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emmsie69


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A few days off and then has to try to qualify again for Miami. Consolidating top 100 and avoiding GS qualifying would be awesome. I think people underestimate how hard it is to qualify repeatedly. Covid has certainly benefited those that had already hit those heights beforehand.



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Billy Jean King still has the style based on this!!

mobile.twitter.com/BillieJeanKing/status/1503915320381251589

78 years old and better than most of us I would say!!

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Not surprised.  She was a very good doubles player and used to playing with a small racquet head too.



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Anybody watch any of the match between Keys and Swiatek ? Vary one-sided scoreline, so I wondered if there was any particular reason.

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the addict wrote:

Anybody watch any of the match between Keys and Swiatek ? Vary one-sided scoreline, so I wondered if there was any particular reason.

 I didn't, but I tend to go onto tennis forums which have match result discussions, which gives a flavour of what happened.



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(3) Swiatek vs (24) Halep
(5) Badosa vs (6) Sakkari

Is a pretty decent semi final line up, especially on these slow courts.


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Swiatek goes live #2 ahead of Krejcikova. Each of Sakkari and Badosa could also yet end IW as WR 2.



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Semi finals

Not before 1am (UK):

Swiatek vs Halep
Badosa vs Sakkari

Looks like I'll be having another all nighter like during the US Open semi finals, but thankfully, no work the next day this time.

I absolutely love Indian Wells!





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Ace Ventura wrote:

Semi finals

Not before 1am (UK):

Swiatek vs Halep
Badosa vs Sakkari

Looks like I'll be having another all nighter like during the US Open semi finals, but thankfully, no work the next day this time.

I absolutely love Indian Wells!

THAT semi - final night will never be forgotten. Looks 2 good matches here as well though.Good luck for yer gal, ha.

 



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My planned shut eye isn't going quite so well Pancho. Quite reluctant to commit in case I sleep through, ha.

It's obviously not, but it's got a kind of grand slam slam feel about with the very strong line up, the matches following on, and on here during a similar time to the US Open.

Not as much pressure though considering she won here 5 months ago, and a SF (if that what it proves to be) is still a very good attempt at a title defence, plus another big event just around the corner in Miami. I also wasn't sure if it was going to be a 'best of' situation, but thankfully it isn't, and those guaranteed 390 points will come in very handy, but I'd love it to be a little more...smile



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Final is Swiatek vs Sakkari

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JonH comes home wrote:

I watched the tie break tens last night (no Brits of course) and it was good fun. One thing that struck me was Sakkari, she just laughed and smiled the whole way through, really engaging. Her match with Sabalenka was good fun and the two of them enjoyed it and had a laugh, including a nice little jokey bit at the handshake at the end.

Good to see them having fun and it would be good to see men or women doing these a little more often ahead of some of these events - the tie break tens organisation has been going since the first one that Kyle won at the ALbert Hall in , what, 2015/16? They have done around 7 or 8 now including one in lockdown at the NTC and it would be nice to perhaps see one before more of the joint Masters events, eg Miami, Madrid as well.

 Good to see Sakkari make the real event final and Ill be rooting for her! 



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Maria Sakkari has an English coach in Tom Hill. Her only WTA title is when she beat Jo in Rabat in 2019 and Tom was her coach then.



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GAMEOVER wrote:

Maria Sakkari has an English coach in Tom Hill. Her only WTA title is when she beat Jo in Rabat in 2019 and Tom was her coach then.

 Well, this would be massive then if she can pull it off. Never heard of Tom Hill but good luck to them both. 



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Tom Hill played pro tennis back in 2015 or so. Seem to remember he played doubles with Maniel Bains (was never sure if he had any family connection to Naiktha - don't think so)

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