2021 US Open - WTA Official Thread

[MeatTornado]

 

[Kralingen]

Feel like Pliskova is going to mention an injury or sickness of some sort bc that was exceptionally flat and dull even for her standards.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Sakkari into semis, 6-4, 6-4!

 

[SeeingDusk]

Sakkari too good. Didn’t face a bp at all and won like 22 straight points on serve. Her true ranking is not 17, she’s more like a top 5 player. Congrats sakkari! Would love to see her or Saba win this title.

 

[Winners or Errors]

Power tennis...

 

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

Two women's semis where I love all 4 of them and will be happy no matter which one wins!!!!

 

[flyingboris]

Well done Maria! Not the most exciting match, but at least it seemed like a decent W/UE ratio. Next up Djoko v. Berrettini.

 

[Pavla]

So proud of Maria!

 

[romeo8880]

It really is surprising that the score was 6-4, 6-4, because it felt like Maria dominated the match.

It was a beatdown

 

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

I find it exciting when a woman is able to hold her serve consistently since they hardly ever do. Most matches seem to go one way, then another, and back again over and over again.

 

[Deleted member 771911]

You know Sakkari is going to bring it to the semi. Will be interesting to see how Raducanu responds. Raducanu got quite a gift from Bencic today like a Sakkari did from Pliskova.

 

[gogo]

Well...that seals it for me. I'll be cheering for Leylah. (Emma next.) I'm just worried that Leylah has been playing so well based on adrenaline, that she might not be able to bring it if she's not the underdog.

 

[vsdtrek]

Really disappointing women's matches today, especially from the so-called "favourites".
I was still hopeful, but now I just want these younger and hungrier players to take the tour by storm and start dominating.
Enough of these perennial "favourites" who never deliver. Even Myskina won a Slam, for god's sake.

Absolutely. I wanted to cheer a bit for Pliskova as I sort of felt she gets a bad rap but I really am tired of her looking bored.

 

[Harry_Wild]

To young teens made it into semis Fernandez, Raducanu and now Sakkari, Sabalenka!

 

[Mark-Touch]

I know I'm dreaming, but wouldn't it be something to have an all-Canadian final?
Andreescu vs. Fernandez?

Well we still can get an all-Canadian final!
Leylah and Emma are one match away from it.
Leylah born in Montreal, Canada
Emma born in Toronto, Canada
both Canadians.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

True. But also easy when the opponent shows ZERO effort for whatever reason

I hear you....Pliskova seemed a step or two behind....one break each set, and that was the match. Sakkari seemed a little more confident for some reason to me, but I thought it would be a more compelling match.

 

[romeo8880]

You know Sakkari is going to bring it to the semi. Will be interesting to see how Raducanu responds. Raducanu got quite a gift from Bencic today like a Sakkari did from Pliskova.

First grand slam semi I won’t watch in quite sometime. A player who’s not interesting vs a player who should be on the ATP. The other semi is interesting tho!

 

[beast of mallorca]

What a BS interview of Sakkari by this old hag. Took the glory away from her. Pam Shriver is the worst !!@

 

[vsdtrek]

I'm really disappointed. Karolina's press conference is going to be interesting.

Maybe she’ll drink lots of sugar.

 

[MeatTornado]

Sakkari won 40/48 points on serve tonight. 23/25 1st serve points

Pliskova does remember that this is the WTA, right?

 

[Harry_Wild]

Fernandez vs. Sabalenka and Raducanu vs. Sakkari!

 

[Gumbo Jackson]

Dominant performance by Sakkari.

Interesting semi-finals. A power player vs a teenager in each match-up.

 

[ScentOfDefeat]

I find it exciting when a woman is able to hold her serve consistently since they hardly ever do. Most matches seem to go one way, then another, and back again over and over again.

Pliskova has a terrible return game though.
Especially in this match.
I wouldn't extrapolate this to mean Sakkari has an amazing serve all of a sudden.

 

[Deleted member 771911]

First grand slam semi I won’t watch in quite sometime. A player who’s not interesting vs a player who should be on the ATP. The other semi is interesting tho!

Do you think Radacanu should be on ATP? Because I think her games does remind me more of typical ATP than it does WTA

 

[romeo8880]

Do you think Radacanu should be on ATP? Because I think her games does remind me more of typical ATP than it does WTA

Lol ONE of them should be. Either that or “tested” more often

 

[LeastExhaustingPlayer]

Do you think Radacanu should be on ATP? Because I think her games does remind me more of typical ATP than it does WTA

Come on bro. Did you see the ridiculous speed difference in mixed relay at the Olympics? Tennis would be even worse.

 

[Deleted member 771911]

Come on bro. Did you see the ridiculous speed difference in mixed relay at the Olympics? Tennis would be even worse.

Lol I don't want her to play on the ATP. But Raducanu's style makes me think of standard ATP player. Personally, I think it would be bad for any ATP player if Radacanu faced them as I imagine they would be quite distracted!

 

[GhostDog]

Well we still can get an all-Canadian final!
Leylah and Emma are one match away from it.
Leylah born in Montreal, Canada
Emma born in Toronto, Canada
both Canadians.

Emma reps Britain, moved there as a toddler, but yeah, Canada came claim her as well

 

[gogo]

What a BS interview of Sakkari by this old hag. Took the glory away from her. Pam Shriver is the worst !!@

Yup. She's always like that.
Instead of asking about the winning player, she asks them questions about the players that she is interested in ...and the storyline. I'm surprised she didn't find a way to fit a question about Serena or Coco in there. Why ask about the teens? Why ask about Djoko? For freak sake, the woman just made it to the semis! Celebrate her.

ETA: added a comment about Serena/Coco. (nothing against them, BTW.)

 

[ScentOfDefeat]

I don't even understand why being a teen is suddenly such a magical thing.
If there's anything that is not rare in tennis history it's teenage success.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

(Q) Raducanu v (17) Sakkari
Fernandez v (2) Sabalenka

I hope Aryna gets it done.

 

[InvisibleSoul]

Well...that seals it for me. I'll be cheering for Leylah. (Emma next.) I'm just worried that Leylah has been playing so well based on adrenaline, that she might not be able to bring it if she's not the underdog.

I'm assuming you're referring to if Leylah ends up playing Emma in the final? Let's cross that bridge when we get there... she's still a huge underdog in the semis against Sabalenka.

 

[InvisibleSoul]

I don't even understand why being a teen is suddenly such a magical thing.
If there's anything that is not rare in tennis history it's teenage success.

Back in the 80's and 90's maybe... not so much since the start of the 21st century.

The game is completely different now. Back then, players hit their peak by their early 20's and were washed up by their late 20's. Now many guys are peaking in the late 20's or even early 30's.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

And just why on earth is this? You don't like players that can actually play?

GO MARIA! Stupid servebots out, please.

Because I know what people will say about a random player coming out of nowhere and winning a slam and then going on to do nothing. This feels like Ostapenko all over again. I hope these ladies have amazing careers and aren't like Ostapenko but two of the ladies are outside the top 50. Sakkari is so godly inconsistent and that just leaves Sabalenka. At least Pliskova is at the top, Wimbledon RU etc.

 

[gogo]

I'm assuming you're referring to if Leylah ends up playing Emma in the final? Let's cross that bridge when we get there... she's still a huge underdog in the semis against Sabalenka.

Of course. Sabalenka will be a tough opponent.

 

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

A just for fun prediction because let's face it the women's matches are pretty much impossible to predict, but I think the final will be Sabalenka vs. Sakkari. But I honestly would not mind any of the various combinations for the final! I know I will be happy no matter what!

 

[Mark-Touch]

I don't even understand why being a teen is suddenly such a magical thing.
If there's anything that is not rare in tennis history it's teenage success.

Excuse me?
How often do teens win slams?

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Excuse me?
How often do teens win slams?

Swiatek, Andreescu and Ostapenko from recent times.

 

[ark_28]

So sick of all the hype for Coco Gauff ): The media treats her like she has won a Grand Slam already. The pro-U.S. bias of ESPN and Tennis Channel is nauseating. We don't need to see every single match CG plays, especially when there is a great men's match happening at the same time.

I am rooting for Maria Sakkari to be the fourth semi-finalist; so I will predict Pliskova - to jinx her!!! (;

So you don’t like Tiafoe and you don’t like CG… hmmm interesting

 

[Mark-Touch]

Swiatek, Andreescu and Ostapenko from recent times.

Oh my, yes you are absolutely right. That is SO often! LOL

 

[ScottleeSV]

Very tough to call both of those semi finals! I think Sabalenka should beat Fernandez but she might get the collywobbles knowing what's at stake. Fernandez seems to be utterly ruthless if anyone gives her an opening back into a match.

Struggling to call the other one. Raducanu will return Sakkari's serve a lot better than Pliskova did. Beyond that, no idea. Might just favour Rad overall but not by much.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Oh my, yes you are absolutely right. That is SO often! LOL

I mean in fairness to you, before Ostapenko the last teen slam champ was Sharapova back in 2004! Kvitová and Ivanovic were I think both 20 or 21.

 

[Bubcay]

It's funny that only Sabalenka has remained from the players listed in the poll at the top. Talking about the unpredictable tournament.

 

[gadge]

Sakkari winning a slam would be a nightmare for me

Honestly it’d be the end of WTA. In any era sakkari would be a journey woman

 

[gadge]

I have a better question.
Why is she so much better than her twin sister?

Her twin stands while pliskova walks on court

 

[gadge]

Surely Sabalenka wins it all

Makes most sense so probably it won’t happen

 

[gadge]

Ok I’ll stop feeling bad for Bencic and pliskova. It’s no longer bad luck at this point

 

[ScentOfDefeat]

Excuse me?
How often do teens win slams?

I did say "success" and "tennis history", not just winning Slams in the recent past.
Broadly speaking, tennis has a very long tradition of teens having tremendous success.

 

[Desertman]

Chris Evert talking right now about how Coco had the tougher draw than Leylah and Emma. Nice play by Sloane in R2 but good grief, what a stretch . . .

The Yanks desperately want to have Gauff as the only "Wonderkid" of women's tennis and are rattled that her thunder has been well and truly stolen by two non-Americans. Gauff is now just a teenage tennis player who hasn't made it past the quarter finals of a Grand Salm yet. Her time as the new wonder of women's tennis is well and truly over.

 

[Desertman]

Emma reps Britain, moved there as a toddler, but yeah, Canada came claim her as well

Keep trying, but it's not happening. She's British through and through.