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CANCÚN, Mexico – They’re starting earlier in Cancún Wednesday, with the late doubles match on Tuesday having been rained out.
So Canadians Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe got an earlier start as they faced the team they defeated in the US Open final. And also the team that knocked Dabrowski’s BJK Cup teammate Leylah Fernandez out of the doubles here. And they beat them – qualifying for the semifinals
On the singles side – the only player who wasn’t a complete mope out there was Iga Swiatek.
(Cancún is an hour behind EDT; Midland is on EDT)
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WTA Finals
Location: Cancun, Mexico
Category: WTA Finals
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 29 – Nov. 5, 2023
Prize money: $9,000,000
Draws: S8 – D8
WTA FinalsWednesday, Nov. 1, 2023
Final results
Singles, round robin
[2] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. [3] Coco Gauff (USA) 60 75
[6] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. [7] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 64 63
Doubles, round robin
[7] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def [6] Laura Siegemund (GER) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 64 62
[2] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def. [8] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 75 64
[4] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. [1] Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) 36 75 [10-6]
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Dow Tennis Classic
Location: Midland, Mich.
Category: WTA 125
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 30 – Nov. 5, 2023
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16
Dow Tennis ClassicWednesday, Nov. 1, 2023
Final results
Singles, second round
Katherine Sebov (USA) def [5] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 64 60
Hailey Baptiste (USA) def [2] Peyton Stearns (USA) 62 67 (4) 62
[3] Alycia Parks (USA) def. Carole Monnet (FRA) 63 62
[4] Taylor Townsend (USA) def. [ALT] Yuliia Starodubtsewa (UKR) 61 36 62
Singles, first round
Rebecca Marino (CAN) def [9] Emiliana Arango (COL) 63 67 (9) 75
[1] Emma Navarro (USA) def. [Q] Chloe Beck (USA) 62 63
[7] Emina Bektas (USA) def. [WC] McCartney Kessler (USA) 26 64 75
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. Heather Watson (GBR) 64 64
Doubles, quarterfinals
[3] Sophie Chang / Ashley Lahey (USA) def Anna Rogers / Alana Smith (USA) 64 64
Doubles, first round
[4] Ashlyn Krueger / Angela Kulikov (USA) def. Sofia Sewing (USA) / Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) 64 63
Dalayna Hewitt / Victoria Hu (USA) def. Carole Monnet (FRA) / Raluka Serban (CYP) 63 46 [10-3]
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Personally, I prefer the shorter 10 pt super tiebreaker 3 rd set as I want quality of tennis over quantity. I would much rather watch a short high quality set than a long slogging low quality one. Like the 5 set 2020 US Open men’s final Thiem vs Zverev. It was way too long and by the end they both played like amateurs just trying to get the ball over the net. It was kind of embarrassing and I think the viewing audience and both players suffered.
I can’t believe the WTA doubles finals are not 2 out of 3 normal sets. What are Steve Simon and the WTA thinking?
Ultimately, the WTA has to ask itself if the product they are offering is worth watching for a full normal match or even 3 out of 5 sets at the Slams. I say it is.
Everybody that cares about women’s pro tennis, including the WTA, should be lobbying for 3 out of 5 sets at the slams. At least from the 1/16 onwards as an initial test for one year. There is just too much of the kind of thinking that, yeah, the girls have to finish their 2/3 set match quickly because Nadal or someone is on afterwards and that 3/5 is going to be the “real” entertainment.
I don’t think that’s the … thinking … since they do it for doubles AT THE ATP FINALS, too.
Oh, you didn’t know that? That tracks.
That truly is … not the thinking. I mean, maybe some idiots think this.
You should probably check your facts before you offer your opinion about … well, most things, really.