2023 WTA Rome 1000

[volleyandfun]

I completely missed that Sabalenka lost to Kenin, who then got routined in the next round. Madrid fatigue?

She was still in clouds after beating Iga in the final.
It only shows of how consistent Iga is.

 

[coolcamden]

She was still in clouds after beating Iga in the final.
It only shows of how consistent Iga is.

Right? And some clown was calling her impotent in another thread.

 

[coolcamden]

Lots of great matches today.

Kuder v Bouzy
Badosa v Muchova
Osty v Kasat
Von v Ryba
Eeeeegghaaaaa v victim #3

 

[volleyandfun]

Right? And some clown was calling her impotent in another thread.

Haters will always be haters. You may not solicit their opinion, but there always will be one on here to give you his.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Wang Xiyu reminds me of Barty in how she looks and how she corrects the hat before serving.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

It's been a while since i've watched Keys but my god she's still the most awful, inconsistent mess of a player.

Two terrible errors and now a double fault for Kalinina to get triple break points for a 5-0 lead.

This comes after she easily won the first set 6-2.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Keys with her typical meltdown and losing winnable matches.

Loses the 2nd set and gets broken to love to start the 3rd set

 

[spystud]

Kalinina beats Keys.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

When opportunity present itself, Keys just said "No, thank you"

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Great win and run this tournament for Kalinina. Last year made the QF in Madrid but failed to defend the points this year and dropped from #34 to #47 in the rankings. Now into the QF's in Rome and back inside the top 40 in the live rankings.

Madison Keys meanwhile, continues to be the most inconsistent mess on tour.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Mess is harsh. She lost to quality opponents before today this year.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Mess is harsh. She lost to quality opponents before today this year.

Come on it's Madison Keys. For some she was meant to be the successor to the Williams sisters, at the very least we know she should be a slam champion by now. Instead she has an embarrassing slam final demolition to Sloane Stephens and an incredible mismatch of inconsistent results for the last 7+ years. Always done well enough to hang in the top 30 but today shows why her career has gone the way it has.

Keys has more slam SF's than Ash Barty yet Ash won 3 slams while Keys has won 0 and even lost to Barty in 2 of those 3 slam runs. Keys is a mess.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

LFG Zheng. Now, come on MCOS.

 

[spystud]

Kudermetova splashed Bouzkova, 2 & 2.

 

[Purestriker]

Kudermetova splashed Bouzkova, 2 & 2.

Bouzie looked dazed and confused. Dismantled.

 

[Purestriker]

Come on it's Madison Keys. For some she was meant to be the successor to the Williams sisters, at the very least we know she should be a slam champion by now. Instead she has an embarrassing slam final demolition to Sloane Stephens and an incredible mismatch of inconsistent results for the last 7+ years. Always done well enough to hang in the top 30 but today shows why her career has gone the way it has.

Keys has more slam SF's than Ash Barty yet Ash won 3 slams while Keys has won 0 and even lost to Barty in 2 of those 3 slam runs. Keys is a mess.

Flat ball hitter.

 

[Mark-Touch]

She slid awkwardly and aggravated her ankle injury. Medical time out and few games later she quitted.

Thanks.
I'm just puzzled about what you said about her "ankle injury".
From the match before and this match I saw her getting treatment for her upper leg, not ankle.

 

[spystud]

6-3, 4-0 for Elena over Vondrousova currently.

 

[volleyandfun]

Thanks.
I'm just puzzled about what you said about her "ankle injury".
From the match before and this match I saw her getting treatment for her upper leg, not ankle.

She started her match with Rybakina with her left ankle strapped, the same she twisted during her slide.
Watch @ 2:09

 

[spystud]

Elena wins, played well from the ground.

 

[spystud]

Is this CiCi on the call?

 

[spystud]

Alright, bring Iga next.

 

[ScottleeSV]

Come on it's Madison Keys. For some she was meant to be the successor to the Williams sisters, at the very least we know she should be a slam champion by now. Instead she has an embarrassing slam final demolition to Sloane Stephens and an incredible mismatch of inconsistent results for the last 7+ years. Always done well enough to hang in the top 30 but today shows why her career has gone the way it has.

Keys has more slam SF's than Ash Barty yet Ash won 3 slams while Keys has won 0 and even lost to Barty in 2 of those 3 slam runs. Keys is a mess.

Keys probably would have excited me if she'd been a Brit, but looking in from the outside she's never been anywhere close to being a Williams successor for me. Dangerous on her day but it's mainly the serve that causes a few nerves. Her ground game has always looked weak against the elite players.

I'm not suprised she's bludgeoned her way through to a few slam semi finals (and a final). She's essentially North American Pliskova. The only reason Barty might have less of this or that is because she kept her peak era blink-and-you'll-miss-it.

 

[robyrolfo]

They get paid half, what are you on about equality?

Well, there are many that make the argument that the women get less attention because they aren't "featured" enough, often getting second billing on the show courts. So the idea is to give them prime time slots in order to increase their popularity, and therefore increase the revenue they generate (which is the issue behind the pay gap).

I hate when competitors wear the same kit.
It's so unimaginative on the part of the sponsors.
Multi-billion dollar companies can't hire designers
who can design more than one kit per tournament?

This needs to be a rule, and it needs to be implemented tomorrow. Every other sport has no problem telling competitors they cannot wear the same colors, so why can't tennis manage this? Some of the men are the worse, when both players have on the same kit and the same hat, so you really can't tell who is who at a glance. Just needlessly annoying for spectators.

Nice comeback from Vekic. Fine looking woman and best dressed on tour. There's something elegant about her.
Sorry, I'm crushing.

Is she wearing Lotto? If not, and if she isn't Camila wearing Giomila, then she isn't the best dressed on tour...

 

[Mark-Touch]

She started her match with Rybakina with her left ankle strapped, the same she twisted during her slide.
Watch @ 2:09

Thanks.
Too bad it came up as a private video so I couldn't watch it.

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

Well, there are many that make the argument that the women get less attention because they aren't "featured" enough, often getting second billing on the show courts. So the idea is to give them prime time slots in order to increase their popularity, and therefore increase the revenue they generate (which is the issue behind the pay gap).


This needs to be a rule, and it needs to be implemented tomorrow. Every other sport has no problem telling competitors they cannot wear the same colors, so why can't tennis manage this? Some of the men are the worse, when both players have on the same kit and the same hat, so you really can't tell who is who at a glance. Just needlessly annoying for spectators.


Is she wearing Lotto? If not, and if she isn't Camila wearing Giomila, then she isn't the best dressed on tour...

I think she has her own brand.

 

[spystud]

Nothing to do with Rome, but good ol' Petko.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1658023172090785794

 

[ScottleeSV]

Sabalenka still waiting for UK visa approval apparently with 48 days to go until Wimbledon. I don't know if this will become a thing or if it will fizzle out in the next few days.

In darts though, 2 foreign players have been waiting since January to get their visa and nothing.

 

[spystud]

Rain will likely be an issue again.

[1] Swiatek vs. [21] Vekic
[11] Kudermetova vs. [22] Zheng
[12] Haddad Maia vs. [30] Kalinina
Badosa vs. Muchova

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Why didn't they schedule a match at 11:am on the Pietrangeli knowing the whether ? Ridiculous.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Ostapenko is still in the 2R of the doubles with Khichenok while Hunter/Mertens are already in the SF.

Penko would need to play her 2R and QF match and is also still in the singles QF.

 

[Boozyuzi]

Quarter finals of a WTA 1000 on a Tuesday? Not good..

 

[Benf15harp3000]

Why didn't they schedule a match at 11:am on the Pietrangeli knowing the weather ? Ridiculous.

Weather or not we will get an answer to that question depends on weather or not there’s bad whether

 

[Mark-Touch]

Valiant fight by Vekic to get to 4-5 break point second set. Couldn't convert though.
Vekic has all the shots to keep up with Iga.
What she lacks, and is key, is movement, particularly lateral.
Once Iga gets her moving side to side, she's doomed.

 

[volleyandfun]

Thanks.
Too bad it came up as a private video so I couldn't watch it.

That's really weird, when I posted that link, it was the right match, and now is something else.
Anyway, if you search Youtube for that match you'll see her left ankle strapped.

 

[tennis4me]

Another routine win for Iga. Hard to win against Iga playing Iga's rally game, especially if one doesn't have the fire power to play first strike game.

Once Iga found the short angle during rally, Dokic was done.

Next round is against Rybakina who has a 3-1 H2H lead against Iga in their last 3 meetings. Should be an interesting match.

 

[Carax]

Badosa finally holds her serve. She got broken 3 times this set.

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

A fierce battle between Karolina and Paula.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Muchova's touch/drop shot abilities (at least today)
leave much to be desired (cough).

 

[spystud]

Once Iga found the short angle during rally, Dokic was done.

Was this intentional?

 

[ktx]

It's nice to see Paula playing well again.

 

[spystud]

Kudermetova beats Qinwen in 3.

 

[spystud]

Kalinina forces 3 against BHM, already 2:40 in.

 

[Purestriker]

Was this intentional?

Maybe a freudian slip?

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

This match is denying the Italian crowd the Musetti vs Tsitsipas, I don't mind it as I watch the match but I find the scheduling awkward.

 

[spystud]

And of course another rain delay. Almost 11 there.

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

What an incredible match from Kalinina. Absolutely brilliant !

 

[zvelf]

I have to laugh. Haddad Maia was up 3-0 on Kalinina in the final set. I put a small bet on Haddad Maia thinking she had this wrapped up. Kalinina then won the next 6 games and the match. But I was rooting for Kalinina.

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Kalinina found a second gear and played out of her mind in the third set.

 

[zvelf]

Another routine win for Iga. Hard to win against Iga playing Iga's rally game, especially if one doesn't have the fire power to play first strike game.

Once Iga found the short angle during rally, Dokic was done.

Dokic retired 9 years ago.