Internationaux de Strasbourg, France - WTA International

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DATE: September 20 - 26, 2020
SURFACE: Clay
PRIZE MONEY: $202,250
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Dayana Yastremska

Seeds:

1. Karolina Pliskova
2. Elina Svitolina
3. Kiki Bertens
4. Aryna Sabalenka
5. Elena Rybakina
6. Amanda Anisimova
7. Ekaterina Alexandrova
8. Sloane Stephens

The Tournament:

The Internationaux de Strasbourg (formally known as the Strasbourg Grand Prix) is a professional women's tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. It is an International-level outdoor event of the WTA Tour played on clay courts. The tournament has been organized in May since it inception in 1987 and serves as a warm-up event to the French Open which is played a week later.

The tournament was played at the Hautepierre before moving to the Strasbourg’s Tennis Club in 2011.

Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf (singles), Jennifer Capriati (singles), Lindsay Davenport (two singles, one doubles), Maria Sharapova (singles), Martina Navratilova (doubles), and Ashleigh Barty (two doubles). The current champion is Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, having defeated Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia in three sets.

About Strasbourg:

Strasbourg is the capital and largest city of the Grand Est region of France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin department.

In 2017, the city proper had 280,966 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 494,089 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 785,839 in 2016 (not counting the section across the border in Germany), making it the ninth-largest metro area in France and home to 13% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 958,421 inhabitants.

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[MargaretMcAleer]

Surley Pliskova will withdraw? she has made the s/finals in Rome. and is defending champion....does not make sense to me just before Roland Garos.

 

[Hoergren]

What's wrong with Stephens - no joy in playing - clearly beaten today

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

What's wrong with Stephens - no joy in playing - clearly beaten today

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Sloane has been disinterested in tennis for sometime,she is a talented player as we have seen,winning a GS title,these days it seems she is just making up the numbers on the WTA tour.

 

[Moxie]

Sloane has been disinterested in tennis for sometime,she is a talented player as we have seen,winning a GS title,these days it seems she is just making up the numbers on the WTA tour.

I really hope that's not where her heart is...I really do hope she finds her fire back for the game.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Q/finals,

J.Ostapenko vs N.Hibino
K.Siniakova vs A.Sabalenka (4)
J.Teichmann vs E.Svitolina (2)
S.Zhang vs E.Rybakina (5)

 

[kskate2]

I really hope that's not where her heart is...I really do hope she finds her fire back for the game.

ES has been distracted for awhile. She’s planning her wedding and can’t seem to split her time effectively


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[MargaretMcAleer]

Last q/final between K.Siniakova vs A.Sabalenka has been suspended due to rain,they were starting the 2nd set when the rain came.

K.Siniakova won the 1st set 62

Results of earlier q/final matches,

N.Hibono d J.Ostapenko 76(2) 76 (4)....Hibino has had a great tournament so far making the s.finals and defeating 2 GS title player's along the way.Stephens in rd 1 and now Ostapenko in the q/final.

E.Svitolina (2) d J.Teichmann 64 63
E.Rybakina (5) d S.Zhang 63 62.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ES has been distracted for awhile. She’s planning her wedding and can’t seem to split her time effectively


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Maybe Sloane needs to hire a 'Wedding Planner' cause this has been going on for a few years now

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

S/finals Friday 25/9/20,

10.00am start,
Q/final match between K.Siniakova vs A.Sabalenka (4) 6-2,1-2 due to be completed,the match was suspended due to rain.

Not before 1.30pm,
N.Hibino vs E.Rybakina(5)

After suitable rest - not before 3.30pm,

K,Siniakova or A.Sabalenka (4) vs E.Svitolina (2).

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results of s/final matches,

Q/final match completed......A.Sabalenka (4) d K.Siniakova 26 63 63.

E.Rybakina (5) d N.Hibino 63 64
E.Svitolina (2) d A.Sabalenka (4) 62 46 64.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Ladies Singles Final..............11.00am start.......Saturday 26/9/2020

E.Svitolina (2) vs E.Rybakina (5)........this is the first meeting between the players.

 

[isabelle]

I bet on Svito

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

No 2 seed Elina Svitolina won her 2nd WTA Tour Title of 2020 defeating the No 5 seed Elena Rybakina 64 16 62.Well done to Elina!