Week 39 - WTA Premier 5 - Wuhan, China - Hard

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

RE: Week 39 - WTA Premier 5 - Wuhan, China - Hard

nicofrance · Strong Club Player

indiana wrote:
To be fair you don't get into a seeded 13 - 16 ( Petkovic ) section of the draw, and hence have a likely more beatable seed without then having the other seed in that first theee rounds section being a 1-4 seed in Halep so that's fair dos.

Having an clearly underranked Azarenka around though is a bit unfortunate in assisting progression. I'd say though she's still short of her best and I'm actually kind of looking forward to seeing how Jo does.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 27th of September 2015 01:08:51 PM

Yes it should be fascinating seeing how the match goes. Hopefully with Azarenka being a star name it will be played later in the day and a decent time for us to watch and not the early hours of the morning.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Who was it that knocked her out of the USO? Is Vika better than whoever that was?

paulisi · Tennis legend

I believe BT will have live coverage of Hev and Jo's matches

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

Helen40 wrote:
Who was it that knocked her out of the USO? Is Vika better than whoever that was?

She lost to Petra Kvitova in the 4th round, and right now I would say Kvitova is marginally better than Azarenka.

indiana · Tennis legend

Probably generally yes, since Vika still making her way back, but as with many of the players to a fairly large extent it depends what day we're talking about

nicofrance · Strong Club Player

Helen40 wrote:
Who was it that knocked her out of the USO? Is Vika better than whoever that was?

Petra Kvitova beat Johanna Konta and Azarenka has had a lot of injuries in the last few years otherwise she would easily be in the top ten. Kvitova can be either great or pretty average especially if she has one of those off days with loads of unforced errors.

Azarenka is generally a bit more consistent in her play but is certainly a class opponent and she could easily win this event which shows how tough Kontas task will be.

I would have backed Konta against anyone else in terms of those unseeded given her fantastic recent run but I put Azarenka as strong favourite for the match. Konta will have to play her best ever match to win.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Azarenka is 'managing' a leg injury through this week but even so it will be a tough ask for JoKo

Jan · Hall of fame

Just catching up - very well don Johanna!
And good luck to Heather - I presume she's playing later....?

edit - just answered my own question - she's second on at 1pm local time. They seem to be 7 hours ahead of BST, so that's about 6am here I reckon.

-- Edited by Jan on Sunday 27th of September 2015 03:28:20 PM

Shhh · Challenger level

Heather started well, going 3-0 up but has just been broken back to 3-2*

rebel_rebel · Lower Club Player

After going 3-0 up, loses 5 games on the trot.

rebel_rebel · Lower Club Player

Heather loses the first set 6-3

rebel_rebel · Lower Club Player

Heather breaks again in the opening game of the second set. Lots of games going to deuce.

rebel_rebel · Lower Club Player

Heather now 4-0 up in the 2nd!

DF · Tennis legend

Although Hev took the second set 6-2 now down 0-2 in the final set