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(1) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs BYE
Olga Govortsova (BLR) vs Sania Mirza (IND)
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) vs QUALIFIER
Akiko Morigami (JPN) vs (16) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

(9) Patty Schnyder (SUI) vs Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Lucie Safarova (CZE) vs Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
Karin Knapp (ITA) vs Julia Goerges (GER)
BYE vs (6) Venus Williams (USA)

(4) Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs BYE
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) vs Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
Angelique Kerber (GER) vs QUALIFIER
Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs (14) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)

(10) Nadia Petrova (RUS) vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) vs QUALIFIER
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) vs Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
BYE vs (8) Marion Bartoli (FRA)

(5) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) vs BYE
Na Li (CHN) vs Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)
QUALIFIER vs Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) vs (12) Shahar Peer (ISR)

(13) Agnes Szavay (HUN) vs Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
QUALIFIER vs Elena Vesnina (RUS)
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
BYE vs (3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB)

(7) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) vs BYE
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) vs Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
Vera Dushevina (RUS) vs Zi Yan (CHN)
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) vs (11) Dinara Safina (RUS)

(15) Sybille Bammer (AUT) vs Aiko Nakamura (JPN)
QUALIFIER vs Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
Nathalie Dechy (FRA) vs Shuai Peng (CHN)
BYE vs (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

Couldn't resist posting this as it's the first really big tournament that Ana's ever been seeded number 1 for. B)2

Sadly, she won't be lasting very long, with an absolute stinker of a draw - one which is again pretty top heavy. Ivanovic and Williams in the same quarter, with Sharapova awaiting them in the SF should they get that far. Chakvetadze, Jankovic, Kuznetsova and Hantuchova will all fancy their chances of reaching the final, but you'd assume that they will start as second favourites.

Hard to look past Sharapova for the victory here given her form, although Venus looks to have a good shout of reaching the semi and would definitely be able to trouble her.

depends which Venus turns up this week, if it's aggressive and accurate Venus who turns up then even Sharapova will struggle but if it's spraying balls 6 feet outside the tramlines Venus who shows up she'll be doing well to make it past the second round... :shrug:

Should be an interesting tournament, i really want to see how Jankovic is playing.
Zheng Jie and Urszula Radwanska made it through qualifying too :)
I've seen the younger Randwanska sister play, and i think this girl is something special :)

Go Amelie! Go Svetlana K. :clap: :yahoo:

I want Amelie to do well here.. Even this might mean a loss to Maria, fight it all the way Amelie.

The winner :Venus/Maria/Ana ?

ORDER OF PLAY

Monday, February 18, 2008

Centre Court (from 15.30hrs)
1. Morigami vs. A.Radwanska
2. Lisicki vs. Mauresmo (NB 18.30hrs)
3. Petrova vs. Medina Garrigues

Court 1 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Schiavone vs. Peer
2. Chan vs. Wozniacki
3. Kirilenko vs. Makarova
4. Safarova vs. Cibulkova

Court 2 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Zvonareva vs. Rodionova
2. Bammer vs. Nakamura
3. Kerber vs. Tanasugarn
4. Rodionova/Rodionova vs. Morigami/Nakamura

Court 4 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Ditty vs. Niculescu
2. Dushevina vs. Yan
3. Voskoboeva vs. Daniilidou
4. Yan/Zheng vs. Jugic-Salkic/Navratilova

Court 10 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Sun vs. Razzano
2. Zheng vs. Shvedova
3. Ditty/Hrdinova vs. Gagliardi/Schnyder

Court 11 (from 18.00hrs)
1. Foretz/Sfar vs. Morita/Niculescu (after suitable rest)

i hope Dani can push through on the bottom half draw, and make some noise. start to solidify that AO showing...

Monday, February 18, 2008

Singles - First Round
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. (10) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 62 12 ret. (gastritis)
(12) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (LL) Andreja Klepac (SLO) 63 64
(14) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) d. (WC) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 76(2) 63
(15) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 61 63
(16) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Akiko Morigami (JPN) 75 60
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (Q) Sun Tiantian (CHN) 67(5) 76(2) 63
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (LL) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 63 57 60
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 60 63
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 64 63
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 36 62 63
Yan Zi (CHN) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 62 46 62
(Q) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. (WC) Angelique Kerber (GER) 76(3) 64
(Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) d. (Q) Zheng Jie (CHN) 64 46 61
(Q) Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) d. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 61 76(6)
(Q) Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. (LL) Julie Ditty (USA) 61 64

Doubles - First Round
(6) Yan/Zheng (CHN/CHN) d. Jugic-Salkic/Navratilova (BIH/CZE) 61 62
Rodionova/Rodionova (RUS/RUS) d. Morigami/Nakamura (JPN/JPN) 63 63
Ditty/Hrdinova (USA/CZE) d. Gagliardi/Schnyder (SUI/SUI) 63 76(9)
Morita/Niculescu (JPN/ROU) d. Foretz/Sfar (FRA/TUN) 64 62

Good to see Mauresmo get past, she had some trouble in that match.
Im glad to see Yan and Radwanska through, and 6th doubles seed Yan and Zheng through comfortable, very good start to the season for them :)

Order Of Play:
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Centre Court (from 15.30hrs)
1. Srebotnik vs. Safina
2. Govortsova vs. Mirza
3. Schnyder vs. Paszek
4. Kirilenko/Szavay vs. Mirza/Schiavone

Court 1 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Wozniacki vs. Bartoli
2. Szavay vs. Sugiyama
3. V.Williams/Wozniacki vs. Dushevina/Likhovtseva
4. Safarova/Zvonareva vs. Garbin/Peer

Court 2 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Dechy vs. Peng
2. Schiavone vs. Zvonareva
3. Knapp vs. Goerges
4. Husarova/A.Radwanska vs. Daniilidou/Woehr

Court 4 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Li vs. Likhovtseva
2. Garbin vs. U.Radwanska
3. Peng/Sun vs. Kleybanova/Voskoboeva

Court 10 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Morita vs. Vesnina
2. Henke/Woerle vs. Shvedova/Uhlirova
3. Dechy/Safina vs. Petrova/Vesnina

Court 11 (from 16.30hrs)
1. Ehritt-Vanc/Tanasugarn vs. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual
2. Yan/Zheng vs. Morita/Niculescu

Hantuchova withdrew due to respiratory illness :(
Schiavone, gets is bumped up, and gets her bye in the first round.

Petrova's appalling start continues to 2008 as she has to retire v Medina Garrigues :(

too bad Dani and indeed a bad start for Petrova :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Well I like Dani, but to be fair the AusOpen semi is not spectacular as she didn't defeat any top players or tricky opponents. The draw just opened up for her.

Well, Bartoli out 6-2 6-3 to Woniaki. Szavay served up a bagel by Sugiyama :yikes: Ai wins 7-6 6-0. Li Na also served a bagel by veteran Likhovtseva, but Li wins a topsy turvy match 6-1 0-6 6-4

That's my predictions screwed then :rolleyes:

Li through :( 61 06 64, she beat Likhovtseva 61 61 last week at Antwerp. Chakvetadze next, hope Li can bring up a better game against her. She played a 3setter against her at Miami last year, when both players were in good form.

Wozniacki doing well to get to the third round after her r16 showing at AO.

EDIT:
Mirza now out retiring at 64 67(5) 23, being down a break. :(
Peng and younger Radwanska sister out too :(

Poor Marion B. :(

Wow - impressive result for Sugiyama. I didn't really expect Sugiyama to get a set against Szavay but she got knocked out early in Antwerp after reaching the final in Paris.

Paszek was also bagelled by Schnyder (64 60) but Paszek looked to have some sort of illness and needed to call for some treatment. She basically went through the motions in the final half of the final set but Patty did play some cracking shots (as well as some abysmal ones but not as bad as Antwerp!)

Choketoli is nearly as bad as Chokevetadze :rolleyes: , completely over rated... :rolleyes:

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Singles - Second Round
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 62 63
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (17) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 26 63 64

Singles - First Round
(9) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 64 60
(11) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 62 64
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. (13) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 76(3) 60
Li Na (CHN) d. Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 61 06 64
Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (WC) Julia Goerges (GER) 61 64
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) d. (Q) Urszula Radwanska (POL) 62 75
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. Sania Mirza (IND) 46 76(5) 32 ret. (cramping)
Nathalie Dechy (FRA) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 16 64 61
(Q) Ayumi Morita (JPN) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 63 64

ORDER OF PLAY

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Centre Court (from 15.00hrs)
1. Dechy vs. Kuznetsova
2. Ivanovic vs. Govortsova (NB 16.30hrs)
3. Sharapova vs. Voskoboeva
4. Knapp vs. V.Williams
5. Shvedova vs. Jankovic

Court 1 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Chakvetadze vs. Li
2. Razzano vs. Peer (NB 16.30hrs)
3. Tanasugarn vs. Mauresmo

Court 2 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Yan vs. Safina
2. Schnyder vs. Cibulkova (NB 16.30hrs)
3. Medina Garrigues vs. Kirilenko
4. Kleybanova/Voskoboeva vs. Peschke/Stubbs

Court 4 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Bammer vs. Niculescu
2. Rodionova/Rodionova vs. Safarova/Zvonareva (NB 17.00hrs)
2. Dechy/Safina vs. Husarova/A.Radwanska (NB 18.00hrs; after suitable rest)

Court 10 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Sugiyama vs. Morita
2. Garbin vs. A.Radwanska (NB 16.30hrs)
3. Ditty/Hrdinova vs. Srebotnik/Sugiyama

yep and true to form Chokevetadze :rolleyes: is out...

I really like Marion and am trying to become a fan, but she aint half making it difficult to like her :(

unfortunately far too many people jumped onto the Bartoli bandwagon after Wimbledon and are now getting their fingers burned after she goes back to her usual level... :unsure:

i actually liked her before wimby, even though it was only because of her wonderful grunt :lol: I think people liked her after wimby because of her losing speech in the final. Such a breath of fresh air :girlkiss:

Venus wins 6-2 6-3 over Knapp :D :clap:

Great win over such an inform opponent :D

yeah but like V was never gonna lose this one dl.... ;)

meanwhile Chokesmo, Chokilenko join Chokevetadze :rolleyes: in being dumped out...

Singles - Second Round
(1) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 63 61
(2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 75 75
(3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) 61 36 63
(4) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (Q) Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 64 46 61
Li Na (CHN) d. (5) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 76(7) 64
(6) Venus Williams (USA) d. Karin Knapp (ITA) 62 63
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. (9) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 63 64
(11) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Yan Zi (CHN) 62 61
(12) Shahar Peer (FRA) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 61 76(3)
(Q) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. (14) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 76(7) 75
(15) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. (Q) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 36 75 64
(16) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 63 63
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 26 75 61
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. (Q) Ayumi Morita (JPN) 46 64 60

Few shocks today. Veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn showing some of the form from the days of yesteryear to defeat Momo. I guess Cibulkova beating Schnyder isn't so much of a shock nowadays but she looked pretty good against Paszek yesterday and Chak going out to Li - Chak has been playing a lot recently so maybe she's a bit fatigued.

Kirilenko barely choked - Medina Garrigues is only ranked a few places below her and I think the jury was split on the predictions about who would win that one.

it was amatch Maria should have won though and she won the first set easily. Medina Garrigues is a handy player but on hard courts Maria should have been all over her

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Centre Court (from 15.30hrs)
1. Ivanovic vs. A.Radwanska
2. Cibulkova vs. V.Williams
3. Sugiyama vs. Jankovic
4. Sharapova vs. Tanasugarn

Court 1 (from 16.30hrs)
1. Medina Garrigues vs. Wozniacki
2. Li vs. Peer
3. Chan/Chuang vs. V.Williams/Wozniacki

Court 2 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Bammer vs. Kuznetsova
2. Zvonareva vs. Safina
3. Husarova/A.Radwanska vs. Peschke/Stubbs
4. Morita/Niculescu vs. Srebotnik/Sugiyama (after suitable rest)

Court 10 (from 17.00hrs)
1. Black/Huber vs. Shvedova/Uhlirova
2. Makarova/U.Radwanska vs. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual (after suitable rest)

unlucky for Ana, shes definitely out

beeb report

yes and now Venus, Kuznetsova, Peer are all out now too... :yikes:

at least Jelena is still in it.... :phew:

thats only if Li cant pull off another upset! Way to go Li, beating Chakvetadze and Peer now :)
Go for Jankovic ! Win at GC, (r32 AO), SF Antwerp, and already QF here! only her 4th tournament since a 6th month layoff!
Keep going Li!
Jankovic looks good beating Sugiyama 61 62, Sugiyama has bagelled her last 2 opponents :P
Should be a good match! Li leads 3-1 on the H2H, and they usually play doubles together! so whoop!

Venus out to Cibulkova! :o Safina and Kuzzy out.

Zvonareva doing well actually... her first tournament since AO, and her ankle injury from Hobart

Results so far, sharpova still playing leading, 62 22

Singles - Third Round
(16) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (1) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) w/o (left ankle injury)
(15) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 63 76(8)
(3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 61 62
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. (6) Venus Williams (USA) 63 63
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (11) Dinara Safina (RUS) 75 63
Li Na (CHN) d. (12) Shahar Peer (ISR) 61 63
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 36 76(3) 63

QF lineup:
(16)Radwanska vs. Cibulkova
(4)Sharapova/Tanasugarn vs. Wozniacki
(3) Jankovic vs Li
(15)Bammer vs Zvonareva

Zvonareva doing well actually... her first tournament since AO, and her ankle injury from Hobart

yeah but she's still in it.... :shrug:

yeah i guess! and that im grateful :) i like Jankovic :)
Sharpova through 62 62

Friday, February 22, 2008

Centre Court (from 15.30hrs)
1. A.Radwanska vs. Cibulkova
2. Sharapova vs. Wozniacki
3. Li vs. Jankovic
4. Chan/Chuang vs. Safarova/Zvonareva

Court 1 (from 16.30hrs)
1. Zvonareva vs. Bammer
2. Black/Huber vs. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual

Court 2 (from 16.30hrs)
1. Peschke/Stubbs vs. Srebotnik/Sugiyama

Cry baby Vera is doing well.

lol, yeah she is :P bottom part of the draw very open, she is doing very well, and really could go further

vera is a former top tenner so it's not really surprising when she does well. She has the experience to make it past the earlier rounds even if she has a tough draw. :)

To me, she is just another case of beauty over substance, although i do like her and will her to become more consistant. I love her game when its on