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Saw where Sharapova's shoulder is bothering her & she's not going to play this tournament. That ought to make some folks happy. :D

The draw's been released:

First thing that struck me was Ivanovic vs Davenport potential 3rd round encounter. :yikes:

Yet again a potential Serena vs Justine QF, and Venus and Kuznetsova are also in the top half. With no Sharapova, that makes the bottom half considerably weaker, although it does boast some good players - Jankovic, Dementieva, Zvonareva and Schiavone have all been in good form recently, as well as obviously Ivanovic and Davenport.

Personally I think Miami can cope without Maria as it looks like a great draw but it's a shame Justine, Serena and Venus are all in the same half... :(

I'm getting bored of seeing venus, Justine and Serena in the same half, and i'm especially bored of the potential Serena vs Justine QF :yawn:

Still i think the best match in the top half would be Venus vs Sveta :D H2H is tied 3-3 and Kuzy won their last meeting on hardcourt so that'll be intresting. I'm glad venus has a fairly dorment draw up until the quarters.

I dont think the bottom half is week, but i think the resukts are more predictable. Ana vs Lindsay looks a superb match in theory, but i worry about Davenport's state of fitness after Miami :shrug: Saying that though Ana has yet to back up a Tier 1 win in her career the next week so it'll be intruiging if that match materialised.

Upsets

Paszek/Cornet to beat chakvetadze

Wozniacki to beat Bartoli

Let's hope so... :pray:

Well Anna is just playing crap atm, and i would much rather see Venus-Wozniacki then venus-bartoli ;)

yeah totally agree with you here... :ok:

I used to like Anna but she is just so inept at the moment and Marion's run to the Wimbledon final IMHO was a complete fluke and she benefited from the rain delays during her matches...

Li isn't playing Miami anymore. I've just heard of her recurring injury which has already pulled her out of Sydney, Dubai, Indian Wells and now Miami. :( She has a SF and QF run to defend at IW and Miami respectively. Now will be out the top 30.

Doesn't sound too good :( Poor Li after such a good start to the season after a 6month layoff :(

Dani's got Ivanovic in her quarter (possibly Linds??) but must contend with the likes of 'where have you gones' Vaidisova and Safina and 'don't count her out' Zvonareva.

The way Sveta's going right now Venus would kill her!!! If Lindsay's back isn't bothering her she could probably take Ana I to 3 sets. I was wondering where Chakavedze had gone. :D I hope Li Na gets well before the olympics.

:yikes:
yeah but Sveta reached the final of IW and beat Maria so you can hardly count her out especially as she is tied 3 all with Venus in their matches to date... :shrug:

yeah, but Kuzzy is just as capable of tanking a match v. venus :rolleyes:

I've always felt Kuzy plays great against Venus. I mean their last match at Wimbledon was Venus's toughest test in the latter stages. However i will always welcome Kuzy imploding against Venus :lol:

The one player guaranteed of tanking/choking against Venus is Patty the mentallist :rolleyes: roflmao

true, i just mean i'm not surprised by Kuzzy not playing to her capabilities at the big moments.

which is a shame because if Sveta could play at her very best consistently, she would be a multiple Grand Slam winner by now in my opinion... :unsure:

thanks for the stats choka. I like Kuzzy & would like to see her win something this year. :pray:

1st round results:

Angelique Kerber def Akgul Amanmuradova 7-5 6-1
Sara Errani def Akiko Morigami 6-2 3-6 6-4
Ashley Harkleroad def (Q) Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-4 6-3
Elena Vesnina def Elena Likhovtseva 6-4 6-4
(Q) Vania King def Meghann Shaughnessy 3-6 6-4 6-1
Kaia Kanepi def (Q) Petra Kvitova 3-6 7-5 7-5
(Q) Anastasia Rodionova def Casey Dellacqua 6-2 7-6(1)
Edina Gallovits def Klara Zakopalova 6-4 6-1
Yung-Jan Chan def Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-1 2-6 6-1
Tatiana Perebiynis def Gisela Dulko 6-4 7-6(1)
(WC) Michelle Larcher De Brito def Ekaterina Makarova 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3
Nathalie Dechy def (Q) Aiko Nakamura 6-0 6-0 :turkey: :turkey:
Caroline Wozniacki def Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4 7-5
(Q) Rossana De Los Rios def Yvonne Meusburger 6-2 4-6 6-4
(WC) Marina Erakovic def Martina Muller 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2
Marta Domachowska def Jill Craybas 6-4 0-6 7-6(6)

Ai Sugiyama (JPN) def (WC) Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS) 6-3 7-6
Shuai Peng (CHN) def Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 1-1 w/o
Lucie Safarova (CZE) def (WC) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 6-1 7-5
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) def Tamarine Tanasugarn (CHN) 6-1 6-2
Tamira Paszek (AUT) def Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-1 2-6 6-3
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) def Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-1 6-3
Emilie Loit (FRA) def Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 7-6 6-4
(WC) Sabine Lisicki (GER) def (WC) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-4 7-5
(Q) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) def Aravane Rezai (FRA) 2-6 6-4 6-3
(Q) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) def Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-3 6-7 6-2
Milagros Sequera (VEN) def Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) 6-3 6-4
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) def Melanie Oudin (USA) (WC) 7-5 2-6 6-1
Jie Zheng (CHN) def (Q) Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-2 7-6
(Q) Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) def Stephanie Dubois (CAN) (WC) 6-3 6-3
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) def (Q) Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 6-4 6-3
Camille Pin (FRA) def Olga Savchuk (UKR) (Q) 6-1 7-5

Friday, March 28, 2008
*NB .... I edited out the ATP matches...hence the funny sequence of numbers*

Stadium (from 11.00hrs)
1. Henin vs. Kerber
2. Gallovits vs. S.Williams (NB 12.30hrs)
5. Domachowska vs. V.Williams (NB 19.00hrs)


Grandstand (from 11.00hrs)
1. Vesnina vs. Szavay
3. Bartoli vs. Wozniacki


Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
2. Kuznetsova vs. Chan (NB 12.30hrs)


Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Dechy vs. Peer
2. Pennetta vs. Rodionova
3. Schnyder vs. King
5. Hendler/Vaidisova vs. Likhovtseva/Raymond

Court 4 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Krajicek vs. Erakovic
2. Errani vs. Kirilenko
3. Perebiynis vs. Azarenka
4. Shvedova/Tanasugarn vs. Dechy/Zvonareva

Court 7 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Razzano vs. Harkleroad
2. de los Ríos vs. Srebotnik
3. A.Radwanska vs. Larcher de Brito
5. Poutchek/Rodionova vs. Chan/Chuang

Court 8 (from 10.00hrs)
2. Kanepi vs. A.Bondarenko
3. Peschke/Stubbs vs. Kudryavtseva/Voskoboeva
4. Camerin/Craybas vs. Safina/Szavay

It looks like a fairly routine day all round. Familiar names once again… :) Justine being given the WTA tour award yesterday for her performance from last year….. should hopefully give her a confidence boost as well.

:unsure: Potentially tricky matches might be . Bartoli vs. Wozniacki and Schnyder vs. King .

Bartoli hasn’t been playing all that great this year, but for an early round matchup she may put up a fight against Wozniacki..(a pretty determined player herself..) . Whoever comes through is fine by me…cause Venus :) should be able to take care of either of them.

I think Patty Schnyder should come through against Vania King..but with Patty you’ll never know :unsure: .

Should be easy for the Williams… and Peer should be able to edge Dechy although, Dechy served a double bagel to an unfortunate soul(Aiko) in her previous game.

A. Radwanska is out of the doubles..I hope she can now give the singles a decent run. Shame Aravane Rezai lost... she isn't playing all that well this year either....
It seems no one is blogging from Miami… :(

Singles - Second Round
(1) Justine Henin (BEL) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 64 62
(8) Serena Williams (USA) d. Edina Gallovits (ROU) 61 62
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (15) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 62 46 61
(16) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 76(6) 63
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (21) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 76(7) 16 63
(22) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d. (Q) Rossana de los Ríos (PAR) 62 62
Ashley Harkleroad (USA) d. (23) Virginie Razzano (FRA) 64 64
(WC) Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. (30) Michaella Krajicek (NED) 62 36 62

Round 2 underway with some minor shocks, Bondarenko and Szavay bowing out already but Justine and Serena safely through... :ok:

Thanks for filling in results and oop Wise, Suzi and Choka :hug:

was feeling grotty yesterday and managed to miss both ATP and WTA updates :blush:

Serena had some great stats on serve today, 4 aces and 92% winning percentage on first serves. That's pretty impressive for a first round :ok:

Hit 24 winners as well and that'll be key for the tournmament. For the past six months Serena has tried to incorporate this game full of topspin and margin for error. It works against the rank and file of the tour, but not against players like Henin because it's not a natural process in her game. At her best, she's the ultimate shot-maker and she needs that to win big again.

winners, winners and more winners please Serena ;)

yeah good stats although she was only playing the world no 62 but yeah Serena can be very rusty in the early rounds so its nice to see she played a good match... :ok:

I like how you always tell us the opponents ranking :lol:

Just to give everyone a reality check roflmao

well it's a good job she didn't lose...:lol:

Serena has only lost in Miami twice in 7 years :o

yeah she has a great record here... :bow:

meanwhile Venus is 5-1 up against Domachowska, world ranked number... :flash:
roflmao

Venus has served for the set twice and has been broken so back on serve at 5-4... :yikes:

Venus takes the set 6-4 but Marta is all over her second serve...

venus comes through 6-4 6-3... :ok:

Thanks for the updates choka .. :) . Alyona , Agnes and Agnieszka, Michaella and Razzano all lost :huh:

Good win for Azarenka and Wozniacki :)

Singles - Second Round
(1) Justine Henin (BEL) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 64 62
(3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 61 36 60
(6) Venus Williams (USA) d. Marta Domachowska (POL) 64 63
(8) Serena Williams (USA) d. Edina Gallovits (ROU) 61 62
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (9) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 63 61
(11) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. (Q) Vania King (USA) 76(8) 46 62
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (15) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 62 46 61
(16) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 76(6) 63
(WC) Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) d. (17) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 26 63 75
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (21) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 76(7) 16 63
(22) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d. (Q) Rossana de los Ríos (PAR) 62 62
Ashley Harkleroad (USA) d. (23) Virginie Razzano (FRA) 64 64
(25) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 62 64
Sara Errani (ITA) d. (26) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 64 46 76(2)
(27) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (Q) Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 64 62
(WC) Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. (30) Michaella Krajicek (NED) 62 36 62

Doubles - First Round
(3) Peschke/Stubbs (CZE/AUS) d. Kudryavtseva/Voskoboeva (RUS/RUS) 26 63 105
(4) Chan/Chuang (TPE/TPE) d. Poutchek/Rodionova (BLR/RUS) 61 62
(8) Likhovtseva/Raymond (RUS/USA) d. (WC) Hendler/Vaidisova (BEL/CZE) 63 62
Safina/Szavay (RUS/HUN) d. Camerin/Craybas (ITA/USA) 76(3) 76(5)
Shvedova/Tanasugarn (RUS/THA) d. Dechy/Zvonareva (FRA/RUS) 46 61 101

Chokilenko and Choktoli both out..;. :ok:

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Stadium (from 11.00hrs)
Davenport vs. Pin (NB 13.00hrs
Loit vs. Ivanovic
Arvidsson vs. Jankovic

Grandstand (from 11.00hrs)
Zilch!

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
K.Bondarenko vs. Dementieva
Hantuchova vs. Sequera
Chakvetadze vs. Paszek

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
Petrova vs. Zheng
Peng vs. Mauresmo
Yan/Zheng vs. Davenport/Hantuchova
Schnyder/Shaughnessy vs. Mattek/Washington

Court 3 (from 10.00hrs)
Benneteau vs. Karlovic
Safina vs. Wozniak

Court 4 (from 10.00hrs)
Lisicki vs. Koryttseva
Sugiyama vs. Medina Garrigues
Kleybanova vs. Vaidisova
Petrova/Vesnina vs. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual

Court 7 (from 10.00hrs)
Garbin vs. Bammer
Garbin/Krajicek vs. Hradecka/Voracova

Court 8 (from 10.00hrs)
Knapp vs. Safarova
Schiavone vs. Cibulkova
Zvonareva vs. Bychkova
Azarenka/Peer vs. Pennetta/Schiavone
Müller/Navratilova vs. Bondarenko/Bondarenko

:coffee: Once again the lopsided draw with all the heavy hitters on on side makes for some really boring days of tennis.....

Possibly.. Safina vs Wozniak maybe...... and Probably Chakvetadze vs Paszek. Anna is returning from her last humiliating defeat some weeks back...Paszek will be a handful.

Any other time you would could bet the world that Amelie Mauresmo and Lindsay davenport should sail out of this ...how times have changed... :unsure:

Venus always has to do it the hard way in the early rounds :rolleyes: roflmao

Still good enough for a second round win :D

Davenport vs Pin could be quite intruiging today. She could really test where Lindsay is physically :)

Dementieva eases through the first set 6-0... :yikes:

Singles - Second Round
(5) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 63 62
(7) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Milagros Sequera (VEN) 62 61
(10) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 60 64
(Q) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (12) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 64 60
(13) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (Q) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 62 62
Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (14) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 21 ret. (right quad strain)
(18) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 62 62
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. (20) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 36 64 64
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. (28) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 62 63
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (31) Karin Knapp (ITA) 36 75 60
(32) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. Camille Pin (FRA) 62 61

Goodness knows what happened to Vaidisova :blink:

I know, Nicole has lost it.... :yikes:
Good wins for Lindsay, Chokevetadze, Safarova and the usual suspects... :ok:
Also nice win for Lindsay and Dani in the doubles defeating Yan and Zheng... :clap: