2024 Cincinnati Open - WTA 1000 Discussion

[Bill Lobsalot]

Pavs gonna have to step it up soon.

She looks pretty flat. Badosa's coach is LOUD.

 

[spystud]

5-1, handshake time.

We'll see if Pavs pulls a Leylah.

 

[marc45]

Iga is the 4/9 match favourite.

we'll see...I think this will be very telling, not only for the U.S. Open, because the courts will supposedly be similar, but going forward on hardcourts at least...I would say Sabs needs a win over Iga pretty badly...I assume she wants to be her main rival at least for a while, but that head to head is spreading out

 

[spystud]

Paula wins easy.

Iga v. Aryna tomorrow morning in the first semi.

 

[spystud]

 

[Aussie Darcy]

(1) Swiatek v (3) Sabalenka
(6) Pegula v (PR) Badosa

Bloody good lineup.

This time 2 years ago, Badosa was top 4 in the world. It's nice to see her back and healthy and the top of her game.
JPeg on an 8 match winning streak just casually.
Sabalenka finding herself after the injury that saw her miss Wimbledon
And Iga on her 15 match win streak at 1000 events.

 

[bw114]

(1) Swiatek v (3) Sabalenka
(6) Pegula v (PR) Badosa

Bloody good lineup.

This time 2 years ago, Badosa was top 4 in the world. It's nice to see her back and healthy and the top of her game.
JPeg on an 8 match winning streak just casually.
Sabalenka finding herself after the injury that saw her miss Wimbledon
And Iga on her 15 match win streak at 1000 events.

Best women's M1000 lineup we've seen all year IMO. Badosa looks really good. Awesome to see her look back to true form.

 

[spystud]

What in the hell scoreline is TC using with Iga/Mirra?!

That ain't close.

 

[tennis4me]

What in the hell scoreline is TC using with Iga/Mirra?!

That ain't close.

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[GhostDog]

It's pretty wild that you can't trust the #1 player in the world on non clay surfaces.

Sabs making the it look easy today. Disappointing match.

 

[NoleFam]

It's pretty wild that you can't trust the #1 player in the world on non clay surfaces.

Sabs making the it look easy today. Disappointing match.

Spoke too soon dude. Sabalenka is choking all over the place. 9 match points wasted.

 

[bw114]

Jesus Sabs. I love you but you are all time bad at closing out matches

 

[Hitman]

Man, Sabalenka can be so frustrating to watch....

 

[bw114]

74 minutes for a 6-3 set, lol

 

[NoleFam]

Sometimes I don't understand Sabalenka. You were absolutely destroying her 6-3 5-1 and had 0-40 and get tight, and can't close out the match. It shouldn't take you 10 match points to get it done.

 

[bw114]

Sometimes I don't understand Sabalenka. You were absolutely destroying her 6-3 5-1 and had 0-40 and get tight, and can't close out the match. It shouldn't take you 10 match points to get it done.

I still remember watching the women’s USO final last year. I had to leave about three games into the second set thinking I was gonna miss basically nothing. I was stunned when I saw Gauff had won. Sabalenka made her look like a college player in the first set. I still don’t really get what happened.

 

[NoleFam]

I still remember watching the women’s USO final last year. I had to leave about three games into the second set thinking I was gonna miss basically nothing. I was stunned when I saw Gauff had won. Sabalenka made her look like a college player in the first set. I still don’t really get what happened.

I remember the crowd lifting Gauff and she did lift her game, and play pretty well. I felt Keys actually choked to Sabalenka that tournament. She really blew that one. Now, Sabalenka is my favorite for the USO in these conditions, and Gauff is not playing well. I think Sabalenka should take this one.

 

[bw114]

I remember the crowd lifting Gauff and she did lift her game, and play pretty well. I felt Keys actually choked to Sabalenka that tournament. She really blew that one. Now, Sabalenka is my favorite for the USO in these conditions, and Gauff is not playing well. I think Sabalenka should take this one.

Makes sense, I watched some extended highlights and Gauff did play well. Just feels like I’ve Sabalenka get broken while serving for the set/match more than any other player.

I know women’s slams will always be more random than the men’s due to Bo3, but I always find it so hard to pick. By all means Saba is the favorite and should win, but I can also see her just not showing up in the QFs and losing to someone like Navarro. I say all this with Saba being my clear favorite player on the WTA.

Hopefully Badosa wins today because I really want to see her and Saba play each other. Paula finally looks back to her form from when she won IW and was world #4, which is awesome. If she can keep this level I honestly think I’d have her as a top 3 favorite for New York.

 

[NoleFam]

Makes sense, I watched some extended highlights and Gauff did play well. Just feels like I’ve Sabalenka get broken while serving for the set/match more than any other player.

I know women’s slams will always be more random than the men’s due to Bo3, but I always find it so hard to pick. By all means Saba is the favorite and should win, but I can also see her just not showing up in the QFs and losing to someone like Navarro. I say this all with Saba being my clear favorite player on the WTA.

Hopefully Badosa wins today because I really want to see her and Saba play each other. Paula finally looks back to her form from when she won IW and was world #4, which is awesome. If she can keep this level I honestly think I’d have her as a top 3 favorite for New York.

She does sometimes get tight once she gets close to winning and starts choking. She did it again this year in the AO final. It can be frustrating to watch honestly.

Yea I think Sabalenka is in the form of her life and I think she will win it. I honesltly thought she would win Wimbledon if she didn't get injured. That was a real setback.

Badosa is so fun to watch and I like her style. I hope she makes the final too and yes she is one to look out for in NY.

 

[spystud]

Double break for JPeg already.

 

[spystud]

One break back, Paula serving at 2-4.

 

[spystud]

Extremely short-lived, 5-2.

 

[spystud]

6-2 opener, that set wasn't very exciting.

 

[spystud]

More rain!

 

[Niekotokio]

Paula was one of my favorites until she starts crying

 

[spystud]

Paula forces 3 after the delay.

 

[spystud]

JPeg holds to 4-3.

 

[spystud]

JPeg going for the rare Canada/Cincy 1000 double, impressive.

 

[spystud]

And it would be the first-ever double (in the Open Era) if JPeg survives. Guess Goolagong did it in '73.

 

[Ronaldo]

Another decent win for Townsend, I hope she can keep it up.

Leg drop FTW!!!

 

[Ronaldo]

And it would be the first-ever double (in the Open Era) if JPeg survives. Guess Goolagong did t in '73.

Evonne the Don, btw!

 

[Ronaldo]

And it would be the first-ever double (in the Open Era) if JPeg survives. Guess Goolagong did t in '73.

And it would be the first-ever double (in the Open Era) if JPeg survives. Guess Goolagong did t in '73.

 

[roysid]

Why does pegula does so well in other tournaments and meeks it out in slams

 

[Aabye5]

I do like Swiatek, but glad to see Sabalenka raising the competition level today.

 

[tennis24x7]

Ryba probably must play more tournaments, so she doesn’t choke and f*ck up match-balls.

She is turning out to be the biggest headcase we have ever seen

 

[tennis24x7]

Rybakina's inconsistency is breathtaking, both within matches and from match to match and tournament to tournament. Sometimes she appears to be completely disoriented on court ("Oh, is it my shot now? Well, I don't really feel like moving my legs or reaching for that ball, so I guess it's a winner.").

Since she did this badly in the lead up tournaments, I think she will do well in the US Open.

 

[tennis24x7]

I don't think we should let the recency bias from her last match, admittedly an awful, awful performance, tarnish how well Rybakina has been playing generally this year. She's reached 5 finals, winning two of them, beating Sabalenka 6-0, 6-3 in one of them and beating Iga along the way on clay in the other. Rybakina has made the quarterfinals or better of all but two tournaments she's played in 2024. Rybakina's 80% win percentage is the second best on the tour after Iga. For comparison, Paolini and Pegula are at 70% and Krejcikova is at a distant 63%. And Rybakina's competition has been tougher. She's played Iga twice and Sabalenka twice this year going 2-2. Paolini and Krejcikova are a combined 0-2 against Swiatek and Sabalenka, both losing easily, while Pegula has not played either in 2024. Against the top 20, Rybakina is 10-4, Paoloini is 6-5, Pegula is 2-2, and Krejcikova is 4-4. So Rybakina has played more top 20 players than Pegula and Krejcikova combined and yet has a superior win percentage. Krejcikova's season being considered stellar is entirely owing to her going on a hot streak at Wimbledon. Otherwise, Krejcikova would right now be 10 wins to 10 losses on the year with no other titles, finals, or semis.

Not that I disagree with all this but for a GS champ we want to see her in GS semifinals or finals not Woz style finals of lower ranked tournaments. She clearly has the fire power, seems to be in good shape but is playing like my man Kyrgios these days

 

[tennis24x7]

Makes sense, I watched some extended highlights and Gauff did play well. Just feels like I’ve Sabalenka get broken while serving for the set/match more than any other player.

I know women’s slams will always be more random than the men’s due to Bo3, but I always find it so hard to pick. By all means Saba is the favorite and should win, but I can also see her just not showing up in the QFs and losing to someone like Navarro. I say all this with Saba being my clear favorite player on the WTA.

Hopefully Badosa wins today because I really want to see her and Saba play each other. Paula finally looks back to her form from when she won IW and was world #4, which is awesome. If she can keep this level I honestly think I’d have her as a top 3 favorite for New York.

You should be happy if Paula even comes to the semis of the US Open. Mirra, Swiatek, Osaka, Sabalenka even Rybakina can take her out easily.

 

[bw114]

Save for Iga on clay, I don't see how anyone can beat Sabalenka when she's playing her best. You pretty much have to show up, play your best, and hope she's not on that day. Match is completely on her racket. Up a break, 5-2* in the first.

 

[Pass750]

I would comment on match but I can’t see the ball!

 

[Purestriker]

Save for Iga on clay, I don't see how anyone can beat Sabalenka when she's playing her best. You pretty much have to show up, play your best, and hope she's not on that day. Match is completely on her racket. Up a break, 5-2* in the first.

JPeg isn't good enough, but there are a few (Rybakina, Coco, etc.) that have her number outside of AO.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Sabalenka serving for the match. 2 u.e's.
Will she choke? 0-30

 

[bw114]

Sabalenka serving for the match. 2 u.e's.
Will she choke? 0-30

Her achilles heel, seemingly. Has got to be the least trustworthy top 20 player (WTA or ATP) when serving out a set or a match.

 

[Mr.Lob]

She does indeed 5-5.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Pegula didn't do anything special in that game. Kept it in play. Got away with hitting short a couple times.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Sabalenka breaks back. Will serve for the match again.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Sabalenka takes the set and match 7-5

 

[Steffi-forever]

Her sixth WTA 1000 title!

 

[Connor35]

It's pretty wild that you can't trust the #1 player in the world on non clay surfaces.

Sabs making the it look easy today. Disappointing match.

Iga would be #1 in points JUST on hard courts.

Plus Iga has 6 hard court 1000s plus a US Open.
Aryna has 4 hard court 1000s plus 2 AOs.

You can't "Count on her" to win them all

But twice Iga has won 40 hard court matches in a year.
Aryna has never accomplished that.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Great win by Sabalenka who wins her 2nd title of the year following her Aus Open trophy. Goes into the US Open with some form after missing Wimbledon with injury and skipping the Olympics.