da_SENtinelB to Tennis@matchpoint.zoneEnglish · 10 months agoWhat's more likely: Raducanu making it into the Top 10 again or Osaka getting back the No.1 ranking?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's more likely: Raducanu making it into the Top 10 again or Osaka getting back the No.1 ranking?da_SENtinelB to Tennis@matchpoint.zoneEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareestreetpandaBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThis is a WTA tour that allowed Marketa Vondrousova to win Wimbledon. This is a WTA tour without Ash Barty or Serena. She’s 1-0 vs Sabalenka and Krejcikova. She’s 1-1 with Iga. She’s 1-0 vs Ons. I’d take 85 per cent Naomi on a hardcourt against any other player right now. On paper anyway. She’s defending zero points. She’ll build her way back up to peak from June through to April next year. Let’s say she does win the US and makes a deep run in Australia 2025. Let’s throw in a couple of Asian titles where she does well. The draw falls apart in Indian Wells and lots of people lose points. She wins. Then she only has to make the semifinals in Miami to be number one. Does that sound feasible?
This is a WTA tour that allowed Marketa Vondrousova to win Wimbledon.
This is a WTA tour without Ash Barty or Serena.
She’s 1-0 vs Sabalenka and Krejcikova. She’s 1-1 with Iga. She’s 1-0 vs Ons.
I’d take 85 per cent Naomi on a hardcourt against any other player right now. On paper anyway.
She’s defending zero points. She’ll build her way back up to peak from June through to April next year.
Let’s say she does win the US and makes a deep run in Australia 2025. Let’s throw in a couple of Asian titles where she does well.
The draw falls apart in Indian Wells and lots of people lose points. She wins.
Then she only has to make the semifinals in Miami to be number one.
Does that sound feasible?