WTA Doha Draw and Results

[Ace2Ace]

And Kasatkina, retired while down 5-7 1-4 15-40?#ed_op#br#ed_cl#You mean she would have retired had she been leading 4-1 40-15 in that second set? I don't think so.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#Just stand up like a woman and take the beating. You are only 1 game away. Won't make much a difference. I hate when girls retire at something like 6-2 5-1. play that last game. Don't deny your opponent a straight victory.#ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#div class="text_wrapper vbseo_buttons" id="lkbtn_1.1298478.80010684"#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl#

[sekasi]

And Kasatkina, retired while down 5-7 1-4 15-40?
You mean she would have retired had she been leading 4-1 40-15 in that second set? I don't think so.
Just stand up like a woman and take the beating. You are only 1 game away. Won't make much a difference. I hate when girls retire at something like 6-2 5-1. play that last game. Don't deny your opponent a straight victory.

Maybe she couldn't move and was carried off the court.

[Grossefavourite]

<font color=brown>@ <b>sekasi</b>:</font>
 
Pretty flimsy excuse.

[sekasi]

<font color=brown>@ <b>Grossefavourite</b>:</font>
 
Excuse me.

[Graveller]

Kasatkina actually had neck issues....

as for denying the opponent the victory: I doubt that any of you would act differently if you have serious discomfort.

Imagine that you have a real sting of pain in your knee that really hurts every time that you land on your feet. It gets worse and worse with every shock that your knee gets.
You know that you will lose anyway. would you REALLY volunteer to get at least 5 more painful stings (that possible are getting worse all the time) just for the sake of making your opponent more happy?

Any normal person - me included - would put my health as priority #1. I would not volunteer to suffer more - just for the sake of suffering and the "good-feel" of the opponent. Bellis knew anyway that won against an injured opponent.

Now I am not saying that the neck injury was that bad as the knee-situation that I used as an example. I do not know if it was something that got worse during the match. None of us knows. Therefore I do not judge and none of you should. It may happen to your fave's too (and probable already happened).
All I know is that I would retire too if my physical discomfort gets too big. And the scoreline would be the last of my worries.

[Grossefavourite]

Maria in a battle.

[sekasi]

<font color=brown>@ <b>Graveller</b>:</font>
 
I would retire as well, one more step and you could jeopardize your whole season. And the spectators don't want to see you stand there and watch the ball go by just because you want to complete the match.

[Graveller]

#ed_op#font color="brown"#ed_cl#@ #ed_op#b#ed_cl#Grossefavourite#ed_op#/b#ed_cl#:#ed_op#/font#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#&nbsp;#ed_op#br#ed_cl#Those commenters make you dislike Maria... Niculescu holds serve, yet they find a wat to praise Maria in every point - even in the 4 points that she lost). #ed_op#br#ed_cl#Niculescu is the one making Maria move, using slice, come to the net... hardly any acknowledgement of that....#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#Break her now, Niculescu, and give us a 3rd set!!#ed_op#br#ed_cl#

[Grossefavourite]

3rd set.

[Graveller]

Hahaha, Maria gets broken on love with nothing but UE's...

And we have a third (this is the time when Meldonium really started to help her)