WTA week of 3/31; Charleston 500 & Bogota 250
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robyrolfo
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Lots of green clay here in NY as well. It's definitely a lot cleaner than red clay, which does make a difference for a lot of people, and I think it's also significantly cheaper.
Red clay definitely plays better, though, and the green can give you some funky bounces if it isn't well maintained.
One other negative about the green, though, is that it will give you a nasty "road rash" type of abrasion if you happen to fall down on it. Not sure if red clay does that, but I really don't think so.
I was watching a lot of that mach, but turned it off towards the end of the second. Is she taking some medication to keep her weight down? Did that play a part?
tennis24x7
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I am not surprised at Ajla at all, she is the most brain dead tennis player I have seen. No variety at all, if she had that variety in earlier, she could have surely won couple.
ScottleeSV
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They mentioned that the altitude might have affected her, although it's far from her first tournament in that region.
I don't know the finer details of her situation, just that she's disabled in the hands and generally struggles with other injuries too (more than most players do).
robyrolfo
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Are you familiar with the WTA tour in 2025? You just described roughly 90-95 out of the top 100 players. Muchova seems like an artist these days, when she would have had a very average amount of variety in her game in previous generations.
robyrolfo
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I didn't realize she had that issue with her hands, but I just watched the replay and can see it now. Makes me feel really bad for her.
And what happened in the match was strange. She was clearly struggling a lot, and was calling for glucose at one point, before she eventually just laid down on the court and never got up. Hope she is OK.
Bill Lobsalot
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She's a stunning looking woman. So, there's that.
ScottleeSV
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All eight of the Last16 matches look genuinely competitive. Not a single match you'd say is a lock.
Aussie Darcy
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Honestly a brilliant lineup.
(1) Pegula v Tomljanovic
(11) Ostapenko v (7) Collins
(3) Zheng v (13) Mertens
(9) Alexandrova v (6) Shnaider
(8) Anisimova v (10) Putintseva
(15) Krueger v (4) Navarro
(5) Kasatkina v Kenin
(14) Kalinskaya v (2) Keys
I've seen slams with worse lineups than that and this is a 500.
robyrolfo
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They must pay nice little appearance fees, but it also has a nice little space in the calendar.
It's not red clay, but it's clay, it's a nice little city, and it is very close to Miami. It makes a lot of sense for the big players to make the short trip and start their clay season there.
Bill Lobsalot
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Collins/Ostapenko is a slugfest. Lots of winners. Entertaining when they're both blasting it.
Bill Lobsalot
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They have similar games. Mutual respect.
Bill Lobsalot
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Slice queen Maria just bageled Chang in Bogota. Both are interesting, unique style players. Kinda fun to watch.
tennis4me
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I observed that two of Kenin's killer shots that was very effective against Dasha was the well- disguised, sudden dropper and the sharp angled FH/BH that ended many rallies quickly - the type of rallies that many couldn't win against Dasha. Impressive play yesterday. During interview I think she said something along the line that if she played like that match, it's hard to beat her.
On another note, just read another Sports Illustrated article on a different type of feistiness - not the Kenin type.
https://www.si.com/onsi/serve/news/...oks like Zheng was,rolled back onto the court.
On another note, just read another Sports Illustrated article on a different type of feistiness - not the Kenin type.
https://www.si.com/onsi/serve/news/...oks like Zheng was,rolled back onto the court.
ScottleeSV
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You'll struggle to find a tighter quarter final line up all year long. Even the two bigger names that stand out - Pegula and Zheng - will have a battle today. Collins is defending champ and Alexandrova is 2-0 h2h v Zheng (both wins on clay).
If you pick 4 winners today you've done well. Mine..
Pegula
Alexandrova
Kenin
Navarro
If you pick 4 winners today you've done well. Mine..
Pegula
Alexandrova
Kenin
Navarro
ScottleeSV
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Just noticed Zheng is only 27th in the race. Maybe this is why.
tennis4me
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Didn't watch set 3. How did she end up with a bagel? Collins ran out of gas? I saw the beginning of the 1st game of set 3 and Collins seemed to already playing erratically, losing at 0-40. Including a 2nd serve at 0-40 that at least as hard as the 1st serve and missed by a bit. What happened?
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