WTA week of 4/15; Stuttgart 500 & Rouen 250
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Bill Lobsalot
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Sabalenka is hideous. Ruining the women's game with her screeching and histrionics. Thank goodness SEINFELD reruns are on.
coolcamden
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Paula was doing so well. Difficult to see her crying. Girl has been devastated with injuries.
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
G.O.A.T.
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Insane that Sloane v Pliskova was a 2R in a 250 in France when a about 7 years ago that would’ve been a slam final.
Pliskova was the #1 seed at the US Open that Sloane won in 2017.
Pliskova was the #1 seed at the US Open that Sloane won in 2017.
D-Lite
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QF vs Yuan who's also her doubles partner in Rouen this week.
coolcamden
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Where do we sign a petition to appeal for OJ to take some time off the tour. She needs it.
coolcamden
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How can it be that Iga has never faced Elise?
Bill Lobsalot
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Self serve. Lost her serve in the 6th game. Linda must have needed some carbs.
ScentOfDefeat
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It's very strange, it seems there's no middle ground with Raducanu - she's either awful on court or beating everyone easily.
I would like to understand this phenomenon.
I would like to understand this phenomenon.
No_Kwan_Do
Semi-Pro
Never write off Raducanu. She has a slam-winning game, you don't just lose that ability.
ScottleeSV
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This unproven young upstart from outside the top 300 continues to impress.
D-Lite
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Hope this is the start of at least some form for her with RG and Paris Olympics coming up. She's not one of my favourites but I feel her A game is deserving of a big win.
D-Lite
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Exactly, she's not injured (for now)... So let's see what she can do this year if she remains injury free. Swiatek up next in the QF where Raducanu will be a major underdog, so here's hoping she comes out firing.
robyrolfo
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She went through a period where she couldn't win a thing. Felt like it was 10 months long. Lately she has been better, but yes, most people seem to ignore her.
She just bashes the ball as hard as she can. Sometimes she gets into a groove where she hits more than misses, and she gets some results (against decent players, see below), but it usually doesn't last. She's a typical 2024 WTA player...
A slam where she never faced anyone ranked in the top 20 (if I'm remembering right), so yeah, no.
Devil_dog
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Please elaborate.
ScottleeSV
Hall of Fame
I'm surprised she didn't make more than those 7 unforced errors today playing in such a gung ho fashion!
zvelf
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Raducanu straight-setted 10 players in a row to win the U.S. Open, two in the top 20 at the time, Bencic 6-3, 6-4 in the QF and Sakkari 6-1, 6-4 in the SF. #150 Raducanu also beat #41 Sorribes Tormo 6-0, 6-1 and #43 Shelby Rogers 6-2, 6-1. That's 4 bakery-product sets in her last 10 sets to win a slam. She was clearly playing at a slam-winning level as she literally won a slam and did it without dropping a set. She has not matched that level since, but that doesn't mean she wasn't playing very well in those 10 matches.
Winners or Errors
Legend
Three operations in the past year.
No_Kwan_Do
Semi-Pro
Incorrect. She faced 2 players ranked in the top 20. Sakkari and Bencic, who had just come off winning a Gold Medal at the OGs and was arguably the tournaments most in-form player.
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robyrolfo
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Things are going her way right now. That's the point. And Noskova was embarrassing in that first set.
Are you typing this with a straight face? Bencic, who had a fluke Olympic win and has done exactly nothing with the rest of her career (one slam semi and that's it)? Or Sakkari, a notorious choker who has all of two titles in her career, despite being in the top 10 for a while now? Raducanu was in some sort of can't miss state of grace, not even understanding what was really going on, and both of these players (and others with Fernandez as well) were simply melting under the pressure of expectations. This was the best chance that most of them had to win a slam, being the favorites against unknowns like Raducanu and Fernandez, and it blew their minds.
No need to even comment on Srribes Tormo and Rogers, whose careers are there for everyone to see. You people really need to get a grip.
No_Kwan_Do
Semi-Pro
So you made a statement confirming your ignorance, were disproven, and now you're doubling down? Good to know.
ScottleeSV
Hall of Fame
Do we see anything other than the big 4 coming through their quarter finals today? None of the matches are easy. I think we'll see 1 upset at least (looking at you Coco, possibly).
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
First meeting between these two since they both became slam champs.
Vondrousova up a break in set 2 after Aryna took the first as Spy said.
Vondrousova up a break in set 2 after Aryna took the first as Spy said.
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Vondrousova takes set #2 over Sabalenka.
zvelf
Hall of Fame
Yep. Instead of admitting he was wrong about Raducanu defeating no top 20 players at the USO, he just dismisses those defeats as not meaningful. In other words, robyrolfo is not using reason to choose. He's just choosing his reasons. Raducanu can't have played well to win the USO despite not dropping a set and contrary to his assertions, actually defeating top 20 players, because Raducanu sucks and all confirmation bias has to support that conclusion. If she plays well, it's a fluke.
On a different note, the commentator pointed out that the top 4 women in the world are playing the Stuttgart quarterfinals and all defending slam champions are represented. That's quite the impressive field for a 500. I predict only 2 of the top 4 will survive into the semis.
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