Who is winning women's Gold medal ?

Who will win the gold medal ??

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Tennisfan339

Tennisfan339

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The women's draw is now very open. Barty out, Osaka out, Sabalenka, Pliskova, Krejcikova out. The highest seed in the draw is now Svitolina, who has never been in a slam final. The only slam winner is Muguruza. Bencic, Pavlyuchenkova and Rybakina are seeded. Badosa, Giorgi and Vondrousova are not seeded but they took out Swiatek, Pliskova and Osaka.

Based on the results of the first rounds and their current form, who do you think is gonna win the gold medal?
As a big WTA fan, I have to say it's impossible to predict at this point. I cannot even pick one player and say "this one has zero chance to win". They all have one golden opportunity.

Please predict here in this poll. I'm interested in seeing your results, before the quarterfinals begin. Thanks. :)
 
Given that Puig came out of nowhere to beat the top seeds in Rio for the title it really is anybody's guess now. I'm pretty sure whoever I back will fall at the next hurdle (I just tend to jinx anybody I pick).
 
bobleenov1963 said:
Gold medal is essentially useless. I personally know a Olympic gold medal in track & field and she is now working as a track coach for $50/hour. A "bench warmer" NBA player is making a few millions a year.
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Missing the point. Nobody plays the Olympics for money. It's all for the glory. Your gold medallist will always be remembered in the Olympic Hall of Fame. Your millionnaire bench warmer will not be remembered by anybody.
 
Feeling Pavs tbh. There isn't the same pressure here and she'd love to win it.
 
Mainad said:
Missing the point. Nobody plays the Olympics for money. It's all for the glory. Your gold medallist will always be remembered in the Olympic Hall of Fame. Your millionnaire bench warmer will not be remembered by anybody.
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I am sure most people, myself included, would take a few mil over the olympic gold medals. 99.999% of people on earth wants to be rich and not having Olympic gold medal.
 
bobleenov1963 said:
Gold medal is essentially useless. I personally know a Olympic gold medal in track & field and she is now working as a track coach for $50/hour. A "bench warmer" NBA player is making a few millions a year.
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So if Elina wins Gold here,, her career still wouldn't be fullfilled ??
 
bobleenov1963 said:
Gold medal is essentially useless. I personally know a Olympic gold medal in track & field and she is now working as a track coach for $50/hour. A "bench warmer" NBA player is making a few millions a year.
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But i heard if you win Gold, you can come home and get millions in endorsements and like whetie box who will pay millions as well ?
 
Mainad said:
Missing the point. Nobody plays the Olympics for money. It's all for the glory. Your gold medallist will always be remembered in the Olympic Hall of Fame. Your millionnaire bench warmer will not be remembered by anybody.
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Remembered by Irwin R. Schyster,
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Nostradamus said:
yea i heard that Swimmer dude got like 30 million dollars in endorsement money after he won like 6 gold medals or something like that ??
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And we will always remember his name..............................................................................................Mark Spitz,
 
Devtennis01 said:
Feeling Pavs tbh. There isn't the same pressure here and she'd love to win it.
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She's playing really well. Sorribes Tormo wasn't the toughest of opponents but she absolutely destroyed her yesterday. We'll see how the match with Bencic goes tonight. I think I give Pavs the edge right now, but Belinda has been playing well too.

I do think Mugu is the favorite but she's had a few dips so far. I think she was 3-0 or 4-0 against Kudermetova and needed to go 7-5 7-5, similar story with gingeraffe yesterday. Was up 3-0 before the rain delay and allowed her back in the set. Still hasn't dropped a set though.
 
gadge said:
I’m surprised someone thought of vondrousova
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It's me after watching some of her matches at the Olympics. She's talent, just 22. 2019 Roland Garros finalist (l. to Barty), used to be in top 20, got a wrist injury dropped to No. 42.
 
Tennisfan339 said:
The women's draw is now very open. Barty out, Osaka out, Sabalenka, Pliskova, Krejcikova out. The highest seed in the draw is now Svitolina, who has never been in a slam final. The only slam winner is Muguruza. Bencic, Pavlyuchenkova and Rybakina are seeded. Badosa, Giorgi and Vondrousova are not seeded but they took out Swiatek, Pliskova and Osaka.

Based on the results of the first rounds and their current form, who do you think is gonna win the gold medal?
As a big WTA fan, I have to say it's impossible to predict at this point. I cannot even pick one player and say "this one has zero chance to win". They all have one golden opportunity.

Please predict here in this poll. I'm interested in seeing your results, before the quarterfinals begin. Thanks. :)
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Why are you a big WTA fan? There's no consistency among any player whatsoever (apart from Osaka on hard but even she will have regular poor performances these days). The standard is way worse than the ATP.
 
ttwreader said:
It's me after watching some of her matches at the Olympics. She's talent, just 22. 2019 Roland Garros finalist (l. to Barty), used to be in top 20, got a wrist injury dropped to No. 42.
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She’s really, really talented. Seriously think she can be a Slam winner (I mean why not) as her variety is so difficult to play against. Being a lefty only helps this aspect of her game.
 
I mentioned Vondy as my dark horse pick. Gotta say I'm a little surprised about her progress in the Olympics. But good luck to her nonetheless.
 
bobleenov1963 said:
Gold medal is essentially useless. I personally know a Olympic gold medal in track & field and she is now working as a track coach for $50/hour. A "bench warmer" NBA player is making a few millions a year.
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In a monetary sense it may not have much value, but maybe, just maybe there’s some other type of value :unsure:
 
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