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PockyTastic · Challenger qualifying

RE: Weeks 35-36 - US Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, NY, USA (hard) - MAIN DRAW

Peter too · Tennis legend

Tjen must be full of confidence, in only one of her last 11 tournaments has she failed to reach the final. They ranged from W15 to W100.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Janice Tjen must be the first Indonesian player to make any impact on me since Yayuk Basuki. That goes back to the late 1980's when Indonesia beat GB in the Fed Cup and Basuki later had a successful singles career.

-- Edited by GAMEOVER on Sunday 24th of August 2025 08:23:33 PM

Brendan F · Intermediate Club Player

GAMEOVER wrote:
Janice Tjen must be the first Indonesian player to make any impact on me since Yayuk Basuki. That goes back to the last 1980's when Indonesia beat GB in the Fed Cup and Basuki later had a successful singles career.

There was Angeliique Widjaja in the 2000s. Though I'd forgotten her too, it just happened to say she was the last successful Indonesian on Tjen's Wikipedia page.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Eala just knocked out Tauson, so another seed falls in R1.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Eala just knocked out Tauson, so another seed falls in R1.

Another big success for the Rafa Nadal academy smile

Peter too · Tennis legend

Will Tjen beating V.Kudermetova make it easier or harder for Emma? On paper an opponent ranked 149 should be easier than one ranked 26 but Kudermetover is a known quantity who Emma has played and beaten before. Tjen has been playing the ITF circuit, reaching the final in ten of her last eleven tournaments. Her ranking must have been racing up but she has burst on the scene at the WTA level by qualifying for the US Open and then beating the 24th seed. So we don't really know how good she is likely to be. Qualifiers can be dangerous as Emma proved in 2021 and Tjen is threatening to do this year.

indiana · Tennis legend

Given it was a close match and I would still think Kudermetova at her best would be better than Tjen at her best, I don't see Tjen as likely to be harder.

the addict · Tennis legend

Keys goes out to Zarazua, but Ribakina looking good as she wins 3 & 0

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Keys goes out to Zarazua, but Ribakina looking good as she wins 3 & 0

To be fair, though, Rybakina was playing a 17 year old wildcard, born the same day as Hannah Klugman - ot was the easiest draw she could get

the addict · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
the addict wrote:
Keys goes out to Zarazua, but Ribakina looking good as she wins 3 & 0
To be fair, though, Rybakina was playing a 17 year old wildcard, born the same day as Hannah Klugman - ot was the easiest draw she could get

True, an easy draw, although Pareja is the No 1 junior, and probably would have been competitive in qualifying (SF in Bogota W250 in April)

Andy Parker · Club Coach

Six seeds gone now including Keys, Svitolina and Tauson. I'm looking forward to three intriguing matches tomorrow for our Brits - Sonay and Katie B both start at 4pm, but should be a late evening clash for Fran. I'm fairly hopeful we will get at least one win, but I don't think any of the three matches are that easy to call, though Katie B will really have to play her best tennis to beat Kostyuk.

Did anyone see Venus play Muchova - it was amazing to see the old lady take Muchova to three sets, even though the third one was pretty comfortable for Muchova.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
the addict wrote:
Keys goes out to Zarazua, but Ribakina looking good as she wins 3 & 0
To be fair, though, Rybakina was playing a 17 year old wildcard, born the same day as Hannah Klugman - ot was the easiest draw she could get
True, an easy draw, although Pareja is the No 1 junior, and probably would have been competitive in qualifying (SF in Bogota W250 in April)

Yes, but I don't think you can just cite one SF, which was on clay, and with huge 'home' crowd support

After all, she lost easily in the QFs of a W35 in her next adult event, to a player outside the top-1000

It's cherry-picking to cite the 'good' one and not the 'bad' one

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 26th of August 2025 05:33:47 AM

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Andy Parker wrote:
Six seeds gone now including Keys, Svitolina and Tauson. I'm looking forward to three intriguing matches tomorrow for our Brits - Sonay and Katie B both start at 4pm, but should be a late evening clash for Fran. I'm fairly hopeful we will get at least one win, but I don't think any of the three matches are that easy to call, though Katie B will really have to play her best tennis to beat Kostyuk.

Did anyone see Venus play Muchova - it was amazing to see the old lady take Muchova to three sets, even though the third one was pretty comfortable for Muchova.

Kostyuk who plays Katie is the only Ukrainian left in the main draw as the others were all beaten in the 1st round.

indiana · Tennis legend

Andy Parker wrote:
Six seeds gone now including Keys, Svitolina and Tauson. I'm looking forward to three intriguing matches tomorrow for our Brits - Sonay and Katie B both start at 4pm, but should be a late evening clash for Fran. I'm fairly hopeful we will get at least one win, but I don't think any of the three matches are that easy to call, though Katie B will really have to play her best tennis to beat Kostyuk.

Did anyone see Venus play Muchova - it was amazing to see the old lady take Muchova to three sets, even though the third one was pretty comfortable for Muchova.

Didn't see Venus but that looks rather impressive. My apologies to her for being so unsupportive of the announcement of her WC.