Mondays results:

Singles - First Round
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. (8) Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) 75 64
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Severine Brémond (FRA) 62 64
(WC) Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (WC) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 60 63
Camille Pin (FRA) d. Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) 75 ret. (right thoracic spine injury)

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Singles - First Round
(3) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 76(3) 64
(5) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. (Q) Maria Emilia Salerni (ARG) 62 46 62
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. (6) Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 64 76(5)
(7) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (WC) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) 60 62
Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) d. (Q) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 64 63
Olga Poutchkova (RUS) d. (Q) Anne Kremer (LUX) 63 46 62
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. Edina Gallovits (ROU) 75 31 ret.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Singles - Second Round
(7) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 26 63 75
Camille Pin (FRA) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 63 76(1)

Singles - First Round
Yan Zi (CHN) d. (1) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 46 76(4) ret. (heat illness)
Vania King (USA) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 61 36 62
Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) d. (Q) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 63 63

Postponed (rain): (2) Venus Williams (USA) leads Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 62 41

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Singles - Second Round
(2) Venus Williams (USA) d. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 64 61
(3) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 61 61
(WC) Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (4) Virginie Razzano (FRA) 76(3) 75
Yan Zi (CHN) d. Olga Poutchkova (RUS) 36 61 61
Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 46 63 62

Singles - First Round
(2) Venus Williams (USA) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 62 62

Go Venus!!!! :D :clap:

Two matches in one day( albeit she was crusing against Wozniacki). Venus alays puts the smackdown on Tansaguran :lol:

Go for the title Vee ;)

With in-form Razzano and ever present Jankovic out, this is Vees for the taking :)

Yep and after beating the world number 64 and world number 86 roflmao , the world number 8 and Wimbledon champion is obviously playing well... roflmao

hey, it wasnt that long ago, beating the world numbers 64 and 86 was quite a task for her roflmao

:lol:

in fact the way she was going, she would have BEEN the world 64 or 86 :hide:

WTF? roflmao

As i say, Venus is playing and she's comitted to playing matches. People would have slagged her off just as easily if she hadnt play at all in Europe or in Asia, so it's a double edged sword. I'm just happy she's on tour, healthy and playing well, which is something which Venus hasnt been able to do for a while so i cant complain :D

She plays Pin next. Venus is going to beat her serve into the ground ;)

Yup you heard here first folks, Venus will hammer Pin (world ranked number 85) roflmao

Venus beat Pin 6-1, 6-1. :)

:B&B: :B&B:

Venus has rocked so far in Asia this year :D

*cue 'why isnt venus playing a Tier 1 from choka* :rolleyes: roflmao

Hold the front page folks, world number 8 and Wimbledon champion beats world number 85 in straight sets... :P

roflmao

She is beating mainly players barely ranked in the top 100... :rolleyes:

What exactly were you expecing her to do? :whistle:

A real step for Venus now in the semis, she is actually playing someone ranked in the top 50... :yikes:

roflmao

:dohh:

:yikes: What an achievement! Venus must feel so proud of herself :doh: :rolleyes:

Who would have thunk it? :rolleyes:

:lmaao: :lmaao: :lmaao: :lmaao:

It's bloody pathetic that she's playing these tournaments :rolleyes: BUT, if that's the only way she can win a tournament apart from Wimbledon then that's what she has to do! :whistle:

roflmao roflmao roflmao

Stop it! :lmaao:

Ooh I bet dl is biting his nails wondering if she is gonna be able to step up a gear now and beat someone who's ranked in the 50's roflmao

This is tough stuff for Venus - will she be exhausted for the YEC - I mean all these hard matches against the top notch players! :rolleyes:

I'm always happy when Venus is playing, so who cares who she's playing :D

There's plenty of top players playing the Top Tier tournaments to appease you two anyway, so why do you give a crap anyways? :shrug:

Anyway QJ, i thougt you disliked Venus anyway, so you shouldnt really be bothered anyway :rolleyes:

BTW what kind of comment is ' if that's the only way she can win a tournament apart from Wimbledon then that's what she has to do!'

Way to understate a GS title :rolleyes:

I don't have a problem with Venus, I am not her number one fan but she is a great player! :bow:

I am just disappointed she has decided to play a bunch of Tier III and IVs... :shrug:

If all that is left of Venus' tennis ambition is to collect fat appearance fees and beat journeywoman of the WTA tour then fair play to her but it just seems such a waste of talent... :unsure:

Choka you appear to be questioning Venus's commitments because she's played a few lower Tier events. It's hardly as though she does it regulary, in fact it's the first time she's ever done this. She has nothing to prove choka, she's the Wimby champ, she isnt obliged to play all over Europe just to gain brownie points off the WTA :shrug:

She plays where she feels is a good oppurtunity for her to get some good matches and just to be competitve. I doubt she cares whether that's a tier 1 or a tier 2.

She's enjoying tennis which i think is nice for her after all her injury hells of the past couple of seasons :)

Yeah but how does she expect to get any competitive matches when she is playing people like teeny tiny Camille Pin world ranked 85... :yikes: :shrug:

Well Pin came Sharapova a tough match at the Aussie, so she's still solid competition......

I dont know why it's such a big deal, at least she's playing and not sat at home waiting for the YEC's :shrug:

I'm only winding you up dl :P I don't mean it, just jesting :D

Out of the sisters, it's Venus that I prefer. I love her personality especially after reading those blogs of hers. She's so funny. Especially when it came to describing the books she was reading roflmao

Well without getting too deeply involved in the merits or otherwise of Pin, the bottom line is that winning tournaments by beating journey women of the tour is hardly impressive. And if Venus has nothing to prove, then why not show up at the Tier I and II events? :shrug:

Ok :P :hug:

I loved Venus's blog, just crazy and random. She had very nice words to say about Molik and her path back to playing good tennis again. I thought that was a nice tough :D

Still cant change your mind on Serena? roflmao

I understand what you're saying choka, and yes i do agree she could've played at least one big tier event, but it doesnt really matter in the big scale of things. It's the end of the year, the season is drawing to a close so i cant really begrudge Venus playing her way through the Asian tournaments. It's not as though Venus needs big match competiton to win big events anyway ;)

Anyway, hopefully she'll be in Madrid, so that's one of the biggest events of the year right? :D

roflmao

Now you're taking it too far! Don't push your luck :P

NEVER, EVER! Sorry :(

I love Serena, but justine and Serena are very tense rivalries so i understand your stance roflmao

I feel the same about a certain sharapova/Golovin :rolleyes: roflmao

and Venus drops the first set 6-4 against world number 49 Pennetta... :yikes:

and is now a set and a break down... :yikes:

Oh crap :( :( :doh:

Venus loses to Penetta 6-4 7-6 :(

flavia's a great player though, was top 20 last year and coming back from injury and obviously in great form now. Well done Flav :ok:

Venus :hug: Take a break now, you've been on the road for 3 weeks now. You've still done really well :D

Hopefully you'll be at the YEC's ;)

Oops

It really wasn't a great three weeks in Asia, one win, a bad final defeat having had match points against the then world number 33 and now a semi loss to the world number 49... :rolleyes:

I am sure Venus will make the YEC but hasn't been entirely convincing for me the last few weeks... :shrug:

I thought I'd bring up the Venus fans' template:

"Oh well, onto the next tournament" :P

which I must say is much better and more respectful than Serena's
which is:

"She only played at 20% and she was injured" :rolleyes:

Pennetta's my second favourite player. :wub: Glad to see her results gradually improving. She'll never be any better than a solid top 20 player, but she's certainly better than 49 - as shown by the win today, even though Venus only seems to bring her A game to Slams. She should be favourite for the final now (Yan's the one who trounced Ana in Montreal and I know nothing about Chan :wacko: ) but it's been a good week regardless. Forza Flavia :clap:

Yan and Chan are just going into a deciding set.

To be fair Choka, you're rarely satisfied roflmao

Yes QJ, it will be on to the next tournament, she cant linger in Thailand forever :P roflmao

Venus will raise her game against the best, she always does :D