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Main Draw

Tier II event with the following seeds
(1) Jankovic
(2) Venus
(3) Serena
(4) Schnyder
(5) Szavay
(6) Bammer
(7) Zvonareva
(8) Kirilenko

So 3 top 10 players, and 6 top 20 players.

Expected QF's
1) Jankovic, Kirilenko
2) Schnyder, Szavay
3) Bammer, Venus
4) Zvonareva, Serena

:( Didnt get a draw for an all Williams final, lets hope both dont choke, and get a all williams SF!

thank goodness... :phew:

most of them have been crap... :bs:

But not all of them, ie the Aussie Open final :bow:

their worst one was the Wimby final in 2003 :(

Btw, this is quite a good draw for a Tier 3. I'm slightly worried about Zvonareva in Venus's quarter and then Serena in the semis( tough draw :yikes: ).

Hopefully Venus can play well here, unlike last :pray:

One swallow doesn't make a summer... ;)

Results:
Monday, March 3, 2008

Singles - First Round
(5) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. (WC) Shikha Uberoi (IND) 61 64
(6) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Akiko Morigami (JPN) 26 63 75
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) 63 36 63
Aiko Nakamura (JPN) d. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 67(5) 61 62

Doubles - First Round
(1) Chan/Chuang (TPE/TPE) d. Gagliardi/Schnyder (SUI/SUI) 63 57 106
(3) Peng/Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Manasieva/Zvonareva (RUS/RUS) 63 64
Morita/Namigata (JPN/JPN) d. (WC) Bhambri/Bhambri (IND/IND) 36 64 104

Singles Qualifying - Final Round
(3) Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. (7) Anne Keothavong (GBR) 62 60
(9) Angelika Bachmann (GER) d. (5) Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 63 75
Sun Tiantian (CHN) d. Sunitha Rao (IND) 62 61
Agnes Szatmari (ROU) d. Melanie South (GBR) 64 26 76(6)

Defending champion Shvedova out.

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Order Of Play:
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Williams/Williams vs. Ehritt-Vanc/Tanasugarn
2. Rodionova vs. T.Sun
3. Lakhani vs. Szatmari
4. Rodionova/Shvedova vs. Adamczak/Rao (NB 17.00hrs)
5. Zvonareva vs. Niculescu
6. Yan vs. Kirilenko

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. O'Brien vs. Savchuk
2. Kremer vs. Peng
3. Ji/S.Sun vs. Bachmann/Feys

Court 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Bachmann vs. Obziler
2. Chan vs. Mamic

Swallow always makes me laugh, i'm just a dirty sod roflmao

Their early ones were pretty enjoyable, i liked their 99 Miami final. I think as they've got older, more nerves and tension when facing each other :shrug:

:lol:

GOOOOOO PATTY S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yahoo: :D

dl :lol:

Yeah I agree the nerves and tension are part of it, a bit like the Justine v Kim finals which were quite crap most of the time... ;)

Anyway I'm hoping for a Jelena v Venus final... :pray:

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Singles - First Round
(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (Q) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 46 63 61
Yan Zi (CHN) d. (8) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 36 76(7) 61
Peng Shuai (CHN) d. Anne Kremer (LUX) 61 62
Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. Katie O'Brien (GBR) 64 26 75
Sanda Mamic (CRO) d. Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 62 62
Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) d. (Q) Sun Tiantian (CHN) 46 76(2) 64
Tzipora Obziler (ISR) d. (Q) Angelika Bachmann (GER) 62 63
(Q) Agnes Szatmari (ROU) d. (WC) Isha Lakhani (IND) 62 62

ORDER OF PLAY - WEDNESDAY

Center Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Amanmuradova vs. Szavay
2. Chan/Chuang vs. Morita/Namigata
3. Bammer vs. Rodionova (NB 14.00hrs)
4. Obziler vs. S.Williams (NB 17.00hrs)
5. Schnyder vs. Nakamura
6. Williams/Williams vs. Peng/Sun

Court 1 (from 15.00hrs)
1. Amanmuradova/Savchuk vs. Yan/Zheng

Court 3 (from 15.00hrs)
1. Szatmari/Vedy vs. Dzehalevich/Niculescu

Oh the Justine vs Kim finals were always crap :lol:

At least Serena and Venus produced some excellent rallies at times, unlike Clijsters who just imploded at every oppurtunity :rolleyes:

The 03 RG final :wacko: :yikes:

Number 5 seed Szavay lost to Amanmuradova (good name ;) )

Serena served up a bagel on the way to beating Oblizer

Schynder lost the first set of her match against Nakamura in a tie-break

Singles - Second Round
(3) Serena Williams (USA) d. Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 75 60
(4) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 67(1) 64 62
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) d. (5) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 46 76(4) 64
Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) d. (6) Sybille Bammer (AUT) 76(5) 62

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(1) Chan/Chuang (TPE/TPE) d. Morita/Namigata (JPN/JPN) 76(0) 63
(3) Peng/T.Sun (CHN/CHN) d. (WC) Williams/Williams (USA/USA) 57 62 119

Doubles - First Round
Amanmuradova/Savchuk (UZB/UKR) d. (2) Yan/Zheng (CHN/CHN) 63 36 108
Dzehalevich/Niculescu (BLR/ROU) d. Szatmari/Vedy (ROU/FRA) 46 64 107

Quite a shock in the doubles with the Williams going down to the Chinese pair... :yikes:

The Chinese players are absolute machines in doubles :o

Glad Serena got through, but by all reports she's very rusty and a tad ragged :shrug:

Hope she plays well, until the semis at least anyway :P

True but when Venus and Serena stepped onto a doubles court a few years ago they rarely lost... :shrug:

what tennis lost Dunkin Donuts gained... ;)

Ha ha ha ha ha!!! That's great Chokapova. All right Patty S.

Venus won yay! :D :yahoo:

i'm allowed to be happy, because she lost last week :lol:

Well they have lost to good double splayers before - maybe them I can't recall. But I'm more shocked by this one -

Amanmuradova/Savchuk (UZB/UKR) d. (2) Yan/Zheng (CHN/CHN) 63 36 108

You celebrate dl :lol:

yeah but the Williams are 6 times winning doubles champs :shrug:

Well they were but they are perhaps a bit rusty? :shrug: They didn't do as well as I thought at the AO.

yeah unfortunately they look a bit rusty in singles as well at the moment... :unsure:

So I hear, but i must admit I never get to watch. Do you knwo of any livestreams that might cover the womens?

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Singles - Second Round
(1) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Sanda Mamic (CRO) 62 62
(2) Venus Williams (USA) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 62 67(6) 62
(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (Q) Agnes Szatmari (ROU) 76(5) 61
Yan Zi (CHN) d. Olga Savchuk (UKR) 62 61

ORDER OF PLAY

Friday, March 7, 2008

Centre Court (from 12.00hrs)
1. Schnyder vs. Amanmuradova
2. Zvonareva vs. V.Williams (NB 14.00hrs)
3. Rodionova vs. S.Williams (NB 17.00hrs)
4. Jankovic vs. Yan
5. Chan/Chuang vs. Dzehalevic/Niculescu

venus is currently a set and a break up on Zvonereva

(2) Venus Williams (USA) d. (7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 64 63
(4) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 46 64 76(1)
(3) Serena Williams (USA) d. Anastassia Rodionova (RUS) 61 64

Jankovic playing Yan right now, currently on serve at 23
All Williams Semifinal, hopefully be a good one! havent played since Miami 05! with venus winning the last 2 meetings. H2H tied at 7-7

Jankovic loses 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to Zi Yan :yikes:

well done Yan! she's currently on her career highest ranking, and when the rankings come in, she will beat it again :) well done Yan!!! broke into the top 50 now :D

Darn Jelena! It's always cool to see the Williamses play each other-it can get pretty intense.

Jelena :turkey: Maybe she was concentrating on the imminent final with a Williams rather than the task in hand :shrug:

An all-Williams semi! :D :clap:

Go Venus, just swing away ;)

Damnn :angry: :angry: :angry: im working til 10am til 9m tomorrow. whens the match on?

I'm surprised that Jelena J is ranked as high as she is-I've only been following the game since the end of '06. maybe she won before then?

I can't believe Jelena lost this one... :angry: :rolleyes:

Now Patty will reach the final and choke against Venus or Serena. :rolleyes:

Personally I feel Venus will win the semi final but we'll see... :unsure:

It depends on how long the Yan v Schnyder match goes; that one begins at 1330 GMT. So I'd guess an hour to two hours after that.

The first all-Williams clash in more than two years seems a worthy way to ring in Bangalore's new Tier II status. I wasn't sure if it would take place since it's tough to predict their form going into events (and Venus had that strange hiccup in Memphis), but I would expect both to have had enough match practice going into it now for a good contest. It will also determine who will take the lead in their H2H, currently tied at 7-all. I'm happy for either to win; Serena has been in a final more recently (Moscow) so Venus is due, but Serena needs the ranking points more, languishing four places beneath her sister, and she also has big points to defend in Miami in a fortnight.

Disappointed but not altogether surprised at Jankovic's crashing out. Yan has been steadily improving in singles, sitting at a career high ranking No 54, and can spring a surprise as she did to Ivanovic in Toronto (she also pushed Venus hard in the second set of their AO match). I'd prefer Schnyder to win their semi so that two Top 12 players are guaranteed in the Tier II final, but Yan also more than deserves to be there if she manages the upset, as she will have seen off three seeds this week. Also, Schnyder has a combined 3-15 H2H against the sisters (all of those wins only coming against Serena on clay, one retirement aside), so having the Swiss veteran in the final won't make for much suspense whereas Yan may have one shock upset left in her and at least gives us something new to look at.

Honestly, a Jankovic v either Williams grudge match would have been best. She's defeated both sisters as defending champions in Slams, and has a tied H2H with each (well, technically she leads Serena but only due to a retirement). That would have made a good storyline for a blockbuster final and a great teaser for IW and Miami. Sigh.

Schnyder through 63 64, good showing from Yan though :)

Venus and Serena match just started. Venus holding serve in the opening game with an ace, but was taken to deuce! I think Venus will take this one!

Tight match already!
currently 2-2, serena having 3 break points, and venus having 5 break points already, no breaks of serve so far. Alot of deuces i am seeing!

God this is such a set-up. :rolleyes:

Welcome back to the top 10 Serena, thanks to Venus :rolleyes:

It's very humourous to watch, you know who's gonna make an error and when roflmao

Sourena is now 4-3 with a break up in final set...