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FO Main Draw Ladies 5/27/21

Post by rex » May Thu 27, 2021 12:09 pm

TOP HALF

BARTY Ashleigh [1] vs PERA Bernarda
LINETTE Magda vs PAQUET Chloé (W)
I. Bara (Q) vs SHARMA Astra (W)
PUTINTSEVA Yulia vs JABEUR Ons [25]

GAUFF Coco [24] vs A. Krunic (Q)
WANG Qiang vs HSIEH Su-Wei
ES. Liang (Q) vs FERRO Fiona
SEVASTOVA Anastasija vs BRADY Jennifer [13]

PLISKOVA Karolina [9] vs VEKIC Donna
SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla vs STEPHENS Sloane
V. Lepchenko (Q) vs ZHANG Shuai
PETKOVIC Andrea vs MUCHOVA Karolina [18]

ALEXANDROVA Ekaterina [32] vs WILLIAMS Venus
KREJCIKOVA Barbora vs PLISKOVA Kristyna
LI Ann vs GASPARYAN Margarita
BABEL Oceane (W) vs SVITOLINA Elina [5]


KENIN Sofia [4] vs OSTAPENKO Jelena
H. Baptiste (Q) vs BLINKOVA Anna
MARTINCOVA Tereza vs JOROVIC Ivana
ZHU Lin vs PEGULA Jessica [28]

SAKKARI Maria [17] vs K. Zavastska (Q)
PAOLINI Jasmine vs S. Voegele (Q)
WATSON Heather vs DIYAS Zarina
S. Sanders (Q) vs MERTENS Elise [14]

MUGURUZA Garbiñe [12] vs KOSTYUK Marta
ZHENG Saisai vs SORRIBES TORMO Sara
L. Arruabarrena (Q) vs GRACHEVA Varvara
GIORGI Camila vs MARTIC Petra [22]

KONTAVEIT Anett [30] vs GOLUBIC Viktorija
AK. Schmiedlova (Q) vs MLADENOVIC Kristina
PETERSON Rebecca vs ROGERS Shelby
JUVAN Kaja vs SWIATEK Iga [8]

BOTTOM HALF

WILLIAMS Serena [7] vs BEGU Irina-Camelia
RUS Arantxa vs BUZARNESCU Mihaela
COLLINS Danielle vs X. Wang (Q)
A. Kalinina (Q) vs KERBER Angelique [26]

RYBAKINA Elena [21] vs JACQUEMOT Elsa (W)
HIBINO Nao vs STOJANOVIC Nina
VESNINA Elena vs O. Govortsova (Q)
G. Minnen (Q) vs KVITOVA Petra [11]

AZARENKA Victoria [15] vs KUZNETSOVA Svetlana
TAUSON Clara vs E. Gorgodze (Q)
FERNANDEZ Leylah vs POTAPOVA Anastasia
DODIN Oceane (W) vs KEYS Madison [23]

PAVLYUCHENKOVA Anastasia [31] vs MCHALE Christina
KOZLOVA Kateryna vs TOMLJANOVIC Ajla
PARRY Diane (W) vs SASNOVICH Aliaksandra
A. Konjuh (Q) vs SABALENKA Aryna BLR [3]


ANDREESCU Bianca [6] vs ZIDANSEK Tamara
BRENGLE Madison vs MC. Serrano (Q)
BOUZKOVA Marie vs SINIAKOVA Katerina
ANISIMOVA Amanda vs KUDERMETOVA Veronika [29]

KONTA Johanna [19] vs CIRSTEA Sorana
VAN UYTVANCK Alison vs TREVISAN Martina
KASATKINA Daria vs DOI Misaki
PODOROSKA Nadia vs BENCIC Belinda [10]

BERTENS Kiki [16] vs HERCOG Polona
SIEGEMUND Laura vs GARCIA Caroline
CORNET Alizé vs TAN Harmony (W)
KANEPI Kaia vs VONDROUSOVA Marketa [20]

BADOSA Paula [33] vs DAVIS Lauren
BUREL Clara (W) vs KOVINIC Danka
E. Cocciaretto (Q) vs BOGDAN Ana
TIG Patricia Maria vs OSAKA Naomi [2]

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Re: FO Main Draw Ladies 5/27/21

Post by Grossefavourite » May Thu 27, 2021 12:29 pm

No press conferences at the FO for Osaka. Can't say I blame her. Those questions are so banal and boring. They ask the same thing over and over again, and sometimes without even having watched the match. I love how one journalist this year congratulated Berretini on a match he lost. lol

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Re: FO Main Draw Ladies 5/27/21

Post by Pyotr » May Thu 27, 2021 2:08 pm

Sounds like an excuse to coverup insecurities and mental weakness.

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Re: FO Main Draw Ladies 5/27/21

Post by rex » May Thu 27, 2021 3:57 pm

Naomi is being raked over the coals for her press ban of the French at the Tennis Forum site (725 comments and counting):

https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/osa ... s.1381601/


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Re: FO Main Draw Ladies 5/27/21

Post by Grossefavourite » May Thu 27, 2021 5:17 pm

Pretty sure every player wished they'd done likewise. None of them likes pressers.

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Re: FO Main Draw Ladies 5/27/21

Post by Pyotr » May Thu 27, 2021 6:01 pm

rex wrote:
May Thu 27, 2021 3:57 pm
Naomi is being raked over the coals for her press ban of the French at the Tennis Forum site (725 comments and counting):

https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/osa ... s.1381601/

Thanks for the link Rex!

Having read her full statement on Twitter, she deserves to be raked over the coals. Hiding behind the excuse of mental health IMHO is disrespectful to people that have actual mental health issues. Serena always quotes BJK’s “Pressure is a Privilege”, the result of being at or near the top. Naomi seems to like the perks of the job but wants none of the pressures or burdens that naturally come with it.

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Re: FO Main Draw Ladies 5/27/21

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Re: FO Main Draw Ladies 5/27/21

Post by Graveller » May Fri 28, 2021 8:32 am

If Naomi does not want to talk to the press, that is OK for me. But let us see what she will do if - by miracle - she wins the whole thing. Holding a press conference, I guess? I hope that journalists/media will ignore her completely too at that point in time.
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Re: FO Main Draw Ladies 5/27/21

Post by Grossefavourite » May Fri 28, 2021 9:15 am

With the explosion of social media, top players don't need press conferences at the events anymore. You can clearly see it in their attitude.

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