Bad Homburg Open 2026, Germany - WTA 500

[MargaretMcAleer]

Getting back to the present
I am surprised that Linda Noskova is still in the draw after winning both singles and doubles titles in Berlin, I thought she may withdraw
Linda's movement to me has improved out of sight and her transition game has to and has good hands at the net, it was her 2nd WTA title and now she has cracked the Top Ten, lets see how she fares by playing back to back tournaments

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well that was a short and sweet as Linda Noskova (5) champion from Berlin, was defeated in straight sets 61 64 by Ruse
Svitolina d Samsonova 63 36 62
Osaka (6) d Mertens 63 63
X.Wang d Ferandez 63 64
Alexandrova d Li 61 67(5) 61
Navarro d Lys 76(6) 63

BTW Osaka has reached the QFs on grass her best ever result

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Matches,
Wednesday 24th June,

Andreeva (2) vs Alexandrova
Tauson vs WC Q Zheng
Swiatek (1) vs Navarro
Muchova (4) vs Q Begu
Kalyinskaya vs Q Ruse

Not before 4pm, local time,

V.Williams/Eala vs ALT Harrison/Osborne

 

[britbox]

Bad Homburg Highlights - Day 3

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Andreeva beaten in straight sets 63 64 by Alexandrova who played really well, this was Mirra's first match on grass since RG, so I will give her some slack, transition from clay to grass isnt always easy
Tauson d WC Q Zheng 57 64 62, good to see Clara winning matches after injuries have derailed her so far this year
Q Ruse d Kalinskaya 75 62

Watching live, match between Swiatek and Navarro, Emma taking the 1st set 75, Iga's serve is all over the place, as I have mentioned before, one of the reasons she wont be defending her Wimbledon title this year,
Emma put in a poor 2nd set and Iga took advantage winning 62, going 3
Emma playing much better in the 3rd set has a break and leading 4-1, help me someone fix Iga's serve it is soo technically wrong, Wim seem to fix it last year when she won Wimbledon, this year it has gone back to being Ugly, Roig has a lot of work to do with Iga's serve
Well done Emma you reset your game and won 75 26 63!

BTW
Venus/Eala have started their doubles match, against Harrison/Osborne
Venus/Eala won the 1st set 63

I am going to have a little nap its nearly 2am in the morning my time, how many days till the AO 2027 again


News just in,
Svitolina has withdrawn from her up coming QF match due to a right hip injury.