WTA - general thread

[Sallydaisy]

Jankovic was leading Kanepi 4-3 but is now *4-5.

[nelly17]

Hope Kerber wins the final :-)) She has an akward technique but so much fighting skills ;-)

[RoastLamb]

She did win - beat Caro in the process.

[JAMES4578]

Kerber certainly on a good run, pleased for her! She beat Caro 6-4, 6-4 having breezed by Jankovic 6-2, 6-1 earlier.

[Maza1987]

german tennis has 5 players in the top 40.
and they are all young as well.
barthel looks like she might go on to become the best of the bunch imo

[RoastLamb]

Awww Kim is out of the French; going to skip the entire clay season. Hope she's OK for grass.

[Katie]

It's such a shame that Kim's last season is being so marred by injury. :sad:

[JAMES4578]

Real pity for Kim, hope she will be ok for the grass season and beyond.

[DaveArneRiise]

Where about is Flees?

[JAMES4578]

Where about is Flees?

It's in Morocco David

Tournament Info


The WTA makes its lone stop in Africa for the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem. The red clay court event has been staged in three different cities in Morocco, starting off in Casablanca in 2001, moving to Rabat in 2005 and then to its current home of Fès in 2007.

Fès, an increasingly popular tourist destination, is Morocco's second largest city. The name of the event refers to Princess Lalla Meryem, the sister of Mohammed VI, King of Morocco.

Among the tournament's past participants are Marion Bartoli, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Li Na, Dinara Safina and Patty Schnyder. It has produced a different champion each year since its inception.

[DaveArneRiise]

Thanks James, originally I thought it might be in Belgian, but then I noticed quite a few Moroocan wild cards on LS so ... Anyways cheers for the info James :)

[Maza1987]

A great line up in Stuttgart.

Mona Barthel continuing to make her break through. She'll be top 20 by the end of the year.

[RoastLamb]

I've never seen Barthel play so I look forward to that.

[Maza1987]

Superb line up tomorrow.


12.00 A. Radwanska vN. Li
13:30 V. Azarenka V M. Barthel
16:30 S. Stosur V M. Sharapova
1800 A. Kerber VP. Kvitova

[JAMES4578]

Kerber just destroyed Wozniacki 6-1, 6-2, Petra will need to be on form to hold her off. Stosur/Sharapova could be interesting, though Maria leads 9-1 even if she lost their last encounter.

[Alis]

So sorry to see Petko injured again last night in her comeback tournament - just as the match was beginning to get really interesting too. Yet another turned ankle on the b****y red stuff! I've never warmed to Azarenka but I have to say her genuine concern for her opponent last night did her a lot of credit.

[RoastLamb]

Going to try and watch some of this. Poor Petko. Hope she recovers quickly.

[Alis]

Wow - Bathel is something else!

[Maza1987]

I didnt see all of it. But Azarenka really had to fight to beat barthel in the third.

[Maza1987]

Great matches today. Sharapova scrapes by Stosur in another Marathon. Kvitova and Kerber have only just got on and it's half past midnight local time.

[Alis]

Fantastic tennis from the women today - all 4 matches have been so competitive.

[Maza1987]

Top 4 in the semis.

Vika has had Aga's number this year. So many this will be the time for Radwanska.

Kvitova and Shara always interesting as well.

[Alis]

Kvitova played extremely well last night - seemed as though she was fed up with being on so late and determined not to stay around long but Maria is such a fighter that you can't write her off. I really hope that Aga finds a way to beat Vika today but I can't really see it happening.

[JAMES4578]

Fantastic tennis from the women today - all 4 matches have been so competitive.

Ceretainly was a quality match with Maria and Sam, though disappointed for Sam that she couldn't close it out when you had the chance, things just didn't go her way then and once sharapova edged the 2nd it was more likely to be her day. Petra certainly wanted to send a messsage and hope she can get to the final.

[Maza1987]

Vika beats Aga comfortably again. Unfortunately for Aga, her game just seems to be a perfect match for Vika, in a bad way that is. lol

Lost the last 7 times they've met and 5 of them in 2012.

kvitova v shara at 6.30pm tonight.

[RoastLamb]

Come on Petra!!! :cheer:

[JAMES4578]

Bit of a disappointment that Aga can't seem to test Vika really,hope the other semi will be a more competitive affair with Petra going through.

[Alis]

There doesn't seem to be any love lost between Aga and Vika these days - pity when they used to be such good friends.

[Alis]

So another Vika/Maria final. C'mon Maria!

[RoastLamb]

Sorry, dislike both of 'em. Can't bring myself to watch.

[JAMES4578]

Maria was pretty much on form throughout but Petra will be kicking herself for missing the sp's in the 2nd, just wasn't consistent enough. Sharapova hasn't had a great record in finals lately, will need to be in top form to stop Vika and this is not a great match up for her.

[Alis]

I can't say that I'm over enamoured with either of them either and will watch with the sound turned down but I would marginally prefer Shriekerova to win than Screecherenka!

[MurrayAOne]

I like the way Sharapova plays but can't abide shrieking. Seems unfair to me. At least in this instance however, it is fair as they will both be as loud as each other. May watch to see how loud it gets!

[Maza1987]

Shara served well under pressure tonight.
Should be a good watch tomorrow.

[Alis]

Although it was a shriek fest I'm pleased that Maria won - it should make things more interesting for RG.

[JAMES4578]

Yes it was a good win for Maria, even if Vika had a wrist injury and was not on top form.

[Sallydaisy]

Madrid: Wozniacki has just taken the first set 6'1 against Serena Williams in their R3 match.
;)

[JAMES4578]

Definitely a slow start from Serena but she's just bounced back to take the 2nd 6-3. Caroline did win their last meeting though.

[Sallydaisy]

Serena takes it: 1'6, 6'3, 6'2

[JAMES4578]

Pretty much expected that once it went to a decider, but pity for Caroline.

[Maza1987]

Serena thrashed 'Pova today.
Vika Vs Aga again tomorrow. lol.
And a surprising run from Hradecka.

Vika V Serena would be the blockbuster final.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly looking like Vika and Serena, Maria just hasn't challenged in their recent matches though Williams obviously gets up for them.

[Katie]

I'd love Aga to get a win tomorrow but don't think it's going to happen!

[Alis]

I'd love Aga to get a win tomorrow but don't think it's going to happen!

I'll second that - I just can't take to Vika.

[Maza1987]

Serena V Vika it is. :)

[JAMES4578]

Indeed and both through in straights, Hradecka took it to a breaker in the first but Serena ran away with it after that.

[RoastLamb]

My two least favourite players in the final. Guess I'll be missing that one then. :lol:

[Katie]

I'm looking forward to the final - Serena and Vika have such a lopsided head-to-head in favour of Serena but as they haven't played since Vika became #1, I'm interested to see how the match will go this time.

[Ace!]

ROME!

Sharapova takes the first set in her semi final against Kerber 6-3............. wins 6-3 6-4


* Serena pulls out of her semi with lower back pain, ashame as she's playing really well of late.


Sharapova in the final with Na Li.

[cazza99]

tennisspace (http://www.thetennisspace.com/off-court/paris-diary-the-finalist-almost-claimed-by-football/) - Paris diary - the finalist almost claimed by football

Maybe Andy and Errani ought to have a keepy uppy contest. Errani has done 208.

[RoastLamb]

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the dubs title at RG today. Good on them!!! Beat Petrova and Kirilenko. Watch out Olympics!

[cazza99]

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18375190) - French Open 2012: Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci win doubles

[super8]

Results of the finals at Bad Gastein today:

Singles - Final
(7) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. (2/WC) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 75 76(1)

Doubles - Final
(4) Craybas/Goerges (USA/GER) d. (1) Groenefeld/Martic (GER/CRO) 67(4) 64 119


Go Alizé!! That's her 2nd tour title. She won her first 4 years ago, so she's had quite a wait for a second title.


With Oudin doing well at Birmingham too, and Errani in Paris of course, it's good to see some of the smaller players stringing a few wins together.. And Jill Craybas is one of the tiniest on the tour too..

[JAMES4578]

yes well done Alize, a few making their mark!

[DaveArneRiise]

Anyone remember Agnes Szavay really talented young talented Hungarian player. Who has been battling back problem for over a year now.... Below is an update recently. She managed to play competitive tennis again in April but suffered another setback... she is hoping to return again in mid july.

Agnes Szavay update. (http://www.womenstennisblog.com/category/players/agnes-szavay/)

[JAMES4578]

Yes I know of Agnes, wish her well in her comeback!

[JAMES4578]

The seedings for Wimbledon adhere strictly to the world rankings, which means there is no seeding for either Venus or Kim,surely the committee could have made some modifications in the interests of the draw. If things go to plan Serena will play one of the top 4 in the quarters. Would have thought Serena could have moved up slightly, though suppose might have been problematic to move the defending chmpion Petra Kvitova outside of the top 4. Friday may well be interesting!

[Sallydaisy]

The seedings for Wimbledon adhere strictly to the world rankings, which means there is no seeding for either Venus or Kim,surely the committee could have made some modifications in the interests of the draw. If things go to plan Serena will play one of the top 4 in the quarters. Would have thought Serena could have moved up slightly, though suppose might have been problematic to move the defending chmpion Petra Kvitova outside of the top 4. Friday may well be interesting!

Actually, Wimbledon is the one Grand Slam that doesn't "adhere strictly to the world rankings". They apply a formula based on grasscourt performance to the mens rankings but their approach to the womens side less defined. The following is from si.com:-


This year, the women’s seedings follow the WTA rankings, meaning the AELTC felt no need to shuffle the seeds. Interestingly, the committee applies a much more arbitrary set of criteria to the women than the men. While the men’s seedings are based on a very specific formula (ATP points + grass court points from the last 12 months + 75 percent of grass court points from the 12 months before that) the women’s criteria is less than clear. The committee simply uses the WTA rankings “except where in the opinion of the committee, a change is necessary to produce a balanced draw.” That’s an odd and seemingly unnecessarily disparate set of criteria.

If the committee did apply the same mathematical formula to the women, surely Serena Williams would get a bump (benefiting from her champion’s points from 2010), as would Marion Bartoli (2011 Wimbledon quarterfinalist and 2011 Eastbourne champion), and Sabine Lisicki (2011 Wimbledon semifinalist and Eastbourne champion). And if the committee were to apply the formula to players outside of the top 32, Tsvetana Pironkova, who made the semis in 2010 and quarters last year, would have surely earned herself a seeding, and rightfully so.

So there has been some shuffling in the mens order but not the ladies.
It's a bit strange to be honest and could produce some interesting matchups!!!
;)

[JAMES4578]

Yes I meant that on this particular ocassion they hadn't made any changes to the ladies, though they are entiltled to do so. I think the mathematical formulae has worked well in the men's game. It may be that Wimbledon think there aren't as many grass court specialists in the women's game but I think a case can be made for a different approach.

[RFS]

Could the Indian tennis/Olympic authorities have made any more of a mess of this?
This open letter from Sania Mirza is quite amazing.
http://sports.ndtv.com/tennis/news/item/192513-sania-mirzas-letter-full-text

In fact not just the Indians - there have been many tennis players who's combination of federations and Olympic committees are denying them the chance to compete in arguably the greatest show on earth!

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 9th July 2012


Stanford, CA, USA
BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781%7E637,00.html)
> Singles (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2012/703/MDS.pdf)
> Doubles (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2012/703/MDD.pdf)
> Singles Qualifying (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2012/703/QS.pdf)
> Order Of Play (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2012/703/OP.pdf)

Palermo, Italy
XXV ITALIACOM OPEN (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781%7E399,00.html)
> Singles (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2012/466/MDS.pdf)
> Doubles (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2012/466/MDD.pdf)
> Singles Qualifying (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2012/466/QS.pdf)
> Order Of Play (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2012/466/OP.pdf)

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 16th July 2012

Carlsbad, CA, USA
MERCURY INSURANCE OPEN (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~342,00.html)
July 16-22, 2012
$740,000/Premier
Hard/Outdoors

ORDER OF PLAY (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/OrderOfPlay/0,,12781,00.html) | DRAWS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Draws/0,,12781,00.html) | PHOTOS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Gallery/Latest/0,,12781,00.html)


Bastad, Sweden
SONY SWEDISH OPEN (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~986,00.html)
July 16-22, 2012
$220,000/International
Red Clay/Outdoors

ORDER OF PLAY (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/OrderOfPlay/0,,12781,00.html) | DRAWS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Draws/0,,12781,00.html) | PHOTOS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Gallery/Latest/0,,12781,00.html)

[Sallydaisy]

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19th July 2012

Rain has disruped play in Bastad today - only 5 games on the board in 4 matches!
So the OOP is all over the place and there's not much point posting it.

Carlsbad OOP
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Stadium (from 11.00hrs)
1. Urszula Radwanska (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/urszula-radwanska_2257889_12364) vs. Melanie Oudin (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/melanie-oudin_2257889_13174)
2. Misaki Doi (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/misaki-doi_2257889_13434) vs. Christina McHale (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/christina-mchale_2257889_14078)
3. Marina Erakovic (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/marina-erakovic_2257889_11369) vs. Dominika Cibulkova (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/dominika-cibulkova_2257889_12135)
4. Glatch/Oudin vs. King/Petrova
5. Jelena Jankovic (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/jelena-jankovic_2257889_3932) vs. Melinda Czink (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/melinda-czink_2257889_1682) (NB 19.00hrs)
6. Chang/Lertcheewakarn vs. Husarova/Watson

Stadium 2 (from 14.30hrs)
1. Huber/Raymond vs. Chan/Chan

[Sallydaisy]

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6th August 2012

ROGERS CUP (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781%7E740,00.html)
Montréal, Canada
August 7-13, 2012
$2,168,400/Premier
Hard/Outdoors

ORDER OF PLAY (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/OrderOfPlay/0,,12781,00.html) | DRAWS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Draws/0,,12781,00.html) | PHOTOS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Gallery/Latest/0,,12781,00.html)

Tweet from Tracey Austin:

Tracy Austin ‏@thetracyaustin (https://twitter.com/thetracyaustin) Vika, Sabine, & Nadia on same flight. Wonder if they are feeling the jet lag.
Grass to hard, short turn around, emotional wk. b4 #rogerscup (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23rogerscup)

[Sallydaisy]

http://www.atpworldtour.com/%7E/media/9A0656035CE8438CB7AEEA1173CF74E0.ashx
WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN
Lindner Family Tennis Center, 5460 Courseview Drive, Mason, OH 45040
WEB SITE: http://www.cincytennis.com/
AUGUST 12-19, 2012 (SUNDAY START/COMBINED ATP/WTA EVENT)

56 DRAW (http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/422/mds.pdf)/28 DRAW (http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/422/qs.pdf) QUALIFYING
SURFACE: Hard Court-Deco Turf II
BALL: PENN ATP
Main draw: Friday, August 10, 5:30 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, August 11, 2:00 p.m.


LADIES QUALIFYING DRAW

(1)Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) v (wc)Lauren Davis (USA)
(wc)Nicole Gibbs (USA) v (14)Anna Tatishvili (GEO)

(2)Urszula Radwanska (POL) v Mirjana Lucic (CRO)
Vera Dushevina (RUS) v (19)Laura Robson (GBR)

(3)Vania King (USA) v Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
Julia Cohen (USA) v (17)Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)

(4)Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) v Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) v (21)Pauline Parmentier (FRA)

(5)Iveta Benesova (CZE) v Alexa Glatch (USA)
(wc)Komal Safdar (USA) v (22)Johanna Larsson (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=465824#) (SWE)

(6)Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) v Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)
Aravane Rezai (FRA) v (15)Kiki Bertens (NED)

(7)Arantxa Rus (NED) v Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ)
(wc)Jill Craybas (USA) v (16)Olga Govortsova (BLR)

(8)Timea Babos (HUN) v Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
(wc)Madison Keys (USA) v (24)Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

(9)Lucie Hradecka (CZE) v Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Melanie Oudin (USA) v (18)Melinda Czink (HUN)

(10)Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) v Olivia Rogowska (AUS)
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v (20)Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)

(11)Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) v (23)Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)

(12)Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) v (wc)Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) v (13)Anne Keothavong (GBR)


LADIES SINGLES DRAW - Seeded players only.
Cincinnati have stated they'll complete the draw later today; impact of Montreal apparently.

[1] Radwanska
[15] Schiavone
[9] Li
[8] Bartoli

[3] Stosur
[14] Petrova
[12] Kirilenko
[7] Errani

[6] Wozniacki
[10] Ivanovic
[13] Jankovic
[4] Kvitova

[5] Kerber
[11] Cibulkova
[16] Safarova
[2] S Williams


Commitment list for the women’s singles draw (numbers do not necessarily reflect seeding):





Player

Nat



Player

Nat





1.

Maria Sharapova

RUS



21.

Lucie Safarova

CZE





2.

Agnieszka R Radwanska

POL



22.

Roberta Vinci

ITA





3.

Petra Kvitova

CZE



23.

Julia Goerges

GER





4.

Samantha Stosur

AUS



24.

Francesca Schiavone

ITA





5.

Serena Williams

USA



25.

Jie Zheng

CHN





6.

Caroline Wozniacki

DEN



26.

Anabel Medina Garrigues

ESP





7.

Angelique Kerber

GER



27.

Daniela Hantuchova

SVK





8.

Marion Bartoli

FRA



28.

Anna Pavlyuchenkova

RUS





9.

Sara Errani

ITA



29.

Klara Zakopalova

CZE





10.

Li Na

CHN



30.

Christina M McHale

USA





11.

Ksenia Pervak

KAZ



31.

Ekaterina Makarova

RUS





12.

Dominkia Cibulkova

SVK



32.

Shuai Peng

CHN





13.

Ana Ivanovic

SRB



33.

Chanelle Scheepers

RSA





14.

Sabine K Lisicki

GER



34.

Yanina Wickmayer

BEL





15.

Simona Halep

ROU



35.

Tamira S Paszek

AUT





16.

Sofia Arvidsson

SWE



36.

Tsvetana K Pironkova

BUL





17.

Carla Suarez

ESP



37.

Mona Barthel

GER





18.

Maria Kirilenko

RUS













19.

Nadia Petrova

RUS













20.

Jelena Jankovic

SRB












Wild Cards
Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens, Camila Giorgi

[Sallydaisy]

Cincy Qualifying: Laura and AnneK in action today.

Laura Robson v Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS) WR107, 4th on Court 9 starting from 11am local time.
2nd round opponent = Lucic (100) or U. Radwandska (46)

Anne Keothavong v Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) WR101 7th (!) on Court 4.
2nd round opponent = Dominguez Lino (75) or Mattek-Sands (WC 234)

[Sallydaisy]

Laura has just won her first round Qualifying match 6'2, 3'6, 6'4.
Her opponents have only just started their match so we don't yet know if it's Lucic or U.Rad next.

[JAMES4578]

Tough one but Laura came through, well done!

[Sallydaisy]

Laura plays her QR2 match not before 18.00 UK time against #2 seed Urszula Radwanska.
This could be tough ........

[Sallydaisy]

Laura's match is now up on livescore.

[Sallydaisy]

Radwanska beat Laura Robson 6'3, 6'2
:sad:

[Jan]

shame - but it was a tough match for a qualifier

[JAMES4578]

Indeed it was tough but pity Laura went down in straights.

[Helen40]

Bad serving again :(

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 19th August 2012

http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/mediumimage_535.jpg (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~535,00.html)

New Haven Open at Yale (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~535,00.html)
Premier
Official Site (http://www.newhavenopen.com/)

Laura Robson has a Wild Card into the Main Draw here but a tough R1 match.

WC Laura Robson, (GBR, WR88) v [5] Marion Bartoli (FRA, WR11)



http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/mediumimage_2185.jpg (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~2185,00.html)
Texas Tennis Open (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~2185,00.html)
International
Official Site (http://texastennisopen.com/)

Heather and Anne are in action here but Hev is up against 4th seed Wickmayer - bit of a challenge!

WATSON, Heather (GBR, Wr70) Vs. [4] WICKMAYER, Yanina (BEL, Wr30)
KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR, Wr79) Vs. ERAKOVIC, Marina (NZL, Wr 53)

[RoastLamb]

Great win for Li Na in Cincy! 1-6 6-3 6-1. Her first title since her RG win 15 months ago! :yahoo:

[super8]

Great win for Li Na in Cincy! 1-6 6-3 6-1. Her first title since her RG win 15 months ago! :yahoo:

Yip - the work that she has been doing with her new coach seems to be paying off for her. Dark horse for US Open, perhaps?

Bit disappointed for Angie Kerber though. She was 6-1, 3-1 up - then Li proceeded to win 11 of the next 12 games.

[RoastLamb]

I was hoping Li Na would win seeing as she lost last week in Montreal. Not warmed to Kerber as yet but she has great potential. The best of the German players perhaps?

[super8]

I was hoping Li Na would win seeing as she lost last week in Montreal. Not warmed to Kerber as yet but she has great potential. The best of the German players perhaps?

The German players seem to be taking it in turns to become 'the one most likely to..'. First it was Lisicki, then Petkovic, then Goerges, then Lisicki again. Barthel seemed to improve - and now its Kerber.

Kerber does seem to be the one with the most potential. Have seen her play live a few times now, and she's got a good all-round game and good mental strength - a very competitive spirit. She actually has a nicer game to watch, compared with her compatriots too.

Na Li is definitely having a good Hard Court season, isn't she! Wouldn't be surprised to see her reach the latter stages of the US Open - but then again, to say that she can be prone to off-days (and possibly get knocked out early) is an understatement..

[JAMES4578]

Certainly was a great comeback from Li Na, though disappointed Kerber fell away so much in the decider. A marathon game on Kerber's serve at 3-4 in the 2nd proved to be decisive. Angelique certainly has potential though I think she needs to improve her 2nd serve. Commentators mentioned that by the time she finished her semi with Petra all the restauants on site were closed and she made do with a sandwich! Interesting that Li Na was working with Carlos Rodriguez who was Justin Henin's coach for so long of course.

[RoastLamb]

I like Lisicki the most. I was so sad for her and her partner when they came fourth in mixed dubs, Olympics. She was crying her heart out. :sad:

[RoastLamb]

Interesting article about the WTA ranking system from Tom Tebbutt. (http://www.tenniscanada.com/index.php?title=TEBBUTT:-WOMEN%E2%80%99S-TENNIS:-RATING-THE-NO.-1-RANKING&pid=4042)

[Sallydaisy]

WTA TEXAS OPEN
Heather and partner are into the Semi-Finals of the doubles here.
Tweet from Steven


Dallas WTA doubles:
(4) @HeatherWatson92 (https://twitter.com/HeatherWatson92) & Marina Erakovic NZL made it 6/6 together with a 2&0 win overnight.
The top seeds await in the SFs

[cazza99]

Tennis Space (http://www.thetennisspace.com/on-court/five-things-about-the-revival-of-ana-ivanovic/) - Five things about the revival of Ana Ivanovic

[Sallydaisy]

Justine Henin has retired from the tour so I'm not sure if she merits a separate thread.

Anyway - it seems she's to become a Mum in March per this news on her Facebook page.
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23 minutes ago ·




Benoit et moi avons une belle nouvelle Ã* vous annoncer… Et oui, bientôt nous serons trois…
Notre petit bout arrivera au mois de mars… Nous sommes super heureux !

[RoastLamb]

Sweet!

[JAMES4578]

Congratulations to Justine!

[super8]

And congratulations also to Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Bensova, who got married today..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A2w5VpGCMAAoPCM.jpg:large

They weren't dating when they won mixed doubles at SW19 last year - but started dating not long after that.. Sounds a bit like a whirlwind romance (Melzer split up with his then-girlfriend shortly after Wimby)

Well, best of luck to both of them!

[super8]

Kirsten Flipkens won her first tour title today!!

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20120916/best-day-of-her-life-flipkens-wins-quebec_2256076_2920960

She was a world junior number 1 - which goes to show how difficult the transition can be from junior to senior level. She beat Cibulkova, Barthel and LP Hradecka en route to winning this one.

She was on the phone to Kim Clijsters for most of the week apparently - of course being compatriots, Fed Cup team mates, doubles partners.

Yay Flipper!

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 17th September 2012

GRC BANK GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S OPEN (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781%7E1142,00.html)
Guangzhou, China
September 17-22, 2012
$220,000/International
Hard/Outdoors

ORDER OF PLAY (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/OrderOfPlay/0,,12781,00.html) | DRAWS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Draws/0,,12781,00.html) | PHOTOS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Gallery/Latest/0,,12781,00.html) | WATCH LIVE (http://www.tennistv.com/wtalive?WT.mc_id=SEWTA2)

KDB KOREA OPEN (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781%7E1143,00.html)
Seoul, South Korea
September 17-23, 2012
$500,000/International
Hard/Outdoors

ORDER OF PLAY (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/OrderOfPlay/0,,12781,00.html) | DRAWS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Draws/0,,12781,00.html) | PHOTOS (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Gallery/Latest/0,,12781,00.html)

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 24th September 2012

The Ladies play in Tokyo and Beijing one week ahead of the Mens ATP events scheduled for 1st October and at the same venues. The Premier 4 and 5 are the equivalent to the ATP Masters 1000's but they have 2 tiers of prize money with the 5's getting a lot more.



Tokyo (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~536,00.html), Japan
Toray Pan Pacific Open (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~536,00.html)
Premier 4

Outdoors
Hard
$2,168,400
Sgl 56
Dbl 16
Click Here (http://www.toray-ppo.co.jp/en/ticket/)






Beijing (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~1140,00.html), China
China Open (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~1140,00.html)
Premier 5

Outdoors
Hard
$4,828,050
Sgl 60
Dbl 28
Click Here (http://www.chinaopen.com.cn/en/tickets/ticketinfomation.shtml)

[super8]

Caro Wozniacki won Seoul btw. Beat Kanepi in a pretty one-sided final.

Both had played tough semi finals the day before (both 3-setters against Makarova & Lepchenko) and and Kanepi probably short of match fitness.

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20120923/wozniacki-captures-korean-hearts-seoul_2256076_2927242

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 1st October 2012

Beijing - China Open
Website: http://www.chinaopen.com.cn/en/

Heather, Laura and AnneK are all on the Qualifying Entry list (http://www.chinaopen.com.cn/en/qs/wta.html) but it's unlikely Anne will play because she's injured at the moment.

Women's Qualifying Singles Draw


http://i1.sinaimg.cn/ty/2012-09-20/2/U2874P675T2D554F36DT20120920182036.png

[pabbers]

Perhaps Laura will get a chance to exact revenge over Hsieh!

[Sallydaisy]

Beijing Qualifying Draw is done and can be found here (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2012/1020/QS.pdf) in full (PDF).

QR1: Laura Robson (4) v Garbine Muguraza (09.00/10.00 UK time)
Laura last up of 4 matches on 'Lotus Court' where play starts at 04:00 UK time
If she wins she'll play Julia Cohen or Johanna Larsson (15)

QR1: Heather Watson (12) vs WC Ran Tian
The match is 2nd on 'Moon Court' where play starts at 04:00 UK time, so ETA UK 06.00
If she wins she'd play Mandy Minella (6) or Camilla Giorgi in QR2.

Not bad draws for our girls. AnneK didn't make it over - injured still.

[Sallydaisy]

Wonder if Serena will make it to Bejing? Retweet ......

Beyond The Baseline ‏@SI_BTBaseline (https://twitter.com/SI_BTBaseline) Beijing in doubt? RT @serenawilliams (https://twitter.com/serenawilliams): Flu no fun. :(

[RoastLamb]

Both Williams sisters have pulled out of the China Open.

[JAMES4578]

In Tokyo Sam Stosur had only her 2nd win in 12 against sharapova upsetting the French Open champion 6-4, 7-6 (12-10) in the quarters. However, sadly she's gone down 6-4, 6-2 to Petrova in the semis.

[Sallydaisy]

WTA: Beijing Qualifying

QR1: Heather Watson (12) d WC Ran Tian 7'5, 6'2
QR2: Heather Watson (12) v Camilla Giorgi

QR1: Laura Robson (4) d Garbine Muguruza 6'3, 6'3.
She was broken when serving for the match at 6'3, 5'1 but took her next chance to win.
QR2: Laura Robson v Johanna Larsson (15) (who beat Cohen 7'5, 6'1)

If (OK, when) Laura and Heather qualify these are the Qualifier slots in the Beijing Main Draw .... so it's a bit of a lottery for success in R1.
Mona Barthel
Sara Errani
Marion Bartoli
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (WC)
Roberta Vinci
Kimiko Date-Krumm (WC)
Jie Zheng
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

BEIJING DOUBLES DRAW
Heather is in the Doubles main draw but up against much higher ranked players in R1.
WD R1: WATSON, Heather/MARTIC, Petra (GBR/CRO) LLAGOSTERA VIVES, Nuria /MIRZA, Sania (ESP/IND) [5]

[Sallydaisy]

Random WTA information ...
Laura ( born 16/02/94 ) vs Muguruza ( born 08/10/93 ) is a meeting of 2 of the top 3 ranked 18 year olds in the world. Lauren Davis (USA) WR 102 ( born 09/10/93 ) is currently 2nd, so 2nd and 3rd are soon to be 19 year olds).

There is another very promising teenager currently sitting at #122 who is being compared to Wozniacki. Donna Vekic ( CRO) (born 28/06/96), based in London and coached by David Felgate (Tim Henmans ex-coach), 2 weeks ago reached the WTA tour 220K final in Uzbekistan, beating 3 top 100 players on the way. More about her here (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/GettingToKnow/Read/0,,12781~2922659,00.html) and here (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bsuzSWdDCBcJ:www.sportdw.com/2012/05/donna-vekic-future-tennis-superstar.html+donna+vekic&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-a).

[Sallydaisy]

OOP out for tomorrow - very early start if you want to follow the 2 British girls in Beijing!!!

Heather v Georgi is first on Moon Court at 4am BST followed by Laura on the same court next match up against Joanna Larsson.

[Alis]

A really entertaining match between Aga Radwanska and Angelique Kerber today. Aga won 6-1, 6-1 but it was so much closer than that - both players produced some wonderful shots.

[cazza99]

si.com (http://tennis.si.com/2012/09/26/wta-itf-stacey-allaster/) - WTA stands by decision to break agreement with ITF for Fed Cup
Beyond the Baseline

[super8]

A really entertaining match between Aga Radwanska and Angelique Kerber today. Aga won 6-1, 6-1 but it was so much closer than that - both players produced some wonderful shots.

I was able to catch that one too - it was a good match, wasn't it?

Unbelievably, Angie Kerber hit 28 winners - and still lost 6-1, 6-1!

The fact that she hit 32 UE's probably didn't help.

Aga Radwanska, however, hit 20 winners and 4 UE's. She played so well today. Lots of fabulous points, whether from the baseline or at the net - wonderful netplay from both players, plenty of drop shots (a rarity in tennis these days!), including a drop shot by Aga off a return of serve.

More matches like this please! A real treat.

[RoastLamb]

Acc. to folks on twitter, during Sam Stosur's match vs Petrova, Nadia's coach called Stosur a very bad word with a swear word in front of it. Tsk!!! Should. Know. Better.

[Alis]

Laura beat Larsson but Heather lost to Georgi - both in 3 sets.

[Aya]

@Kfish_WTA on twitter


#WTA Beijing Qualifiers Placed: VESNINA-Barthel, [LL] GOVORTSOVA-Paszek, GIORGI-Errani, JOVANOVSKI-Bartoli, MORITA- Torro-Flor


#WTA Beijing Qualifiers Placed: DOMINGUEZ LINO vs Vinci, ROBSON vs Date-Krumm, ARRUABARRENA-VECINO vs Zheng, HERCOG vs Pavlyuchenkova

Winnable match for Laura but definitely not easy.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura beat Larsson but Heather lost to Georgi - both in 3 sets.

Well done Laura but it's a great shame Heather lost.

So, the youngest in the draw (http://www.chinaopen.com.cn/en/draws.html)(Laura, 18) now faced the eldest (Kimiko Date-Krumm, turned 42 yesterday) who is here on a Wildcard. Should be interesting; Kimi hasn't played at all well this year but can still produce the goods.
If Laura wins she'd face the winner of Dominguez-Lino vs Vinci.

Here's a link (http://www.wtatennis.com/headtohead/laura-robson_2255881_15680/0,,12781~15680~1860,00.html) to their H2H (0-1) so you can check their comparative details. The Japanese player (ranked 56 at the time) beat Laura (then ranked 201) 2 years ago in Osaka (hard) 6'3, 6'3.


Kimiko Date-Krumm - 2012 record
JANUARY - Fell 1r at Australian Open (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~836,00.html) (l. to Daniilidou).

FEBRUARY - Reached 2r at Pattaya City (l. to Hsieh); fell 1r at Monterrey (l. to Savinykh).

MARCH - Reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. to Zvonareva); fell 1r at Miami (l. to V.Williams).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Charleston (l. to Hercog); fell 1r at Copenhagen (l. to Babos 16 76(4) 75; led 5-3 second set and 5-2 third set w/2mp at 5-3); won third WTA doubles title at Copenhagen (w/Fujiwara).

MAY - Fell 1r at Roland Garros (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~838,00.html) (l. to Schiavone).

JUNE - Withdrew from Birmingham w/left leg injury; fell 1r at Wimbledon (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~839,00.html) (l. to K.Bondarenko).

JULY - Did not play.

AUGUST - Fell in Cincinnati and New Haven qualifying.

[JAMES4578]

Fab Laura is through but disappointing for Heather of course, Date Krumm seems reasonable draw but of course Kimiko can not be discounted. A surprise in Tokyo as Following her upset of Stosur Petrova beat Radwanska in a bit of a topsey turvey affair 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 to take the title.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura Robson beat Kimiko Date-Krumm 6'4, 6'4,

Next up for her is Lourdes Dominguez-Lino who is only 13 years older than Laura!
She's a vastly experienced player (767 matches!!!)

LDL has just beaten Roberta Vinci 6'7, 7'6, 6'2 (having fluffed her first chance to serve out the match at 5-0 up in the 3rd). Here's some details (http://www.wtatennis.com/headtohead/laura-robson_2255881_15680/0,,12781~15680~2029,00.html)about the pair of them, they've not met before on the WTA tour.



Laura Robson

Lourdes Dominguez-Lino


57
January 21, 1994 (18)
Melbourne, Australia
London, England
5' 11" (1.80 m)
148 lbs. (67 kg)
29/23
92/67
0
0
$268,753
$495,887

Ranking
Birth Date (Age)
Birthplace
Residence
Height
Weight
YTD Won/Lost
Career Won/Lost
YTD Singles Titles
Career Singles Titles
YTD Prize Money
Career Prize Money

67
March 31, 1981 (31)
Pontevedra, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
5' 4" (1.63 m)
133 lbs. (60 kg)
26/21
456/311
0
2
$263,018
$1,546,856

[cazza99]

Acc. to folks on twitter, during Sam Stosur's match vs Petrova, Nadia's coach called Stosur a very bad word with a swear word in front of it. Tsk!!! Should. Know. Better.

Apparently he was wired up with a mike for commentating or something and had forgotten, so the broadcasters turned on his mike when he was talking to Petrova "in private" during the change of ends. But they realised after he said it and they were both laughing.

[super8]

Elena Vesnina and Ekat Makarova won the doubles title in Beijing:

http://www.wtatennis.com/doublesnews/20121006/makarova-vesninas-beijing-breakthrough_2256567_2941505

Am a fan of Vesnina, and she's lost so many finals in doubles in the past, including Beijing - nice to see her bag this one.

What was a bit annoying about the doubles here was they the 'no-advantage' rule was used.

I have no idea how widely this is used - does anyone know??

I really don't like it. If I had to choose between ditching this or the Champs Tie-break I would ditch the no-ad rule.

[Alis]

I don't like it either, super8, but it seems to be widely used in tournaments other than the Majors. Seemingly, the no-ad rule and the CTB were brought in to speed up the doubles and make the matches more attractive. Actually, I think it has had the opposite effect - it devalues the doubles in my eyes.

[super8]

I agree. The matches lose any chance of tension brought about by numerous deuces, etc. - which is part of the attraction - for me, at least!

The 'Receiver's Choice' aspect is a little bizarre too.

I first noticed it in the men's doubles in the London Year End tournament, when they started the matches at about 2pm - I think it's now 1pm.

Why not start the matches at 11am, and make them proper 3-setters there? Cricket matches at Lords/ the Oval start at 11am, so I don't see why they can't manage the same in the tennis.

But for tournaments in general - why not have proper best-of-three sets in double in the semi finals and finals at the very least? If time is an issue, then surely the matches have thinned out considerably by then.

[super8]

Over in Beijing, Vika has beaten Maria for the 4th time in 5 matches this year to take the title.

If you saw the Aussie Open final between them, then not much need to watch this one - it was a very similar match, right down to the scoreline - 6-3 6-1 (was 6-3 6-0 in Melbourne).

In terms of gameplan, Maria's 'Plan A' just doesn't work well against Vika - it's a bad matchup for her. Vika neutralises Maria's aggressive groundstrokes too easily.

[JAMES4578]

Disappointing it wasn't more of a contest, only their Us Open clash was really competitive as the one Maria won was also pretty straightforward. Vika having a good run though,having been so close at Flushing Meadows.

[david1610]

I understand the criticisms but my understanding is the changes were brought in to standardise how long a doubles match would last, whether it started at 11:00 or 12:00 or 14:00. This would then help scheduling in terms of knowing when a following singles match would begin.
To use an entertainment metaphor, the doubles are the "warm up" act for the singles, but you have to know when your main act is coming on stage. And being a warm up act is often a frustrating experience for bands and fans of those bands! But better to have a warm up act than none at all!

At the time it was stated that doubles matches were in danger of gradually losing interest - the tennis associations also wanted more singles players to get involved in doubles, even if only occasionally (again, that is a mixed blessing, and a negative one for the true doubles players being squeezed out of the top tournaments due to lack of space).
I am not saying I disagree with the criticisms but the changes were introduced because of a greater concern. Does that still hold?

[Alis]

Perhaps they ought to hold a review to assess whether the changes have been successful and whether they are popular with the viewing public. I enjoy watching doubles because the players have to have such fast reactions and they tend to be less intense than the singles. I'm sure that if they televised the doubles more often the public would become more enthusiastic.

[super8]

I understand the criticisms but my understanding is the changes were brought in to standardise how long a doubles match would last, whether it started at 11:00 or 12:00 or 14:00. This would then help scheduling in terms of knowing when a following singles match would begin.
To use an entertainment metaphor, the doubles are the "warm up" act for the singles, but you have to know when your main act is coming on stage. And being a warm up act is often a frustrating experience for bands and fans of those bands! But better to have a warm up act than none at all!

At the time it was stated that doubles matches were in danger of gradually losing interest - the tennis associations also wanted more singles players to get involved in doubles, even if only occasionally (again, that is a mixed blessing, and a negative one for the true doubles players being squeezed out of the top tournaments due to lack of space).
I am not saying I disagree with the criticisms but the changes were introduced because of a greater concern. Does that still hold?

The US Open and the Australian Open have afternoon and evening sessions, into which they slot doubles matches which don't have ad-points/ Champs tie breaks - and manage that without compromising the start times of the singles matches.

Weather also not an issue - so there is really little that needs to be controlled on that front.

Also - Men's doubles is not exactly known for its long-drawn out points they are short as it is! I'd say that they remain very serve-volley-orientated.

I am also dubious about shortening of doubles matches to attract the top singles players. Given the sheer physicality required of players these days, I doubt if any shortening of doubles matches will attract them.

The solution would surely be to have the singles match straight after the doubles - but perhaps 'not before' a certain time if the doubles is especially short - just as at the US/ Aus Open.

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 8th October 2012

Heather Watson and Laura Robson are in Osaka. , Anne Keothavong in Linz (return from injury).

http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/mediumimage_340.jpg (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~340,00.html)
HP Open (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~340,00.html)
Osaka,
Japan
October 8 - 14, 2012
International
$220,000
Tournament Director: Takayoshi Matsuo
Official Site (http://www.hp-open.jp)



(1)Samantha Stosur (AUS) v Erika Sema (JPN)
(Q)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) v Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Ayumi Morita (JPN) v Jamie Hampton (USA)
(wc)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v (5)Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

(3)Christina McHale (USA) v Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) v Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
(Q)Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN) v (wc)Kurumi Nara (JPN)
Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) v (8)Laura Robson (GBR)

(7)Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) v Alexa Glatch (USA)
Mirjana Lucic (CRO) v (Q)Luksika Kumkhum (THA)
Misaki Doi (JPN) v Julia Cohen (USA)
(Q)Olga Puchkova (RUS) v (4/wc)Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

(6)Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) v Camila Giorgi (ITA)
Heather Watson (GBR) v Polona Hercog (SLO)
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) v Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) v (2)Jie Zheng (CHN)

OUT: R1, R2, QTR, SEMI, FIN, WIN

http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/mediumimage_233.jpg (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~233,00.html)
BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~233,00.html)
Luxembourg,
Luxembourg
October 15 - 21, 2012
International
$220,000
Tournament Director: Danielle Maas
Official Site (http://www.bglbnpparibas-open.lu/en/home.php)



Anne Keothavong returned from injury to play here but went out in QR1.

[Sallydaisy]

OSAKA: Round 2 matches for the British girls:-

[8] ROBSON, Laura (GBR, WR56) v Q ZHOU, Yi-Miao (CHN, WR228)
WATSON, Heather (GBR, WR71) v [6] MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel (ESP, WR40)

Looks as though it'll be Thursday before they play again .....


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Jamie Hampton (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/jamie-hampton_2257889_11956) vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/tamarine-tanasugarn_2257889_8240)
2. Samantha Stosur (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/samantha-stosur_2257889_7941) vs. Virginie Razzano (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/virginie-razzano_2257889_7082)
3. Misaki Doi (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/misaki-doi_2257889_13434) vs. Olga Puchkova (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/olga-puchkova_2257889_10032)
4. Aoyama/Moulton-Levy vs. Nara/Sema

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Chang Kai-Chen (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/kai-chen-chang_2257889_13135) vs. Casey Dellacqua (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/casey-dellacqua_2257889_10044)
2. Cohen/Zhou vs. Kumkhum/Miyamura
3. Dellacqua/Scheepers vs. Medina Garrigues/Zheng

[david1610]

Full draw for Osaka here http://statistiks.com/tennis/japan/wta-osaka/2012/women-singles/main-draw/draw
Laura can incidentally get to her SF without playing anybody ranked higher than herself! She would probably then have a rematch with Sam Stosur!

[Sallydaisy]

Full draw for Osaka here http://statistiks.com/tennis/japan/wta-osaka/2012/women-singles/main-draw/draw

and here (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?144-WTA-general-thread&p=105417&viewfull=1#post105417) ...
;)

[Sallydaisy]

OSAKA: Order of Play for 11/10/12

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs - 03.00 UK)
1. (around 03.00 UK) Pauline Parmentier (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/pauline-parmentier_2257889_6673) vs. Zheng Jie (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/jie-zheng_2257889_9379)
2. (around 05.00 UK) Anabel Medina Garrigues (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/anabel-medina-garrigues_2257889_5564) vs. Heather Watson (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/heather-watson_2257889_16047)
3. (around 07.00 UK) Zhou Yi-Miao (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/yi-miao-zhou_2257889_12512) vs. Laura Robson (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/laura-robson_2257889_15680)
4. Fujiwara/Wongteanchai vs. Medina Garrigues/Zheng
5. Kops-Jones/Spears vs. Kumkhum/Miyamura (NB 17.30hrs)

Court 1 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Chanelle Scheepers (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/chanelle-scheepers_2257889_8030) vs. Mirjana Lucic (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/mirjana-lucic_2257889_4838)
2. Jurak/Marosi vs. Lykina/Puchkova

[Jan]

Does anyone know if there are streams for these matches or is it the jolly LS??

[Sallydaisy]

Great win for Heather Watson in R2 in Osaka today!
She beat 6th seed Annabel Medina-Garrigues 6'7(4), 6'2, 6'3
:clap:

Laura Robson is currently in action; leads 5-1 in the first set against Chinese Qualifier Zhou.

Does anyone know if there are streams for these matches or is it the jolly LS??
I don't know Jan; some of them are too early anyway to get up for!

[Jan]

Well done Hev!!

No streams apparently!

Laura going well against Zhou, but has just lost her first game when serving for the first set
5-1*

[Sallydaisy]

Oh dear, Laura has just been broken AGAIN when serving for the first set; Zhou now *3-5.
Perhaps Laura can break the Chinese on serve?

[Jan]

Come on Laura - this is getting a bit too close for comfort

[Jan]

:phew:
first set to Laura 6-4

[Sallydaisy]

:phew:

Well done Laura!!! 6'4 to take the first set with a love hold.
That'll have steadied the ship!
Not sure what happened because she was 5-0 up and serving for the set at one point.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura a break up in the 2nd set and serving at *2-1; but is broken back so all square at 2-2 in the 2nd.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura broke again and it's stayed on serve so she's now got a chance to take the match at *5-4 2nd set.
She had a match point against the Zhou serve at *3-5, 40-Ad but the Chinese girl held her nerve & serve!

[Sallydaisy]

:cheer:
Laura Robson joins Heather Watson in the QF's in Osaka after beating Chinese player Zhou 6'4, 6'4.
Tougher match than the scoreline suggests .......

[Jan]

Laura wins 6-4 6-4 :clap::clap: - and no df's!!

[Sallydaisy]

OSAKA WTA - a couple of interesting Quarter-Finals tomorrow then:

ROBSON, Laura (GBR, ranked 56) v CHANG, Kai-Chen (TPE, ranked 134)
WATSON, Heather (GBR, ranked 71) v PARMENTIER, Pauline (FRA, ranked 73)

[cazza99]

Well done Laura and Heather :clap:

[cazza99]

Laura is second on centre tomorrow and Heather is first on Court 1. Play for the day starts at 11.00 am Japanese time, so I make that 3.00 am.

oop - http://www.wtatennis.com/page/OrderOfPlay/0,,12781,00.html

[david1610]

Laura wins 6-4 6-4 :clap::clap: - and no df's!!
That is really good news!

[david1610]

Laura is second on centre tomorrow and Heather is first on Court 1. Play for the day starts at 11.00 am Japanese time, so I make that 3.00 am.

oop - http://www.wtatennis.com/page/OrderOfPlay/0,,12781,00.html
Heather is also still in the doubles with Date-Krumm, the Japanese player of course, which may give her some more local support! They also play tomorrow.

[Sallydaisy]

Heather is also still in the doubles with Date-Krumm, the Japanese player of course, which may give her some more local support! They also play tomorrow.
Hev gets her singles played nice and early so hopefully she'll have a couple of hours at least before playing the doubles. Doubt I'll be up for the her singles at 03.00 but will probably livescore her doubles (and that of Flemchins!) whilst Andy's match is on.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Chanelle Scheepers (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/chanelle-scheepers_2257889_8030) vs. Misaki Doi (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/misaki-doi_2257889_13434)
2. Chang Kai-Chen (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/kai-chen-chang_2257889_13135) vs. Laura Robson (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/laura-robson_2257889_15680) (05.00 UK approx)
3. Samantha Stosur (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/samantha-stosur_2257889_7941) vs. Jamie Hampton (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/jamie-hampton_2257889_11956)
4. Aoyama/Moulton-Levy vs. Date-Krumm/Watson (09.00 UK approx)
5. Kops-Jones/Spears vs. Jurak/Marosi (NB 17.30hrs)

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs, 03.00 UK)
1. Heather Watson (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/heather-watson_2257889_16047) vs. Pauline Parmentier (http://www.wtatennis.com/player/pauline-parmentier_2257889_6673)

[JAMES4578]

Laura and Heather showing good form, let's hope they can keep it going! Laura seems to have the easier task but Heather should also have every chance!

[david1610]

Excuse triple post! http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20121011/robson-watson-into-osaka-qfs_2256076_2946256

[Sallydaisy]

A loss for Laura but Heather marches on after her 2 sets win over Parmentier.

Heather/Kimiko's doubles match is now up on livescore!

[Sallydaisy]

Wahey - Heather is into the Semi's of the Doubles as well.
Busy day for her tomorrow!!!

Watson/Date-Krumm d Aoyama/Moulton-Levy 7'6(7), 6'1

[Jan]

great week for Hev!

[Alis]

Anne won her second round quali in Luxembourg but Johanna narrowly lost.

[Sallydaisy]

W/C 15th October 2012

Heather Watson and Laura Robson are not playing this week.
Anne Keothavong lost in QR3 in Luxembourg.
Johanna Konta lost in QR1 in Luxembourg.

http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/mediumimage_233.jpg (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~233,00.html)

BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~233,00.html)
Luxembourg
October 15 - 21, 2012
International
$220,000
Tournament Director: Danielle Maas
Official Site (http://www.bglbnpparibas-open.lu/en/home.php)


http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/mediumimage_664.jpg (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~664,00.html)

Kremlin Cup (http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~664,00.html)
Moscow,Russia
October 15 - 21, 2012
Premier
$740,000
Tournament Director: Aleksei Selivanenko
Official Site (http://www.kremlincup.ru/)

[RoastLamb]

The ladies have their year-end tournament this week in Istanbul. Red group is Azarenka, Serena, Kerber & Li Na. White is Sharapova, Radwanska, Kvitova, & Errani.

821

[JAMES4578]

Two tight and entertaining matches yesterday as both Arazaneka and Sharapova came back from a set down to beat Kerber and Radwanska respectively in matches lasting over 3 hours. Serena and Maria have now qualified for the semis. Meanwhile Kvitova has pulled out with a virus having Played just the one match when she was a bit out of sorts in losing to Agie. Stosur will take her place and opens up against Sara Erani today.

[super8]

Yip - 2 corkers yesterday, after the errorfest that was Serena v Li.

Vika saved 2 match points against Angie yesterday too.

Was a late night. I think that the Aga v Sharpie match finished at about 2:15am!! Add to that the post-match pressers, massages etc and that is one very late night.

Kvitova had a viral infection that she initially thought was just nerves. She did say that she felt the pressure of trying to defend this particular title.

btw if Vika beats Serena in today's RR match then Vika secures y/e number 1. Sharpie has to win the tourney and hope Vika loses a few for her to get it. Probably a long shot.

[RoastLamb]

Watched the kerber-Azarenka match. Was really hoping Kerber would win. She's tried so hard in her two matches to no avail.

[RoastLamb]

So, the final will be between Shriekapova and Serena. No guesses who's going to win that one if we base it on previous recent results. Pfft! Shazza took care of Azarenka pretty easily and Serena blasted through Aggie.

In the doubles - which I found WAY MORE interesting than the singles tbh - the final will be between Team Russia (Petrova and Kirilenko) and Team Czech (don't ask me to spell their names coz I can't). Team Italy went out (surprisingly) in 3 in the semi and Team USA went out in straights.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly think an in form Vika would've been a better oponent for Serena but she wasn't really that today and did seem a bit injured. Maria though did play pretty well but she hasn't even tested Serena for some time and her only wins were in 2004. It was always going to be tough for Aggie and she was hampered by having two very tough matches. The doubles final could well be a good contest between Petrova/Kirkilenko and Hlavackova/Hradecka (I did copy that one!)

[RoastLamb]

So Serena wins in straights (yawn) and Team Russia win in straights too. Why does Serena beat Shazza so easily?

[JAMES4578]

At least it was a bit more competitive than some of their recent matches but serena was always in control and so dominant on serve, only being taken to Deuce once and constantly put Maria under pressure on her own delivery. I think Serena just reads Sharapova's game well and it's not a good match up for the Russian. She could really do with a bit more variety and Williams makes her look a bit slow. Glad Nadia/Maria took the doubles and they did impress but Andrea/Lucie really got off to a slow start and couldn't really threaten until it was too late which was a pity.

[super8]

So Serena wins in straights (yawn) and Team Russia win in straights too. Why does Serena beat Shazza so easily?

One of my favourite folk to follow on Twitter is Chris P (@scoobschris). Here are 3 of his tweets about the match today that probably summarise why Serena does so well against Sharpie:


- Maria is such a good player, and yet Serena's game just makes her look slow, ungainly and limited. It's brutally impressive.
- Yank her this way, yank her that way, yank her this way, yank her that way. Boom.
- When Maria tries to hit really hard, she has less control. Serena can hit really hard, and maintain perfect control of her shots.


Serena figured out her tactics for Sharapova a while ago, and Sharapova has simply been unable to counter that. As James mentioned, she just isn't mobile enough and also doesn't have the power to hit through Serena. But then again only an on-form Kvitova does - and in the last 2-3 years, only Kim could really trouble Serena consistently.

Serena has lost 4 matches out of maybe 59 played in the season . 3 of those were pre-Wimbledon - including that freak result against Razzano. The others who beat her were Makarova (Aus Open), Kerber and Wozniacki.

[RoastLamb]

Yes, she does make Shazza look ungainly and slow. I must admit I like Serena a lot more now she doesn't scream.

[Sallydaisy]

WTA AUCKLAND ENTRY LIST

4 Agnieszka Radwanska
18 Julia Goerges
23 Yanina Wickmayer
26 Zheng Jie
27 Sorana Cirstea
29 Yaroslava Shvedova
33 Christina McHale
39 Mona Barthel
47 Simona Halep
49 Heather Watson
54 Kirsten Flipkens
55 Petra Cetkovska
61 Romina Oprandi
62 Magdalena Rybarikova
63 Kiki Bertens
66 Pauline Parmienter
67 Marina Erakovic
68 Arantxa Rus
69 Elena Vesnina
71 Jamie Hampton
72 Svetlana Kuznetsova
73 Johanna Larsson
76 Kristina Mladenovic
78 Polona Hercog

[cazza99]

Tennis Space (http://www.thetennisspace.com/video/) - Wozniaki imitates Serena

[Linda]

All is not well in Spanish women's tennis, according to tennis.com (http://www.tennis.com/news/2012/12/spanish-women-break-federation/45680/#.UMn6yeRLMvM)

[RoastLamb]

Tennis Space (http://www.thetennisspace.com/video/) - Wozniaki imitates Serena

Caro got a lot of grief from her impression on yesterday's View with Whoopi Goldberg. Man, she was called racist and all sorts. You can tell Whoopi doesn't follow tennis. I was incensed and wanted to throw things at my tv.

Anyway some tennis writer from Fox wrote about how it wasn't racist and how Whoopi got it all wrong. (http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/caroline-wozniacki-send-up-of-serena-williams-not-racist-121112)

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 31 December 2012 (Week 1)

Heather Watson is in Auckland where she meets Sorana Cirstea in R1.
Laura Robson is in the new WTA event in Shenzhen, China. AnneK is in Qualifying there.
Elena Baltacha is still in training for a return to the tour.
Johanna Konta is trying to qualify for Brisbane.


Shenzhen
http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/smallimage_3023.jpg

Official Site (http://www.shenzhenopentennis.com/)


Shenzhen Longgang Gemdale Open (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/3023/title/shenzhen-longgang-gemdale-open) Dec 30 - Jan 05, 2013
Shenzhen, China


Brisbane
http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/smallimage_734.jpg

Official Site (http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/)
Tickets (http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/tickets)


Brisbane International (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/734/title/brisbane-international) Dec 30 - Jan 05, 2013
Brisbane, Australia


Auckland

http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/smallimage_235.jpg

Official Site (http://www.asbclassic.co.nz/)
Tickets (http://www.asbclassic.co.nz/tickets.htm)


ASB Classic (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/235/title/asb-classic) Dec 31 - Jan 05, 2013
Auckland, New Zealand

[david1610]

Anne K qualified for the main draw in China and has drawn...

[Q] A Keothavong (GBR) vs [6] S Peng (CHN)


She is playing approximately 3 a.m. British time early tomorrow.

[Sallydaisy]

Thanks David!
:thumbup:

OOP's for the WTA events tomorrow

Auckland (13hrs ahead of us)
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2013/1049/OP.pdf
Heather Watson/Marina Erakovic are last on Centre Court at approx 21.00 local, 08.00 UK time

Brisbane (10hrs ahead of us)
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2013/800/OP.pdf

Shenzhen (8hrs ahead of us)
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2013/1063/OP.pdf

[Sallydaisy]

Shenzhen
R1: Peng Shuai beat Anne Keothavong 6'4, 6'0
:sad:

Over to Laura Robson to fly the flag at that event.

Auckland
Heather Watson plays her first singles match here on Tuesday 1/1/13.
She's up against 5th seed Sorana Cirstea.
Match is timed at 12noon local, 11pm UK time.

Brisbane
Early exits for a couple of seeds ...
Stosur (7) lost to Arvidsson and Pervak (Q) beat Wozniacki (8) 2'6, 6'3, 7'6.
At least Caro has Rory on hand to cheer her up and go off to celebrate the New Year with!!

[JAMES4578]

Pity for Anne but hopefulluy Laura can get the job done! Certainly a few upsets in Brisbane,wonder if Sam will struggle in Oz again.

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 7th January 2013 (Week 2)

HOBART
Heather Watson and Laura Robson were both entered into this event.
Unfortunately, Hev has picked up an elbow injury and has had to withdraw.
Hopefully she'll be OK for the AO.

http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/smallimage_415.jpg (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/415) Moorilla Hobart... (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/415)

Hobart, AUSTRALIA

Jan 06 - Jan 12, 2013




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SYDNEY
http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/smallimage_636.jpg (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/636) Apia Internatio... (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/636)

Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Jan 06 - Jan 11, 2013
Combined ATP/WTA event
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUALIFYING

Anne Keothavong and Johanna Konta will be in Melbourne this week hoping to qualify for the Australian Open Grand Slam.

[Sallydaisy]

WTA BRISBANE: Azarenka has withdrawn from her Semi-Final against Serena Williams.
The American has a w/o into the Final to play either Pavlyuchenkova or LL Tsurenko.

Tweets indicate that Vika has a toe injury which should be fine by the AO - see tweets below:-


Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes (https://twitter.com/NeilHarmanTimes) Shame for @vika7 (https://twitter.com/vika7) to have to pull out of @BrisbaneTennis (https://twitter.com/BrisbaneTennis) sf against @serenawilliams (https://twitter.com/serenawilliams) Will discover more later

(https://twitter.com/piersnewbery)
Piers Newbery ‏@piersnewbery (https://twitter.com/piersnewbery) Murray through but looks like no Azarenka v Serena in Brisbane RT @amyprice21 (https://twitter.com/amyprice21): It's a right toe infection for Azarenka



Matt Cronin ‏@TennisReporters (https://twitter.com/TennisReporters)Doctors told Azarenka not 2 play for 3-4 days but she thinks she could be ready in 2 days or so. Taking antibiotics.Will be fine 4 AO

[pabbers]

WTA BRISBANE: Azarenka has withdrawn from her Semi-Final against Serena Williams.
The American has a w/o into the Final to play either Pavlyuchenkova or LL Tsurenko.

Tweets indicate that Vika has a toe injury which should be fine by the AO - see tweets below:-



(https://twitter.com/piersnewbery)

So that robs Serena of the chance to go toe to toe with her then........sorry, couldn't resist :getcoat:

[Sallydaisy]

WTA HOBART
Not sure if this news will have any impact but it seems that Tasmania is beset by sweltering heat conditions and there are wildfires raging which have cut off a peninsula near Hobart (where the tennis is being played).

Report here from the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20918692

100 homes have been destroyed in the town of Dunalley. The main road to the Tasman Peninsula, south-east of Hobart, has been cut off, stranding thousands of people, many of them tourists in the historic site of Port Arthur.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/65088000/gif/_65088494_aust_tas_0501.cmp.gif

[Sallydaisy]

WTA HOBART OOP for Sunday 6th January


QUALIFYING 10:00 AM Mandy MINELLA (LUX) vs Garbine MUGURUZA (ESP)

MAIN DRAW NOT BEFORE 10:00AM
Carla SUAREZ NAVARRO (ESP) [5] vs Olga GOVORTSOVA (BLR)
FOLLOWED BY:
Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [8] vs Laura ROBSON (GBR)
DOUBLES FOLLOWED BY:
Liga DEKMEIJERE (LAT) Megan MOULTON-LEVY (USA) [4] vs Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) Simona HALEP (ROU)
FOLLOWED BY:
Ashleigh BARTY (AUS) Bojana BOBUSIC (AUS) vs Stephanie BENGSON (AUS) Jessica MOORE (AUS)


Laura Robson's match will start in 10/15 mins or so; Govortsova has just beaten CSN in straights.

[Sallydaisy]

I'm watching Laura play her R1 match in Hobart courtesy a livestream on the tourney website!
http://www.youtube.com/HobartInternational

Our lass was broken in the first game of the match and Sloane Stephens went on to win set 1 by 6'4.
Laura seemed sluggish and was overhitting a lot of her passing shots but improved towards the end of the set and had breakback points in game 8.

It's 1-1 in the 2nd set with Laura holding to love in the opening service game.

I guess we have to bear in mind she has a new coach so if there are tweaks to her game they might be disrupting her rhythm until she's played a few matches.

These are 2 of the best youngsters in the world playing each other.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura fell behind in the 2nd set but levelled back at 3-3 and then held her serve. She couldn't break Stephens and it's into a tie-breaker. Unfortunately, Laura's error count crept back up and Stephens took a 4-1 lead before eventually winning the match 6'4, 7'6(4).
Just too many unforced errors from Robbo.
:sad:

[david1610]

Laura fell behind in the 2nd set but levelled back at 3-3 and then held her serve. She couldn't break Stephens and it's into a tie-breaker. Unfortunately, Laura's error count crept back up and Stephens took a 4-1 lead before eventually winning the match 6'4, 7'6(4).
Just too many unforced errors from Robbo.
:sad:
Sounds a bit similar to the last match. Oh wel, learning, learning,, learning.

[JAMES4578]

Disappointing but tough draw and Laura a bit closer this time.

[Sallydaisy]

The WTA have announced some changes to be made to the 2014 Calendar


WTA ‏@WTA (https://twitter.com/WTA) China to host five #WTA (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WTA&src=hash) events in 2014 with new Premier 5 in Wuhan, China,
and new International event in Hong Kong. #Tennis (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Tennis&src=hash)

[Sallydaisy]

WTA 2013 - new tournaments:

WTA ‏@WTA (https://twitter.com/WTA) Florianopolis, Brazil, and Katowice, Poland, to hold new #WTA (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WTA&src=hash) events in 2013 #Tennis (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Tennis&src=hash)

[Maza1987]

http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/bt_sport_gambles_on_watson_and_robson_in_wta_right s_swoop

What a shame.

No way will I pay ANOTHER subscription fee just to watch Heather and Laura. I'll make do with watching them at slams and perhaps a stream here of there.

Pay for for sky sports, pay for ESPN, pay for BT as well? You must be off your rocker.

[super8]

Congratulations to Elena Vesnina, who beat defending champ Mona Barthel to win the title in Hobart.

Would you believe it - this is Elena's first WTA singles tour title!!

This was her 7th WTA singles final, so lucky number 7 for her, I guess. I think that she lost her last final (in Istanbul) on her birthday too.

She is actually one of my favourite players on the tour - it was a real surprise to hear that she had never won a tour singles title - until now.

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 28th January 2013 (Week 5)
Heather Watson is in Pattaya (Laura Robson withdrew)
Johanna Konta is playing an ITF event in Eilat, Israel

PARIS, France
http://www.nationwideutilities.com/images/logos/gdf-suez-logo.gif
Tournament information: Open GDF SUEZ (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/537/title/open-gdf-suez)
Singles Draw (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2013/604/MDS.pdf)
Doubles Draw (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2013/604/MDD.pdf)
Qualifying Singles Draws (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2013/604/QS.pdf)
Order of Play (http://www.wtatennis.com/schedule/tournamentId/537/title/open-gdf-suez)
All Completed Matches (http://www.wtatennis.com/completed-matches/tournamentId/537/title/open-gdf-suez)


PATTAYA, Thailand

http://www.thaiticketmajor.com/sport/images/ptt-pattaya-open-2013/logo.jpg

Tournament information: Profile (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/237/title/ptt-pattaya-open)
Singles Draw (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2013/303/MDS.pdf)
Doubles Draw (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2013/303/MDD.pdf)
Qualifying Singles Draws (http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2013/303/QS.pdf)
Order of Play (http://www.wtatennis.com/schedule/tournamentId/237/title/ptt-pattaya-open)
All Completed Matches (http://www.wtatennis.com/completed-matches/tournamentId/237/title/ptt-pattaya-open)

[Sallydaisy]

OOP 31/1/13, Pattaya

It's raining again in Pattaya. It's now almost 4pm there and it looks as through they'd expect to play until 10/11pm so if the rain stops they could resume. So far today only 1 doubles and 1 singles match completed (Morita d [1] Ivanovic).

Centre Court



Time
Match
Scores


10:00
Ayumi Morita (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/12089/title/ayumi-morita) (JPN)
d
[1] Ana Ivanovic (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/10999/title/ana-ivanovic) (SRB)
| 6-3 | 5-7 | 6-3 |


12:00
Olga Puchkova (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/10032/title/olga-puchkova) (RUS)
V
[6] Daniela Hantuchova (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/3589/title/daniela-hantuchova) (SVK)



14:00
[8] Heather Watson (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/16047/title/heather-watson) (GBR)
V
Anastasija Sevastova (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/13196/title/anastasija-sevastova) (LAT)



16:00
Luksika Kumkhum (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/16107/title/luksika-kumkhum) (THA)
V
[2] Maria Kirilenko (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/9891/title/maria-kirilenko) (RUS)



18:00
()
V
Kimiko Date-Krumm (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/1860/title/kimiko-date-krumm) (JPN)



20:00
Nina Bratchikova (http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/1069/title/nina-bratchikova) (RUS)
V
()

[Sallydaisy]

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W/C 11th February 2013 (Week 7)
Laura Robson is in Doha.
Heather Watson, Jo Konta, AnneK, Bally - not playing this week.

DOHA http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/smallimage_86.jpg (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/86/title/qatar-total-open) Qatar Total Ope... (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/86/title/qatar-total-open)
Doha, QATAR
Feb 11 - Feb 17, 2013

Official Site (http://www.qatartennis.org/tournaments/index/31)
Live Scores (http://www.wtatennis.com/#)

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DOHA - Singles Draw

Victoria Azarenka [1] - Bye
Tsvetana Pironkova - Romina Oprandi
Christina McHale - Vera Dushevina [Q]
Lucie Safarova [17] - Eleni Daniilidou
Maria Kirilenko [12] - Ekaterina Bychkova [Q]
Laura Robson - Daniela Hantuchova
Heidi El Tabakh [WC] - Timea Babos
Sara Errani [6] - Bye

Agnieszka Radwanska [4] - Bye
Jie Zheng - Anastasia Rodionova [Q]
Simona Halep - Olga Govortsova
Ana Ivanovic [13] -Tamira Paszek
Caroline Wozniacki [10] - Mervana Jugic-Salkic [LL]
Sorana Cirstea - Ons Jabeur [WC]
Mona Barthel - Yulia Putintseva [Q]
Angelique Kerber [5] - Bye

Samantha Stosur [8] - Bye
Monica Niculescu - Jelena Jankovic
Svetlana Kuznetsova - Bethanie Mattek-Sands [Q]
Marion Bartoli [9] - Francesca Schiavone
Sloane Stephens [16] - Anna Tatishvili
Klara Zakopalova - Varvara Lepchenko
Fatma Al Nabhani [WC] - Caroline Garcia [Q]
Maria Sharapova [3] - Bye

Petra Kvitova [7] - Bye
Carla Suarez Navarro - Ekaterina Makarova
Su-Wei Hsieh - Tadeja Majeric [Q]
Nadia Petrova [11] - Andrea Hlavackova
Roberta Vinci [15] - Yanina Wickmayer
Urszula Radwanska - Nadiya Kichenok [Q]
Anabel Medina Garrigues - Daria Gavrilova [LL]
Serena Williams [2] - Bye

W: 900, F: 620, SF: 395, QF: 225, R16: 125, R32: 70, R64: 1

[Sallydaisy]

OOP - Tues 12th February 2013

DOHA

Centre Court - 2:30pm
1. Andrea Hlavackova vs. Nadia Petrova
2. Francesca Schavione vs. Marion Bartoli
3. Carolina Garcia vs. Maria Sharapova
4. Daria Gavrilova vs. Serena Williams NB 7:30pm
5. Mona Barthel vs. Angie Kerber

Court 1 - 2:30pm
1. Eleni Daniilidou vs. Lucie Safarova
2. Roberta Vinci vs. Yanina Wickmayer NB 4:00pm
3. Laura Robson vs. Daniela Hantuchova
4. Maria Kirilenko vs. Etaterina Bychkova

Court 2 - 2:30pm
1. Sorana Cirstea vs. Ons Jabeur
2. Monica Niculescu vs. Jelena jankovic
3. Heidi El Tabakh vs. Timea Babos
4. Kvitova/Wickmayer vs. Barrois/Daniilidou

Court 3 - 2:30pm
1. ChristinaMchale vs. Vera Dushevina
2. Carla Suareza Navarro vs. Ekaterina Makarova NB 4:00pm
3. Sloane Stephens vs. Anna Tatishvili
4. Makarova/Savchuk vs. Paszek/Zakopalova

Court 4 - 2:30pm
1. Ula Radwanska vs. Nadiya Kichenok
2. Klara Zakopalova vs. Varvara Lepchenko NB 4:00pm
3. Mattek-Sands/Mirza vs. Raymond/Stosur
4. Lepchenko/Niculescu vs. Aoyama/Moulton-Levy

Court 6 - 2:30pm
1. Tadeja Majeric vs. Su-Wei Hsieh
2. Tsvetana Pironkova vs. Romina Oprandi NB 4:00pm
3. Rosolska/Suarez navarro vs. Groenefeld/Peschke NB 6:30pm

TBA - NB 5:30pm
1. Al Nabhani/Woerle vs. Black/Rodionova

[david1610]

The match before Laura is currently been shown on http://lsh.streamhunter.eu/static/popups/134563952330810.html so there may be a stream (or two) for Laura :)

[Sallydaisy]

http://www.jannaludlow.co.uk/Assets_3/Tennis_WTA_Logo.png

W/C 18th February 2013 (Week 8)

Memphis WTA
R1: Heather Watson [4] WR41 v Galina Voskoboeva KAZ WR109 (CH 42 last May)
Winner to play Oudin or Hlaváčková in R2

Dubai WTA
R1: (WC) Laura Robson WR45 v (WC) Yulia Putintseva KAZ WR97 (CH)
Winner gets 3rd seed Agnieszka Radwańska in R2

Bogotá WTA
Johanna Konta [Q4] WR143 v (WC) Nicole Melichar USA WR436

Tournament information can be found on the WTA website here (http://www.wtatennis.com/) and via Steven on twitter here. (https://twitter.com/GBtennis)

[Sallydaisy]

Jo Konta plays her 2nd QR today to try and get into the Bogota event.

Q2: [4] KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 143 v MRDEZA, TEREZA (CRO) 188
The match is third up after 15:00, & not before 16:30 (UK times).
Jo thrashed her Croatian opponent (6mths older) 6'1, 6'1 on clay in Mostar back in 2008.

[Sallydaisy]

Vika takes the first set 7'6(6) againt Serena.
Today's No 1 and tomorrow's No 1 are putting on quite a match ...

[JAMES4578]

Certainly a competitive finalt, Serena upped her game to take the 2nd comfortably 6-2 but Vika has early break in 3rd at 2-0,hope she can make it count but Serena will still be tough.

[ljs]

This is the 1st time Ive ever cheered for Vika hehe

[Sallydaisy]

Phew, the ladies are still at it in Doha!

Vika now leads 7'6, 2'6, 5'3. Serena just held her serve so is forcing Vika to serve out the match.


EDIT: Azarenka wins Doha. 7'6, 2'6, 6'3. She's no longer No 1 though; that goes to Serena from Monday 18th February - for a while anyway.

[Sallydaisy]

Heather Watson about to start her R1 match in Memphis.

[Linda]

This is the 1st time Ive ever cheered for Vika hehe

I don't like either of them!

[JAMES4578]

Tbh I prefer Vika over Serena and glad she finally got another win over Williams.

[Maza1987]

well done vika.
real number 1.

oops. hehehe

[pabbers]

I don't like either of them!
Snap!!

[Sallydaisy]

Some various snippets of WTA news.

Alisa Kleybanova hopes to return to the tour before the summer after a 2 year battle against cancer (Hodgkins Lymphoma)
Article here (http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/kleybanova-plots-return-after-two-year-cancer-fight/).

In 2010, Kleybanova won titles at Kuala Lumpur in February and Seoul in September and achieved her career-best No. 20 ranking in February 2011. As the season wore on, however, fatigue set in and she complained of continual flu-like symptoms.he decided to stop playing to seek out an explanation. That’s when doctors diagnosed her with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

She revealed the diagnosis on the WTA’s Web site on July 15, 2011, her 22nd birthday.
Ten months later after receiving treatment in Perugia, Italy, Kleybanova secured a wild card into the Sony Ericcson Open in Miami in March 2012. Although she won her first test against Sweden’s Johanna Larsson, she fell in the next round to Maria Kirilenko of Russia in straight sets.Despite the victory in her first comeback match, she said she realized that her body wasn’t ready for a full competition load.



This is all quite sad ... although it's good to see Marino return.


TENNIS.com ‏@tennis (https://twitter.com/tennis) One of the reasons Rebecca Marino took seven months off from tennis?
Internet criticism: http://ow.ly/hPs7a (http://t.co/coecevaH)




Courtney Nguyen ‏@FortyDeuceTwits (https://twitter.com/FortyDeuceTwits) On the heels of Rebecca Marino's return to Twitter from cyberbullying,
Laura Robson's deleted her account. Suspect it was for same reason.
Bettors and perverts will drive even those with the thickest skin off the internet.
Hope she reactivates but completely understandable.



Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg (https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg) On day my story on Marino's internet woes comes out, Laura Robson apparently decides she's had enough with Twitter herself, deactivates... Robson was one of THE most followed players, with over 160,000 followers. But this can be a rude, harsh place to be for a young female athlete.
For PM crowd (and in wake of Robson's deactivation), my interview with Rebecca Marino on perils of internet for players http://nyti.ms/W5YA2M (http://t.co/lICA2JxF)

[JAMES4578]

Of course some cruel and nasty comments directed at players and sad it affected Rebecca so badly. Pity Laura has left Twitter for now too but take it she's likely had some bad experiences,though of course there are many fans.

[RoastLamb]

Rebecca's back up for a few months now and feisty. Good for her for being honest. I imagine this is a really bad problem for celebs.

[ljs]

Fichman ( Canada ) playing Schiavone at the moment ( Bagota )

RL , have you seen this girl before ? I havent .

And she just took the 1st set 6-4 :surprised:

[RoastLamb]

Yes I've seen before. I actually saw her live at Rogers Cup qualies 2011.

[Linda]

What on earth is the matter with people who spend their time posting nasty things to other people on Twitter or Facebook :confused:

[RoastLamb]

Oh dear, Rebecca's return did not last long. (http://www.tenniscanada.com/index.php?title=REBECCA-MARINO-STEPS-AWAY-FROM-TENNIS&pid=4398) She's decided - again - to "step away from tennis". I think she needs a sports pyschologist pronto.

[Murray rocks]

Oh dear, Rebecca's return did not last long. (http://www.tenniscanada.com/index.php?title=REBECCA-MARINO-STEPS-AWAY-FROM-TENNIS&pid=4398) She's decided - again - to "step away from tennis". I think she needs a sports pyschologist pronto.

Yeah all seems a bit weird to me.

[david1610]

Yeah all seems a bit weird to me.
The article has at least three phrases which sound like someone in therapy (I am guessing I am not a professional). Hope she is psychologically OK.

[Murray rocks]

The article has at least three phrases which sound like someone in therapy (I am guessing I am not a professional). Hope she is psychologically OK.

Yeah i do too. Hopefully she is getting the help and support she needs.

[ljs]

http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/story/?id=416425 about Rebecca

[RoastLamb]

http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/story/?id=416425 about Rebecca

OK, that makes much more sense. Depression is beyond awful and so I can see why the cyberbullying compounded it. Poor Rebecca :grouphug:. I really hope she finds effective treatment and is able to move on. The stress must be horrific. As a Canuck I will miss her tho'. :crying:

[ljs]

I know , its quite sad isnt it . She seems like such a nice young woman . I hope she gets the help she needs , and has a happy life !!!

[JAMES4578]

Such a shame Rebecca is suffering psychologically,just hope she can get over it.

[RoastLamb]

Kim Clijsters announced today on facebook that she's preggers again. Awww bless!

[pabbers]

Not surprised - thought that'd be the reason for retirement - probably didn't want too big a gap between siblings.

[JAMES4578]

Indeed, congrats to Kim!

[Linda]

I see Wozniacki lost in the first round in Kuala Lumpur.

[Sallydaisy]

WTA INDIAN WELLS
The Ladies Draw has just been done and here's the opening matches for Heather and Laura.

Laura Robson WR43 v Sofia Arvidsson (SWE,WR49,CH 29 in 2006)
Heather Watson WR39 v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU,WR53,CH 38 in 2011)

Laura played Arvidsson in a 3 set thriller in Fed Cup last year (and won!).
Heather hasn't ever played Begu; the Roumanian has retired in 2 of her last 3 matches.

Ladies Draw in full to follow but as yet it's only in bits and pieces on twitter (23.40 UK time)
The account to follow is Ben Rothenberg.

Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg (https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg) I'll be live-tweeting the Indian Wells draw ceremony,
which gets underway in just a couple minutes. Tell your friends. #BNPPO13 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BNPPO13&src=hash)



WTA ‏@WTA (https://twitter.com/WTA) Projected @BNPParibasOpen (https://twitter.com/BNPPARIBASOPEN) QFs:
Azarenka vs Wozniacki,
Kerber vs Stosur,
Radwanska vs Kvitova,
Sharapova vs Errani
#BNPPO13 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BNPPO13&src=hash) #tennis (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tennis&src=hash)

[RoastLamb]

Oh I forgot the Williams sisters don't play this event.

[david1610]

WTA INDIAN WELLS
The Ladies Draw has just been done and here's the opening matches for Heather and Laura.

Laura Robson WR43 v Sofia Arvidsson (SWE,WR49,CH 29 in 2006)
Heather Watson WR39 v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU,WR53,CH 38 in 2011)

Laura played Arvidsson in a 3 set thriller in Fed Cup last year (and won!).
Heather hasn't ever played Begu; the Roumanian has retired in 2 of her last 3 matches.

Ladies Draw in full to follow but as yet it's only in bits and pieces on twitter (23.40 UK time)
The account to follow is Ben Rothenberg.
Well not easy but also nobody in the top ten....

[JAMES4578]

Quite tough openers for Laura and Heather, but hopefully they'll be on form.

[Sallydaisy]

Well not easy but also nobody in the top ten....
If they win their R1 matches both of them will have to face a seeded German player in R2.
Robson against Goerges and Watson against 4th seeded Kerber.


LADIES SINGLES DRAW - INDIAN WELLS

Victoria Azarenka [1] - Bye
Daniela Hantuchova - Qualifier
Monica Niculescu - Qualifier
Kirsten Flipkens [28] - Bye
Su-Wei Hsieh [20] - Bye
Bethanie Mattek-Sands - Jamie Hampton
Urszula Radwanska - Arantxa Rus
Sloane Stephens [15] - Bye

Nadia Petrova [10] - Bye
Petra Martic - Qualifier
Laura Robson - Sofia Arvidsson
Julia Goerges [21] - Bye
Elena Vesnina [29] - Bye
Kimiko Date-Krumm - Galina Voskoboeva
Alize Cornet - Qualifier
Caroline Wozniacki [8] - Bye

Angelique Kerber [4] - Bye
Irina-Camelia Begu - Heather Watson
Pauline Parmentier - Qualifier
Yanina Wickmayer [30] - Bye
Ekaterina Makarova [17] - Bye
Bojana Jovanovski - Qualifier
Romina Oprandi - Magdalena Rybarikova
Lucie Safarova [16] - Bye

Ana Ivanovic [11] - Bye
Lucie Hradecka - Taylor Townsend [WC]
Annika Beck - Kiki Bertens
Mona Barthel [24] - Bye
Shuai Peng [32] - Bye
Alexandra Dulgheru - Qualifier
Melanie Oudin - Madison Keys [WC]
Samantha Stosur [7] - Bye

---------

Petra Kvitova [5] - Bye
Mandy Minella - Olga Govortsova
Ayumi Morita - Qualifier
Yaroslava Shvedova [31] - Bye
Klara Zakopalova [19] - Bye
Marina Erakovic - Shahar Peer [WC]
Simona Halep - Lauren Davis
Dominika Cibulkova [12] - Bye

Maria Kirilenko [13] - Bye
Tsvetana Pironkova - Christina Mchale
Jill Craybas [WC] - Qualifier
Tamira Paszek [23] - Bye
Sorana Cirstea [27] - Bye
Anabel Medina Garrigues - Qualifier
Maria Sanchez [WC] - Qualifier
Agnieszka Radwanska [3] - Bye

Sara Errani [6] - Bye
Lourdes Dominguez Lino - Qualifier
Johanna Larsson - Timea Babos
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [26] - Bye
Jelena Jankovic [18] - Bye
Svetlana Kuznetsova - Andrea Hlavackova
Chanelle Scheepers - Kristina Mladenovic [WC]
Marion Bartoli [9] - Bye

Roberta Vinci [14] - Bye
Jie Zheng - Ksenia Pervak
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino - Qualifier
Varvara Lepchenko [22] - Bye
Carla Suarez Navarro [25] - Bye
Vania King - Silvia Soler-Espinosa
Flavia Pennetta - Francesca Schiavone
Maria Sharapova [2] - Bye

[Sallydaisy]

The Ladies Singles starts today in IW; bottom half first.

Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg (https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg) Just confirmed that bottom half is going first for the women tomorrow (and Friday), top half will be Thursday (and Saturday). #BNPPO13 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BNPPO13&src=hash)

[david1610]

Heather on first at 11:00 local time. Court 3
Laura on second after Belluci and Tomic. Court 2

[Linda]

Heather's just lost the first set 6-2 :sad:

And now lost a break in the 2nd :sad:

[Linda]

She lost 6-2 6-4 :sad:

Laura is 2-2 in the first set.

Anne's and Tara's matches in Mexico should have started a couple of hours ago but haven't. It says 'FRO' alongside them - anyone know what that means?

[Linda]

Laura takes the first set 6-2 :cheer:

But loses the second set on a tb after being a break up :sad:

Come on Laura!

[JAMES4578]

Laura now break down at 4-1 down in the decider,the momentum has apparently turned but not over yet, come in! Disappointing Heather went down in straights earlier.

[Linda]

Laura lost 6-2 6-7 1-6 :sad:

[ljs]

Just heard Vika's out of IW , ankle injury

[Sallydaisy]

Just heard Vika's out of IW , ankle injury
And Stosur pulled out earlier! The Ladies draw is a bit shot up and so is today's schedule.

[JAMES4578]

Vika has a bit of a record here,though it seems it was certainly unavoidable this time. Pity for stosur too! Sharapova must be the strong favourite now and will replace Azaerenka as the world 2 if she makes the final.

[RoastLamb]

Haven't watched any of the WTA matches tbh. :shocked:

[Sallydaisy]

Bare bones of the Sony Miami draw ... amazed Azarenka will be here!


WTA ‏@WTA (https://twitter.com/WTA) Projected @SonyOpenTennis (https://twitter.com/SonyOpenTennis) QFs:
Serena vs Li Na,
Radwanska vs Kvitova,
Sharapova vs Errani,
Azarenka vs Kerber

[Sallydaisy]

Steven ‏@GBtennis (https://twitter.com/GBtennis)

Miami WTA: @HeatherWatson92 (https://twitter.com/HeatherWatson92) plays Ayumi Morita JPN WR 50 (CH 40 in 2011) in R1, a chance to avenge a 5&2 loss here at the same stage in 2011

Miami ctd: The winner plays 31st seed Yanina Wickmayer, with top seed Serena probably looming in R3 for the survivor of that little section

[david1610]

OOP Schedule on Livescores for Miami has Heather playing on the main Grandstand court at 12:00 local today which I think is 4:00 p.m. in the UK. She plays Morita of Japan.

[cazza99]

Australian Open ‏@AustralianOpen 11m


Congratulations @Justine_Henin on the birth of her baby daughter Lalie! We hope to see her on centre court in Melbourne one day :)

[cazza99]

ESPNTennis ‏@ESPNTennis 9m

Jennifer Capriati charged with battery, stalking after punching ex-boyfriend http://es.pn/11lKf5S

[JAMES4578]

Heard about the alleged offence earlier,not jumping to conclusions on this but Capraiti has had some troubled times. Of course she had trouble with the law early in her career and after she retired there were reports she suffered from depression and a few years ago she was hospitalised after an overdose of prescription drugs.

[Sallydaisy]

WTA MIAMI
Heather and Laura are both in action today!
Laura around 7pm UK time and Heather around 9pm (neatly following on!) with Marina Erakovic in R1 doubles. Full doubles draw below the OOP.

It'll be Laura's 3rd match on Court 3 so she's had chance to understand the court conditions.
Cornet is seeded 32 but at WR#36 she's only 7 places ahead of Laura who this week is ranked #43.

It was great to see Laura and Lisa Raymond win their R1 doubles.
If Heather/Marina also win their R1 match tonight the 2 British girls will face-off in R2!!!
Which means we'll have a British girl into R3 ... IF.

COURT 3 start 11:00 am (15.00 UK time)
J Hampton (USA) vs [20] C Suarez Navarro (ESP) - WTA
M Llodra (FRA) vs [32] F Fognini (ITA) - ATP
[32] A Cornet (FRA) vs L Robson (GBR) - WTA (approx 19.00 UK time)
[26] K Anderson (RSA) vs H Zeballos (ARG) - ATP

COURT 9 start 11:00 am (15.00 UK time)
M Cilic (CRO) / L Dlouhy (CZE) vs D Bracciali (ITA) / J Knowle (AUT) - ATP
R Gasquet (FRA) / E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs [3] M Bhupathi (IND) / D Nestor (CAN) - ATP
[4] R Lindstedt (SWE) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs M Klizan (SVK) / A Seppi (ITA) - ATP
I Begu (ROU) / A Rosolska (POL) vs M Erakovic (NZL) / H Watson (GBR) - WTA (21.00 UK time)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MIAMI LADIES DOUBLES DRAW

[1] Errani/Vinci - Date Krumm/Dellacqua
Babos/Minella - Dekmeijere/Govortsova
Black/Rodionova - Gajdosova/Lisicki
Birnerova/Lepchenko - Mattek-Sands/Mirza [7]

[4] Makarova/Vesnina - Grandin/Uhlirova
Pavlyuchenkova/Safarova - Muguruza/Schiavone
Begu/Rosolska - ALTS Malek/Tanasugarn Erakovic/Watson
Raymond/Robson - Kops-Jones/Spears [6]

[8] Goerges/Shvedova - Jurak/Marosi
Hantuchova/Medina Garrigues - Keys/Tomljanovic
Dushevina/Parra Santonja - Moulton-Levy/Zhang
Chan/Husarova - Petrova/Srebotnik [3]

[5] Huber/Martinez Sanchez - Mladenovic/Voskoboeva
Groenefeld/Martic - King/Niculescu
Hsieh/Peng - Lucic-Baroni/Zheng
Kuznetsova/Pennetta - Hlavackova/Hradecka [2]

[Sallydaisy]

Azarenka out of Miami ...


Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg (https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg) 3m (https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/315111378925006849) Victoria Azarenka, still dealing with hurting ankle, at last pulls out of Miami.
Replaced by LL Lauren Davis, who will play Madison Keys.



... potentially good news for Laura Robson!

Steven ‏@GBtennis (https://twitter.com/GBtennis) 2m (https://twitter.com/GBtennis/status/315112170666991616) => winner of Laura v Cornet now plays Davis or Keys not Vika
RT @BenRothenberg (https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg): [..] Azarenka [..] out of Miami. Replaced by LL Lauren Davis

[david1610]

Azarenka out of Miami ...



... potentially good news for Laura Robson!
Wow! What an incentive to win the second round match!

[Jan]

Go Laura!!

I'm out this evening, so won't be able to follow her match.

[Sallydaisy]

Heather has withdrawn from her doubles match.

Alexandra Willis ‏@alex_willis (https://twitter.com/alex_willis) 1h (https://twitter.com/alex_willis/status/315165514089521153) After pronouncing she wanted a break then didn't, Heather Watson has withdrawn from doubles in Miami (via @ SI_BTBaseline & @dannykendall (https://twitter.com/dannykendall))

[Sallydaisy]

Venus Williams is out of Miami giving Sloane Stephens a W/O into the Quarter-Finals.

Sony Open Tennis ‏@SonyOpenTennis (https://twitter.com/SonyOpenTennis) 9m (https://twitter.com/SonyOpenTennis/status/315560624006508545) We are sorry to announce @Venuseswilliams (https://twitter.com/Venuseswilliams) has withdrawn from #SonyOpenTennis (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SonyOpenTennis&src=hash) with a lower back injury.



Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg (https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg) 9m (https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/315561225335480320) Venus has been struggling with her lower back since hurting it during warm-ups of Cincinnati semifinals last August. Won't go away. #SOT13 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SOT13&src=hash)

[JAMES4578]

More troubles for Venus, another blow for the tourney.

[Sallydaisy]

The tournament is lucky not to have lost a few more players!

Apparently, after their singles match yesterday both Alize Cornet and Lauren Davis were taken off court in wheelchairs suffering from heat exhaustion.

Cornet was so ill that she didn't know whether she'd won or not and had to ask the Umpire. Davis was stung on the butt by a wasp - but didn't blame her loss on the wee beastie.
;)

[Sallydaisy]

http://www.jannaludlow.co.uk/Assets_3/Tennis_WTA_Logo.png

W/C 8th April 2013 (Week 14)
Laura Robson is playing on clay in Poland.
Johanna Konta is in the USA, Pelham, Alabama, $25k.

http://www.wtatennis.com/namedImage/12781/smallimage_3143.jpg
BNP Paribas Katowice Open (http://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/tournamentId/3143/title/bnp-paribas-katowice-open) Apr 08 - Apr 14, 2013
Katowice, Poland

http://katowiceopen.bnpparibas.com/
Livescores:
http://www.protennislive.com/lshd/main.swf?year=2013&wkno=15&eventid=1067&ref=www.wtatennis.com

[Sallydaisy]

Laura is in R1 action tonight v Lourdes Dominguez-Lino and leads 7'5, 6'7(7) and is into a 3rd set.

[Linda]

Vamos Laura! :swingin: 1-1

[Sallydaisy]

Vamos not quite appropriate methinks ... the Spanish woman is now leading 3-1 and serving.

[Linda]

Oooops.

[Linda]

:crying: :crying: :crying: