2023 Roland Garros - Women's Singles

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  • Iga Natalia Świątek

    Votes: 12 44.4%

  • Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka

    Votes: 3 11.1%

  • Elena Andreyevna Rybakina

    Votes: 10 37.0%

  • Ons Jabeur

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • Barbora Krejčíková

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Paula Badosa Gibert

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jeļena Ostapenko

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • Maria Sakkari

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Qinwen Zheng

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Others, specify who on the thread for bragging right

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    27
  • Poll closed .
Swiatek takes it. Into 3rd RG final and 4th slam final overall. Retains #1 ranking warding off Sabalenka.
Creditable effort from Maia in this match, 2nd set more so.
 
Well done for Iga Swiatek as she hangs on to take the breaker and heads to another Ladies Final - 6-2; 7-6 (7). Beatriz Haddad Maia gave her a better fight than I expected.....but in the end, it will be Karolina Muchova taking on Iga Swiatek.
 
reiterating what I said. @boredone3456
abmk said:
Agree that Swiatek is the favorite by a big distance.
As far as dominant runs to SF go, Swiatek herself in RG 20?

20 games lost in first 5 full matches in RG 20
Here it is 15 games lost, but in 4 full matches and a 5-1 set.
But in RG 2020, she had thrashed Halep 1&2, who was clearly above anyone she's faced here, including Gauff.
I think she was playing a little better in RG 20, but she has more of the aura this year.
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Swiatek was playing better in RG 2020. Haddad Maia showed that today.
 
Tennis Fan States63 said:
Surprised with that many empty seats - evening match as it's just after 9:00 pm local time.....agree that it's disappointing to say the least.
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I think "women's matches are not worth it" is just a presupposition for many people. No matter how much they're disproven, it will never change their minds.
They would need to watch the matches to even consider being wrong and they're not willing to do that.
It's just sad.
 
Krish872007 said:
Yes, albeit different era - makes it quite a bit harder to compare.
Lost count of the number of times ASV ran into Steffi
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I would say Arantxa, because at least she was #1 (I don't think Mandlikova ever was).
But to be fair, I think Iga is now more comparable to players above the 4-Slam category (mostly because she has been number 1 for so long now).
In my book she's drawing closer to Hingis now.
 
Maia come to the net only 12 times in this match as per commentaror. really? seemed more than that
 
Let's be honest here.
I would not pay a lot of money to watch men's low D1 level tennis, which is what the top WTA level is.
I'll watch it for free at home but I'm not forking over hundreds or thousands of Euros for this.
 
LeastExhaustingPlayer said:
Let's be honest here.
I would not pay a lot of money to watch men's low D1 level tennis, which is what the top WTA level is.
I'll watch it for free at home but I'm not forking over hundreds or thousands of Euros for this.
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Don't project your beliefs onto everyone else. That's not how it works, otherwise, no one would watch college basketball or college football, which is significantly inferior prowess-wise to pro basketball and pro football.
 
LeastExhaustingPlayer said:
Let's be honest here.
I would not pay a lot of money to watch men's low D1 level tennis, which is what the top WTA level is.
I'll watch it for free at home but I'm not forking over hundreds or thousands of Euros for this.
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When you have such a low opinion about women's tennis, the fact that you tune in to watch the matches and then spend time to post about it online makes it very funny.

Nice. (y)
 
ScentOfDefeat said:
I would say Arantxa, because at least she was #1 (I don't think Mandlikova ever was).
But to be fair, I think Iga is now more comparable to players above the 4-Slam category (mostly because she has been number 1 for so long now).
In my book she's drawing closer to Hingis now.
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She's reminding me of Hingis and Henin......still has a ways to go, but she's not done by a longshot.
 
zvelf said:
Don't project your beliefs onto everyone else. That's not how it works, otherwise, no one would watch college basketball or college football, which is significantly inferior prowess-wise to pro basketball and pro football.
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False equivalence.
The CORRECT comparison would be Men's pro basketball NBA vs Women's pro basketball WNBA, also Men's World Cup vs Women's World Cup.
Would I pay good money to attend and travel to NBA Finals and Men's World Cup? Yes.
WNBA Finals and Women's World Cup? No chance in hell
 
Baseline_Bungle said:
Swiatek finally tested a little bit, good to see. That said, I'm happy that the roid-raging screaming banshee is on the way to the airport. Now I don't have to watch the final on mute
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I don't find the cries of BHM that bad through the TV screen. It's the constant facial expressions towards the box that start to get on my nerves. For all that, she played a great tournament and should be congratulated for not capitulating today after 500 hours on court.
 
DogInSpace said:
When you have such a low opinion about women's tennis, the fact that you tune in to watch the matches and then spend time to post about it online makes it very funny.

Nice. (y)
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It's not an opinion. It is based on actual facts and figures.
As I said I will watch women's tennis for FREE at home. I would not pay hundreds or thousands to watch it in person.

UTR
Swiatek 13.28
Sabalenka 13.23

Arthur Fery (Stanford) 14.16
Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) 13.10

It appears that the elite WTA players are at around mid to top men's D1 players.
I could go watch UCLA/USC/Stanford for free. I wouldn't pay hundreds or thousands to watch them. Same goes for WTA.
 
LeastExhaustingPlayer said:
False equivalence.
The CORRECT comparison would be Men's pro basketball NBA vs Women's pro basketball WNBA, also Men's World Cup vs Women's World Cup.
Would I pay good money to attend and travel to NBA Finals and Men's World Cup? Yes.
WNBA Finals and Women's World Cup? No chance in hell
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But that's just a matter of degree. If you only want to watch the very best performance in sport, then you would always choose pro over college regardless of gender. The very best women's tennis players may not consistently beat the very best college men's players, but they would beat your average college men's player.
 
LeastExhaustingPlayer said:
It's not an opinion. It is based on actual facts and figures.
As I said I will watch women's tennis for FREE at home. I would not pay hundreds or thousands to watch it in person.

UTR
Swiatek 13.28
Sabalenka 13.23

Arthur Fery (Stanford) 14.16
Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) 13.10

It appears that the elite WTA players are at around mid to top men's D1 players.
I could go watch UCLA/USC/Stanford for free. I wouldn't pay hundreds or thousands to watch them. Same goes for WTA.
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cOOL STORY BREH
 
zvelf said:
But that's just a matter of degree. If you only want to watch the very best performance in sport, then you would always choose pro over college regardless of gender. The very best women's tennis players may not consistently beat the very best college men's players, but they would beat your average college men's player.
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Your argument was flawed.
 
LeastExhaustingPlayer said:
It's not an opinion. It is based on actual facts and figures.
As I said I will watch women's tennis for FREE at home. I would not pay hundreds or thousands to watch it in person.

UTR
Swiatek 13.28
Sabalenka 13.23

Arthur Fery (Stanford) 14.16
Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) 13.10

It appears that the elite WTA players are at around mid to top men's D1 players.
I could go watch UCLA/USC/Stanford for free. I wouldn't pay hundreds or thousands to watch them. Same goes for WTA.
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So you don't have any opinion about women's tennis?
 
LeastExhaustingPlayer said:
Iga is the current Queen of clay and just too solid. She is on her way to becoming the next Henin/Guga...not yet at Borg, Evert or Nadal level yet.

My post was merely answering the question as to why the RG stands were 1/2 empty for this match.
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So you do have an opinion about woman's tennis.

Then again

DogInSpace said:
When you have such a low opinion about women's tennis, the fact that you tune in to watch the matches and then spend time to post about it online makes it very funny.

Nice. (y)
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