2024 Wimbledon - Women's Discussion

Who will be 2024 Wimbledon women's singles champion?

  • Swiatek

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • Gauff

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Sabalenka

    Votes: 5 27.8%
  • Rybakina

    Votes: 4 22.2%
  • Pegula

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Vondrousova

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Paolini

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Zheng

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Sakkari

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other ...

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .

Mark-Touch

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Here is a link to the women's draw. If you have voted 'Other...' for the poll, please let us know your choice if you have one.

All WTA discussion (singles and doubles) pre-Wimbledon, during match play and post-Wimbledon is welcome in this thread.

As always, try to be polite to fellow TTW'ers. :)
 
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D-Lite

Hall of Fame
WTA is winner for sure. Naomi and caroline gets wildcards. this one wimby knew what they were doing. lets just hope naomi doesn't get the raw deal like she did at french open

The fun of crazy good WCs is which top player they inevitably play in R1 or R2. Osaka will probably be seeded once again by the clay court season next year. I wouldn't mind her playing Iga, Elena or Aryna early on. It wouldn't be ideal for either of them for given how lacklustre matchups can be before R3-R4 it would be a headline match early on.

Also wouldn't mind her playing someone like Vondrousova, Jabeur, Boulter or Raducanu - guaranteed Centre Court match and would rather see that kind of match up than potentially see her lose to someone like Alexandrova in R1 on a lesser court. The match with Swiatek at RG was probably the most exciting women's match (that's play combined with drama and intrigued) of the whole tournament.
 
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Mark-Touch

Legend
WTA is winner for sure. Naomi and caroline gets wildcards. this one wimby knew what they were doing. lets just hope naomi doesn't get the raw deal like she did at french open

The Wimbie site currently is a little wonky.

Ladies qualifying draw available June 24, yet mens's is available now.
Upcoming matches available starting June 25!
Live scores and results available for qualies starting June 26!
 

HarveyPitnik

Professional
Anisimova's in the Qs.
That seems harsh. :oops::rolleyes:

Also Olga Danilovic catches eye in the qualies draw and she even faces immediately Lucrezia Stenanini, that is player that has cleared GS qualies two or three times already, so very strong opponent for 1st round. (Stefanini is actually ranked within top 100 this week so unlucky in many ways. Danilovic surprisingly would have to qualify even with her this week's ranking)

Eurosport has more poor cover of the wimby qualies than from any other slam. That means only one match available at a time and at the moment it's Kiki Mladenovic vs. Brit called Amarni Banks that I have never even heard about before. Generally speaking Kiki doesn't have IT anymore, even though she has shown very demanding shots couple of times, the most convincing being very tricky half-volley from her baseline. It's one set each and 1-2 in the third and no idea which one will win.

Mark's favorite(?) miss Stakusic from Canada was probably the first to 2nd round as she beat French player Carole Monnet 6-0, 6-1.
 

Marius_Hancu

Talk Tennis Guru
Watch Todoni, the new Romanian. Perhaps too much topspin for grass (I prefer Stakusic's lower trajectories and shorter swings on grass), but a nice serve and game.
 

buscemi

Legend
15 year-old Brit Hannah Klugman beat Petra Marčinko in the first round of Wimbledon qualifying, 6-2, 6-2. Has anyone posted on here about her before/does anyone know how she plays?

This seems like a great service motion for a 15 year-old:

Klugman Serve
 
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Marius_Hancu

Talk Tennis Guru

Great movement (seated stance, on toes, separated feet), modern FH.
To beat Marcinko at her age it's something.

Possible model (not on the BH side):
 
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Mark-Touch

Legend
Mark's favorite(?) miss Stakusic from Canada was probably the first to 2nd round as she beat French player Carole Monnet 6-0, 6-1.

I'm not superstitious or anything, but very often, including today, I'll tune in to a match where my favored player is losing, and then watch them immediately turn the match around and win. As was the case today with Stakusic, her being down in the 2nd set tiebreak and close to losing the match. :)

She's still very raw around the edges but has a lot of upside potential.
 

D-Lite

Hall of Fame
Draws are out. Hello?!
From what I recall from reading the draw earlier, the most intriguing matches are:

Azarenka v Stephens
Badosa v Muchova
Alexandrova v Raducanu

Honestly Swiatek v Kenin has zero intrigue for me, that's how far Kenin has fallen off but it's a rematch of the 2020 RG final nonetheless.

Edit: further somewhat intriguing matches are:

Garcia v Blinkova
Wozniacki v Parks
Boulter v Maria

Wozniacki was playing well last week and so has Parks been. Contrasting styles of play too.
Boulter is a big home favourite and R3 v Pegula would be good. She could play Dart in R2 which was a tight match in Eastbourne. Maria is a former Wimbledon SFist from only a few years ago so she could throw in a performance that dashes home hopes in R1.
Fairly tricky draw for Osaka.
 
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Mark-Touch

Legend
First round matches of particular interest to me are:

Swiatek - Kenin (I don't think Kenin has much of a chance, but she could flip a switch and surprise us).
Stakusic - Siniakova (I have to root for the Canadian, but she is not likely to win).
Potato - Pera (I'll be rooting for Potato obviously)
Tomljan - 'Penko (rooting for Tom)
Collins - Tauson (let's go Danimal)
Woz - Parks (Woz should take this one)

Fernandez - Bronzetti (I like both players)
Svito - Linette (All I can say is good luck Linette)
Boulter - Maria (Could be a tough match for Boulter)
Cougar - JPeg (Has the potential for an upset, but JPeg should sail through)
Alexandrova - Raducanu (Could go either way, I like both players)
Badosa - Muchova (Again could go either way, I like both again)

Fruity2 - Mirra (I like both players but of course Mirra is special to me. It could be a nail-biter)
Gracheva - Tsurenko (I'll be rooting for Gracheva but she'll have her hands full)
Andreescu - Cristian (It could be a very tough match for Bibi)
Keys - Trevisan (I'm rooting for Keys)
Azarenka - Stephens (Azarenka should take this one)
Osaka - Parry (Parry could give Osaka some trouble)
 

D-Lite

Hall of Fame
First round matches of particular interest to me are:

Swiatek - Kenin (I don't think Kenin has much of a chance, but she could flip a switch and surprise us).
Stakusic - Siniakova (I have to root for the Canadian, but she is not likely to win).
Potato - Pera (I'll be rooting for Potato obviously)
Tomljan - 'Penko (rooting for Tom)
Collins - Tauson (let's go Danimal)
Woz - Parks (Woz should take this one)

Fernandez - Bronzetti (I like both players)
Svito - Linette (All I can say is good luck Linette)
Boulter - Maria (Could be a tough match for Boulter)
Cougar - JPeg (Has the potential for an upset, but JPeg should sail through)
Alexandrova - Raducanu (Could go either way, I like both players)
Badosa - Muchova (Again could go either way, I like both again)

Fruity2 - Mirra (I like both players but of course Mirra is special to me. It could be a nail-biter)
Gracheva - Tsurenko (I'll be rooting for Gracheva but she'll have her hands full)
Andreescu - Cristian (It could be a very tough match for Bibi)
Keys - Trevisan (I'm rooting for Keys)
Azarenka - Stephens (Azarenka should take this one)
Osaka - Parry (Parry could give Osaka some trouble)
Danimal has played no grass warm-up events has she? Is she injured/ill? Hard to see anyone who's not played in the lead up truly going deep in the draw unless they get the perfect step up in opponent that builds their form up match after match.

Azarenka should beat Stephens but I remember when Stephens beat Kvitova at Wimbledon (R1 also I think?) so will just depend if Sloane puts in a big performance or plays too passive/lackluster.

Really interested to see whether Osaka can step up her form on grass at Wimbledon as she did at RG on clay (didn't think she was playing all that well on clay until the pressure was lifted against clay queen Swiatek in R2).

Hoping for big results for the likes of Andreescu who's comeback seems to be neverending. People say how Raducanu is a 1 slam/result wonder and they could potentially be right. Andreescu was red hot that 2019 season leading to her USO title so surely that's evidence she has so much more potential - hope it's realised.

Also wishing Muchova a fruitful comeback even if it feels Wimbledon is happening a few weeks too early for her to do anything of note. Badosa R1 is a rough draw but with both having experienced injuries either one could realistically retire or get injured again.
 

ScottleeSV

Hall of Fame
The media are making far too much of Swiatek's early rounds IMO. Kenin is good but hardly going to worry Iga (unless she majorly underperforms). I can't see Iga's serious headaches beginning until Garcia/Ostapenko in round 4.

Sabalenka's draw looks easy in round 1 but then quite challenging from there on in. I can't be bothered looking at Rybakina's. If she's free of illness, she'll make the 2nd week and then we'll see where the land lies.

Gauff looks unhindered early on but then could play Osaka in a Rd 4 blockbuster.

As for the Brits, most of them came out smelling of roses. Watson and Dart will feel they should get through. Boulter has a tricky one but ultimately should make Rd 3 really.

Raducanu has the toughest match of the Brits but it's not unwinnable. She'll need to defend her serve better against Alexandrova than she did throughout Eastbourne, but hopefully it will be very different conditions.

Let the action commence! Shame there's no Sunday action at this one.
 

DutchUncle

Professional
Good crop of qualifiers this time around. I like how Stardust's game is coming along (Starodubtseva) and I'm choosing Volynets in SDL to take care of business in three sets vs. Maria Lourdes Carlé.
 

Zachary

Rookie
It is so unfair, why Iga has always slam champions in first matches ? her draws are so tough
But seriously, Saba had lately 3x in a row Ryba in the semis, that was ok. Iga has here- it is a problem..
Saba is injured.She can withdrew during R1. Splendid.
Ryba is injured too.
 
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D-Lite

Hall of Fame
Well, her groundstrokes are improving, but if Sakkari doesn't get her in the 3rd, Zheng may dispose of her in Rof16.
If Sakkari even gets the R3! She has a pretty straightforward draw but could see Yuan or Rus beating her in R2 if she's not mentally in the right place. Zheng should make R4 with that draw.
 

nounforcederrors

Hall of Fame
Interestingly, nooooooooooobody's even mentioning the 2022 & 2023 finalist Ons Jabeur. And not in the poll.
Invisible at Wimby this year?
 

Mark-Touch

Legend
Interestingly, nooooooooooobody's even mentioning the 2022 & 2023 finalist Ons Jabeur. And not in the poll.
Invisible at Wimby this year?

She is in the poll!
As a matter of fact all 128 players are in the poll.
Since I am limited to 10 entries, I couldn't list all 128 players.
I got around that limitation by including 'Other...' as the 10th choice. :)

If you would like to vote for her, simply choose 'Other...' and tell us your choice in this section.
 

nounforcederrors

Hall of Fame
She is in the poll!
As a matter of fact all 128 players are in the poll.
Since I am limited to 10 entries, I couldn't list all 128 players.
I got around that limitation by including 'Other...' as the 10th choice. :)

If you would like to vote for her, simply choose 'Other...' and tell us your choice in this section.
No thanks, I would not like to vote for her, not one of my faves. Too many UEs, unreliable serve, too much drama.
But you know what I meant. Like her or not, she's still - if barely - in the top 10, and has a decent Wimby history, yet nobody seems to be noticing her particularly this year.
And not a great run-up so far on 2024 grass. Lost dismally in R2 to Linda Fruity 6-2, 6-1 in Nottingham, and withdrew after a tight tiebreak first set to Gauff in Berlin.
 
No thanks, I would not like to vote for her, not one of my faves. Too many UEs, unreliable serve, too much drama.
But you know what I meant. Like her or not, she's still - if barely - in the top 10, and has a decent Wimby history, yet nobody seems to be noticing her particularly this year.
And not a great run-up so far on 2024 grass. Lost dismally in R2 to Linda Fruity 6-2, 6-1 in Nottingham, and withdrew after a tight tiebreak first set to Gauff in Berlin.
imagine putting Sakkari but not Jabeur at Wimbledon.
 

Marius_Hancu

Talk Tennis Guru
Gauff looks unhindered early on

Let's see if Anca Todomi, who is Romanian, 19, 6'1", and has a surprising feel for the empty corners/areas of the court, gets to play her. Then we might have a dandy, as Gauff doesn't yet have great past-3rd-R history here.

[Edit] True though, Coco has majorly upgraded her slam performance since adding BG.
 
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HarveyPitnik

Professional
Krueger is "Cougar"?!? Oh, please.

I actually believe that Parks will cut Caro's competition very short this time.

British lady commenting the qualies in Eurosport (already forgot her name) named Raducanu as one of the three top favorites in the tournament!!! (Roby should have witnessed that! :-D ) Alexandrova is of course rather unpredictable but I would put small sum that Emma is out after just 1st round.

Muchova's return has been made quite difficult with the draw. Badosa is a question mark but might be very worthy opponent already in the 1st and then it's one or the other of the "wonder kids" if Karo makes 2nd... then it would probably be Kasatkina.
 
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Mark-Touch

Legend
imagine putting Sakkari but not Jabeur at Wimbledon.

I assume you meant my explicitly putting Sakkari and not Jabeur in the poll?
There's a very simple explanation for that.

In every poll I reserve the tenth spot for 'Other'.
Any player who was seeded tenth (in this case Jabeur) unfortunately
does not have their name stated explicitly.

However, as I stated above, all players not mentioned explicitly are still covered
in the poll by the catch-all 'Other' category.

So all is good. :)
 

ScottleeSV

Hall of Fame
British lady commenting the qualies in Eurosport (already forgot her name) named Raducanu as one of the three top favorites in the tournament!!! (Roby should have witnessed that! :-D ) Alexandrova is of course rather unpredictable but I would put small sum that Emma is out after just 1st round
Who said that?!

The chances of her winning the tournament are extremely slim. If she makes round 4 it would be a great tournament for her at this point. She'll be doing well to still be around this time tomorrow.
 

HarveyPitnik

Professional
^ I tried to check it for you, but didn't find in couple of minutes check. I'm quite sure her surname was Fleming? (She may be wife of Johnny Mac's ex doubles partner Peter Fleming that was commentating there also!? ) Eurosport has thousand damn talking heads as "tennis experts"!?! :cautious: Ok, they are almost all ex-pros, but still too many people. (Anne Keothavong was also making comments about the qualies and she seemed great personality. Seems like British Billie Jean King-cup team is in good hands. )
 
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spystud

Talk Tennis Guru
It is truly impressive how Mark can embarrass himself.

For the actual tennis fans, those that don’t give a f*ck about idiotic juvenile rhymes, here we go.
 

spystud

Talk Tennis Guru
There really isn’t a great early match, Kessler v. Sakkari maybe?

OP is too dumb to consider anyone outside of top 10 in the poll. He will type stupid as usual.
 

Aussie Darcy

Bionic Poster
Got my vote in with 7 minutes left! I’ve gone with Sabalenka.

Iga just hasn’t shown anything on grass. Unsure on where Rybakina is at. Jabeur is who I want to win but don’t know if she gets that deep that she won’t choke again. Vondrousova I will declare has no chance (quote me forever if I get it wrong). Gauff I just haven’t seen enough of on grass too.

I honestly think it’ll be another new champ again but I hope it’s one of the top ladies (Swiatek, Sabalenka, Gauff, Rybakina).
 

Aussie Darcy

Bionic Poster
There really isn’t a great early match, Kessler v. Sakkari maybe?

OP is too dumb to consider anyone outside of top 10 in the poll. He will type stupid as usual.
Including Sakkari in a poll to win a slam (and Wimbledon at that!) has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve seen here.
 

HarveyPitnik

Professional
There really isn’t a great early match, Kessler v. Sakkari maybe?
Started with Yastremska vs. Podoroska, but that seems to be too uneven. Nadia can't get to rallies at all.
(Begu seems to get even more harsh schooling than Podoroska! )
Pavs vs. Townsend could be interesting. Will tune to that after Dayana has handled the first set...

Edit. Alexandrova probably got well paid vacation! :laughing:;) (Kidding. But all kinds of happen... )
 

HarveyPitnik

Professional
Begu got at least one game! :cool: (y)

Townsend's frame is just too heavy for her to be successful. Mind boggling that she actually leads (6-5) against Pavs! o_O

Tsurenko hasn't yet retired in her match against Gracheva but don't worry it's for sure just around the corner! :-D

I honestly think it’ll be another new champ again but I hope it’s one of the top ladies (Swiatek, Sabalenka, Gauff, Rybakina).
Of course you do! :rolleyes::( I have a nightmare that Swiatek or some damn Osaka wins. And I can think of long row of players that I would rather see winning than Rybakina, Sabalenka or Gauff
 

Mark-Touch

Legend
Including Sakkari in a poll to win a slam (and Wimbledon at that!) has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve seen here.

Blame it on Wimbie for seeding her 9. :(

I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but if you Darcy or anyone else had a player in mind to win who wasn't in the top 9, you could have simply chosen 'Other' and mentioned their name in the thread. Full credit will be given if they end up winning!
And their poll tally/% can easily be calculated.
 
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HarveyPitnik

Professional
Tsurenko didn't quit but lost to Gracheva 3-6, 1-6. Gracheva thus became the first winner of Wimbledon 2024 main draw.

Podoroska slid and hurt slightly her ankle. I think she was losing anyway...
 

Mark-Touch

Legend
Here's what I don't understand.
Gracheva is French now according to the WTA.
Why didn't Tsurenko shake her hand?
 
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