Wednesday, June 05, 2019

RG.11- Rainy Days and Wednesday

And on the eleventh day...






=DAY 11 NOTES=
...the days of total rainout days in grand slams are just about extinct. The Australian Open was the first to get a roof (or two, or three), with Wimbledon and (belatedly) the U.S. Open following suit. Come 2020, the recently refurbished Chatrier Court in Paris is set to have a roof, as well, officially bringing an end to days such as this.


But we've still got a few more days to watch an era die.



...one thing did manage to get accomplished today, as the wheelchair draws were made. At first glance, two-time defending champ Yui Kamiji (#2 seed) seems to have the more forgiving path to a potential final showdown with #1 Diede de Groot.

De Groot and Kamiji are definitely set to face off in the opening semifinal round of doubles.






..."Oh, I see..." ON DAY 11: Today is all Marketa's fault.



...T-MINUS ONE DAY TO #DDay75 ON DAY 11: Great photos...



...LIKE ON DAY 11: More insightful than some of the conversations you'd hear (insert own personal swipe at whatever tennis outlet, news organization, acquaintances or family members, etc. that you deem appropriate), that's for sure...



...LIKE ON DAY 11: A little like watching those old videos of a little Andre Agassi...



...LIKE ON DAY 11: Just about time to get down to business...



...LIKE ON DAY 11: Sometimes, you never know what'll happen...



Needless to day, he didn't call bank.



As the 2010's began to wind down in Paris in 2016, the decade ended with a stretch similar to that with which it'd been ushered in -- one that embraced star-turns featuring a run of first-time slam champions.




The 2016 Roland Garros recap... here.




=WOMEN'S SINGLES QF=
#14 Madison Keys/USA vs. #8 Ash Barty/AUS
#3 Simona Halep/ROU vs. Amanda Anisimova/USA
#26 Johanna Konta/GBR def. #7 Sloane Stephens/USA
Marketa Vondrousova/CZE def. #31 Petra Martic/CRO

=WOMEN'S DOUBLES QF=
#15 Flipkens/Larsson (BEL/SWE) def. #7 Melichar/Peschke (USA/CZE)
Duan/Sai.Zheng (CHN/CHN) def. #4 Gaby Dabrowski/Xu Yifan (CAN/CHN)
#6 Mertens/Sabalenka (BEL/BLR) vs. L.Kichenok/Ostapenko (UKR/LAT)
#2 Babos/Mladenovic (HUN/FRA) def. #5 Stosur/Sh.Zhang (AUS/CHN)

=MIXED DOUBLES SF=
#1 Melichar/Soares (USA/BRA) vs. L.Chan/Dodig (TPE/CRO)
(Alt.) N.Kichenok/Qureshi (UKR/PAK) vs. #2 Dabrowski/Pavic (CAN/CRO)

=GIRLS SINGLES ROUND OF 16=
#1 Leylah Annie Fernandez/CAN vs. #15 Park So-hyun/KOR
Elsa Jacquemot/FRA vs. Taisya Pachkaleva/RUS
#3 Maria Camila Osorio Serrano/COL vs. Romana Cisovska/SVK
#11 Anna Charaeva/RUS vs. #7 Natsumi Nawaguchi/JPN
#5 Zheng Qinwen/CHN vs. #10 Joanna Garland/TPE
(LL) Caijsa Wilda Hennemann/SWE vs. Ane Mintegi Del Olmo/ESP
#8 Emma Navarro/USA vs. #9 Kamilla Bartone/LAT
Daria Snigur/UKR vs. Annerly Poulos/AUS

=GIRLS DOUBLES QF=
x vs. #5 H.Black/L.Ma (USA/USA)
x vs. x
x vs. Pachkaleva/Q.Zheng (RUS/CHN)
x vs. x

=WHEELCHAIR SINGLES=
#1 Diede de Groot/NED vs. Kgothatso Montjane/RSA
Aniek Van Koot/NED vs. Sabine Ellerbrock/GER
(WC) Charlotte Famin/FRA vs. Marjolein Buis/NED
Giulia Capocci/ITA vs. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN

=WHEELCHAIR DOUBLES=
#1 de Groot/Van Koot (NED/NED) vs. Capocci/Kamiji (ITA/JPN)
Famin/Montjane (FRA/RSA) vs. #2 Buis/Ellerbrock (NED/GER)















*MOST WTA SF in 2019*
5 - Kiki Bertens, NED (2-3)
4 - Petra Kvitova, CZE (4-0)
4 - Karolina Pliskova, CZE (3-1)
3 - Bianca Andreescu, CAN (2-1)
3 - Simona Halep, ROU (2-1)
3 - JOHANNA KONTA, GBR (2-0)
3 - MARKETA VONDROUSOVA, CZE (2-0)
3 - Belinda Bencic, SUI (1-2)
3 - Naomi Osaka, JPN (1-1+L)
3 - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR (1-2)
3 - Angelique Kerber, GER (1-2)
3 - Donna Vekic, CRO (1-2)
3 - Elina Svitolina, UKR (0-3)
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TO PLAY QF: Halep, Barty (2-0)

*GRAND SLAM SF - 2010-19*
19...Serena Williams (17-2)
10...Maria Sharapova (6-4)
7...Angelique Kerber (4-3)
7...Victoria Azarenka (4-3)
6...Simona Halep (4-2)
6...Li Na -ret. (4-2)
6...Petra Kvitova (3-3)
6...Caroline Wozniacki (2-4)
5...Venus Williams (2-3)
5...Aga Radwanska - ret. (1-4)
4...Garbine Muguruza (3-1)
4...Samantha Stosur (2-2)
4...Madison Keys (1-3)
3...Kim Clijsters (2-1)
3...Sloane Stephens (2-1)
3...Vera Zvonareva (2-1)
3...Genie Bouchard (1-2)
3...Sara Errani (1-2)
3...Karolina Pliskova (1-2)
3...JOHANNA KONTA (0-2)
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TO PLAY QF: Halep, Keys

*GRAND SLAM SF - ACTIVE CAREER*
36...Serena Williams (31-5)
23...Venus Williams (16-7)
20...Maria Sharapova (10-10)
7...Angelique Kerber (4-3)
7...Victoria Azarenka (4-3)
7...Caroline Wozniacki (3-4)
6...Simona Halep (4-2)
6...Petra Kvitova (3-3)
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TO PLAY QF: Halep
ALSO: Jankovic (1-5)

*RG MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF) TOP PLAYER AWARDS*
=[w/ final result]=
2006 Nicole Vaidisova, CZE [SF]
2007 Justine Henin, BEL [W]
2008 Ana Ivanovic, SRB [W]
2009 Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS [W]
2010 Samantha Stosur, AUS [RU]
2011 Li Na, CHN [W]
2012 Samantha Stosur, AUS [SF]
2013 Serena Williams, USA [W]
2014 Genie Bouchard, CAN [SF]
2015 Lucie Safarova, CZE [RU]
2016 Serena Williams, USA [RU]
2017 Simona Halep, ROU [RU]
2018 Garbine Muguruza, ESP [SF]
2019 ?




TOP QUALIFIER: #22q Elena Rybakina/KAZ
TOP EARLY-ROUND (1r-2r): #2 Karolina Pliskova/CZE
TOP MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF): xx
TOP LATE-ROUND (SF-F): xx
TOP QUALIFYING MATCH: Q3: #1q Bernarda Pera/USA def. #21q Kaja Juvan/SLO 6-4/1-6/7-6(1) [Juvan up break three times in 3rd, served at 5-4]
TOP EARLY-RD. MATCH (1r-2r): 2nd Rd. - #1 Naomi Osaka/JPN def. Victoria Azarenka/BLR 4-6/7-5/6-3 (down 6-4/4-2, BP for 5-2)
TOP MIDDLE-RD. MATCH (3r-QF): xx
TOP LATE-RD. MATCH (SF-F/Jr.): xx
=============================
FIRST VICTORY: #31 Petra Martic/CRO (def. Jabeur/TUN)
FIRST SEED OUT: #5 Angelique Kerber/GER (1st Rd./Potapova)
UPSET QUEENS: Russia
REVELATION LADIES: Russia
NATION OF POOR SOULS: Italy (0-2, none in RG 2nd Round for first time since 1982)
LAST QUALIFIER STANDING: Aliona Bolsova/ESP (4th Rd.)
LAST WILD CARD STANDING: Lauren Davis/USA, Priscilla Hon/AUS, Diane Parry/FRA (all 2nd Rd.)
LAST PASTRY STANDING: Carolina Garcia, Krisinta Mladenovic & Diane Parry (all 2nd Rd.)
MADEMOISELLE/MADAM OPPORTUNITY: Nominees: Konta, Barty, Kamiji (for 3rd con. RG WC title), de Groot (for first full Career WC Slam)
IT "??": Generation PDQ Teens (Amanda Anisimova/USA, Iga Swiatek/POL and Marketa Vondrousova/CZE)
COMEBACK PLAYER: Nominees: Konta, Ostapenko (WD)
CRASH & BURN: Alona Ostapenko, LAT (1st Rd.; zero RG wins before/after '17 title)
ZOMBIE QUEEN OF PARIS: Anna Blinkova/RUS (Q2: trailed 6-3/3-1 vs. Kalinina; Q3: trailed Glushko 3-0 in 3rd; 1st Rd.: trailed Gaspayarn 4-0 in 3rd; 2nd Rd.: trailed Garcia 3-0 in 3rd)
DOUBLES STAR: Nominees: Ostapenko, Babos/Mladenovic, Mertens/Sabalenka
VETERAN PLAYER (KIMIKO CUP): Nominees: Konta, Flipkens
JUNIOR BREAKOUT: Nominee: Parry (young MD winner since '09)
Légion de Lenglen HONOREE: Court Simonne-Mathieu
Coupe LA PETIT TAUREAU: Simona Halep/ROU (awarded on LPT Day/June 1, Henin's birthday)




All for Day 11. More tomorrow.

posted by Todd.Spiker @ 12:25 PM 

2 Comments:

Blogger colt13 said...

Wheelchair-Don't sleep on Capocci, she may be the biggest threat to another 1 vs 2 final.

Little Michael is having a blast.

Stat of the Day-16- The number of years since Belgium has had a woman ranked #1 in doubles.

With Elise Mertens/Sabalenka still alive, there still is an outside chance of her becoming #1 at this slam. But let's take a look back at the other #1.

That would be Kim Clijsters, as in 2003, Clijsters, with her partner Ai Sugiyama, won the French Open and Wimbledon back to back. One month later, Clijsters took the top spot from Paola Suarez.

Alas, she only held it for one week, dropping it to Sugiyama, who then dropped it a week later back to Kim for 3 more weeks.

Yes, this means that if Mertens can hold the title for 5 weeks, she will have held it more than Kim.

One reason why, is that it was dropped to Suarez's partner in Virginia Ruano Pascual. One of the more underrated teams of all time, they then won the next 3 slams, and 5 out of the next 7.



Wed Jun 05, 04:43:00 PM EDT  
Blogger Todd.Spiker said...

Oh, yeah... Michael was playin' to win. :)

There was a little more with that kid on Bouchard's Instagram, but I didn't see that until later. ;)

VRP/Suarez *have* sort of slipped through the cracks. I hope they'll eventually get some HoF support, because their numbers back it up.

Wed Jun 05, 10:38:00 PM EDT  

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