Jack Draper and Mirra Andreeva want to finish the double sun – but Gigi salmon Tipping Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcarazza in Miami | Tennis news

In her latest column, Gigi Salmon welcomes the champion of Indian wells Jack Draper and Mirra Andreeva, gives her predictions for Miami and reveals who won a team Table Tennis Tournament …

The crack of applause began in the lower lobby of the hotel where we stayed, which grew and grew as long as the House band, which was in the placement process for the evening, began to play ‘We are champions’.

Jack Draper, Indian champion Wells, quietly pulled himself out of the elevator to join us at the table, where his team – James, Justin, Shane and Brother Ben – were with team Henman, Laura Robson and I.

Fans in Indian wells know their tennis and they quickly spotted it. It’s been long before Jack happily signed autographs and photographed as his team digested and enjoyed success while planning a trip to Miami next morning.

This time a year ago, Jack was not 43 in the world. He woke up on Monday morning because World Br. 7 won his first Masters 1000 title in his third tournament in the year after he started the season with the injury he picked up in the preseason.

As Jack told us immediately after the match “to be in this position is out of the word.”

As Jack played around Indian Wells, he made those people who had not already done it, sat down and noticed. Each aspect of his game caused problems with the opponent: serve, forehand, backhand, movement.

The list of players he won was impressive: Joao Fonsec, Jenson Brooksby, World No 4 Taylor Fritz, colleague Levie Ben Shelton and double defender Champion Carlos Alcaraz

Then he rejected Holger Rune in the finals for losing only four games. Patrick Mcenroe described it as “the exit of the party in the desert.”

People will say that we have taken away, it’s still early, it’s just one Masters title, but I say we’re getting rid of it! Jack worked hard on it and will continue to put in time and effort. He has a great team around him and pointed at one of the biggest stages in tennis that he can beat the best and support him.

Not many players wanted to deal with drapera

Miami is next and could be neglected, don’t be surprised if there is, but on the other hand, the way he feels and plays, there will be not too many players in the draw to want to face him.

As the sixth seed, he goodbye to the second round where he will face the winner of Robert Bautista Aguta and Jakub Mensik. He is in the upper quarter of the draw on which Alexander Zverev is led.

Honestly, it is not a bad look, but it will depend a lot on how mentally and physically withdraws from winning the Indian wells.

He stayed with the British and joined Jack directly in the main draw is Cam Norrie, who in the first round faces BU Yunchaoketa from China with a winner to face Alex de Minaur in the second round. Jacob Fearnley and Billy Harris are in the last round of qualifying.

On the women’s side we have Katie Boulter and Emma Raducan as direct participants, and they should both play on Wednesday. Katie has a solid opener against American Peyton Stearns, while Emma will face the Japanese wild cards of Sayak Ishii with the winner to get the eighth seed of Emma Navarro.

There were disappointments for British women in qualifying, with Sonay Kartal lost to US Taylor Townsend 7-5 in the third set, while Harriet Dart fell to Australian Kimberly Birrell in direct sets.

‘Sponge’ Andreva Form Player on WTA Tour

Miami Open is another common and mandatory event of 1000, and the other part of ‘Sunshine Double’, a double return back that Draper and Mirra Andreeva are trying to achieve, and one considered the hardest in tennis.

It can be up to eight hours of trips to players between Palm Springs and Miami, during which they exceed three time zones, and then the contrast between the desert climate in southern California and southern Florida, brutal heat and moisture. They will also find that the courts are smoother and play faster.

It is a lot that anyone can accommodate and adapt, but you think that 17-year-old Andreeva, who has just won the WTA 1000 titles in Dubai and Indian Wells, will be okay because she is a sponge, absorbs information, make adaptation and is a player on the WTA tour.

Andreeva has confidence and belief in the loading of buckets and I like the fact that she thanks herself when she gets big victories – “last but not the least important, I would like to thank for the fight to the end and always believed in me.”

The sky is indeed the limit for Andrev, which is located on Visoko no. 8 in career. On the other hand, the first seed to face is the winner of Doha 1000 Amenda Anisim.

Swiatek returns to critics for his behavior

It is worth it, if you have time, look at the recent post on social networks from Iga Swiatek, which, according to its very high standards, had frustrating the start of the season without a title with four played tournaments and even most people would be delighted with the return of three semi-finals and a quarterfinal!

In the SWIATEK Post, he says, “It’s time to share my perspective to stop guessing and unfounded theories,” because of a recent conversation she saw about her behavior and emotions on the field.

It is a strongly deleted, passionate piece in which he addresses his recent ban for a positive drug test, an influence he had on ranking with missed tournaments, and as she now says that she is a ‘immature and hysterical’ to show emotions.

Swiatek could open in Miami against former Top-10 Caroline Garcia player, and Boulter is in his quarter draw.

Danielle Collins defends the female title after retiring retired, but the American was the difficult start of the year and will be a new male champion with Jannik Sinner who served his suspension, although Italian remains comfortable at the top of the ranking with 2,775 second -placed Zveruv pillows.

Who will win in Miami?

Unfortunately, there was no time in the Indian wells to make a ‘bump and grind track’, but on the last night there was a hot table tennis tournament.

My contribution was minimal and it didn’t help me while I was constantly laughing because it was taken very seriously and for a long time with a series of answers, he found a series of answers about who won.

But obviously the camera department triumphed over the sound and production department. Saying that, that’s what the camera told me!

As for the prediction, I started on a predictable 0/2 start in the Indian wells, and although I’m not very original, I’ll overturn those names in Miami.

Alcarazza was stunned and injured by his loss of drapes in Indian wells, saying, “I think I usually learn with the losses I have. 2022 I lost here in the semifinals and then won Miami. I’ll try to do it this year.” I’ll take him to his word.

And for Arynu Sabalenka, world no. 1 and a double quarterfinalist in southern Florida, the fire burns and hunger is there. I think she could, although she could face Coco Gauff or last year’s finals Elena Rybakin on her way to pass!

Late home a few days back in the school run before she goes to Miami at the end of the week, where I look forward to working with the team, Martin Navrati and Marion Bartoli.

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