WTA week of 9/19; Tokyo 500 & Seoul 250
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PSNELKE
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First class clownery by Kudermetova. Lead the TB 4-2 and blew it with exclusively with UEs to lose the next 5 points. Beatriz didn't have to do anything except extending the rallies and keeping the ball in place
Beatriz with a monster 9-1 record in TBs this year
Kudermetova with a atrocious 7-11 record
Beatriz is clearly the intelligent player in this matchup knowing very well what she gotta do to win. Kudermetova absolute dumba££. Low IQ ball basher, nothing more.
Great to see the improvement by Beatriz throughout this year. Could be a factor on HCs and grass majors next year if she keeps it up
Beatriz with a monster 9-1 record in TBs this year
Kudermetova with a atrocious 7-11 record
Beatriz is clearly the intelligent player in this matchup knowing very well what she gotta do to win. Kudermetova absolute dumba££. Low IQ ball basher, nothing more.
Great to see the improvement by Beatriz throughout this year. Could be a factor on HCs and grass majors next year if she keeps it up
tennis4me
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Well, well. Raducanu's win over Linette was somewhat of a big deal, as it was the first time Raducanu won 3 matches in a row since over a year (last year's US Open).
Raducanu looked very sharp last night. Serve was firing, shot tolerance in rallies were looking good, she looked calm, and confident. She pulled the trigger and hit some amazing winners.
Granted Linette was injured, but that was not until late in first set or beginning of second set IIRC. Let's see how far she goes this time.
Raducanu looked very sharp last night. Serve was firing, shot tolerance in rallies were looking good, she looked calm, and confident. She pulled the trigger and hit some amazing winners.
Granted Linette was injured, but that was not until late in first set or beginning of second set IIRC. Let's see how far she goes this time.
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ttwreader
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Kuder with the QF win is #9 in the race now. Look at the Guadalajara entry list, almost all of the top players will be there except Swiatek, Jabeur (already qualified) and Halep (out for the season.) So Guadalajara will be the battle ground for the girls to gain a place in the final 8 in Fort Worth.
ScottleeSV
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I wonder why Swiatek and Jabeur are missing a W1000 (?). This isn't a packed part of the season, and we even used to have two W1000 events in the fall.
PSNELKE
Legend
Tokyo is 500 and Seoul is 250. The only 1000 left is Guadalajara later in October
ttwreader
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Here are my guesses:
1. They are both qualified for the WTA finals.
2. They already played a lot of matches this year, 64 and 58 matches for Swiatek and Jabeur respectively.
3. Guadalajara is a high elevation location 5000 ft above sea level. The air is thinner, less oxygen and the ball flies crazily. Swiatek didn't have good result there last year at 2021 WTA finals and Jabeur's never played there.
4. They will play some smaller tournaments to get match play to prepare for the final. Jabeur will play her home tournament the first time organized in Tunisia. Swiatek will play Ostrava and San Diego.
5. It's still early so they may decide to join later.
spystud
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PSNELKE
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Sorry, my bad. Ok pretty strange to not see the US finalists on the entry list
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
The more I watch Zhang play the more I am warming up to her game. 
fundrazer
G.O.A.T.
She's picked her play up quite a bit from the slump she has been in. Really clean ballstriking for the most part.The more I watch Zhang play the more I am warming up to her game.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Samsonova hits more like Goliath than Samson, especially her serves!
But Zhang is hanging on.
But Zhang is hanging on.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
The dink shot Zhang, the dink shot!
Hopefully you'll learn about it before you retire.
Hopefully you'll learn about it before you retire.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Yup. I was just going to say, as well as Zhang has been playing lately, Samson just has too
much raw power for her to handle, even though today she hasn't been in her best form.
ScottleeSV
Hall of Fame
Trainer is out for Rad. The back, I think.
Ah man it's just cruel.
Ah man it's just cruel.
ScottleeSV
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Normally I would say 50/50 on that final but seeing as Zheng was at it for 3hrs today, I'm thinking Samsonova.
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
Great to see Zheng make her first WTA final. Samsonova will be a stern test in the final. Also really glad to see Samsonova consistently playing well now. We saw her win Berlin in 2021, pretty much be MVP in the BJK Cup Final at the end of last year and then push Swiatek the hardest during her 37 match win streak (until she finally lost of course). Samsonova has great potential if realised, and when in form she will likely feature in the mix at many slams going forward.
Samsonova will be the fresher of the 2 after today's semis, but hopefully Zheng isn't gassed and we have ourselves a quality match.
Samsonova will be the fresher of the 2 after today's semis, but hopefully Zheng isn't gassed and we have ourselves a quality match.
D-Lite
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Maybe it won't be such a bad thing if they draw a line under this season and she puts in a full off season which she was unable to do last year. She's had so many bumps in the road since her USO victory, as well as pressure to deal with. Getting the body conditioned and ready for the rigours of a full season on tour next year would be a wise decision.
Ostapenko now up 5-2 in the 2nd set.
ScottleeSV
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No point if she can't compete. You just potentially make it worse. I think she only started the 3rd set out of stubborn frustration and I get that. It's virtually every tournament she tweaks something.
PSNELKE
Legend
Then call it a season. Retiring is fine but retiring constantly throughout the season is disrespectful as hell to her opponents. I believe that's 5 for the year
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
Seriously, just draw a line under this season - it's nearly October and it's nearly over. She needs to go home, mentally reset and put in a solid training block so that she can compete with the strongest players on tour.
Emma is at #66 in the rankings, although she may have a few more spots to drop before year end as she did play some tournaments at the end of last year. She's entered no tournaments next week, but she's down for Ostrava!!! the week after, so we will see if she withdraws from that and calls an end to this season.
The fact she is no longer a reigning GS champ is a positive. She can play more smaller tournaments and work her way back into the seeded spots at majors. This way she will also play more top players regularly which her accelerated ranking into the top 20 stopped her from experiencing.
The fact of the matter is, ER hadn't won 3 matches in a row since the 2021 USO. This week she has won 7 consecutive sets which is a huge positive when you compare it to the rest of her season. Routinely beating players she is expected to beat in straight sets is something she needs to get used to if she is to return to the top of the game. Playing players like Ostapenko, you're always going to be at the mercy of which version of them rocks up on the day but just experiencing their games is imperative at this point even if it is a loss. These are the types of players she could face in the first few rounds of all tournaments from now on.
Emma is at #66 in the rankings, although she may have a few more spots to drop before year end as she did play some tournaments at the end of last year. She's entered no tournaments next week, but she's down for Ostrava!!! the week after, so we will see if she withdraws from that and calls an end to this season.
The fact she is no longer a reigning GS champ is a positive. She can play more smaller tournaments and work her way back into the seeded spots at majors. This way she will also play more top players regularly which her accelerated ranking into the top 20 stopped her from experiencing.
The fact of the matter is, ER hadn't won 3 matches in a row since the 2021 USO. This week she has won 7 consecutive sets which is a huge positive when you compare it to the rest of her season. Routinely beating players she is expected to beat in straight sets is something she needs to get used to if she is to return to the top of the game. Playing players like Ostapenko, you're always going to be at the mercy of which version of them rocks up on the day but just experiencing their games is imperative at this point even if it is a loss. These are the types of players she could face in the first few rounds of all tournaments from now on.
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ScottleeSV
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Ostapenko won't care (or Friedsam, or whoever the beneficiary of the week is)
It doesn't seem to be one particular injury she has that she needs to rest. It's not every match either. It's sort of every 4 or 5 matches.
No point shutting the season down if she thinks she can be fit for wherever she's playing next. Theoretically she could take 3 months off and then break down in Adelaide. She's #66 (?) on merit and entitled to play.
D-Lite
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There of 3 weeks of the tour left which she's eligible to play in. She's not down for Tallinn or Monastir next week. She is down for Ostrava the week after, but surprisingly not Cluj-Napoca the week after that. I think she will either be fit enough for Ostrava or she will withdraw and take a WC into Cluj-Napoca if any are still available as she has mixed Romanian-Chinese heritage. I recall last year she spoke a bit of Romanian at the tournament. Between now and then they could investigate and resolve the back issue and try and play, or what would probably be most beneficial is to just totally focus on the body for a few weeks before a big off-season training block. It's a shame that she has Tursunov in her corner and he was with Kontaveit when she had that big indoor streak last year - his input is probably very valuable but alas there's always next year. Hopefully their partnership is going well and it extents into for the full duration of next season as ER really needs as much stability at this stage as possible.
ScentOfDefeat
G.O.A.T.
Does anyone know who the Asian (presumably Korean?) gentleman sitting next to Ostapenko's mum yesterday is?
brinkeguthrie
Hall of Fame
I've never seen a young player like her retire so often.
JJGUY
Hall of Fame
tour guide/interpreter?
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
G.O.A.T.
I think it's 4. Badosa with 3. If combine with WO before the match, Simona and Azarenka should be up there as well.
flyingboris
G.O.A.T.
Pretty decent play so far, but not a lot of creativity by either player. It's not brainless ball bashing, but it's not particularly exciting either.
fundrazer
G.O.A.T.
Samsonova slapped that one. Sometimes a problem when you're just bashing the ball back without much thought about direction. Samsonova could take it early and just send it cross and Zheng has no chance to cover it. Course it takes some skill for Samsonova to hit it cleanly like she did.
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