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Still no news on Kilde anywhere. If anyone finds sth, please share it

ES commentators kept saying Kilde was under the weather this weekend… I am afraid he had no power in the end and that ‚s why the crash happened 

hope he is ok somehow

W

Świątek - Collins

Ferro - Noskova

Svitolina - Tomova

Siniakova - Kudermetova

Ostapenko - Martic

Tauson - Azarenka 

Navarro - Cocciaretto

Gracheva - Vondrousova

Rybakina - Bucsa

Osorio - Paolini

Kalinina - Kalinskaya

Stephens - Kasatkina

Zheng - Boulter 

Raducanu - Cirstea

Zhu - Zarazua

Burel - Pegula

Sakkari - Avanesyan

Kostyuk - Mertens

Wozniacki - Timofeeva

Korneeva - L Fruhvirtova

Garcia - Saville

Putintseva - Potapova

Fernandez - Parks

Jeanjean - Gauff

Jabeur - Andreeva

Rakhimova - Parry

Alexandrova - Hunter

Korpatsch - Krejcikova

Samsonova - Podoroska

Badosa - Vekic

Tsurenko - Masarova

B Fruhvirtova - Sabalenka

But this is W tennis so I will be surprised if I am more than 65% correct heh

probably much much more seeded players out in Rd1

hardest guess: Garcia vs Osaka

the biggest predicted surprise: L Fruhvirtova beating Haddad Maia but obviously it may not happen at all but some other high seeded players may be out early (Ostapenko vs Birrell???

I know noone cares but still here are my 2nd rd brackets 😜

M

Djokovic - Popyrin

Hanfmann - Etcheverry

Mannarino - Shevchenko

O’Connell - Shelton

Fritz - Carballes Baena

Marozsan - Cerundolo

Mussetti - Duckworth

Thompson - Tsitsipas

Sinner - de Jong

Kubler - Wolf

Tiafoe - Machac

Kovacevic - Khachanov

de Minaur - Arnaldi 

Kotov - Cobolli 

Korda - Harris 

Eubanks - Rublev

Rune - Djere 

Fils - Griekspoor 

Humbert - Zhang

Shapovalov - Hurkacz 

Dimitrov - Ofner

Marterer - Davidovich Fokina

Auger-Aliassime - Muller

Kypson - Medvedev

Zverev - Kwon

Michelsen - Lehecka

Norrie - Lajovic

Purcell - Ruud

Paul - Giron

Kecmanovic - Hijikata

Bublik - McDonald 

Sonego - Alcaraz

But probably more seeded players will be out in Rd1

The hardest prediction for me: Auger-Aliassime vs Thiem

Or to be exact: how I’d like it to happen - Sarrazin, how it’s gonna be - Odermatt

18 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Goggia takes the lead - is that it?

I think yes

ps. Who’s your fav for today’s main Wengen DH? I say Sarrazin

What happened to Goggia yesterday? I couldn’t watch it and I see she has finished last 

And Hurkacz is playing vs Jasika in Rd1 so hopefully he will do what a Jordanian player couldn’t do 

LL is S Mochizuki JPN and he will play vs T Machac

Polish media say Linette vs Woźniacki match is on Sunday. We don’t know the time yet

Djokovic will play on Sunday as well

On the other side , E Lys is out so one of the players-to-watch is out. But I am sure she will be back !

At least S Nagal is in! Go India!!!

There was a guy representing Lebanon playing in the quails as well so maybe sth good is going on and we will see one of these players in the GS main draw this season eventually

1 hour ago, dullard said:

The Jordanian hope goes down in three to Omar Jasika 2-6 6-1 6-2

One place left for a lucky loser in a main draw but I doubt it will be him 😐

GB and US war vs Houthi in Yemen? 
 

Rishi Sunak calls the government meet later today , they say

24 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Shorter race today because it was a make-up day, full course promised for Saturday.

Yes. I have noticed that 😂

But he plays against AUS WC guy O Jasika so it may be difficult match 

but I would really love to see Jordan player in Grand Slam main draw

i am not sure here but I think it would be first Jordan player in main draw in singles event grand slams

Go Jordan 💪😎💪💪

Aaand Wengen delivers!

Odermatt… just wow! You may like him or not but… just wow

Sarrazin brilliant . Proved he wasn’t just one-race lucky rider … hope he won’t get injured soon because he is riding like 120% percent

Kilde only 3rd… and he had the lucky train on the way… so it might have been his best chance this weekend lol

nice to see innerhofer back after this nasty Bormio fall

Anyway,

Iga Świątek route

1. Sofia Kenin USA - it may be much harder match than many expect

2. Diane Collins USA - this one may be tough as well, but in the end Collins may be very tired because her 1st round match vs Kerber may be long and close

3. Linda Noskova CZE - hopefully a bit easier win in 2 sets

4. Elena Svitolina UKR - here i expect 3 sets

QF Victoria Azarenka BLRUS - 2 sets win i hope, but defenitely Azarenka will show her behaviour on court

SF Elena Rybakina KAZ - I'm afraid Iga may lose this one

But if not - F Aryna Sabalenka BLRUS - and she can lose this one, but if she is in the final indeed... anything can happen

She can obviously lose against Kenin in Rd 1 as well, that's life

Hubert Hurkacz route

1. Q/LL - ??? but i hope a win in 3 sets, from all the possible names i would like to see him play vs Flavio Cobolli ITA - it could be really interesting game, i hope he draws an easier opponent though

2. Denis Shapovalov CAN - this one can turn into 5 sets battle

3. Zhang Zhizhen CHN - i still feel Chinese will make breakthrough this season. But Hurkacz in four

4. Arthur Fils FRA - Hurkacz in three, Fils will be extremely tired after 3 early matches

QF Daniil Medvedev BLRUS - that's probably the end of the story, I'm afraid Hubert may even have a matchball in thid match but as usual he blows the deciding points

but if he wins somehow SF - Carlos Alcaraz ESP - I don't see a win for Hubert here, not yet. Only chance is if Carloz has some health issues

And if Hubert is in the final somehow - Novak Djokovic SRB - Novak wins but Hubert shows some strength and wins one set

Let's see...

Draws are out!!!

My predictions

How it's gonna be:

M

N Djkokovic SRB - S Tsitsipas GRE

J Sinner ITA - A de Minaur AUS

H Hurkacz POL - D Medvedev BLRUS

A Zverev GER - C Alcaraz ESP

N Djokovic SRB - J Sinner ITA

D Medvedev BLRUS - C Alcaraz ESP

N Djokovic SRB - D Medvedev BLRUS

N Djokovic SRB

W

I Świątek POL - V Azarenka BLRUS

E Rybakina KAZ - J Pegula USA

M Sakkari GRE - C Gauff USA

M Andreeva BLRUS - A Sabalenka BLRUS

I Świątek POL - E Rybakina KAZ

C Gauff USA - A Sabalenka BLRUS

E Rybakina KAZ - A Sabalenka BLRUS

A Sabalenka BLRUS

How i'd like it to happen:

M

N Djokovic SRB - S Tsitsipas GRE

J Sinner ITA - A de Minaur AUS

H Hurkacz POL - D Medvedev BLRUS

A Zverev GER - C Alcaraz ESP

N Djokovic SRB - J Sinner ITA

H Hurkacz POL - C Alcaraz ESP

J Sinner ITA - C Alcaraz ESP

C Alcaraz ESP

W

I Świątek POL - M Vondrousova CZE

E Rybakina KAZ - J Pegula USA

C Wozniacki DEN - C Gauff USA

M Andreeva BLRUS - A Sabalenka BLRUS

I Świątek POL - E Rybakina KAZ

C Gauff USA - M Andreeva BLRUS

I Świątek POL - M Andreeva BLRUS

I Świątek POL

And i am even more disappointed that our W handball team won't be there in Paris because i really thought there was real chance for that

And W handball POL team in Paris would be much more entertaining to me than W rugby 7s (and they still have a chance to get in)

The worst part is that we both think POL is not even close to Olympic qualification this time. And we were 4th in Rio, beating CRO in QF, losing to DEN AET in SF and losing to GER in a bronze medal game... Ehhh... the superfast decline of M handball team is one of the worst things that happened to Polish sport in the last years...

18 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

1) Denmark

2) France

3) Norway
4) Spain

5) Sweden

6) Germany

7) Hungary

8) Portugal

9) Croatia

10) Netherlands

11) Slovenia

12) Serbia

If you are right, OQTs would be like that (assuming that EGY qualifes via African tournament):

ESP SLO BRN BRA

SWE CRO Afr2-TUN? NED

GER HUN POR Afr3-ALG?

Then i think q for: ESP SLO SWE CRO GER HUN

Wengen Time!!! Today is first downhill.

I must say Wengen is my favourite World Cup Stage for the whole season.

I am definitely Team Wengen / not Team Kitzbuehel... :-)

C'mon guys, entertain us!!!

It is a pity Adrian Moryto got injured. Without him POL chances do sth good in this tournament are very slim