WTA News and Gossip 2022

[kskate2]

Halep needs to go and practice her serve ASAP,maybe she has caught the Sabalenka bug,I read she will have some coaching help from Patrick Mouratoglou Academy.

I was going to mention what I saw today. The 2 guys in the stands had on Patrick's outerwear w/ his M logo.

 

[kskate2]

Lookie who was in the stands to watch Grigor

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Lookie who was in the stands to watch Grigor

Yes I saw the sisters watching Grigor lol!

 

[the AntiPusher]

Jelena Ostapenko continued her great run in Dubai where she will play Veronica Kudermetova in the final.Jelena has defeated Kenin,Swiatek,Kvitova and Halep to make the final.
Ostapenko came from a set down to defeat Simona Halep 26 76(0) 60.
Veronica Kudermetova had a walkover to the final as Vondrousova withdrew due to a right adductor injury.

WOW that's awesome resume of tennis this week by Ostapenko...she is playing big babe tennis style. She can be a BEASTY at times.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WOW that's awesome resume of tennis this week by Ostapenko...she is playing big babe tennis style. She can be a BEASTY at times.

Jelena just gave her opponent in the first set in the final a bagel.....this is a complete rout.Lets see if Veronica can at least reset in the 2nd set,I hate one sided finals.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Congratulations to Jelena Ostapenko winning her 5th career title in the WTA500 final in Dubai defeating Veronica Kudermetova 60 64.Jelena saved her best tennis for the final.
Both were unseeded players
Ostapenko defeated Kenin,Swiatek,Kvitova,Halep on the way to the final.Both finialists are both in the doubles finals,so Jelena has a chance to win both the singles and the doubles.
Jelena with that win in singles will be ranked No 13 next week.I read the other day her wish this year was to be in the Top 10,well if she can maintain consistent results this year she will be in the Top 10,especially with the kind of form she produced in Dubai.

 

[the AntiPusher]

this commentating by Taylor Townsend is really outstanding. Listening to her analysis which is so spot on. Both commentators mentioned that Jelena was a highly skilled ball room dancer which Taylor said look at how she is bouncing around before the return of service. Also, Taylor mentioned what makes Veronica so good is that she puts foot to ball meaning that she has positioned herself perfectly to hit the ball. This is why I always complain about the Marys (Carillo and Fernandez ) who just gives gossip. Heck, if I wanted gossip I would reach out to my good friend @tossip who is the best besides miss Margaret.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Congratulations to Jelena Ostapenko winning her 5th career title in the WTA500 final in Dubai defeating Veronica Kudermetova 60 64.Jelena saved her best tennis for the final.
Both were unseeded players
Ostapenko defeated Kenin,Swiatek,Kvitova,Halep on the way to the final.Both finialists are both in the doubles finals,so Jelena has a chance to win both the singles and the doubles.
Jelena with that win in singles will be ranked No 13 next week.I read the other day her wish this year was to be in the Top 10,well if she can maintain consistent results this year she will be in the Top 10,especially with the kind of form she produced in Dubai.

Jelena hits such a heavy flat ball. I think a better player like Ash or Osaka would be able to add so much variety to their strokes to get her off her game. Otherwise she will be in the top ten by the end of April.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Jelena hits such a heavy flat ball. I think a better player like Ash or Osaka would be able to add so much variety to their strokes to get her off her game. Otherwise she will be in the top ten by the end of April.

Jelena's serve to me needs work,at times,Ash with her slice could provide headaches for Ostapenko,both Ash and Osaka can absorb the heavy hitting of Jelena,Jelena at times can just bash the ball harder,she has low margin in her overall game.

 

[kskate2]

Jelena's serve to me needs work,at times,Ash with her slice could provide headaches for Ostapenko,both Ash and Osaka can absorb the heavy hitting of Jelena,Jelena at times can just bash the ball harder,she has low margin in her overall game.

And extremely streaky. She can fall off the wagon pretty quickly and then 2 games later she's breaking to win the set or the match.

 

[kskate2]

this commentating by Taylor Townsend is really outstanding. Listening to her analysis which is so spot on. Both commentators mentioned that Jelena was a highly skilled ball room dancer which Taylor said look at how she is bouncing around before the return of service. Also, Taylor mentioned what makes Veronica so good is that she puts foot to ball meaning that she has positioned herself perfectly to hit the ball. This is why I always complain about the Marys (Carillo and Fernandez ) who just gives gossip. Heck, if I wanted gossip I would reach out to my good friend @tossip who is the best besides miss Margaret.

I love Taylor as a commie, but she's too young to be in the booth. What's keeping her from coming back to the court?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I love Taylor as a commie, but she's too young to be in the booth. What's keeping her from coming back to the court?

Yes she is a good commie,she said she would be back playing at Charleston tournament this year.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Jelena's serve to me needs work,at times,Ash with her slice could provide headaches for Ostapenko,both Ash and Osaka can absorb the heavy hitting of Jelena,Jelena at times can just bash the ball harder,she has low margin in her overall game.

As The late Sith Lord Darth Vader said to his first born son Luke Skywalker before he slice off Luke's faithful girlfriend hand , "Impressive, Obi Wan has taught you well"! You know your tennis miss Margaret!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

As The late Sith Lord Darth Vader said to his first born son Luke Skywalker before he slice off Luke's faithful girlfriend hand , Impressive! You know your tennis miss Margaret

Thanks,I have always followed the women's game,though there are a lot of posters at TF that are very knowledgeable,I have learnt a lot reading their posts.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The No 2 seeds in the womens doubles E.Mertens/V.Kudermetova defeated J.Ostapenko/L.Kichenok 61 63 winning the doubles titles in Dubai...Well Done!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Some 'Moron' reported Ash Barty to the alcohol marketing authority because she drank some beer on winning the Australian Open?
Get A Life You Moron!

 

[Fiero425]

Some 'Moron' reported Ash Barty to the alcohol marketing authority because she drank some beer on winning the Australian Open?
Get A Life You Moron!

It's become the way of the world with social media almost encouraging this type of nonsense! People just have to "kvetch" about something!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Common Sense has prevailed the Alcohol Markerting Authority has dismissed the complaint against Ash Barty having a beer after the Australian Open

 

[kskate2]

Common Sense has prevailed the Alcohol Markerting Authority has dismissed the complaint against Ash Barty having a beer after the Australian Open

The almost laughable part here is that they had to dismiss the complaint. I mean was she drinking and driving? WTF!

 

[Hoergren]