2018 Miami Open - WTA Premier Mandatory

[Aussie Darcy]

Another week, another Premier Mandatory tournament.

Seeded players are: Halep, Wozniacki, Muguruza, Svitolina, Pliskova, Ostapenko, Garcia, Venus, Kvitova, Kerber, Konta, Goerges, Sloane, Keys, Mladenovic, Coco, Rybarikova, Kuznetsova, Kasatkina, Sevastova, Barty, Mertens, Pavlyuchenkova, Vesnina, Strycova, Gavrilova, Suarez Navarro, Kontaveit, Bertens, Radwanska, Zhang and Cirstea.

Wildcards have gone to: Anismova, Azarenka, Liu, Mattek-Sands, Osuigwe, Pera, Tomljanovic and Serena Williams.

Withdrawals so far: Domi, Konjuh, Lucic-Baroni (what has happened to her?), Peng, Safarova and Sharapova.

Konta is the defending champ in singles whilst Dabrowski/Xu are the defending doubles champs.

Booted Ostapenko as a poll option and replaced her with Kerber. Also couldn't include defending champ Konta as her ranking has dropped off and I didn't know who to kick out.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

If Konta falls early she could plummet out of the top 20.

 

[Felix le chat]

I voted "other"...instead of Garcia ( I'm French and I know that French players, men and women, are mentally weak...I blame mostly the French media, with the morons writing for the daily "l'Equipe" in first spot also some sponsors "spoiling" upcoming (French) players as soon as they get top 50...).
Poll should have included young guns like Kasatkina and Osaka.
Cheers !! and looking forward to watch the I.Wells finals.

 

[I Am Finnish]

I believe The draw is today

 

[Tshooter]

If Konta falls early she could plummet out of the top 20.

Part of the process.

 

[Gytha]

I have low expectations nowadays of Konta, sadly any win's a bonus

 

[ruerooo]

Another week, another Premier Mandatory tournament.

Seeded players are: Halep, Wozniacki, Muguruza, Svitolina, Pliskova, Ostapenko, Garcia, Venus, Kvitova, Kerber, Konta, Goerges, Sloane, Keys, Mladenovic, Coco, Rybarikova, Kuznetsova, Kasatkina, Sevastova, Barty, Mertens, Pavlyuchenkova, Vesnina, Strycova, Gavrilova, Suarez Navarro, Kontaveit, Bertens, Radwanska, Zhang and Cirstea.

Wildcards have gone to: Anismova, Azarenka, Liu, Mattek-Sands, Osuigwe, Pera, Tomljanovic and Serena Williams.

Withdrawals so far: Domi, Konjuh, Lucic-Baroni (what has happened to her?), Peng, Safarova and Sharapova.

Konta is the defending champ in singles whilst Dabrowski/Xu are the defending doubles champs.

Booted Ostapenko as a poll option and replaced her with Kerber. Also couldn't include defending champ Konta as her ranking has dropped off and I didn't know who to kick out.

Naomi for the Sunshine Double

 

[ruerooo]

I voted "other"...instead of Garcia ( I'm French and I know that French players, men and women, are mentally weak...I blame mostly the French media, with the morons writing for the daily "l'Equipe" in first spot also some sponsors "spoiling" upcoming (French) players as soon as they get top 50...).
Poll should have included young guns like Kasatkina and Osaka.
Cheers !! and looking forward to watch the I.Wells finals.

Je me sens obligée de féliciter L'Équipe et l'autre presse française, car ils couvrent Victoria Duval, qui est Hatienne et qui joue pour les États-Unis, et qui retourne à la WTA 100, quand les médias américains refusent de le faire alors.

Alors ... merci à tous pour ça.

 

[George Turner]

Part of the process.

Do you understand the process of growth?

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.da...thanks-fans-understanding-process-growth.html

 

[Tcbtennis]

I’m at the Miami Open WTA draw ceremony and 1st round match: Serena Williams vs Naomi Osaka!!

 

[Tcbtennis]

CC Bellis vs. Vika

 

[Tcbtennis]

The winner of Serena v Naomi will play Svitolina.

 

[I Am Finnish]

I’m at the Miami Open WTA draw ceremony and 1st round match: Serena Williams vs Naomi Osaka!!

 

[I Am Finnish]

The winner of Serena v Naomi will play Svitolina.

Damn

 

[fundrazer]

Yeah that is a rough draw for sure.

Hopefully muguruza wins a few matches this time. Indian Wells was bad for me with all my favorites other than Roger having a bad week.

 

[Tcbtennis]

Yeah that is a rough draw for sure.

Hopefully muguruza wins a few matches this time. Indian Wells was bad for me with all my favorites other than Roger having a bad week.

Mugu will play the winner of Anisimova vs. Wang

 

[fundrazer]

Mugu will play the winner of Anisimova vs. Wang

Thanks.

Anisimova will probably be tough too. Imagine the crowd will be behind her, although maybe its possible that mugu will have plenty of fans too. Miami always seems to have a lot of South American fans. Maybe not Venezuelan fans, but who knows.

 

[Tcbtennis]

Thanks.

Anisimova will probably be tough too. Imagine the crowd will be behind her, although maybe its possible that mugu will have plenty of fans too. Miami always seems to have a lot of South American fans. Maybe not Venezuelan fans, but who knows.

There is a HUGE Venezuelan community in S.Florida. With the troubles occurring in Venezuela many people have fled to S. Florida. But Amanda is from S. Florida. Last year Amanda was on a outer court where she played Taylor Townsend and it was packed.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Wozniacki to win the title

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Lol dream come true for Naomi.
3 players she wanted to play: Serena, Venus and Maria. She scored a win against Venus and Maria already.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Lol dream come true for Naomi.
3 players she wanted to play: Serena, Venus and Maria. She scored a win against Venus and Maria already.

And she’d probably be the favourite against her.

 

[Deleted member 293577]

Serena has this one wrapped up folks.

 

[70後]

I’m at the Miami Open WTA draw ceremony and 1st round match: Serena Williams vs Naomi Osaka!!

my goodness...

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Serena has this one wrapped up folks.

No guarantees: the Sasha factor might weigh in heavily

 

[SeeingDusk]

Shocked you didn’t put Osaka in your poll! Shame on you!

 

[Soianka]

They have Roberta Vinci listed in the qualifying draw as playing Saschia Vickery in Q1 but Vinci is also listed in the main draw as the 25th seed. What's up with that? She isn't even seeded in the qualifying draw.

 

[Soianka]

They have the 2017 main draw up instead of 2018

 

[I Am Finnish]

Hopefully serena - Osaka is at thursday

 

[Aussie Darcy]

I voted "other"...instead of Garcia
Poll should have included young guns like Kasatkina and Osaka.

QUOTE="SeeingDusk, post: 12129556, member: 69443"]Shocked you didn’t put Osaka in your poll! Shame on you! [/QUOTE]
The thread was done before the final so it was still between Osaka and Kasatkina. Which two was I going to bump them for?

Halep's #1 and was an Indian Wells SFist.
Woz #2 and the Aus champ.
Muguruza the #3 and Wimbledon champ.
Svitolina #4 and Dubai champ.
Pliskova #5 and a QFist in Indian Wells.
Garcia #6 and QFist in Doha and Dubai and 4R Indian Wells.
Venus #8 and a SFist in Indian Wells.
Kerber #10 in great form. SFist as Aus Open and Dubai, QFist in Doha and IW.
Serena. Well I just had to include her.
And then I needed a spot for 'other'.

 

[Deleted member 293577]

QUOTE="SeeingDusk, post: 12129556, member: 69443"]Shocked you didn’t put Osaka in your poll! Shame on you!
The thread was done before the final so it was still between Osaka and Kasatkina. Which two was I going to bump them for?

Halep's #1 and was an Indian Wells SFist.
Woz #2 and the Aus champ.
Muguruza the #3 and Wimbledon champ.
Svitolina #4 and Dubai champ.
Pliskova #5 and a QFist in Indian Wells.
Garcia #6 and QFist in Doha and Dubai and 4R Indian Wells.
Venus #8 and a SFist in Indian Wells.
Kerber #10 in great form. SFist as Aus Open and Dubai, QFist in Doha and IW.
Serena. Well I just had to include her.
And then I needed a spot for 'other'.

And at the very least, an honorable mention needs to go out to Petra Kvitova. A couple premier 2018 titles, a 14-match winning streak, etc.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

And at the very least, an honorable mention needs to go out to Petra Kvitova. A couple premier 2018 titles, a 14-match winning streak, etc.

Crap! There's just too many! I can't keep up.

 

[Deleted member 293577]

Crap! There's just too many! I can't keep up.

I know, big changes happening in the WTA! And... Ana Ivanovic gave birth to a baby boy!!

 

[MichaelNadal]

C'mon Venus

 

[Moose Malloy]

I’m at the Miami Open WTA draw ceremony and 1st round match: Serena Williams vs Naomi Osaka!!

If a seed pulls out before the event begins, would Osaka get their spot? Or would the next highest ranked player from last weeks rankings get that spot?

 

[Pagoo]

Serena vs Osaka should be a fun one. I hope Serena is up to the task.

 

[Felix le chat]

Kasatkina AND Osaka + their entourage flew all together ---> Miami in a private jet.

Burning $$ some $$ of that hard earned prize money.

 

[Tcbtennis]

I would to share some photos that I take at the Miami Open this weekend here at TT but I have no idea how to do that . Any help would be appreciated.

 

[tennis4me]

If Osaka beats Serena ...

Serena is not in top form, but she's not going to go down easily. I bet Serena is going to get pumped up even more facing the young Osaka. Hoping for an interesting match. Battle of two power players.

 

[skyline]

I can't believe Serena and Osaka are meeting in the 1R. I swear, it's as if the draw was fixed (yes, I know it's not).

I think it will give extra fire to Serena to face little Serena , so should be a good match. Hopefully, she plays it cool and doesn't lose her head like she was doing against Vee.

Unfortunately, I think she's gonna be done in 2R if she does get past Naomi. Svitolina? I don't think she's ready for that.

 

[Harry_Wild]

I am pulling for Osaka to win this too!

 

[skyline]

If Serena keeps getting draws this screwed up, she's gonna have to enter some less prestigious tournaments to get match play.

 

[Harry_Wild]

I can't believe Serena and Osaka are meeting in the 1R. I swear, it's as if the draw was fixed (yes, I know it's not).

I think it will give extra fire to Serena to face little Serena , so should be a good match. Hopefully, she plays it cool and doesn't lose her head like she was doing against Vee.

Unfortunately, I think she's gonna be done in 2R if she does get past Naomi. Svitolina? I don't think she's ready for that.

Svitolina? Osaka is much better then Svitolina now! If Serena can get pass Osaka; she in line to win Miami again.

 

[skyline]

Svitolina? Osaka is much better then Svitolina now! If Serena can get pass Osaka; she in line to win Miami again.

Naomi might be a bit tired/deflated from her huge run at IW title, plus her style matches up with Serena's much better than Svitolina's does. Serena likes big hitters.

Of course Naomi is the favorite between the two (she's in much better shape and super confident), but if she does go down, I still expect Serena not to make it past round 2. Her draw just sucks.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Qualifying:

Errani led in the 3rd set 5-0 Adv in deuce but went on to lose the match...
Bouchard gets a much needed win. Into the final qualies round.
Vickery got a brutal 1QR against Vinci. They're in a 3rd set ATM.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Also:
Main draw: http://miamiopen.com/wtamds0319.pdf
OOP: http://miamiopen.com/draws-and-order-of-play

 

[Harry_Wild]

Qualifying:

Errani led in the 3rd set 5-0 Adv in deuce but went on to lose the match...
Bouchard gets a much needed win. Into the final qualies round.
Vickery got a brutal 1QR against Vinci. They're in a 3rd set ATM.

Third set - Vinci took it 6-2!

 

[Harry_Wild]

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/miami-draw-analysis-new-champ-osaka-set-first-serena-showdown
"The Sunshine Swing heads to the Miami Open for the second Premier Mandatory tournament of the year, and the first week will not be short on drama. WTA Insider breaks down the draw.
To see the full draw, click here.

Tournament snapshot:

Top eight seeds: No.1 Simona Halep, No.2 Caroline Wozniacki, No.3 Garbiñe Muguruza, No.4 Elina Svitolina, No.5 Karolina Pliskova, No.6 Jelena Ostapenko, No.7 Caroline Garcia, No.8 Venus Williams

Top half: Halep, Muguruza, Pliskova, Garcia
Bottom half: Wozniacki, Svitolina, Ostapenko, Venus

Potential quarterfinals: Halep vs. Pliskova, Muguruza vs. Garcia, Svitolina-Ostapenko, Wozniacki vs. Venus.

Last year's final: Johanna Konta d. Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4 6-3.

Naomi Osaka celebrates with coach Sascha Baijin after winning the BNP Paribas Open
Naomi Osaka's bad draw luck continues.

The newly-minuted BNP Paribas Open champion will have no time for a let-down in Miami, where she's been drawn to play Serena Williams in the first round, with the winner to play No.4 Elina Svitolina in the second round. This comes two weeks after she drew Maria Sharapova in the first round of Indian Wells and played Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round.

It will be the first career meeting between Osaka and her idol Serena. Adding further intrigue to the match-up is the fact that Serena's long-time hitting partner Sascha Baijin now coaches Osaka. It's a match that Osaka has been looking forward to for a long time.

"There's basically three people I want to play: Venus, Maria, and Serena. I ticked two off, so now I'm just waiting to play Serena," Osaka said after beating Sharapova in Indian Wells. "I'm looking forward to that.""

 

[Soianka]

If Osaka beats Serena ...

Serena is not in top form, but she's not going to go down easily. I bet Serena is going to get pumped up even more facing the young Osaka. Hoping for an interesting match. Battle of two power players.

I have a hard time imagining Naomi beating Serena even though she probably should.

But if she's able to beat Serena in a competitive match, I'll bet that Naomi will win a slam this year.

 

[70後]

I have a hard time imagining Naomi beating Serena even though she probably should.

But if she's able to beat Serena in a competitive match, I'll bet that Naomi will win a slam this year.

Naomi's serve is still far too breakable atm for me to believe she is really ready to defeat Serena.

A few months with Sascha has fixed a lot, Osaka's DTL backhand was a big weakness 2 years ago too.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Im interested to see what Osaka, Serena, Kasatkina and Svitolina do.....