Western & Southern Open, New York City, US - WTA Premier 5

[MargaretMcAleer]

Venus after a shocking service game,breaks straight back to level 5 all in the final set.

Yastremska will serve for the match a second time 6-5

 

[Moxie]

Well, there was a lot of ugly in that match.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Dayana Yastremska d Venus Williams 57 62 75

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Watched only a couple of games of the 2nd set between Alison Riske (11) and 18 year old Amanda Anisimova who I love to watch,Amanda was impressive and defeated Alison 63 63.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Interesting matches for Sunday on Grandstand starting at 11.am,

Top seed Karolina Pliskova and No2 seed AO champion Sofia Kenin are in action.

Alize Cornet vs (2) Sofia Kenin.
WC Sloane Stephens vs Caroline Garcia
(1) Karolina Pliskova vs Veronika Kudermetova

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Having not played each other since 2018,Caroline Garcia keeps her H2H record against WC Sloane Stephens now 3-1
Garcia d Stephens 63 76 (4).....Garcia will play Azarenka next.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Being down 1-4,Kudermetova comes back to win the 1st set 75 off No1 seed Karolina Pliskova.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Alize Cornet wins the 1st set over 2nd seed Sofia Kenin 61

Both the No1 and No2 seeds need to lift their games ASAP

Off to the gym I will check final scores later.

 

[Moxie]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Alize Cornet wins the 1st set over 2nd seed Sofia Kenin 61

Both the No1 and No2 seeds need to lift their games ASAP

Off to the gym I will check final scores later.

I am not surprised after watching both the No1 and No2 seeds both lost their matches after watching their 1st sets.

Well done to Veronika Kudermetova for her gutsy win over Pliskova 75 64

Alize Cornet d Sofia Kenin 61 76(7).

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wipes brow,Serena saves a set point,wins the 1st set 76(6) against Arantxa Rus.

Bouzkova defeats 6th seed Kvitova 26 75 62.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rus levels and wins the 2nd set 63,going into a decider,though heat rule is in effect with a 10 minute break.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Final set,Serena saves 4BPs,holds,breaks Rus and holds to love on her serve
Serena now leads 4-1

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Final set,Serena saves 4BPs,holds,breaks Rus and holds to love on her serve
Serena now leads 4-1

Serena broken to love while serving for the match 5-3
Serena 5-4 final set,Rus holds 5 all final set
Rus breaks again and will serve for the match 6-5
It is Serena's turn to break while Rus was serving for the match, 6 games all,t.break to begin for the final set

Serena Williams d A.Rus 76(6) 36 76(0) Both ladies had their chances to win the match,Serena was all grit in the final t/break,credit to Rus .

Serena will play Sakkari next.

 

[Moxie]

Osaka rights the ship and gets it done in 3.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Osaka rights the ship and gets it done in 3.

Fun match...Osaka (4) d Muchova 67(5) 64 62

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Good to see Azarenka continuing her winning ways defeats Caroline Garcia 62 76(8)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Love watching Ons Jabeur she has soo much variety in her game,she wins the 1st set 64 over defending champion Madison Keys

Ons Jabeur d Madison Keys 64 61 Well done Ons!

 

[Moxie]

Love watching Ons Jabeur she has soo much variety in her game,she wins the 1st set 64 over defending champion Madison Keys

Ons Jabeur d Madison Keys 64 61 Well done Ons!

Knew that was possible, as Jabeur is so tricky and has been trending. Still bummed.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA Sweet 16 at Cinncy,

Kudermetova vs Mertens
Pegula vs Sabalenka
Osaka vs Yastremska
Kontaveit vs Bouzkova
Konta vs Zvonareva ......nice to see Bepa playing well on her comeback.
Sakari vs S.Williams
McHale vs Jabeur
Azarenka vs Cornet.