Monzanator 3,593 Posted June 16, 2021 #101 Share Posted June 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Grass specialist or not, when you're leading 6-0, 4-1 and even get five matchpoints and you still lose the final (at home), that's really nothing else but a huge, huge choke Of course it is. Still, WTA has become surface-dependent in the last few years. Top players focus on their best surface and try to maximize their results there. Turnarounds like Sharapova going from 06 16 defeats on clay to win Roland Garros are almost impossible these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted June 20, 2021 #102 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Ons Jabeur claims her first WTA career title in Birmingham. She's won ITF titles on grass before but I'd never suspect she wins one at WTA level. mrv86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted June 20, 2021 #103 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Liudmila Samsonova also claims her first WTA title in Berlin. That one was completely out of nowhere. WTA #106 and had to come through qualifying. Up to #63 in the new rankings (but still too late for Wimbledon MD unless she gets a late WC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted June 22, 2021 #104 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Defending Eastbourne champion Karolina Pliskova is out in R1 after losing to Camila Giorgi in three sets. This means Pliskova is out of WTA Top 10 after 230 consecutive weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,571 Posted June 22, 2021 #105 Share Posted June 22, 2021 And unless Kvitova goes far, there will be no Czech women in the top 10 for the first time since??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted June 22, 2021 #106 Share Posted June 22, 2021 31 minutes ago, Makedonas said: And unless Kvitova goes far, there will be no Czech women in the top 10 for the first time since??? Probably May 2016 when Kvitova dropped out of Top 10 when she failed to defend the Madrid title. The currently ending Pliskova streak started in August 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,571 Posted June 22, 2021 #107 Share Posted June 22, 2021 41 minutes ago, Monzanator said: Probably May 2016 when Kvitova dropped out of Top 10 when she failed to defend the Madrid title. The currently ending Pliskova streak started in August 2016. Was Safarova in the top 10 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted June 22, 2021 #108 Share Posted June 22, 2021 30 minutes ago, Makedonas said: Was Safarova in the top 10 then? Not anymore. She dropped out of Top 10 after she skipped Australian Open. She tumbled down after not defending RG final points in May alltogether. Makedonas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,684 Posted June 22, 2021 Author #109 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Lopez wins his 500th match in career and qualified to QF in Mallorca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted June 24, 2021 #110 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Camila Giorgi makes the first SF of the season taking out #1 seed Aryna Sabalenka in Eastbourne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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