Oooh are the stars aligning for Katie?lol wtf
So that’s the top 3 favourites for Wimbledon (Rybakina, Sabalenka, now Jabeur) who have all had to retire this tournament…
wait, I didn't know Sabalenka had pulled out too!...geezlol wtf
So that’s the top 3 favourites for Wimbledon (Rybakina, Sabalenka, now Jabeur) who have all had to retire this tournament…
imagine we were close to that situation with Nadal and Fritz at IW in '22What happens when both finalists declared "RETIRED/WO" at the same time? (Because one didn't know the other is going to retire or WO) /end-of-facetious-remark.
Geez. Imagine if you're paying for the day's match. 3 of matches in QF ended with RET. Didn't watch any. Was it really because of injury or due to Wimbledon?
Hey, this actually will happen.An Ajla v. Yulia final in Birmingham could be fun.
This is good, at least.It marked the first time in her WTA Tour career that Sabalenka had retired from a match because of injury.
Will never forgive those bitches. I don’t use that word often but I do forever wish the worst in tennis on Sorribes Tormo and Bouzkova. Foul human beings. Glad Kato got her revenge, hope she takes the title (Hsieh/Mertens have enough so they can lose one).Kato got her revenge in doubles against the infamous duo.
That is crazy, especially as she seemed to have a few years where she was really contending at majors to make QF/SF. Someone else mentioned Maria, she also won like a bunch of titles in Bogota after Mallorca (appreciate Bogota is arguably the weakest WTA tournament on the calendar as WTA don't have a proper S American clay swing). Maybe if Ajla can win this it will allow her to grab a few more before retiring. Having said that, Putintseva is a nightmare and appears to be particularly solid this year. AT has played well on grass for some time now so here's hoping her experience can help her through. I feel like she's been on the comeback from injury a heck of a long time. When was it she returned? Because I wasn't sure if she got reinjured or something. I know Badosa keeps aggravating her injury - another player who seems to still be on the comeback trail.She’s had a nice career but might be news to some that this would be Tomljanovic’s first career title.
Despite 3 slam QF’s, 4 career finals, being the player to send Serena Williams into retirement, Ajla has never won a proper WTA title.
In with a huge shot against Poots.
yeah, Rybakina is going to fire the body up for another tryBrilliant hold from Kalinskaya to go up 5-4 in the final set over Pegula. Both of these players will be desperate to win this 500 event. Pegula has been ranked so high yet doesn't have that many titles to her name, and Kalinskaya lost that 1000 to Paolini earlier in the year so will be keen to get a W here.
Edit: unbelievable 4th MP saved by Pegula. 4-5 deuce now and both are really fighting for this.
Edit 2: Unbelievable hold from Pegula - 5 MP saved and it's 6-6 in the final set approaching the 2h 30 mark.
Both Pegula (Eastbourne) and Kalinskaya (Bad Homburg) are due to play next week although I imagine they probably won't after this 3-setter and a long week with delays in Berlin.
Neither Tomljanovic/Putintseva are entered into tournaments next week but a lot of the big names are outside of Swiatek, Sabalenka, Gauff and Jabeur.
I'm something of a fan of hers, so I follow her results pretty closely. A few years ago she was pretty consistently toward the top half of the rankings, and usually went pretty far in big tournaments until she played one of the big guns.Putintseva up to 34 in the WTA live rankings - only 7 off a career high of 27 so it's showing how solid she's been this year. You won't want to draw her R1 at Wimbledon as you're going to have to knock her off the court by the looks of it.
Huh? Who was mad at her?Parks beat Pera to win a 125 in Italy, right after someone was real mad at her recently.