2023 U.S. Open - Women's Discussion

[spystud]

2 & 2 for JPeg over Camila.

 

[spystud]

First set to Svitolina over Friedsam.

 

[coolcamden]

Inconceivable that Kasatkina is losing to AParks

 

[spystud]

That was easy for Elina.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Marino looking more and more like the Pillsbury-doughgirl.
Was down 1-3 in the 1st set tie-break, fought back to 5-3 and then lost it 6-8.

 

[coolcamden]

Inconceivable that Kasatkina is losing to AParks

And at 1-2 3rd set the 6’1 lady called for the trainer.

 

[coolcamden]

Inconceivable that Kasatkina is losing to AParks

And the earth is back on its axis.

AParks can’t find the blue parts of the court. The fences shuddered when she swung.

 

[ScottleeSV]

Glad Kasatkina won. I've become a fan since discovering the YT channel.

 

[coolcamden]

Glad Kasatkina won. I've become a fan since discovering the YT channel.

Yes, she seems genuinely nice and almost always cheerful. I like that.

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

I can't stand that stuff, and while you see it in a few WTA players, Swiatek is the absolute worst for it. Her opponent hits a good shot, and she acts like the entire planet has conspired against her to make her lose a point unfairly. Is she really so oblivious to the concept that her opponents are professional players and can, on occasion, hit a winner against her? WTF? So childish and bad.

Swiatek has one of the worst, most inflated senses of entitlement I've seen on the women's side. Then again, her camp and her zealous fans have made her believe she's a GOAT in the making, so that has something to do with her bad behavior, cheating, etc.

 

[spystud]

Christina McHale calling Vekic/Vickery now, don't believe I've heard her in the booth before.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Yes, she seems genuinely nice and almost always cheerful. I like that.

She has her fair share though of moodiness/pouting etc.
One of the smoothest and most pleasing personalities on court for me is Keys!
I've really been taking a shine to her recently.

 

[flyingboris]

Coming up: Strycova-Kanepi. What year is this again?

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

Christina McHale calling Vekic/Vickery now, don't believe I've heard her in the booth before.

Not real polished, but sounds OK. Little girl voice. - Love watching Donna play. Classy.

 

[spystud]

And an easy first for her.

 

[Kralingen]

Queenus very soon @MichaelNadal

If she wins I’m 100% buying night session tickets on Thursday to see her

 

[Oval_Solid]

wow venus had some work done

 

[Oval_Solid]

her movement doesnt look good

 

[Kralingen]

Nvm Venus is going home tonight. As usual, slightly second best to Serena even in farewell tour.

 

[travlerajm]

I vote Pegula. Sorry I missed the poll deadline.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Is it just me, or does Venus look totally washed up tonight?
Everything looks like a labored, slow train wreck.

 

[spystud]

Donna hates easy, playing 3.

 

[Mark-Touch]

I've lightened up in my Potato shares recently. I'm still a fan of hers, but
she has been disappointing me more and more, so I only take her matches now with a grain of salt.
She has tremendous raw talent but often doesn't know how to channel it intelligently.
Like say ... tonight.

 

[coolcamden]

Watching this old as dinosaur lady laboring around is borderline elder abuse. Difference is she’s doing it to herself. This is not tennis.

And the NY crowd is just classless.

 

[coolcamden]

Different note: Coco Vand is retiring. Got a nice acknowledgment. Most of the crowd didn’t know who she was.

 

[spystud]

Mark probably doesn’t either.

 

[Larry Duff]

Jodie Burrage takes the first set against the higher ranked Blinkova.

 

[counterloop]

Tough to watch this version of Venus.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Garcia's ranking is going to crash worse than the stock market in the great depression after this tournament

Unfortunately not. She still has all those points from the WTA Finals that she won.

Live rankings have her dropping just 3 spots to #10. Would think a few more may overtake her but she shouldn't drop anything lower than about #13 which is just crazy.

 

[Larry Duff]

And the NY crowd is just classless.

Move it to Cincy.

 

[bigjimbofan]

Venus just can't move. Sad to see. I always liked her. Classy person.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Oh Venus this is just bad.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Zheng, who is my dark horse for the tournament is smashing Podoroska 6-1.

 

[ScentOfDefeat]

For the love of god, someone throw in the towel.

 

[spystud]

#21-seed Donna out. That was really poor.

 

[bluetrain4]

Venus, girl, maybe it's time.

 

[Oval_Solid]

minnen can win it all with her forehand

 

[spystud]

No, she can’t.

 

[legcramp]

No more wildcards for Venus.

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

#21-seed Donna out. That was really poor.

Clearly something wrong with Donna. Started out strong, then her faced turned really red and she quit moving. Maybe just not in shape for August weather.

 

[bluetrain4]

Minnen can honestly say she's beaten a 7-time Slam champ.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Clearly something wrong with Donna. Started out strong, then her faced turned really red and she quit moving. Maybe just not in shape for August weather.

Could be.
I joined the match in the second and stopped watching in the middle of the set as Vickery tied things up.
I didn't like the way Vekic was playing at that point.
Vickery's body language at the start of the second set was saying "I surrender!".

But a few loose points here and there and Vekic let her back into the match.
Could be the humidity or other things. But the fact is that Vekic should beat Vickery on paper nine times out of ten.
Oh well.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

I really just don't understand what's happened to Krejcikova

She's been nothing but hopeless since that stunning run to the Dubai title in February where she beat #8 Kasatkina, #15 Kvitova, #2 Sabalenka, #3 Pegula and #1 Swiatek in 5 consecutive matches to win.

That run was one of the rarest things in tennis where a player defeated the top 3 ranked players in the world in the same tournament.

Down a set and break to Bronzetti.

 

[coolcamden]

I absolutely floored that Krejcikova can’t win a match. Come on girl.

OTOH, so glad Strykova is quickly ousted. Drama queen has no audience.

 

[duaneeo]

This match should've been on court 5.

 

[spystud]

Kenin/Bogdan underway.

 

[bluetrain4]

Is it just me, or does Venus look totally washed up tonight?
Everything looks like a labored, slow train wreck.

It's not just you. I love Venus, but she needs to stop and tournaments need to stop enabling her. I get she's a "name" but still. Give her a WC for qualifying if you want to keep her in the loop, but not the main draw.

 

[Mark-Touch]

I don't like Bronzetti's delayed, artificial grunts, but at least she took out the trash tonight.

 

[spystud]

Aryna needs to get off court fairly quickly tonight.

 

[No_Kwan_Do]

Fernandez and Raducanu will head into the 2024 US Open having won just 1 match at the tournament since their 2021 final (a win for Leylah against the mighty Oceane Dodin).

Why does Raducanu keep getting lumped in with Fernandez's failings? She's played one US Open since 2021 and has been mired by injuries over the past 18 months.

I'm far more inclined to write Fernandez off than I am Raducanu at this point given the former has played enough matches over the last 18 months that she should be starting to stamp her authority on the tour, and yet is sitting almost exactly where she started 2 years ago in the rankings, having not made a tour SF at any level since early 2022.

Raducanu still hasn't had a fair crack at the whip i.e a sustained period of time on the tour where she's not been beset by some injury and has been allowed to develop.