Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open, Melbourne (hard)

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open, Melbourne (hard)

flamingowings · All-time great

To be honest, as much as I like Jo (both as a player and as a person) I feel that around 9-20 is the right sort of ranking for her.

It's a shame she couldn't make this match work for her but sometimes that is life. I just hope she can show some progression soon.

JonH · All-time great

Bottom half last 16 set:

Martic v Mertens

Allertova v Svitolina

Kontaveit v Suarez Navarro

Rybarikova v Wozniacki

scottie1 · Futures level

JonH wrote:
Bottom half last 16 set:

Martic v Mertens

Allertova v Svitolina

Kontaveit v Suarez Navarro

Rybarikova v Wozniacki

I would like Wozniaki to win a grand slam

indiana · Tennis legend

Martic into her 3rd Slam L16 in the last 4 after being out for nearly a year, she certainly does seem to turn up for them. Decent chance for a QF this time in Elina's benefit quarter - another qualifier for her ( from what I saw she seemed to handle young Kostyuk in a thoroughly professional and efficient manner ). Svitolina vs Wozniacki could go on a while if we get to that.

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 20th of January 2018 07:11:07 PM

JonH · All-time great

I think I am correct, only 3 players who reached the last 16 last year are still left in the 24 players left this year - Pliskova, Kerber and Strycova...

blob · All-time great

JonH wrote:
I think I am correct, only 3 players who reached the last 16 last year are still left in the 24 players left this year - Pliskova, Kerber and Strycova...

Agreed. Slightly unusual, as two of last years final 16 did not play again this year.

indiana · Tennis legend

Simona Halep and Lauren Davis

Thank you and good night.

... says the guy who has so often advocated final set tie breaks.

blob · All-time great

The feeling when you start watching Halep v. DAvis around midnight, thinking it will be 90 minutes to two hours and then you'll get some sleep, and 4 hours later it finishes, 15-13 in the third.
Ridiculous match; for drama the WTA is unlikely to top it this year. Halep saves three consecutive match points to come through.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes I thought this looks interesting, let's have a peek, err a long way before the end, think 6 allish in that final set. And you saw it all, good choice, good stamina

Quality, guts, drama, it remains a joy when you find sport at its finest from a source you hadn't even been thinking about. Put your feet up ladies and thanks again.

Bah, TB and it could have been all over and I'll never get that extra time back. And I don't want it back !

blob · All-time great

4 of this years last 16 didn't even play at the AO last year (even in qualifying).
Only Ka. Pliskova remains that made it to the last 8.

scottie1 · Futures level

Great win by Angie Kerber over Sharapova Kerber looks back to her best. Sharapova her game is still the same hard hitting with plenty misses

blob · All-time great

Johanna is now sure to drop out of the top 10.

Kerber plays Keys, and the winner of that match is guarranteed to overhaul Jo. Johanna will be at least WR11.

Additionally, if Strycova, makes the final, then she would pass Johanna.
Or, if Mertens or Suárez Navarro win the title, then they willl also pass Jo.
If any one of those scenarios comes to pass, then Johanna will be WR12

With one exception:
If it transpires that Strycova makes the final in the top half, and Mertens/Suárez Navarro is her oppoonent from the bottom half, and Mertens/Suárez Navarro wins the title, then both final contenders would surpass Jo.
Johanna would end the AO WR13

If the form remains about the same, and presuming, based on that, defeats in the first 1-3 matches in each tournament, then after Miami, we're looking at very roughly WR20-30.
Jo would have obvious chances to gain points over last year in the clay season, but her record on the devil dust doesn't suggest that she would be able to do so to any great degree.
The grass season then contains essentially all of Jo's remaining points.

indiana · Tennis legend

Strycova is out, beaten by Ka Pliskova last night.

The big gap just now is from #8 V Williams who will be on 4278 points to #9 Mladenovic on 2935 points with Jo tucked in for now at #10 on 2825 points, level on points with Goerges, but yes will drop at least one place, Jo well through last year was on the right side of a big gap ( going into the US Open Jo was one of 8 players that could theoretically have come out of it as WR 1 ) with now #7 Garcia then below it.

Kerber or Keys would be a fairly strong #9 in the the 4200s, close behind Venus, if either won the title. And both look on the way up generally.

Just one month in, essentially for Jo her end of season ranking depends on her recapturing good form and gathering points wherever whenever, though yes some points of the season look more likely avenues than others, and she may go a fair bit down before coming back up.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 23rd of January 2018 09:50:12 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Simona Halep seems to have gone rather well since her epic L32 match vs Lauren Davis. I wasn't expecting her to so ease through against Osaka ( well more stand vs Osaka ) and then Pliskova,

I wonder if going over on her ankle in R1, doing whatever to her ligaments and taking whatever pain killers, has been a good almost distraction from the self doubting that can plague her. It's a separate real thing to battle through as against battling her head, if probably not a recommended way to deal with it!

Impressive stuff.