2025 WTA Doha 1000

[Aussie Darcy]

Since Alexandrova's surprise 1R loss to Raducanu at the Aus Open she's won 8 straight matches including winning Linz by beating:

Sasnovich
Martic
Muchova
Yastremska

Now into the SF here by beating:
Raducanu
#1 Sabalenka
Mertens
#6 Pegula

Darn good.

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

Look at this HUMBLE QUEEN!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1890101150046937558

She's turning into a sweetheart. Even with some fans yelling during her serve today she smiled and laughed it off. Since they've gone to electronic line calling, her attitude has improved. I like her go for broke style.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

I know on paper it looks like Swiatek has a breeze to the final but her draw has actually been stacked with players she struggled against. Her first 4 opponents have all beaten her at slams.

2R against Sakkari - the H2H is 3-3 with Sakkari knocking out Iga as the defending champ at RG in 2021. It's her only loss there since 2019.
3R against Noskova. Linda defeated Iga at the 2024 Aus Open.
QF against Rybakina. H2H is 4-3 for Elena with huge wins including Stuttgart last year and the 2023 Aus Open.
SF against Ostapenko. H2H is 4-0 for Ostapenko including that huge win at the 2023 US Open

Possible final against Alexandrova who has scored 2 wins over Iga including their recent match in Miami last year! Or Anisimova who she's never played.

 

[Down_the_line]

I know on paper it looks like Swiatek has a breeze to the final but her draw has actually been stacked with players she struggled against. Her first 4 opponents have all beaten her at slams.

2R against Sakkari - the H2H is 3-3 with Sakkari knocking out Iga as the defending champ at RG in 2021. It's her only loss there since 2019.
3R against Noskova. Linda defeated Iga at the 2024 Aus Open.
QF against Rybakina. H2H is 4-3 for Elena with huge wins including Stuttgart last year and the 2023 Aus Open.
SF against Ostapenko. H2H is 4-0 for Ostapenko including that huge win at the 2023 US Open

Possible final against Alexandrova who has scored 2 wins over Iga including their recent match in Miami last year! Or Anisimova who she's never played.

Interesting.

I think Iga will be driven to 4-peat though. Or perhaps it's not that big a deal to her lol.

 

[marc45]

should be starting on top of the hour with Iga and Jelena

 

[KantenKlaar]

Could be a blockbuster between Iga and Ostapenko.

 

[marc45]

on court

 

[marc45]

amazing...Ostapenko just blows Iga off the court on return in the first game of the match

 

[marc45]

Jelena destroying Iga in first two games, no difficulty whatsoever

how does the player with one slam years ago and not much since do this consistently to the most consistent player on tour?

 

[marc45]

good job by Iga to get on the board...Jelena up a break 2-1

 

[marc45]

routine first set win by Jelena with a double break

Iga probably will win more majors (idk if Jelena will) but she'll likely need to avoid Ostapenko in the draw...even more than Sabalenka, Rybakina, or Gauff

we'll see what happens if they meet at RG...no clay matches yet

 

[marc45]

Swiatek goes off court...maybe head to the airport

 

[djokovic the conqueror]

Ostapenko saving the WTA.

 

[marc45]

Ostapenko up an early break in the second, 2-0

 

[marc45]

Ostapenko saving the WTA.

she doesn't do much else but beat Iga, she isn't saving much

 

[KantenKlaar]

Ostapenko for president!

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

she doesn't do much else but beat Iga, she isn't saving much

She sure is fun to watch.

 

[marc45]

She sure is fun to watch.

she is, but she'll need to win some big tournaments to really add to the tour....become the talented bad girl...but that means she'll not only have to beat Iga but Sabalenka, Rybakina, Gauff, and others in a single tournament

right now she has a surprise slam and a weird head to head against one of the tour's top two players

again, I'd like to see them play on clay this year, particularly at RG

 

[KantenKlaar]

She sure is fun to watch.

I'm an Iga fan, but when Ostapenko plays I go for where the fun and action are.

 

[ScottleeSV]

The last two times I saw Ostapenko play she lost to Tatjana Maria at Wimbledon and got battered by Trevisan in Miami. Crazy how she just produces from time to time and then goes into a rut for weeks on end.

 

[marc45]

double break for Jelena, 4-0...Iga is mentally defeated and tactically

 

[marc45]

Jelena double faults her serve away...one break back for Iga, 4-1

 

[Cage Rattler]

could have been a bagel

 

[marc45]

Jelena breaks again, 5-1...Jelena's bakery about to open

 

[ScottleeSV]

Have they played on clay yet? Iga needs to play her on clay, get a win, build her way into some confidence against her.

 

[marc45]

6-3 6-1 Jelena...routine win over Iga, not many of those out there

let's see a clay match between these two

 

[marc45]

Have they played on clay yet? Iga needs to play her on clay, get a win, build her way into some confidence against her.

no...but we are talking about an RG champion in Jelena, not sure the surface would make a difference...we'll see, it'll likely happen at some point

 

[Midaso240]

Lol, Ostapenko's owning of Swiatek continues. Can't think of a parallel in men's or women's tennis, a top 2 player who has no answers for a non top 10 player

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Ostapenko breeze her way into the final without dropping a set and only lost more than 4 games in a match against Samsonova.

 

[Lauren_Girl']

Ostapenko is truly Swiatek's grandmommy now. 5-0 now. And the Polish was triple defending champion there. If she can't even beat her in Doha, she will struggle on any hard and grass court. Would be interesting to watch them on clay.

 

[AM75]

Usually it‘s Iga who feed her opponents breadsticks. But when Ostapenko plays like this others have no chance.
Anyway does Ostapenko have a new coach?

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

she is, but she'll need to win some big tournaments to really add to the tour....become the talented bad girl...but that means she'll not only have to beat Iga but Sabalenka, Rybakina, Gauff, and others in a single tournament

right now she has a surprise slam and a weird head to head against one of the tour's top two players

again, I'd like to see them play on clay this year, particularly at RG

'Penko has a go for broke style, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. She fears no player.

 

[ScottleeSV]

Lol, Ostapenko's owning of Swiatek continues. Can't think of a parallel in men's or women's tennis, a top 2 player who has no answers for a non top 10 player

She's possibly top 10 on natural talent though. It's like she's trolling the tour hanging around outside the top 32. That said, she's very unstable. The slightest 2mph breeze or maybe a runny nose, her game will stay in the locker room.

 

[AM75]

she is, but she'll need to win some big tournaments to really add to the tour....become the talented bad girl...but that means she'll not only have to beat Iga but Sabalenka, Rybakina, Gauff, and others in a single tournament

right now she has a surprise slam and a weird head to head against one of the tour's top two players

again, I'd like to see them play on clay this year, particularly at RG

She reached 1/4 of every slam, was in Wimby semi-final, is a slam champion / multiple slam finalist in doubles. Her career is quite great tbh. I bet she‘s in a hall of fame already.

 

[AM75]

'Penko has a go for broke style, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. She fears no player.

This tournament she plays with more spin and margin than usual. I just hope she‘ll continue to play like that.

 

[marc45]

She reached 1/4 of every slam, was in Wimby semi-final, is a slam champion / multiple slam finalist in doubles. Her career is quite great tbh. I bet she‘s in a hall of fame already.

thanks, better than I remember...but that better not be a Hall of Fame career!...the bar would have been lowered beyond belief at that point, you're insulting truly great players at that point

and I should add, she's already the talented bad/mean girl of the tour...but needs to be the multi-time slam champ and consistent final weekend player for her mercurial game and personality to resonate with the public in a large way

 

[AM75]

thanks, better than I remember...but that better not be a Hall of Fame career!...the bar would have been lowered beyond belief at that point, you're insulting truly great players at that point

and I should add, she's already the talented bad/mean girl of the tour...but needs to be the multi-time slam champ and consistent final weekend player for her mercurial game and personality to resonate with the public in a large way

If Conchita Martínez is there, so definitely can be Ostapenko.

 

[tennis24x7]

Rybakina double faults down match point

Iga through to the semis as she consolidates her newfound momentum against Elena...4-4 head to head now

her buddy Ostapenko, or Ons next

should be headcase to headcase

 

[Moose Malloy]

Anisimova into her 2nd 1000 final within the last year( Canada '24). Prior to that she was never in a final above 250.

 

[tx10is]

lol iga getting owned by another big hitter on hard but Ostapenko takes it to another level and has always treated iga like her personal toy.

big hitters running this tournament with penko and anisimova in final.

 

[marc45]

If Conchita Martínez is there, so definitely can be Ostapenko.

far far more accomplished

probably should be a two major minimum but she has to do a lot more to qualify when compared to the one slam winners that are already in, like Martinez, Roddick, Chang, Goran

 

[Moose Malloy]

far far more accomplished

probably should be a two major minimum but she has to do a lot more to qualify when compared to the one slam winners that are already in, like Martinez, Roddick, Chang, Goran

Helena Sukova is in HOF, but Muster is not. There are no real minimum standards to get in, its sort of a popularity contest.

 

[ScottleeSV]

Helena Sukova is in HOF, but Muster is not. There are no real minimum standards to get, its sort of a popularity contest.

If you'd have asked me which of those two was HOF, I would guessed Muster.

 

[ibbi]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1890420486120566995

 

[ibbi]

post-match: "I was pretty confident that obviously I will beat her"

As quickly as she appeared, Humble Queen has disappeared.

 

[MichaelNadal]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1890420486120566995

Iga has to sort out these issues with rage when she’s losing

 

[ibbi]

Iga has to sort out these issues with rage when she’s losing

I've never seen rage from her before, is it a thing? She usually seems to become more jittery and nervy when getting her butt whipped.

 

[MichaelNadal]

I've never seen rage from her before, is it a thing? She usually seems to become more jittery and nervy when getting her butt whipped.

Either rage or gamesmanship, she really hates to lose

 

[insideguy]

Am I the only one who picked a Anisimova vs Penko final prior to the beginning of this tournament?

 

[ScottleeSV]

Raducanu has been offered (and accepted) a wildcard into Dubai next week. This is becoming very uncomfortable.