WTA News & Gossip 2023

[Moxie]

Semi Finals Stuttgart WTA500
Saturday 22nd April,

I. Swiatek (1) defending champion vs O.Jabeur (3) H2H Swiatek 3-2, their first meeting this year

A. Sabalenka (2) vs A. Potapova First meeting. Note this is the 3rd straight year that Sabalenka has made the SFs in Stuttgart

Jabeur is limping on a calf injury, and retires basically right away, 3-0 in the first. Looks like it happened today?

 

[kskate2]

Jabeur is limping on a calf injury, and retires basically right away, 3-0 in the first. Looks like it happened today?

from where? Practice session or something?

 

[Moxie]

from where? Practice session or something?

Ons spoke after she withdrew, on court, but didn't really exactly explain, in the way athletes tend to (not) talk about injuries, but she acted like it happened right at the beginning of the match, which, as I said, only lasted 3 games, and the trainer came twice. They wrapped up the whole calf, and she was limping.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Sad news, Ons sustainted a left calf injury and had to retire in her match against Swiatek, she is the defending champion in Madrid, I hope she can recover in time she has shown good form this week in Stuttgart and I was looking forward to this match up

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Ons spoke after she withdrew, on court, but didn't really exactly explain, in the way athletes tend to (not) talk about injuries, but she acted like it happened right at the beginning of the match, which, as I said, only lasted 3 games, and the trainer came twice. They wrapped up the whole calf, and she was limping.

Thnaks I just read what happened, on court it seems what bad luck she has been playing soo well,

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Sabalebka d Potapova 61 62, after 3 straight years of making the the Madrid final, where she will play the defending champion Iga Swiatek

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Just read some news from Ons and her team, Ons will be having some tests, on her calf, hopefully it is not something serious

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wild Cards Madrid Open
Elina Svitolina
Camila Osorio
Victoria Kasintseva
Brenda Fruhvirtova
Marina Bassols
Rebeka Masarova
Mirra Andreeva

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Ladies Final's, Stuttgart WTA500,
Sunday 23th April,

Ladies Doubles Final.

D.Krawczyk/D.Schuurs (2) vs N.Melichar-Martinez/G.Olmos (3)

We have a 'rematch of the 2022 final between Swiatek and Sabalenka
Sabalenka is now the first player to reach 4 finals in 2023.
Will it be third time lucky for Sabalenka? and can she finally win in Stuttgart and also a Porsche which is included for the winner of this tournament.

I. Swiatek (1) vs A.Sabalenka (2) H2H Swiatek 4-2

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Main draw ceremony of Madrid WTA1000 will take place Sunday April 23 at 7.00pm

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Both ladies warming up now on court
Interesting fact Iga and Aryna are both vying for their 13 WTA title, it will be 'Lucky No 13' for either player
I am going for a Saba win, I feel she is the player to beat, she played flawless tennis yesterday in her SF match, if she can repeat that preformance she will be hard to beat

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Tight match and on her 3BP Iga breaks with a FH winner, Iga has been returning well
Iga to serve for the 1st set 5-3
Saba over pressing
Iga wins the 1st set 63
Both ladies going for toilet breaks

 

[kskate2]

Ultimately those serve demons cost her the opening set.

 

[kskate2]

Is Iga playing Madrid? Last year she skipped it and went straight to Rome.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Ultimately those serve demons cost her the opening set.

Saba needed to find her 1st serve, at crucial times in that 1st set, it let her down

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Is Iga playing Madrud? Last year she skipped it and went straight to Rome.

I havent heard as yet if she will skip Madrid I am still waiting to see if Ons will play Madrid she was having tests to see the extent of her calf injury yesterday

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Saba there is No Need On Clay to go for the lines all the time

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

DF from Saba and Iga breaks how many times have we have seen this script she is imploding
There goes my tip with a Saba win lol! bring back that Saba that played in her SF yesterday

 

[kskate2]

I think the serve demons will always be with her. They just manifest at different times and to her chagrin it will depend who her opponent is. W/ the majority of the tour she can probably make up for it w/ her aggressive return game, but against the very top of the game she will be in trouble when the match gets tight.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Saba had love 30? Iga great defense saves the day