Week 21 - WTA Premier ($690,000) Brussels, Belgium - Clay

PaulM · Tennis legend

RE: Week 21 - WTA Premier ($690,000) Brussels, Belgium - Clay

indiana · Tennis legend

Well, it's 60 points for her R1 win increasing to 120 if she wins her R2 match against Lepchenko to get into the QF, which is maybe what DF means. And she will drop 1 point from Strasbourg last year.

Anyway, great result for Bally.

philwrig · Hall of fame

korriban wrote:
Yet more outrageous behaviour from Yulia Putintseva reported by her opponent today, Coco Vandeweghe. She felt so incensed that she tweeted the Russian's precise words to her at the net, after Puntintseva won the match. Disgraceful. It's almost like the Russian is approaching the sport as "entertainment", creating a persona for herself like one of those pantomime baddies from WWF wrestling. This adds to the list of alleged disdemeanors including swearing, abuse to linespeople and opponents, screaming, racquet abuse, time-wasting and deliberately disrupting play, as well as smashing her AO (or US, I forget) juniors runners-up trophy. I'd love to see her try this with Serena or Maria!!! If the WTA don't sort this behaviour out immediately, I really think this will get out of hand, and someone will clock her......with some justification.
https://twitter.com/CoCoVandey

-- Edited by korriban on Monday 20th of May 2013 03:45:28 PM

Yulia didn't take this lying down though and fired back with plenty of ammo !

korriban · Challenger level

Not a surprise, of course. Yulia called Ms Vandeweghe a twit in response, and jealous that someone so much younger was a much better player!!!!!

After all, this is the same person who at 15 or 16, when all her Russian female players were offering kind words and tributes for the retirement of Elena Dementieva, felt compelled to write on FB something on the lines of "thank God the bi*ch has gone; everyone hated her, and noone will miss her". I refer to my earlier comments about her approach being part marketing strategy............tennis equivalent of the "wrestling baddie"

PockyTastic · Futures level

If Yulia tries any of her nonsense with Anastasia Rodionova I think she'll lose an eye...

blob · All-time great

WTA match report on Elena's match: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3185829/title/baltachas-winning-return-in-brussels

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Bally did very well to finish it off in two sets; they went off for bad light in the other match yesterday about 15 minutes afterwards and there hasn't been any play at all so far today.

blob · All-time great

After today's washout, a packed schedule tomorrow finds Bally 5th up after 09:00 UK on the only un-streamed court.

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

Good luck to Elena, hoping the rain holds off!

-- Edited by jake270392 on Wednesday 22nd of May 2013 09:27:11 AM

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Struggling 2-6 0-4

2nd serve getting destroyed 1/12 so far, 4 dfs

Finished 2-6 0-6

-- Edited by kundalini on Wednesday 22nd of May 2013 04:33:39 PM

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

Good news Elena's match has been moved to court 1, 5th match so should be streamed now

blob · All-time great

Hope you're right

It's been moved at least 4 times already today though

Peter too · Tennis legend

Elena just starting

blob · All-time great

Sadly moved back out to Court 3 again, so no stream.

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

blob wrote:
Hope you're right
It's been moved at least 4 times already today though

Yep your right its been moved to court 3 again and the match is just starting, so no livestream