WTA News & Gossip 2023

[tossip]

Camila hits the ball hard and flat with aggression, takes the ball early, when it is balanced she can be hard to beat especially on a hard court, she only knows one way to play, so I guess her shots found the line in her match against Sloane., who apparently was just a bystander in the match
BTW Camila won the tournament at the Merida Open yesterday

I am wondering if Scone is happily married,or if she is still married.Her form has really deteriorated a lot.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I am wondering if Scone is happily married,or if she is still married.Her form has really deteriorated a lot.

I thought when she got engaged, her form was not the same, shame I think we all thought when she won the USO she would go on and win more, as far as I am aware she is still married.
BTW Sloane is playing Taylor Townsend in the new WTA tournament in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, I will be interested to see how she fare. Sloane and Alycia won their doubles match today.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Congratulations to Angie Kerber who gave birth to a baby daughter Liana on the 25th February!

 

[Ellentonboy]

I hope Camilla Giorgi's dad will stay out of the coaching box and let her current hitting partner coach her. Look at the recent result.......credit to Camila for playing some clutch tennis at the right times.

 

[Ellentonboy]

That match today in Austin will prove interesting between SS and Taylor Townsend. I am sure SS is still embarrassed about how she played against Giorgi but that's in the past. There has been alot of speculation (okay, gossip) about her weight. Maybe she's going to have a baby????? I thought I would throw that out there and see what people think.....

 

[the AntiPusher]

That match today in Austin will prove interesting between SS and Taylor Townsend. I am sure SS is still embarrassed about how she played against Giorgi but that's in the past. There has been alot of speculation (okay, gossip) about her weight. Maybe she's going to have a baby????? I thought I would throw that out there and see what people think.....

Sloane is playing doubles with Alyica Parks ..they should make a great team

 

[the AntiPusher]

Question, has Coco made it to a GS double final yet? Taylor's double partner was McNally last US Open final

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Question, has Coco made it to a GS double final yet? Taylor's double partner was McNally last US Open final

Yes,
2021 USO doubles final losing to Stosur/Zang
2022 French doubles final losing to Garcia/Mladenovic

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

At least Sloane remembers how to play tennis in Austin, Texas wins the 1st set 63 against Townsend
Sloane wins 63 63

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

IW update:
OUT: Bogdan
IN: Rafucanu Emma has now direct entry into IW, dosent need the WC she was given

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Emma Raducanu has received a wild card into Miami Open

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

IW update:
OUT: Qinwen Zheng
IN: Korpatsch

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Michael Joyce , will be working with former world No 4 Sofia Kenin in IW/Miami. The two have been hard at work on the courts at the Evert Academy in Boca Raton for the last week.Unclear if Kenin's father Alex Kenin will be on the trip, his health hasn't been great in recent months.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Madison Keys her now fiance Bjorn Fratangelo are engaged!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Indian Wells main draw wild cards,
Sofia Kenin
Emma Navarro
Ann Li
Caty McNally
Kaite Volynets
Peyton Stearns
Elizabeth Mandlik
Dayana Yastremska

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

SFs at Monterrey
(1) Garcia vs (4) Mertens
(3) Vekic vs (5) Zhu

SFs at Austin, Texas,
(4) D. Collins vs (8) M.Kostyuk
V. Gracheva vs K. Volynets

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will not compete in IW/Miami saving her limited PR for the clay events, however expect to see her play several lower-tier events at the end of March in Europe

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

1st SF in ATX Austin Open, Texas,
M.Kostyuk (8) d D.Collins 64 63, she is the first player through to the final, this is Marta's first tour level final, for the very talented 20 year old.

 

[Ellentonboy]

These wildcards are wild. Mandlik - who hasn't played well in a number of weeks is a surprise. McNally and Volynets are to be expected based on the past several weeks. Wow, I would hate to be a player, these wildcards are just thrown around like candy.......lets see how qualifying goes.

I do have my favorites (Giorgi, my future wife and mother of my imaginary children) everyone knows that who has seen me posting. Granted it is a bit of a joke and I know everyone thinks I am delusional but hey, why not give it a shot, right? One thing about me is that I like to have a good laugh but having Giorgi win in Mexico last week was enough to give me a heart attack.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

SF in Monterrey,Mexico,

Donna Vekic (3) who has shown solid form this week is the first player through to the final defeating L.Zhu (5) 75 62