Tennis ITF Roland Garros 2021

[Monzanator 4,498]

4 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

You were saying? 

 

My crystal ball has malfunctioned

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Barbora Krejcikova is a Grand Slam singles champion. Upset of the year doesn't quite tell you how shocking that is.

[thepharoah 2,405]

sad for Pavlychenkova it was maybe her last chance to win a GS 

[Monzanator 4,498]

Talk about a low-key celebration. She probably can't believe it.

 

The likes of Jankovic, Safina, Dementieva or even Radwanska must be shell-shocked how such a random name can win a GS title

 

And obviously Karolina Pliskova, probably the weakest WTA #1 ever.

[Federer91 2,793]

Lol there are like 5-6 more interesting Czech players and Krejcikova is the one to win a GS  I think she was playing ITF tournaments leading up to last years RG.

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4 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Lol there are like 5-6 more interesting Czech players and Krejcikova is the one to win a GS  I think she was playing ITF tournaments leading up to last years RG.

Last year it was COVID-affected but in 2019 she played random ITFs on clay before RG and got bounced by Robin Anderson in first round of qualifying.

 

She's a genuine doubles speciallist since 2016.

[OlympicsFan 858]

Like I said before: The quality might be at an all-time low. Pretty much all the consistent players are gone. Now is the chance for young players like Gauff to break through. 
 

The Czech Republic (Noskova) also won the women’s junior competition! Noskova might not even be their biggest talent, Fruhvirtova is higher rated.

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13 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Talk about a low-key celebration. She probably can't believe it.

 

The likes of Jankovic, Safina, Dementieva or even Radwanska must be shell-shocked how such a random name can win a GS title

 

And obviously Karolina Pliskova, probably the weakest WTA #1 ever.

Well, at least Jankovic and Radwanska can say they faced Serena in their finals, but the other ones... Myskina 

 

Roland Garros has been quite random for years as there hasn't been a dominant clay player since Henin retired and after Serena and Sharapova's peak passed. Halep could have been, but keeps losing to teenagers  

 

Wimbledon, on the other hand, is the less random GS. I think the last non GS finalist that won a title was Kvitova in 2011 (and was already in SF the year before) and before that Sharapova in 2004.

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3 hours ago, NMQ said:

Well, at least Jankovic and Radwanska can say they faced Serena in their finals, but the other ones... Myskina 

 

Roland Garros has been quite random for years as there hasn't been a dominant clay player since Henin retired and after Serena and Sharapova's peak passed. Halep could have been, but keeps losing to teenagers  

 

Wimbledon, on the other hand, is the less random GS. I think the last non GS finalist that won a title was Kvitova in 2011 (and was already in SF the year before) and before that Sharapova in 2004.

 

There are very few clay speciallists in the women's game these days. And basically all of them are second-tier players who don't have a shot at winning GS anyway. Sharapova became a force on clay after years of being the "cow on ice" by her own accounts, RG was Serena's worst slam forever so she was never a clay speciallist to begin with, quite the contrary given mobility was never her strong suit. Simon Halep should be the next Henin but she's finding ways to lose matches Henin never would have.

 

Myskina was basically a more elegant & leaner version of Kuznetsova. Very accomplished player in the early/mid 00s. People don't remember her much anymore since she retired early with a chronic ankle injury.

[thepharoah 2,405]

iga can be the one , it doesn't mean that she lost this year that it's the end of the world , she can return stronger next year talking about clay , ofc on hard courts we have Osaka who can eat anybody alive , for grass after Serena and Venus there's none