sasnovich is 1-2 in the first set after a Raducanu hold to love in the first game.
sasnovich won the first set 6-2 so Emma will need to win from behind which she didn’t do at the US open.
So Emma Raducanu is 3-2 up in second set but down by one set.
Looking poor for Emma Raducanu in Indian wells. She’s done a set and 5-4 down in the second set. Not looking great at 3:32 am Irish time.
And that’s it Emma Raducanu goes out in straight sets.
Well that is really par for the course for the tour
Consistency is consistenty elusive
Straight sets exit to the world number 💯
plus ça change
Remember there were an incredible 18 different semi finalists (of possible 20) in the 4 slams and the Olympics this year
Well she (Hantuchová) has some class about about her.
Whitaker is a seething agenda wagon.
It will be interesting to see if Raducanu will prove to have a game that brings success in the long run.
She doesn't really seem to chase down balls much at all like the real athletes of yore - lets a lot of balls just go by if her groundstrokes don't win the rally.
Not surprising Raducanu lost, since winning the USO, her life has been completely turned upside down, in huge demand by the media and seems to not have turned down any invitation to non tennis events in that time, hard to see where she even fit time in for tennis practice.
Very hard to know how Raducanu will do in the future, her high ranking is really based on 1 tournament, so, slightly misleading, she's now also expected to beat players that 2 months ago she'd have been a big underdog against. It'll be interesting to see how her career turns out.
Well Murray got his wedding ring and smelly minging runners back and won his Indian Well's first-round match against Mannarino but now faces the conqueror of his conqueror at New York -> Alcaraz
Zverev up against Brooksby in the same part of the draw.
Was thinking if Raducanu was to drop back down the rankings during the next year and was outside the top 100 by the time of USO next year (would it even be possible to fall that far that quickly), would she have to go through qualifying? I suppose as the defending champion she'd get a wildcard.
Ranking points last for 52 weeks (or more in some cases). Winning the USO this year means that at the very worst, she will be seeded in the low 20s at next year's USO. Her ranking can't really go down much before before next year's Wimbledon, where she has 4th round points to defend.
Murray beats Alcaraz - didn't get to watch it but Alcaraz making mistakes, especially on not putting away volleys seems to have been costly.
Don't think that Murray can string a full tournament together
I watched parts of it, jumping between it and some women's matches. It was a long match for a 5-7 6-3 6-2 scoreline, over 3 hours. But that's the way of it here: There was a women's match a few days ago over 3 hours and 50 minutes!!!
Haleps is currently struggling against Sasnovich. I can't see myself staying up for the end of that, let alone Kvitova vs. Azarenka, and certainly not Ferndandez vs. Pavs.
Ostapenko vs. Swiatek in the next round could be interesting. Ostapenko continues to be as erratic as ever, but at least she's stringing some results together.
EDIT: Halep has just broken back for 5-5 in the 1st.
I enjoyed Murray's underarm serve last night. No pissing and moaning about it from Alcaraz either.
In the battle of the surprise French Open winners, Ostapenko beat Swiatek 6-4 6-3. Swiatek was a break up in both sets, took a long toilet break after the first, and a questionable MTO in the second. She just couldn't live with Ostapenko's hitting.
Laylah Fernandez has just taken the first set 6-2 against Shelby Rogers, despite struggling at times on her serve. No post-US Open hangover for her it seems.
Every day that Ostapenko wins is a good day 😎
Nice to see Fernandez playing well post US Open. At least with Raducanu winning in New York it took a lot of the attention/expectation away from Fernandez, she can play relatively pressure free.
Rogers d. Fernandez 2-6 6-1 7-6(4). She gets to play Ostapenko in the QF. It was a very tough final set, hardly any easy service games (actually, that was the case for the whole match).
Murray vs. Zverev next up.
Where is this being broadcast? Any "normal" channels?
Amazon Prime Video
sign up for a free trial of Amazon Prime if you don't have it then go to primevideo.com and set country to Ireland
Murray and Zverev don't get on, especially because Murray has said things like "It has taken too long" about the ATP investigation on the Zverev allegations - could be spicy
Not especially a comment on that comment from Murray but Murray does have the rep of being a sort of male feminist on tour in general.
It's the wife and / or the mother I'd say!
https://www.google.com/search?q=andy+murray+feminist&oq=andy+murray+feminist+&aqs=chrome..69i57j35i39j69i60.6498j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Oh, I'd say his mother has had some input into that world-view ...
Murray will drop to #172 following his Indian Wells exit.
Ostapenko def. Rogers 6-4 4-6 6-3, despite being 1-3 *0-40 down in the final set. 51 winners to 46 unforced errors. Many breaks of serve to both. In other words, a typical Ostapenko match. Her semi-final against Azarenka should be tasty.
Dimitrov (remember him?) beat Medvedev by the same scoreline. Didn't see that one coming.
I saw Medvedev was up a double break in the second and then lost 8 straight games, I'd assumed there was some kind of injury but I watched the highlights there and it appears it was just a complete meltdown.
Medvedev will drop to 2,000 ranking points behind Djokovic very soon I think.
Current year points easiest way to keep track of who is in the world number 1 end-of-year race instead of looking at dropping points etc
Medved was already 2000 points behind in current year rankings
Is what the ATP show on their main points page out of date or what?
https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/single
"Race to Turin" (formerly London ATP Finals) is current year points.
Whoever has most current year points at the end of the year (after Turin) is end-of-year world number one. It shows the World 1 race standings.
that ATP Singles link includes points from last season events (such as ATP Finals 2020)
So "Race to Turin" standings show what you're looking for if your considering who is going to be end-of-year number 1.
ATP Singles standings if you want to know who is No. 1 etc right now.
Dimitrov having a moment, pity he could never string enough of them together to back up his talent on a consistent basis
Zverev and Tsitsipas have surprising losses
Taylor Fritz with 3 Top 10 wins in a row (saves MP's against Zverev)
Jabeur into the the WTA Top 10 next week
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