Wednesday, July 09, 2025

W.10- Pasta Wishes and Strawberry Dreams


Wimbledon is gonna Wimbledon...













=DAY 10 NOTES=
...with every round, Iga Swiatek's comfortability on her least favorite surface seems to become more and more a past figment of her own imagination. Having given herself a chance to find some confidence on the lawns, working hard with an eye on a (less pressure-packed?) start of a redemptive summer by playing in a tune-up event (and having success in it) and not arriving at the AELTC with a defeatist attitude has proven to be a winning combination. So far. Now it's just a matter of how far this new-found comfortability will get her. Perhaps all the way past the finish line?

The #8-seeded Pole's QF match on Wednesday vs. #19 Liudmila Samsonova began with Swiatek having to maneuver her way through a pair of tight service games. But despite facing a BP in her first, and being tied at 30/30 in the second, she avoided falling into an early hole. Once she fought her way through the early haze, Swiatek's continually improving serve became more of a weapon. She dropped just two points in her third and fourth service games, while Samsonova couldn't play a clean game for more than a few minutes and was having a difficult time keeping the ball inside the court.

Dropping serve from 40/15 up, Samsonova fell behind 4-2 as Swiatek got the break, then held for 5-2. The Hordette had two GP chances in game 8, only to see her forehand continue to fly balls and soon put her SP down. Another long forehand officially gave Swiatek the lead with a 6-2 set win, as Samsonova put up eighteen UE (13 w/ her forehand) in the 1st.

Swiatek took an early break edge in the 2nd, leading 2-0 as Samsonova already had three more UE. Up 15/40 on Iga's serve in game 3, Samsonova saw four BP chances (two on second serves), but squandered them all as Swiatek held for 3-0. Two games later, Swiatek fell behind love/40, but after two forehand winners kept the game alive an UE on a third got the set back on serve.

But just as an opening appeared, it closed again. Two DF from Samsonova, the last on Swiatek's third BP, pushed the Pole back into the lead at 4-2. But a short-term wobble from Swiatek threatened to make things interesting, as her 40/love lead in game 7 suddenly turned into a Samsonova BP chance with a DF. Samsonova shot a return long on her first BP opportunity, but whacked a return winner on #2 to get back on serve at 4-3 as she finally started to find her range with her forehand. But was it too little too late?

Back-to-back Swiatek holds, the second from love/30 down (w/ four consecutive points), put the Pole up 6-5 and put the pressure squarely on Samsonova's shoulders to hold to force a TB. They didn't hold up to the weight. Samsonova fell behind 15/40, giving Swiatek double MP for her first Wimbledon semifinal appearance. On MP #2, she fired a return winner that put the final touch on a 6-2/7-5 victory, making Swiatek the first Polish woman in the final four at SW19 in a decade (Aga Radwanska '15).



Her maiden Wimbledon semifinal completes Swiatek's "Career Semifinal Slam," as she's now reached the final four at all four majors. At the moment (i.e. not counting the likes of Venus), she's one of only four active women (and one of those is Karolina Pliskova, who last played at the '24 U.S. Open) who've managed the feat, along with Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka.

Watching the intent with which Swiatek has played at this Wimbledon, it's a legitimate question whether at the moment she's actually playing with more confidence on her "worst" surface than she played throughout the clay court spring on what has traditionally been her best. There's been no panic-tinged moments, no blowout losss, no significant blow-ups at her coaching box and very little questions about her "worst" season, which has still managed to produce three major SF runs even while not including a singles title for more than a calendar year.

One more win and the "Why Not Me?" chapter of "Świątek's Śummer Śwoltice" may truly kick in at the one major she's discounted herself in until, maybe, this month, if not this week. Those tears at the Bad Homburg trophy ceremony can be remember through a somewhat different lens now, less a sign of sadness over her title drought continuing, and maybe more of an indication that she was just *beginning* to believe that grass might not be as much of a personal antagonist as she thought.

Since that moment, Iga has surely settled into something of a groove to this point, playing well and not stressing, while also carrying on a two-pronged off-court storyline that has alternately focused on her strawberry-related cuisine of choice or her ongoing role as this Wimbledon's most renowned "Towel Thief" as she's managed to stuff as many of the prized collector's edition items into her bags as possible after every match.

Both stories are funny, and a little bit stupid, but they may have also helped to play a role in keeping her mood and the pressure light. And if it's working this well... hey, make off with as many towels as possible. They'll make more.



...in the second QF, contested essentially simultaneously with the first until a decent bit into its 2nd set, #7 Mirra Andreeva and Belinda Bencic played a nip-and-tuck affair in which breaks of serve were hard to come by.

Through the first twenty games of the match, neither could break the other. In fact, the opening ten games produced zero BP opportunities. Finally, at 5-5 in the 1st, Andreeva managed to carve out a pair, but Bencic held to take a 6-5 lead. After Andreeva forced a TB, Bencic went up 3-1, then closed out the breaker with a 7-3 win.

The all-holds-all-the-time affair continued through the first eight games of the 2nd set before the two exchanged breaks, Bencic edging ahead and then the 18-year old getting back even at 5-5 after the Swiss veteran had served for the match and gotten within two points (at 30/30) of victory.

At about the time she was close to winning the match, Bencic starting grimacing and limping, but didn't take an MTO to address the situation. She said afterward that she thinks she cracked a toe nail. The calculated risk of allowing herself to perhaps not be 100% in her movement at such an important moment suddenly looked questionable, as Andreeva backed up the break with a hold for 6-5. But the Hordette's spate of errors in the closing games of the set prevented her from pulling away and forcing a 3rd.

Bencic held to get to another TB, where she took a 4-1 lead. An Andreeva DF gave Bencic a MP at 6-2, and the Swiss put away the 7-6(3)/7-6(2) win with a smash at the net to reach her maiden Wimbledon SF (second at a major, w/ '19 U.S.).



Nine months after returning from a 13-month absence from tennis while having her first child, Bencic is now the second Swiss woman to reach the SF at SW19, along with two-timer Martina Hingis (1997-98). With her WTA standing outside the Top 1200 when she re-entered the rankings in November, Bencic opened 2025 at #489. With an AO Round of 16, Abu Dhabi title, RG absence (w/ an arm injury) and now her first major semifinal in nearly six years, she's assured of returning to the Top 20 at the conclusion of this Wimbledon.

The day's results mean one of two former Wimbledon juniors champs (Bencic '13 or Swiatek '18) will reach their first women's final at SW19.

...in the opening round of wheelchair doubles, Ksenia Chasteau was at it again.

Yesterday, the 19-year old Pastry upset #2 seed Aniek Van Koot in singles, and today she joined with Angelica Bernal to upend the top-seeded doubles duo of Manami Tanaka & Zhu Zhenzhen. Elsewhere, defending WD champs Yui Kamiji & Kgothatso Montjane lost to #2-seeded Li Xiaohui & Wang Ziying, the reigning AO winners.

...the junior quarterfinals are set, and they consist of players from seven different nations. The only nation with multiple players? The host Brits.

#3 Lilli Tagger (AUT) defeated GBR wild card Ruby Cooling (until next time...), staying alive to become the first to sweep the RG/WI junior titles in a season since Belinda Bencic in 2013 (who'd been the first since Amelie Mauresmo in 1996).

#5-seeded Bannerette Julieta Pareja is one round closer to becoming the first to sweep the Roehampton and SW19 crowns since 2022, defeating her Roehampton final foe, Bulgarian Elizara Yaneva, 6-2/6-2. Yaneva led Paraja by a set and break in last week's final. The '22 sweep was by another U.S. player, Liv Hovde, who is to date the only to pull it off this decade after it happened seven times during the 2010s.

#1 Emerson Jones will continue her quest to win a junior major crown, after the Aussie came up short in both the AO and Wimbledon finals last season.

#2 Hannah Klugman and Mimi Xu are the remaining Brits, as the home contingent have placed two girls in the QF for the second time in three years, after Mika Stojsavljevic and Ranah Akua Stoiber did it in 2023. The next step has proven more difficult, though, as the Wimbledon girls' semis have contained two GBR players just *once* since the junior competition moved from a round robin format (where group winners moved directly into the final) in 1949, when Anne Keothavong and the late Elena Baltacha reached the final four in 2001.



...meanwhile, don'tlook now, but at the Newport 125 grass event (the first at the Hall of Fame site for the women), top seed Tatjana Maria (you remember her) is into the QF.








*WOMEN'S SINGLES SF*
#1 Aryna Sabalenka/BLR vs. #13 Amanda Anisimova/USA
Belinda Bencic/SUI vs. #8 Iga Swiatek/POL

*WOMEN'S DOUBLES SF*
#1 Siniakova/Townsend (CZE/USA) vs. #4 Hsieh/Ostapenko (TPE/LAT)
Gadecki/Krawczyk (AUS/USA) vs. #8 V.Kudermetova/Mertens (RUS/BEL)

*MIXED DOUBLES FINAL*
Siniakova/Verbeek (CZE/NED) vs. Stefani/Salisbury (BRA/GBR)

*WHEELCHAIR WOMEN'S SINGLES QF*
#1 Yui Kamiji/JPN vs. Lizzy de Greef/NED
#3 Li Xiaohui/CHN vs. Diede de Groot/NED
Saki Takamuro/JPN vs. #4 Wang Ziying/CHN
Kgothatso Montjane/RSA vs. Ksenia Chasteau/FRA

*WHEELCHAIR WOMEN'S DOUBLES SF*
Bernal/Chasteau (COL/FRA) vs. de Groot/Shuker (NED/GBR)
Cabrillana/Takamuro (CHI/JPN) vs. #2 Li/Wang (CHN/CHN)

*GIRLS' SINGLES QF*
#1 Emerson Jones/AUS vs. vs. Mia Pohankova/SVK
Vendula Valdmannova/CZE vs. #5 Teodora Kostovic/SRB
Mimi Xu/GBR vs. #3 Lilli Tagger/AUT
#6 Julieta Pareja/USA vs. #2 Hannah Klugman/GBR

*GIRLS' DOUBLES QF*
Qu Yihan/Yodpetch (CHN/THA) vs. #5 Frodin/Pareja (USA/USA)
Fajmanova/Supova (CZE/SVK) vs. Pastikova/Stusek (CZE/GER)
#6 Esquiva Banuls/Taraba Wallberg (ESP/SWE) vs. #3 Kovackova/Kovackova (USA/USA)
#8 K.Penickova/Valdmannova (USA/CZE) vs. #2 Jones/Vandromme (AUS/BEL)








...WELL, AS HAS BEEN SAID SOMEWHERE, THE FIRST SET-PLUS OF A BEST-OF-FIVE MEANS *NOTHING*... ON DAY 10:




...CONCHITA (aka "Señorita Topspin") DIDN'T *REALLY* KNOW WHAT SHE WAS GETTING HERSELF INTO WHEN SHE CAME ABOARD, DID SHE?... ON DAY 10:



If Conchita really wanted to go "full method" she'd have started yelling at Mirra when she missed a shot.


...THERE'S NEVER *NOT* A WAY TO WORK HER IN THERE SOMEWHERE... ON DAY 10:




...BECAUSE IT BEGGED TO BE DONE... ON DAY 10:




















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*"CAREER SF SLAM" FEATS IN 2020s*
2021 WI - Karolina Pliskova, CZE (36th slam MD)
2023 RG - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR (21st)
2025 WI - Iga Swiatek, POL (26th)
[other actives w/ SF at all four majors]
Victoria Azarenka - 2013 RG (30th)
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ALSO: Venus Williams - 2001 AO (15th)

*MOST WTA SF in 2025*
9 - ARYNA SABALENKA (7-1)
7 - IGA SWIATEK (1-5)
5 - Jessie Pegula (5-0)
5 - Ekaterina Alexandrova (1-4)
4 - AMANDA ANISIMOVA (2-1)
4 - Madison Keys (2-2)
4 - Jasmine Paolini (1-3)

*MOST TOP 10 WINS 2025 (w/ #1 wins)*
8 - Aryna Sabalenka
7 - Coco Gauff (1)
6 - Mirra Andreeva (1), Iga Swiatek
5 - Ekaterina Alexandrova (1), Madison Keys (1)
4 - Amanda Anisimova, Alona Ostapenko, Liudmila Samsonova
3 - Belinda Bencic, Linda Noskova, Elina Svitolina

*WIMBLEDON GIRLS/WOMEN'S CHAMPS*
[won Girls' & Women's titles]
Karen Susman (1960 Jr. Champion; 1962 Ladies Champion)
Ann Haydon Jones (1956 Jr. Champion; 1969 Ladies Champion)
Martina Hingis (1994 Jr. Champion; 1997 Ladies Champion)
Amelie Mauresmo (1996 Jr. Champion; 2006 Ladies Champion)
Ash Barty (2011 Jr. Champion; 2021 Ladies Champion)
[finals of both]
Martina Navratilova (1973 Jr. RU; 9-time Ladies Champion)
Hana Mandlikova (1978 Jr. RU; 1981/86 Ladies RU)
Zina Garrison (1981 Jr. Champion; 1990 Ladies RU)
Maria Sharapova (2002 Jr. RU; 2004 Ladies Champion)
Aga Radwanska (2005 Jr. Champion; 2012 Ladies RU)
Genie Bouchard (2012 Jr. Champion; 2014 Ladies RU)
[acitve jr. finalists; w/ best result]
BELINDA BENCIC (2013 Jr. Champion; SF)
Anna Blinkova (2015 Jr. RU; 3rd)
Ann Li (2017 Jr. RU; 2nd)
Claire Liu (2017 Jr. Champion; 2nd)
Kristina Mladenovic (2009 Jr. RU; 3rd)
Alona Ostapenko (2014 Jr. Champion; SF)
Tamira Paszek (2005 Jr. RU; QF)
Anastasia Potapova (2016 Jr. Champion; 3rd)
Daria Snigur (2019 Jr. Champion; 2nd)
Elina Svitolina (2012 Jr. RU; SF)
IGA SWIATEK (2018 Jr. Champion; SF)
Taylor Townsend (2013 Jr. RU; 2nd)
Caroline Wozniacki (2006 Jr. RU; 4th)
Dayana Yastremska (2016 Jr. RU; 4th)

*ROEHAMPTON CHAMPS, w/ WIMBLEDON JR. RESULT*
1996 Amelie Mauresmo, FRA = won Wimbledon Jr. title
1997 Brie Rippner, USA = lost Wimb.Jr. F
1998 Jelena Dokic, AUS = lost Wimb.Jr. SF
1999 Lina Krasnoroutskaya, RUS = lost Wimb.Jr. F
2000 Aniko Kapros, HUN = lost Wimb.Jr. QF
2001 Gisela Dulko, ARG = lost Wimb.Jr. 3r
2002 Vera Dushevina, RUS = won Wimbledon Jr. title
2003 Allison Baker, USA = lost Wimb.Jr. QF
2004 Michaella Krajicek, NED = lost Wimb.Jr. SF
2005 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN = lost Wimb.Jr. 1r
2006 Kristina Antoniychuk, UKR = lost Wimb.Jr. 3r
2007 Petra Kvitova, CZE = lost Wimb.Jr. 3r
2008 Melanie Oudin, USA = lost Wimb.Jr. 2r
2009 Kristina Mladenovic, FRA = lost Wimb.Jr. F
2010 Kristyna Pliskova, CZE = won Wimbledon Jr. title
2011 Indy de Vroome, NED = lost Wimb.Jr. SF
2012 Genie Bouchard, CAN = won Wimbledon Jr. title
2013 Belinda Bencic, SUI = won Wimbledon Jr. title
2014 Alona Ostapenko, LAT = won Wimbledon Jr. title
2015 Dalma Galfi, HUN = lost Wimb.Jr. 1r
2016 Anastasia Potapova, RUS = won Wimbledon Jr. title
2017 Claire Liu, USA = won Wimbledon Jr. title
2018 Coco Gauff, USA = lost Wimb.Jr. QF
2019 Daria Snigur, UKR = won Wimbledon Jr. title
2021 Linda Fruhvirtova, CZE = lost Wimb.Jr. SF
2022 Liv Hovde, USA = won Wimbledon Jr. title
2023 Renata Jamrichova, SVK = lost Jr. SF
2024 Teodora Kostovic, SRB = lost Jr. QF
2025 Julieta Pareja, USA = ??



*CAREER SLAM SF - active*
12 - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR (6-5)*
9 - Victoria Azarenka, BLR (6-3)
9 - Iga Swiatek, POL (5-3)*
7 - Madison Keys, USA (2-5)
7 - Petra Kvitova, CZE (3-4)
[7 - Caroline Wozniacki, DEN (3-4)]
5 - Coco Gauff, USA (3-2)
4 - Naomi Osaka, JPN (4-0)
4 - Karolina Pliskova, CZE (2-2)
4 - Karolina Muchova, CZE (1-3)
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*-to play SF

[SLAM SF 2020-25]
12 - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR (6-5)*
9 - Iga Swiatek, POL (5-3)*
5 - Coco Gauff, USA (3-2)
4 - Karolina Muchova, CZE (1-3)
3 - Ash Barty, AUS (2-1)
3 - Ons Jabeur, TUN (3-0)
3 - Madison Keys, USA (1-2)
3 - Elena Rybakina, KAZ (2-1)
2 - Victoria Azarenka, BLR (1-1)
2 - Jennifer Brady, USA (1-1)
2 - Simona Halep, ROU (0-2)
2 - Sofia Kenin, USA (2-0)
2 - Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (2-0)
2 - Naomi Osaka, JPN (2-0)
2 - Jasmine Paolini, ITA (2-0)
2 - Maria Sakkari, GRE (0-2)
2 - Serena Williams, USA (0-2)
1 - Mirra Andreeva, RUS (0-1)
1 - Paula Badosa, ESP (0-1)
1 - Danielle Collins, USA (1-0)
1 - Leylah Fernandez, CAN (1-0)
1 - Amanda Anisimova, USA (0-0)*
1 - Caroline Garcia, FRA (0-1)
1 - Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA (0-1)
1 - Dasha Kasatkina, RUS (0-1)
1 - Angelique Kerber, GER (0-1)
1 - Petra Kvitova, CZE (0-1)
1 - Magda Linette, POL (0-1)
1 - Tatjana Maria, GER (0-1)
1 - Garbina Muguruza, ESP (1-0)
1 - Emma Navarro, USA (0-1)
1 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS (1-0)
1 - Jessie Pegula, USA (1-0)
1 - Karolina Pliskova, CZE (1-0)
1 - Nadia Podoroska, ARG (0-1)
1 - Emma Raducanu, GBR (1-0)
1 - Belinda Bencic, SUI (0-0)*
1 - Lois Boisson, FRA (0-1)
1 - Elina Svitolina, UKR (0-1)
1 - Martina Trevisan, ITA (0-1)
1 - Donna Vekic, CRO (0-1)
1 - Marketa Vondrousova, CZE (1-0)
1 - Dayana Yastremska, UKR (0-1)
1 - Zheng Qinwen, CHN (1-0)
1 - Tamara Zidansek, SLO (0-1)
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*-to play SF

[2025 SLAM SF BY NATION]
3 - BLR (2-0)*
3 - USA (2-0)*
3 - POL (0-2)*
1 - ESP (0-1)
1 - FRA (0-1)
1 - SUI (0-0)*

[SLAM SF BY NATION 2020-25 / 22 events]
18 - USA (9-8)*
14 - BLR (7-6)*
10 - POL (5-4)*
9 - CZE (5-4)
3 - AUS (2-1)
3 - KAZ (2-1)
3 - RUS (1-2)
3 - TUN (3-0)
2 - ESP (1-1)
2 - FRA (0-2)
2 - GER (0-2)
2 - GRE (0-2)
2 - ITA (2-0)
2 - JPN (2-0)
2 - ROU (0-2)
2 - UKR (0-2)
1 (W) - CAN,CHN,GBR
1 (-) - SUI*
1 (L) - ARG,BRA,CRO,SLO,ITA

[2025 WI SEMIFINALISTS - career WI SF]
3 - Aryna Sabalenka
1 - Amanda Anisimova
1 - Belinda Bencic
1 - Iga Swiatek

[2025 WI SEMIFINALISTS - consecutive WI SF]
1+2 - Aryna Sabalenka (2021,'23,'25 - DNP '22/'24)

[2025 WI SEMIFINALISTS - consecutive Slam SF]
4 - Aryna Sabalenka
3 - Iga Swiatek

[2025 WI SEMIFINALISTS - career WI W/L]
19-8...Bencic
16-5...Sabalenka
16-5...Swiatek
10-3...Anisimova

[2025 WI SEMIFINALISTS - career Slam W/L]
98-20...Swiatekx
94-25...Sabalenka
66-34...Bencic
37-21...Anisimova

[2025 WI SEMIFINALISTS - 2025 Slam W/L]
17-2...Sabalenka
15-2...Swiatek
9-2...Anisimova
8-1...Bencic

[2025 WI SEMIFINALISTS - 2025 season W/L]
47-8...Sabalenka
40-11...Swiatek
30-12...Anisimova
26-10...Bencic

[2025 WI SEMIFINALISTS - 2025 grass season W/L]
11-2...Anisimova
8-1...Swiatek
7-1...Sabalenka
5-1...Bencic





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Less than a month away from the pre-season opener...




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TOP QUALIFIER: Carson Branstine/CAN
TOP EARLY-ROUND (1r-2r): #13 Amanda Anisimova/USA (7 games lost 1r/2r, double-bagel win in 1st)
TOP MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF): #8 Iga Swiatek/POL (to first Wimbledon SF)
TOP LATE-ROUND (SF-F): x
TOP QUALIFYING MATCH: Q3 - #30 Priscilla Hon/AUS def. Victoria Mboko/CAN 4-6/7-6(4)/6-1 - Mboko led love/40 at 6-5 in the 2nd on Hon's serve, holding five MP
TOP EARLY-RD. MATCH (1r-2r): 1st Rd. - #6 Madison Keys/USA def. Gabriela Ruse/ROU 6-7(4)/7-5/7-5 - Ruse fights off Keys' comeback to claim 1st, then Keys fights off Ruse's comeback in 3rd, serves out on second try
TOP MIDDLE-RD. MATCH (3r-QF): QF - #1 Aryna Sabalenka/BLR def. Laura Siegemund/GER 4-6/6-2/6-4 - down a break bk twice in 3rd, GP for 5-3 led
TOP LATE-RD. MATCH (SF-F/Jr.-WC): x
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FIRST VICTORY: #14 Elina Svitolina/UKR (def. Bondar/HUN)
FIRST SEED OUT: #20 Alona Ostapenko/LAT (1st Rd. to Kartal/GBR)
FIRST SLAM MD WINS: Veronika Erjavec/SLO, Solana Sierra/ARG, Zeynep Sonmez/TUR
UPSET QUEENS: Great Britain
REVELATION LADIES: Italy
NATION OF POOR SOULS: Australia (1-6 1st Rd.; only new Aussie Kasatkina w/ win)
LAST QUALIFIER STANDING: Diane Parry/FRA (3rd Rd.)
LAST WILD CARD STANDING: no wins (0-8)
PROTECTED RANKING WINS: Caty McNally/USA (2nd Rd.)
LUCKY LOSERS: Solana Sierra/ARG (4th Rd.); 2r: Victoria Mboko/CAN
LAST BRIT STANDING: Sonay Kartal (in 4th Rd.)
Ms. OPPORTUNITY: Nominees: Swiatek, Bencic, (WC)
IT "Turk": Zeynep Sonmez/TUR (first TUR player into slam 3r)
COMEBACK PLAYER: Amanda Anisimova/USA
CRASH & BURN: #2 Coco Gauff/USA & #3 Jessie Pegula/USA - first slam w/ two Top 3 out in 1st Rd. (Gauff won RG, Pegula won grass title pre-Wimb.)
ZOMBIE QUEEN OF LONDON: Solana Sierra/ARG (LL, first into WI 4th Rd.)
DOUBLES STAR: Nominees: Siniakova, Stefani
VETERAN PLAYER (KIMIKO CUP): Laura Siegemund/GER (oldest first WI QF at 37)
JUNIOR BREAKOUT: Nominees: Xu & Klugman
SPIRIT OF JANA (NOVOTNA) HONOREE: Petra Kvitova/CZE - plays final Wimbledon match







All for Day 10. More tomorrow.

posted by Todd.Spiker @ 7:09 PM 

3 Comments:

Blogger tennisings said...

In press today, Iga talked about how the junior tournament starts when the grass is already worn, so it plays more like clay, and she found it very different to play her 1R main-draw match the following year on the fresh grass.

I thought it was a useful perspective as to why winning the juniors hasn't automatically translated to success for her!

Wed Jul 09, 09:31:00 PM EDT  
Blogger Diane said...

Mirra Andreeva is very positive as a coach, but not afraid to provide direct instructions--I like it! She and Conchita are hilarious, and hilarity tends to be rare at Wimbledon. More, please.

Wed Jul 09, 10:35:00 PM EDT  
Blogger khan35 said...

Wozniacki won the junior Wimbledon in 2006.

Swiatek beat Belinda in the 4th round at Wimbledon in 2023. Swiatek is the favorite for their upcoming SF match.

Sabalenka & Anisimova have never meet each other on grass before. I think Anisimova has a shot here.

Wed Jul 09, 11:06:00 PM EDT  

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