Week 10/11 - WTA 1000 BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, California, USA (Hard)

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

RE: Week 10/11 - WTA 1000 BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, California, USA (Hard)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Fabulous! Not the best placements (the first round draws were much of a muchness for all qualifiers really but looking at second round opponents these are among the roughest). Katie had a great shot.

Only Harriet playing today who has the toughest task.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Brilliant effort from our ladies.

emmsie69 · Top national player

If any of the 3 get through, their 2nd round draws are all horrific, Svitlana, Badosa and Sabalenka. Ouch

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
L128: (11) Emma Raducanu WR 13 (CH=12 Feb 2022) vs BYE
- plays the winner of Yastremska vs Garcia.

L128: Ana Konjuh (CRO) WR 48 (CH=20 July 2017) vs (Q) Harriet Dart WR 122 (CH=120 Nov 2021)
H2h 0-1, Cherbourg-En-Cotentin, R32 in 2020

L128: (Q) Heather Watson WR 113 (CH=38 2015) vs Tereza Martincova (CZE) WR 42 (CH=40 Feb 2022)

L128: (Q) Katie Boulter WR 127 (CH =82 Feb 2019) vs Jasmine Paolini (ITA) WR 46 (CH = 44 Feb 2022)
H2h 1-0, Imola QF in 2014.

In a 96 player main draw, getting players in the mid 40s is sort of smack on average- could have been better , could have been worse. Hopefully 1 of the girls will turn in a good result

Not when you can't draw any of the 32 seeds who all have byes into R2. Add in a few high ranked withdrawals and these are certainly three of the highest ranked players they could have ended up with in R1, quite apart from Konjuh say so much on the rise again.

Get through these and, as emmsie indicates, good luck in R2!

the addict · Tennis legend

Great to see all three get through. Pity about the draw though - it couldn't be much harder. The last seed is WR39, so Martincova hasn't missed out by much. Incidently the top seed in qualifying was Greet Minnen, currently WR80, so an average draw would have been more like WR60 rather than in the 40's.

Edit - several typos !

-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 9th of March 2022 06:24:56 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
L128: (11) Emma Raducanu WR 13 (CH=12 Feb 2022) vs BYE
- plays the winner of Yastremska vs Garcia.

L128: Ana Konjuh (CRO) WR 48 (CH=20 July 2017) vs (Q) Harriet Dart WR 122 (CH=120 Nov 2021)
H2h 0-1, Cherbourg-En-Cotentin, R32 in 2020

L128: (Q) Heather Watson WR 113 (CH=38 2015) vs Tereza Martincova (CZE) WR 42 (CH=40 Feb 2022)

L128: (Q) Katie Boulter WR 127 (CH =82 Feb 2019) vs Jasmine Paolini (ITA) WR 46 (CH = 44 Feb 2022)
H2h 1-0, Imola QF in 2014.

In a 96 player main draw, getting players in the mid 40s is sort of smack on average- could have been better , could have been worse. Hopefully 1 of the girls will turn in a good result
Not when you can't draw any of the 32 seeds who all have byes into R2. Add in a few high ranked withdrawals and these are certainly three of the highest ranked players they could have ended up with in R1, quite apart from Konjuh say so much on the rise again.
Get through these and, as emmsie indicates, good luck in R2!
ah yes, I forgot about the byes.
Bad draw then!

the addict · Tennis legend

No day off for Harriet - second match on Stadium 4.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
No day off for Harriet - second match on Stadium 4.

In fact shes fourth on court 4, two mens matches before the ladies. It will be after midnight GMT before she is on court I would guess, 7 pm UK time start.

the addict · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
the addict wrote:
No day off for Harriet - second match on Stadium 4.
In fact shes fourth on court 4, two mens matches before the ladies. It will be after midnight GMT before she is on court I would guess, 7 pm UK time start.

Typical WTA website - never gives you the correct information. I should have looked at the ATP OOP !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
the addict wrote:
No day off for Harriet - second match on Stadium 4.
In fact shes fourth on court 4, two mens matches before the ladies. It will be after midnight GMT before she is on court I would guess, 7 pm UK time start.
Typical WTA website - never gives you the correct information. I should have looked at the ATP OOP !

Or the TNNS app is even more thorough and easier to use

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Great news. Keep it up gals

dodrade · Futures qualifying

flamingowings wrote:
dodrade wrote:
A great result for the British girls!

The Desert Smash event Emma was supposed to play today seems to have been cancelled.

-- Edited by dodrade on Wednesday 9th of March 2022 02:32:25 AM
Is the Desert Smash thing different to the TieBreak Tens thing?

Yes, Victoria Azarenka was also supposed to play.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
dodrade wrote:
A great result for the British girls!

The Desert Smash event Emma was supposed to play today seems to have been cancelled.

-- Edited by dodrade on Wednesday 9th of March 2022 02:32:25 AM
Is the Desert Smash thing different to the TieBreak Tens thing?
Yes, Victoria Azarenka was also supposed to play.

The tie break tens highlights are now on BBC i player , an hour long show.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

JonH comes home wrote:
dodrade wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
dodrade wrote:
A great result for the British girls!

The Desert Smash event Emma was supposed to play today seems to have been cancelled.

-- Edited by dodrade on Wednesday 9th of March 2022 02:32:25 AM
Is the Desert Smash thing different to the TieBreak Tens thing?
Yes, Victoria Azarenka was also supposed to play.
The tie break tens highlights are now on BBC i player , an hour long show.

Rather odd presentation, Mark Petchey spent more time chatting with players watching courtside during the matches than actually commentating on them.