NearPup 2,167 Posted September 10, 2021 #131 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Wild that Fernandez, someone completely unknown outside of Canada and of people who follow tennis pretty closely, made the US open finals... as the highest ranked player left. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,598 Posted September 10, 2021 #132 Share Posted September 10, 2021 WTA is a total crapshoot these days. Every Grand Slam has total random names making the final. Might as well bet on Danielle Collins vs Darya Kasatkina in the AO 2022 final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,757 Posted September 10, 2021 #133 Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Monzanator said: WTA is a total crapshoot these days. Every Grand Slam has total random names making the final. Might as well bet on Danielle Collins vs Darya Kasatkina in the AO 2022 final. Got £10 on that at 80-1, thanks for the tip. Monzanator and Ted 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted September 10, 2021 #134 Share Posted September 10, 2021 7 hours ago, NearPup said: Wild that Fernandez, someone completely unknown outside of Canada and of people who follow tennis pretty closely, made the US open finals... as the highest ranked player left. Not much to go on for the final. Their previous meeting was in the juniors at Wimbledon in 2018. Fernandez (16), seeded 11th was beaten 6-2, 6-4 by the unseeded Raducanu (15). Irrelevant to what will happen tomorrow of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,597 Posted September 10, 2021 #135 Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 9/8/2021 at 12:02 AM, PHI2019 said: Plenty of buzz about her in the Philippines now on account of her mother being a Filipino-Canadian. On 9/9/2021 at 4:06 AM, opruh said: Filipino athlete Fernandez (pirated by Canada) wins again. Good job. Hopefully Eala matures well, so there is a hope for Filipino tennis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,597 Posted September 10, 2021 #136 Share Posted September 10, 2021 I am the most sorry for Sakkari, playing like a beast in RG and USO quarterfinals just to completely disappear in the semis. As someone has mentioned above, she could have easily won both titles... Fernandez had actually very tough road to the final, and it still sounds impressive to win against Osaka on hard, Kerber which is a bit better these days, Svitolina and Sabalenka. I know that Svitolina and Sabalenka (still) are no factors in the latter stages at slams, but this still sounds impressive. And I wish there were more rivalries on WTA but I doubt we'll get some in the future. The next-next gen may be a new hope though. Ted and Makedonas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,597 Posted September 10, 2021 #137 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Novak has really tough road now, two most in-form players await in SF and Final (most likely). But whatever the outcome, this has been and incredible year. Unless the pressure overcomes him, his chances are still good against Zverev (mainly because it still a Slam, so Novak has more time to recover). But I don't have high hopes. Zverev has been playing very good since Tokyo, and he is due for a major win, just like Medvedev. Maybe the time has finally come for a next gen GS title! Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuizGuilherme 201 Posted September 10, 2021 #138 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Luísa sad moment maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,584 Posted September 10, 2021 #139 Share Posted September 10, 2021 15 hours ago, Monzanator said: Far & away the most unexpected women's Grand Slam final in my lifetime Why does it seem like we say this quite often? Wanderer and Ted 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,584 Posted September 10, 2021 #140 Share Posted September 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Wanderer said: I am the most sorry for Sakkari, playing like a beast in RG and USO quarterfinals just to completely disappear in the semis. As someone has mentioned above, she could have easily won both titles... She beat two top 10 seeds in RG (Kenin and Swiatek) and three in USO (Kvitova, Andreescu, Pliskova) only to lose to unseeded players in SF. Very disappointing but still massive that she made two SF this year. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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