WTA week of 7/12; Prague, Lausanne, & Budapest

[spystud]

Three 250s, Prague on hards, other two still on the dirt.

Prague draw

Petra & Krejcikova headline.


Lausanne draw (WTA finally decided to get a pdf up)

This one is not strong. Zidansek/Ferro/Teichmann/Giorgi are top 4.


Budapest draw

Putintseva/Collins/Pera/Begu top 4.


Bet this thread will be bumpin'!

 

[spystud]

Holy hell, didn’t realize Urszula Radwanska qualified for Prague. Haven’t heard that name in a minute. Looks like her last WTA main draw match was Nanchang, China in August 2016. That’s crazy.

 

[spystud]

Petra lost at home to Sramkova in 3. Sheesh.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Petra lost at home to Sramkova in 3. Sheesh.

To bad!

 

[Tennisfan339]

Holy hell, didn’t realize Urszula Radwanska qualified for Prague. Haven’t heard that name in a minute. Looks like her last WTA main draw match was Nanchang, China in August 2016. That’s crazy.

Til recently I thought she had retired tbh.
I saw her in the qualifying draw in Wimbledon, she was playing well. Won 2 matchs but couldn't win the 3rd. She won her 2 qualifying matchs in Prague and has a genuine chance to win this 1st round (never heard of her opponent)
I remember she was seed #31 in Roland a few years ago, it was her best ranking. She played a couple of times against her sister, including once in the USO main draw I think.

 

[spystud]

Fairly certain she did retire, injury-related, before her sister. Clearly she came back, good on her.

She was always pretty damn attractive too...

 

[spystud]

and has a genuine chance to win this 1st round (never heard of her opponent)

Nope, appears she ran out of gas. 6-2, 3-6, 1-6


Krejcikova won easily.

 

[fundrazer]

Konjuh and Putintseva tomorrow. Konjuh had a bit of a shaky round one match dropping a set. Hopefully she just needed a match to get settled in...

Good chance to win tomorrow and she has a win over her earlier in the year, but needs to stay solid on serve. Been seeing a few too many double faults.

 

[spystud]

4 & 3 for Yulia.


Two more names from the past in Lausanne...

Mandy Minella’s last main draw W was against Pavs at the ‘19 FO. Beat Gracheva today.

Alexandra Dulgheru’s last main draw appearance was Limoges in ‘18, García handled her easily today.

 

[spystud]

Sasnovich lost in straights to someone named Panna Udvardy in Budapest.

 

[AM75]

Another day on the WTA tour.

 

[Harry_Wild]

Another day on the WTA tour.

Wow….! Why all the walkovers?

 

[AM75]

Wow….! Why all the walkovers?

I have no clue. But it's not the first day filled with walkovers in doubles at all 3 tournaments. Looks a bit like Wimby mixed doubles draw...

 

[spystud]

Rain has screwed with the draws. I’m assuming some just ain’t real interested in playing multiple matches in one day, especially after being bounced from singles.

 

[spystud]

#2 Krejcikova playing her doubles partner #5 Siniakova in the Prague QFs. Naturally they are the two highest seeds left.

Zidansek beat Minella in Lausanne.

#1 Yulia & #2 Danielle the only two seeds left in Budapest.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Putinseva wins in 3. Goes to her chair on break point, to win match, to wipe a little blood, or dirt, off her leg. Not sure what was going on there. A bit unorthodox on match point.

 

[James P]

Huh, didn't realize Collins had never won a WTA title. Looks in really good form this week.

 

[spystud]

Four straight-setters in Prague today. Krejcikova smoked her partner, 3 & 0.

Lausanne appears to be all caught up after the rain.

Hopefully we get the Yulia/Danielle final in Budapest, that would be fun TV.

 

[Moose Malloy]

Collins requesting the supervisor. getting good

 

[spystud]

She’s also trying to screw up our best final of the weekend.

 

[spystud]

Yep, she retired down a set & 1-4.

 

[spystud]

Tomorrow’s finals...

Prague: Martincova v. Krejcikova

Lausanne: Zidansek v. Burel (beat García today)

Budapest: Putintseva v. Kalinina

 

[spystud]

Krejcikova & Zidansek have won.

 

[spystud]

Yulia up a set.

 

[ScentOfDefeat]

Do Krejcikova's groundstrokes remind anyone else of Davenport?
The elegant, easy power she generates is very similar.

 

[spystud]

Yulia won.

 

[James P]

Pretty "chalk" week on the WTA. #1 seeded Putintseva, #1 seeded Zidansek, and #2 seeded Krejcikova all won tournaments.

 

[AM75]

Pretty "chalk" week on the WTA. #1 seeded Putintseva, #1 seeded Zidansek, and #2 seeded Krejcikova all won tournaments.

The next week is even better. Collins is #1 seeded in Italy and in Poland the half of the draw withdrew at the last moment.