2021 Australian Open - WTA Thread

Who will win AO 2021?

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Enceladus

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Defending champion: Sofia Kenin
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Past AO champions, who will participating in the 2021 edition: Serena Williams (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017), Victoria Azarenka (2012-13), Angelique Kerber (2016), Naomi Osaka (2019)

Official website: www.ausopen.com
Wiki-link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Australian_Open_–_Women's_Singles
Edition: 95th edition of women's singles at the Australian Open (53rd in the Open Era)
Date: 8–20 February
Category: Grand Slam
Governing body: Tennis Australia
Number of players in main draw: 128S
Total prize money: AUD $71,5 million (USD $55 million)
Prize money breakdown:
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Surface: Hard (GreenSet)
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue: Melbourne Park
TV broadcast: https://ausopen.com/broadcasters
 
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WTA entry list:
Main draw singles:
1 Barty, Ashleigh (AUS)
2 Halep, Simona (ROU)
3 Osaka, Naomi (JPN)
4 Kenin, Sofia (USA)
5 Svitolina, Elina (UKR)
6 Pliskova, Karolina (CZE)
7 Andreescu, Bianca (CAN)
8 Kvitova, Petra (CZE)
9 Bertens, Kiki (NED)
10 Sabalenka, Aryna (BLR)
11 Williams, Serena (USA)
12 Bencic, Belinda (SUI)
13 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR)
14 Konta, Johanna (GBR)
15 Muguruza, Garbiñe (ESP)
16 Keys, Madison (USA)
17 Swiatek, Iga (POL)
18 Martic, Petra (CRO)
19 Rybakina, Elena (KAZ)
20 Mertens, Elise (BEL)
21 Vondrousova, Marketa (CZE)
22 Sakkari, Maria (GRE)
23 Kontaveit, Anett (EST)
24 Brady, Jennifer (USA)
25 Kerber, Angelique (GER)
26 Riske, Alison (USA)
27 Muchova, Karolina (CZE)
28 Putintseva, Yulia (KAZ)
29 Yastremska, Dayana (UKR)
30 Anisimova, Amanda (USA)
31 Jabeur, Ons (TUN)
32 Vekic, Donna (CRO)
33 Alexandrova, Ekaterina (RUS)
34 Wang, Qiang (CHN)
35 Zhang, Shuai (CHN)
36 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS)
37 Strycova, Barbora (CZE)
38 Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia (RUS)
39 Stephens, Sloane (USA)
40 Linette, Magda (POL)
41 Zheng, Saisai (CHN)
42 Ferro, Fiona (FRA)
43 Garcia, Caroline (FRA)
44 Ostapenko, Jelena (LAT)
45 Collins, Danielle (USA)
46 Kudermetova, Veronika (RUS)
47 Podoroska, Nadia (ARG)
47 Shvedova, Yaroslava (KAZ) SR
48 Gauff, Cori (USA)
49 Hercog, Polona (SLO)
50 Mladenovic, Kristina (FRA)
51 Siegemund, Laura (GER)
52 Bouzkova, Marie (CZE)
53 Cornet, Alizé (FRA)
54 Sevastova, Anastasija (LAT)
55 Peterson, Rebecca (SWE)
56 Tig, Patricia Maria (ROU)
57 Teichmann, Jil (SUI)
58 Watson, Heather (GBR)
59 Siniakova, Katerina (CZE)
60 Rogers, Shelby (USA)
61 Blinkova, Anna (RUS)
62 Pera, Bernarda (USA)
63 Pegula, Jessica (USA)
64 Van Uytvanck, Alison (BEL)
65 Krejcikova, Barbora (CZE)
66 Sorribes Tormo, Sara (ESP)
67 Hsieh, Su-Wei (TPE)
68 Tomljanovic, Ajla (AUS)
69 Pliskova, Kristyna (CZE)
70 Badosa, Paula (ESP) ?
71 Cirstea, Sorana (ROU)
72 Kasatkina, Daria (RUS)
73 Hibino, Nao (JPN)
74 Rus, Arantxa (NED)
75 Davis, Lauren (USA)
76 Giorgi, Camila (ITA)
77 Kovinic, Danka (MNE)
78 Begu, Irina-Camelia (ROU)
78 Zvonareva, Vera (RUS) SR
79 Williams, Venus (USA)
80 Diyas, Zarina (KAZ)
81 McHale, Christina (USA)
82 Brengle, Madison (USA)
83 Doi, Misaki (JPN)
85 Trevisan, Martina (ITA)
85 Boulter, Katie (GBR) SR
86 Flipkens, Kirsten (BEL)
87 Zidansek, Tamara (SLO)
88 Fernandez, Leylah (CAN)
90 Sasnovich, Aliaksandra (BLR)
91 Zhu, Lin (CHN)
92 Bogdan, Ana (ROU)
93 Kanepi, Kaia (EST)
94 Gracheva, Varvara (RUS)
95 Wang, Yafan (CHN)
96 Paolini, Jasmine (ITA)
97 Kuzmova, Viktoria (SVK)
98 Li, Ann (USA)
99 Kostyuk, Marta (UKR)
100 Stojanovic, Nina (SRB)
101 Potapova, Anastasia (RUS)
101 Barthel, Mona (GER) SR
102 Petkovic, Andrea (GER)

Alternates:
103 Bolsova, Aliona (ESP)
104 Juvan, Kaja (SLO)
104 Buzarnescu, Mihaela (ROU) SR
106 Kozlova, Kateryna (UKR)
107 Dodin, Oceane (FRA)
109 Maria, Tatjana (GER)
110 Minnen, Greet (BEL)
111 Friedsam, Anna-Lena (GER)
112 Stosur, Samantha (AUS)
113 Kawa, Katarzyna (POL)
114 Kalinskaya, Anna (RUS)
115 Babos, Timea (HUN)
116 Voegele, Stefanie (SUI)
118 Zavatska, Katarina (UKR)
119 Bara, Irina (ROU)
120 Martincova, Tereza (CZE)
121 McNally, Catherine (USA)
122 Bonaventure, Ysaline (BEL)
123 Wang, Xiyu (CHN)
123 Pironkova, Tsvetana (BUL) SR
124 Diatchenko, Vitalia (RUS)
125 Gasparyan, Margarita (RUS)
126 Korpatsch, Tamara (GER)
127 Samsonova, Liudmila (RUS)
128 Sherif, Mayar (EGY)
129 Sharma, Astra (AUS)
130 Inglis, Maddison (AUS)
131 Errani, Sara (ITA)
132 Cocciaretto, Elisabetta (ITA)
133 Bellis, Catherine (USA)

Wild cards (all Australians):
  • Samantha Stosur
  • Destanee Aiava
  • Arina Rodionova
  • Astra Sharma
  • Kimberly Birrell
  • Daria Gavrilova
  • Maddison Inglis
  • Lizette Cabrera
Qualifiers:
  • Tímea Babos (HUN)
  • Clara Burel (FRA)
  • Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)
  • Olga Danilović (SRB)
  • Sara Errani (ITA)
  • Mayo Hibi (JPN)
  • Francesca Jones (GBR)
  • Kaja Juvan (SVN)
  • Rebecca Marino (CAN)
  • Greet Minnen (BEL)
  • Whitney Osuigwe (USA)
  • Chloé Paquet (FRA)
  • Tsvetana Pironkova (BGR)
  • Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)
  • Valeria Savinykh (RUS)
  • Mayar Sherif (EGY)
Lucky losers:
  • Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL)
  • Margarita Gasparyan (RUS)
  • Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (SVK)
 
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Enceladus

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The poll will be issued after the draw ceremony, which will be at 6 pm Melbourne Time, ie at 7 am GMT and 2 am EST.
 
Harry_Wild

Harry_Wild

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Must be a big letdown to not qualify for main draw if you are from North/South America and EU. The travel time to Australia is a long flight.
 
NaomiKonjuhPotapova

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The Q3 is brutal:
Osaka, Andreescu, Kvitova, Muguruza, Kerber, Venus, Jabeur.

Top half tho, if Barty couldn't make it I hope Vika wake the f-up and take that spot.
 
TagUrIt

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It’s a shame about Yastremska, I’m not saying she would have won, but maybe she would have made it a few rounds. I enjoying her game and watching her play.
 
HarveyPitnik

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volleyandfun said:
Nice long poll.
Who is the guy on here who always votes OTHER and claims victory at the end?
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I picked 'other' once again. (No such claims by me ever, however!:D ) After Abu Dhabi Sabalenka was hailed as THE favorite for the Aussie title and now suddenly she's not even in the poll!?? I didn't see her performance against Kanepi - so maybe I'm "off the tracks"- but I still believe in her chances. And then there is one American (not in the poll) I have quite a trust in...
Of course Muguruza seems really strong at the moment, but so many times these pre-slam-blossomers have failed that I believe Mugu won't go all the way either.

Unlike NKP I would like the winner to be genuine person - not anyone's copycat- and also non-airhead. :whistle: And Venus is supposedly some strong contender?:-D In that part of the draw there is for example Pironkova that actually can still produce good, winning tennis!?
 
volleyandfun

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HarveyPitnik said:
I picked 'other' once again. (No such claims by me ever, however!:D ) After Abu Dhabi Sabalenka was hailed as THE favorite for the Aussie title and now suddenly she's not even in the poll!?? I didn't see her performance against Kanepi - so maybe I'm "off the tracks"- but I still believe in her chances. And then there is one American (not in the poll) I have quite a trust in...
Of course Muguruza seems really strong at the moment, but so many times these pre-slam-blossomers have failed that I believe Mugu won't go all the way either.

Unlike NKP I would like the winner to be genuine person - not anyone's copycat- and also non-airhead. :whistle: And Venus is supposedly some strong contender?:-D In that part of the draw there is for example Pironkova that actually can still produce good, winning tennis!?
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Yes, I know, it was PDJ and NKP picked it up right away ;)
I watched about a set of Sabalenka Kanepi match, Sabalenka was very erratic, playing very nervous. Similar to the match she had with Jabeur in Abu Dhabi (except she won that one)

I think would be good idea for those voting "Other" to at least specify the name in comment section
 
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NaomiKonjuhPotapova

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volleyandfun said:
Yes, I know, it was PDJ and NKP picked it up right away ;)
I watched about a set of Sabalenka Kanepi match, Sabalenka was very erratic, playing very nervous. Similar to the match she had with Jabeur in Abu Dhabi (except she won that one)

I think would be good idea for those voting "Other" to at least specify the name in comment section
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i rarely pick other hey! This tourney Sabalenka is the strong 'other' for me. She always fold at slams tho, so we shall see.

I watched most of Garbine matches last week, so she's the one to watch. Barty and Osaka average display and I don't really like Serena's game anymore.
 
elkwood

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I think this tournment more then others really wide open. Some players seem to be in good forum coming in.

Any of the top 20 stand a chance to win. For my dark horse i like Fernandez, Leylah to make it to the second week
 
FakeEmpire

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Well, Serena's outfit is... something. I don't know how to describe the thing. You have to see it to believe it.

And gets broken to start the match, almost as usual.
 
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The Green Mile

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Pretty useless set from Siegemund. Won something like 7 points after that shocking first service game from Serena.

Couldn't do anything to counter or pressure Serena at all...
 
FakeEmpire

FakeEmpire

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Meanwhile, Kerber has lost the first set 6-0 against Bernarda Pera. And has already lost the first service game in the second serve. Just an awful body language at the moment.
 
Aussie Darcy

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FakeEmpire said:
Meanwhile, Kerber has lost the first set 6-0 against Bernarda Pera. And has already lost the first service game in the second serve. Just an awful body language at the moment.
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Crap, too many streams I haven't been able to check in on the Kerber match
 
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