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[hide] Women's Tournament Group Stage July 16th - July 28th, 2023 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 09:00 United States 22 China July 16th 2023, h. 10:30 France 8 Australia July 18th 2023, h. 19:00 Australia 6 United States July 18th 2023, h. 20:30 China 15 France July 20th 2023, h. 16:00 China 18 Australia July 20th 2023, h. 17:30 France 10 United States Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 12:00 Netherlands 2 Spain July 16th 2023, h. 13:30 Israel 3 Kazakhstan July 18th 2023, h. 09:00 Kazakhstan 13 Netherlands July 18th 2023, h. 10:30 Spain 12 Israel July 20th 2023, h. 19:00 Spain 17 Kazakhstan July 20th 2023, h. 20:30 Israel 9 Netherlands Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 16:00 Italy 8 Argentina July 16th 2023, h. 17:30 Greece 8 South Africa July 18th 2023, h. 12:00 South Africa 12 Italy July 18th 2023, h. 13:30 Argentina 4 Greece July 20th 2023, h. 09:00 Argentina 3 South Africa July 20th 2023, h. 10:30 Greece 5 Italy Group D Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 19:00 Hungary 5 Canada July 16th 2023, h. 20:30 New Zealand 3 Japan July 18th 2023, h. 16:00 Japan 13 Hungary July 18th 2023, h. 17:30 Canada 2 New Zealand July 20th 2023, h. 12:00 Canada 12 Japan July 20th 2023, h. 13:30 New Zealand 10 Hungary Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation USA Italy Holland Men's Tournament Group Stage July 17th - July 29th, 2023 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 9:00 Kazakhstan 7 United States July 17th 2023, h. 10:30 Australia 8 Greece July 19th 2023, h. 19:00 Greece 9 Kazakhstan July 19th 2023, h. 20:30 United States 2 Australia July 21st 2023, h. 16:00 United States 5 Greece July 21st 2023, h. 17:30 Australia 4 Kazakhstan Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 12:00 Canada 12 China July 17th 2023, h. 13:30 France 6 Italy July 19th 2023, h. 9:00 Italy 7 Canada July 19th 2023, h. 10:30 China 8 France July 21st 2023, h. 19:00 China 14 Italy July 21st 2023, h. 20:30 France 1 Canada Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 16:00 Argentina 11 Croatia July 17th 2023, h. 17:30 Hungary 13 Japan July 19th 2023, h. 12:00 Japan 1 Argentina July 19th 2023, h. 13:30 Croatia 2 Hungary July 21st 2023, h. 09:00 Croatia 9 Japan July 21st 2023, h. 10:30 Hungary 10 Argentina Group D Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 19:00 Montenegro 10 South Africa July 17th 2023, h. 20:30 Serbia 1 Spain July 19th 2023, h. 16:00 Spain 5 Montenegro July 19th 2023, h. 17:30 South Africa 18 Serbia July 21st 2023, h. 12:00 South Africa 17 Spain July 21st 2023, h. 13:30 Serbia 6 Montenegro Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Spain Greece Croatia [/hide]

Well, I don't know what's more overhyped now, the US team or Mexico's decline? I kinda hope Panama wins the final

I suppose majority of the crowd will support Carlos Alcaraz in the final?

Well, Świątek has to defend USO title next so this debate will return in seven weeks time

Ons Jabeur beats Aryna Sabalenka 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 in the second SF so we are guaranteed a new GS champion for women.

Marketa Vondrousova beats Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-3 in the first women's SF. Over in the girls tournament Alina Korneeva is into SF so still on course to win her third junior GS in a row. She plays Nikola Bartunkova next. Renata Jamrichova is also into girls SF @hckošice

Aryna Sabalenka is one win away from becoming the new WTA #1 (by reaching the final she will have 50 pts more than Świątek - 9365 to 9315). However Świątek plays Warsaw next week so she could reclaim the lead unless Sabalenka wins Wimbledon which would make her lead safe until Montreal.

Daniel Ricciardo has replaced Nyck De Vries in AlphaTauri for remainder of the season. Not exactly shocking news since rumours about De Vries living in borrowed time were floating for a while.

Elina Svitolina vs Marketa Vondrousova is the first women SF. Whomever comes out of the bottom half will be a favorite in the final. Moreover Aryna Sabalenka can become the new #1 if she wins the whole tournament.

It's the same bunch of politicians anyway. Erdogan just won the elections and he controls the immigrant routes. Last thing EU needs is another immigrant problem in the middle of the war of Ukraine. If Republicans win the next Presidental elections they could pull off the NATO support from Ukraine as "too expensive" for domestic economy. Guess what happens if that proves to be the case?

Yeah, so the question is what Erdogan & Turkey got in return for this approval?

Women's QF: Iga Świątek vs Elina Svitolina Jessica Pegula vs Marketa Vondrousova Elena Rybakina vs Ons Jabeur Madison Keys vs Aryna Sabalenka

Well, Azarenka has made so many millions by now that she can afford to live whenever she wants to. But she started out as Lukashenka's protegee and received significant loans from one of Belarussian businessmen (Peftiev) who has long sponsored various tennis players. There are more layers to this story but under no condition Azarenka should be considered an American (though her son has citizenship since he was born in USA)

@hckošice@heywooduYeah, that makes sense. Told you a few days of delay is no big deal (for the owner anyway ). Now you'll have a special reserve food when another pigeon stumbles upon Slovakian landscape

Obviously Svitolina didn't, Azarenka went straight to the chair since obviously she knew there will be no handshake and there was only a hand wave between them. Anyway, Azarenka led 7-4 in STB and lost the next four points, Svitolina finished it with an ace on MP #2. Martina Navratilova was in the BBC booth and didn't understand why the crowd boo'ed Azarenka. Geez, for someone who escaped a communist country she should know exactly what's going on. Unless that was so long ago maybe she forgot why she escaped Czechoslovakia to begin with?

Elina Svitolina takes out Victoria Azarenka 2-6 6-4 7-6(9) and she got some applause for that. Azarenka got loud boos

Iga Świątek saves 2 MP and takes out Belinda Bencic 6-7(4) 7-6(2) 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Well, IMG bet their money on Mirra Andreeva so you're gonna see a lot more of her soon. And it's a matter of time before Alina Korneeva switches to WTA tour so get ready for some Russian heroics in the next decade IMO.

I think it's really time to give up on Zverev winning a GS at this stage. Meanwhile some curious R4 match-ups set up for the women: Rybakina vs Haddad Maia and Sabalenka vs Alexandrova (rematch of the 2022 Den Bosch final). I presume Alexandrova will buckle under pressure now that she's finally made it past GS Round 3. She still needed three tie-breaks to beat Madison Brengle in Round 2.

Well, I don't know what qualifies as "star" presenter these days and I won't be surprised if I never heard of that name when it eventually comes out

Germany has the easiest group of all the UEFA teams by miles but they will have to play either Brazil or France in R16 already and most likely England in QF so the easy group comes with a price anyway.

Well, Broady managed to lose to Shapovalov in the next round. Murray and Norrie are also out. The only UK female hope left is Katie Boulter but she plays Elena Rybakina next so that doesn't inspire confidence

Looks like another BBC presenter will be in the sin bin soon? @Grassmarket https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66140356

Wimbledon is clueless as usual. Annabel Croft said to Aryna Sabalenka she hopes she does better than last year (when Sabalenka didn't play due to the ban). You can't measure this level of ignorance Sabalenka beat new Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 2-6 7-5 6-2. Judging by the crowd reaction, she's gained a lot of fans and the Wimbledon audience doesn't give much hoot about the war or Belarussians playing. Guess Kate Middleton's well-being won't be a hot topic in 2023 anymore

Donna Vekic comes from 4-6 2-5 down to beat Sloane Stephens 4-6 7-5 6-4. Probably WTA match of the week so far.