2023 Wimbledon - Women's Singles Discussion

Who will win the 2023 Wimbledon?

  • Swiatek

    Votes: 9 27.3%
  • Sabalenka

    Votes: 4 12.1%
  • Rybakina

    Votes: 3 9.1%
  • Vekic

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • Jabeur

    Votes: 3 9.1%
  • Pliskova

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • Ostapenko

    Votes: 3 9.1%
  • Kvitová

    Votes: 4 12.1%
  • Krejcíková

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 4 12.1%

  • Total voters
    33
  • Poll closed .

Tennis Fan States63

Hall of Fame
Once Sabalenka stepped up in the last two sets she clearly had the edge in most of the rallies though. She also leads the H2H by some margin. IMO Sabalenka's movement and her ability to go down the line is what makes the difference

If she finds the right balance with mostly power and the right finesse.....and manages her nerves (adrenaline), she has the edge on everybody right now (except Iga Swiatek on clay). Still some scar tissue, but she has really made some progress shoring things up the last 18 months. Ons Jabeur has the guile to potentially take her though if she gets an opening.

JMHO
 

ibbi

G.O.A.T.
Once Sabalenka stepped up in the last two sets she clearly had the edge in most of the rallies though. She also leads the H2H by some margin. IMO Sabalenka's movement and her ability to go down the line is what makes the difference
The head-to-head is less relevant because 3 of the 5 meetings were before Rybakina became the player she now is (Same for Sabalenka, of course, but that's less extreme) they are 1 and 1 since they both got to the top! But yes, like you say, once Sabalenka stepped it up she had too much. It was similar to yesterdays match in a lot of ways. Rybakina has this killer serve and return but once the ball is in play she is nowhere near aggressive enough and her patterns of play are far too predictable.
 

Mark-Touch

Legend
Well that's true of both of them :D She at least has achieved a consistency at the slams not seen since before Serena was a mother.
Sab just missed a drop shot (last game). What's the point of being almost on the verge of tears because she missed it?
I mean really? Get it together woman!
 

ibbi

G.O.A.T.
Trade 'men' for 'woman' and 'hate' for 'power' and this is Ons right now:
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abmk

Bionic Poster
Once Sabalenka stepped up in the last two sets she clearly had the edge in most of the rallies though. She also leads the H2H by some margin. IMO Sabalenka's movement and her ability to go down the line is what makes the difference

tennis isn't only about rallies though. Rybakina is the better server.
Sabalenka is better clearly, but not several leagues above.
 

Benf15harp

Hall of Fame
Where does Wimbie find these uh, 'specimens' they call linespersons? Are they worth their weight in gold?
Is that how they judge their abilities and screen them for their eligibility?
Seriously. Some of them could stop a Mack truck dead in its tracks!
Lol
 

jhick

Hall of Fame
Ons is at least employing a different tactic at this point. Drop shot her and stop giving her baseline rallies.
 

jm1980

Talk Tennis Guru
I don't understand Jabeur's gameplan, is she just going to try and beat Sabalenka in a baseline slugfest?
 

ScottleeSV

Hall of Fame
Sabalenka has got that Djokovic thing where she never looks like she's going to get broken more than once a match at best. Even when she's roped back to duece, she still looks safe somehow. It was the same when Serena was ploughing through majors. It's such an advantage.
 

zvelf

Hall of Fame
This one's been a great game, although Jabeur missed a prime opportunity a couple of points ago with a wide open court at volley and instead she hit it back to Sabs.
 

Kralingen

Bionic Poster
Angry Sabalenka after she gets broken usually does this.

Big time danger here.

I think Sabalenka is done missing easy shots, ons needs to do something special here to win the set.
 
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