2018 WTA CINC

WWW CINCY?

  • Back to back for Halep

    Votes: 7 35.0%
  • Wozniacki

    Votes: 1 5.0%
  • Stephens

    Votes: 1 5.0%
  • Kerber

    Votes: 4 20.0%
  • Svitolina

    Votes: 2 10.0%
  • Muguruza

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Kvitova

    Votes: 2 10.0%
  • Serena W

    Votes: 3 15.0%
  • Azarenka

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    20
  • Poll closed .
Draw: http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2018/1017/MDS.pdf

All top 10 is participating, Venus and Buzarnesu are out from the top 20.
That is if Muguruza doesn't withdraw.

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She's also the defending champ.
Seeds are: Halep, Woz, Stephens, Kerber, Svitolina, Garcia, Muguruza and Kvitova.
Sleepers: Ostapenko, Barty (Q1) Azarenka, Konta, Radwanska (Q2), Serena, Goerges (Q3), Kasatkina, Osaka, Vandeweghe (Q4).

So WWW?
 
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Halep has my respect after that match today, what a performance. But winning two premier tournaments in a row is a lot to ask. Angie ftw, she's due.
 

Bolt

Semi-Pro
I saw many of the practice courts and qualifying matches the last two days and I'd say kerber looks sharp, muguruza was not happy with her wrist or forehand, radwanska looked very rusty, kanepi looked awful against an awful lisicki, mattek-sands is a super cool person and super rusty, ostapenko still can't serve, pliskova looked good, kuzmova can bang, Serena looks immobile, kvitova needs a cheeseburger, Vekic is a major head case (didn't qualify), kuznetsova looks happy/relaxed.

So my pick is Kerber.
 

PDJ

G.O.A.T.
No "other"?
Therefore I've gone with the closest alternative "S.Williams".

P.S. l misread the thread title and thought it said 'Clinic' :)
 
P.S. l misread the thread title and thought it said 'Clinic' :)

I was typing the title thread and stop because I wasn't sure it is Cincinnati or Cincinati or any other combination and continue with the content.
Then I forgot to edit the thread title. #ShortTermMemoryProblem
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
Suarez-Navarro and Azarenka playing a 3rd set in their 1R match. Vika was up 3-0 but Carla broke back and now serving at 2-3. Seems she had an MTOa bit ago. Love the 1-gander of Carla.

Match now at 3-3
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
Annoyed with Tennis Channel (TC Plus). Missed the Goerges match cuz TC+ was showing the wrong feed for the Grandstand. Instead it was a duplication of the Center Court match.

Tomljanovic up, 4-1, over Begu on court 7.
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
Changes! Away from the match for a while. Tomljanovic had won the 1st 4 games of the match.. now down a break at 4-5.

Begu, serving, just took the set after a slow start.
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
3-3 now. Ball change.

Noticed a bit earlier that the women appear to be using Penn Champioship balls, red label (std duty). Curious that they are Penn rather than Wilson US Open balls for a US Open Series event. Penn must still be a major sponsor for this event
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
They did use the US Open balls in Canada. Extra duty in Toronto and red ‘Wilson’ in Montreal. Same convention for the actual US Open in NY. Do not recall what balls they used in DC and San Jose.
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
Even with 12 Qualifers in the main event, some good, tough matches in 1R.

Sabalenka thru to the next round. Even tho she and Konta were making some noise (particularly on the Saba serve), it was not that objectionable on court 3, w/o the highly amplified court microphones. Grunting was more noticeable on the large courts in Montreal. Hotter court mikes, no doubt.
 
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Things are heating up early in Cincinnati. We have a 2nd round match-up of Petra Kvitova vs. Serena Williams!!!

I may not be around tomorrow night, but I would fully support a separate thread for this WTA second round clash :cool:
 
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Siniakova and Rebecca Peterson exchange service breaks early in their match on court 3. Siniakova winning in the facial expression category however.
 

skyline

Legend
Wow, I didn’t expect Serena to steamroll Daria like that. For those who watched, was she solid or was Daria a disaster?

I hate how espn doesn’t show anything until Thursday.
 

AM75

Hall of Fame
Nice to see Serena back though I would never understand why did Gavrilova hit the ball right to Serena's striking zone without variations whatsoever over and over again.

Did she think red is the target where she supposed to aim the ball?
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
Things are heating up early in Cincinnati. We have a 2nd round match-up of Petra Kvitova vs. Serena Williams!!!

I may not be around tomorrow night, but I would fully support a separate thread for this WTA second round clash :cool:

Not worth it if the same Serena shows up who put in a brief appearance in San Jose


Siniakova and Rebecca Peterson exchange service breaks early in their match on court 3. Siniakova winning in the facial expression category however.

My favorite expression from her:

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(Shame she has such an oddball serve trophy).
 

skyline

Legend
Nice to see Serena back though I would never understand why did Gavrilova hit the ball right to Serena's striking zone without variations whatsoever over and over again.

Did she think red is the target where she supposed to aim the ball?
She’s a pusher so she probably tried to wait out errors? Plus if Serena was hitting a heavy ball it may have been hard to redirect? I don’t know, I couldn’t see it, so just guessing....

I really wish espn wasn’t so crappy.
 
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Siniakova is complaining about the loud music seeping into her playing space from another court. Despite the distraction, she is taking care of biz.
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
Nice to see Serena back though I would never understand why did Gavrilova hit the ball right to Serena's striking zone without variations whatsoever over and over again.

Did she think red is the target where she supposed to aim the ball?

I smell a payoff. Serena’s ppl didn’t want another embarrassing performance like she suffered in SJ at the hands of Konta.
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
She’s a pusher so she probably tried to wait out errors? Plus if Serena was hitting a heavy ball it may have been hard to redirect? I don’t know, I couldn’t see it, so just guessing....

I really wish espn wasn’t so crappy.

You can get most of the matches on Tennis Channel Plus. Comes out to $5 US per month. Can cancel after the U.S. Open is over. Don't need access to the regular TC
 

skyline

Legend
I’d get TC if it gave me consistent access to women’s matches. Well I guess I might purchase anyway.

WTA needs to get its stuff together. Wasn’t stuff supposed to be on Bein?
 
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