Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Cornet takes out Muguruza 7-6 in the 3rd set tiebreak.
Alize is into the SF.
Cornet failed on 5 MP's but delivers to get the win.
Alize is into the SF.
Cornet failed on 5 MP's but delivers to get the win.
WTA week of 6/14; Berlin 500 & Birmingham 250
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Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Cornet has never won a title above an international.
Looking to do it here in Berlin at a Premier/500 tournament.
Into the SF where she'll play #5 Bencic.
Looking to do it here in Berlin at a Premier/500 tournament.
Into the SF where she'll play #5 Bencic.
flyingboris
Legend
See, Bianca lost to the player who just beat the world #13, all is well.
ScentOfDefeat
G.O.A.T.
Azarenka's new no-bounce serve is really weird.
spystud
Talk Tennis Guru
Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
Cornet with her quarterfinal win over Muguruza, will save her from playing qualifying rounds in future WTA tournaments! Cornet going a whopping 185 WTA points.
flyingboris
Legend
And Alizé Biancakiller Cornet out.
ScentOfDefeat
G.O.A.T.
Samsonova is scary good.
Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
Coco Vandeweghe on court and the commentators are going overtime in praising Vandeweghe! Her injuries supposedly why her ranking fall and never mention her current ranking of 203 and 29 year old. She is 6’ 1”. Vandeweghe is in 2021 Wimbledon MD!
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Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
Kasatkina 6-2 1set against Vandeweghe!
Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
Kasatkina 6-4 2nd set against Vandeweghe! Vandeweghe made a comeback at 1-4 run! Sort of bizarre 2nd set!
spystud
Talk Tennis Guru
Playing Samsonova. Of course.
elkwood
Hall of Fame
Samsonova had a great tournament!! I kind of hope she wins just to see if wim will give her an entry
tennis4me
Hall of Fame
Samsonova (#105 pre-tournament, #63 now) had a very impressive run. Had to play 7 matches to win the Final since she was a Qualifier. Along the way to the Win beating
Q2: Ana Konjuh (#129, ex-#20)
R32: Vondroušová (#40, ex-#14)
R16: Kudermetova (#32, ex-#28)
QF: M. Keys (#26, ex-#7)
SF: Azarenka (#14, ex-#1)
F: Bencic (#11, ex-#4)
Power hitter, big serve. This is the first time I've seen her match.
ScentOfDefeat
G.O.A.T.
I watched 3 of her matches this week.
Got a few Sharapova vibes from her: concentration, intensity and self-belief.
tennis4me
Hall of Fame
You're probably right about that observation.
I didn't watch the whole match, but heard the commentators mentioning something about Sharapova. Not sure if it was just a comment from the commentator or something that Samsonova had said herself (that she sees Sharapova as a role model for those things). I just checked ... Her WTA profile says "Idolizes Maria Sharapova".
When I see her play, it reminds me of other match-toughened players that go through the grind of weekly ITF Circuit/Challenger players. She played with a lot of grit, tenacity and determination.
She was playing a W25 ITF Tournament as recent as early June and losing in the QF against #286 Frederica di Sarra.
Happy to see players break out from the ITF circuit to the WTA.
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