Week 8 - WTA Premier ($2.5M) - Doha, Qatar - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

RE: Week 8 - WTA Premier ($2.5M) - Doha, Qatar - Hard

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

I take on board the points that philwrig & Coup Droit make above. Certainly this would be more valuable later in the season, with more data points, which would smooth out individual special circumstances to better show underlying patterns.

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I'll not state my conclusions, but instead leave you to draw your own.
https://public.tableau.com/profile/publish/NaomiBroadyYTD2016/NaomiBroadyin2016

Thanks to LongTimeReader & especially kundalini, for help with the data The WTA stats are from the official data, so I'd hope that was right.

Strongbow · All-time great

Massively impressed ISF smile

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Wow, superb stuff ISF :D

Have you posted the link on the Naomi thread?

[Not yet

Sorry, I'm at it again answering my own questions disbelief

I don't want to steal your thunder; the Naomi thread is currently on page 3 of "recent posts"...]

-- Edited by vohor on Tuesday 23rd of February 2016 10:55:26 AM

wimdledont · Challenger level

Really interesting ISF. I suspect you'd find the highest (negative) correlation between windspeed and Naomi's success this year.

Her doubles match has started.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Naomi+ lost 6-4, 6-2.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

R1: Naomi BROADY/Alicia ROSOLSKA (GBR/POL) 160 lost to Olga SAVCHUK/Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR/UKR) 6-4 6-2

baxi2 · Lower Club Player

PaulM wrote:
Its been exceptionally windy in Doha so that probably didn't help given her ball toss

Would you Adam and Eve it ....... Vesni bt Halep !!!!!

Spectator · All-time great

Not to take away from Ms Vesnina, but my understanding was that Halep probably shouldn't be playing (and originally was not going to play) this tournament.

philwrig · Hall of fame

That's probably true, but it still shows that Vesnina is playing more like her old self.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Vesnina now beats Woz.

cwej · Lower Club Player

Exactly. So don't think there's anything wrong with Broady at all!

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

For those that bemoan the lack of variety in the game, especially the women's game, today provided an exception you might savour, as Aga Radwanska & Monica Niculescu sought to play every shot in the book, often in a single rally. You can see brief highlights (3:11), here.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Vesnina is on fire just turned over Santina with Kasatkina

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Turns out that Navratilova/Shriver record is pretty good, huh!