WTA week of 4/4; Charleston 500 & Bogota 250

[JackieTreeh0rn]

LFG Linette!

 

[tennis4me]

Linette is through! 6-3,4-6,6-2. Impressive day for her.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Can someone please explain to me why Linette played two matches today?
Did anyone else do that?

 

[Kralingen]

Warrior mode, 6 sets in about 8 hours for Linette.

At any level that’s impressive. Considering this was on clay, it’s even moreso.

 

[flyingboris]

Can someone please explain to me why Linette played two matches today?
Did anyone else do that?

I think the schedule got compressed due to lotsa rain

 

[tennis4me]

Can someone please explain to me why Linette played two matches today?
Did anyone else do that?

Seems like she's the only one who's behind on her match. Everyone other than her is waiting at the QF. She needs to play 2 matches in order for everyone to be at QF by tomorrow. If Fernandez won today, she would've had to play 2 matches as well.

Rain delays, lightning.

 

[spystud]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512261963568533513

 

[tennis4me]

Bencic broken twice. Badosa looking strong, leading 5-2 in set 1.

 

[spystud]

Paula is fiery right now, threw her racket, damn near hit the ball kid.

 

[spystud]

Belinda wins the breaker to force 3.

Nike really needs to expand their collection.

 

[spystud]

Belinda serving for it @ 5-4.

 

[spystud]

And she holds for the win.

 

[ScottleeSV]

Bencic in good form. That was a great win. I'd give her half a chance at the French. Why not?

 

[coolcamden]

Wasn’t that the 1st BB win over PB? She cracked the Badosa’s serves to win this match. Well done!

 

[tennis4me]

That's a nice win from Bencic. I stopped watching after the 1st set. Impressive 1st win against Badosa.

 

[coolcamden]

Poor Linette is completely pooped out starting this match.

 

[spystud]

Yeah, this is bad. Announcers are saying she may not retire because that automatically kicks her & Klepac out of doubles too.

23-minute bagel.

 

[coolcamden]

23 minutes bagel. Worse than my beat down on the court today.

 

[spystud]

Holy hell, Magda hasn't even played her R1 double match yet. This is Friday.

 

[spystud]

AA v. CoCo now.

 

[bluetrain4]

Coco still her surly self, but I'm glad she's back. Temperment/personality variety is good.

 

[spystud]

She’s getting rolled up though.

 

[spystud]

1 & 2 for Amanda, easy day.

 

[spystud]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512597612247060480

 

[spystud]

Alexandrova serving @ 4-5 against Belinda.

 

[spystud]

Belinda breaks for the set.

 

[Pavla]

Can't rouse much interest in who wins this Alexandrova-Bencic match. Have it on just in case it gets interesting. Looking forward to Jabeur-Anisimova, though, and hoping Ons gets the win..

 

[coolcamden]

Alexandrova is good though… she’s not going to beat BB today, but she ain’t afraid.

 

[coolcamden]

And I’m with ya, want an Ons win.

 

[coolcamden]

Amazing stretch of 4 points. Alex was serving 2-3 15-40. She did 2 aces back to back for deuce. Then she served went up to net with a great approach to BB BH, who blocked it back and stayed home. Alex punched a nice volley but right back at BB, who had stayed home on her backhand side for a beautiful backhand pass. Then at add-out, BB took the net and put a nice defensive backhand volley for a win. Now BB is serving with new balls for a 5-2 lead.

 

[spystud]

Belinda is in the final.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Love the shorts!
Not so much on Jabeur,
but killer shorts for Amanda.

 

[flyingboris]

The green clay looks almost completely gray on my stream. Just the stream, or is it a different color this year?

 

[Mark-Touch]

That was funny watching Amanda getting tangled up with her legs.
1-0 in sets now for her.

 

[Mark-Touch]

The green clay looks almost completely gray on my stream. Just the stream, or is it a different color this year?

Same here. It does look strange, but I like it.

 

[spystud]

The green clay looks almost completely gray on my stream. Just the stream, or is it a different color this year?

It hasn't been green for quite awhile, just an old name that's stuck.

 

[Pavla]

but killer shorts for Amanda.

Beautiful color and very flattering. She looks taller than usual.

 

[tennis4me]

The green clay looks almost completely gray on my stream. Just the stream, or is it a different color this year?

It's Har-Tru court. Harder than red clay, and it plays more like hard court. You can get away with not sliding as much. Supposedly Charleston WTA is the only venue that uses this surface.

 

[Pavla]

C'mon, Ons, in your ugly kit, with your short, stubby legs - you can beat this gal

 

[flyingboris]

It hasn't been green for quite awhile, just an old name that's stuck.

I don't ever recall it being bright green or anything, but it always used to to have at least a touch of green. Anyway, back to the match, let's see if Amanda can fight back.

 

[Pavla]

Ons makes me laugh. 10/10 fauxpology.

 

[Pavla]

Anisimova's meltdowns are always so dramatic. Hoping for competitive third set.

 

[spystud]

Working on a WTA-special scoreline.

 

[flyingboris]

Ons is great, but Amanda just gets so moody. It affects her play negatively, exactly when she needs to fight harder.

 

[flyingboris]

A jumping drop shot by Ons. Huh?

 

[spystud]

Amanda breaks to 4-3.

 

[JackieTreeh0rn]

A jumping drop shot by Ons. Huh?

Seems like she likes playing trick shots throughout her matches. I'm rooting for Amanda. Not for this reason, just saying ...

 

[spystud]

Jabeur breaks back, then holds to 5-4.

 

[spystud]

Sheesh, broken at love for ballgame.

 

[Pavla]

Wow. Anisimova has a terrific game, but her mental strength is severely lacking. Feel bad for her.