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 .

Tennis Fan States63

Hall of Fame
Bizarre that a 28-year-old player with a mere two singles titles in her career should suddenly bippity-bop her way into two straight slam finals.

She has been impressive certainly here and Roland Garros. Seems like ages ago, but she also had some good fortune to get past Madison Keys. Sometimes, you need things out of your control to fall your way. I like her fight and strategy......maybe a late bloomer. I expect she'll give either of the ladies left a good battle on Saturday.

We shall see.
 

Aussie Darcy

Bionic Poster
I sure can tell what you were implying and the same goes for the rest of the people in this thread.
A joke is a joke and if you want to act like that, you go ahead. The people who post here on these threads know me. I like Paolini. It wasn’t an accusation.
 
Yeah amazing. I would like to see a detailed analysis of what changed. Like "she already had all that pace on her ground strokes, but too many UE" or "Her ground strokes went up by 10mph in the last two years". Very curious what made the difference.
Hard to say without the numbers, but I'm going to guess cutting down on unforced errors and knowing better when to go for shots, while keeping that belief you can still come out on top over a match when you're down. Not being tight like she was in the 1st set but finding a way to play more freely and positively
 

flyingboris

Legend
Hard to say without the numbers, but I'm going to guess cutting down on unforced errors and knowing better when to go for shots, while keeping that belief you can still come out on top over a match when you're down. Not being tight like she was in the 1st set but finding a way to play more freely and positively
Yeah could be. She certainly seems to have belief right now!
 

zvelf

Hall of Fame
4-16 before this season, as a 28 year old, straight to 15-2 with two straight slam finals. Has there ever been a more remarkable career turnaround this late in a career? It's unreal
Yes, there has: Stan Wawrinka. He never made a slam semifinal until age 28 at the 2013 USO and then won 3 major titles in 2014-2016. Late career emergence is rare, but it happens.
 
4-16 before this season, as a 28 year old, straight to 15-2 with two straight slam finals. Has there ever been a more remarkable career turnaround this late in a career? It's unreal
Yep could also be as a 28 year old, your mind works more efficiently, you have the experience, and physical age or reaction time decline hasn't started yet or begun to make an impact
You weren't missing her, she was just not there. Ie this year is the first time she's won a single Wimbledon main draw match period

She had a lot of early years where she did nothing notable at all. She had the elements of play that have allowed her here but unrefined and couldn't put them together

Nothing special happened this year, she just happens... to have it all click? One of the craziest stories in Tennis for sure
United Cup participation this season is the only thing different I can think of
 
Nice win for Paolini and a testament to the importance of positive energy on court, indefatigability in never giving up, retrieving ability, and imitating Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.

Paolini won despite being 1-11 in backhand winners (one for her, 11 for Vekic). I wonder what the backhand winner count was in the Seles/Sanchez-Vicario RG final in 98 - one of only three wins ASV ever scored against Seles.
 

JMR

Hall of Fame
She has been impressive certainly here and Roland Garros. Seems like ages ago, but she also had some good fortune to get past Madison Keys. Sometimes, you need things out of your control to fall your way.
Paolini's sudden ascent feels a little flukey because it IS a little flukey. I think she got through at Roland Garros mainly because Rybakina went on some sort of extended walkabout. And we can't say that Paolini rose to the occasion in the final -- she was destroyed. While it's no disgrace to lose to Swiatek on clay, it was not an "I deserve to be here!" performance from Paolini. And as you mention, she should've lost to Keys at Wimby, but Keys got hurt.
 

Mainad

Bionic Poster
The longest women's semi-final in Wimbledon history.

So there will be at least 1 Italian in a Wimbledon final this year and not the one we were expecting. Paolini becomes the first female player to make the finals of RG and Wimbledon back to back since Serena W in 2016.

Feel desperately sorry for Vekic. She came so close and maybe should have won it but seemed to be struggling physically and emotionally towards the end so I did wonder if she would have had anything left in the tank for the final whereas Paolini still seems as fresh as a daisy. On that basis alone, maybe it was better that Paolini came through?
 

JMR

Hall of Fame
Yes, there has: Stan Wawrinka. He never made a slam semifinal until age 28 at the 2013 USO and then won 3 major titles in 2014-2016. Late career emergence is rare, but it happens.
But with Stan, his potential was always recognized. He was a heavy hitter with one of the best backhands in the game.The question was whether he'd ever manage to put it all together. When he did, he wasn’t coming out of nowhere.
 

GodlessEndeavor

Professional
Paolini's sudden ascent feels a little flukey because it IS a little flukey. I think she got through at Roland Garros mainly because Rybakina went on some sort of extended walkabout. And we can't say that Paolini rose to the occasion in the final -- she was destroyed. While it's no disgrace to lose to Swiatek on clay, it was not an "I deserve to be here!" performance from Paolini. And as you mention, she should've lost to Keys at Wimby, but Keys got hurt.

Why should she have lost against Keys? Both players were doing just fine until Keys got injured.
 
outstanding match between Vekic and Paolini.

Is it just me or does Rybakina looks much thinner?
Maybe, or maybe it's just the fit of her clothes. She put on a little muscle mass last year, maybe she went back down a little to her more regular build

Wasn't ready yet for this match to finally come on even though I was waiting for it haha, hoping for an almost equally thrilling match this time too!
 

Kralingen

Bionic Poster
That is a very poor start from Krejci. She needs to wake up or this could be over swiftly. Give Elena something to think about.
 

NYTennisfan

Hall of Fame
Yes, there has: Stan Wawrinka. He never made a slam semifinal until age 28 at the 2013 USO and then won 3 major titles in 2014-2016. Late career emergence is rare, but it happens.
I don't think it's like Stan at all. He was always lurking as a competitive player, he was regularly making 3rd and 4th rounds at slams for years before he broke through and even made a few quarters I believe (I was a Stan guy so I know) so it's not like he came from nothing to out of nowhere making finals at the flip of a switch. She's had 4 slam wins TOTAL prior to this season after years on the tour. It's great to see don't get me wrong but it's unprecedented.
 

a10best

Legend
Maybe, or maybe it's just the fit of her clothes. She put on a little muscle mass last year, maybe she went back down a little to her more regular build

Wasn't ready yet for this match to finally come on even though I was waiting for it haha, hoping for an almost equally thrilling match this time too!
I was thinking maybe she went vegan and lost some muscle mass.
 

GodlessEndeavor

Professional
Keys was up 5-2 in the third set with a double break. She choked away one break, then got injured. That killed any chance of winning the one more game she needed.

There were 13 breaks and 21 break points in that match, a single break is hardly evidence that Keys should have won. It was still a wide open match after Paolini broke back in the third.
 
I don't think it's like Stan at all. He was always lurking as a competitive player, he was regularly making 3rd and 4th rounds at slams for years before he broke through and even made a few quarters I believe (I was a Stan guy so I know) so it's not like he came from nothing to out of nowhere making finals at the flip of a switch. She's had 4 slam wins TOTAL prior to this season after years on the tour. It's great to see don't get me wrong but it's unprecedented.
I hate bringing this point up since I feel like people crow about it too much sometimes, but you have to remember the depth of field in the women's game actually is shallower. It's a few women with consistently amazing game, then the rest seemingly like the journeyman equivalent from the men's tour

Also they only play 3 sets at most still, so you don't haaave to maintain your level of play as consistently or worry about leading 2 sets and a break up and still lose the match somehow after like 4 or 4 1/2 hours lol
 

zvelf

Hall of Fame
she just doesn't have the serve to attack on the get go, but she has enough variety to make a competitive match. Of course, Rybakina is still the favourite (BTW, I think when Krejcikova is on, Krej has a good chance to make an upset).
I agree that Krejcikova can present problems for Rybakina, but the match is on Rybakina's racquet as is the case right now. If Elena is playing well, she's going to win.
 

JMR

Hall of Fame
There were 13 breaks and 21 break points in that match, a single break is hardly evidence that Keys should have won.
A double break, man, a double break. Keys choked one away and injury nullified the other.

Victory is never certain at any point in a tennis match, and women's play does tend to involve more service breaks than men's. But being down 2-5 in the final set, two breaks in the hole, usually means losing. Let's not pretend otherwise.
 

GodlessEndeavor

Professional
A double break, man, a double break. Keys choked one away and injury nullified the other.

Victory is never certain at any point in a tennis match, and women's play does tend to involve more service breaks than men's. But being down 2-5 in the final set, two breaks in the hole, usually means losing. Let's not pretend otherwise.

To me "choked one away" doesn't really mean anything. She got broken back fair and square by Paolini and then was up a single break.
 
I was thinking maybe she went vegan and lost some muscle mass.
I wouldn't know personally but being vegan wouldn't mean you had to lose some muscle, she does look a little slimmer in her cheeks, maybe she lost some body fat instead
Eh who knows? I would only be concerned if she too went on that trending weight loss medication, like literally no sensible reason to do that loool
 

ibbi

G.O.A.T.
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Tennis Fan States63

Hall of Fame
Elena Rybakina has turned on the after burners the last few matches - think BK has one run in her left....perhaps. Better hurry though, or this match will continue to get away from her.
 
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