THE DRAW

The seeds are:

1. Black/ Huber
2. Srebotnik/ Sugiyama
3. Yung -Jan Chan/ Chia-Jung Chuang
4. Peschke/ Stubbs
5. Dechy/ Safina
6. Mirza/ Molik
7. Zie Yan/ Jie Zheng
8. Peng/ Sun
9. Raymond/ Schiavone
10. Medin Garrigues/ Ruano Pascual
11. Kirilenko/ Szavay
12. Azarenka/ Peer
13. Husarova/ Pennetta
14. King/ Pratt
15. Camerin/ Dulko
16. Benesova/ Voskoboeva

Given all the names in the draw, I'm not too sure how important the seedings will be!

:yahoo: Amelie and Svetlana are playing together again!!!!!

Also Lindsay and Daniela playing together as well the Williams sisters..

Jankovic is playing doubles as well...... :blink:

luckily for jelena, i dont see her getting past the first round. linds and daniela seem to have a decent draw, put i cant find S & V??? have they withdrawn?

bottom of the second half liam :ok:

ta :ok: i hope they can play this out without withdrawing. As a big fan of theirs it would be a great start of the year to see them both fit and healthy in doubles and singles :)

there's some dangerous floaters in that draw. but i also sense some of those doubles commitments will be dropped as the ladies progress in singles.

do Dani!! even though you're playing with linds :rolleyes:

I saw where Jelena J is playing w/Bethany Matteck-that ought to be an interesting fashion show. :lmaao:

Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Koryttseva/Perebiynis bt Camerin/ Dulko 15 6-4 7-5

Peng/ Sun 8 bt Chakvetadze/ Li 6-2 6-7 (7-9) 6-2

Kostanic Tosic/ Muller bt Mirkovic/ Wlodarczak 6-1 6-2

Foretz/ Sfar bt Hradecka/ Voracova 4-6 6-3 6-4

Benesova/ Voskoboeva 16 bt Cornet/ Pin 6-3 7-5

Nakamura/ Tanasugarn bt Dominguez Lino/ Parra Santonja 6-3 7-5

Poutchek/ Rodionova bt Calderwood/ Hubacek 6-1 6-2

Mirza/ Molik 6 bt Daniilidou/ Woehr 6-3 4-6 6-4

Black/ Huber 1 bt Kremer/ Parmentier 6-1 6-1

Petrova/ Vesnina bt Ferguson/ Musgrave 6-3 6-4

Ji/ Sun bt Bremond/ Vakulenko 4-6 6-2 6-3

Granville/ Uhlirova bt Harkleroad/ Obziler 3-6 6-2 7-6 (7-4)

Jans/ Wozniacki bt Errani/ Knapp 1-6 6-2 6-0

Garbin/ Vinci bt Jidkova/ Morigami 6-4 7-6 (9-7)

Srebotnik/Sugiyama 2 bt Gajdosova/ Stewart 6-4 6-3

Thursday, 17 January 2008

Kuznetsova/ Mauresmo bt Dominikovic/ Hewson 6-2 6-0

Govortsova/ Kustova bt Gallovits/ Olaru 6-3 7-5

Navratilova/ Zakopalova bt Dellacqua/ Moore 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3

A Bondarenko/ K Bondarenko bt Cohen Aloro/ Razzano 7-6 (7-3) 6-3

Medina Garrigues/ Ruano Pascual 10 bt Kerber/ Meusburger 6-2 6-0

Peschke/ Stubbs 4 bt Savchuk/ Shvedova 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4)

Jankovic/ Mattek bt Dechy/ Safina 5 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-4

Gagliardi/ Schnyder bt Bai/ Kriz 6-4 6-1

S Williams/ V Williams bt Adamczak/ Wheeler 7-5 6-1

Azarenka/ Peer 12 bt Bammer/ Paszek 6-1 6-3

Husarova/ Pennetta 13 bt Craybas/ Osterloh 6-4 6-2

Chan/ Chuang 3 bt Rosolska/ Salerni 6-3 6-1

Yan/ Zheng 7 bt Poutchkova/ Rezai 6-2 6-1

Hsieh/ Kudryavtseva bt Krajicek/ Radwanska 4-6 6-4 6-4

Vaidisova/ Zahlavova-Strycova bt Raymond/ Schiavone 9 2-6 6-4 6-2

Ani/ Tu bt King/ Pratt 14 7-5 6-3 4-3

Davenport/ Hantuchova bt Kirilenko/ Szavay 11 6-2 7-5

Shame Jankovic and Li arent playing together, they made a really nice pairing! :o

Yan/Zheng look back on form! with a 62 61 win today! lets get back to 2006 form which brought u 2 GS titles!!!! GOOD LUCK!

Not a good result for Dechy and Safina there :blink:

nope :( early exit for Safina in singles and doubles.

sort of wanted them to win, Jankovic needs to rest :P

Dani are her partner won through :)

sets up a 2nd rnd. encounter with the no. 2s Sugiyama/Srebotnik.

a few surprises there with doubles specialists getting beat by random singles hook ups. Glad Dani and Linds are through, and even happier the Williamses neverpulled out :clap:

Not good at all! That means that the US Open champs in the men's and women's doubles are out!

Friday, 18 January 2008

S Williams/ V Williams bt Srebotnik/ Sugiyama 2 6-2 7-6 (7-2)

Black/ Huber 1 bt Poutchek Rodionova 6-2 6-4

Peschke/ Stubbs 4 bt Kostanic Tosic/ Muller 6-1 6-1

Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual 10 bt Nakamura/Tanasugarn 6-3 6-1

Ani/ Tu bt Garbin/ Vinci 6-4 7-6 (7-4)

Benesova/ Voskoboeva16 bt Foretz/ Sfar 6-2 6-3

Yan/ Zheng 7 bt Jans/ Wozniacki 6-2 6-3

Vaidisova/ Zahlavova-Strycova bt Hsieh/ Kudryavtseva 6-3 6-4

Sunday, 20 January 2008

A Bondarenko/ K Bondarenko bt Peng/Sun 8 4-6 6-4 7-6 (8-6)

Davenport/ Hantuchova bt Navratilova/ Zakopalova 6-2 6-1

Mirza/ Molik 6 bt Petrova/ Vesnina 6-3 5-7 6-4

Chan/ Chuang 3 bt Granville/ Uhlirova 6-1 6-4

Azarenka/ Peer 12 bt Gagliardi/ Schnyder 6-3 6-3

Husarova/ Pennetta 13 bt Ji Sun 6-0 6-3

dani and linds continue through :)

They do indeed! Kuznetsova and Mauresmo have pulled out though. Tis a shame but I guess they both need to work on their singles game after early losses!

dani and linds out on a walkover :(

anyone know why??

Monday, 21 January 2008

Round 3

S Williams/ V Williams bt Ani/ Tu 6-4 5-1

Husarova/ Pennetta 13 bt Chan/ Chuang 3 6-2 7-6 (7-3)

Azarenka/ Peer 12 bt Mirza/ Molik 6 7-5 6-3

Yan/ Zheng 7 bt Vaidisova/ Zahlavova-Strycova 6-4 6-1

A Bondarenko/ K Bondarenko bt Davenport/ Hantuchova w/o

Black/ Huber 1 bt Koryttseva/ Perebiynis 6-2 6-2

Peschke/ Stubbs 4 bt Benesova/ Voskoboeva 16 4-6 6-2 6-4

Round 2
Jankovic/ Mattek bt Govortsova/ Kustova 6-4 6-3

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Quarterfinals

Some upsets today...

Yan/ Zheng 7 bt S Williams/ V Williams 3-6 6-4 6-2

A Bondarenko/ K Bondarenko bt Black/ Huber 1 6-3 5-2

Azarenka/ Peer 12 bt Husarova/ Pennetta 13 6-1 6-1

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Both matches today saw the higher seeds lose.

Semi-final
Azarenka/ Peer 12 bt Yan/ Zheng 7 0-6 7-5 7-6 (7-3)

Quarter-final
Medina Garrigues/ Ruano Pascual 10 bt Peschke/ Stubbs 4 6-4 6-1

The final will be

Alona & Kateryna Bondarenko

vs

Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Peer

after the Bondarenko sisters defeated Medina Garrigues/Ruana Pascual 6-2 6-4

Just a thought but wouldn't it have been interesting if the Bondarenko sisters had ended up playing the Williams sisters in the final?? Has that ever happened before in a GS final - at least in modern times? Anyone know of any such occurences? :shrug:

well the Williamses are out of the comp :lol: might happen at the FO :pray:

It's not the results I anticipated for the final - very much the youngsters who are predominantly sinlges players taking control.

Friday, 25 Januaray 2008

A Bondarenko/ K Bondarenko bt Azarenka/ Peer 12 2-6 6-1 6-4

Congratulations to the Bondarenko sisters. Australia must be a lucky place for them as they also trounced Australia in the Fed Cup last year!

Well done Katy and Alona :clap:


Dropping just 2 sets all tournament I think. Fantastic result and it means there's an eastern sweep on the women's titles....