Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Singles - Second Round
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (6) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 76(2) 63
Sania Mirza (IND) d. (7) Martina Hingis (SUI) 62 26 64
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (8) Dinara Safina (RUS) 62 75
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 61 63
Michaella Krajicek (NED) d. (Q) Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 64 63

Singles - First Round
(9) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (Q) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 63 61
(10) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (WC) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 62 63
(15) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d. (LL) Bethanie Mattek (USA) 64 75
Mara Santangelo (ITA) d. Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 61 76(3)
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. Camille Pin (FRA) 57 63 63
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (LL) Alberta Brianti (ITA) 63 63
Peng Shuai (CHN) d. (LL) Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) 63 64
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) d. Vania King (USA) 62 64
Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) d. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 36 62 61
(Q) Lilia Osterloh (USA) d. Alicia Molik (AUS) 62 64

Bartoli has not had much success since reaching the final of Wimbledon - maybe the pressure is getting to her? Martina has another close loss, this time to in form Indian Sania Mirza.

Oh dear, I still don't think that's a very good loss for Hingis, she has all the experience and after saving match points you woulod think a five time Grand Slam champ would be able to come back.

These are crucial times for Hingis in her "mini-comeback." Her future career could be decided here, she'll be 27 after the US Open, she's not that 16 year old any more.

with marriage and an up and down season (results and injury) i would not be surprised if this was the last year of the the hingis 'comeback' :( :( :( :( :(

but the lady is playing doubles in l.a. with dani :clap:

Why does Martina keep losing to lower ranked players? :( :rolleyes: :yikes: :shrug:

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Wouldn't surprise me if she did call it a day this year.. :(

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Singles - Second Round
(1) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 76(5) 31 ret. (difficulty breathing)
(2) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 61 61
(3) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (Q) Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 64 62
(4) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (Q) Lilia Osterloh (USA) 75 63
(5) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 63 76(5)
(9) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (WC) Madison Brengle (USA) 62 60
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (10) Shahar Peer (ISR) 61 46 76(6)
(13) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. (Q) Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 61
(15) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d. Mara Santangelo (ITA) 60 ret. (left foot injury)
(16) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 64
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 62 63

Doubles - First Round
(4) Dulko/Kirilenko (ARG/RUS) d. Ji/S.Sun (CHN/CHN) 62 62
Hantuchova/Hingis (SVK/SUI) d. Peng/Yan (CHN/CHN) 63 63
Mattek/Mirza (USA/IND) d. Husarova/Krajicek (SVK/NED) 63 26 119

Some intriguing matches to come today...

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Stadium (from 11.00hrs)
1. Petrova vs. Srebotnik
2. Dementieva vs. Hantuchova
3. Sharapova vs. Krajicek (NB 14.00hrs)
4. Safarova vs. Ivanovic
5. Poutchek/Rodionova vs. Hantuchova/Hingis
6. Bammer vs. Jankovic (NB 19.00hrs)
7. Molik/Santangelo vs. Craybas/Granville

Court 4 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Kirilenko vs. Dulko
2. K.Bondarenko vs. Azarenka
3. Razzano vs. Mirza
4. Daniilidou/Woehr vs. Fusano/Kops-Jones

:coffee: This half of the year is turning out to be pretty uninspiring.....
who would have thought . it started out so well with serena at Aussie Open, now everyone is either injured, being ultra picky about what to play, or is either getting married or pursuing more pleasurable things...

Can't blame anyone...I guess there is more to life than tennis.....
:) they shouldn't expect me to be waiting either when they return and decide to put their act together...

Dementieva has a pretty solid H2H against Hantuchova - something like 7-3 in her favour. As she's defending champ she'll be up to do well here and has looked good in her first two matches - I'd expect Elena to win this one.

Petrova should make it past Srebotnik though probably not that easily.

Krajicek pushed Sharapova to two tough sets the last time they met and could be tricky here as well.

Ivanovic faces a real test against Safarova - but it depends which Safarova turns up as she remains inconsistent.

If Jankovic is on form she'll beat Bammer who doesn't have the weapons to trouble her but Jankovic hasn't been at her best recently.

Kirilenko & Mirza should continue their revivals with wins over Dulko & Razzano (who did well to get past Peer).

Bondarenko v Azarenka is a battle of the young guns & could go either way.

safarova to pull the upset over ivanovic :clap:

Seems like there's a lot of illness going around the tour at the mo...

Daniliidou was giving Sharapova a run for her money til she had to retire because of a virus causing her breathing difficulties (she hadn't even picked up a racket since the previous round).
Jankovic has been ill and on medication and hadn't practiced for four days (admittedly she won!).

Apparently there are quite a few more players who have caught this virus.

In addition, Vaidisova looks like missing the US Open with glandular fever.
Sam Stosur has had rubella/glandula fever symptons that have baffled the doctors and is only starting to practice since her last match at WImbledon.

If this continues and what with quite a few e.g. Mauresmo and Venus pulling out of warm up events for the US there'll hardly be anyone left!! Ok, that's an overstatement but still...

Hantuchova retires against Dementieva 3-6 1-4 down. Not sure if that one's an injury or illness. The list of retirements continues...

Kirilenko dispatches Dulko in 2 sets easily. Go Makiri :D

She has really found her form this month :bow:

:( I'm with you ..... this getting quite sad :(

Dani had a respiratory illness which alot of the players seem to have picked up in LA! :(

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Singles - Third Round
(1) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Michaella Krajicek (NED) 76(4) 67(3) 64
(2) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (13) Sybille Bammer (AUT) 62 61
(3/WC) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (16) Lucie Safarova (CZE) 62 62
(4) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (15) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 61 62
(9) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (5) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 41 ret. (upper respiratory illness)
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Sania Mirza (IND) 61 76(6)
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 63 64
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 61 62

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(1) Molik/Santangelo (AUS/ITA) d. Craybas/Granville (USA/USA) 61 75
Poutchek/Rodionova (BLR/RUS) d. Hantuchova/Hingis (SVK/SUI) w/o (Hantuchova: upper respiratory illness)

Doubles - First Round
(WC) Fusano/Kops-Jones (USA/USA) d. Daniilidou/Woehr (GRE/GER) 62 57 10-7

Re: ilness. Daniilidou must have recovered enough to play doubles so hopefully this respiratory thing is a bug that only lasts a few days.

Order of Play

Friday, August 10, 2007

Stadium (from 12.00hrs)
1. Petrova vs. Razzano
2. Kirilenko vs. Ivanovic
3. Azarenka vs. Jankovic
4. Fusano/Kops-Jones vs. Dulko/Kirilenko (possible court change)
5. Mattek/Mirza vs. Peschke/Stubbs (NB 18.30hrs)
6. Sharapova vs. Dementieva (NB 20.30hrs)

That last one should be interesting...and noisy!

:) Ivanovic Kirilenko should hopefully be a good one... but you'll never can tell...

Certainly a mini - banshee call contest the last one.... but Elena's calls are more pleasing to the ears..... :) doesn't drive potential mates away :)

Come on gilrs there are enough of you to stop Sharapova claiming another title. Go Elena, Nadia, Anna/Jelena.. Someone stop her doubling her prize money at the USO.

Well Petrova should ease past Razzano - I was surprised by how comfortably Nadia saw off Srebotnik so she seems to be in good form.

Kirilenko has looked so much better lately but I doubt she can continue her run here given how easily Ivanovic saw off Safarova.

Jankovic has been struggling with a cold all week but as long as that doesn't hamper her too much she should take care of Azarenka (who's one to watch in the future though)

Sharapova must be glad she's last on today after that long match against Krajicek - normally I'd favour Maria to beat Elena but Dementieva beat her here last year - seems to like this event and should be the fresher of the two so I'll go for her.

I'd say we're looking at one all Russian & one all Serbian semi final.

Agreed! :ok:

Nice to see someone after my own heart.... roflmao

there should be 2 ovas and 2 ovics in the semis tomorrow...the one match that could shake things up would obvisouly be match 6. but where's elena's game these days??

what count will be higher, elena's dfs or maria's aces??

i would go for the former as elena's track record speaks for itself and maria's shoulder is still a problem :D :D :D

yeah, sure it is.... :rolleyes:

Elena is so up and down with DFs...against Dani she only hit 1 DF which was less than Dani...but she still had to win two more games to win the match so could have a few more...and she wasn't pressurised as Dani was obviously unwell so... :unsure:

Sharapova has not hit so many aces this year due to that injury...hopefully both number will be low ;)

I know :rolleyes: There's evidently a little problem there, as her serve isn't the same as it was, but it's obviously not a proper injury!

Very impressed by Ana's return from injury - easy win for her against a dangerous opponent. She should beat Kirilenko in the next round, although it won't be easy. Given her excellent form and consistency of late, I see no reason why she can't regain her title from last year - hopefully I won't jinx her with that. :yikes:

well you won't cos she didn't win LA last year.... roflmao

roflmao

I would quite Elena to defend her title here and Ana to defend Montreal/Toronto next week :)

Lol! Yep, that would make sense!

:blush: Showed up my knowledge of women's tennis there...

<runs off to find more pictures of Ana to look at>

I thought Petrova was going to wrap the first set up easily but Razzano takes the tie-break 7-3 . Could we be in for an upset?

So as expected...

Friday, August 10, 2007

Singles - Quarterfinals
(1) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (9) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 63 64
(2) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 64 67(5) 62
(3) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 64 64
(4) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 67(3) 64 61

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(2) Peschke/Stubbs (CZE/AUS) d. Mattek/Mirza (USA/IND) 76(2) 64
(4) Dulko/Kirilenko (ARG/RUS) d. (WC) Fusano/Kops-Jones (USA/USA) 64 60

Order of Play

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Stadium (from 13.00hrs)
1. Ivanovic vs. Jankovic
2. Molik/Santangelo vs. Poutchek/Rodionova
3. Sharapova vs. Petrova (NB 19.30hrs)
4. Dulko/Kirilenko vs. Peschke/Stubbs

Nope...

Makiri was 4-1 up in the first set when I stopped checking live scores last night...I guess Ana got her game together or something :(

Jelena! :( :doh:
Oh well, good for Ivanovic to win through! :clap:
I do think Ana is a better player than Jelena and it would not surprise me if Ana takes over from Jelena as Serbian number one very soon.
I think Ana has a great shot at beating The Cheat should she meet her in the final. I can't see Nadia winning the semi, she never seems to have the belief she can win when she plays her... :rolleyes:

dont give up Choka, my Nadia is trying to get back in the top 5 now she has little points to defend :)

Would love to see Nadia win this one Liam! :pray: :pray: :D

lol some support for Nadia at last!!!! Im sorry Jankovic got beat. Ijust cant take to Ivanocivc for some reason. Shes like the Paris Hilton of tennis, talk the talk, but cant walk the walk

I dunno. I think Ana will win a Slam in the next 12 months...

I like Nadia alot but don't think she has the belief to beat The Cheat. She has the ability to do it though so here's hoping! :)