Week 34 - US Open, Women's Qualifying Singles, New York, USA - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Week 34 - US Open, Women's Qualifying Singles, New York, USA - Hard

seagull · Hall of fame

Dan gets Mannarino. Norrie has a qualifier

seagull · Hall of fame

Edmund has Andujar. In Thiems section

flamingowings · All-time great

PaulM wrote:
There will be a new thread in time but Jo gets a tricky opener against Kasatkina

Hm. Interesting. Daaha's year and form bar the very odd result.has been poor.

Twitter going mad because it's Serena vs Maria in r1.

seagull · Hall of fame

Serena v Sharapova!

the addict · Tennis legend

Harriet on court, warm-up just starting
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Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Winner will face 18 year old 10th Q seed Wang Xiyu in the FQR. Her younger Chinese compatriot Wang Xinyu has also made the FQR.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

PaulM wrote:
There will be a new thread in time but Jo gets a tricky opener against Kasatkina

To be honest Jo will have to do better than she has managed in North America so far. She will also have to do better than she has managed in her last 2 meetings against Kasatkina.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

But then Kasatkina isn't playing as well as those previous meetings with Jo when she was ranked #24 and #12. Kastatkina is having a disappointing season by her standards and is 42 in the rankings, but that also includes the 470 points she got for winning Moscow last October (where she beat Jo in the SF), hence she is only 78 in the (live) race heading into September. She did beat Kerber the other week and it obviously could have been easier, but not the worst draw in the world IMO.

the addict · Tennis legend

Pessimism and Optimism ..........

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Still on serve here, *3-4, but Baptiste has only dropped 4 points on her 4 service games so far, whereas Harriet has held to 30, 40 and 40 so perhaps knocking on the door, but a hold is a hold.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Pessimism and Optimism ..........

Ha, something like that. The tie probably sounds worse than it is, but then the H2H may play a role mentally. I'd be interested to see the odds - I'd say something like Jo 1/2, Kasatkina 6/4.

the addict · Tennis legend

Yes, it'll be a tough match, but a winnable one. Kasatkina hasn't really got her form back to where it should be this year, so it could go either way.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

She is knocking on the door is Hailey. Harriet did so well to save a SP just before, but faces another one here (may have already conceded it). Another saved. 4-5 *40-40.

Big hold! 5-5*

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Thursday 22nd of August 2019 06:33:30 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Missed too many first serves in that game. and almost paid the penalty. 5-5*
Good to see her getting to the net and volleying.