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Yes, I just saw the score and Mattek-Sands is winning easily over Svitolina. Even Mary Carrillo was surprised when she saw that one!
It’s like nobody is dominating right now.
Nny,
“It’s like nobody is dominating right now.”
Yes….there’s no one dominating. And I do like it very much…it does make it nearly impossible to pick the QF, SF, and Final, though!!
Who ya got for Friday?
Halep over Osaka (fingers crossed for Simona! Osaka could blow her off the court if she’s on her mark)
Babos over Parmentier (Going against my bracket pick choosing Timea; not sure why I went with parmentier. Maybe a close match, anyway)
Vinci over Townsend
Muguruza over McHale? (Mugu lost the first set to Christine 6-0! But the match was rained out. Maybe Mugu can come out a more inspired player.)
Cirstea over Sevastova (also affected by the rain. They are in a first set tiebreaker – It’s an even match.
Strycova over Larsson
Tomljanovic over Vesnina (the last leftover match from yesterday’s rain delay. Tomljanovic was in the third set, serving for the match at 5-3.
Kuznetsova over Minella
Begu over Arruabarrena
Keys over Golubic
Kontaveit over Makarova
Peng over Garcia
Konta over Sasnovich
Goerges over Suarez-Navarro
Barty over Stosur
Mladenovic over Tig
Kasatkina over Roger ( but this could go either way)
Kerber over Duan
Bertens over Ozaki
Venus over Haddad Maia*
* In case you are like me and are wondering who is Beatrice Haddad Maia?:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatriz_Haddad_Maia
Highlights: Aganieszka match
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR8J7RS6yIw
Wozniacki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVKSVRWGIAg
Barty vs Bouchard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqIwC1Or7Ig
Hey rc…u watch Mugu vs mchale?What’s up with her?She played a very bad game?If so,why?And does McHale played a very good game?I picked her twice before rc,and twice she disappoint me..and now,when i didn’t pick her..suddenly she knows how to play tennis!!Urgh!!…she knew i picked Mugu over her or what?
I watched some of it. Mugu isn’t reliable — neither is McHale. You just have to take a wild guess and go for one of them! lol, seriously. That’s why I named the group, jalep_wildguess! Especially right now were in a period of who knows…There’s very little skill involved …knowing a player in general helps, but not always. Cheers MA…You have the magic right now — enjoy it while it lasts 😀
Hehehe….no worries rc…my magic won’t last..whether on WTA or ATP..it will go the drain pretty soon!
A note about Tomljanovic…her serve looked good – so I don’t know if it’s her shoulder still bothering her or she’s probably being cautious with it. Her right thigh had heavy taping on it but she won in straight sets over Vesnina 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. The only reason I picked a possibly tired Vesnina over AliTom was because I thought her serve would be a problem. I love AliTom!
Little Simona escaped in 3 sets vs Naomi Osaka, Yay!
Oh, McHale and Muguruza are on Tennis Channel now. McHale is serving for the match right now but Mugu saved match points and broke back. It’s 5-5 in the 2nd set. McHale won the first set last night 6-0, oddly.
Edit: Tomljanovic won in 3 sets (not straight sets) over Vesnina.
Hey rc!What’s wrong with underdogs today?They’re seems on fire!Heck my picked champions here was taken out by one bulldog named Maria Tig!!Urgh!i told u my bracket will not last for long!!hehehe….Good luck to u sis!
Oh yes, MA! Maria Tig is another dangerous Romanian – she can get hot… we’ll see
Also had to put Mladenovic on the watch list to pick with caution! She didn’t do too bad in Indian Wells but she was very poor in Miami.
rc!if only u told me this BEFORE i picked her!..But hey…this is the time u have the chance to kick my ass!hehehe…Kick it harder rc!woohooo!!It’s too bad ToMMo missed his chance this time around…hehehe..
You are hilarious, MA! I like to remain behind you…so I can keep my eye on you..hehehe
Adding to the list of inconsistent or gone cold, pick with caution:
Bertens, Kasatkina, Suarez-Navarro, and Caroline Garcia.
Going to keep a list of those who went out early in Miami (as a reminder note):
Siegemund, Kristyna Pliskova, Pironkova, Niculescu, Bencic, Kovinic. Tsurenko, Gibbs, Doi, Beck, Jankovic, Wickmayer, Ostapenko, Petkovic, Watson, Bouchard, Vekic, Chirico, Davis, Linette, Cornet, Erakovic, Dodin, Riske, Nara, Puig
Inconsistent and choose with caution list: Brengle, Konjuh, Gavrilova, Errani, Shvedova, Svitolina, Vandeweghe, Vinci, Sevastova, Begu, Mladenovic, Barty.
More to come…
Qualies who are winning and making waves in Miami:
1) Anett Kontaveit qualified and beat Karumi Nara and Ekaterina Makarova!
2) Patricia Maria Tig qualified and took out Heather Watson and Kiki Mladenovic!
3) Jana Cepelova qualified and beat Petkovic and Vandeweghe!
4) Aliaksandra Sasnovich qualifier who beat Alize Cornet and pushed Johanna Konta to the brink!
5) Taylor Townsend qualifier who beat wild card Anisimova and Roberta Vinci.
6) Risa Ozaki qualifier who took out Louisa Chirico and Kiki Bertens! wow
rc…when MC come,you’re also have to make a list who’s got the best game on the red dirt…i don’t know a thing which player who’s got the speciality on the red dirt and who’s not rc!I make a pick like i am a blind women right now rc,let alone for clay!..Arghhh!!..i don’t know who’s to choose!
Okay boss. 😀 Let’s get ready for Clay Season. Scrap this Indian Well/Miami hot, funky weather, hard court BS and get to the dirt!
The reigning Queen of Roland Garros is Garbine Muguruza…(yikes) – off the top of my head Shelby Rogers and Kiki Bertens come to mind – Lucie Safarova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, have done well…Serena and Sharapova, of course. I’ll have to think about it more…later this weekend. And I’m up for suggestions!
Hey rc…is there a 500 or 250 tourney before MC?Btw…how’s your toothache?Okay now?
Tooth is bad but we won’t get into it here, okay? I’ll get it fixed during normal business hours. Meanwhile, I’m on pain meds…fixed to watch tennis! Gives me a good excuse to stay in bed 😉 I’ll post on non-tennis…..
It’s the daily picking time!!
How many Clay Court Tournaments on the WTA yearly? That’s a question I don’t know: but I’ll check. I know that the Charleston tournament follows directly after Miami and is a 470 point one on green clay; which they say plays quicker than red clay. Here’s a link to all the clay court tournaments per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_court
The first one of the season (winter was Rio) for 280
Spring Clay tournaments upcoming:
Charleston 470
Bogota 280
Stuttgart 470
Marrakech 280
Prague 280
Madrid 100
Rome 900
Strasbourg 280
Nurembourg 280
French Open 2000
And there’s a few summer clay tournaments after Wimbledon.
This is the WTA page for the ranking points/tournament.
This link tells you how many points the tournaments are
forgot the link for the ranking points
http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings
Oh horrible day…bummer…Aga is getting crushed by Lucic-Baroni – so much for avenging her loss at AO to Mirjana. dang it!
Saturday Picks —
who you got???
Pavlyuchenkova over Mattek-Sands
Safarova over Tomljanovic
Muguruza over Zhang
Radwanska over Lucic-Baroni errrrrrgh ??
Strycova over Cepelova ( or the other way around!)
Cibulkova over Flipkens
Pliskova over Putintseva
Wozniacki over Cirtea
rc…Mattek-Sands suddenly on fire!Man!…WTA sure unpredictable!One day they’re cool like cucumber and the next..boom!..there goes my bracket!!Sheeshh!!….Argh!stress!!…and you’re still behind me rc!!!hehehe…run!!..catch me now rc!!
Qualifiers…are still alive …Risa Ozaki…remember the name! 😀
Yeah, I didn’t even do daily picks for fear of qualifier Taylor Townsend beating Kuznetsova. Now worried about Kerber losing to Shelby Rogers!
And Aga!wow!…Take a look at the strong scores Mirjana made rc…she really schooled Aga like she’s an amateur and not the world no 8!What’s going on with Aga?Hope she will wake up from whatever she’s dipping into…i like her a lot…she’s one of the most nicest and good manner player in WTA…and,it’s not easy to be in top 10..as soon as you’re go out,don’t know when you’ll come back..unless you’re Serena that is!….C’Mon Aga!!
It made me sick. Aga losing to Lucic-Baroni…AGAIN. Aga is supposedly engaged to be married, Mira Andi. Maybe personal stuff is going on…I don’t know. This hasn’t been a good season so far for Aga’s tennis 🙁
Ah, finally I get to watch the 22 year old qualifier from Romania, Patricia Maria Tig — who took out Kiki Mladenovic, btw.
She’s up against Venus Williams, is Tig.
Oh my gosh… qualifier, Tig gets a break to go up 2-1 on Venus.
Arruabarrena is holding her own versus Keys, at the moment.
And Forza Fabio! Chardy is up a set but I cheer for the Italian.
Well that break of Tig’s didn’t last long. Venus got it right back.
The best match is Fognini vs Chardy! Fabio smashed his hand so hard on his racquet when he lost the first set that he needed a Medical time-out,lol and know FF has a chance to serve for the 2nd set…I don’t know how he’ll take it…if he doesn’t make it ?
Yay….I’m cheering for your ATP bracket Mira Andi….you picked Fogna and he won the 2nd set! Forzzzzaaaaaaaaa Fabio!!!
rc…dont cheering to much okay?i’m pretty sure it will go down the drain pretty soon…as my WTA proved it to yer!hehehe…keep on fightng sis!i will push u from behind!
Lara Arruabarrena is holding her own vs Keys – even broke Keys to go up 6-5 first set but Keys has called for the trainer…
And Tig started out well but she can’t keep up with Venus down a set and a break…
Fabio has a break in the decider! whooooohoooo And he holds – 4-2
Like both of those guys, so not bothered who wins, Chardy seems alot carmer than Foggy, both very talented, not to mention easy on the eyes ….
Sorry for posting on the wrong thread DUH ….
Don’t worry about it Alison!! It’s all tennis….and yay Fabio!!
Nice to see you posting here …watching Fogna’s magic 😀
Easy win for Venus, DUH…
Always was a fan of Foggy RC 🙂
Me Too….but I don’t usually pick him in a bracket more than one or two rounds….Mira Andi picked him three rounds – maybe she’s as big a Fabio Fan as we are? Did you see Fabio’s sister sitting there with his coach? Rarely see her unless it’s in Europe. Flavia stays home…waiting for the baby 🙂
Me?A fabio fan rc??Oh,puuurrrrlleeezzeee!!I just picked him because i am a very kind and a generous women…when i see a handsome man,i can’t help but being generous!Duhh!
lol, that figures 😀 Hi MA – you have to at least thank Fabio for moving you two points ahead of me in the bracket! He’s a risky pick. Bold move on your part.
Halep has to try and play the most dangerous qualifier, Anett Kontaveit. oh no… match is on next….. Kontaveit looks good.
No worries rc!i will send him a very nice and lovely pic that has a quotes…”Thinking of u everyday,please get well soon from your toothache”!..There!
lol…from my toothache 😀
It was an enjoyable match ….
My computer is still so slow it takes me forever to reply, sorry.
Rafa’s match is starting…
I like this petite Spanish player, Lara Arruabarrena (only time I’ve seen Lara). She’s keeping up with Madison Keys — good footwork– she’s probably good on clay, Lara is.
Lara Arruabarrena will try to serve for the match — she does have a cheering section there Lara, Lara…
And it would be a huge win for her over Madison Keys…gotta say tho, Madison’s forehand isn’t quite up to speed yet. (wrist)
Well the wrist should have nothing to do with Madison’s forehand! Her surgery was on the left wrist…well, for whatever reason, she wasn’t up to speed. ? I’ll give credit to Lara Arruabarrena!
Must be something in the water plenty of male tennis players becoming fathers, i think even Rafas getting broody, theres a picture of him on TX holding a friends little one, my computer running slow too, im typing faster than the words are appearing on the screen ….
Shoot! I wanted to see the underdog win. But Madison was clutch and broke Lara. Now I see this one going three sets with Madison winning — would be surprising otherwise.