![]() Her semifinal opponent, Puig, retired eight games in. Her quarterfinal opponent, Kvitova, retired after a set. Her second-round opponent, Johanna Konta, withdrew due to illness. She won her opening match 7-6, 6-4 over Barbora Strycova. ![]() So Suarez Navarro was on to the final … having played three and a half sets all week. Open so close, it’s better not to make it worse, miss a tournament.” Afterward Puig said, “Obviously with the U.S. Suarez Navarro and Puig were tied 4-4 in the first set when Puig retired, citing an abdominal strain. She defeated Goerges 6-4, 7-6 in Friday’s first semifinal. “But if I lose it, I don’t know, probably I will eat McDonald’s, too.” “If I do well there, probably I will take something really bad, probably McDonald’s,” she said. But you can celebrate being able to discover something new, such as, Sabalenka’s ideal dinner following Saturday’s final. No, you can’t plan these things and you won’t always recognize every name, especially these days. He lost his opening match to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo, held a press conference, hugged tournament director Anne Worcester and said, “I’m sorry.” The Pilot Pen included men’s play in 2005-10, with Fairfield’s James Blake winning in 2005 and much of the tournament’s marketing focused on him for 2006. One never knows how these tournaments are going to play out. He held a press conference that included a question about a movie based on a portion of his life, and another about him once comparing himself to rock band “The Who.” He later played a “Legends” semifinal match and defeated Todd Martin, and then went up against James Blake in the final. The most famous person on site Friday? John McEnroe. It’s just the state of the sport, the same sport that gave us a period of 15 years where the field was a who’s-who of tennis, the days of Venus, of Davenport, of Wozniacki. None of this is to come across as criticism of the Connecticut Open, which has done fine work, and received some state help, to remain part of the WTA schedule. So many players are so, so careful with injuries this week, with pursuit of a grand slam beginning in just days in Queens. And hope it at least plays out in its entirety. And Sabalenka-Suarez Navarro is your Saturday afternoon final. Those five players are all currently ranked in the world’s top 10 and they all exited New Haven earlier than expected. 5 Julia Goerges was taken out in a semifinal Friday by Sabalenka.Īnd there you have it. 4 Karolina Pliskova didn’t make it out of the first round, losing to Ekaterina Makarova. 3 seed Petra Kvitova, well known to New Haven crowds as a three-time champion, retired after one set in the quarterfinals against Suarez Navarro, citing a left shoulder issue. ![]() 2 seed Caroline Garcia lost to Monica Puig in the quarterfinals. It started with the world’s top-ranked player, Simona Halep, withdrawing due to a sore right Achilles tendon. Who knows what will become of the careers of Sabalenka or Suarez Navarro, or other players on prominent display during this tournament. Those stories are easy to appreciate but sometimes hard to see developing. ![]()
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