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The word for me is vacillate, Amy – Vacillating like never before and there’s always a lot of vacillating involved picking a WTA brakcet
Hope you’ve been well, dear amy.
The thing is I can’t remember not picking Serena to win a GS. And I was wrong – three of four times in 2016. Here I am finally NOT picking her in a GS and it still feels wrong. From what very little we got to see Serena in Auckland, she appears to have her head in the clouds like never before. This whole speedy, princely love from Reddit man has me wondering…wondering enough to almost take her out to speedy fighter, Barbora Strycova before Konta or Wozniacki.
Anyway…nice to read you here. Hope all is well. It’s two days off so my head is wrapped up in tennis ALL weekend. And I think trying to do a good job on following both ATP and WTA is making my head spin! But it keeps me occupied right now.
thanx dear rc!! since you ask, i am actually propped up in bed with my computer as am ill this week! it’s not serious but annoying as these things are.
i get what you are saying about serena but am sure you have costed into the equation that the whole love thing could work exactly the opposite way. ie she goes in loose as a goose and blows everyone away. being full of joy and passion can liberate you entirely and when her game is on only our darling petra in full flow can beat her. miss petra so much! it’s not surprising serena isnt much interested before the slam starts but that could all change once she gets on court.
a week or so ago i was kind of feeling that simona was going to make her big breakthrough and win a slam ie this one. now not so sure. looks like pliskova radwanska and konta are going in with form. mugu is looking like she could step up again but she’s entirely unpredictable. confusing hey?!!
atp is much easier as andy and nole way out in front as joint faves.
why do you see svitolina beating halep btw?? simona is the better player…
Oh yes, I’m aware that the fairy tale love story could also work in her favor. From seeing her in Auckland – I didn’t get a good feeling about her tennis game tho. Hoping she’s over the moon happy but this time I think it’s more likely presenting a distraction. And this is Enquirer-like speculation on my part! However I’m going with it…but….
Very Risky pick!
It’s based on current momentum in Svitolina vs Halep. But they have not met in years. Svitolina is a far different player than she was in 2013. Halep is consistent enough to keep a high ranking but it feesl to me like Elina is the more ambitious at the moment. It’s another risky pick! Perhaps I’ve been let down by Simona too much lately.
well i hate to remind you but last time you did the speculating over emotions regarding a significant other affecting someone’s game it was just before the us open regarding stan! ie stan was so lost in his obsession over donna that he wasn’t going to stand a chance! that didn’t work well!! just sayin’ rc…..!! so maybe you need to reverse engineer your thinking..(only kidding of course… i expect you are right…)
lol….thank you for reminding me!
didn’t you also pick stan to lose to nando in the first round??!!
anything’s possible with stan but nando?!
Why so hard on me today?
Some things are best forgotten!
Please get yourself in the WTA bracket pool.
We are gonna see very soon!
lol…I’m also propped up in bed under my duvet all weekend. Not sick but by choice — it’s 14F outside. Arctic Front and a bit too cold again. 😉
I agree about the ATP being so much easier for me! I just don’t follow the women as closely and that hurts when you are in a bracket challenge.
Svitolina should continue to do well.
My initial thoughts are that it could go either way with Serena. Her priorities may change now that she is engaged. I do think she wants to win another slam and try to break Steffi’s record.
I am wondering when Halep will step up and win a slam. She has not been able to get it together.
I can see Aga and Konta being in good form. I don’t know about Mugu. She has struggled since her success. There are players who don’t handle it well.
Nny,
I know and follow WTA religiously and passionately and it really doesn’t help that much…a little improvement….I know where to look for tips and actually watching the matches doesn’t hurt…or, sometimes it does. It’s impossible to predict. Only for giggles…or getting one’s mind off things, is a WTA bracket game.
Meanwhile, in Auckland, 21 year old, Elise Mertens won her first WTA title over Monica Niculsecu. Mertens is now in the top 100 after climbing 40 places!
http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/6233387/title/belgian-mertens-hoists-hobart-trophy-earns-top-100-debut
Still time to join a TG/TX WTA Tournytopia bracket Pool!
http://www.tourneytopia.com/RacquetBracketAussieOpenWTA/jalep3/default.aspx
when is the deadline rc? thinking if i can get a bit better i will do the wta…i have a rubbish headache constantly right now so would need to get rid of that first…
There’s a day or so left as of now, Amy. And hey I’m encouraging people to post their picks and favorite match-ups from the WTA AO Draw!
Hope it’s not a migraine headache…those are terrible.
amy…i’m sorry to hear about your headache..They’re still linger?If so,i think i have something for you…GUARANTEE,it will cure your headache until the next decade..http://f.fwallpapers.com/images/hugs-kisses.jpg
RC struggling to remember who i picked now lol, i went with safe bets, i think it will be a Williams /Kerber final again, with Williams taking the title this time, i dont think she cares about anything other than the GS anymore, and her focus is on surpassing Graff now and thats it for her, i think it will be Kerber v Mugaruza in the semis in one half, and Williams will beat Halep in the other half, i think if Halep got to the final she will win the title, and i think both Radwanska and Pliskova are the dark horses, my two cents ;-)….
solid picks; as sound a reaoning as it gets for WTA, alison
alison,
I think you have made some pretty sensible picks. I am debating about whether Serena will win the AO. I do agree that she is all about slams now and beating Steffi. But I don’t know if I am ready to pick her for the win.
I will probably give the WTA bracket a go, it’s all in good fun. I need to think a bit more about my picks.
good for you nny, more fun it it’s both of us…
yay!
Also to hear Amys not feeling all that well, i do suffer with migraines myself and they are horrible, and all i want to do when i get them is lie down and sleep 🙁 ….
yes it is a a kind of migraine which comes and goes constantly. is a by product of some kind of virus i picked up. the sensation of not being able to endure light and painful eyes makes it really hard to be on screen. thanks for the kind thought alison..
Doesn’t seem to affect your memory, Amy. Sharp as ever, I’d say.
Hey rc,a little birdie told me that you’re very interested to know my picks?Wellll…wellll…i picked Pliskova to win in one entry and picked Angel in another..although i have a feeling that she might lose whether in semis or final..And i ‘destroyed’ serena in semis[ha ha,crazy i know] but,her form is not convinced me to pick her as a winner in Melbourne..although i really glad if she will prove me wrong!VAMOS WTA!!!!
I’m going out on a big limb for the women’s Australian Open. I almost never pick Serena to lose early, but I have her losing in the second round to Safarova. I don’t think Serena is ready for the slams. Her movement was awful in Auckland, I know the wind was a mess but a fit and ready Serena would have handled it. I think Bencic takes her to 3 sets, and then having to play back-to-back 3 setters catches up with her.
As for my picks:
QF’s
Muguruza d. Kerber in 3: Not feeling Kerber defending her title. She just isn’t playing well. I don’t think she can turn it on that easily.
Halep d. Svitolina in 3
Pliskova d. Aga in 3: I know she’s 0-7 against Aga, but I just think it’s Pliskova’s time.
Wozniacki d. Safarova in 2
SF’s
Mugz d. Halep in 3: Halep will come up short once again.
Pliskova d. Woz in 2:
Final
Pliskova d. Mugz in 3: The first of several slams for Pliskova. This will be her year, much like 2016 was Kerber’s.
Thanks Tommy,
Yeah, I hope for Pliskova wins her first GS here too.
Interesting picks…Your Mugu pick is a brave one!
Yes, I wish I could have a do-over on the Mugz pick. I didn’t think she was really injured. Who knows, maybe she’ll heal up in the next few days.
rc,
I entered the WTA bracket challenge. Could I you check to see that I am in it? I think last time I messed up and had to do it again.
Nny,
You are IN! I just filled out a bracket for RZ’s TX ATP bracket pool and revised my picks in our WTA pool… you are there and so is RZ!
Not much time left but you can enter as many bracket into that WTA pool as you want…I ☑✔ the option because the draw is so OPEN…
Mira Andy submitted 2 brackets and so did I. You are welcome submit another one if the spirit moves you 😉
Who is RZ? I joined the ATP one that Ricky posted on the site.
I will take you up on your suggestion of picking another bracket. I have been watching the tennis channel racket bracket discussion and got some good info about the women. Do I would like to have another option.
Thanks!
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RZ is from TX. She sets up that ATP bracket pool. And uses Jalep’s pool…so I bravely go join her pool.
I’m also in Ricky’s Bracket Pool — I’m entered in a head-spinning number of brackets for this AO!
Go for it …. I was thinking of enter a third in our WTA pool! 😀
It ends at 7:00 pm eastern time. I just did my second bracket in the WTA!
How does it work when you have more than one bracket? How are your standings reported? Are their two line items for both of my brackets, indicating where I am round by round?
I like this option a lot. I was second guessing myself and I know there is an edit option, but I also just like to be able to have different picks because it’s just so hard to pin it all down.
I got some really valuable info on the tennis channel discussion about the women. I hate the very early rounds because I don’t know a good many of the women. I am just picking blind in some cases if I am not familiar with some of them.
I did enter Ricky’s ATP bracket I believe. That was hard for different reasons. I know the men so much better. But it’s still tough to make decisions. I go back and forth in my mind.
Nny
There’s time to make a 3rd one…
Your second bracket is in…I saw it. It’s a cool option….we could have up to 100 brackets in there without going over the limit.
I now have brackets for
Serena
Pliskova
Konta ??
Posted this link somewhere before – in case you need help with first round and feel lost….I suggest looking to help from the bookies. And looking at who they have on the outright winner list can help there too. But…WTA is less likely to follow the odds than ATP.
http://www.oddsportal.com/tennis/australia/wta-australian-open/
I did my second bracket with some new picks. Do now I will see which ones will be more accurate! Maybe neither!
What’s wrong with Halep?! She is on her way out…shocking!
Shelby is a beast
Wow, she sure is! The first upset already there in the first WTA AO match! Simona is gone…
Disaster bracket….lol. Even worse than usual.
Guess she was injured but not telling anyone. Had her going to the SF in two of my brackets! Um…you just never know.
I’m as bad at this as I am the NCAA March Madness. I’ve already lost a semifinalist and my finalist (Mugz) is injured and probably will be out soon. Oh well. It’s all in good fun!
The WTA drives me crazy because of the upsets! I cannot believe that Halep went out in the first round! I did two brackets just because of the propensity for upsets. But I had Halep as a semi finalist in one bracket and I think maybe a finalist in the other. I don’t remember at the moment.
Now Mugu is injured and I have her going deep!
Radwanska V Pironkova has the potential to be a great match ….
Aga and Svetana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ3jm8871o8
Can i ask, can someone help me, how do you do an avatar picture ? ….
Hi Alison…uh boy. let me think about this…
You have a WordPress account, since you signed in here…
2. you need a ‘Gravatar’ account. Upload your favorite pictures to your gravatar account: personal, or other, like Rafa, Andy or Radwanska 😉 pick your ‘gravatar’ to represent YOU..
3. you will be asked to upload a gravatar (an image or photo from your files or from the internet). Voila.
http://en.gravatar.com/jalep1
this is mine…see? I’m at work. but I’ll be off Thursday this week. Leave me a message on FB. Okay.
Thanks RC, i would just like to have a picture at some point of anything well something ….
Due to distractions and the time difference difficulties, I’ve only watched bits and pieces of the WTA matches the past few days.
The Pavlyuchenkova vs Kuznetsova R16 match was very poor quality from what I caught. Kuznetsova was a shadow of what she was when fighting for a place in the WTA final last fall.
Two of the AO Quarterfinals are set, neither of which I dare try to guess 😀
Venus Williams vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (probably Vee)
Garbine Muguruza vs Coco Vandeweghe (?) coin flip
AO R16 upcoming:
#2 Serena Williams vs #17 Barbora Strycova
Longing for a competitive match and hopeful that the usually feisty Strycova can make it so. Strycova is in great shape from what I’ve seen of her. Serena isn’t at her best but she might not need to be to win this AO. And yet Strycova has the better start to 2017 on tennis courts, anyway. Their h2h is slim and outdated:
http://www.wtatennis.com/head2head/player1/9044/player2/8035
#10 Johanna Konta vs #36 Ekaterina Makarova
Konta is the picture of confidence and consistency with one title and an impressive start to 2017. Makarova is a former WTA #8 whom I did not see getting to this point based on recent singles results. There must be some deja-vu for Konta and Makarova: this is a repeat R16 match from last AO, in which Konta barely won in a tight three set match. Konta has a 3-0 h2h over Makarova.
http://www.wtatennis.com/head2head/player1/13120/player2/10895/title/johanna-konta/title/ekaterina-makarova
AO R16 upcoming…
#79 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) vs qualifier and #116 Jennifer Brady (USA)
34 year old Lucic-Baroni vs 21 year old Brady is another R16 match-up I didn’t see coming and I confess to not knowing Jennifer Brady. Veteran Lucic-Baroni is the slight favorite and former WTA #32 with three WTA titles. Brady has already jumped to a new WTA career high at #78.
http://www.wtatennis.com/head2head/player1/4838/player2/17893
?? #5 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) vs #26 Daria (Dasha) Gavrilova (AUS)
Marquee match! 24 year old Pliskova jumps to WTA #3 after the early exits of Aga Radwanska and Simona Halep. Karolina Pliskova is off to a high flying start with a W/L record in 2017 of 5-0 and the title in Brisbane. Karolina will have to come out with her best and remain calm, while playing aggressive and try to stay out of long rallies. Dasha will leave it all on the court, and the speedy, diminutive, 22 year old relishes the spotlight.
The last two wins for Dasha were magical, crowd-thrilling three set battles over: #36 Ana Konjuh and #12 Timea Bacsinszky. Karolina is coming off routine wins over Sorribes-Tormo and Blinkova, with a more challenging three set win in her last round match over the powerful teen, #34 Jelena Ostapenko.
h2h 2-0 Pliskova
http://www.wtatennis.com/head2head/player1/13184/player2/15057
#17 Venus Williams vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Still.. see this coin flip. Pavs fitness isn’t at her best and Venus looks slow too. I should be more impressed with 25 year old Russian, since she knocked out Elina Svitolina in 3 sets and got a win over Kuznetsova in 2. But something was wrong with Svitolina – she wasn’t moving well and Kuznetsova was very out of shape. Venus has had a nice draw and hasn’t dropped a set. Go Vee!
http://www.wtatennis.com/head2head/player1/13013/player2/9027/title/anastasia-pavlyuchenkova/title/venus-williams
Edit: Former #1 Venus Williams is now ranked #13 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is ranked #21. http://live-tennis.eu/en/wta-live-ranking
#7 Garbine Muguruza vs #25 Coco Vandeweghe
Coco has jumped 10 ranking spots after her big win over reigning champ and #1 Angelique Kerber and making this QF: http://live-tennis.eu/en/wta-live-ranking
The 25 year old, Coco Vandeweghe, is playing better than ever -she also scored a tough 3 set win vs Bouchard before beating Kerber. The bad news is that 23 year old, 2016 French Open champion, is looking better and better with every match and has yet to drop a set. Garbine’s draw was easier than than Coco’s. That said, Garbine’s inconsistency makes me nervous. She’s the favorite and should go on to the final from the top half. But I think Coco makes this a close match – maybe even an upset.
http://www.wtatennis.com/head2head/player1/15292/player2/13656
I got Venus and Mugz tonight. I think both matches will be good.
go Venus
Hello kpuppy 😉 ? +1
Oh…good one taking Mugu to the final!
I think both of these matches are tough to call. My bracket is a mess after the upsets with the women.
Venus and Pav really is a toss up.
Mugu and Coco is another toss up. Mugu is inconsistent. But I think she is going to pull this one out.
It’s business as usual for WTA brackets 😀
It’s all hard to say, at this point!
Definitely Jennifer Brady is on my one to watch list, tho.
Nny
Just checked tourneytopia WTA bracket pool and what is your best bracket doing on the bottom? We need to get Benny G to post first round picks for us to copy!
And even trying to cheat with 3 brackets, Hawkie is closing in on me fast…if Karolina wins 😀
rc,
Do you have the link to the bracket? I really don’t want to see how badly I am doing, but I wanted to se if there is anything right.
Nny,
There’s still a pulse in both of your brackets. Your Serena bracket is higher but you are in esteemed company at the bottom with Welsh Witch. lol, Oh my….
http://www.tourneytopia.com/RacquetBracketAussieOpenWTA/jalep3/default.aspx
rc,
Thanks!