2024 ATP/WTA thread

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On 6/16/2024 at 3:04 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said:

 

 

how big of a deal physically is it going from grass to clay? she'll be done in london by the second week of july.  the olympics start on the 22nd? 24th? is there really an injury risk there?

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For Emma, walking & breathing appears to be an injury risk.

Aryna is the real surprising one, but she obviously wants that USO title more than Gold. 

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7 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

For Emma, walking & breathing appears to be an injury risk.

Aryna is the real surprising one, but she obviously wants that USO title more than Gold. 

Aryna turned down an opportunity to represent her country for the first time in 2 years. It is odd that you can represent Belarus in the Olympics but not the ATP/WTA

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52 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Aryna turned down an opportunity to represent her country for the first time in 2 years. It is odd that you can represent Belarus in the Olympics but not the ATP/WTA

I wonder if the tournament being on clay has anything that I do with it. 

The best you can do is stand on the podium as the Polish anthem is played. 

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In other news, Álcaraz lost early at Queens while Sinner needed 3 sets in Germany. 
 

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Certainly ain’t mad at the Keys-for-Emma switch. 

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Keys was surprisingly solid on clay this year, but yeah I’m not mad at the selections

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10 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

 

Certainly ain’t mad at the Keys-for-Emma switch. 

Men’s Top 4:

Taylor Fritz

Tommy Paul

Ben Shelton

Korda or Tiafoe*

*depending on position the Monday after the French Open Final.

Korda OR Tiafoe, but not both. 

My guess is that these opt outs are due to:

1) The Surface

2) No Prize Money

3) Losing Out On REST/RANKINGS POINTS.

With Da’ Bitches, everyone is playing for Silver & Bronze, unless you meet up with Iga before the Semis.

I was hoping that Navarro would edge out Keys, but Madison had a very solid clay court season. Maybe she has played the Olympics before, but this is his last chance to play them. She won’t make the 2028 LA roster.

I think that you won’t see any American opt outs four years from now. 

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Elena quit yet-a-fucking-gain.

Goddamnit. 

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11 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Elena quit yet-a-fucking-gain.

Goddamnit. 

Was there a rain delay?

I was thinking that she might have just thought…

“I don’t feel like waiting for this rain delay and the fucked up schedule that will follow.

I’m out of here and will start again next week on a normal schedule.”

But I don’t know anything about it. 

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She quit after 4 games.

Rain didn’t come until the decider of JPeg/Siniakova. 

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JPeg up a set & 3-1 in the second breaker on Coco, winner gets Kalinskaya for the Berlin crown. Weather looks fine.

Putintseva v. Tomljanovic in Birmingham, Ajla looking for her maiden title. 

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8 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

JPeg up a set & 3-1 in the second breaker on Coco, winner gets Kalinskaya for the Berlin crown. Weather looks fine.

Putintseva v. Tomljanovic in Birmingham, Ajla looking for her maiden title. 

Coco came back this morning to play 5 whole points. 
WHAT A BUMMER!

Then Pegula pegged Kalinskaya in a 3rd set tie-breaker to win the trophy, but Kalinskaya looked delicious, so she was a winner too.  This would have been Kalinskaya’sbfirst title ever on the WTA tour. 

Curiously, this is only Pegula’s 5th title ever. For someone who has been #3 in the world, I kind of thought that she would have more titles. 

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5 MPs for Kalinskaya is gonna sting awhile.

And Yulia denied Ajla. 

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Congrats, you won a 500! Here's your bear. 

 

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4 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Coco came back this morning to play 5 whole points. 
WHAT A BUMMER!

Then Pegula pegged Kalinskaya in a 3rd set tie-breaker to win the trophy, but Kalinskaya looked delicious, so she was a winner too.  This would have been Kalinskaya’sbfirst title ever on the WTA tour. 

Curiously, this is only Pegula’s 5th title ever. For someone who has been #3 in the world, I kind of thought that she would have more titles. 

World #1 Jannik Sinner agrees. He's smashing that

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Sofia got fucking demolished, 1 & 0 in Eastbourne qualies, but now she’s in R2 because Elena did what Elena does. 

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Raducanu beat Sloane earlier, replay on now. 

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11 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Raducanu beat Sloane earlier, replay on now. 

She’s slowly developing into a Top 100 player. 

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Some fun American matchups this morning. 

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Navarro had no trouble today 

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Krueger/Kenin/JPeg all lost.

Katie beat Jelena though. 

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The British ladies are in good form headed into Wimbledon 

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10 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

The British ladies are in good form headed into Wimbledon 

Playing well and looking "fit".

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There’s a pretty damn attractive player in each matchup with maybe the exception of the rain-interrupted one.

 

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Dart/Boulter/Raducanu all slaughtered today.

Siniakova & Muchova withdrew, Caro quit against Navarro. 

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Anisimova lost in Wimbledon qualifying, but Texas-ex Lulu Sun did qualify 

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15 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Dart/Boulter/Raducanu all slaughtered today.

Siniakova & Muchova withdrew, Caro quit against Navarro. 

It would suck to be a tournament director for a tournament held the week before a major and watch players quit in the quarterfinals because they feel like they’ve gotten what they needed out of the tournament.

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Leylah v. Madi up now. 

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Leylah finally wins, it was long. 

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4-all in Schnaider/Navarro. 

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Emma lost, great. 

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SW19 time. 

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This is some funny shit. 

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Jesus fucking christ, this woman. 

 

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Whatever works for your first title. 

 

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5 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Whatever works for your first title. 

 

It’s about time a Russian ruled in Romania!

It’s literally been since before she was born that there was a Russian backed Romanian dictator ruling in Romania, unless the old ways are back.

 

Anna Kournikova has a Grand Slam doubles title to go along with other doubles titles, but she never won a single WTA singles title, so winning in a retirement is better than nothing. 
 

Spoiler

 

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Angie smoked Naomi in Paris, that’s funny. 

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Washington DC will be more interesting than the women in Paris. 

Draw

Paula v. Sofia & Sloane v. Amanda in R1. Peyton could face Emma in R2. 

 

And Genie is playing doubles with Sloane. 

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Amanda up a set & break on Sloane now. Weather pushed everything back, so plenty of good seats still available. 

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Straights for AA, good win. 

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40 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Amanda up a set & break on Sloane now. Weather pushed everything back, so plenty of good seats still available. 

Amanda wins but that was some ugly tennis by both players. They played at a level worse than what you see at an ITF

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Mid-afternoon for Sloane & Genie tomorrow, we'll see how much give a shit SS has then. 

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And Emma wins the break-fest too. Not a bad little Monday nightcap. 

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Coco & Navarro lost in Paris. Rich girl ain’t happy… 

 

Dani won though. 

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Sloane headed to the airport bar. Genie may stick around to do some media. 

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Sofia v. Paula early on TC now. 

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Paula wins in a 2nd set breaker. 

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Iga v. Dani in a little while. Not a great draw.