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Ace Ventura


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Coup Droit wrote:

And now Petra's gone - which is not such a surprise, and Paula is no unknown - BUT Paula has never been beyond the 4th round in a Grand Slam

 Not Wimbledon, but she has at RG.

 



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Ace Ventura wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:

And now Petra's gone - which is not such a surprise, and Paula is no unknown - BUT Paula has never been beyond the 4th round in a Grand Slam

 Not Wimbledon, but she has at RG.

 

 Yes, sorry, there was that one QF last year - my bad



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CD, here's a stat for you - Paula has now played 39 matches in 2022 and this was the first time she has been a betting underdog. It stretches back to Sabalenka at the YEC's last November, and that 41 match run has included matches against Swiatek, Sakkari x 2, Sabalenka, Halep, Jabeur, Azarenka, Muguruza, and many others.

Who says this is an exho smile



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Curious......

Do you think Badosa will have the win on Halep, Ace?

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Coup Droit wrote:
Ace Ventura wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:

And now Petra's gone - which is not such a surprise, and Paula is no unknown - BUT Paula has never been beyond the 4th round in a Grand Slam

 Not Wimbledon, but she has at RG.

 

 Yes, sorry, there was that one QF last year - my bad

Yeah, a bit of a late developer - her CH was 67 before RG last year, so was never really a contender, and barely had any slams as a direct entrant until then, but is starting to put together a half decent resume now with 4 second weeks in her last 6 slams. She's definitely passed my expectations this week, and not confident she'll go further, but this has been a huge boost after a tough couple of months for her.

 

 



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There's a decent country distribution amongst the last sixteen - although France is in lead position with three women through - which will surprise the French powers that be.

Heavily European based, though, as usual.....

Only 7 seeded players


Wimbledon Last 16:

3 France
2 Germany
1 GB
1 Spain
1 Australia
1 Romania
1 Kazakhstan
1 USA
1 Croatia
1 Czech
1 Belgium
1 Tunisia
1 Latvia

The oldest player is Maria, age 34.
Five are age 30 or above

The youngest is Anisimova, age 20
Four are age 23 or below

Average age: 26.75

Also, just to note, and rather unusually, the last sixteen here in singles are also a strong group of doubles players.
There's Mertens - currently number 1 in the world in dubs; and Garica - ex-WR 2; Ostapenko CH WR 16; and Bouzkova who has a CH WR 24 in dubs as against 46 in singles.



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 2nd of July 2022 09:07:34 PM

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Such is the draw that in the last 16 there are only 2 former Grand Slam champions in Halep and Ostapenko and 2 former semifinalists in Mertens and Anisimova. 



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And while we're dealing in two's, only two current top 10 (or top 16) players left in Jabeur and Badosa, although the #6 and #13 couldn't compete.



-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Saturday 2nd of July 2022 09:29:14 PM

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A predictably unpredictable women's L16 then.

Though I read on the BBC Sport website that "... most of the global big names are still in the mix in both the men's and women's singles."   no

Not quite the BBC informing but rather dropping in random phrases divorced from reality.



-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 3rd of July 2022 12:16:41 AM



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Thought it significant that Heather mentioned the Battle of the Brits as a factor after her win, it seems to have been very popular among the players and helped build camaraderie between them. I remember at the time being surprised how much they got into it given the two teams seemed to be essentially random. A shame the full team event is unlikely ever to happen again now the tour is back to normal.

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dodrade wrote:

Thought it significant that Heather mentioned the Battle of the Brits as a factor after her win, it seems to have been very popular among the players and helped build camaraderie between them. I remember at the time being surprised how much they got into it given the two teams seemed to be essentially random. A shame the full team event is unlikely ever to happen again now the tour is back to normal.

 People tend to forget the initial Battle of the Brits which was before the team event, Jamie organised it as well - it was an 8 man (men only) British Masters in effect and the players took it very seriously. 



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dodrade wrote:

Thought it significant that Heather mentioned the Battle of the Brits as a factor after her win, it seems to have been very popular among the players and helped build camaraderie between them. I remember at the time being surprised how much they got into it given the two teams seemed to be essentially random. A shame the full team event is unlikely ever to happen again now the tour is back to normal.

I would personally look at holding BoBrits every year just before the players head off to Oz. I think it would be  great preparation for them after coming off winter training blocks



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Niemeier deservedly up 2-5*

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Heather needs to break to save the first set.

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Time for Plan B.

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