Singapore, 21.10-27.10.2017 Women (WTA), hard, Final Championship, 8 participants.
Announcement
The main competition of the year for women will be Final tournament in Singapore. It is called the final, although after it the season will continue for another month. But the best tennis players will be able to go on vacation with a clear conscience. So we invite you to take advantage of the opportunity last time in 2017, watch the best of the best (and, of course, bet on one of them for a high odds that you won’t see equal during the season).
Results of the first days
The tournament started on Sunday and so far only two fights in the white group have ended. It makes no sense to wait and see who will take the lead, because the tournament is already fleeting. Let's try to predict the winner in advance, especially since the possibilities of all the finalists are well known to us.
Quotes as of 22.10.2017
All odds given below are set by BC Marathon as of 10/22/2017, 19:00 Moscow time. In the white group, the second meeting has just ended, and the office has not yet had time to set new quotes.
Rating
Forecast
white group
W. Williams. The American in the first (yesterday) fight showed complete helplessness against Pliskova. After the fiasco 2:6 2:6 Venus said that the courts in Singapore are too slow and do not allow her to show best qualities. But it is believed that the elder Williams plays smart tennis. Her straight-line opponent, who relies heavily on the first serve and powerful flat shots during the play, slow coverage should have interfered to a much greater extent. Apparently, the point is not in coverage, but in the fact that an older American does not take out competitions with young elite opponents. Next, Venus will have to enter the court against Mugurusa and Ostapenko, tennis players are even sharper and more explosive, moving fast and there are no chances at all.
E. Ostapenko. The Latvian has also shown that she is still uncompetitive at the elite level. She has a resounding success to her credit (the title at Roland Garros 2017), but, apart from this conquest, Elena has not demonstrated top-ten games anywhere. So far, she has yet to prove that success in Paris is not an accident, that she does not belong to a huge army of girls who have not been able to confirm the pattern of the only success with subsequent stable performances (such as Puig, Schiavone, Bartolli, etc.). Lena just lacks stability. She started her final hard season with failures, losing in the first round to Toronto and Cincinnati. Moreover, the oppositionists there were frankly weak - Lepchenko and Krunich. This was followed by a departure in the third round at the US OPEN. The Asian series was much more successful for the Latvian: one title in Seoul (however, the rivals there were of the level of Luksika Kumhun and Nao Hibino) and two semi-finals in Yuhan and Beijing (in the first of them they even managed to beat Mugurusa). But all these were competitions, unimportant for the leaders, who did not want to get injured before the Final and quickly merged. Singapore is a completely different song. The first match here against Muguruza was lost with complete evidence both in terms of the score and the game. Next, Ostapenko will meet with Williams and Plishkova. And for a young Latvian, it will be a huge success if in the end she manages to take at least one point.
K. Pliskova. The Czech woman was the least successful of the eight in the second half of the season, so even against Williams, the bookmakers assessed her chances with caution, believing them to be approximately equal. But the defeat of the pensioner immediately lifted Plishkova to the second line of the rating list. We are not inclined to overestimate the possibilities, demonstrating primitive tennis and having obvious weaknesses (in particular, she is not fast enough and hardy enough, often Carolina is enough for only one set). If we evaluate the results shown during the current hard season, we will see a dual picture. On the one hand, Pliskova has an excellent balance of wins and losses (+14 -6). On the other hand, almost all confrontations with worthy opponents ended sadly for her. In particular, the Czech lost to Kirsta, Barty, Kerber, Vandeweghe, Muguruza and Wozniacki. At the same time, consider that there were no victories over elite girls at all (Wozniacki's revenge, and even, perhaps, the triumph in the meeting with Pavlyuchenkova can be attributed to the category of memorable successes). The defeat of Williams impressed, but it is not known what was more here - her own skill or the weakness of the oppositionist.
G. Muguruza. The Spaniard tore everyone at Wimbledon, proving that she had accustomed herself to the idea that she really was an elite tennis player. It cannot be said that Garbi's further path was sinless. In Stanford, the Spaniard lost to Keys in the semifinals, in Toronto she was beaten in the third round by Svitolina. Finally, Cincinnati managed to take the title, taking revenge on the Keys, and at the same time burying Pliskova, Halep and Kuznetsova. Then there was the fourth round at the US OPEN, where Kvitova had to give way, plus the third stage in Toronto (there Muguruza defeated Garcia, but could not resist Wozniacki, having suffered a humiliating defeat 0:6 2:6). Finally, the Chinese voyage ended in a complete fiasco. Departure in the third round from Ostapenko and draining the mediocre Strykova at the start of Beijing (however, there it smacked of a frank surrender of the game, since Garbine refused when the score was 1:6 0:2). If you evaluate the results in historical sequence, at first glance it will seem as if they are descending. But in fact, everything can be explained by purposeful preparation for the Final. In Singapore, a convincing revenge has already been taken from Ostapenko, and the bookmakers were not slow to elevate the Spaniard to the top of their preferences. We tend to agree with them. At the very least, Garbi must leave the group.
Red group
K. Wozniacki. The Dane had a brilliant season, approaching the best examples of herself. But even so, she could not rise above the sixth line in the classification. It is not surprising that in the next fight against Svitolina, the Danish beauty is put as an outsider, offering a quote of 2.41 (against 1.65 for her opponent). If we take purely technical results (+14 -6), everything looks relatively good. In Tokyo, they even managed to win the title, leaving Cibulkova and Mugurusu with a nose. But in general, there are more defeats from elite rivals than victories. Of the successes in meetings with strong girls, in addition to those already mentioned, one can note only the victory over Pliskova in Toronto in early August. At the same time, Karo was inferior to Svitolina, the same Plishkova, Makarova, Kvitova and even Sakkari (the Dane refused to fight Cabrera at the extreme competition in Hong Kong). Once in the death group, it is unlikely that Wozniacki can count on getting out of it.
S. Halep. As the Romanian herself recently put it, it will be difficult for her, because she will have to run a lot (in the company of such strong opponents). In the summer, Simona resorted to the help of a psychologist, and this had a positive effect on the results. Previously, Halep could not take a single serious title, losing at the decisive moment. For example, at Roland Garros, she was a clear favorite against Ostapenko, but as a result, she showed complete helplessness and a lack of understanding of how to act against this particular opponent. After working with a psychologist, the Romanian reached the first rating line, but this did not help her learn how to win decisive confrontations. In particular, in recent months, Simona twice found herself in the finals, but each time the title floated away from their hands. In Cincinnati it was destroyed by Muguruza 1:6 0:6, and recently in Beijing it was beaten by Garcia 4:6 6:7. Between these two relatively successful competitions there were departures in the first rounds to the US OPEN (0:3 from Sharapova) and Yukhan (1:6 2:6 from Kasatkina). The reason lies on the surface - Simone prefers clay courts, and on hard (especially fast American and Chinese) she feels out of place. We believe that in the company with Garcia, Svitolina and Wozniacki, the Romanian only has to fight for third place. The first fight against the Frenchwoman is scheduled for today, 10/23/2017 at 14:30 Moscow time, and it will be the moment of truth for Halep. Bookmakers consider Simona the favorite, offering to play it for 1.65, but all the experts who managed to express their opinion unanimously say that Garcia should become the winner here.
C. Garcia. The Frenchwoman had the best time in the final part of the season. Two victories in a row at the extreme competitions (In Beijing and Yuhan), where Halep, Kvitova, Svitolina, Kerber, Cibulkova, Barty were defeated, testify to the excellent form that Karolina has gained. Only the week before last she withdrew from the tournament, and last week she was denied a Wild Card by the organizers of the Kremlin Cup. Thus, the Frenchwoman could well lose her excellent shape in two weeks of inactivity. Let's not forget that in the early part of the hard season, Garcia performed quite averagely, in none of the four competitions, not advancing beyond the third round. So, although some experts rushed to write her down as the main favorite of the group, Carolina has yet to prove that she can take the titles for which the strongest opponents are seriously fighting (winning not only in provincial Chinese cities).
E. Svitolina. In early October, the Ukrainian climbed to a record third place in the ranking, in the end she slowed down a bit, due to the fact that in Hong Kong she refused to enter the second round fight and missed a fair amount of rating points(as a result, Pavlyuchenkova became a triumph there). In general, after the US OPEN, the Ukrainian has played only one full-fledged tournament. In Beijing, she reached the third round, defeating Zhu Lin, Ashleigh Barty and Elena Vesnina. At the same time, the duel with Garcia again clearly outlined the main weakness of the Ukrainian - the inability to take decisive fights in which the opponent desperately resists and does not want to concede. Svitolina definitely needs to work with a psychologist, otherwise the most talented of the young tennis players (Elina, 23 years old) runs the risk of never winning anything serious, like Halep, Radwansky or Wozniacki. In general, the hard season went well for Svitolina (+12 -5), especially his very start, when he won the title in Toronto (moreover, he beat Muguruza, Wozniacki, Halep, Kasatkina, Williams). But after that, Elina had practically no serious opponents, and when they did meet, the Ukrainian suffered defeat. There are doubts that she is now in perfect shape, but we still dare to put it in the first position in the group.
Conclusion
In our opinion, from the white subgroup they will make their way to the semi-finals Pliskov and Muguruza(here everything is quite transparent, the rivals are clearly inferior to them in the class). As for the red subgroup, here the forces of the entire quartet are approximately equal and it is rather difficult to predict the semi-finalists. We still prefer best player last month Garcia and the most talented of those gatheredSvitolina. If everything goes as predicted, then Svitolina-Pliskova and Muguruza-Garcia will meet in ½. However, the girls from the red subgroup look stronger in any combination (even if Wozniacki and Halep make it to the semi-finals), so they will play the main cup among themselves.
Final forecast: in the final fight, Garcia will confront Svitolina, and here again the Ukrainian should be stronger. She has long been among the elite tennis players, and the Finals, unlike even the Grand Slams, are never won by random individuals or upstarts who flashed at a couple of tournaments in a season.
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Wonderful things are happening in Russian tennis. Moscow and St. Petersburg staged a race: who has more tournaments. The city on the Neva led 2:1, but from next year there will be equality 2:2. Peter has a male St. Petersburg Open and Women's Ladies Trophy. Moscow is rightfully proud of the Kremlin Cup, where both men and women play, and now it will also receive a separate competition for ladies - the July tournament of the International category on the open clay courts of the National tennis center Russia named after Juan Antonio Samaranch.
Why such generosity of the WTA? Everything is simple. The organizers of the Moscow tournament bought the license from the competition in Bostad (Sweden), which took place in the last week of July. You can’t call this place convenient on the calendar. The new Moscow tournament will be held on clay right before the start of the American series on hard, where all the strongest tennis players will probably go. It is unlikely that Maria Sharapova will want to play on the ground before this, but the organizers of the new tournament promise to do everything possible to bring her back to Moscow.
results
WTA Final Tournament - 2017 (Singapore)
Prize fund- 7,000,000 dollars. Hard. Group stage. 3rd round
White group. Ostapenko (Latvia, 7) - Kar. Plishkova (Czech Republic, 3) 6:3, 6:1; W. Williams (USA, 5) - Muguruza (Spain, 2) 7:5, 6:4
Final position: 1. Plishkova (Czech Republic) - 2 wins / 1 loss; 2. W. Williams (USA) - 2/1; 3. Muguruza (Spain) - 1/2; 4. Ostapenko (Latvia) - 1/2
Launched in Singapore WTA Finals- the final tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) with a prize fund of $ 7 million. This year, three newcomers take part in it at once, and seven tennis players out of eight have a chance to become the first racket of the world at the end of the year. In two matches in the White Group, Karolina Pliskova left no chance for Venus Williams, and Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza also beat the sensational winner in two games Roland Garros Elena Ostapenko.
The final WTA tournament, which takes place in Singapore for the fourth year in a row, can be considered unique. Firstly, there has never been such a level of competition in the struggle for the first place at this competition at the end of the year. The fact is that seven tennis players can theoretically lead the rating at once, and four of them - the current leader of the Romanian Simona Halep, Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Czech Karolina Pliskova - quite realistically claim leadership. For example, Muguruza, in order to get past Halep, who is ahead of her by only 40 rating points, it is enough to win just one match more. Yes, and Pliskova and Svitolina may well count on a favorable option for themselves.
Secondly, compared to last year, more than half - five out of eight tennis players - have updated the composition of the tournament participants. In addition, three newcomers appeared in the Singapore eight at once - Elina Svitolina, Elena Ostapenko from Latvia and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia.
Thirdly, it has not happened for a long time that the division of tennis players into groups so clearly corresponded to the style of their game. The White Group included Garbiñe Muguruza, Karolina Pliskova, Venus Williams and Elena Ostapenko, who prefer more power tennis compared to Simona Halep, Elina Svitolina, Caroline Wozniacki and Caroline Garcia from the Red Group.
The starting day of the WTA Finals brought no surprises. First, Pliskova defeated Venus Williams in just 1 hour and 12 minutes with a score of 6:2, 6:2. The 37-year-old American, who is taking part in the final tournament for the fifth time, but for the first time in eight years, is the oldest participant since 1994. She did not serve very well, making six double faults, and was unable to use her advantage in experience, while the Czech, sometimes not distinguished by stability, demonstrated a fairly accurate and reliable game for herself.
The second meeting of the day - Muguruza-Ostapenko - turned out to be more interesting. On a relatively slow hard court surface laid on a wooden “cushion” in the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the Latvian tennis player, as usual, tried to act as aggressively as possible, but did not succeed. The Spaniard won with a score of 6:3, 6:4 in 1 hour 25 minutes and, thus, on this moment outranked Halep, who will play against Garcia on Monday.
Evgeny Fedyakov
WTA ranking
eleven). Simona Halep (Romania) - 5675 points. 2 (2). Garbine Muguruza (Spain) - 5635. 3 (3). Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) - 5105. 4 (4). Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) - 5000. 5 (5). Venus Williams (USA) - 4642. 6 (6). Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) - 4640. 7 (7). Elena Ostapenko (Latvia) - 4510. 8 (9). Caroline Garcia (France) - 3795. 9 (10). Joanna Konta (Great Britain) - 3610. 10 (13). Kristina Mladenovic (France) - 2885. 11(8). Svetlana Kuznetsova(Russia) - 2856. 12 (14). Coco Vandewey - 2819. 13 (15). Sloane Stevens (both - USA) - 2722. 14(18). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(Russia) - 2425. 15 (21). Anastasia Sevastova (Latvia) - 2295. 16 (16). Madison Keys (USA) - 2213. 17(20). Elena Vesnina(Russia) - 2195. 18 (27). Julia Gerges - 2060. 19 (11). Angelique Kerber (both - Germany) - 2042. 20 (23). Ashleigh Barty (Australia) - 2031… 24(28). Daria Kasatkina(Russia) - 1950… 33(33). Ekaterina Makarova(Russia) - 1580… 54(67). Natalia Vikhlyantseva(Russia) - 1070… 60 (57). Maria Sharapova(Russia) - 1006… 73 (74). Ekaterina Alexandrova(Russia) - 830… 84(86). Evgenia Rodina(Russia) - 752.
In brackets - the position of the previous week.
WTA and ATP Tournaments
Final WTA Tournament in Singapore. Prize fund - $7 million
White group. First tour. Garbine Muguruza (Spain, 2) - Elena Ostapenko (Latvia, 7) 6:3, 6:4. Karolina Plishkova (Czech Republic, 3) - Venus Williams (USA, 5) 6:2, 6:2.
Tournament WTA Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Prize fund - $855 thousand.
The final. Julia Goerges (Germany, 7) - Daria Kasatkina(Russia) 6:1, 6:2.
Tournament ATP Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Prize fund - $745 thousand.
The final. Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6) - Richardas Berankis (Lithuania) 6:2, 1:6, 6:4.
ATP tournament in Stockholm. Prize fund - €590 thousand.
The final. Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina, 4) - Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria, 1) 6:4, 6:2.
