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2018 Charleston draw and results#ed_op#img src="https://image.ibb.co/fCWt9n/Screen_Shot ... _05_PM.png" width="982" height="890"#ed_cl# Re:2018 Charleston draw and resultsWow....This tournament actually spread out the talent! Top half (based on form only) Sloane or Garcia should get through with the major edge going to Sloane should she get past Keys in likely the 4th rd, which she will...Bottom half( based on form only) Watson will likely get past Townsend, Osaka should get past her matches as she really doesn't have a lot of players that can trouble her, Kvitova has a tougher portion of the draw with Siniakova or Kr Pliskova but she should get through. But...later down the line she may have to play Osaka who is playing some of the best tennis of her young career. I pick: Osaka to get through but not by much if the two players should meet. Re:2018 Charleston draw and results#ed_op#font color="brown"#ed_cl#@ #ed_op#b#ed_cl#BJM123#ed_op#/b#ed_cl#:#ed_op#/font#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl#You got a lot of confidence in Osaka (because of IW, I assume)... but this is clay-season, and her record on clay on the WTA-tour is not that amazing:#ed_op#br#ed_cl#In 2016-2017 combined, she has a W:L record of 4:6 on clay, and several times she did not get through quaifying too...#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#In her quarter, on the other hand, are several players that have had (very) good results on clay:#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#R2 possibly Siegemund, winner of Stuttgart (on clay) last year and Bastad on cay in 2016, Also won 11 ITF-titles, ALL on clay. On top of that, she had an easy win vs Osaki in Rome (clay) last year.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#R3: Goerges (former winner of Stuttgart too, also Badgastein on clay) or Stosur #ed_op#br#ed_cl#QF: title defender Kastkina...#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#So no, I will be surprised to see Osaka in the final stages (SF and beyond) of this event. Also because this is a 64-draw; six matches to be played in seven days, no rest between rounds, overall longer matches, and harder to blow away an opponent.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#It would be a huge success to get past Siegmund in R2, given the latter her results on this surface.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl# Last edited by Graveller on Apr Mon 02, 2018 5:35 am, edited 2 times in total. "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it" It's always obvious that if Jabeur can't win in 2 sets, forget it. When I saw the scoreboard, I knew all Gavrilova had to do is win the 2nd set and Jabeur would go away.  More interested in Naomi and Zanevska... For Naomi, just curious about how she'll perform now that the spotlights are on her. For Zanevska, I want to know how her big game plays on the Green Clay against decent players. This is no ITF jungle where anybody can munch on anybody in the middle of nowhere any time of the day. Last edited by Ace2Ace on Apr Mon 02, 2018 1:23 pm, edited 1 time in total. Garcia v Lepchenko Hercog v Cornet Bertens v Krunic v Mattek-Sands Stollar v Konta [LL] Yastremska v Pera Bouchard v Errani v Buzarnescu Gavrilova v Giorgi Haddad Maia v Arruabarrena vs Keys ---------- Bottom Half ----------- Goerges v Ahn v Stosur Siegemund v Osaka Begu v Garcia Perez vs Liu v Linette McHale v Kasatkina Sevastova v Larsson v Dolehide Davis v Maria vs Kenin v Barty Vesnina v Brengle vs Watson v Townsend Siniaková v Kr Pliskova vs Kvitova Last edited by Ace2Ace on Apr Mon 02, 2018 2:42 pm, edited 3 times in total. Re:2018 Charleston draw and resultsSloane withdrew. Naomi wins in 2 with 6-4 scores. Jennifer Brady hits big. Serve is big time and her forehand does massive damage. Backhand isn't bad either. Has the dropper. Just has to put the package together to make a name for herself. Definitely not a scrub ranked in the 80's. Re:2018 Charleston draw and resultsHercog retruns Zaneveska to the ITF circuit, 6-1 6-4. Z' was up in the 4th 4-1 ere Polona recovered, then sent her on her way to the next event. Polona's tats have got to go.......  Last edited by rex on Apr Mon 02, 2018 2:45 pm, edited 1 time in total. Zanevska is out.. 1-6 4-6 ... was up 4-1 in the 2nd.. lost 5 games in a row. maybe she is one of these big ballers who can't do jack on clay. Got to learn to be patient on that stuff. Naomi held steadily since that first game. Nice to see. I read she was more patient than the natural pushers. Nice way to adjust. But now she is facing darling Siegemund, a clay specialist armed with all kinds of drop shots. Not gonna be easy. Last edited by Ace2Ace on Apr Mon 02, 2018 3:00 pm, edited 2 times in total. Re:2018 Charleston draw and resultsGraveller: I have a lot of confidence in Osaka because she's shown that she's playing a lot better than she did. Her record on clay was before she really started to come into her own. I think that she's a different player now. She could get past Siegemund even if it's clay but I do like Siegmund and she's underrated! Goerges is another great player but sometimes her mental progress is what's lacking. Kasatkina has a beautiful game but if Osaka can keep her pinned like she did last time, she will win. This is a very workable draw for her but once she gets past Siegmund, she will loosen up even more. |
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