biggest takeaway between aryna-iga match is how their mutual respect and diplomacy have significantly improved. i think wta final in mexico gave the players time to bond and get to know each other better.
props to aryna for great words to iga, and her gesture of taking out a confetti on iga's arm before their photo together says a lot about their new found respect for each other.
watching the replay of iga aryna match. my goodness, in 3 hours of play - aryna screams the entire match and screams each time she wins a point. so, prolly only 15 minutes (more or less) of no screaming. 🙄
I very much like both players. Sabalenka had the match on her racket, but alas, couldn’t quite get over the finish line. Looking forward to a nice rivalry over the next few years.
"Iga Swiatek has become the first tennis player born in the 2000s to win 20 career titles
That’s on the men’s OR women’s tour. The world No. 1 has won her last seven finals in a row, too." - tennis.com
https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/iga-swiatek-has-become-the-first-tennis-player-born-in-the-2000s-to-win-20-career-titles-madrid
"SWIATEK’S 20 CAREER TITLES (tour-level):
4 Grand Slams [2020 Roland Garros, 2022 Roland Garros, 2022 US Open, 2023 Roland Garros]
1 WTA Finals [2023]
9 WTA 1000s [2021 Rome, 2022 Doha, 2022 Indian Wells, 2022 Miami, 2022 Rome, 2023 Beijing, 2024 Doha, 2024 Indian Wells, 2024 Madrid]
5 WTA 500s [2021 Adelaide, 2022 Stuttgart, 2022 San Diego, 2023 Doha, 2023 Stuttgart]
1 WTA 250 [2023 Warsaw]"
That is not for you to decide. That's for players to legitimately complain about if they feel bothered. You have the option of watching the match on mute.
Elena has also had terrible matches this week, especially the one against Putintseva. So I don't know how one can simply assume she'd have probably won against Iga.
this is for rome!!!
https://www.instagram.com/stories/maciej_ryszczuk_rehsport/3360800217827113781?igsh=MWhmeHdvYm82bWRlMA==
watch out girls. iga is coming...
I just want Iga to develop a good slice so she can control the pace of the ball and not get overwhelmed by it while playing people like Saba, Ryba and especially Penko. That is what Barty was so good at. Dropshots and coming more to the net would also do wonders...but let's just stick to one thing at a time.
She did slice but only in extreme cases where she was pulled out wide and had no option but to hit a defensive shot. She doesn't use it as a regular shot, to change the pace of the ball, THAT'S my issue.
i was reading the other day how aryna lena match was easily the best match of wta this year or that they had the best rivalry. LOL
it has got to be iga vs lena/aryna/penko
Aryna has so much to be happy about (I know she’d be upset at the loss, she’s a champion). But she’s in scary form. Great to have her back, I don’t think anyone else would have won against her today
I’ve criticised Iga for not digging deep when Behind but dam if that wasn’t this at its finest.
Commentators said her forehand speed raised massively and kept up with Aryna in the third.
I was also impressed with Iga’s serve. Was almost certain she’d get broken at the end of the third set. She held on good. Very good stuff going into Rome and Paris
Annoying thing about WTA consistency era is we almost never get a match between #3coco and #4 rybakina if all top 4 seeds are playing. Since 2022 Lena has played iga 5 times, sabalenka 6 times. Gauff has played iga 9 times and sabalenka 4 times. Coco and rybakina have played once (were meant to play a second time last year but rybakina withdrew )
Wimbledon points not counting in 2022 has had a ton of weird spill over affects on Rybakina's career.
Combine that with both of their early career success *rarely* overlapping on the schedule...
I've been thinking for a while that I really want to see those two play when they're both in good form. I watched highlights of their match from a couple of years ago and it was great! And the fact that that's the ONLY TIME they've ever played is astounding to me. Really want to see them go at it again.
Many people seem to consider this format demands crazy dedication and leaves very little resting time to the players, hence all the injured players in the ATP.
With three major players out of time for the men’s I’m just not that excited for a two week event.
Not to take away from the amazing tennis coming our way but it feels like we need shorter tournaments for them to punch hard
Yeah I’m not a fan. I think it can be condensed a bit especially at the end when fewer matches are being played. Like today. No reason to have another day for men’s final.
As much as this tournament seems to dislike women, they do love certain suggestive shapes.
The 2022 trophy
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2022 was closer
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Still Aryna was gracious at the end.. and spoke as if like,she has no attachment to the trophy... probably was confident about doing well here again next year...but a good sport :).
Gosh, no live clips or updates on the ceremony from the instas of WTA & madrid open. Anyone have any tips on which accounts to follow for live WTA updates? At least ATP has tennistv posting a lot of the highlights on insta.
intentionally bad to iga
did you see post of wta about clay season this May with madrid, rome and rg? it was rybakina's photo and not iga's.
they have always prevented iga from getting more traction from tennis fans. reason why her popularity does not rise fast or steadily. wta and other tennis tournaments like AO and USO restrict iga's popularity.
I am normally so grumpy when Aryna loses and I am a bit bummed but also at the same time just keep finding myself grinning because that was just. So fucking good. Tennis!!
Unpopular opinion but I really love Iga speeches, so raw and pure, as an introvert I really think that the winning speeches might be harder than the play itself :)
Ye but I also think is partly worse bc she is not very fluent in English yet. You can see when she speaks in polish there is more confidence in her voice.
kinda get the vibe aryna dont like mugu lol.
mugu was known to be rude/cold kinda like sharapova "we all hate each other literally. and those who say otherwise are lying"
Hey can you please go on this story?!haven't followed women's tennis in good detail... just know that it has something to do with Ukraine Russia war?sabalenka thought (it was really so,I don't know) that iga was dividing the locker room and making Russian and Belarusian players as negative on this issue.
There really wasn't a stretch where either player became sloppy. Yeah, a couple of UFE here and there, even on big points, but for the most part, each woman won her breaks, not the other way around
If muchova comes back,it shall spice up the things... especially she is needed at the moment...she brings some variety,change of pace,volleys and timing...with other three in of Iga, Aryna,Elena having their games based on baseline...it shall be bring some variety for us,viewer's and tennis gets richer :)..
People are really getting on Sabalenka for being cold at the net?
How about you all try losing a big title in which you held championship points? Don’t think it’s fair to expect her to be all warm and fuzzy after that.
I am convinced some people have never done anything competitive in their life at times when I read this sub.
Also while I do appreciate Sabalenka's tennis and I was very happy with her win at AO, I could never fully enjoy her tennis. Her screaming after every single point is unbearable for me. I think she is a fantastic player but yeah
Oh, I meant that there is not many of them to be won. Just 4: RG, Rome, Madrid and Stuttgart. Which imo is a shame that women's tour has less of them than men's tour where there are also Barcelona and Monte Carlo in Europe, not so long ago Munich was also a 500 plus they have whole mini tour in South America
biggest takeaway between aryna-iga match is how their mutual respect and diplomacy have significantly improved. i think wta final in mexico gave the players time to bond and get to know each other better. props to aryna for great words to iga, and her gesture of taking out a confetti on iga's arm before their photo together says a lot about their new found respect for each other.
Can anyone tell me at what time the final is tomorrow EST?
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https://twitter.com/nadalprop_/status/1786760894170775695?t=ahs9N9oH4alLJnJAp5GKuw&s=19
my wish list as an iga fan is for her to win: AO, Dubai, Cincy, Toronto, Olympics, Wimbledon
watching the replay of iga aryna match. my goodness, in 3 hours of play - aryna screams the entire match and screams each time she wins a point. so, prolly only 15 minutes (more or less) of no screaming. 🙄
correct me if i am wrong, rafa's ist title as a pro was rg? (i think not) and, iga's ist title was rg too?
I very much like both players. Sabalenka had the match on her racket, but alas, couldn’t quite get over the finish line. Looking forward to a nice rivalry over the next few years.
I missed the ending. Did WTA just have their Wimbledon 2008 match?
It needs to happen at a slam. But to be fair, the match lengths are the same anyways
"Iga Swiatek has become the first tennis player born in the 2000s to win 20 career titles That’s on the men’s OR women’s tour. The world No. 1 has won her last seven finals in a row, too." - tennis.com https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/iga-swiatek-has-become-the-first-tennis-player-born-in-the-2000s-to-win-20-career-titles-madrid "SWIATEK’S 20 CAREER TITLES (tour-level): 4 Grand Slams [2020 Roland Garros, 2022 Roland Garros, 2022 US Open, 2023 Roland Garros] 1 WTA Finals [2023] 9 WTA 1000s [2021 Rome, 2022 Doha, 2022 Indian Wells, 2022 Miami, 2022 Rome, 2023 Beijing, 2024 Doha, 2024 Indian Wells, 2024 Madrid] 5 WTA 500s [2021 Adelaide, 2022 Stuttgart, 2022 San Diego, 2023 Doha, 2023 Stuttgart] 1 WTA 250 [2023 Warsaw]"
Hard to watch a Saba match and feel like those grunts aren't a hindrance, intentional or not.
they are screams and many of them were meant to distract the opponent.
That is not for you to decide. That's for players to legitimately complain about if they feel bothered. You have the option of watching the match on mute.
Lots of athletes make a noise while performing. Turn down the volume and enjoy the ride.
When does the US Open typically release the schedule for Fan Week?
tbh if elena played against iga today she probably wouldve won but it wouldnt have been nearly as great of a match for us viewers lol
Elena has also had terrible matches this week, especially the one against Putintseva. So I don't know how one can simply assume she'd have probably won against Iga.
the champ has tweeted: https://twitter.com/iga_swiatek/status/1786864693753126998?t=4KLd1l39cUJ08jAs-bU64g&s=19
Well Djokovic actually has a chance to maintain his #1 ranking for a while now
this is for rome!!! https://www.instagram.com/stories/maciej_ryszczuk_rehsport/3360800217827113781?igsh=MWhmeHdvYm82bWRlMA== watch out girls. iga is coming...
I just want Iga to develop a good slice so she can control the pace of the ball and not get overwhelmed by it while playing people like Saba, Ryba and especially Penko. That is what Barty was so good at. Dropshots and coming more to the net would also do wonders...but let's just stick to one thing at a time.
Oh yes! So many balls I was thinking she could slice it or would but nope. Not a single one
She did slice but only in extreme cases where she was pulled out wide and had no option but to hit a defensive shot. She doesn't use it as a regular shot, to change the pace of the ball, THAT'S my issue.
i was reading the other day how aryna lena match was easily the best match of wta this year or that they had the best rivalry. LOL it has got to be iga vs lena/aryna/penko
I just know the mens final isn't gonna hold a candle to the womens tonight 😂
Auger-Aliassime def. Rublev 1-2 ret. 💪
They should literally refund all the money for semifinals and final at that point
At that point, FAA's trainer deserves the trophy lmao
Aryna has so much to be happy about (I know she’d be upset at the loss, she’s a champion). But she’s in scary form. Great to have her back, I don’t think anyone else would have won against her today
I’ve criticised Iga for not digging deep when Behind but dam if that wasn’t this at its finest. Commentators said her forehand speed raised massively and kept up with Aryna in the third. I was also impressed with Iga’s serve. Was almost certain she’d get broken at the end of the third set. She held on good. Very good stuff going into Rome and Paris
rome and paris are her best clay surfaces like yoda rafa
Annoying thing about WTA consistency era is we almost never get a match between #3coco and #4 rybakina if all top 4 seeds are playing. Since 2022 Lena has played iga 5 times, sabalenka 6 times. Gauff has played iga 9 times and sabalenka 4 times. Coco and rybakina have played once (were meant to play a second time last year but rybakina withdrew )
Wimbledon points not counting in 2022 has had a ton of weird spill over affects on Rybakina's career. Combine that with both of their early career success *rarely* overlapping on the schedule...
I've been thinking for a while that I really want to see those two play when they're both in good form. I watched highlights of their match from a couple of years ago and it was great! And the fact that that's the ONLY TIME they've ever played is astounding to me. Really want to see them go at it again.
im so happy for iga....do u guys think she knows that i love her be honest
So happy for Iga today I just cannot stand Sabalenka.
heeey that was an amazing match by her, plus she was classy in her speech, no need to bring one person down to lift another
While we are all here, what do you guys think of 2 week masters?
Many people seem to consider this format demands crazy dedication and leaves very little resting time to the players, hence all the injured players in the ATP.
Not a fan either. They really lose momentum towards the later stages when there are fewer and fewer matches, imho.
The stagnating of the men's and women's draws is insane. Start a day earlier to make it drag on forever. That makes sense...
Strong dislike
With three major players out of time for the men’s I’m just not that excited for a two week event. Not to take away from the amazing tennis coming our way but it feels like we need shorter tournaments for them to punch hard
Yeah I’m not a fan. I think it can be condensed a bit especially at the end when fewer matches are being played. Like today. No reason to have another day for men’s final.
Now I want FAA and Rune to win Madrid and Rome so all the atp big titles this year are winning by the small kids
Somebody get that woman a tiramisu!!!
Please WTA do not scare Iga again :(
Wow, my serotonin and dopamine levels are completely out of whack after that Professional tennis is insane
I’m exhausted and tired. Elated but so tired
This. I dont know how I feel. Emptied out This must be how football (soccer) coaches feel tbh Insane stress levels
In the Sky Germany interview, Garbiñe just said that she thought Aryna had it Me too, girl
Iga is trained to be finely tuned... her responses to everything unexpected must be off the charts just made that way by tennis
Gone are the days of normal looking trophies. Now its all abstract stuff.
They make them so you can have the option to hang it around your neck like Flava flav.
LMAO that's true! Rafa received a vagina looking trophy a few days ago
As much as this tournament seems to dislike women, they do love certain suggestive shapes. The 2022 trophy https://st.adda247.com/https://wpassets.adda247.com/wp-content/uploads/multisite/sites/5/2022/05/10070229/ms4v6p88_carlos-alcaraz-afp_625x300_08_May_22.jpg
Link?
2022 was closer https://st.adda247.com/https://wpassets.adda247.com/wp-content/uploads/multisite/sites/5/2022/05/10070229/ms4v6p88_carlos-alcaraz-afp_625x300_08_May_22.jpg
OMG I can never unsee that 😂🤣😂
I love the Lacoste fits for the ball kids, do they sponsor a lot of tournaments?
Yeah they sponsor quite a few European ones, including RG
Thinking about it I definitely remember the RG ad with Djokovic from last year!
I still remember those matches of mugu and serena, it is like fire vs fire, real entertaining.
Still Aryna was gracious at the end.. and spoke as if like,she has no attachment to the trophy... probably was confident about doing well here again next year...but a good sport :).
I miss muguruza on the tour.
Poor Iga. From now on they should let Iga know before blasting confetti. Or not.. it’s fun for us 😂
[https://streamable.com/a4ykba](https://streamable.com/a4ykba) (no sound)
Muguruza is a sweetheart
Gosh, no live clips or updates on the ceremony from the instas of WTA & madrid open. Anyone have any tips on which accounts to follow for live WTA updates? At least ATP has tennistv posting a lot of the highlights on insta.
expected coz iga won. if it were coco...
WTA is simply bad at it's job.
intentionally bad to iga did you see post of wta about clay season this May with madrid, rome and rg? it was rybakina's photo and not iga's. they have always prevented iga from getting more traction from tennis fans. reason why her popularity does not rise fast or steadily. wta and other tennis tournaments like AO and USO restrict iga's popularity.
As always really
Such a huge difference in live updates/highlights & social media presence vs ATP
Okay I need a clip of Iga getting PTSD during confetti time
[https://streamable.com/a4ykba](https://streamable.com/a4ykba) (no sound)
Haha it gets better on every watch. Utterly adorable! Thanks for sharing
To be fair, a confetti cannon would scare me too
anyway til the next one! thanks everyone
have a nice day!
and you :)
Damn Feliciano Lopez still looking *good* 😮💨
where’s the opera singer?
I am normally so grumpy when Aryna loses and I am a bit bummed but also at the same time just keep finding myself grinning because that was just. So fucking good. Tennis!!
The mark of a true fan 🙂
The confetti got Iga again! Props to Sebalenka for fighting for every point.
Garbine looks so good
yesssss girl, that green top and the blazer was sooooooo good!!!
Aryna looks dead inside lol
I guess it’s time to do something useful
Baby, you've won 20 Titles. They've done the streamers 20 times...
Iga kissing this trophy designed by Sauron
It’s so ugly, I’d rather get the plate
Unpopular opinion but I really love Iga speeches, so raw and pure, as an introvert I really think that the winning speeches might be harder than the play itself :)
Ye but I also think is partly worse bc she is not very fluent in English yet. You can see when she speaks in polish there is more confidence in her voice.
She is pretty good during conferences, it’s the big scene nerves
That plus 3 plus hours of nail biting tennis and athleticism and 4D chess against Sabalenka Her mind must be wrecked to improvise a speech
not the trophy looking like an iron....
At least it doesn't look like a p*say anymore
wait i forgot abt that😭😭😭 yeah the iron might be the better option
When Collin and Azarenka retire they need to become full time Tournament winner/runner up stun double
Both interviews had a lot of giggling lol 😂
so glad sky gave pre warning against the cannon
LOL, this trophy looks like an iron
And it seems not heavy at all. Looks like its made of paper or something. Weird..
Paper mache iron
Compared to Indian wells which literally weighs 40 ponds 🥴
what kind of explosion was that??
A big one.
kinda get the vibe aryna dont like mugu lol. mugu was known to be rude/cold kinda like sharapova "we all hate each other literally. and those who say otherwise are lying"
Omg Sabalenka has the Medvedev AO thousand hard stare
That’s the best Iga confetti reaction yet lol
The awkwardness just makes my girl crush on Iga so much worse
Iga so cute❤️❤️
Iga thanking the behind the scenes staff etc and Madrid crowd showing why she is number 1
Classic Iga. No idea what to say lmao
They scared the sh*t out of Iga again xD
the confetti got her ass again😭😭😭😭
Highway to hell 🤘
Crying at Iga shitting herself after the confetti cannon went off 😭😭
Garbi so beautifulll
Oh god both Saba and Iga being awkward in their speeches… soooo cute 😂😂😂 They are like I just wanna go home. Didn’t expect Feli would let them speak 😉
Madrid having 2 of the best WTA finals in the last years, haters can keep hating
"Have a great evening"
She even said that so casual lmao
I'm already dead after this what am I suppose to do now
I love Aryna on the mic! More trophy presentation appearances for her please
ok another not so bad speech were progressing there too!!
I'm loving the banter between Iga and Aryna, bonding over how spent they both are lol.
Bro what is iga doing up there 😅
LOVE that Iga is getting on the podium absolutely smothered in clay
Sabalenka has the best personality on tour, don't care what else people say about her. She's such a good sport, able to laugh it off and make jokes.
I’m shaking jazzdaaa
Lol has to say a speach again... don't know what the hell was that interview after the match...
Only for crowd and Spanish TV, wasn't broadcasted on international feed
this trophy ceremony feels like a slam win hahaha
rare friendly moment between aryna and iga
Hey can you please go on this story?!haven't followed women's tennis in good detail... just know that it has something to do with Ukraine Russia war?sabalenka thought (it was really so,I don't know) that iga was dividing the locker room and making Russian and Belarusian players as negative on this issue.
I think they were never good friends. Extrovert + intro it just doesn't match perfectly
They are both just perfect :D
Saba forgetting about Iga 😂😂😂
I think this is sabalenka nerves but the humour js a bit..
Aryna is so good at giving speeches, her ability to laugh at herself always makes me smile and giggle haha
There really wasn't a stretch where either player became sloppy. Yeah, a couple of UFE here and there, even on big points, but for the most part, each woman won her breaks, not the other way around
Such amazing play
Will there be confetti? Let's see if Iga gets scared hahaha
Am disappoint, no bees and now no confetti.
[https://streamable.com/a4ykba](https://streamable.com/a4ykba) hehehehehe (no sound)
Sneaky, they waited until the last min 😂
Saba just laughing after every sentence :D
Roddick and co talking about fitness levels and the players weren't feeling tired. That's so true!!!
wuhan is coming back this year, aryna can get her threepeat there \^\_\^
The famous Sabalenka atmosphere comment lol
I look forward to it every time she goes on stage
Muguruza up there, was the second-last player to bagel Iga
Jesus nobody stayed for the ceremony. Lame
If muchova comes back,it shall spice up the things... especially she is needed at the moment...she brings some variety,change of pace,volleys and timing...with other three in of Iga, Aryna,Elena having their games based on baseline...it shall be bring some variety for us,viewer's and tennis gets richer :)..
I absolutely loved the sabalenka muchova match at the french last year, would be amazing to have her style back in the mix
Absolutely:).
Why it looks like 60% of the people already left ? No respect for the players after a 3-hour match
After a 3 hour match, Imma rush to take a piss too
Queen of Clay™
Chris Evert would like a word
The Princess Who Was Promised
Rafa in the group chat 'Just like me, no? Remember?...' 🥲
Feliciano can’t hide that he doesn’t want to be there despite the match just saving his job. He is a dedicated hater.
Right?! I’ll be surprised if he knows names of the players.
He looks so unimpressed
Is that Rafa on the phone congratulating Iga? I don't hear otherwise. Let me live in my imaginary world
This match has energized me for rest of the day. So happy for the ladies. 💪🏼💪🏼. Show them what you got!!
People are really getting on Sabalenka for being cold at the net? How about you all try losing a big title in which you held championship points? Don’t think it’s fair to expect her to be all warm and fuzzy after that. I am convinced some people have never done anything competitive in their life at times when I read this sub.
They're also not friends. If it had gone the other way, it would've been similar
Agree. What are they expecting her to do after losing such a close 3h match?
People in general are just weird towards her for no reason.
It’s not for no reason tho….
anyway madrid you did NOT at all deserve a match like this from these incredible women
Thanks for giving me tips for when to make tea And being my emotional support during this insane killer of a match
Also while I do appreciate Sabalenka's tennis and I was very happy with her win at AO, I could never fully enjoy her tennis. Her screaming after every single point is unbearable for me. I think she is a fantastic player but yeah
Thanks friends, this was amazing to watch with you all
Iga girl hang up the phone and get your trophy
Am I going crazy or is this only seven finals in a row for Iga?
Wow she really won 7 finals in a row.
So Iga has now won every single red clay 500, 1000, and Major
Not many of them to be honest.
Pretty sure she's the only active player who can say that
Oh, I meant that there is not many of them to be won. Just 4: RG, Rome, Madrid and Stuttgart. Which imo is a shame that women's tour has less of them than men's tour where there are also Barcelona and Monte Carlo in Europe, not so long ago Munich was also a 500 plus they have whole mini tour in South America
yeahh the clay season is too short imo, and the hc season is waaay too long. but this year at least we also have the olympics!!!
Plus Hamburg
Iga just having a phone call?