2024 Olympic Games [Women] - Stade Roland Garros/Clay

[MargaretMcAleer]

A tennis journalist friend of mine who is at Olympics tennis 2024 texted me and said
"Rybakina and her immune system would not have survived all the rain at RG at the Olympics

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Play on outside courts is cancelled for the day
Play only on Chatrier and Lenglen

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Gauff/Pegula No 1 seeds defeated Perez/Saville 63 61

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The main reason Angie Kerber has never won a title at RG her shots are just too flat, she has great defence on clay which is a must, pity she only needed RG title to have a career slam as I posted Kerber will retire after the Olympics, she really never captured her former form as a player, after coming back from maternity leave.She is playing Osaka at present
I wish Osaka had to better transition game to the net, Angie with great tactics moving her forward and getting the result
Kerber 75 1st set over Osaka, Osaka looked erratic and slow to me especially in the 2nd set
Kerber d Osaka 75 63! well done Angie!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Chatrier, Lenglen and Mathieu tomorrow
All the outside courts will have 6 matches each! due to the fact outside courts were cancelled today due to wet weather

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Matches on Court Phillipe Chatrier today Sunday 28th Day 2
Krejcikova vs S.Sorribes
Gauff (2) vs Tomljanovic
Court Suzann Lenglen
Sakkari vs Kovinic
Pegula (5) vs V.Golubic

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Anhelina Kalinini withdrew replaced in the draw by Olivia Gadecki, who will play Arentxa Rus

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

In a match that went for nearly 3 hours Krejcikova overcame Sara Sorribes Tormo 46 60 76(2)
Pegula d Golubic 63 64
Collins advanced as Laura Siegemund of Germany retired, Collins leading 63 20 in the 2nd set
In a upset result,
C.Osorio d Ostapenko 64 63

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

No 2 seed Coco Gauff with an impressive first round match defeating Aussie Tomljanoivic 63 60
Fernandez (16) d Muchova 61 46 62

 

[Hoergren]

Well she's was on her way out but fought back and played better and better - Sherif a good player so it was a good win for Woz - Collins up next

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well she's was on her way out but fought back and played better and better - Sherif a good player so it was a good win for Woz - Collins up next
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You beat me to it Hoergren I was just about to post the score on Carolines match, yep she played better as the match progressed!

 

[Hoergren]

You beat me to it Hoergren I was just about to post the score on Carolines match, yep she played better as the match progressed!

Well Margaret i am always trying to "beat" you. Apart from that- this tournament is a bit of a scandal. Bad notifications no hawkeye no rules for screaming a.s.o One can see that tennis is not an important Olympic sport - or am I completely wrong?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well Margaret i am always trying to "beat" you. Apart from that- this tournament is a bit of a scandal. Bad notifications no hawkeye no rules for screaming a.s.o One can see that tennis is not an important Olympic sport - or am I completely wrong?

It has become a joke, rafferty rules are in place at present at the Olympics,I wish the ITF would wake up and see it has become a farce. not fair to the players at all.Thankfully I have a tennis journalist friend covering the Olympics and he is sending me texts of withdrawals etc, apart from him, I would be in the dark as what is going on.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Ladies matches, Monday 29th July,

Chatrier,
Swaitek (1) vs Parry
Night session on Chatrier.
2nd match after the mens,
Pegula (5) vs Svitolina.

Other interesting match ups,
Paolini (4) vs Linette
Vekic (4) vs Andresscu
Schnaider (15) vs X.Wang
Collins (8) vs Wozniacki

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

After a nervy start in her first round match No 1 seed put on a rout against Frenchwoman Parry 61 61
Jazz defeated Linette in SS 64 61
A bit of a surprise result as I though Andreescu on clay would defeat Vekic? not to be Vekic in SS 63 64, Bianca did have some type of injury with her hand/wrist I hope she will be okay for the upcoming HC season
Another surprise result as X.Wang defeated Schnaider (15) 63 61
Bad luck to Wozniacki lost in 3 sets to Collins 63 36 63

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Final ladies match on Chatrier between Pegula (5) vs Svitolina has begun 3 all 1st set
Tight match so far Jess won the 1st set 64
A completely different match in the 2nd set Elina making quick work of Jess, wining 61 On clay I expected Elina to win this match, not over yet
Going 3 sets
Well done to Svitolina defeating the 5th seed Pegula 46 61 63

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Womens Singles R16 line up Paris 2024,

Swaitek (1) vs Wang
Collins (8) vs Osorio
Fernandez (16) vs Kerber
Zheng (6) vs Navarro (11)
Krejickova (9) vs Svitolina
Paolini (4) vs Schmiedlova
Sakkari (7) vs Kostyuk (12)
Gauff (2) Vekic (13)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Ladies Singles Matches, Tuesday 30th July,
Philippe Chatrier starts at 12pm,
C.Gauff (2) vs D.Vekic (13)

Court Suzanne Lenglen, starts at 12pm,
J.Paolini (4) vs A.Schiedlova 2nd match

Court Simmone Mathieu starts at 12pm,
L.Fernadez (16) vs A.Kerber
B.Krejcikova (9) vs E.Svitolina

Court 7 starts at 12pm,
Zheng (6) vs Navarro (11)
M.Sakkari (7) vs M.Kostyuk (12)

Court 14, starts at 12pm,
D.Collins (8) vs C.Osorio

 

[Hoergren]

By accident I jumped into third set between Gauf and Vekic. Again an amateur match - again NOT the players - where a judge can't replay a point and there is no replay - why the f---k can't they play after modern rules in tennis - nah it's only me - luckily Vekic won as the best of the two -Coco had a sort of meltdown.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

By accident I jumped into third set between Gauf and Vekic. Again an amateur match - again NOT the players - where a judge can't replay a point and there is no replay - why the f---k can't they play after modern rules in tennis - nah it's only me - luckily Vekic won as the best of the two -Coco had a sort of meltdown.
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Hi Hoergren,

Agree what the hell is wrong with these umpires? replay the point for goodness sakes, again as I posted these Olympic Games are Rafferty Rules Disgraceful
It is the 3rd time this year Coco had this done to her, as she explained to the Supervisor to no avail!
Point being Coco has to learn to put that behind her, not the first time she has decided to take on the umpire when she thought a call was against her, ended in tears, lost her concentration, Veckic was the better player, regardless of the incident and deserved her win, Coco's fhand again was "all over the place' in the 2nd set. Brad really has to find a way to fix it, it has not got any better under his coaching!