2019 Italian Open - WTA Thread

[PDJ]

And..... well done Jo.

 

[PDJ]

Garbine retired. Hoping it's not anything serious.

So denied Azarenka the chance to retire.... how rude....

 

[elkwood]

Impressive Mladenovic

Yea i was impressed that she didn't have a let down. Going to be interesting to see
if she can keep her impressive play going

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Jo Konta making QF and possibly SF lol.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Kiki Bertens already dropped 2 sets now. Can she pull Serena's 2013 winning Madrid, Rome and French Open dropping 2 sets only?

 

[spystud]

Kenin takes the first over Karolina @ 4.

 

[spystud]

ost oflsdies matches. other the the Osaka, Clikova match are full!

What in the world happened here?

 

[I Am Finnish]

Konta can play on clay after all
She upsets the clay specialist Stephens

 

[spystud]

Naomi in straights over Buzarnescu.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Kiki Bertens already dropped 2 sets now. Can she pull Serena's 2013 winning Madrid, Rome and French Open dropping 2 sets only?

Maybe

 

[spystud]

Karolina forces 3.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Kenin and Pliskova going the distance, 3rd set underway soon!

 

[Harry_Wild]

Serena retire and will not play big sister Venus!

 

[Harry_Wild]

Pliskova up 5-2 with Kenin serving for the match!

 

[spystud]

Karolina is safely through.

 

[spystud]

Serena retire and will not play big sister Venus!

You are literally over 48 hours behind.

And of course Serena just withdrew.

 

[Harry_Wild]

You are literally over 48 hours behind.

Nice move on Serena’s part given that she not in shape yet!

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Azarenka/Barty did not withdraw after all probably due to Barty lost and Vija only play bit more than a set. But they will play again today against Madrid champ Su Wei/Strycova. Azarenka is the only alive player at single.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Azarenka/Barty did not withdraw after all probably due to Barty lost and Vija only play bit more than a set. But they will play again today against Madrid champ Su Wei/Strycova. Azarenka is the only alive player at single.

I thought Vikta was an immortal, no?

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Kasatkina vs Vondrousova is HQ match.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Kasatkina vs Vondrousova is HQ match.

3rd set for the match! I pulling for Vonrousiva because she seem to be the up and comer top 10 talent!

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Can you make an effort to spell player's name correctly?

 

[Harry_Wild]

Sasha Berten new coach, seems to doing great job so far for Kristenia Mladenovica!

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Vondrousova pull off Stephens in a God mode defense.

 

[spystud]

Sakkari takes the first over Petra @ 5.

 

[spystud]

Playing 3.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Petra retires down 4-0 in the third, what happened?

 

[I Am Finnish]

Marketa is good

 

[PDJ]

Petra retires down 4-0 in the third, what happened?

A lot of retirements - saving themselves for the French?
Obviously previous champion Ostapenkoflop is a head of the curve...

 

[spystud]

Can’t tell anything here.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1129136685336293376

She won her first set of the day over Putintseva in 20 minutes.

 

[spystud]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1129133973978931200

Confirmed it was her left calf.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Rome QF’s:

(1) Osaka v (6) Bertens
Vondrousova v Konta
(WC) Azarenka v (5) Pliskova
(Q) Mladenovic v (Q) Sakkari

 

[romeo8880]

I’m sure kvitova will be ok for the French. Prob just didn’t wanna make it worse and was clearly gonna lose so no sense in continuing

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Is Bertens going to pull a Dinara Safina and win Rome and Madrid?

 

[romeo8880]

Nope. Vika!

 

[Latetothegame]

Both Sakkari and konta have done well here so far, both morocco finalist

 

[Mark-Touch]

Rome QF’s:

(1) Osaka v (6) Bertens
Vondrousova v Konta
(WC) Azarenka v (5) Pliskova
(Q) Mladenovic v (Q) Sakkari

All these matches are going to be crackers!

I'll be pulling for Osaka and Mlad.
The other two I'm kinda stuck.
I like both Vondrou and Konta, but have a feeling Vondrou will prevail.
I like Az and Pliskova about the same, prob Az will take it.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Is Bertens going to pull a Dinara Safina and win Rome and Madrid?

Serena win Madrid, Rome and French 2013. Would be epic for Bertens.

 

[I Am Finnish]

I guess 2 matches at the same day was too much for Petra?

 

[spystud]

Sheesh.

G. Muguruza - Left thigh injury
P. Kvitova - Left calf injury
J. Goerges - Right thigh injury
A. Cornet - Right thigh injury
S. Williams - Left knee injury
J. Ostapenko - Viral illness
C. Wozniacki - Left lower leg injury

 

[Mark-Touch]

I guess 2 matches at the same day was too much for Petra?

Yes that, plus Sakkari is one heck of a tenacious tough player!
Even when Kvitova is fresh Sakkari will be difficult to beat.

 

[TagUrIt]

After seeing Vika play SW in the AO, I’ve really come to admire her and her game. Even her owl noise she makes doesn’t seem to bother me anymore.lol. She’s been on the tour for some time now, I’d like to see her win another title.

Edit: I’ve never seen players have to play two matches in a day.

 

[Mark-Touch]

After seeing Vika play SW in the AO, I’ve really come to admire her and her game. Even her owl noise she makes doesn’t seem to bother me anymore.lol. She’s been on the tour for some time now, I’d like to see her win another title.

Edit: I’ve never seen players have to play two matches in a day.

Yes, even though I'm not a big fan of hers, I do admire her and her game. There are many other women players who I much prefer to watch.
But when she's paired up with the 'wrong' player, I do root for her.
She's probably squeezed out the most from her game, to date.

Oh I've seen two matches in a day for players before, it happens from time to time, usually for weather-related reasons.

 

[spystud]

Yeah, it’s not that rare, but I can’t remember this many players on both sides having to do it on one day.

 

[fundrazer]

Sheesh.

Is unfortunate, but you could kind of see it coming.

 

[PDJ]

After seeing Vika play SW in the AO, I’ve really come to admire her and her game. Even her owl noise she makes doesn’t seem to bother me anymore.lol. She’s been on the tour for some time now, I’d like to see her win another title.

Edit: I’ve never seen players have to play two matches in a day.

I have a vague memory of Sabatini playing 3 matches in one day to reach final against Evert, who herself had played 2 matches.
Also, didn't the Williams sisters both play 3 matches in one day once?
Ironic given Serena Williams now rarely manages 3 matches on consecutive days.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Sheesh.

Will they all recover next week?

 

[ANDYbhGENIUS]

Bertens through to the semis! - due to withdrawal symptoms from Osaka, falsely citing right wrist injury.

 

[spystud]

Jesus, this is getting out of hand.

 

[spystud]

A “right hand injury”, hmm...