Abu Dhabi Main Draw 2021

[Rex]

(1)Kenin v Q
Siegemund v Flipkens
Krejcikova v Loeb
Trevisan v (13)Putintseva

(9)Sakkari v Potapova
Gauff v (alt)Eikeri
Sasnovich v Q
Mladenovic v (5)Muguruza

(4)Sabalenka v Hercog
Tomljanovic v Zhu
Q v Wang Yafan
Pavlyuchenkova v (15)Jabeur

(12)Muchova v Kovinic
Kasatkina v Wang Qiang
Rus v Wang Xiyu
Q v (6)Ryabkina

(8)Vondrousova v Hsieh
Kostyuk v Q
Fernandez v Paolini
Zidansek v (11)Brady

(16)Vekic v Pera
Sorribes Tormo v Podoroska
Barthel v Q
Cirstea v (3)Pliskova

(7)Mertens v Cornet
Sevastova v Badosa
Q v Shvedova
Kudermetova v (10)Kontaveit

(17)Alexandrova v Diyas
Watson v Q
Zvonareva v Ferro
Pegula v (2)Svitolina

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I have done some projected QFS,

Kenin vs Muguruza
Sabalenka vs Rybakina
Vondrousova vs Karolina Pliskova
Mertens vs Svitolina

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Some interesting first rd matches

Svitolina vs Pegula
Muguruza vs Mladenovic
Jabeur vs Pavyluchenkova

 

[Hoergren]

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[MargaretMcAleer]

Elise Mertens withdrew on Thursday hours before her 1st rd match due to a right shoulder injury,she was drawn to play Alize Cornet,she will be replaced by LL Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Greece).

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kirsten Flipkens forced to retire from her match against Sofia Kenin she won the 1st set 75,it was 5-4 in the 2nd set when she tripped over an advertising block at the back of the court and her hurt her left ankle.These types of advertising boards should not be on the back of the court in the first place.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Amanda Anisimova had to withdraw from Abu Dhabi tournament after testing positive to COVID-19.she just confirmed on instagram post.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

A couple of interesting match ups for Saturday's play,

(9) Maria Sakkari who said this court was the fastest she has played on vs Coco Gauff

(2) Elina Svitolina vs Vera Zvonareva.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Russian Qualifier Anastasia Gasanova (292) pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament so far,defeating Karolina Pliskova 62 64.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Sunday's matches 10th January...........Sweet 16,

Kenin vs Putintseva
Sakkari vs Muguruza
Sabalenka vs Jabeur
Kasatkina vs Rybakina
Kostyuk vs Zidnansek
Sorribes Tormo vs Gasanova
Badosa vs Kudermetova
Alexandrova vs Svitolina

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Q/Finals......Monday's play 11th January,

Kenin vs Sakkari
Sabalenka vs Rybakina
Kostyuk vs Sorribes Tormo
Kudermetova vs Svitolina

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results of q/finals matches,

Sabalenka stretched her winning streak to 13 matches advancing to her third straight s/final 64 46 63 over Elena Rybakina.
18 year old Marta Kostyuk,eventually rallied past Sorribes Torro 01 61 64 to reach her first Tour-level s/final.
Sakkari surged through 10 straight games to defeat top seed Kenin 26 62 60 to advance to the s/finals (first win in 3 meetings with Kenin).
Second seed Elina Svitolina was defeated by Kudermetova 57 63 76(3) to make her first WTA 500 s/final.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Tuesday's s/final matches

Sakkari vs Sabalenka
Kostyuk vs Kudermetova

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results s/finals,

Veronika Kudermetova closes it out on her 5th MP to defeat Marta Kostyuk 76(8) 64.It is her first WTA final for Veronika.

Aryna Sabalenka wins her 14th consecutive match with a commanding 63 62 victory over Maria Sakkari.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Order of play--------------Wednesday Finals,

Centre Court-12 noon start, Ladies Singles Final,

(4) A.Sabalenka vs V.Kudermetova

Followed by Ladies Doubles Finals,

(5) S.Aoyams (JPN)/E.Shibahara (JPN) vs (8) H.Carter/L.Stefani (BRA)

No 4 seed Aryna Sabalenka will for for her ninth career WTA Singles title (and her third in a row).While Veronika Kudermetova will aim for her first WTA title.
Sabalenka won their only previous meeting,on the ITF challenger circuit in 2015.
Sabalenka is projected to rise to a new carrer-high of World No7 if she wins the title.
Kudermetova is projected to improve her career best ranking of World No36 and could jump to World No33 if she wins the title.

 

[AnonymousFan]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I will be interested to see if Sabalenka can maintain this strong performance in a Grand Slam event,will be interested to see her results at the AO in the next couple of weeks.