WTA News and Gossip 2022

[MargaretMcAleer]

Venus Williams has a wild card into Toronto.It will been Venus first singles match tournament in nearly 12 months.,August 2021 in Chicago.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Naomi Osaka's coach Tim Fissette announces the end of their partnership ( won 2 GS titles together).Osaka's fitness coach Yutaka Nakamura left in May and now trains ATP player Denis Shapovalov.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

After splitting with Sasha Bajin, Karolina Pliskova has teamed up with Leos Friedl, who stepped in last year at the USO when Sasha Bajin had visa issues on board.As yet no information if this is a permanent coaching arrangement

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

I’m hoping Serena and Venus play doubles in Toronto.

 

[kskate2]

Serena Williams has now entered Cincinnati, in addition to Toronto ahead of the US Open.Last time Serena played both tournaments was in 2015.

Maybe preparing for an early defeat at the Rogers will guarantee her at least one more match before USO.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Maybe preparing for an early defeat at the Rogers will guarantee her at least one more match before USO.

That’s why I’m hoping they play doubles together at Rogers. They stand a better shot together.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Venus Williams has accepted a wild card into Citi Open, Washington

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Maybe preparing for an early defeat at the Rogers will guarantee her at least one more match before USO.

Actually I am surprised she is playing both, though maybe she finally listened to us,as she cannot turn up to play a major without playing a warm up tournament. ( now 2)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Serena Williams will enter the USO with a PR ranking of No 16
Taylor Townsend will enter the USO with a PR ranking of No 84.
The rankings for the USO is based on the rankings for the WTA the week of July 18th.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has withdrawn from the USO with a continuing left knee injury.Tatjana Maria (GER) moves into the main draw

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Kasatkina came out. I am happy for her living her truth.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Clarification regarding Osaka's strength and conditioning coach,
Osaka parted with her fitness coach Daniel Pohl, who has only been with her for a few months.Polh had replaced Yutuka Nakamura who Naomi parted with back in April ( who is now the fitness trainer for Denis Shapo).

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Hamburg S/finals,

B.Pera vs M.Zanervska (7)

A.Kontaveit (1) vs A.Potapova

 

[kskate2]

Final in Hamburg will be the streaking Pera against Konta2 who's trying to save a miserable last 3 months

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Well I hope this is a signal that Osaka is trying to get it together.

 

[Ellentonboy]

Pera on an incredible eleven match winning streak, I think it will end tomorrow against Kontaveit. I am just curious as to what prompted this resurgence in her form? It is a shame it wasn't evident at the time of the FO, considering all the random GS champs we have had in the past several years you never know.

Interested to see how Pera will perform once the tour shifts to North America? She'll now have direct entrance into the US Open so......who knows????

 

[Ellentonboy]

Final in Hamburg will be the streaking Pera against Konta2 who's trying to save a miserable last 3 months

Konta2? I never thought of her that way, but this entertaining. Television commentators are mentioning she has alot of points to defend so it's good she has found her form.

 

[kskate2]

Konta2? I never thought of her that way, but this entertaining. Television commentators are mentioning she has alot of points to defend so it's good she has found her form.

Some people called her Konta lite when she first came on the tour. I always thought of her as Konta2 because the original Konta was in the top 10 at that time.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Pera on an incredible eleven match winning streak, I think it will end tomorrow against Kontaveit. I am just curious as to what prompted this resurgence in her form? It is a shame it wasn't evident at the time of the FO, considering all the random GS champs we have had in the past several years you never know.

Interested to see how Pera will perform once the tour shifts to North America? She'll now have direct entrance into the US Open so......who knows????

Actually I am surprised that Kontaveit is doing well on clay, though I am happy she has made a final, she has been struggling to get over COVID

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Result of S/Final Hamburg,

B.Pera d M.Zanevska (7) 62 64
A.Kontaveit (1) d A.Potapova 63 75

Final,

A.Kontaveit (1) vs B.Pera