Week 2 - WTA500 - Sydney, Australia Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 2 - WTA500 - Sydney, Australia Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Welcome to the Tour Emma. I'll be surprised if this lasts more than an hour but hopefully she can tune in a bit ahead of the Australian Open where it would be good to see her make the third round I think.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

PaulM wrote:
Welcome to the Tour Emma. I'll be surprised if this lasts more than an hour but hopefully she can tune in a bit ahead of the Australian Open where it would be good to see her make the third round I think.

That's not a very optImistic view of Emma's prospects in the Australian Open.

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Peter too · Tennis legend

Emma hasn't played since going out in R1 of Linz two months ago. It would be surprising if she can reach the form that won her the US Open straight away. That came at the end of a long run of matches starting at Wimbledon.

the addict · Tennis legend

Emma's performance in the AO will depend to some extent on what draw she gets for the first two rounds.

But her chances in Sydney look very slim. Swiatek looks to be in very good form having reached the semis in Adelaide (lost to Barty overnight), and Emma hasn't played for two months as Peter says.

Lambda · Challenger level

Emma last played at the end of November in an exhibition match

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Is Swiatek down at 69 now? Surely misleading position in reality ?

Christine · Intermediate Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
Is Swiatek down at 69 now? Surely misleading position in reality ?

No surely I read it as ranked 9 seeded 6?

the addict · Tennis legend

Christine wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Is Swiatek down at 69 now? Surely misleading position in reality ?
No surely I read it as ranked 9 seeded 6?

Could do with some brackets on the seeding to make it clearer. Ranked 9 seeded 6 is correct.

PaulM · Tennis legend

GAMEOVER wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Welcome to the Tour Emma. I'll be surprised if this lasts more than an hour but hopefully she can tune in a bit ahead of the Australian Open where it would be good to see her make the third round I think.
That's not a very optImistic view of Emma's prospects in the Australian Open.
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Perhaps not but Im not expecting her to recapture the New York magic every week. It's her first Australian Open, she's had limited preparation, she's got a target on her back. Given where she was a year ago I think making the second week would be a great achievement as she adapts to Tour life and builds the foundations for defending the US Open and ensuring she's a top player for years to come.

flamingowings · All-time great

Revised draw - Iga withdraws with a rib injury. However, not any easier given her new opponent reached the final in Adelaide (lost to Barty).

R1: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 19 =CH vs (9) Elena Rybakina (KAZ) WR 14 (=CH)

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

flamingowings wrote:
Revised draw - Iga withdraws with a rib injury. However, not any easier given her new opponent reached the final in Adelaide (lost to Barty).

R1: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 19 =CH vs (9) Elena Rybakina (KAZ) WR 14 (=CH)

Perhaps Emma's opponent will be tired after Adelaide. Maybe Swiatek did not fancy playing Emma.

HarryGem · Club Coach

flamingowings wrote:
Revised draw - Iga withdraws with a rib injury. However, not any easier given her new opponent reached the final in Adelaide (lost to Barty).

R1: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 19 =CH vs (9) Elena Rybakina (KAZ) WR 14 (=CH)

Wonder if this is the same injury as Osaka? The good old hard to define rib injury. The only thing that looked injured in Iga's defeat to Barty was her pride quite frankly.
Hard to say what sort of chance Emma has as she's hardly played any tennis of note for a few months. The match will be on Rybakina's racket. She looked good in parts in Adelaide but if her serve is slightly off then Emma has a chance if she can move her around.

Emma could do with a few matches under her belt though or she is going to find the AO tough going. Don't think the courts will be that quick there either.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Christine wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Is Swiatek down at 69 now? Surely misleading position in reality ?
No surely I read it as ranked 9 seeded 6?
Could do with some brackets on the seeding to make it clearer. Ranked 9 seeded 6 is correct.

Phew, thought Id not been following too closely so was a little surprised! Moot point now in respect of Emma though !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Would Emma have been better playing Adelaide this week or was she required to play here based on ranking?