The winner will have taken a giant step forward in her aspirations to reach the semifinals
A dynamic that he was able to maintain, with more or less problems because Ostapenko did not lower his arms at any time, in the first bars of the second set.
She returned to position with a comfortable advantage … and then the ghosts arrived, the doubts, while, on the other side of the network, the Latvian continued to risk everything for everything. It served for a match (5-2) and could not finish it off. Ostapenko won her serve and left Muguruza no room for further hesitation. This time, with his serve, he sentenced. And he did it out of conviction and calm. Garbiñe did not lose his head and obtained the revenue he was looking for.
The two main favorites of the Blanco Group, Muguruza and Czech Karolina Pliskova, fulfilled the forecasts. This Monday, they will have to prepare the duel that will face them on Tuesday. The winner will have taken a giant step forward in her aspirations to reach the semifinals.
On Monday, turn for the Red Group.
Order of play
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Simona Halep (RUM, 1) – Caroline García (FRA, 8)
Followed by
Muguruza, in the White Group of the Masters, with Pliskova, Venus and Ostapenko
Muguruza: "No more nerves or obsession with number one"
Elina Svitolina (UCR, 4) – Caroline Wozniacki (DIN, 6)
Carpe Diem. Or what is the https://worldbets.top/en/1xbet/ same: take advantage of the present moment without thinking about what the future may hold. This is what Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer are doing now that they are back at the top, at 31 and 36 years old, respectively, when a year ago the two were in dry dock and without knowing if they would regain their best level .
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Time has shown them that it is, and their return has meant the rebirth of the golden age and the demonstration to other rivals that even the greatest know how to suffer to regain their status. In the case of the Balearic, it is also the third rebirth of his career. No one had closed the year at number one nine seasons after reaching the top for the first time. Another record to add to Nadal’s exceptional records.
The men’s professional circuit has undergone a 180 degree script turn in 2017 with the roles reversed. And those who ruled a year ago … disappear at the time of the ‘top ten’. A situation that Andy Murray already knew in October 2014 after a back injury that prevented him from performing the previous year. And now experienced, a decade later, by Novak Djokovic.
By being stripped of the points they defended last year from the ATP Finals that will start this Sunday at the O2 in London (the group draw, tomorrow), the British and the Serbian have starred in the most vertiginous descents in the classification.
The Scotsman, who won the title at the London O2 in 2016, drops 13 places and stands at number 16 … the same one that Federer occupied a year ago, today, second in the world racket no matter what happens at the Masters even winning the title without losing a match would be 140 points behind Rafa).
‘Nole’, meanwhile, dropped five places and is twelfth … his worst ranking since March 2007.
Next year Murray and Djokovic face the challenge of returning to the top. See how it goes…
The Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) has wanted to give a boost to the new batch of players and this 2017 will celebrate the first edition of the ‚NextGen Finals‘ (the ‚Baby Masters‘), which will bring together the eight best U21 tennis players of the season circuit … although this time it will be seven since Alexander Zverev has resigned from the appointment.
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The German tennis player, also qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals in London (in which he will participate for the first time), has preferred not to compete the week before in order to prepare for his debut at the O2. His place will be taken by the winner of an Italian U21 tournament that concludes on November 5.
‚Sascha‘, the youngest ‚teacher‘ of the last decade, explained that "We have discussed it with my team and we have decided that it is best not to play. So sadly, I will not compete in the NextGen ATP Finals although I will travel to Milan to support the tournament and show my affection for the Italian fans who supported me during my victory in Rome.".
The Russians Karen Khachanov, Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the American Jared Donaldson, the Croatian Borna Coric and the South Korean Hyeon Chung will be the stars at the Fiera Milano from November 7 to 11.
The day after the conclusion of the Milanese tournament, it will be the turn of the London ‚masters‘.
Simona Halep took full revenge for her defeat in the Beijing final to France’s Caroline Garcia just 24 hours after reaching number one.
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The Romanian began her career in the WTA Finals in Singapore with a 6-4 and 6-2 victory, thus truncating the winning streak of eleven consecutive victories for the French tennis player.
Halep played with the pressure of having to debut against her last executioner on the circuit and knowing that a stumble put her at a disadvantage with Garbiñe Muguruza (virtually the Venezuelan-Hispanic would have already surpassed her in the ranking if Simona had opened with defeat) and was even dangerously close Czech Karolina Pliskova, also the winner in her debut.
Darren Cahill’s pupil passed the test, not without some difficulties at the beginning of the meeting. Nerves that gripped his game and that allowed García to give the warning that, at the slightest mistake, he was not going to have mercy. However, little by little Halep settled on the court, adapting better to the playing conditions, being the intelligent and complete tennis player that she is and preventing Caroline from dominating with power.
Caroline Garcia wins the Beijing Open
Halep snatches number 1 from Muguruza by qualifying for Beijing final
Now she awaits the winner of the duel between the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and the Danish Caroline Wozniacki to meet her next rival in this ‚round robin‘ of the Red Group.
Singapore is ready for the battle to begin this Sunday for the title of ‚teacher‘ of 2017 and for being the number one at the end of the season. A condition that seven of the eight tennis players who will compete in the WTA Finals opt for, the culmination of a year in which the absence of Serena Williams due to her motherhood has allowed other players to shine with their own light.
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This Friday the competition groups were drawn (to play under the format of all with all from which the four semifinalists will come out, the best two in each group).
And fortune paired Garbiñe Muguruza in the White Group with Czech Karolina Pliskova (3 in the world), American Venus Williams (5) and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (7).
In the Red Group, Simona Halep will open the defense of her number one, against the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (4), the Danish Caroline Wozniacki (6) and the French Caroline García (8), the last to join the all-star cast in Singapore .
The number one will be present in each and every one of the matches that are played. And it is that only 1,000 points currently separate the one, Simona Halep, from the seven, Jelena Ostapenko. And the Masters can offer up to 1,500 points if the title is won without losing a game. The Romanian is dependent on herself, but Muguruza’s presence at just 40 points can add pressure.
Although the Hispanic-Venezuelan will do well not to trust herself. She only has a favorable balance against Ostapenko, although her last duel, in the quarterfinals of the Chinese tournament in Wuhan, fell on the side of the young Roland Garros champion, unlike against Karolina Pliskova (2-6) and Venus Williams (2 -3). Garbiñe wants to close the year at the top.
Venus Williams remains with options in the White Group of the WTA Finals in Singapore thanks to her marathon victory over Latvian Jelena Ostapenko by 7-5, 6-7 (3) and 7-5 in three hours and 13 minutes.
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The duel between the oldest player (37) and the youngest (20) was resolved in favor of the veteran in a crazy confrontation, in which, between the two, they added 23 double faults, 44 break points and 20 service breaks!
It seemed that Venus had the game under control with 7-5 and 2-0. But Ostapenko is one of those rivals that one cannot trust. As soon as her strokes meet the lines she becomes another player. He caught a good run and was holding on to the scoreboard. He even saved a first match point on serve at 5-4 for Williams.
Everything would be decided in a third and final set in which nobody could specify their advantage. Until in the last two games it was Venus who showed the hunger of a debutante. It was eight years since the American had won a match in the ‚teachers‘ tournament.
He did it again and was thus given the opportunity to qualify for the semifinals in the duel with Garbiñe Muguruza (the one who will close the White Group), who has to face Karolina Pliskova.
It is enough for the Czech to win to secure a place in that round, a result that would already leave Ostapenko out; the Spanish-Venezuelan would need a win in two sets to achieve it.
Caroline Wozniacki was returning to the WTA Finals three years later. And she did it with a resounding triumph against one of her particular ‚black beasts‘, the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who had beaten her the three times they had faced each other. But in Singapore the tables turned completely and starkly: 6-2 and 6-0 in just 58 minutes.
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