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Woot, just in time for the end of 1000pt Wuhan.
Thank you, Ricky!
Nice pictures, too
Speaking of one of your pictures, it looked like a bad year for Coco until she returned to her winning ways and took the title in Beijing. Can she beat Sabalenka to win Wuhan? Badosa and Muchova have both withdrawn. Thinking about how well both were playing in Beijing and that Muchova could use the points, I had them both going deep in Wuhan. With Iga withdrawing and Rybakina still not well, it seemed clear sailing for Sabalenka. My pick:
Coco Gauff FTW.
WWW?
either the second or third photo will win this tournament!
Here I was, thinking Ricky had posted two of the four pictures of Caroline Wozniacki. But no, the second picture has her name on the scoreboard above her head: M. Anreeva. Yes, Mirra is a good pick! Others have her winning Wuhan. I doubted Q.Zheng’s stamina to win her bracket. Most TDC brackets I have seen picked Sabalenka as the winner.
Hello, Mira Andi.
It’s nice to see you joined the Jalep_Wildguess ATP bracelet, and your picks are a mirror image of Big Al’s. Well, your picks match his for the winners, SF’s, the Final, and the winner. It’s hard to pick the ATP due to my tiny brain. lol
Ohh…hey hey hey RC!..hehe…yeah!…i’m glad i joined u & Big Al on TDC bracket this week!..butttt…where’s welshwitch & other’s ya?yoohoo!..where r u M??..it’s not fun just to look at u’re head & Big Al’s feet(my current position on TDC)
..hope they all will return at Paris Masters!
About my Bracket..yeah..i messed up a few names big times!
..tsitsi,meddy..what was i thinking!…lolzzz!
Anyway congrats for winning Beijing RC!..a huge winning there!..gud job!
…see ya RC!
Mira, thanks for your response
Farah Diba’s bracket is a welcome sight.
Hopefully, where you are is peaceful, and you and your family are doing well.
Yeah, my WTA picks for Beijing were almost what I expected: pure fantasy; I was dreaming. I think the welshwitch will be back, but didn’t she say she was having trouble watching matches? It’s not easy to follow when tennis is in China. Are you more interested in ATP than WTA these days?
It’s not a good sign for you to be hanging on the bottom with me in the ATP – go on, get back up there with Big Al!
The mysterious Amina Anshba beat Mirra Andreeva.
That was unexpected!
It was not shown/broadcast on TC.
Maybe TDC will remember her as Erika Andreeva now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjxvQt-9t_0
Wuhan Semifinals:
Coco Gauff vs Aryna Sabalenka
And an all Chinese Semifinal
Zheng Q. vs Wang Xin.
(Is the Chinese surname written correctly? I see it written both ways)
Qinwen Zheng vs Xinyu Wang (the first names first?
WWW?
Gauff over Sabalenka
Qinwen Zheng over Xinyu Wang
Final:
C.Gauff over Q.Zheng
The top eight are down to one place left, counting that Barbora Krejickova automatically gets a place for winning at Wimbledon.
The leading contenders are Q.Zheng, Emma Navarro, Collins, Kasatkina, and Paula Badosa.
Chances to get points after Wuhan: Ningbo, Tokyo, and Hong Kong
with plenty of points in upcoming Tournaments
Checking the WTA website Calendar (more tournament info)
Starting October 14
Ningbo 500 points
Osaka 250 points
Starting October 21
Tokyo 500 Pts.
Guangzhou 250 pts.
Starting October 28
Hong Kong 250 pts.
Jiangxi 250 pts.
Merida Open 250 pts.
The Big WTA Season Final is November 2, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
To correct the commentator on TC, Sabalenka does not become the #1 until after winning the Wuhan event on Monday, Oct.14, and the 5-week Official WTA Ranking
Nit picky me.
Updates.
In the live ranking, Iga is #1
The Live Race Ranking should update any second now, lol
Congratulations to Big Al for winning both ATP and WTA brackets this week!
Farah Diba came in second in the ATP contest. Great job, and thanks again for joining the shrinking Jalep_Wildguess bracket.
Congrats to Sabalenka on winning the 1000-point Wuhan Title, which elevates her to the #1 spot for the second time.
WTA players still have room to collect points in Ningbo and Osaka this week.
The star-studded Ningbo 500 tournament draw has many big names! It looks like fun for any WTA fan, including Paula Badosa, Barbora Krejcikova, Karolina Muchova, Jasmine Paolini, Qinwen Zheng, Emma Navarro, Mirra Andreeva, Anna Kalinskaya, Beatriz Haddad Maia, and Daria Kasatkina.
The 250-point Osaka draw appears to have players like Veronika Kudermetova, Leylah Fernandez, and Elise Mertens looking to improve their ranking ahead of 2O25.
Next week, we will see the return of #1 seeded Jessica Pegula in the 500 pt. Tokyo draw and a slew of ambitious Road Warriors from the Ningbo draw. Depending on their success in Ningbo, I suspect some withdrawals.
By the way, Bracket Troopers
Finally, it is confirmed: I have a home in beautiful Sandpoint, Idaho, and will move next week. I am unsure how long I will remain in the North Idaho resort town where I grew up. Spending a cold winter and a cool, comfortable summer there means a significant relief from triple-digit heat! I hope to return online before the November WTA finals. Stay safe and good luck
Hope your move goes well Elizabeth!!
Will be thinking of you and wish you tons of luck.
I know how much you hate the heat( so do I) so moving to a cool climate must be a big relief…
Thanks! Hope your move goes well. I couldn’t handle that weather. Rains a lot here but it’s a lovely temperate climate overall
Thanks, Big Al. I have until this Friday to be ready and have no business watching tennis but this scoreline and the result I had to see!
I thought another top pick was going out early – good job Paula!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg20wLnTrGk
We’ve got almost the same picks in Ningbo . The other one, Fernandez pulled out I had her in the final
Congratulations to Belorussian Amazon girl on becoming #1, nice change, far more personality than previous #1.
Keep up good work Sabalenka
Hello! Big Al, Mira, & others interested in Hong Kong.
Someone is going to hate herself for not picking Simona Halep!
Big Al,
You would pick Yuliia Yaro’s biggest hurdle, so I did suspect Rus prevailing, bc you are not a freaky sucker for just about anyone playing under the Blue/Yellow flag
End of the top half of my Chinese hopes, but there was hardly an hour left for me to sort out that mess of a TDC bracket!
I can hardly wait for Merida or, as they say, their mierda!
Hey hey hey RC!…sorry for missed WTA these days!..haha..sometimes can’t keep up with TDC brackets since become granny!..but..insyaaĺlah i will try for u k?
Fara Diba, I jump for joy to see you in the ATP brackets! My focus on tennis brackets is bizarre to people around me in times like these, but I know you are alive and as sharp as ever when you make it! It is what it is for my tiny brain: therapy.
It does take a specific, essential recognition of the past and current ATP and WTA playing fields and an alertness to the important new ones, too. Thinking about the six-foot-eight French guy with a challenging name. His first name fits – Giovanni.
Hehe..i’m glad i managed to do Paris this week RC!..about sharp…a’ah!..not so fast RC!
..my trend to pick crazily continues again RC!..i’m outed Alcaraz by Meddy,Draper by Lehecka,zverev by Fils which will backfired pretty soon i think!..haha..let’s c!
Hello, Mirra!
TDC is terrible this time of year getting the names of female players right and in place in their WTA brackets. Had I known these last ones were more confusing than ever I would not have entered any of them!
TDC does at least get the ATP brackets up in time and with all the seeded players right. I don’t expect TDC to have the qualifers in place. And for the 250 tourmaments those can be a bit messy but nothing like their WTA brackets
You have probably noticed Moo’s TDC group has shrunk in size but not quite like Jalep_Wildguess group. I don’t mind the being in there alone with Big Al and you are a bonus in the ATP bracket. I do hope Margot is safe and doing well and I miss her welshwitch bracket. Also thiink about amy a lot and hope she is safe and in good spirits, Alison too
Ramara I know she is from NC and I hope she wasn’t in Ashland, NC or in the places that one of the latest Hurricanes demolished. NNY in Florida? All we can do is pray.
Petshi-perricard. Sounds like a drink
It does
This weeks WTA brackets are the worst ever.
I sat up late last night to catch up with the mens semis and finals . Great drama fir this time of the season
WHO is deleting my post? Robots?
Sorry, Big Al, I was commenting and laughing about TDC confusion.
Post lost to freaking AI? Again
In the Merida TDC draw Stamatova is in the place where Stakusic is on Flashscore and I Flashscore is right.
Another TDC case of mistaken identity, me thinks.
From Hong Kong How the Quarter Finalists made it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZagOXl42L_0
Wrong Video (sorry)
I wanted to post Suzan Lamens vs Cristina Bucsa play and see how tall the Netherlander is next to Bucsa 5’9″
Suzan appears maybe 5’10 or 5’11. Lamens has caught my attention this fall.
Diana Shnaider was looking fatigued in her win over Suzan Lamens. After looking up Diana Isee Leylah Fernandez is her next hurdle and oddsmakers have Leylah with the slight advantage. I think its a good call. I completely forgot that Leylah has a current 2-0 H2H. In their last meeting, Leylah beat Diana in 3 sets at Wuhan! And the H2H shows that Diana should be exhausted – Counting her latest win over tough opponent Lamens in three sets Diana has a 50/22 win/loss record this in 2024. It’s time for a vacation! Leylah Fernandez finally has a positive w/l record in 2024 (26/22).
The 20 year old, Do-rag bandanna wearing Russian is at a very good spot going into 2025 at a career high of 14. Good job Diana!
agreed with Fernandez
We were both wrong about Diana Shnaider, Ricky. I will not try to guess Diana’s physical health again
One more guess: she has a very quick recovery time!
Congratulation to Diana Shnaider! Way to go, Shnai Shnai,
Wishing you more even more success in 2025.
Kudos to Big Al for winning that crazy 250 in Jiujiang, China! Luck was with picking that bracket. Congrats for staying with Diana Schaider to win Hong Kong, as well.
Poor souls waiting in the out tropical rain conditions in Merida. they have yet to finish SF matches.
Hello Everyone!
To Farah Diba and Big Al, Jalep thanks you.
It’s a good start for all of us in TDC! I don’t remember starting until after AO during the last few years in Boise.
Yep, I am in Sandpoint. It’s grown, but it’s nice and cool.
Congrats to Farah Diba for winning WTA Brisbane! Congrats to Sabalenka winning the Brisbane title again!
Congrats to me in Aukland, but I didn’t quite pick the winner. Osaka made the Final but ultimately retired to Clara Tauson! I have no TV, but I can watch the replays on YouTube. Tauson looks like she has improved her fitness. It was fun to see her win.
Congrats to Big Al and Farah Diba, who tied in the brackets for the ATP win in Brisbane. Grigor Dimitrov’s selection to the SF assisted them.
We all picked Novak FTW. Opelka was a surprise Finalist. Congrats to Jiri Lehecka for winning the Brisbane Trophy.
Good luck this week in the TDC!
There’s a good chance that I went overboard picking Belinda Bencic. I’m happy to see her return to the tour!
Thanks RC!…hehe..& c9ngrats to u & Big Al too!
Can’t wait to do AO draw!…more challenging of coz!…hope other familiar Bracketeers will come back..esp u M!
Btw how r u RC?
Thanks MA, Elizabeth .I cant believe the new season is here, taking me a while to focus.
Esp with the AO just a week away!
We had the warmest Christmas Eve on record, but since New Year, its the complete opposite , snowing and freezing ! Typical weather here when watching tennis in up to 40 degree heat.
Wow. Ive gone against the grain and have Gauff winning the whole thing, would nearly alway have been Saba.
It’s very possible, Big Al.
What I watched of Coco on YouTube replay: she is HOT!
I picked Saba with you in mind
Oh, Gosh, sakes! Big Al, I just checked, and you are also #1 in the Cam Williams ATP group!
I’m happy to be in Sandpoint, Idaho, for now. It is warm here compared to how I remember growing up. Anything above freezing is too warm in December and January, and it’s weird to me.
At this point, I believe Gauff will steamroll right to the AO championship trophy.
she will “steamroll” Sabalenka?
Maybe I can comment here?
just checking…
I see it
Thanks for verifying
It’s great to see more familiar names in Jalep_Wildguess TCD Group!
Good lucky everyone,
ratcliff
It’s happening again, Ricky. I post, but the posts don’t show up.
WTA: The most surprising news yesterday was that the Chinese #1, Qinwen Zheng, went out in 2 sets to 36-year-old Dr. Laura Siegemund, who ranked #97.
In other news, Naomi Osaka is looking good. She beat Caroline Garcia in three sets in the first round and took down Karoline Muchova in the second round.
It should be a good match.
they are showing up
Muchova out , makes Cocos path easier . But I prefer Muchova’s game so a bit sad about that.
Osaka still tough on any given day
Yeah. She could even beat Gauff the way she playing.
Wow . I’m now first on most of the TDC mens brackets and 4th overall. Enjoy it while it lasts
Yes, you are, Big Al! Good job keeping informed. I completely overlooked the new next-gen stars, but having Fonesco and Tien in the mix is exciting.
I think Bencic vs. Osaka will be a good match—my First. Second and third-round WTA picks were not good.
I’m expecting Emma Raducanu to knock out Iga
Well, I posted again, but why is there a delay in seeing my post? What did I do?
I doubt it has anything to do with you haha
Thanks, Ricky. Your answer helps my paranoia
Posts slow to come through.
Great to see Maddy in a GS final after so long. Would be fab if she can actually win although Saba big fave to do so. Am rooting for her…
wowzer
Hoping she wins!
Yup. My favourite player
final preview – https://tenngrand.com/australian-open-womens-final-preview-and-prediction-sabalenka-vs-keys/
Thanks Ricky!
Iga tried hard, but it didn’t work, prolonged toilet break, MTO, holding up opponent serve, maybe she should try again “accidental” substance contamination?
Only tow of u this week in the Brackets…Me and a strangely named newbie
Yeah, just me and Oryx left in TDC bracket jalep group. So far , they doing better than me.
What is it about Penko and Swiatek??!!
Unbelievable stuff. Hth is 5-0 now and she nearly bagelled her.
unbelievable
Penko should have won far far more given her huge talent. Should be multi slam and masters winner.
still has time!
Hope so! Would be fabulous to see both her and Maddie win more slams.