I don't know where to put this thread :unsure: :lol:

Anyway, here's the draw:

(1)HENIN, Justine vs BYE
(WC)LOIT, Emilie vs DANIILIDOU, Eleni
GOLOVIN, Tatian vs (WC)CORNET, Alize
QUALIFIER vs (6)SCHNYDER, Patty

(3)KUZNETSOVA, Svetla vs BYE
SREBOTNIK, Katarina vs QUALIFIER
SAFAROVA, Lucie vs BOVINA, Elena
REZAI, Aravane vs (5)VAIDISOVA, Nicole

(7)SAFINA, Dinara vs KRAJICEK, Michaella
(WC)PIN, Camille vs QUALIFIER
MULLER, Martina vs QUALIFIER
BYE vs (4)PETROVA, Nadia

(8)CHAKVETADZE, Anna vs POUTCHKOVA, Olga
MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anable vs BREMOND, Severine
DECHY, Nathalie vs GARBIN, Tathiana
BYE vs (2)MAURESMO, Amelie

Wow, Justine has such an easy quarter, unless Golovin or Patty should produce something spectacular, Justine should ease through to the semis :)

Kuzy has possibly Srebotnik in the next round( potential upset :shrug: ), unless Sveta has stepped it up since the Aussie, but Sveta is such an enigma :rolleyes:
Safarova and Rezai loom for vaidisova as well in that quarter. Rezai with her hme backing and that fearsome forehand will be a tough encounter for the Czech.

Petrova also has a cakewalk into the quarters, where she'll probably face the former champ Safina. Would be an intresting tussle, both trying to forget their Aussie Open dissapointments( Petrova failed to serve out Serena, Safina thrashed by Li)

Mauresmo in her first outing since flopping in Oz, should make the quarters, despite the dangerus floater Dechy and the talented Italian Garbin possibly awaiting her. Mauresmo though on a fast court loks safe for the quarters though, but somehow if Anna were to get that far, i could smell an upset ;)

Intresting first rounds:

Chakvetdaze vs Poutchkova- both tremendous hitters of the ball, another battle of the russian teens........

Rezai vs Vaidisova- forehands galore, or possibly forehand errors galore :lol:

Safarova vs Bovina- Can bovina finally get some match confidence back?

The second quarter is so tough! :o

I don't have much to add to your post though dl, I agree with pretty much all of it :ok:

Looks like a great tier 2 :clap:

I don't know if I should move the threads in the Tokyo forum into previous tournaments :shrug:

Anyway, can't wait to see Justine return, other than that, not too bothered about this one :lol:

It's hard to call but I would be shocked if Amelie didn't reach the final. Her record here is very impressive, with 2 titles and 3 further finals (I wish she could do this well at the other, considerably bigger, tournament in Paris). Petrova is probably her main threat before the final, and she did thrash Mauresmo last time out in Madrid, although Amelie would be out for revenge. With Justine I'm sure, although she does have a proven track record of being out of action for ages, and then picking up immediately where she left off. I just hope that her personal issues don't weigh her down. There is a chance that she will play semi-nemesis Danilidou in the 2nd round, although away from grass Justine would be the huge favourite. If's safe to say that Kuznetsova won't pose her problems if they meet. Justine leads the h2h a paltry 12-1. Hopefully we get an henin-mauresmo final. I love it when these two play.

A Henin Momo final would be great. With Justine winning :D

Definately. I've never forgiven Momo for denying Justine the career grand slam at Wimbledon :angry:.

I haven't stopped loving Mauresmo since the Wimbledon final! :P :P

I really hope Elena Bovina wins a match here - she may have a very 1 dimensional game (big serve and forehand) but when she was at her best she was quite a tough competitor. Safarova should beat her considering her Australian Open QF run but Lucie is a bit inconsistent really in my opinion.

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Safina has beaten Krajicek 64 75

Elena withdrew at the last minute for 'unknown reasons' :(

hmmm might be a good thing...another first round loss might be quite demoralising for her

I wonder why? roflmao

Vaidisova beats Rezai 62 61

wow, i thought a bit tougher than that :o

Bychkova beats Patty 36 64 63

:yahoo: :clap:

Pah, bad scoreline for Aravane :rolleyes:

I'm not exactly disappointed with the other result though ;)

Aravene really impressed me at the Us Open, been a bit downhill since though :rolleyes:

when is Tati ' choke-maniac ' Golovin playing? roflmao

:shrug: Tati doesnt play until tomorrow?

Safina loses the first set 6-2 to Camille Pin :o

Pin only lost 4 points on serve in the whole set!

What has happened to Dinara since the Gold Coast?

:doh:

its now 3-3 in the final set. I was going to predict Safina to win 2-1 but i changed my mind at the last minute :doh:

I predicted 2-1 :D Come on Dina!!!

Pin breaks :yikes: shes serving at 4-3 final set

Ooops Pin chokes and its back on serve :doh:

But Safina is broken again and Pin will serve for the match :unsure:

Safina won 7-6(5) in the 3rd :)

:yahoo:

Strange match going on in Paris at the moment.

Golovin has just taken the first set 6-2 against Cornet but Cornet has only won 2 points on her own serve! Golovin has broken 4 times and only held twice!!

That match is annoying me as I predicted Cornet to win a set, and if she could just serve a bit better she might :angry:

lol she holds!!! She must have heard you SW :P

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Cornet lost in straights! 62 62 :angry: :rolleyes:

Justine just lost the first set to Loit 6-3!

:D :D

Another erroneous prediction! :angry:

I predicted Justine to win in 3 aswell! Allez Juju! :yahoo:

:rolleyes:

I hope she loses now so no-one gets any points mwahahaha! :D

:P