CHN Q. ZHENG vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA
FOLLOWED BY
SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/CZE K. PESCHKE vs KAZ A. DANILINA/BLR A. SASNOVICH
FOLLOWED BY
GER V. HEISEN/CHN Y. XU vs NOR U. EIKERI/UKR N. KICHENOK
by atlpam Managed to catch bits and pieces of several matches today, including Hailey Baptiste, Bencic, Sloane, Riske vs McNally, and Pliskova vs Zavatska (before the storms moved in). Zavatska has great defensive skills forcing Pliskova to hit another ball.

Power was out when we got back to the hotel and just came back on. Tomorrow’s weather forecast isn’t looking great, which is disappointing as there are a lot of players on the schedule that I’m hoping to see play.
by Deuce Yeah, the Houston ATP tournament is also suffering from bad weather postponing a bunch of matches. Both tournaments are being played on clay, which is the surface most forgiving to wet weather, of course. But there are limits to its capacity to absorb/drain the water.

Next time, you should buy tickets for the nice days. :D

Meanwhile... 2 days into the tournament (not even 2 full days, due to the weather), and 2 in-match retirements in Charleston, as the disturbing trend of at least 1 withdrawal or in-match retirement per day continues...
by ponchi101
atlpam wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:56 am Managed to catch bits and pieces of several matches today, including Hailey Baptiste, Bencic, Sloane, Riske vs McNally, and Pliskova vs Zavatska (before the storms moved in). Zavatska has great defensive skills forcing Pliskova to hit another ball.

Power was out when we got back to the hotel and just came back on. Tomorrow’s weather forecast isn’t looking great, which is disappointing as there are a lot of players on the schedule that I’m hoping to see play.
Still sounds like you had a good time and were able to see some action.
Hope the weather forecast will be all wrong and you will get to see a full day of action tomorrow. Fingers crossed :thumbsup:

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About the retirements. This is one thing that happens when you have a sport that does not carry a lot of statistics: you can't judge whether the retirements are taking place due to a new phenomenon that is truly a risk for the players ("35% of retirements are due to injuries to players legs/ankles/feet", for example) of if the retirements are due to something bland ("40% of retirements are happening due to players suddenly losing a second set and feeling they have had enough").
I remember once at RG that Marat Safin asked for the trainer. The Parisian crowd started to boo him and he waved him away, which only incensed them more. He then lifted his right hand and the camera was able to see the dimension of his blisters; you could see the raw flesh exposed.
The crowd shut up.
The trainer came in and basically told him there was nothing to be done because there was no clean/dry flesh to apply the bandages. So he retired, but that day, that was completely understandable.
by Deuce I maintain that human beings are not more physically fragile today than they were 20, 30, 40 years ago. But when you compare apples to apples, there are far more in-match retirements and in-tournament withdrawals today than there were back then.
And so, if the human animal is not more physically fragile today than in the past, it must be because the definition of 'injury' has changed drastically - in that players today are much more prone to retire with what were deemed mild injuries 20, 30, 40 years ago.

While some may argue that the game is more physical today than it was back then (this is debatable, as I remember watching Pat Rafter serve & volley from up close 25 years ago, and that was just as physical as anything done today - probably more so). But even if we accept that the game is a little more physical today, it is still a non-contact sport. And, most significantly, the players of today are in better physical condition than the players of yesterday - they train more, they have access to training methods that yesterday's players did not have... and still, there are more retirements today than there were back then.
Thus my conclusion that today's players are significantly more spoiled and feel far more entitled than yesterday's players - because of the huge increase in money, sponsorships, and attention they get as compared with yesterday's players.
by Deuce In all my years of watching tennis, I have never seen a player who beats herself more than Sabalenka. Even when she wins (as she did today), she still beats herself more than her opponent beats her.
She tried really hard to give the match to Riske today, but couldn't quite accomplish it.
Better luck next time...
by atlpam Saw more tennis today than we expected - caught some of Anisimova, Maddy Keys, the end of the Pliskova Zavatska match (highest quality match that we saw), Sabalenka (Allie Riske is a tough out). Watched a little of Rybakina but was annoyed by her coach talking to her the whole time. Saw the end of Fruhrvitova vs Bencic. Definitely potential there. Saw the beginning of the Badosa match before they cleared the stadium for lightening, at which point we decided we were done for the day. Disappointed I didn’t get to see Jabeur and Fernandez, but a good trip overall. Seats in the main stadium were good (200 level). Apparently we were visible on TV at one point. Once I get home, I’ll try to clean up and post some pictures.
by Deuce Glad you got to see an almost complete day of tennis...

Navarro's dad intervened tonight and created a thunderstorm just as his daughter was about to lose to Jabeur (3-6, 2-5).
That will only take 5 minutes to complete, obviously (unless Mr. Navarro makes the rain endure for the rest of the week)...

It's quite wet right now (even on clay), with the rain continuing, and thunder and lightning still around, and no sun to help dry it once it stops, obviously... so it's looking like Leylah probably won't play tonight.
I estimate they'll give it until 10:30pm or so - and if Jabeur and Navarro aren't on the court by then, Leylah won't be playing tonight - which means she may have to play 2 matches tomorrow.

And, of course, there was the daily in-match retirement today - Zheng retired at 2-5 in the 3rd vs. Alexandrova. I don't know the story there - but unless she fell and broke her leg, retiring at that point in the match is not a good way to create a positive reputation. It's very disappointing, as she's young (19), and I see her as potentially being the dominant player that people thought Sabalenka would be.
by Deuce Play cancelled for the day (night).
Jabeur and Navarro finish tomorrow, as the 2nd match on centre court (1st match begins at 11am), and Leylah vs. Linette are 2nd on court on Althea Gibson (first match there also begins at 11am).
by ti-amie Day 6 Order of Play Charleston

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Starts at 11:00 AM

BLR A. SABALENKA (1) vs USA A. ANISIMOVA (15)
SUSPENDED
TUN O. JABEUR (4) vs USA E. NAVARRO
6 5 -
3 2 -
FOLLOWED BY
USA M. KEYS (9) vs SUI B. BENCIC (10)
FOLLOWED BY
USA C. LIU vs ESP P. BADOSA (2)
FOLLOWED BY
TBD vs ROU I. BEGU
NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
RUS E. ALEXANDROVA vs CZE K. PLISKOVA (3)
FOLLOWED BY
SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/CZE K. PESCHKE vs KAZ A. DANILINA/BLR A. SASNOVICH

Althea Gibson Court

Starts at 11:00 AM

USA C. VANDEWEGHE vs USA J. PEGULA (6)
NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM
CAN L. FERNANDEZ (7) vs POL M. LINETTE
FOLLOWED BY
FRA A. CORNET (12) vs UKR A. KALININA
FOLLOWED BY
TBD vs EST K. KANEPI
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
CHI A. GUARACHI/USA J. PEGULA (3) vs CZE L. HRADECKA/IND S. MIRZA

Court 3

Starts at 11:00 AM

GER V. HEISEN/CHN Y. XU vs NOR U. EIKERI/UKR N. KICHENOK
SUSPENDED
Round of 16
TPE H. CHAN/CHN Z. YANG vs SUI B. BENCIC/UKR A. KALININA
3 2 -
6 2 -
FOLLOWED BY
POL A. ROSOLSKA/NZL E. ROUTLIFFE vs SLO A. KLEPAC/POL M. LINETTE (4)
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
TBD vs HUN A. BONDAR/POL M. FRECH
by atlpam
Deuce wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:19 am Glad you got to see an almost complete day of tennis...

Navarro's dad intervened tonight and created a thunderstorm just as his daughter was about to lose to Jabeur (3-6, 2-5).
That will only take 5 minutes to complete, obviously (unless Mr. Navarro makes the rain endure for the rest of the week)...

It's quite wet right now (even on clay), with the rain continuing, and thunder and lightning still around, and no sun to help dry it once it stops, obviously... so it's looking like Leylah probably won't play tonight.
I estimate they'll give it until 10:30pm or so - and if Jabeur and Navarro aren't on the court by then, Leylah won't be playing tonight - which means she may have to play 2 matches tomorrow.

And, of course, there was the daily in-match retirement today - Zheng retired at 2-5 in the 3rd vs. Alexandrova. I don't know the story there - but unless she fell and broke her leg, retiring at that point in the match is not a good way to create a positive reputation. It's very disappointing, as she's young (19), and I see her as potentially being the dominant player that people thought Sabalenka would be.
I heard there was a lightning strike on the grounds last night. Weather definitely got ugly again last night so no surprise they had to cancel the rest of the night session. I saw the Zheng score but did not hear any details as to what caused her to retire.
by Deuce The Order Of Play right now has Leylah vs. Linette as the 2nd match on Althea Gibson court, and the winner of that match facing Kanepi in the 4th match on that court. There is no indication that the 4th match will only be played after a certain hour of the day.
Apparently Linette has a doubles match scheduled today, as well, and so could potentially play 3 matches today - which is ridiculous.

It would also be ridiculous to have Leylah or Linette play their second singles match potentially 90 minutes or 2 hours after their first singles match.

Meanwhile, the winner of Jabeur - Navarro gets a significantly longer period of rest before they must return to play their second match of the day, even though the completion of their first match will likely take about 5 minutes, as Jabeur is up a set and 5-2.

Unless they know something which is not indicated on the official Order of Play, this is very strange scheduling.
by Deuce Anisimova over Sabalenka in 3. Sabalenka won the 1st set.
Anisimova did what she had to do... but Sabalenka once again did her best to give the match away. This time, she succeeded.
Sabalenka had completely disappeared in the 3rd set, and Anisimova was up 4-0 when she lost a first serve due to a second time violation (which seemed unwarranted to me, as she was starting her service motion when it was called). She got broken in that game, and Sabalenka won the next game on serve easily. Anisimova was clearly flustered by the time violation penalty. But Sabalenka didn’t take advantage, losing Anisimova’s next service game at love, not putting even one return in play.
Plenty of double faults at bad times for Sabalenka, as well...

Meanwhile, Jabeur, of course, finished off Navarro - it didn’t even take 5 minutes - closer to 3 minutes.

And the original ‘Coco’ - Vandeweghe - (a ‘lucky loser’) surprisingly beat Pegula in 3... Interesting 3rd set - Vandeweghe was up 5-1... Pegula narrowed it to 5-4, then, serving to tie it at 5, Pegula ran up for a short ball and hit a winner - but in so doing, she just barely touched the net, giving Vandeweghe a match point, which she converted.
by meganfernandez In the previous round, Gasanova wouldn't shake Vandeweghe's hand.
I watched some of the first set of Sabalenka-Anisimova, and Anisimova was very frustrated. Couldn't get anything going on Sabalenka's serve - which has improved. Good turnaround. I was surprised to see the result.

Deuce wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 5:33 pm Anisimova over Sabalenka in 3. Sabalenka won the 1st set.
Anisimova did what she had to do... but Sabalenka once again did her best to give the match away. This time, she succeeded.
Sabalenka had completely disappeared in the 3rd set, and Anisimova was up 4-0 when she lost a first serve due to a second time violation (which seemed unwarranted to me, as she was starting her service motion when it was called). She got broken in that game, and Sabalenka won the next game on serve easily. Anisimova was clearly flustered by the time violation penalty. But Sabalenka didn’t take advantage, losing Anisimova’s next service game at love, not putting even one return in play.
Plenty of double faults at bad times for Sabalenka, as well...

Meanwhile, Jabeur, of course, finished off Navarro - it didn’t even take 5 minutes - closer to 3 minutes.

And the original ‘Coco’ - Vandeweghe - (a ‘lucky loser’) surprisingly beat Pegula in 3... Interesting 3rd set - Vandeweghe was up 5-1... Pegula narrowed it to 5-4, then, serving to tie it at 5, Pegula ran up for a short ball and hit a winner - but in so doing, she just barely touched the net, giving Vandeweghe a match point, which she converted.
by Suliso Sabalenka is doing a disappearing act for some months now. Only #22 in the race.
by meganfernandez
Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:01 pm Sabalenka is doing a disappearing act for some months now. Only #22 in the race.
After that first set, I thought she had turned things around for the year. Oh well. Rough road this year, but last year was very good. Her results might always be up and down. Her serve is better, at least. Very good in the first set.
by Deuce
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 5:53 pm In the previous round, Gasanova wouldn't shake Vandeweghe's hand.
^ Heh... I'd wager that's not a first for Vandeweghe... :)
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:04 pm After that first set, I thought she had turned things around for the year. Oh well. Rough road this year, but last year was very good. Her results might always be up and down. Her serve is better, at least. Very good in the first set.
^ ... and not very good in the 2nd or 3rd sets.
She might actually be the most inconsistent player within a match in the history of tennis.
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by Deuce This rain/weather delay, which looks like it will last a total of about 90 minutes, is not good for Leylah and Linette, as the winner must play another match today - and in Linette's case, also a doubles match today.

On the one hand, it allows them to rest now... But on the other hand, it pushes the entire schedule back by 90 minutes, thus potentially condensing the matches, possibly giving less time between matches for the winner.

Leylah was ahead 5-3 in the 1st set when play was stopped.
by ti-amie
by Deuce Leylah and Linette are in a 3rd set, exchanging breaks of serve.
The fact that they're playing 3 sets doesn't bode well for the winner, who'll have to play another singles match today.
by ti-amie And Leylah just broke to level the third set at 4 all.
by ti-amie Linette takes the match after a somewhat messy third set over Leylah.
by Deuce Incredible.
The 3rd set was nothing but successive breaks of serve.
And in the last game - which lasted about 3 hours -, it looked like neither player wanted to win (maybe because they knew they'd have to play again today!). Leylah saved 7 match points against in that last game. Between Monterrey, Indian Wells, and today, Leylah must have saved more match points against her than any other player this year. It's great that she can battle and save so many... but the goal should be not to get herself in that position so often, of course...
Leylah also had 3 or 4 break points in that last game today to even the set at 5... In the end, Linette finally held serve.

It wasn't a very well played match, but it was certainly dramatic and exciting.
Leylah will definitely feel this loss, as she had her chances.
Now she has to convert back to hard court to play Fed Cup next week. Then back to clay after that, of course...
by Deuce Anhelina Kalinina might be one to watch. She's had a nice past few weeks.
She's currently at a career high ranking of 42...
She just beat Cornet in two tight sets, and 20 minutes later is now on another court to complete her doubles match (with Bencic), which is re-starting at 2-2 in the 2nd set...
Kalinina is not a kid - she's 25 years old... but some players bloom later than others. I'd keep my eye on her this year and next year.

Meanwhile Magda Linette is back on the court playing Kaia Kanepi, after beating Leylah earlier today.
Linette's doubles match is still on the schedule for later tonight, which is ridiculous (a withdrawal in THIS kind of situation is understandable if the doubles match absolutely has to be played tonight).

...And Jabeur just beat Begu in 2 straightforward sets to get herself into the Quarterfinals.
by ti-amie Day 7 Order of Play

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Starts at 11:00 AM

Quarterfinal
CHI A. GUARACHI/USA J. PEGULA (3) vs CZE L. HRADECKA/IND S. MIRZA
NOT BEFORE 1:30 PM
Quarterfinal
SUI B. BENCIC (10) vs ESP P. BADOSA (2)
NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
Quarterfinal
USA A. ANISIMOVA (15) vs USA C. VANDEWEGHE
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
USA C. DOLEHIDE/CHN S. ZHANG (1) vs TBD

Althea Gibson Court

Starts at 12:00 PM

Quarterfinal
TBD vs HUN A. BONDAR/POL M. FRECH
FOLLOWED BY
Round of 16
POL A. ROSOLSKA NZL/E. ROUTLIFFE vs SLO A. KLEPAC/POL M. LINETTE (4)
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
GER V. HEISEN/CHN Y. XU vs TBD
by ti-amie I think they moved Linette's match to tomorrow.
by Deuce
ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:20 am I think they moved Linette's match to tomorrow.
That's good... but it really only postpones the problem if she keeps winning.

She just won the 1st set vs. Kanepi - which, given the neverending match vs. Leylah, is impressive.

Why are there only 2 Quarterfinal matches listed for tomorrow? It must be because they don't see the point of writing 'TBD vs. TBD'...
Tomorrow is Friday, and the Finals are on Sunday - so all the Quarters have to be played tomorrow to prevent another day where players will have to play 2 singles matches.

So if Linette wins vs. Kanepi tonight, she must play her Quarterfinal singles match tomorrow. And if she wins her doubles match tomorrow to get into the Quarterfinals, then she'll have to play one singles match and 2 doubles matches tomorrow.
Such are the rewards of success, huh... :roll:
by Deuce And Linette is about to commence playing her 6th singles set of the day, as Kanepi broke her in the last game of the 2nd set.

Linette looks exhausted - and by that look, one would say that if she was going to win this match, it would have had to have been in straight sets. Based on her body language and the way she looked in the last game, I can't see her putting up much of a fight in the 3rd.
But if Kanepi starts spraying balls - as she sometimes does -, it may resurrect Linette...
by Deuce
Deuce wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:17 am Linette looks exhausted - and by that look, one would say that if she was going to win this match, it would have had to have been in straight sets. Based on her body language and the way she looked in the last game, I can't see her putting up much of a fight in the 3rd.
But if Kanepi starts spraying balls - as she sometimes does -, it may resurrect Linette...
Or... I could be wrong.
Linette, 6-2 in the 3rd.
Honestly, I would have given her a standing ovation if I was there.
She looked completely exhausted between points... she dragged her feet shuffling to the chair on changeovers in the 3rd set...
During those 3rd set changeovers, there was a doctor with her, making sure she was surviving.
She not only survived - she won.
Bravo. Bravo.
by ti-amie
Deuce wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:59 am
Deuce wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:17 am Linette looks exhausted - and by that look, one would say that if she was going to win this match, it would have had to have been in straight sets. Based on her body language and the way she looked in the last game, I can't see her putting up much of a fight in the 3rd.
But if Kanepi starts spraying balls - as she sometimes does -, it may resurrect Linette...
Or... I could be wrong.
Linette, 6-2 in the 3rd.
Honestly, I would have given her a standing ovation if I was there.
She looked completely exhausted between points... she dragged her feet shuffling to the chair on changeovers in the 3rd set...
During those 3rd set changeovers, there was a doctor with her, making sure she was surviving.
She not only survived - she won.
Bravo. Bravo.
I am totally surprised that Linette won! Deuce isn't kidding. She looked like she was going to collapse walking back to her seat at the end of the second set.
by Deuce
ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 5:21 pm
Deuce wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:59 am
Deuce wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:17 am Linette looks exhausted - and by that look, one would say that if she was going to win this match, it would have had to have been in straight sets. Based on her body language and the way she looked in the last game, I can't see her putting up much of a fight in the 3rd.
But if Kanepi starts spraying balls - as she sometimes does -, it may resurrect Linette...
Or... I could be wrong.
Linette, 6-2 in the 3rd.
Honestly, I would have given her a standing ovation if I was there.
She looked completely exhausted between points... she dragged her feet shuffling to the chair on changeovers in the 3rd set...
During those 3rd set changeovers, there was a doctor with her, making sure she was surviving.
She not only survived - she won.
Bravo. Bravo.
I am totally surprised that Linette won! Deuce isn't kidding. She looked like she was going to collapse walking back to her seat at the end of the second set.
She lost easily today, though - love and 2 to Alexandrova. Understandable, given what she did yesterday. No gas left in the tank...

She's on the court again right now in a doubles match. If she wins, she is scheduled to play another doubles match (Quarterfinal) right after this one. :roll:

Bencic beat Badosa in 3 sets today, which I'm surprised at. Perhaps Badosa is not completely recovered from whatever ailment weakened her last week in Miami.
Anisimova is, predictably, plowing through Vandeweghe right now...
by Deuce Well... Linette and Klepac won their first doubles match - in a 'match tiebreak', naturally (that was their first round doubles match - 2 days before the Final)... they did their on-court interview, in which it was mentioned that they would go rest for a bit, then return to the court for their second doubles match of the evening (which is already the Quarterfinal, as the draw is small)...

Then, about 15-20 minutes after they left the court, there was an announcement that their Quarterfinal doubles match is postponed until tomorrow at 1:30pm.
That makes sense, as, rather than have Linette play 2 long matches yesterday, then 3 more matches today (1 singles, 2 doubles), it's better for her to play 1 singles and 1 doubles today, and potentially 2 doubles tomorrow.
by ti-amie Day 9 Order of Play

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UPCOMING
Semifinal
USA C. DOLEHIDE/CHN S. ZHANG (1) vs CZE L. HRADECKA/IND S. MIRZA
UPCOMING
Semifinal
RUS E. ALEXANDROVA vs SUI B. BENCIC (10)
UPCOMING
Semifinal
USA A. ANISIMOVA (15) vs TUN O. JABEUR (4)
FOLLOWED BY
Semifinal
TBD vs SUI B. BENCIC/UKR A. KALININA

Althea Gibson Court

Starts at 01:30 PM

UPCOMING
Quarterfinal
GER V. HEISEN/CHN Y. XU vs SLO A. KLEPAC/POL M. LINETTE (4)
by Suliso Nice win for Bencic. She has been playing well the last few weeks (SF in Miami).
by ponchi101 And I thought that on a slow surface Paula would have had a bit of an advantage. I say she has a good chance against Alexandrova.
by Suliso
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:14 pm I say she has a good chance against Alexandrova.
Right you are. :)
by Deuce Anisimova played really well in the 1st set, while Jabeur did not play well, and was frustrated - 6-2 Anisimova.
The 2nd set was almost the exact opposite - Jabeur couldn't miss, while Anisimova couldn't hit a shot. After about 3 games, Anisimova pretty much threw in the towel for the set - 6-1 Jabeur.
Starting the 3rd now...
by Deuce Jabeur 6-4 in the 3rd.
The 5th game of the 3rd set was key... Anisimova was up a break and it was 0-40 on Jabeur’s serve. Jabeur came back to hold, then broke Anisimova at love in the next game, as Anisimova was listless - not running for shots, etc.
Then in the 7th game, Anisimova woke up, played well, and broke back to go up a break again.
Anisimova has a tendency to get down on herself and give up very easily... but then sometimes she rebounds from that at unexpected moments.
Jabeur then broke right back to even the set at 4... It was looking like the never-ending break fest 3rd set of Leylah vs. Linette the other day...
Jabeur then held, then broke as Anisimova melted away again in that final game.
by ponchi101 Jabeur-Bencic. Two easy going and likeable players. Guess the tournament can't ask for more...
by ti-amie Day 9 Order of Play

Credit One Stadium
Starts at 11:00 AM

Final
CZE L. HRADECKA/IND S. MIRZA vs SLO A. KLEPAC/POL M. LINETTE (4)
NOT BEFORE 1:30 PM
Final
TUN O. JABEUR (4) vs SUI B. BENCIC (10)
by ashkor87 Bencic has really improved her serve. She used to toss too close to her body, leaving her cramped now it is slightly away, gives her room to hit it .and, I am sure, COVID took a long time for her to recover from ..
by ashkor87 This green clay is always slippery, even more than red - Jabeur will do very well here.. she stays low, maintains her balance, and her drop shots can be lethal here.. I love Bencic, but I expect Jabeur to beat her here..
by Deuce I still say that it's significantly more grey than it is green... :P

And, yes, it is a slippery surface to play on. That's what I dislike most about it - even more than the bad bounces. Unless it's watered regularly (and by regularly, I mean like at least once an hour during a sunny day), it gets quite slippery when it dries, and it feels like playing on a layer of ice.
But if you put too much water on it, it becomes too sticky, and you can trip in it.
Watering it just the right amount, and as often as needed is kind of an art.

Red clay (which is actually more orange than red) is quite different from the grey clay.
by ponchi101
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 5:23 am This green clay is always slippery, even more than red - Jabeur will do very well here.. she stays low, maintains her balance, and her drop shots can be lethal here.. I love Bencic, but I expect Jabeur to beat her here..
I always felt that Har-Tru is an underrated surface. Sure, it can get very slippery when it dries up, but a well-kept court can be fair to all styles. You can serve and volley because the volleys will have penetration, and you can play from the back also. Water it more, and it is slow, a bit less and it is fast.
Kyrgios would hate it. It is the most changing of all surfaces.
by the Moz Hooray BB :D

and OJ a class act in defeat :thumbsup:
by Deuce Bencic was the better player today and fully deserved the victory.

As much as I like Jabeur, I find she gets down on herself too easily and too quickly - and that hurts her. I don't mind the throwing the racquet in anger - that can act as motivation to improve... but many times today, she threw up her hands in disgust with herself, and that's not a productive mindset to have - especially when it's repeated many times, as today.
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by Deuce
ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:36 pm
Given what Linette went through with the scheduling this week, this is quite impressive.
by ponchi101 Very pretty trophies. I had not seen them before.
Good win for Belinda. Let's hope she will be in the mix for RG.
by ashkor87
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:27 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 5:23 am This green clay is always slippery, even more than red - Jabeur will do very well here.. she stays low, maintains her balance, and her drop shots can be lethal here.. I love Bencic, but I expect Jabeur to beat her here..
I always felt that Har-Tru is an underrated surface. Sure, it can get very slippery when it dries up, but a well-kept court can be fair to all styles. You can serve and volley because the volleys will have penetration, and you can play from the back also. Water it more, and it is slow, a bit less and it is fast.
Kyrgios would hate it. It is the most changing of all surfaces.
Fair enough..I have played on it only once,at the Rock Creek club in the DC area, about 38 years ago...didn't feel like clay, felt like a slippery hard court..
by ashkor87
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:15 am Very pretty trophies. I had not seen them before.
Good win for Belinda. Let's hope she will be in the mix for RG.
Yes but I have little hope she can do well at RG..Wimbledon, yes..
by Suliso It is my view that Bencic's A game is superior to Jabeur's. This time it reflects in the final score as well. 6th career title for Belinda.
by ashkor87
Suliso wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:25 am It is my view that Bencic's A game is superior to Jabeur's. This time it reflects in the final score as well. 6th career title for Belinda.
Yes, I agree..in the end she is simply the better player
by Deuce
Suliso wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:25 am It is my view that Bencic's A game is superior to Jabeur's. This time it reflects in the final score as well. 6th career title for Belinda.
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:06 am Yes, I agree..in the end she is simply the better player
By "game is superior" and "better player", do you two mean that Bencic is superior to/better than Jabeur when the two play against each other, or that Bencic is superior to/better than Jabeur overall, when playing against all the players?

I remind you that the generally accepted unit of measure when it comes to the latter (against all players) is the official ranking system, in which Jabeur is currently #10, and Bencic is #13.

My personal perspective is that the quality/talent level of these two players vs. all players is quite similar. Their style of play, however, is not very similar. I prefer watching Jabeur, because she is more creative and incorporates more variety, and thus is more interesting for me.
Psychologically, I'd say that Jabeur is slightly stronger - though I don't consider either of them among the, say, top 10 mentally strongest WTA players. That said, I believe that Bencic has become psychologically stronger in the past couple of months or so than she was previously - likely due to an age/experience based increased overall maturity.
by Suliso It is a completely subjective assessment that if Bencic and Jabeur were to play 10 matches against each other Belinda would win 6-7. In principle clay ought to favor Jabeur. Historically Bencic is weaker than her ranking indicates on this surface, but then again the green US clay is a bit unique.
by ponchi101
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 3:36 am ...
Fair enough..I have played on it only once,at the Rock Creek club in the DC area, about 38 years ago...didn't feel like clay, felt like a slippery hard court..
It felt like a slippery hard court because that is what it is ;)
Serious here, it was my surface of choice for years. The club I played in in Caracas had har-tru courts, but not well kept. But I find that transitioning from Har-Tru to clay is very easy. You can slide and play good defense on it.
In the 70's, it showed some promise. But Connors did not like it much (even though he won one USO on it) and it took away from the American power servers, which was its death sentence. When the USO moved to Flushing, it simply would not survive. Now it is pretty much present in the American South (Georgia, Fl, the Carolinas, Texas) but I don't know if in any other places.
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Belinda Vs Ons, on multiple surfaces? Only two matches in the H2H, both Belinda's. But I would say Ons would beat her on clay (not har-tru, as we saw yesterday) and Belinda would be favored on hards. But totally a worthless opinion.
by JTContinental This was 46-year-old former doubles #1 Kveta Peschke's last tour event. She will be retiring later this summer at Wimbledon.
by Owendonovan I thought Mirza retired.
Nevermind, this is last years tourney I clicked on.
by ti-amie Ed Salmon
@fogmount@mas.to
Down 0-6 1-4 to Jabeur in Charleston, Kalinskaya retires due to illness.

She also took an MTO for a large blister on her heel.