WTA Top Seed Open (Lexington, KY) Draw Out - return of Serena, Venus, Gauff

[spystud]

Bouzkova over Blinkova in straights.

Sabalenka/Gauff next.

 

[Mr.Lob]

*tomorrow

Thx. Been watching tennis channel off and on and didn't see a time.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Gauf the more experience player, is doing well against the journey woman Sabalenka! 1st 7-6 Gauf!

The journey woman Sabalenka took the 2nd set 6-4!

 

[spystud]

Calling Aryna a journey woman is a little ignorant. Only 22, has been as high as #9, won Wuhan twice & Doha right before the shutdown.

 

[spystud]

Coco serving for it @ 5-4.

 

[spystud]

Over, Coco seals it over the #2 seed.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Calling Aryna a journey woman is a little ignorant. Only 22, has been as high as #9, won Wuhan twice & Doha right before the shutdown.

The more experienced player 16 year Gauf took the 3rd set over the journey woman Sabalenka 6-4! Gauf is in the Quarterfinals!

 

[AM75]

They seemingly reduced the number of line judges and don't have a hawk eye ? Is it because of the virus?

 

[AM75]

One of the top I would say. If by hardest means the speed, Mad Keys hit the hardest by quite margin.

Ostapenko is quite close.

 

[spystud]

They seemingly reduced the number of line judges and don't have a hawk eye ? Is it because of the virus?

Highly doubt this complex was ever gonna have Hawk-Eye, but the fewer line judges is thanks to 'Rona.

 

[Harry_Wild]

 

[Harry_Wild]

 

[spystud]

Brady rolled up Linette in 69 minutes.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Brady rolled up Linette in 69 minutes.

Brady has improve her game in last 2 years! She should be moving even higher in the WTA rank hierarchy!

 

[spystud]

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Not surprised to see Sabalenka lose, in fact thought Coco should’ve been considered the favourite.

Sabalenka is highly overrated. While she’s 12-0 at the Premier 5 in Wuhan she’s only 8-10 at every slam she’s played... Coco by comparison is 8-3 at her 3 slams she’s played and she’s only 16.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

The more experienced player 16 year Gauf took the 3rd set over the journey woman Sabalenka 6-4! Gauf is in the Quarterfinals!

Not getting these (linguistic) qualifiers at all. Inside joke? A failed attempt to be clever? To my mind, these phrases mean nearly the same thing. And for both players, neither is really true.

 

[spystud]

Ol’ Harry has a little different grasp on the English language than the rest of us.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Not getting these (linguistic) qualifiers at all. Inside joke? A failed attempt to be clever? To my mind, these phrases mean nearly the same thing. And for both players, neither is really true.

Ol’ Harry has a little different grasp on the English language than the rest of us.

 

[PDJ]

I'm looking forward to your description of the Williams sisters match

 

[Mr.Lob]

Williams vs Williams getting ready to start. I'll take Venus in 3.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Between Serena and Venus, I predict Williams will move on to the next round!

 

[Mr.Lob]

Venus gets broken in opening game at 30,.a.doublenfault and a.couple.of unforced errors.

 

[Mr.Lob]

A sluggish and slow moving ball boy there. Serena holds 2-0

 

[EzekielTennis]

Can someone point out what is different in Venus's service motion?

 

[Mr.Lob]

Can someone point out what is different in Venus's service motion?

She's double faulted 3 or 4 times already. Her ball toss has been erratic.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Serena bulking down seems to have really helped her movement.and balance, though footwork still a bit lazy.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Serena spraying now.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Venus up 3-2.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Venus up 4-2. Can little sister come back?

That wasn't a rhetorical question.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Serena still having problem with the high balls when pulled wide.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Venus holds for 5-2. Serena whining about the service ace call.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Serena holds. Venus serving for.the set at 5-3. Dont choke.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Venus playing pretty good. Takes the first set 6-3. Will she win in 2 sets?

 

[Mr.Lob]

Serena,.not playing very well. Venus has taken 6 games in a row.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Serena holds easily. Up 1-0

 

[Mr.Lob]

Venus picks up on her serve. A couple of aces.and holds for 1-1

 

[Mr.Lob]

Serena hitting off that back foot too much. But, holds.comfortably for 2-1

 

[Mr.Lob]

Props to the beautiful Bluegrass state of Kentucky for hosting a great tournament. Should surpass Cincy in the running for the fifth slam.

 

[Mr.Lob]

A bit of trivia. Today's match is the 3rd Oldest combined age match in WTA history...79 years and 19 days. The Williams.

Renee Richards holds the record....with some other womans.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Venus digs deep to hold for 2-2.

 

[Mr.Lob]

I have to go mow the lawn before it rains. So, I'll let my partner in the studio booth take over the play by play. Take it away Harry is Wild....and go Venus!

 

[EzekielTennis]

She's double faulted 3 or 4 times already. Her ball toss has been erratic.

I was referring more to her technique. The commentator (I'm watching the WTA feed) is saying she has a new service motion. I don't really see a difference.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Go Williams!

 

[Harry_Wild]

Serena wins in 3 sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-4!
Venus serves let her down in defaults and not enough aces! Venus return of second serve wins much lower then Serena‘s.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Serena wins in 3 sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-4!

Excellent match from Venus at 40 tbh, and loving the new serve Serena too good in the last few mins (and you mean 3-6, 6-3, 6-4)

 

[Mr.Lob]

Bummer. Venus was up 4-3 in the third. Should have.won this one.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Venus should of taking it in 2 sets but got tired from 3 set Azarenka match.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Bummer. Venus was up 4-3 in the third. Should have.won this one.

Venus no longer has the “killer instinct” and she is older too. You right Venus should of, could of won if she had more desire to win!

 

[James P]

I watched most of the match. It was decent quality. Bummer those DFs kept Venus from gaining much momentum.