Reply With QuoteThe way Kvitova played, now that's someone I might think about getting excited about. Serve was really good and in the second set she was hitting winners so freely left, right and centre.
Brisbane ATP Final
Murray v Dogopolov
Hopman Cup Final
Kvitova d. Bartoli 75 61
The way Kvitova played, now that's someone I might think about getting excited about. Serve was really good and in the second set she was hitting winners so freely left, right and centre.
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Kanepi is playing this beautifully. Going to be very interesting to see what she can do this year.
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Kanepi def. Danielle Anotoxfa (THE LEGEND LIVES ON) 62 61.
Kanepi was ranked 34 starting the week, won Brisbane. Deja-vu, anyone?
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Kanepi and Kvitova play quite similarly I think - but obviously Kvitova is like a mirror image with her leftie play.
Pennetta/Zheng final in Auckland has been put back to tonight (our time) - rained off completely yesterday. Auckland has had terrible weather all week!
YAY for Kanepi! I think she's been a bit of an underachiever but hopefully she can reach her max this year. She's the same age as Sveta. Speaking of Sveta - the Sexy Sveta Reneissance 2012 seems to have fallen flat on its face
M.I.A.
Tsonga d. Monfils 75 63 to win Doha
Sydney Sunday Schedule
Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Lucie Safarova vs. Ana Ivanovic
2. Jelena Dokic vs. Isabella Holland
3. Klepac/Rosolska vs. Huber/Raymond
4. Dominika Cibulkova vs. Peng Shuai
Sydney
Safarova d. Ivanovic 76 62
Watson has made it through qualifying in Hobart, beating Barrois 4-6 7-5 7-6(1). She now faces Pironkova in the 1st round. In an annoying twist of fate, it turns out that Watson and Barrois fought it out for nearly 3 hours today for absolutely nothing, as Barrois has made it through as a LL and has arguably the better draw, against WC Sacha Jones. I say arguably because Pironkova continues to be ABSOLUTE GARBAGE on anything apart from grass right?
Sydney Players Party
Kvitova, Ivanovic, Wozniakci
Wozniacki
Jankovic
Kuznetsova
Lisicki, Zvonareva
Sydney Monday Schedule
Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Ekaterina Makarova vs. Li Na
2. Dominika Cibulkova vs. Peng Shuai (tbc)
3. Victoria Azarenka vs. Stefanie Voegele
4. Samantha Stosur vs. Francesca Schiavone
5. ATP: Ebden vs. Granollers
Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Mayer vs. Müller
2. Vera Zvonareva vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
3. Urszula Radwanska vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
4. Jelena Jankovic vs. Julia Goerges
Wow!! Sexy is looking Sexy!!
DEAM, SHE IS HOT! LOL
Anyways, injuries keep creeping in, Lisicki and Pennetta already out of Sydney.
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Stosur-Schiavone is an utterly RIDICULOUS first round by all means.
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They all look awful, lovely Ana aside.
there are things worse in life than never being someone's sweetie.
Wozniacki's outfit is HIDEOUSLY unflattering!
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IKR?! Why would you wear a tight dress with thighs like that? Talk about Polish pulkes!Originally Posted by Apocalypt_flyer
there are things worse in life than never being someone's sweetie.
Zheng out of Hobart too.DEAM, SHE IS HOT! LOL
Anyways, injuries keep creeping in, Lisicki and Pennetta already out of Sydney.
It makes sense for all the players who reached the later stages of the previous week's tournaments to not play this week as well, so not surprised to see so many retirements.
there are things worse in life than never being someone's sweetie.
I understand it with Pennetta and Jay Z, too but the Clijsters, Williams, Sharapova and Lisicki problems for example are slightly worrying this early in the season.
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Funny after saying about Watson and Barrois, coming through such a mammoth match and then both qualifying, for Dulgheru and Arvidsson it's even more weird:
Arvidsson was made to work particularly hard in the final round of qualies, battling three hours and 24 minutes to defeat Alexandra Dulgheru, 67(6) 76(2) 75 - the Swede had to come back from several deficits, including 1-4 in the second set (saving a match point at 5-6) and 3-5 in the third set. And in an almost comedic twist, after a pair of main draw withdrawals, Dulgheru would get into the main draw and get Arvidsson again in the first round.
"I was having lunch when we found out I was a lucky loser. We were joking that I would play Sofia again," Dulgheru said. "The WTA supervisor came by and told me we were playing each other again. We thought he was joking, that it could never be true! I couldn't get my head around it, and my coach was in disbelief too - it can't have happened too often before. Sofia and I said we need to go easy on each other this time! I'm also playing doubles against her tomorrow, so two more matches against the same opponent. We will be sick of each other!"
Yeah, it's mighty bizarre!
In other news Kleybanova has apparently finished chemo and things are looking good for her!
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I think it's happened before - but after a match that last 3 and a half hours?!
Sydney
Kuznetsova d. Zvonareva 61 62
Cibulkova d. Peng 62 46 64
Petkovic d. Pavlyuchenkova 62 63
Li d. Makarova 60 63
Schiavone d. Stosur 62 64
A. Radwanska d. U. Radwanska 61 61
Azarenka d. Voegele 62 61
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Yay Svexy
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Sydney Tuesday Schedule
Centre Court 11:00
Wozniacki v Cibulkova
Kvitova v Dulgheru
Dokic v Bartoli
Hewitt v Troicki
Court 1 11:00
Scheepers v Li
Stepanek v Malisse
Tursunov v Baghdatis
Azarenka v Jankovic
Pironkova beat Watson in a marathon 7-6(10) 3-6 7-6(2) - Heather had 2 match points in the final set and was 5-2 up... She really needs to get through that mental block. She's almost as bad as Keothavong.
Venus unsurprisingly out of the AO. Martinez-Sanchez, too.
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Venus
Poor Venus. If only it was happening to Serena instead.
Sydney
Wozniacki d. Cibulkova 75 26 64, Cibulkova was up 4-1 in the 3rd
Safarova d. Kuznetsova 61 20 retired
Li d. Scheepers 26 64 61
Guys - WTA tour in da house.
Wozniacki def. Civbulkova 75 16 64.
Cibulkova lead 4-0 in the 3rd set. But overall it was a total shit-show from Wozniacki, a few games in the first set aside. Cibulkova's brain just died in the third set. Complete blackout.
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Sydney Wednesday Schedule
CENTRE COURT start 12:00 noon
[1] J Del Potro (ARG) vs L Kubot (POL)
M Baghdatis (CYP) vs [WC] M Ebden (AUS)
[3] V Azarenka (BLR) vs [8] M Bartoli (FRA)
Not Before 7:30 PM
D Hantuchova (SVK) vs [2] P Kvitova (CZE)
[1] C Wozniacki (DEN) vs [7] A Radwanska (POL)
COURT 1 start 11:00 am
[Q] B Reynolds (USA) vs [2] J Isner (USA)
F Fognini (ITA) vs [3] R Gasquet (FRA)
L Safarova (CZE) vs [4] N Li (CHN)
A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) vs [5] V Troicki (SRB)
By the way, Kvitova can take the #1 ranking next week if she wins Sydney
http://www.wtatennis.com/news/201201...256076_2571763Kvitova, who is currently ranked No.2 but would rise to No.1 by winning this tournament
Kvitova was PATCHY against Dulgheru, we'll see about her winning Sydney.
Jelena obviously had OTHER things on her mind when she played Azarenka (who was quite good admittedly) and Petkovic's mare against Radwanska keeps up.
Anyways, it's nice to see a tournament with so many Top10 players goes according to seeds in the majority for once in a while. 6 of the 8 quarterfinalists are Top10 players, four of them being in the WTA Top5. That's quite decent.
And quite a strong start for Hantuchova in Australia. Brisbane finals, now at least a QF in a draw as illlustrous as Sydney's. Not bad.
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So we'll get some amazing quarter-finals. SHAME THEY'RE ALL AT ABOUT 4AM OUR TIME.Kvitova was PATCHY against Dulgheru, we'll see about her winning Sydney.
Jelena obviously had OTHER things on her mind when she played Azarenka (who was quite good admittedly) and Petkovic's mare against Radwanska keeps up.
Anyways, it's nice to see a tournament with so many Top10 players goes according to seeds in the majority for once in a while. 6 of the 8 quarterfinalists are Top10 players, four of them being in the WTA Top5. That's quite decent.
And quite a strong start for Hantuchova in Australia. Brisbane finals, now at least a QF in a draw as illlustrous as Sydney's. Not bad.
Petkovic has withdrawn from the AO because of a stress fracture
ouch
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Yay, Benoît is having some good results to start the season, he qualified in Auckland then beat Ferrero and Chela and is now in the QF
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In the lower back. Which is just about the shittiest place ever. I think there are more players with back injuries born between 86 and 88 than there are WITHOUT.
Really really sad news.
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Radwanska def. Wozniacki 36 75 62
Good comeback from Aga. Some slightly worrying wrists issues for Karolina in the third set.
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