WIMBLEDON 2019 - WOMEN singles and doubles

[cazza99]

Singles draw - https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/2019_LS_draw.pdf

Doubles draw - https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/2019_LD_draw.pdf

[Hawkeye]

Naomi Osaka out in straights.

[JAMES4578]

Some really wild errors from Osaka in a bit of a nervy display (did not look that comfortable on the grass) . Putinseva played well though and had won their two previous matches.

[Hawkeye]

Venus a set and a break down to Cori Gauff.

[Hawkeye]

The 15 year old serves it out!

[JAMES4578]

Gauff the 15 year old qualifier puts out Venus 6-4,6-4- some result for the young American (even if Venus is currently outside the top 40)

[Sallydaisy]

Some 1st round news ... British first!
Heather Watson won 7'5, 6'4.

LADIES SINGLES
Story of the day is Coco Gauff defeating Venus Williams in straight sets and remaining as cool as a cucumber on her Grand Slam debut. One to watch, she was signed up by Federers' management company when she was only 13 years old - they can do my Lottery for me every week if they like!
;)

The ladies seeds tended to fare better than their male counterparts with one notable exception - Naomi Osaka[2] who lost in straight sets to Putinseva. Other seeds who lost were [10]Sabalenka,[16]Vondrousova and [29]Kasatkina.

There were wins for Simona Halep[7], Caro Woz[14], Sevastova[12], Svitolina[8], Pliskova[3], Sakkari[31], Keys[17], Martic[24], Kontaveit[20], Kenin[27], Hsieh[28] and Vika Azarenka.

[RoastLamb]

This is the first time I've seen Coco play and I thought she had a very interesting and different game - lots of slices, dices and loopy loos. Not what I expected. And she didn't make any noise too which was SO NICE! BUT she coulda cracked a few smiles. However, kudos to her.

[Sallydaisy]

This is the first time I've seen Coco play and I thought she had a very interesting and different game - lots of slices, dices and loopy loos. Not what I expected. And she didn't make any noise too which was SO NICE! BUT she coulda cracked a few smiles. However, kudos to her.
In the immediate post-match interview she said she was telling herself to stay calm before every point ... so she might not have wanted to risk a smile. But she did smile a lot after she won!
:thumbup:

[patlowe]

And minutes after Dan wins Harriet wins! :clap::clap::clap:

[JAMES4578]

Good won for Harriet, well done!

[Jan]

Well done Jo and Harriet!!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Former Champion Muguruza out, beaten by Haddad Maia 6'4, 6'4

[Sallydaisy]

Serena Williams about to start v Gatto-Monticone on Centre Court (BBC1)

[exislander]

Former Champion Muguruza out, beaten by Haddad Maia 6'4, 6'4

Plays Harriet Dart next.

[Sallydaisy]

Sharapova had match points against the Parmentier serve at 6-4, 5-4.
Parmentier held and has now broken to lead 6-5 in the 2nd set.
Anything could happen.

[Sallydaisy]

Williams takes the first set 6'2.

[Sallydaisy]

Delighted to see Kvitova back at Wimbledon and WINNING!
6'4, 6'2 over Jabeur.

[JAMES4578]

Had been some speculation over Kvitova's fitness(missed Fench and grass warm ups ) but a comfortable enough win over Jabeur(who done well at Eastbourne),well done! Serena breaks to go through 6-2, 7-5 (though originally served for match at 5-3).

[RoastLamb]

Sigh. Genie. WTH happened to her career???

Good win for Harriet tho'.

Looking forward to Coco's next match to see if she can follow it up. I really like her game.

I only got to see Jo's first set then they cut to Sharapova. No just NO!!! Anyway, glad Maria is out so I don't have to suffer that again. Pfft.

[Rosalind]

Sigh. Genie. WTH happened to her career???

Good win for Harriet tho'.

Looking forward to Coco's next match to see if she can follow it up. I really like her game.

I only got to see Jo's first set then they cut to Sharapova. No just NO!!! Anyway, glad Maria is out so I don't have to suffer that again. Pfft.

Why do they do that swapping channel thing? They did it the day before with Kyle. I was recording BBC 1 and 2 in anticipation but they moved him onto red button so I missed it.

[exislander]

Harriet had another great win today - but will face Ash Barty next.

[Jan]

Really pleased for Harriet. Tough one next!

[Sallydaisy]

Cracking match on court 2, Lauren Davis (strapped like a mummy) won the 2nd set and is now 3-1 up in the 3rd after breaking defending Champion Angie Kerber in the 3rd game. Just just broken again ... so Davis leads 2-6, 6-2, 4-1.

[Sallydaisy]

Serena 0-3 against WR125 Kaja Juvan from Slovenia.

:eek:

[JAMES4578]

Davis got the win 6-1 in the 3rd, an bog upset as defending champion goes out-feel pity for Angie but well played Lauren! Serena lost the first set to Juvan 6-2, but taken 2nd by same scoreline. Johanna Konta was impressive in despatching Sinikova 6-3,6-4 -will now meet 9th seed Sloane Stephens and has good record but Stephens won early matches easily. Good win for Harriet, maybe should have got in straights but decisive in 3rd.

[Hawkeye]

Watson and Minella lost from a break up in the third.

[david1610]

Waiting for Andy and Serena so watching Hercog and Gauff. I also watched Gauff's second match and parts of her first match.
Watching the end of the second set tiebreak so not sure if Guaff will lose or it goes to a third set but....
Her expressions during this match reminded me why 15-year olds are limited to, what, ten tournaments per year.
It is not the ability to win that limits players at this age, but the effects of their losses, and learning how to mentally cope with losses.
And now she has won the second set but, still, I do not like the strain on her face - that was her first ever top WTA level tiebreak. Hope she grows from these experiences and it is positive.

[patlowe]

Gauff and Hercog match is turning out to be very dramatic. Gauff, from being almost down and out has saved match points and we are now in a third set. Just means Andy is delayed!!

[Sallydaisy]

:sofa:
Gauff v Hercog in the 3rd set.

[JAMES4578]

Yes have been watching as Gauff was outplayed for much of the match but shown real fighting spiirit to come back form 5-2 down, though Hercog did tighten up somewhat in sight of victory. Certainly some dramatic points!

[Rosalind]

Watching too. Amazingly talented young lady. Hopefully she will be able to cope with this.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly entertaining , though a fair bit of cagey play. Gauff finally gets the win 7-5 in the 3rd after being pegged back and a real prospect, though important she does not have too many demands placed on her at this point. Halep up next which will be tougher but if she is in form would not rule anything out .Still feel a bit for Hercog though.

[JAMES4578]

As expected Harriet Dart finding it tough on centre,Ash Barty wins 6-1,6-1. Tbh was a bit surprised this was favoured over Konta/stephens which is 2nd on Court 1 soon,Serena has just beaten Julia Georges 6-3,6-4.

[Hawkeye]

Johanna will have many appearances on Centre, Harriet deserved perhaps the only hour she will ever get on there, combined with playing the number 1 seed.

[Rosalind]

Only caught the end after Andy's match but looked exciting. Now over to Dan.

[JAMES4578]

Another upset, the top seed and French champion Ash Barty goes down to Alison Riske 3-6,6-2,6-3. Riske was inspired but bit of a disappointing display from Barty as she failed to stem the tide from the middle of the 2nd set, Riske took advantage of the too many 2nd serves and was the more aggressive player in the crucial stages. so we are denied the Williams/Barty quarter which many were expecting.

[Sallydaisy]

LADIES RESULTS SO FAR ...

KONTA V KVITOVA 1-1 and into a 3rd set. Jo has just broken again for 4-1 ...

Seeds out:
[1] Barty out to Riske
[3] Pliskova out to Muchova
[18] Mertens out to Strycova

Seeds and others through to the QF:
[7] Halep d Gauff 6'3, 6'3
[8] Svitolina d [24] Martic 6'4, 6'2
[11] S.Williams d [30] Suarez-Navarro 6'2, 6'2
Zhang d Yastremska 6'4, 1'6, 6'2

[Sallydaisy]

LADIES QUARTER-FINALS: to be played on Tuesday 9th July

Riske vs Williams[11]
Strycova vs Konta[19]
Svitolina[8] vs Muchova
Halep[7] vs Zhang

[RoastLamb]

Another upset, the top seed and French champion Ash Barty goes down to Alison Riske 3-6,6-2,6-3. Riske was inspired but bit of a disappointing display from Barty as she failed to stem the tide from the middle of the 2nd set, Riske took advantage of the too many 2nd serves and was the more aggressive player in the crucial stages. so we are denied the Williams/Barty quarter which many were expecting.

Disappointed for Ash. At least we still have Johanna.

[Rosalind]

Is it wrong of me just to hope Serena doesn't get injured and does exactly what she has to do to keep herself in the right frame of body, mind and soul for the mixed doubles? :whistle:

[cazza99]

It is not often I have wanted Serena to thrash a player in 2 sets to preserve her energy. Just hope she is not too tired after this 3 setter.

[Rosalind]

It is not often I have wanted Serena to thrash a player in 2 sets to preserve her energy. Just hope she is not too tired after this 3 setter.

me too. oh wow, when she slipped, I was stressing! :grass:

[JAMES4578]

I'm glad it was really competitive between Serena and Alison Riske- good contest not what I was expecting really. Williams stepped up ,though Riske could not maintain momentum at times. Hopefully she will be ok for the mixed,

[Sallydaisy]

LADIES SEMI-FINALS

Williams[11] v Strycova
Halep[7] v Svitolina[8]

Just a note regarding Serenas' H2H against the rest:
vs Strycova: 3-0
vs Halep: 9-1
vs Svitolina: 4-1

[patlowe]

Aw, I really enjoyed the Ann Jones interview with Sue. Brought back such lovely nostalgic memories. Hearing Dan Maskell's voice, seeing Maria Bueno and those tennis dresses! How I loved those days. And how things have changed!

[Sallydaisy]

Halep into her first Wimbledon Final after beating Svitolina 6'1, 6'3.

Serena takes the first set 6'1 over Strycova

[Sallydaisy]

Serena wins 6'1, 6'2 and will face Simona Halep in the Ladies Final on Saturday 13th July in the hopes of winning her 24th Grand Slam title. Halep will be a tough opponent!

[Jan]

Aw, I really enjoyed the Ann Jones interview with Sue. Brought back such lovely nostalgic memories. Hearing Dan Maskell's voice, seeing Maria Bueno and those tennis dresses! How I loved those days. And how things have changed!

Oh I missed this - will have to look on iplayer!
(Any idea roughly what time it was please?)

[patlowe]

It was between the 2 women's semis. After a short discussion about the first one.

[JAMES4578]

Quick matches and had hoped for more (at least in first semi) but two players in form. The first two games with Halep and Svitolina featured long rallies and took 20 minutes but Simona pretty much dominated thereafter-Elina done a bit better in the 2nd but was not best day,Halep though has much more experience in the latter stages of slams. Serena was far too strong for Barbora Strycova, talk about hip injury but likely did not make a great deal of difference for the czech.

[RoastLamb]

Both utterly boring matches devoid of any excitement whatsoever. I'd be so ticked off if I'd got centre court tix today in the international ballot and flew all the way over here for that! Sheesh!

[patlowe]

Both utterly boring matches devoid of any excitement whatsoever. I'd be so ticked off if I'd got centre court tix today in the international ballot and flew all the way over here for that! Sheesh!

I know someone who got tix in the ballot for today! £160 each!! Bit pricey for what they got!

[Rosalind]

My thoughts also on ticket price to see those matches. Hopefully a more evenly matched final.

[RoastLamb]

My thoughts also on ticket price to see those matches. Hopefully a more evenly matched final.

But at least they get the women's and men's doubles matches afterwards, don't they? At least the men's I seem to recall.

[JAMES4578]

Today's centre court programme also included 1 Men's Doubles semi (which was a 3 hour match) which I think is always the case. Would like to think Johanna Konta would have provided more of a test had she played better in the quarter when expectations would not be the same, though can't be sure. Men's and Women's Doubles Final are scheduled for Saturday.

[themass15]

I know someone who got tix in the ballot for today! £160 each!! Bit pricey for what they got!

Jackie and I were there today. Mens dubs helped to make up for it.

[jackie55]

Jackie and I were there today. Mens dubs helped to make up for it.

And the seats we had were amazing:thumbup:

[patlowe]

I watched a bit of the women's doubles today involving Strycova and Hseih. Very entertaining and Strycova/Hseih have made their way into the final. Looking forward to that tomorrow. They play Dabrowski and Xu.

[RoastLamb]

Yes I really hope Gabi and partner win altho' I don't think they will. The other team are better imho. But at least she got to the final. Last Canuck standing.

[Rosalind]

Women's final very enjoyable so far. What skill from Simona!

[JAMES4578]

Some great play from Simona and amazing movement, though Serena had a tense start. Williams up 2-1 on serve in 2nd. Simona has now broken and held for 4-2, Serena under serious pressure.

[Rosalind]

It's not often I feel sorry for Serena. Halep has been amazing. Very pleased to see Simona win but she hardly let Serena win a point. Phenomenal!

[JAMES4578]

Amazing performance from Simona, well done! Pity Serena never really got going though and we did not have a longer match. Thought she would at least have asked more questions of Halep in the 2nd. Still we seen a player firmly in the zone.

[exislander]

Had expected a closer match but Simona was simply brilliant today - well done!

[lovetennis]

Well it was short but my goodness it was sweet from Halep. What a performance and a lovely victory speech from her too. :clap::clap::clap::clap:

[patlowe]

Never mind being a champion, Simona: "I'll be a member (of the AELTC) for life"is of more value to her! That was one of the loveliest winner's speeches I've ever heard. Simona played an amazing match and I am so so happy for her. She certainly foxed all the pundits. Huge congrats Simona. :trophy::clap::clap:

[Rosalind]

Well it was short but my goodness it was sweet from Halep. What a performance and a lovely victory speech from her too. :clap::clap::clap::clap:

yes, I'm not sure I would have wanted to fork out to watch it but great hour spent in front of the tv.

[Jan]

Out all day. Still not home. So pleased that Simona won!!!. Looking forward to watching the match sometime.

[Alis]

Brilliant match from Simona - she absolutely deserved the win. Serena was very gracious in defeat.

[JAMES4578]

Women's Doubles final now postponed till tomrrow with Men's Doubles still ongoing, will follow Men's Final on centre whilst Mixed has been moved to Court 1.

[Alis]

I feel sorry for the Mixed finalists being shunted to Court 1 - it's always been a perk of the Mixed Final that it is the last match to be played on Centre. Couldn't they have put the Ladies Doubles on before the Men's Singles? I wouldn't mind betting that if Andy and Serena had qualified for the final they would have still been playing on Centre Court!

[JAMES4578]

Indeed, so used to the Mixed being given pime time at the end of the Championships, suppose they don't want to start that early on the show courts. Centre court starts at 2 but it's 1 for Court 1. Think highly unlikely they would have put Andy/Serena on Court 1 had they been in final.

[RoastLamb]

That's awful for the mixed. Yes, I don't see why they can't put the women's final on at 11 a.m. Come on Wimbly!!! I bet we don't get to see it on telly or online either. Bummer!

As for the ladies' match, I am really happy for Simona. Great match and fantastic win. She was so cute at the interview and in her presser. I think Serena was hurt because she didn't play a top ranked player until the final. But also it really irritates me that she only seems to play the slams now. Whereas the other players all have to slog it out at the lesser tournaments all year long. So, I'm glad she lost.

And I'm glad Simona beat her in such a vigorous way, FOUR breaks. Her defense is just phenomenal. And I love how she thanked Darren Cahill for all his help. I watched the ESPN feed and he's one of their commies, and Brad Gilbert told him to tell Simona to stand back on Serena's serve like Kerber did last year, and I guess he did tell her as she mentioned it in her ESPN interview. :lol:

[Alis]

What on earth happened to the coverage of the Ladies Doubles? It was being shown on BBC2 and suddenly disappeared without any warning to be replaced by Top Gear. It's not on the red button - it's nowhere to be found! So disappointing.:grrr::grrr::grrr:

[exislander]

online bbc sport website

[JAMES4578]

That is not a good look, though was unaware as I was watching via iplayer on the TV. Anyway Hsieh/strycova have taken it 6-2,6-4. Dabrowski/Xu had chances to break back to 4 all but were unable to capitalise, the 3rd seeds had he far stronger start.

[RoastLamb]

Disappointed that my Canuck lost and tbh she did not play very well, sadly. But at least she got to the final.