Tennis ITF Roland Garros 2021

[Monzanator 4,502]

Barbora Krejcikova comes from 3-5 down in the third set to win 9-7 vs Maria Sakkari.

 

Obviously the most unexpected GS final since Bartoli vs Lisicki at Wimbledon.

[Makedonas 2,155]

I am absolutely heartbroken and won't be able to sleep tonight (I'm already not sleeping and it's super late here). Maria was so close to making the final. She had match point 

 

This really hurts, but what an amazing run it was from her. Hopefully she can build on this and not be too hard on herself.

[Makedonas 2,155]

5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Barbora Krejcikova comes from 3-5 down in the third set to win 9-7 vs Maria Sakkari.

 

Obviously the most unexpected GS final since Bartoli vs Lisicki at Wimbledon.

Really? What about Pennetta vs Vinci at the 2015 US Open?

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3 hours ago, Makedonas said:

Really? What about Pennetta vs Vinci at the 2015 US Open?

 

Pennetta making USO final wasn't that much of a surprise. She made QF there three times plus one SF before winning it. And she won Indian Wells, a bigger title than anything Pavlyuchenkova or Krejcikova ever won before.

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23 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Pennetta making USO final wasn't that much of a surprise. She made QF there three times plus one SF before winning it. And she won Indian Wells, a bigger title than anything Pavlyuchenkova or Krejcikova ever won before.

Vinci was a surprise though, and Bartoli was also in a Wimbledon final and former top 10 player, plus Lisicki always did well at Wimbledon and reached some QF and SF there before making the final in 2013.

 

I still think Pennetta-Vinci was more surprising than Bartoli-Lisicki.

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26 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Pennetta making USO final wasn't that much of a surprise. She made QF there three times plus one SF before winning it. And she won Indian Wells, a bigger title than anything Pavlyuchenkova or Krejcikova ever won before.

Yeah, but definitely less of a surprise than Bartoli (former Wimbledon finalist) and Lisicki (1 SF and 2 QF prior to that final), who both had beaten Serena in Wimbledon before the final.

 

BTW, Barty-Vondrousova and Stephens-Keys were more unexpected IMO.

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Fun fact: Jimenez Kasintseva  and Noskova  battled each other in the girls' quarterfinals (with Noskova winning), while on the same day yesterday they played together and qualified for the semi's in the doubles  

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Women's doubles final will be Krejcikova/Siniakova vs Mattek-Sands/Swiatek.

 

Let's see if Krejcikova can pull off the double. Last time a player won singles & doubles at Roland Garros in the same year was Mary Pierce in 2000.

[Monzanator 4,502]

Tsitsipas beats Zverev in five sets to advance into the men's final.

[thepharoah 2,405]

At least Nadal didn't bagel Novak this time