On Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 1:30:25 PM UTC-4, Whisper wrote:
> On 7/07/2017 3:17 AM, Court_1 wrote:
> > I didn't see the match and just saw the score? Did she choke again? She's a headcase. She had a dream draw and I thought she would make the final this time.
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> > Azarenka can't come back fast enough for me.
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> > The players who are supposed to be great on grass are all losing! I wonder if Ostapenko can make some more noise after winning the FO? Maybe she'll be the real deal? Kerber or Wozniacki should come out of the top half of the draw now and from the bottom you would think it would be Konta, Venus, Ostapenko or even Halep or Azarenka. Or could it be another surprise?
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> When it's as wide open as this you really have to go with the players
> with the most experience & playing reasonably well.
Like at the FO you mean?
> Sure there are
> always dark horse like Ostapenko, but good luck picking 1 of those out
> of the hat. Pliskova has never really impressed me. I think her good
> results are due to paucity of tough competition. Kvitova is out of
> shape & hit or miss at the best of times. I kinda like Wozniacki as
> she's been plugging away for a long time, has been no.1 & is still
> young. Venus of course should win unless she has a shocker.
Ostapenko is an unknown so we'll see. As for Venus, she has the experience but hasn't won a slam in nine years. In addition, she looked shaky from what I saw the other day and she's in a vulnerable place at the moment. I'll be surprised if she wins the tournament even with all her grass court expertise.
From the top half you would think Kerber or Wozniacki would make the final and from the bottom it should be one of Venus, Ostapenko, Konta, Azarenka or Halep. Or can somebody like Cibulkova make the final? Or what about big hitting Naomi Osaka? Who the heck knows. Crap shoot.