maestro 567 Posted September 29, 2021 #181 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Djokovic has withdrawn from Indian Wells. He is the first very big name to withdraw in the men's tournament, already plenty have done so in the women's one, including Barty and Osaka. I don't know if Djokovic intends to play in the ATP finals. If he does then he might play in Paris masters before, but if he doesn't then his season is probably over. As for Luisa Stefani, whose injury was mentioned here, she had knee surgery to treat it and the long and hard rehabilitation work has started. LuizGuilherme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted September 29, 2021 #182 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Osaka has no business playing tennis right now as she rides the mental health martyr train, Barty pulled out due to crazy COVID protocols at home, if she played IW, her preparations for Australian Open would be affected. The real mystery is Sofia Kenin who has hardly played this season as well. Ted and mrv86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted October 3, 2021 #183 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Aryna Sabalenka tested positived for covid and won't take part in Indian Wells where she was supposed to be #1 seed. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,694 Posted October 3, 2021 Author #184 Share Posted October 3, 2021 9 hours ago, Monzanator said: Aryna Sabalenka tested positived for covid and won't take part in Indian Wells where she was supposed to be #1 seed. So, Iga now will be second seed, in Mandatory WTA 1000 tournament, so called 5th Grand Slam! Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted October 5, 2021 #185 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Indian Wells MD is out. If Simona Halep & Emma Raducanu win their first match they will meet in R3 for the ultimate Romanian supremacy Ted and NMQ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,287 Posted October 9, 2021 #186 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Not really surprising Emma Raducanu lost her 1st match in Indian Wells in 2 straight sets against Sasnovich Ted and Monzanator 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,577 Posted October 9, 2021 #187 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Typical WTA... Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,757 Posted October 9, 2021 #188 Share Posted October 9, 2021 5 hours ago, thepharoah said: Not really surprising Emma Raducanu lost her 1st match in Indian Wells in 2 straight sets against Sasnovich Turns out a month of movie premiers, celebrity parties & signing “influencer” deals is not the best way to maintain sporting consistency, to everyone’s surprise. Ted and thepharoah 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted October 9, 2021 #189 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Yeah, the honeymoon is over. Raducanu has a target on her back and no longer can play the underdog card. Btw, Sasnovich only has three Top 50 wins all season (vs injured Serena Williams at Wimbledon, vs Podoroska at Cleveland and now vs Raducanu in Indian Wells). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,577 Posted October 10, 2021 #190 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Despite her early loss in Indian Wells, Maria Sakkari will move up from her current ranking of number 9 to a new career-high. She is guaranteed to be at least 8 in the next rankings, and will be number 7 as long as none of Swiatek, Pavlyuchenkova, Jabeur win the title in Indian Wells. Also with Svitolina having to defend her WTA Finals finalist points from 2019 soon, and Muguruza having her 2020 Australian Open finalist points coming off at the beginning of next year, Maria is on a good path to be top 5 after the Australian Open. It will also help a lot if she can have some more big runs between now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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