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Re: Dubai.....Ladies

Post by Graveller » Feb Mon 17, 2020 11:08 am

Garbine wins 6-2 7-6, but Kim is still special.

Looking forward to a rematch when Kim is fully match-ready.
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Post by Grossefavourite » Feb Mon 17, 2020 5:03 pm

Kim looks very good.


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Post by Graveller » Feb Tue 18, 2020 7:19 am

Aaarghhh... I replaced Svitolina as fmKO... guess who lost their R1 :-(
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Re: Dubai.....Ladies

Post by Zalvar » Feb Tue 18, 2020 10:02 am

How do they pick lucky losers? I feel like they always pick the ones whom I WISHED qualified. It's weird.

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Post by Ace2Ace » Feb Tue 18, 2020 10:35 am

Don't they draw among the 3 highest ranked players that lost in the Final round?

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Post by Graveller » Feb Tue 18, 2020 10:49 am

I had a quick read of the rules; whether it is based on a draw or on ranking, seems to depend whether the qualification has been completed or not.
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Re: Dubai.....Ladies

Post by rex » Feb Tue 18, 2020 1:41 pm

Graveller wrote:
Feb Tue 18, 2020 7:19 am
Aaarghhh... I replaced Svitolina as fmKO... guess who lost their R1 :-(
:lol: I did the same after she drew a qualie after her initial opponent, Muguruza, was shifted elsewhere in the draw after Kiki withdrew. Yet, I still got fmKO points with the Bencic selection due to her loss to Anastasia, which is not surprising given her record thus far this year. However, after the qualies were placed in the draw and Elina drew Brady I thought that she could lose if Jennifer kept her game between the lines, for she has more power than Elina and a power player can dismiss her if that power player doesn't excessively gift. Well, just noting the results of their match Jennifer gave her a "whupping" by a score of 6-2 6-1. Further, these bad score lines for Elina have been consistent for her this year thus far, as she was dominated by Collins in the lst at Brisbane 6-1 6-1, then received a similar whipping by Garbine at the AO (6-1 6-2), then lost to the 84th ranked Hibino (a player I like) at the appear-to-be-weak-by-draw Thai event in Hua Hin by a score of 6-4 6-2, a consistent pattern of score lines for her....

Re Belinda, she also is not having a good year thus far. She got bounced in the lst at Shenzhen by 6-3 scores in 3 v Blinkova, destroyed by Collins at Adelaide by a score of 6-3 6-1, humiliated by Kontaveit at the AO (6-0 6-1) and today was made to eat breadsticks in the last 2 sets by Anastasia. Belinda is by official rank 4th, Elina 6th. Doesn't say a lot for both of them at this point to not only lose early at events belying their rankings, but to lose by very bad score lines, as well....

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Re: Dubai.....Ladies

Post by Graveller » Feb Wed 19, 2020 3:10 am

In the end it did not matter: I got the same fmKO points for Kenin :-)
Rybakina saved me.
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Post by djmm1962 » Feb Wed 19, 2020 8:27 am

I'm enjoying the coverage, but Tennis Channel keeps switching to the ATP events ~ Hard to follow because they are playing everywhere!!

Oh well, Garbine was awesome this morning!!

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Re: Dubai.....Ladies

Post by djmm1962 » Feb Wed 19, 2020 9:52 am

Sabalenka & Mertens is playing, but Tennis Channel switched to Felix!!

I'm going to the store :(

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