Wimbledon Preview Talk

[Sundaymorningguy]

One thing I wonder is will the extra week have an effect on the grass at Wimbledon.

 

[memad]

don't know about others...but Serena would get time to recover for sure........

 

[10isfan]

Everyone is playing a warm up event or two except Serena, Pova, and Venus

 

[kskate2]

Maria needs one desperately. She hasn't done anything on grass in years.

 

[tossip]

Maria needs one desperately. She hasn't done anything on grass in years.

she got lucky in 2004...this year it will be the same story..she will leave emptyhanded..

 

[10isfan]

Maria needs one desperately. She hasn't done anything on grass in years.

she got lucky in 2004...this year it will be the same story..she will leave emptyhanded..

Yup. Pova won't win another Wimby. Her grass game has gone south as her clay game has improved.

Looking forward to seeing the draw.

 

[Calvy]

Maria needs one desperately. She hasn't done anything on grass in years.

Um, she made the finals in 2011 and the Olympic finals in 2012.

 

[kskate2]

Um, that was 3-4 years ago. She hasn't done anything since and so she needs a warmup event.

 

[Kirijax]

I never count Sharapova out. Of course I never give her much of a chance either. I'm always slightly bemused when she is in the second week of a draw, escaping time and time again.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I never count Sharapova out. Of course I never give her much of a chance either. I'm always slightly bemused when she is in the second week of a draw, escaping time and time again.

I count her out in all odd years. :snicker

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Well we will have to see how she recovers from her poor clay season. I can't imagine her confidence will be high after her usually good results during the clay season.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Also with an extra week for the grass to grow, I wonder if it will have any effect on how the courts will play.

 

[Kirijax]

I never count Sharapova out. Of course I never give her much of a chance either. I'm always slightly bemused when she is in the second week of a draw, escaping time and time again.

I count her out in all odd years. :snicker

Ha! I forgot about that! Or when she's defending a slam. :snicker

 

[kskate2]

Also with an extra week for the grass to grow, I wonder if it will have any effect on how the courts will play.

I don't think it will affect it that much. They may have adjusted their planting schedule to accommodate the extra week.

 

[special700]

That is my point they will move up an Azarenka or someone else they see fit to move up if only for a round later. I doubt they want to see a Serena/Azarenka 3rd round more along the lines of a 4th or QF if possible. I am not saying they will. They might choose to go by the ranking, but they might give consideration to some like Lisicki and Azarenka by a couple spots. Lisicki is a few spots from a top 16 seeding, so they may bump her up. Azarenka is currently 25, so they may bump her into the top 24. Venus is already in the top 16.

I only ever like to see tinkering for the sake of balance. There were quite a bit of top heavy draws that we have gotten lately in places like Madrid, Rome and even a bit in Paris initially. I hope that those who need to get their ranking up do soon, so we can find more balanced draws.

Why would they bump up Lisicki, what the heck has she done in Wimbledon other than getting lucky and making a final where she got her butt kicked and went out early the next year. I don't think they have ever bumped up Venus when she was low in the ranking and she won Wimbledon 5 times.

 

[kskate2]

That is my point they will move up an Azarenka or someone else they see fit to move up if only for a round later. I doubt they want to see a Serena/Azarenka 3rd round more along the lines of a 4th or QF if possible. I am not saying they will. They might choose to go by the ranking, but they might give consideration to some like Lisicki and Azarenka by a couple spots. Lisicki is a few spots from a top 16 seeding, so they may bump her up. Azarenka is currently 25, so they may bump her into the top 24. Venus is already in the top 16.

I only ever like to see tinkering for the sake of balance. There were quite a bit of top heavy draws that we have gotten lately in places like Madrid, Rome and even a bit in Paris initially. I hope that those who need to get their ranking up do soon, so we can find more balanced draws.

Why would they bump up Lisicki, what the heck has she done in Wimbledon other than getting lucky and making a final where she got her butt kicked and went out early the next year. I don't think they have ever bumped up Venus when she was low in the ranking and she won Wimbledon 5 times.

That's not accurate. She was bumped up and she won the event anyway (05 and 07)

 

[special700]

Wimby is Petra's to lose, and I don't think she will. She plays with supreme confidence there. Serena's serve makes her one of the favorites, but Petra can outhit her.

Hoping all the contender land on Pova's and Halep's quarter since neither has a good chance of getting very far on grass.

As always Pova will have the easiest draw again. Nothing new.

 

[kskate2]

Wimby is Petra's to lose, and I don't think she will. She plays with supreme confidence there. Serena's serve makes her one of the favorites, but Petra can outhit her.

Hoping all the contender land on Pova's and Halep's quarter since neither has a good chance of getting very far on grass.

As always Pova will have the easiest draw again. Nothing new.

Having an easier draw in RG didn't help her much this year or in Wimby last year, did it?

 

[special700]

It certainly did not but she will still have an easy draw. Each time they give her an easy draw they keep their fingers cross that at some point she may win it.

 

[kskate2]

It certainly did not but she will still have an easy draw. Each time they give her an easy draw they keep their fingers cross that at some point she may win it.

You have to stop it w/ this easy draw talk. No one is giving her an easy anything. It's the way the chips fall and that's that.