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[vennali]

Osaka is on the rise again after her mental/emotional breakdown and later turning into motherhood which led to a year of absence from the game. Tonight she made an incredible comeback from being 0-4 down in the 2nd set tiebreaker and later down 6-3 to win the set 7-6(11-9). She saved 4 set points on the way to winning the 2nd set. She might be coming back into form sooner rather than later and might win a title by the end of the year. If she manages to stay fit throughout the season.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Osaka is on the rise again after her mental/emotional breakdown and later turning into motherhood which led to a year of absence from the game. Tonight she made an incredible comeback from being 0-4 down in the 2nd set tiebreaker and later down 6-3 to win the set 7-6(11-9). She saved 4 set points on the way to winning the 2nd set. She might be coming back into form sooner rather than later and might win a title by the end of the year. If she manages to stay fit throughout the season.

Oh cool, I love her game and her overall attitude, so humble.
For some reason I thought she retired for good after her mental problems and especially because she also got a child last year.
Didn't expect her to come back for another try, hopefully she can stay healthy, physically as well as mentally especially!

I once saw her at a sponsor event in Tokyo, there is so much hype around her, it's crazy. Japan doesn't have a lot of international sports stars so the few they have get a lot of attention!

[aoluain]

Osaka is on the rise again after her mental/emotional breakdown and later turning into motherhood which led to a year of absence from the game. Tonight she made an incredible comeback from being 0-4 down in the 2nd set tiebreaker and later down 6-3 to win the set 7-6(11-9). She saved 4 set points on the way to winning the 2nd set. She might be coming back into form sooner rather than later and might win a title by the end of the year. If she manages to stay fit throughout the season.

Oh cool, I love her game and her overall attitude, so humble.
For some reason I thought she retired for good after her mental problems and especially because she also got a child last year.
Didn't expect her to come back for another try, hopefully she can stay healthy, physically as well as mentally especially!

I once saw her at a sponsor event in Tokyo, there is so much hype around her, it's crazy. Japan doesn't have a lot of international sports stars so the few they have get a lot of attention!

Yea its great to see her back winning. It was only a matter of time before she got to
this stage, she has the skills and mental strength back IMO.

Thats interesting about Japan, they dont actually have that many high profile international
sports people. Previously Osaka had felt the pressure of all the attention, that in itself
can be hard to manage for young rising sporters.

So its the Ukrainian Tsurenko who she plays next, could be a tough one but hopefully she
comes through to the quarter finals.

[serveria.com]

Osaka is on the rise again after her mental/emotional breakdown and later turning into motherhood which led to a year of absence from the game. Tonight she made an incredible comeback from being 0-4 down in the 2nd set tiebreaker and later down 6-3 to win the set 7-6(11-9). She saved 4 set points on the way to winning the 2nd set. She might be coming back into form sooner rather than later and might win a title by the end of the year. If she manages to stay fit throughout the season.

Oh cool, I love her game and her overall attitude, so humble.
For some reason I thought she retired for good after her mental problems and especially because she also got a child last year.
Didn't expect her to come back for another try, hopefully she can stay healthy, physically as well as mentally especially!

I once saw her at a sponsor event in Tokyo, there is so much hype around her, it's crazy. Japan doesn't have a lot of international sports stars so the few they have get a lot of attention!

Yea its great to see her back winning. It was only a matter of time before she got to
this stage, she has the skills and mental strength back IMO.

Thats interesting about Japan, they dont actually have that many high profile international
sports people. Previously Osaka had felt the pressure of all the attention, that in itself
can be hard to manage for young rising sporters.

So its the Ukrainian Tsurenko who she plays next, could be a tough one but hopefully she
comes through to the quarter finals.

Frankly, I don't see how the Ukrainian veteran can win in this encounter. Osaka just has superior everything and she is determined to get to the later stages of this tournament.

Czech derby Noskova v Pliskova also looks very promising, we'll be able to enjoy some top-level tennis!

[vennali]

Yea its great to see her back winning. It was only a matter of time before she got to
this stage, she has the skills and mental strength back IMO.

Thats interesting about Japan, they dont actually have that many high profile international
sports people. Previously Osaka had felt the pressure of all the attention, that in itself
can be hard to manage for young rising sporters.

So its the Ukrainian Tsurenko who she plays next, could be a tough one but hopefully she
comes through to the quarter finals.

Tsurenko gave a walkover to Osaka, so. Easily through to the next round. A couple of interesting matches coming up in WTA Doha. Swiatek takes on Alexandrova and Azarenka will face Ostapenko. In ATP, Monfils beats Shapovalov 2-0 and Raonic puts an end to in-form Bublik in straight sets.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Yea its great to see her back winning. It was only a matter of time before she got to
this stage, she has the skills and mental strength back IMO.

Thats interesting about Japan, they dont actually have that many high profile international
sports people. Previously Osaka had felt the pressure of all the attention, that in itself
can be hard to manage for young rising sporters.

So its the Ukrainian Tsurenko who she plays next, could be a tough one but hopefully she
comes through to the quarter finals.

Tsurenko gave a walkover to Osaka, so. Easily through to the next round. A couple of interesting matches coming up in WTA Doha. Swiatek takes on Alexandrova and Azarenka will face Ostapenko. In ATP, Monfils beats Shapovalov 2-0 and Raonic puts an end to in-form Bublik in straight sets.

Japan is going through a lot of things right now. The young generation of that country especially has a lot of problems if I am not wrong. And a few days ago, Japan has been through a big natural calamity as well.

 Anyway, Japan definitely does not have many international sports people in my opinion as well. Osaka was definitely emotional and right now I think she has actually been able to recover pretty well. In the next match, she is going to play against  Tsurenko. This is not going to be easy for her to win.  but I believe she has the capability. She definitely has the skills.  but she will have to be mentally confident and strong.

[bitbollo]

I don't know guys if you have seen Sinner's match yesterday... but his performance was pretty nice as usual in the last period.
he had already won this year against the Dutch player.
I wan't expecting any big surprises. apart from a few aces there was practically never a match between the players...

the odds of 1.10 are low but interesting since Sinner was capable of winning a match without any problem...

[aoluain]

I don't know guys if you have seen Sinner's match yesterday... but his performance was pretty nice as usual in the last period.
he had already won this year against the Dutch player.
I wan't expecting any big surprises. apart from a few aces there was practically never a match between the players...

the odds of 1.10 are low but interesting since Sinner was capable of winning a match without any problem...

I was looking forward to that match, his performance was brilliant and he does seem to have carried
his top performance from AO.

van de Zandschulp has been struggling for the last 12 months or more so Sinner's next outing against
Monfils will be a bigger test. Rune and Rublev are still in the mix too so they could pose a big threat
to Sinner taking the title but personally I think its looking very good for him.

Yea its great to see her back winning. It was only a matter of time before she got to
this stage, she has the skills and mental strength back IMO.

Thats interesting about Japan, they dont actually have that many high profile international
sports people. Previously Osaka had felt the pressure of all the attention, that in itself
can be hard to manage for young rising sporters.

So its the Ukrainian Tsurenko who she plays next, could be a tough one but hopefully she
comes through to the quarter finals.

Tsurenko gave a walkover to Osaka, so. Easily through to the next round. A couple of interesting matches coming up in WTA Doha. Swiatek takes on Alexandrova and Azarenka will face Ostapenko. In ATP, Monfils beats Shapovalov 2-0 and Raonic puts an end to in-form Bublik in straight sets.

Getting a walkover doesnt help any player IMO other than energy conservation, they want to be playing
matches and building momentum, its good to see her through to the next round, she plays Pliskova next.

Bublik losing was not what I had bet on!, well done to Raonic, he seems to be building his performance.

[serveria.com]

Rybakina defeated Fernandez in a relatively easy match in straight sets 6:4, 6:2. Pavluychenkova is also through into the semis.

Swiatek v Azarenka is live now and the winner predicted by the bookies is Swiatek and her chances are overwhelming: something like 85% vs 15% for the Belarussian. Last match of the day will be Osaka v Pliskova and I'm sure we'll see some quality tennis there too.

[aoluain]

Osaka v Pliskova - Osaka was just beaten in 2 sets with 2 tie breaks - close! I expect Osaka
to be stronger on her next tournament outing, I believe she is getting stronger and stronger.

Pliskova meets top seed Swiatek next, TBH I wouldnt know what way this is going to go.
Swiatek can lose matches she is expected to win.

Over at Rotterdam, Sinner beat Monfils in 3 sets and Rune got beaten by Shevchenko.
In a very entertaining 3 set and 3 tie breaks Griekspoor beat Hurkacz and plays
Ruusuvuori next in the quarter finals. The odds on this are 1.65 v 2.25 to the Dutchman,
he might be worth a bet to go to the semis.

[vennali]

New Bombshell out in tennis news as one of the top prospects of Romanian tennis Sara Maria Popa alleges that Mouratoglou Academy are supplying performance enhancing drugs to teenagers who train at their academy. Sara Maria Popa also spoke about the case of Simona Halep and mentioned that many athletes resort to banned substances. I will quote her statement below:

I want it to end well, as does every person who supports it. There were mistakes on both sides. Maybe she should have been careful too, maybe the people from Mouratoglou should have been careful too, to tell her exactly when to give her that substance, perhaps. I don't know the details and I don't want to go into too much. We don't know the insides. There are athletes who take those substances, only they don't get caught because they know exactly when to eliminate the substance and they know exactly when to take them. I, for example, was tested weekly and never took. But I can't put my hand in the fire for the other athletes. Supplements are different from the substances that the physical trainers and doctors at the Academies give to the athletes. Supplements are exactly the daily pills that every person can take.
I went when I was 12 years old. I played at the Mouratoglou Academy. It is true, from a young age athletes are given some substances. In juniors, you are not controlled by Anti-doping. They let you grow up a little more, to turn 17, and from then on the checks start more intensively. Players and parents must agree. They are given a sheet and must sign to agree to take that substance. The first time I was scared, I really didn't know what was going on (no - anti-doping controls)

while speaking to AS.ro

What are your thoughts? Are more players going to voice their opinions on doping slowly? Do you think there might be some top players that might be doping and who?

[serveria.com]

New Bombshell out in tennis news as one of the top prospects of Romanian tennis Sara Maria Popa alleges that Mouratoglou Academy are supplying performance enhancing drugs to teenagers who train at their academy. Sara Maria Popa also spoke about the case of Simona Halep and mentioned that many athletes resort to banned substances. I will quote her statement below:

I want it to end well, as does every person who supports it. There were mistakes on both sides. Maybe she should have been careful too, maybe the people from Mouratoglou should have been careful too, to tell her exactly when to give her that substance, perhaps. I don't know the details and I don't want to go into too much. We don't know the insides. There are athletes who take those substances, only they don't get caught because they know exactly when to eliminate the substance and they know exactly when to take them. I, for example, was tested weekly and never took. But I can't put my hand in the fire for the other athletes. Supplements are different from the substances that the physical trainers and doctors at the Academies give to the athletes. Supplements are exactly the daily pills that every person can take.
I went when I was 12 years old. I played at the Mouratoglou Academy. It is true, from a young age athletes are given some substances. In juniors, you are not controlled by Anti-doping. They let you grow up a little more, to turn 17, and from then on the checks start more intensively. Players and parents must agree. They are given a sheet and must sign to agree to take that substance. The first time I was scared, I really didn't know what was going on (no - anti-doping controls)

while speaking to AS.ro

What are your thoughts? Are more players going to voice their opinions on doping slowly? Do you think there might be some top players that might be doping and who?

I'm pretty sure that most/all top players are taking performance enhancing drugs. As a tennis insider I can tell you that it's true. Top players like Rafa Nadal, Williams sisters etc are awarded TUE and can't be tested at all.

Anyway, in Doha today we will only see one semifinal as Karolina Pliskova who had to meet World #1 Iga Swiatek has withdrawn.

P.S. Rybakina is through to the final.

[bct_ail]

I don't know guys if you have seen Sinner's match yesterday... but his performance was pretty nice as usual in the last period.
he had already won this year against the Dutch player.
I wan't expecting any big surprises. apart from a few aces there was practically never a match between the players...

the odds of 1.10 are low but interesting since Sinner was capable of winning a match without any problem...

I was looking forward to that match, his performance was brilliant and he does seem to have carried
his top performance from AO.

It was a little more difficult for Sinner against Moflis and he lost a set in that match. But he is generally on the right track. I think the won of the Australian Open was his door opener and he will perform very well this year.
He will play against Milos Raonic in the quarter-finals in Rotterdam. Raonic had beaten Bublik in 2 sets with 6:4 each.
It looks like Sinner can win this tournament.

[Strongkored]

Anyway, in Doha today we will only see one semifinal as Karolina Pliskova who had to meet World #1 Iga Swiatek has withdrawn.

Actually, it wasn't fun enough that when have reached the semifinals one of them withdrew.
It would have been quite interesting if Osaka had won the quarterfinals yesterday and watching her compete with Swiatek would probably have been an exciting match.
Elena Rybakina reached the final after beating Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets and only a few moments did the third seed experience problems but overall Rybakina managed to overcome her opponent well.
This would be an ideal final, the first seed with the third seed, the last meeting was an exhibition match where Swiatek managed to win but overall in the official match Rybakina was ahead so this will be an even match and maybe Rybakina can win her third title this year and continue her winning streak, but Swiatek looks pretty solid at the moment.

[fuguebtc]

Anyway, in Doha today we will only see one semifinal as Karolina Pliskova who had to meet World #1 Iga Swiatek has withdrawn.

Actually, it wasn't fun enough that when have reached the semifinals one of them withdrew.
It would have been quite interesting if Osaka had won the quarterfinals yesterday and watching her compete with Swiatek would probably have been an exciting match.
Elena Rybakina reached the final after beating Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets and only a few moments did the third seed experience problems but overall Rybakina managed to overcome her opponent well.
This would be an ideal final, the first seed with the third seed, the last meeting was an exhibition match where Swiatek managed to win but overall in the official match Rybakina was ahead so this will be an even match and maybe Rybakina can win her third title this year and continue her winning streak, but Swiatek looks pretty solid at the moment.

Elena Rybakina will face Swiatek in the next match. The next match is also going to be the final of this tournament as well. This is going to be a competitive match in my opinion. At least I hope it will be because I don't want the final to be a one sided match. I don't think it is going to be a one sided match because as you said, it is a match between the first seed and the third seed. So it is going to be very unexpected if it is one-sided somehow.  But I think that Swiatek is going to be the favourite to win this match.  But it is not going to be easy for her. Not going to be easy for either of them to be honest.

[serveria.com]

Anyway, in Doha today we will only see one semifinal as Karolina Pliskova who had to meet World #1 Iga Swiatek has withdrawn.

Actually, it wasn't fun enough that when have reached the semifinals one of them withdrew.
It would have been quite interesting if Osaka had won the quarterfinals yesterday and watching her compete with Swiatek would probably have been an exciting match.
Elena Rybakina reached the final after beating Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets and only a few moments did the third seed experience problems but overall Rybakina managed to overcome her opponent well.
This would be an ideal final, the first seed with the third seed, the last meeting was an exhibition match where Swiatek managed to win but overall in the official match Rybakina was ahead so this will be an even match and maybe Rybakina can win her third title this year and continue her winning streak, but Swiatek looks pretty solid at the moment.

Elena Rybakina will face Swiatek in the next match. The next match is also going to be the final of this tournament as well. This is going to be a competitive match in my opinion. At least I hope it will be because I don't want the final to be a one sided match. I don't think it is going to be a one sided match because as you said, it is a match between the first seed and the third seed. So it is going to be very unexpected if it is one-sided somehow.  But I think that Swiatek is going to be the favourite to win this match.  But it is not going to be easy for her. Not going to be easy for either of them to be honest.

Yeah, Swiatek is doing great but let's not forget that H2H is 3:1 in favour of Rybakina and she has been a very uncomfortable opponent for Iga so far. Also the fact that Rybakina is improving from match to match and she is feeling much more comfortable now than when the tournament started. If she will keep this momentum, she can beat Iga.

[bitbollo]

just finished the first set Sinner against Raonic 7 - 6 . The canadian player has committed some errors during tie break and the loss was practically there. However great match between the two players, Raonic is not young anymore but has been able to compete very well today. let's see next set

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forfait. Raonic has just left the match.

[aoluain]

just finished the first set Sinner against Raonic 7 - 6 . The canadian player has committed some errors during tie break and the loss was practically there. However great match between the two players, Raonic is not young anymore but has been able to compete very well today. let's see next set

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forfait. Raonic has just left the match.

Yes I was watching this, he is still succumbing to injuries. He did right, he was visually
struggling with his ankle I think so no point in damaging it further.

Sinner is struggling a bit in this tournament, he says ots the court and its heavyness,
I think he would have beaten Raonic last night anyway TBH

He plays homeboy Griekspoor who is having a fantastic tournament with his home crowd,
it will be a big upset though if he goes on to beat Sinner.

Second semi final is de Minaur v Dimitrov - there he is again in the mix, Dimitrov is again
playing great but he isnt favourite surprisingly.

[serveria.com]

just finished the first set Sinner against Raonic 7 - 6 . The canadian player has committed some errors during tie break and the loss was practically there. However great match between the two players, Raonic is not young anymore but has been able to compete very well today. let's see next set

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forfait. Raonic has just left the match.

Yes I was watching this, he is still succumbing to injuries. He did right, he was visually
struggling with his ankle I think so no point in damaging it further.

Sinner is struggling a bit in this tournament, he says ots the court and its heavyness,
I think he would have beaten Raonic last night anyway TBH

He plays homeboy Griekspoor who is having a fantastic tournament with his home crowd,
it will be a big upset though if he goes on to beat Sinner.

Second semi final is de Minaur v Dimitrov - there he is again in the mix, Dimitrov is again
playing great but he isnt favourite surprisingly.

Yeah, Dimitrov is showing some world-class tennis in Rotterdam. If you're placing bets on his matches you should take this into account. If he's not a favourite, perhaps it's a good chance to win some easy money.

Meanwhile at a bit neglected Argentina Open in Buenos Aires semi-finalists are known: Alcaraz is facing Jarry, while Coria and Diaz Acosta will meet in an all-Argentinian semifinal. 

[rdbase]

I don't know guys if you have seen Sinner's match yesterday... but his performance was pretty nice as usual in the last period.
he had already won this year against the Dutch player.
I wan't expecting any big surprises. apart from a few aces there was practically never a match between the players...

the odds of 1.10 are low but interesting since Sinner was capable of winning a match without any problem...

Sinner has been playing impressive and didn't expect his odds to be any good to put in a single bet but have him on my parlay with other sports matches today.
Had put a couple of bets on the other players in this tournament but they have been all over the board and not as consistent with their gameplay like Sinner has been.

Also in the Qatar Open Swiatek won the first set in the finals so will likely stay at her No.1 spot in the WTA standings.