Women's Tennis WTA Tour 2023

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Yeah, China is back like expected. Nobody was willing to replace their money, least of all those human rights loving democratic countries from the Western hemisphere. Talk is cheap but money talks louder in the end

 

"Majority of players" support the return according to WTA CEO Steve Simon. You bet they are! 

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/65260468

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The highly stacked indoor clay Stuttgart 500 has kicked off. Wins for Donna Vekic, Beatriz Haddad Maia and Paula Badosa in R1 so far.

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Jelena Ostapenko trashes Emma Raducanu 6-2 6-1. It's clear Raducanu shouldn't be nowhere near such a stacked field but accepted WC as Porsche brand ambassador only to get eaten alive by Ostapenko who won 16 points in a row at one stage

 

Karolina Pliskova didn't waste time to dispatch Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 either.

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Belinda Bencic has withdrawn from Rome & Madrid 1000 tournaments with a hip injury

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Stuttgart 500 QF line-up:

 

Iga Świątek vs Karolina Pliskova

Caroline Garcia vs Anastasia Potapova

Ons Jabeur vs Beatriz Haddad Maia

Aryna Sabalenka vs Paula Badosa

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WTA 500 Stuggart, Germany  

Women’s Doubles Semifinals

 

Alexa Guarachi/Erin Routliffe  v. [2] Demi Schuurs/Desirae Krawczyk  

 

Anastasia Potapova/Veronika Kudermetova v. [3] Nicole Melichar/Giuliana Olmos  

Edited April 23, 2023 by Josh

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Moving on into Stuttgart SF - three of the top four seeds made it through. Still on course for last year's final rematch (Świątek vs Sabalenka).

 

Iga Świątek (1) vs Ons Jabeur (3)

Aryna Sabalenka (2) vs Anastasia Potapova

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On 4/19/2023 at 7:38 AM, Monzanator said:

Jelena Ostapenko trashes Emma Raducanu 6-2 6-1. It's clear Raducanu shouldn't be nowhere near such a stacked field but accepted WC as Porsche brand ambassador only to get eaten alive by Ostapenko who won 16 points in a row at one stage

Is anyone surprised at this point? Raducanu has shown time and time again that she does not belong at this level. However, she is "Britain's darling" so she will always get all the attention and endless wildcards to every tournament for the rest of her career.

 

Also it's pretty crazy how Sakkari vs Pliskova was a R1 match when Bucsa vs Korpatsch and Maria vs In-Albon were also R1 matches 

Edited April 22, 2023 by Makedonas

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Not much to say about the Stuttgart SF. Sabalenka beat Potapova 6-1 6-2 and Ons Jabeur retired after three games with a calf injury. So we get the 2022 final rematch between Świątek & Sabalenka

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People who bought tickets for today must be thrilled about the amount of tennis they got to see