Im really happy for the most part for the titilists this week. Obviously its great Grigor won but I'm super happy for Tommy and happy for Caro. I would have liked Sam to win but hey she has salvaged a really crappy season the last few weeks.
Slightly concerned that the Brisbane organisers haven't announced Maria yet They've already confirmed Serena, Azarenka and even Lisicki. I guess it might just be that they're haggling over appearance fees (maybe they're not willing to give her a huge fee again after she withdrew the last 2 years), but if she's misleading us again...
Yeah, I'm pretty sure nothing official has been announced so not sure why Na-Mug created that thread in GM. It seemed like it was just based on her twitter reply, which I'm not willing to put a lot of faith in given her "training" pics over the summer.
Slightly concerned that the Brisbane organisers haven't announced Maria yet They've already confirmed Serena, Azarenka and even Lisicki. I guess it might just be that they're haggling over appearance fees (maybe they're not willing to give her a huge fee again after she withdrew the last 2 years), but if she's misleading us again...
So she'll be back by Paris possibly. I'm sure she hopes to play the AO but I'm glad at least one tournament is confirmed, just hope she doesn't come back too soon
I actually do think she might skip AO now, Paris next year is literally THE week after the AO. What if she makes the SFs/F? Even with her BYE and a Thursday start thats not really all that much time to recover, and she'll get a 0 pointer as she's committed so it'll fuck over her ranking.
Saturday night final, so she probably would still be there until Monday or if she is really eager to leave Sunday, arriving to Paris Monday. But she'd be really exhausted, even with a few days rest, the best she can have if she makes the final is 3 days (monday-wednesday) cos she'd have to play thursday.