Tennis

[MU82]

shoot, I don’t dispute what you say.

What I’m saying is that it looked TO ME like Brady got unhinged because her emotions got the best of her.

You apparently disagree, as is your right.

[Not A Serious Person]

No one was going to be Djokovic today.  He is so good he beat Taylor Fritz with an injury that would have made most people withdraw.

I thought Medvedev played well.  Anyone else would have been beaten worse.

[MuggsyB]

No one was going to be Djokovic today.  He is so good he beat Taylor Fritz with an injury that would have made most people withdraw.

I thought Medvedev played well.  Anyone else would have been beaten worse.

No doubt.   Although I thought Medvedev had a chance early in the 2nd and his play slipped in that set.  Regardless, Djoker wasn't losing that match to anyone.

[Not A Serious Person]

No doubt.   Although I thought Medvedev had a chance early in the 2nd and his play slipped in that set.  Regardless, Djoker wasn't losing that match to anyone.

When Djokovic is playing like this, the only person that can beat him is Djokovic.

(on hardcourts)

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Miami Open will take place as scheduled in late March. (indian Wells canceled 2nd straight year)

Miami Open will have a 59% drop in pay out. Much of that is a big drop for the winner's check. 20% fans allowed. Bubble hotel. No AO version of quarantine.

Adelaide has a nice WTA tourney going on now with a strong draw. American Shelby Rogers continues her strong play into the quarters there. Americans Coco Gauff and Danielle Collins hope to join ger there tonight.

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Miami Open will take place as scheduled in late March. (indian Wells canceled 2nd straight year)

Miami Open will have a 59% drop in pay out. Much of that is a big drop for the winner's check. 20% fans allowed. Bubble hotel. No AO version of quarantine.

Adelaide has a nice WTA tourney going on now with a strong draw. American Shelby Rogers continues her strong play into the quarters there. Americans Coco Gauff and Danielle Collins hope to join ger there tonight.

Coco Gauff into the quarterfinals with a 3 set win over World Top 20 Petra Martic. She will face Shelby Rogers. Danielle Collins advances to the Quarterfinals with a straight set win over World Number 1 Ash Barty. She will face defending French Open Champ Iga Swiatek.

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Coco Gauff into the quarterfinals with a 3 set win over World Top 20 Petra Martic. She will face Shelby Rogers. Danielle Collins advances to the Quarterfinals with a straight set win over World Number 1 Ash Barty. She will face defending French Open Champ Iga Swiatek.

Swiatek over Collins
Teichmann over Sevastova
Gauff over Rogers
Bencic over Sanders

Gauff finds a way in 3 sets over Rogers:

https://twitter.com/NickMcCarvel/status/1364814308266270725?s=19


Gauff moves to #38 in the World, jist 16 years old. When asked how her parents deal with her stressful matches, she had this to say:

https://twitter.com/AdelaideTennis/status/1364818000919076867?s=19

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The entire top 77 ranked ATP Men's Players are entered for the upcoming March Miami Open.

75 of the top 78 WTA Women's Players are entered. (missing #29 Donna Vekic, #30 Dayana Yastremska, #66 Alison Van Uytvanck)

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For the first time in 18 years, there are eleven American Women in the WTA top 50.

Mackie McDonald won the Kazakhstan Challenger (his 3rd Challenger win) to get closer to top 100 ATP.

Roger Federer has withdrawn from Miami. (We'll see if he plays Doha and Dubai, two places where he spends more time)

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Spectacular performance from Petra Kvitova winning the Doha, Qatar title over one of the WTA's best players,  Garbi Muguruza.

It's her 28th title. Also defeated Jess Pegula in a close semis and Kontaveit in the Quarters. Muguruza had been dismantling people in 2021, and came in with wins over Sabalenka and Sakkari in Doha.

Danish teen superstar Clara Tauson is in the Lyon, France Finao seeking her first WTA title. (She has 8 ITF Titles)

Andrey Rublev over Tsitsipas in Rotterdam Semifinals. Earlier he had opened the event with a win over Andy Murray. Rublev is seeking his 8th ATP Singles Title.

Roger Federer will play Doha and Dubai, playing for the first time since Jan. 2020.

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Another tourney and two more wins over top 25 players for 16 year old American Coco Gauff. She's into the 3rd round in Dubai, after wins over Ekaterina Alexandrova and a spirited, chippy win over Marketa Vondrousova. Just 16 years old.

Strong draw in Dubai.

Good opportunity for Amanda Anisimova to get some quality match play after a COVID-19 pause, falling to Garbi Muguruza in the 2nd round..The same can be said for Madison Keys who also fell in the 2nd round.

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Jessie Pegula has won 13 of her last 15 matches including 3 top 10 wins. (She's played 11 matches in 13 days) This includes two wins in a week over former World Number 1 and current World number 6 Karolina Pliskova, losing only six total games in two matches. She is into the Dubai quarters v E. Mertens.

Coco Gauff is also into the quarterfinals.

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2nd straight top 15 win for 23 year old American Taylor Fritz in Doha. After defeating recent France ATP title winner David Goffin, he finally gets his win over Denis Shapovalov, coming back after down a set. He's into the semifinals. He usually plays Mexico instead of the Middle East trip, but the change is paying off for him.

Roger Federer also playing Doha gets a thrilling 3 set win iver Dan Evans in a good match in his return to the tour.

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Coco Gauff falls in the quarters to Teichmann. Gauff turns 17 this weekend and she will be ranked 35th in the World Monday. The next best ranking of a player under 18 is 352.

Garbi Muguruza has the most wins, (16) the most finals, (2, seeking her 3rd) and the 2nd toughest schedule in 2021.

Fed is out in 3 sets in Doha.

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Roger Federer is withdrawing from Dubai after losing in Doha. While relaxed, happy, and playing well at times, Federer believes more training would be better until grass court season. His footwork looked slow at times in his two 3 set matches.

Andy Murray is taking some time off as his wife gave birth to their 4th child. He has a Miami Wildcard (He has lived and trained there over the years).

Wimbledon will have COVID-19 protocols which means a secure player hotel. Wimbledon is popular with many players for staying at private residences in Southwest London for five figures. Federer rents two houses, Murray stays at home, Djokovic, Nadal, many other Men and Women stay in private residences. Not this year. There will be a player hotel requirement, in Central London, likely a large chain in Waterloo.

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Heading into Miami Open...Canadian Teen Leylah Fernandez won her first WTA Title in Monterrey. Muguruza won Dubai. Kvitova won Doha.

Miami Open, the following all lost in qualifying tourney:

Caty McNally
Kristie Ahn
Bethany Mattek-Sands
Coco Vandeweghe
Whitney Osuigwe
Liu
Arconada
Dolehide

American Teen Robin Montgomery  lost in 3 sets in first round singles.

Hailey Baptiste won her qualifying tourney.

1st Round Singles notables:

Won:
Shelby Rogers
Badosa (Teichmann retires injured during match, left thigh)

Lost:
McHale
Scott
Davis
Brengle
Venus Williams to Brengle

Serena Williams withdrawn, Oral Surgery.

Men:

Mackie McDonald won his qualifying tourney. Fratangelo, Nava, Escobedo also won their tourneys.

Lost in qualifying:

Eubanks
Kodat
Kwiatkowski
Cressy
Blanch
Krueger
Nakashima
Brooksby

Withdrawn:
Federer
Nadal

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Miami:

There's been a Sloane Stephens sighting. First win since last year. 3 sets over Oceane Dodin. Hustle, footwork, opening up on forehands. Flashes of old. Gotta string it together, long way to go. (Also playing dubs with Sofia Kenin) SHhe's been training with Darian King and Diego Moyano.

Also winning strong, Danielle Collins. Tough tight 3 set loss for 19 year old American Hailey Baptiste. Great run the qualies and first round.

ATP Men:

Spirited win for Mackie McDonald over Vasek Pospisil. Another win for American Neto Escobedo after winning qualies. Losing were Sam Querrey, Stevie Johnson, Tommy Paul.

Tiafoe still to play.

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Miami 1000, 3rd largest U.S. Tourney.

Notables, winners moving forward:

Women:

Kvitova, Sabalenka, Barty, Kerber, Swiatek, Ostapenko, Svitolina, Bencic.

Tough day for American Women as Rogers and Gauff lose tough 3 setters after leading. Collins and Keys are also out.

Men:

Winners moving forward:

Fratangelo, Kudla, Sandgren. Sebi Korda won.

Out: MMoh, Anderson.

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Miami winners:

Muguruza, Mertens, Pegula, Osaka, Anisimova, Sakkari, Jabeur, Andreescu, Kenin, Pliskova.

End of road:
Brady, Putintseva, Stephens, Bertens, Badosa.

Miami winners:
Tiafoe, FAA, Fritz, Medvedev, Isner

End of road:
Evans, Zverev, Dmitrov, Goffin, Escobedo, Opelka, Mcdonald

Doubles Round of 16:
Gauff and McNally, Mattek Sands and Swiatek.

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Miami.

23 year old Croatian, Ana Konjuh, is one of the stories in Miami. First top 20 win and takes out both Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek.

Barty, Svitolina, Azarenka, Sabalenka,Vondrousova, Kvitova (crushing people) all moving forward. Simona Halep had to withdraw with shoulder injury.

 Big win for Sebi Korda over 10 seed Fognini. Rublev, Tsitispas, Nishikori, Raonic, Schwartman, Shapooalov, some moving forward.

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Miami Masters 1000.

WTA Women, notables:

American Jessie Pegula has defeated former World Number 1 and current top ten Karolina Pliskova for the 4th time, and for the 3rd time this year.

Sakkari, Mertens, Muguruza, Jabeur, Andreescu moving forward.

Thrilling close 3 set wins for Jabeur over Sofia Kenin, and for Andreescu over Amanda Anisimova.

4th round, Sevastova, Osaka, Sabalenka, Barty, Svitolina moving forward. Barty with the close 3 setter over Azarenka, and Svitolina with the dame over Kvitova.

Doubles, Gauff and McNally take out the 2 seeds and are into the Quarterfinals, as are Pegula/Muhammed, Mattek Sands/Swiatek.

ATP Men:

Schwartzmann, Tiafoe, Rublev, Hurkacz, Cilic, Raonic moving forward. Shapo and Musetti are out. Korda is into the Rd 16's

Isner, Fritz, Tiafoe moving forward for the Americans. Isner over FAA. Medvedev survives Popyrin. Also still in dubs.

Doubles still alive: Fritz/Isner, Korda/ MMoh, Ram/Salisbury

[MuggsyB]

According to Novak's dad he's clearly the best ever and only loses when "he beats himself". 

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Miami.

20 year old American Sebi Korda has back to back to back wins over the #17, #27, #9 ranked players, and into the Miami Quarterfinals. Really, really good. He gets Rublev or Cilic.

https://twitter.com/TennisChannel/status/1377063430306340864?s=19


Fritz, Tiafoe, Isner, Raonic are out.


WTA Women:

Bianca Andreescu over the tour's best player thus far this season, Garbi Muguruza, in 3.

Maria Sakkari saves six match points and takes out Jesse Pegula in 3.

Barty over Sabalenka in 3 and i to the semis vs Svitolina.

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As Patrick Mouratoglou announces an additional Academy location in Costa Navarino, Greece, an additional look at the former Miami Open location in Crandon Park, in Key Biscayne...

https://twitter.com/pmouratoglou/status/1377275060147339265?s=19

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Saisbury/Ram are into the Men's Doubles Semis in Miami with a win over Korda/Mmoh.

19 year old Italian, Jannik Sinner is into the Singles Semis.

Greece' Maria Sakkari, has, in strong fashion, ended Naomi Osaka's 23 match win streak, 6-0, 6-4. 6th top 5 win for Sakkari. And with that she into the Miami Singles Semis.