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[BobbyMorri]

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Well, the news a lot of us have been waiting for for a while. She needs to take a long break. Don’t rush the return, only come back when the head is clear and the passion has returned. If it ever does.

you called in about a month ago.

I think it was last year she had Cahill as her coach and did really well in Aus.

 

[Drummond]

Jaimee Fourlis against Elina Avanesyan in the Wiesbaden 100k final starting now. I’m hoping Avanesyan wins because…yeah, but nice to see Fourlis in the final.

 

[Drummond]

Avanesyan too good, 6-2, 6-0.

Sloane Stephens incredibly also won a challenger also, as did Cirtsea. Should just play 250’s during the second week of these two week Masters, but at least this is something.

 

[Drummond]

Another ripping W125k tournament due to the two week 1000 events.

Mirra Andreeva just won and will face either Kuders’ sister or Rakhimova in R2.

 

[Drummond]

Yikes.

 

[danstar]

Her career is finished, rightly or wrongly, taking that out of it. She has been treated shamefully

 

[Drummond]

Rabat:



Yeah not much of interest here, to be expected the week before the FO. Sloane Stephens vs Zvonareva is a bit of a throwback; can’t believe Vera is still trying her luck but all power to her. I’m interested in the youngsters Fruhvirtova and Rakhimova to see if they can produce anything decent.

Strasbourgh:



Gott to love Erin Routliffe (genuinely no idea?) being in the place of a second seed. Anyway Cirstea is playing so that’s fun, not sure why though. One of the worst draws I’ve ever seen. Not sure what else to say.

 

[Drummond]

2 250 tournaments this week. Venus Williams is back, crazy stuff.

Hertogenbosch:



Nottingham:

 

[Drummond]

Zero seeds remaining in Nottingham, crazy.

Hertogenbosch seeds holding up pretty well, 4/8 remain. Kudermetova, Alexandrova looking good.

 

[JamisonRun40]

Defending Champ Alexandrova played a great first set before Samosova playing better in the second forcing it to a tiebreaker which Aledandrova won quite convincingly. Kudermetova should break her hoodoo in not getting past the semi final stage by getting the win today. But as we know anything can happen.

 

[danstar]

the new one seems not bad, has some shots, forgive me but cant spell her name and i dont have it in front of me as im watching the ashes

 

[RedmanWasHere]

the new one seems not bad, has some shots, forgive me but cant spell her name and i dont have it in front of me as im watching the ashes

Andreeva?

 

[Drummond]

Kudermetova looks really, really good early days. Fantastic ball striking, such clean hitting.

 

[danstar]

Andreeva?

Hruncakova, went and looked it up. She seems like she will probably go far as well, so i wouldnt put it past her to beat Kudermetova

 

[JamisonRun40]

I'm really impressed with Kudermetov's serving, she always seems to pull at an ace when she needs it. In fact she does serve a lot of aces more placement than speed.

 

[Drummond]

I'm really impressed with Kudermetov's serving, she always seems to pull at an ace when she needs it. In fact she does serve a lot of aces more placement than speed.

Yep, serve got her out of trouble there. Great set of tennis, Kuders really impressive!

 

[Drummond]

Kuders’ serve saves her again in the second set, 2-1 on serve.

 

[danstar]

YES!!! good to see Kudermetova through to a final

 

[JamisonRun40]

It will be an interesting final tomorrow with the defending champion Aledandrova and Kudermetova who might be a bit nervous.

 

[Drummond]

High quality final, 1 set apiece. Kudermetova has been the better player IMO, had chances to really finish it in straights, but we’re off to a third.

 

[danstar]

Was hoping she could finish it in straights, but off to the 3rd we go.

 

[JackNah_8]

I was surprised to hear Venus was playing, good win

 

[BobbyMorri]

Bit of a shock. Had struggled for a while though.

A CH of #2 in the world. The highest in the slams was only quarter-finalist, which I found surprising. I thought she went to the semis in the US one year. She had a really good purple steak at the end of 2020/21 IIRC, where she painted lines and looked a genuine chance at a slam title

. Other than that, she was a good average player, always ranked around the mid 10's til a couple of years ago.

 

[JackNah_8]

wow shocked to hear the news. I was wondering why she hadn't played for awhile.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Honestly not a shock really, seemed to be coming for a while. Hasn’t been the happy self she usually is in court for ages. Won’t be shocked if she comes back in a year or two