Title: Memphis Info
Dinky Jo - February 26, 2008 09:53 AM (GMT)
WebsiteDrawsDavenport and Venus both playing here I see
Monday, February 25, 2008Singles - First Round(4) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. (Q) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 75 63
(5) Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. Mashona Washington (USA) 64 62
Stéphanie Dubois (CAN) d. Vania King (USA) 62 26 61
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (Q) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED) 63 57 62
Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) d. Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) 75 64
Melinda Czink (HUN) d. Olga Poutchkova (RUS) 63 36 64
(WC) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Lilia Osterloh (USA) 76(3) 76(3)
(WC) Amber Liu (USA) d. Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 64 63
(WC) Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) d. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) 75 10 ret. (viral illness)
ORDER OF PLAY
Tuesday, February 26, 2008Stadium (from 10.00hrs)
1. Rolle vs. Peer
2. ATP: Querrey vs. Russell
3. ATP: Stepanek vs. Levine (NB 14.00hrs)
4. ATP: Reynolds vs. Fish (NB 15.30hrs)
5. V.Williams vs. Kvitova (NB 18.30hrs)
6. ATP: Safin vs. Johansson
Grandstand (from 10.00hrs)
1. Sequera vs. Wozniacki
2. Mattek vs. Golovin
3. ATP: Darcis vs. Spadea
4. Arvidsson vs. Dubois
5. ATP: Young vs. Warburg (NB 16.30hrs)
6. ATP: Kuznetsov/Sweeting vs. Haggard/Melzer
7. ATP: Kunitsyn/Thomas vs. Bopanna/Sela
Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)
1. ATP: Lu vs. Hanescu
2. Erakovic vs. Jidkova (NB 11.00hrs)
3. Govortsova vs. Voracova
4. ATP: Vliegen vs. Becker
5. Dekmeijere/Senoglu vs. Lepchenko/Rodina
6. Ani/Brémond vs. Jidkova/Stewart
7. ATP: Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana vs. Bjorkman/Ullyett
Dinky Jo - February 27, 2008 08:09 AM (GMT)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Singles - Second Round
(5) Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. Renata Voracova (CZE) 46 64 76(5)
(7) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Stéphanie Dubois (CAN) 16 75 63
Singles - First Round
(Q) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. (1) Venus Williams (USA) 26 64 63
Bethanie Mattek (USA) d. (2) Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 64 64
(3) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Ahsha Rolle (USA) 62 61
(6) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Milagros Sequera (VEN) 60 62
(Q) Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. (LL) Alina Jidkova (RUS) 26 63 64
Venus lost?? :yikes:
ORDER OF PLAY
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Stadium (from 10.00hrs)
1. Czink vs. Peer
2. ATP: Bhupathi/Knowles vs. Isner/Young (NB 12.00hrs)
3. Davenport vs. Rodina (NB 14.00hrs)
4. ATP: Becker vs. Haas (NB 15.30hrs)
5. ATP: Roddick vs. Muller (NB 18.30hrs)
6. Kvitova vs. Kudryavtseva
Grandstand (from 10.00hrs)
1. Larcher de Brito vs. Wozniacki
2. ATP: Stepanek vs. Serra
3. Goerges vs. Mattek
4. ATP: Melzer vs. Darcis
5. Safin/Stepanek vs. Melo/Sa
6. Gullickson/Perry vs. Davenport/Raymond
Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Liu vs. Erakovic
2. ATP: Niemeyer vs. Soderling (NB 12.00hrs)
3. Fedak/Yakimova vs. Glatch/Liu
4. Arvidsson/Czink vs. Ani/Brémond
5. ATP: Butorac/Perry vs. Lipsky/Martin
6. Mattek/Voracova vs. Kondratieva/Sromova
T01 - February 27, 2008 11:16 AM (GMT)
What's up with Venus? Can't even get past the 1st round at a Tier 3 tournament??
Where is DL- not gonna be happy. Tati also lost!
liam_valid - February 27, 2008 02:40 PM (GMT)
I suppose results like this justify why Venus should just play the big tournaments. I really wanted her to play Lindsay here though :(
Duchess - February 27, 2008 04:29 PM (GMT)
Sorry to hear about Venus & Tatiana.
chokapova - February 27, 2008 05:51 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (liam_valid @ Feb 27 2008, 08:40 AM) |
| I suppose results like this justify why Venus should just play the big tournaments. I really wanted her to play Lindsay here though :( |
What is it with Venus and East European teenagers? :yikes: :lol:
She is playing far too many low tier events and this startegy is backfiring big time. Venus needs to be mixing it with the top players... :shrug:
jack.hl.ng - February 27, 2008 06:00 PM (GMT)
yeah bad result for venus. says on WTA website "For Williams, it was the worst loss in terms of ranking in her Sony Ericsson WTA Tour career."
It was only a year ago when she won, and they were saying about her flawless results at tier III tournaments. I can see why she played here though as she is defending champion.
3) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 60 36 62
Peer through to QF.
Duchess - February 27, 2008 06:41 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (jack.hl.ng @ Feb 27 2008, 12:00 PM) |
yeah bad result for venus. says on WTA website "For Williams, it was the worst loss in terms of ranking in her Sony Ericsson WTA Tour career."
It was only a year ago when she won, and they were saying about her flawless results at tier III tournaments. I can see why she played here though as she is defending champion.
3) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 60 36 62
Peer through to QF. |
All right Peer!!!! Maybe Venus is in the same "funk" as Mauresmo? :unsure:
chokapova - February 27, 2008 06:44 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Duchess @ Feb 27 2008, 12:41 PM) |
| QUOTE (jack.hl.ng @ Feb 27 2008, 12:00 PM) | yeah bad result for venus. says on WTA website "For Williams, it was the worst loss in terms of ranking in her Sony Ericsson WTA Tour career."
It was only a year ago when she won, and they were saying about her flawless results at tier III tournaments. I can see why she played here though as she is defending champion.
3) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 60 36 62
Peer through to QF. |
All right Peer!!!! Maybe Venus is in the same "funk" as Mauresmo? :unsure:
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well that seems unlikely, Venus's problem is playing far too many low tier events. Venus plays her best when she is playing the best not when she is playing people ranked outside the top 100. Why she insists on playing tier III and IVs is beyond me... :rolleyes: :doh:
Duchess - February 27, 2008 06:46 PM (GMT)
Thanks for the info choka. :D
vivahate - February 27, 2008 08:28 PM (GMT)
way to go Venus, why don't you just hand Linds the title :doh:
i know Linds has won a few tournies upon her return, but haven't they been crap-ass ones?? is she playing them to bump up her ranking?? we all know she's better than III's and IV's...
chokapova - February 27, 2008 10:27 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (vivahate @ Feb 27 2008, 02:28 PM) |
way to go Venus, why don't you just hand Linds the title :doh:
i know Linds has won a few tournies upon her return, but haven't they been crap-ass ones?? is she playing them to bump up her ranking?? we all know she's better than III's and IV's... |
yeah well you can understand Lindsay doing it to get her ranking up but why Venus, Wimbledon champion and world number 8, seems to be playing tier III and IVs is beyond me... :shrug:
nevets - February 27, 2008 10:58 PM (GMT)
I find it quite strange as well. I can't understand the logic especially at this time of the season, when her last tourney was in Dubai, now she's back in Memphis and off to Bangalore next week to play in a tier III tourney.
When Kvitova was playing in Paris, she did beat Medina Garrigues and took Dementieva to a tie-break and the commentators said that her short-term goal was to make the top 30 but either way, you wouldn't have expected her to defeat Venus so easily. Maybe if she's lost her form, it's quite a good idea she's not competing against the creme of the WTA.
She almost exclusively played on the tier III and tier IV circuit after Wimbledon last year!
chokapova - February 27, 2008 11:05 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (nevets @ Feb 27 2008, 04:58 PM) |
I find it quite strange as well. I can't understand the logic especially at this time of the season, when her last tourney was in Dubai, now she's back in Memphis and off to Bangalore next week to play in a tier III tourney.
When Kvitova was playing in Paris, she did beat Medina Garrigues and took Dementieva to a tie-break and the commentators said that her short-term goal was to make the top 30 but either way, you wouldn't have expected her to defeat Venus so easily. Maybe if she's lost her form, it's quite a good idea she's not competing against the creme of the WTA.
She almost exclusively played on the tier III and tier IV circuit after Wimbledon last year! |
yeah it's a bizarre schedule which makes Jankovic's seem positively sane... :shrug:
( Bangalore has been upgraded to a Tier II)
nevets - February 27, 2008 11:12 PM (GMT)
Oops - my mistake.
Bangalore should be a decent tourney (Venus and Serena, Schnyder, Szavay, Bammer, Zvonareva, Kirilenko and four other top 50 players inc. Cibulkova).
chokapova - February 27, 2008 11:26 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (nevets @ Feb 27 2008, 05:12 PM) |
Oops - my mistake.
Bangalore should be a decent tourney (Venus and Serena, Schnyder, Szavay, Bammer, Zvonareva, Kirilenko and four other top 50 players inc. Cibulkova). |
Venus will be praying she doesnt get drawn against another East European teenager... roflmao
jack.hl.ng - February 28, 2008 02:31 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (nevets @ Feb 28 2008, 12:12 AM) |
Oops - my mistake.
Bangalore should be a decent tourney (Venus and Serena, Schnyder, Szavay, Bammer, Zvonareva, Kirilenko and four other top 50 players inc. Cibulkova). |
yup, and jankovic playing Bangalore after Sania Mirza's withdrawal.
Its a shame Venus has been playing so many smaller tournaments, i remember she won a few, and lost in a final last year to Razzano.
But Bangalore should be good preparation for Venus for Miami, as the sisters always boycott the IW event. Hope she will pick bigger tournaments soonish....
Dinky Jo - February 28, 2008 08:07 AM (GMT)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Singles - Second Round
(3) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 60 36 62
(4) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 61 61
(6) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (WC) Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) 62 64
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (Q) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 67(6) 75 61
(Q) Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. (WC) Amber Liu (USA) 75 63
(WC) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Bethanie Mattek (USA) 64 63
ORDER OF PLAY
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Stadium (from 10.00hrs)
1. ATP: Bhupathi/Knowles vs. Kunitsyn/Thomas
2. Arvidsson vs. Peer (NB 11.30hrs)
3. ATP: Guccione vs. Johansson (NB 14.00hrs)
4. ATP: Querrey vs. Bjorkman (NB 15.30hrs)
5. Davenport vs. Wozniacki (NB 18.30hrs)
6. ATP: Roddick vs. Fish
Grandstand (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Hanescu vs. Soderling
2. Lepchenko/Rodina vs. Fedak/Yakimova
3. ATP: Falla vs. Young
4. ATP: Johansson/Lindstedt vs. Haggard/Melzer (after suitable rest)
5. ATP: Querrey/Spadea vs. Melo/Sa (after suitable rest)
Court 1 (from 12.00hrs)
1. Govortsova vs. Goerges
2. Mattek/Voracova vs. Haynes/Washington
3. Kudryavtseva vs. Erakovic (NB 14.00hrs)
jack.hl.ng - February 29, 2008 02:11 AM (GMT)
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Singles - Quarterfinals
(3) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (7) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 36 61 63
(4) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. (6) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 60 62
(5) Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (WC) Julia Goerges (GER) 76(5) 62
(Q) Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 46 63 63
Doubles - Quarterfinals
Haynes/Washington (USA/USA) d. (1) Mattek/Voracova (USA/CZE) 63 62
Lepchenko/Rodina (USA/RUS) d. Fedak/Yakimova (UKR/BLR) 64 61
was sort of hoping the Lindsay scoreline to be closer...
Dinky Jo - February 29, 2008 08:18 AM (GMT)
ORDER OF PLAY
Friday, February 29, 2008
Stadium (from 10.00hrs)
1. Peer vs. Govortsova
2. ATP: Darcis vs. Becker (NB 12.00hrs)
3. ATP: Bjorkman vs. Young (NB 14.00hrs)
4. Erakovic vs. Davenport (NB 15.30hrs)
5. ATP: Roddick vs. Soderling (NB 18.30hrs)
6. ATP: Stepanek vs. Guccione
Grandstand (from 12.00hrs)
1. Haynes/Washington vs. Lepchenko/Rodina
2. ATP: Lipsky/Martin vs. Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana
Court TBA
1. Davenport/Raymond vs. Arvidsson/Czink
dl04 - February 29, 2008 06:57 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (chokapova @ Feb 27 2008, 11:26 PM) |
| QUOTE (nevets @ Feb 27 2008, 05:12 PM) | Oops - my mistake.
Bangalore should be a decent tourney (Venus and Serena, Schnyder, Szavay, Bammer, Zvonareva, Kirilenko and four other top 50 players inc. Cibulkova). |
Venus will be praying she doesnt get drawn against another East European teenager... roflmao
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It would be a gift recently roflmao
Dinky Jo - March 1, 2008 09:26 AM (GMT)
Singles - Semifinals
(5) Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (3) Shahar Peer (ISR) 63 36 64
(4) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. (Q) Marina Erakovic (NZL) 60 63
Davenport vs. Govortsova in the final - another title perhaps for Lindsay?
liam_valid - March 1, 2008 10:24 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Dinky Jo @ Mar 1 2008, 09:26 AM) |
Singles - Semifinals
(5) Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (3) Shahar Peer (ISR) 63 36 64
(4) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. (Q) Marina Erakovic (NZL) 60 63
Davenport vs. Govortsova in the final - another title perhaps for Lindsay? |
another bagel for Lindsay :yahoo:
Pebs - March 2, 2008 11:40 AM (GMT)
and the result is in....
Final Result
Davenport d Govortsova 6-2, 6-1 :yahoo: :clap:
SuperBRAT - March 2, 2008 12:42 PM (GMT)
Everytime I see thsi thread I keep singing walking in Memphis:lol: