2025 WTA News & Gossip

[MargaretMcAleer]

Quite frankly this is a joke no? lol!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Quick Summary todays play WTA Berlin 500

Kastakina's slump continues losing in straight sets to X Wang 63 62
Osaka who received a wild card loses in a tough 3 set match to Samsonova 36 76(3) 64
Keys who I have as a potential Wimbledon threat this year loses in a tight 2 set match to Vondrousova 75 76(6)
Andreescu who received a wild card, had a tough 1st round match against the inform Anisimova losing 64 63
Rybakina in a much needed win 63 76(3) over Krueger, Krueger came in as a LL, as Zheng withdrew with a neck injury
Shnaider defeated Vekic with ease 62 64

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

God help me just read that Alcaraz said that Raducanu will be the 'Boss' in their mixed doubles match
Alcaraz has had a 'soft spot' for Emma over the last couple of years, so I guess he gets his wish to play mixed doubles with her

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Confirmed Womens Top 8 seeds at Wimbledon
1. Saba
2. Gauff
3. Pegula
4 Paolini
5 Zheng
6 Keys
7 Andreeva
8 Swiatek

 

[kskate2]

God help me just read that Alcaraz said that Raducanu will be the 'Boss' in their mixed doubles match
Alcaraz has had a 'soft spot' for Emma over the last couple of years, so I guess he gets his wish to play mixed doubles with her

He has a soft spot until he finds out how lazy she is. They won't make the cut. From what I heard on TC, only 8 teams will make it

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Jazz Paolini has finalist points to defend at Wimbledon this year and going by her defeat at the hands of LL Ons Jabeur today in Berlin 61 63, she will need to play much better she was outplayed in all departments, I realize this was Jazz's first match on grass, also this was Ons Jabeur's first Top 5 win in 2 years
Defending champion Jess Pegula defeated in 3 tight sets by Samonsova 67(8) 75 76(5) Samsonsova served 18 Aces and saved 2 MPs
Badosa d Navarro 76(2) 63
Sabalenka's match v Masarova suspended due to the court being slippery, Saba wanted to continue, Masarova did not. Sabalenka won the 1st set 62

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Osaka has received a wild card into Bad Himburg, I guess she needs to grass match play, still I am not a fan of playing a tournament soo close to a major, players can pick up an injury

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wimbledon has awarded the following players with main draw wild cards,
Jodie Burrage (GBR)
Harriet Dart (GBR)
Francesca Jones (GBR)
Harriet Klugman (GBR)
Mika Stousavljovic (GBR)
Heather Watson (GBR)
Mingee XU (GBR)
Petra Kvitova (CZE)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Pam Shriver is stepping down as one of Donna Vekic coaches, Pam has been a part of her coaching team since 2022
With the horrid bush fires, Shriver's family went through, she has decided to spend more family time, I dont blame her.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Petra Kvitova has announced today that 2025 will be her final season on tour, she expects the USO will be her final tournamennt
Personally I am not surprised, since coming back on tour Petra has really struggled to find any form she has received a wild card at Wimbledon this year, being a 2 time champion, which was expected.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results from WTA500 Berlin
Sabalenka returned to finish her match as it was called off due to the grass being slippery and it was becoming too dark
Sabalenka d Masarova 62 76(6)
A upset result, X Wang d Gauff 63 63, Coco never looked comfortable in this match, though it was her first grass match after the clay season
Rybakina 64 76(5) over Siniakova
Vondrousova d Shnaider 63 67(3) 63
Anisimova d Frech 62 46 63

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wimbledon main draw ceremony will be conducted 10.00 on Friday 27th June

 

[lomaha]

He has a soft spot until he finds out how lazy she is. They won't make the cut. From what I heard on TC, only 8 teams will make it

I'm pretty sure if they don't make the cut they will get a wildcard. Rune and Anisimova is nr 9 at the moment, so if just one of the teams in front of them gets injured or something like that, they'll be in.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I'm pretty sure if they don't make the cut they will get a wildcard. Rune and Anisimova is nr 9 at the moment, so if just one of the teams in front of them gets injured or something like that, they'll be in.

I read that Rune wasnt going to play as he was against the mixed doubles format at the USO?

 

[kskate2]

I'm pretty sure if they don't make the cut they will get a wildcard. Rune and Anisimova is nr 9 at the moment, so if just one of the teams in front of them gets injured or something like that, they'll be in.

I don't know about that. I think they're reserving the WC's for actual doubs team, not the celebrity pairings.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA500 Berlin,
QFs Friday 20th June,

Sabalenka (1) vs Rybakina rematch of the AO2022 final
Vondrousova who is finding form vs LL Jabeur rematch of the 2023 Wimbledon final
Badosa (8) vs Q Wang Xin
Anisimova vs Samsonova

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Nottingham Open,
QFs 20th June,

Fernandez (5) vs Yastremska
Boutler (8) vs Kessler
Tauson (2) ( Hoergren will be delighted) vs Linette (6)
Noshoova (7) vs Stramkova

 

[lomaha]

I read that Rune wasnt going to play as he was against the mixed doubles format at the USO?

No he enlistet with Anisimova

 

[lomaha]

I don't know about that. I think they're reserving the WC's for actual doubs team, not the celebrity pairings.

No the first 8 places is for the ones with the highest rankings and then there's 8 wildcards to the celebrity pairings.
These couples are the highest ranked at the moment: (From a danish newspaper so in danish - Rune and Anisimova has 22 kombined as nr. 9)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

No he enlistet with Anisimova

Okay thanks