2022 In Between Grand Slam Thread

Korda chokes. 5-2 up in the third and loses in a tie break.

Petra Kvitova won in three sets tonight. The heat seemed to get to her near the end though. I’ve always like her as a player. Maria sakari won in straight sets but sabalenka lost in three sets.

it was a strange night on the woman’s side at Indian wells.

amanda anisimova retired in her match against Leylah Fernandez when it was cone set all going into the deciding set.

Then Naomi Osaka was brought to tears early in her game against Veronica Kudermetova because a woman in the crowd shouted “you suck” at Osaka and she wanted to address the crowd mid match but didn’t and then after she lost she asked to speak to the crowd.

I mean you suck is fairly low on the totem pole of things fans in sport shout at players.

What ever about Osaka and her problems, Anisimova is another. She had 4 match points in match against Fernandez and couldn't convert then retires due to illness in tears.

When I see Fernandez playing and I often think would it have been better for Raducanu if she was the runner up. Fernandez seems to be able to go about playing in tournaments without the hype and circus that there is around Raducanu. She is at a nice seeding, has entry to all the big tournaments, little pressure and I often think would this have been a better part for Raducanu? Then again Raducanu has a slam.

She was down 0-2 and lost the set 6-0.

well she’s been quoted as saying the tour is too long and she’s trying to play as little tournaments as possible which is hardly breaking news.

I read that the umpire wanted her to take a medical timeout but she just left the court.

I can kinda understand Anisimova doing this been a tough week with Cahill ending their coaching relationship this week and losing the 4 match points proved too much but Osaka I am having a hard time understanding. I really think she doesn't want to play the tour, look at the abuse other players get and continue on. She needs to walk away if it's too much for her mentally.

Is she trying to bring racism into it with the Williams sister comparison?

It was my impression but not overly familiar with the original incident so was just making sure.

I'd have little time for her general antics over the last year or two but playing the racism card because somebody in the crowd told her she sucked would just decrease my opinion of her even further (not condoning the heckling at all either).

Osaka needs to either grow a pair, get back to basics and commit to a proper schedule or else retire. It’s patiently obvious she’s not interested in the grind of the tour and has made enough money to last a lifetime. Fair play to her for that and if she can’t take the stresses and pressure then just walk away. I wonder how long her extensive list of sponsors will stick with her though, they can’t be happy with the level of exposure they are getting.

Playing the race card is not on though and speaking after she lost the match was disrespectful to her opponent who didn’t get major support from the crowd, it must be very difficult for the Russian players in general as the level of crowd support they are getting is very low. That’s a topic for another time though.

Animisova seemed to have a total meltdown after failing to convert the four match points, Darren Cahill opting out of their coaching agreement has led to a lot of speculation and she seems to be very mentally fragile, her Dad’s sudden death has obviously had a huge effect on her career and hopefully she can get her head together as she is a very exciting talent.

I watched Saville/Jabeur and was disappointed with Ons level, however she is only back from injury and Saville is like a Duracell bunny on court and willing to stay out there for 3hours if needed. It’s good to see her back after Achilles surgery and she has already made her way back into the top 300.

Quick mention of Marie Bouskova the nicest girl on tour beating Pegula in 3.

I don’t think anyone has sympathy for her any more. There’s far worse things said and most players just shrug them off, Osaka comes across as very needy and frankly with everything that’s going on in the world right now her pampered prima donna act is nauseating.

Anisimova I can have some sympathy for with the loss of her father and then Cahill dumping her at the start of Indian wells, I'm sure she wasn't in the right frame of mind and losing those 4 points was the straw that broke the camels back. I was laughing at one of the reports saying the umpire was asking her if she wanted a medical timeout but she had already left.

As for Osaka, I think most folks are getting sick of this crap from her and using the incident with Venus and Serena which was totally different as an excuse is a joke. Next she will asking to play behind closed doors. As I said I think she should step away if she can't handle one idiot saying she sucks.

I'm almost tempted to write a complaint to Prime Video at this stage. I stuck the highlights on this morning and was forced to watch first Cam Norrie (where the commentators moaned about how disrespectful it was to put him on an outside court) and then Dan Evans. They then showed one point from both the Medvedev and Tsitsipas matches and did the same with Osaka. Didn't so much as mention the heckling incident afterwards either.