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Singles Draw

Seeds are:

Bartoli
Vaidisova
Bammer
Bondarenko (Alona)
Mirza
Govortsova
Krajicek
Paszek
Amanmuradova
Dellacqua
Bondarenko (Kateryna)
Rezai
Craybas
Makarova
Rodinova


Safina was supposed to be playing but has withdrawn with a lower back injury.

We have some Brits in the draw too:

Keothavong
O'Brian
Cavaday (WC)
Baltacha (WC)
Fitzpatrick (WC)
South (WC)

Jankovic was also meant to be playing as well - anyone know why she has withdrawn?

Good to see Sania Mirza back as well :ok:

Hi nevets its her right arm, she is away back to Serbia for treatment... :(

I have tickets for the final but Jelena has pulled out, Maria and Safina... :(

I thought it would be treatment for her arm but I guess a week without playing on the tour could do her good.

I really don't know who will make the final - nearly all of the top eight seeds are in pretty poor form.

Janko and Safina out of the draw certainly takes away a lot of the gloss. :unsure:

Yes indeed. It does not look likea major crowd pulling draw. :unsure:

Where's Shara?

Radwanska was on the original entry list as well, and she doesn't appear to be playing either :wacko:

Monday, June 9, 2008

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Makarova vs. Baltacha
2. Cavaday vs. Craybas
3. Kudryavtseva vs. O'Brien
4. South vs. Fitzpatrick
5. Chuang/Fujiwara vs. Raymond/Stosur

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Cirstea vs. Morita
2. Elliott vs. Rezai
3. Poutchek vs. Olaru
4. Niculescu vs. Tanasugarn

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Nakamura vs. Obziler
2. Gajdosova vs. Mattek
3. Amanmuradova vs. Shvedova
4. Brémond/Ruano Pascual vs. Bondarenko/Bondarenko (NB 15.00hrs)

Court 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Puchkova vs. Kerber
2. Rao vs. Kvitova
3. Fedossova vs. Wickmayer

Over the weekend, I read a statement on her website that she is not playing any grass tournament until wimbledon. If that is a wise decision who knows. However, she likes to feel fresh before these slam tournaments now, and is being very selective or should it be picky this season.


Official sharapova site

Jankovic withdrew with that arm injury that troubled her at RG...

Sharapova's just being diva-ish and refusing to play :lol:

yeah that and her shoulder injury, apparently... :rolleyes:

It's funny how that seems to return when she loses and doesn't want to skip a tournament... :rolleyes:

Monday, June 9, 2008

Singles - First Round
(Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) d. (10) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 63 61
(13) Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. (Q) Amanda Elliott (GBR) 63 26 76(6)
(WC) Naomi Cavaday (GBR) d. (14) Jill Craybas (USA) 60 64
(15) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. (WC) Elena Baltacha (GBR) 75 76(1)
(17) Aiko Nakamura (JPN) d. Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 75 63
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 62 60
Bethanie Mattek (USA) d. (Q) Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK) 76(1) 62
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (Q) Youlia Fedossova (FRA) 61 64
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 63 64
Katie O'Brien (GBR) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 60 36 76(2)
Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Olga Puchkova (RUS) 64 63
(Q) Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) d. Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) 60 76(6)
(Q) Sunitha Rao (IND) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 76(8) 64
(WC) Melanie South (GBR) d. (WC) Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR) 64 64

Of the 7 British women playing here (2 direct entries, 4 WCs, 1 Q) 6 have played their first round matches, 3 won, 3 lost (granted 2 played each other).

Nothing else of note so far, a few seeds fell by the wayside but no real shocks...yet.

Good win for Cavaday! :ok:

Oh yes, the convenient shoulder injury :rolleyes:

Always goes away if she has a good win though :whistle:

we really are a couple of cynics...:lol:

It's a pretty good day for all of the British girls really.

Baltacha & Elliot may not have won but they kept things tight - there seems to be a lot more fight in these ladies than we have seen in the past.

Will be interesting to see how Keothavong does against the younger Bondarenko tomorrow.

What else is new? ;) Personally I think on some level all of the top players can be diva-ish.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. K.Bondarenko vs. Keothavong
2. South vs. Bammer
3. Paszek vs. Tanasugarn
4. Krajicek vs. Poutchek
5. Black/Huber vs. Morita/Nakamura

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Dubois vs. Erakovic
2. Brémond vs. Dechy
3. Stosur vs. Lisicki
4. Shvedova/Tanasugarn vs. Keothavong/South (NB 15.00hrs)

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Domachowska vs. Ruutel
2. Ditty vs. Dellacqua
3. Makarova vs. Kerber
4. Dellacqua/Stubbs vs. Craybas/Govortsova (NB 15.00hrs)

Court 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Pin vs. Rodionova
2. King vs. Czink
3. Mattek vs. Rezai
4. King/Kudryavtseva vs. Gullickson/Uhlirova (NB 15.00hrs)

Court 4 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Yuan vs. Cetkovska
2. Ruano Pascual vs. Sequera

Keovothong is out 6-3 6-3 to 12th seed Bondarenko...

:o
South beats Bammer 6-3 7-5!!

In straight sets :o

I know Bammer hasn't performed too well this year but still...

Grass doesnt suit Bammer's game at all, she has this massive take back with the racquet and has so little time to prepare for her shots on this fast surface. Still, losing to South who's probably the worst mover i've seen on the WTA is a bit of suprise :wacko:

British girls seem to be doing well though, even if their number one slumped :rolleyes:

Cavaday in particular looks particulary good.

Ah but did you ever get to see Mirka play? ;)

roflmao

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Singles - Second Round
(WC) Melanie South (GBR) d. (4) Sybille Bammer (AUT) 63 75 :clap:
(8) Michaella Krajicek (NED) d. (Q) Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 62 61
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. (9) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 61 60
Bethanie Mattek (USA) d. (13) Aravane Rezai (FRA) 61 64
(15) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 67(3) 75 75

Singles - First Round
(11) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Julie Ditty (USA) 76(5) 62
(12) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Anne Keothavong (GBR) 63 62 :(
Camille Pin (FRA) d. (16) Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 75 76(2)
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d. Yuan Meng (CHN) 62 61
Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. Stéphanie Dubois (CAN) 64 64
Marta Domachowska (POL) d. (Q) Margit Ruutel (EST) 64 64
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d. Milagros Sequera (VEN) 63 67(3) 61
Nathalie Dechy (FRA) d. Severine Brémond (FRA) 75 62
(Q) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 63 64
(LL) Melinda Czink (HUN) d. Vania King (USA) 62 76(4)

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Shvedova vs. O'Brien
2. Erakovic vs. Mirza
3. Bartoli vs. Cetkovska
4. Dechy vs. Vaidisova
5. Mattek/Mirza vs. Grandin/Kops-Jones

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Wickmayer vs. Dellacqua
2. Rao vs. Cavaday
3. Domachowska vs. Pin

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Nakamura vs. Cirstea
2. A.Bondarenko vs. Ruano Pascual
3. K.Bondarenko vs. Stosur
4. King/Kudryavtseva vs. Chuang/Fujiwara

Court 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Poutchek/Rodionova vs. Krajicek/Niculescu
2. Czink vs. Govortsova

Not a good day for the Austrians at all...

Well done Mel - she really seems to thrive in big situations - beating Schiavone at Wimbey in 2006, Molik at Eastbourne last year, and Bammer now. Anne on the other hand seems to wilt - she did so well last week to reach the final of Surbiton, and looked to be in good form, but as she did in Paris (after winning a 50K title on clay) she failed to deliver. Hopefully she will do well in Holland next week, away from the pressure of playing in UK.

As for Paszek losing, well Tammy is experienced on grass but shouldn't have won more than a set against the precocious Austrian...ah well...despite her obvious talent, I have not yet warmed to Paszek (probably due to her beating Elena at SW19 last year after the rain delay) so can't say I care.

Cavaday and O'Brien are out :(
Both losing in 3 sets

I put the third result here as I was a bit :huh: by that one!

Rao Ind
bt Cavaday GB
4-6 6-3 6-1

Shvedova Rus
bt O'Brien GB
7-5 1-6 7-5

Erakovic NZ
bt Mirza Ind
6-3 6-0

Katie came back from 1-5 down to level the match at 5 all,but then onthe final moments didn't do well.

Well done to her.

Naomi should have won the match.

Erakovic won Surbiton last week and reportedly has a game suited to grass - big serve etc.

In other news Bartoli falls in three sets to Cetkovska, her slump continues...

Tamasugarn always sees to do best on grass but it appears as though Paszek is on a downward spiral this year.

I remember Paszek having match point against Jankovic in that great match at the AO.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Singles - Second Round
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d. (1) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 57 64 60
(3) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) d. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 61 63
(5) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 76(4) 36 75
Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. (6) Sania Mirza (IND) 63 60
(LL) Melinda Czink (HUN) d. (7) Olga Govortsova (BLR) 63 76(6)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (11) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 62 36 63
(12) Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (Q) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 63 62
(17) Aiko Nakamura (JPN) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 64 46 64
Camille Pin (FRA) d. Marta Domachowska (POL) 64 62
(Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) d. Katie O'Brien (GBR) 75 16 75
(Q) Sunitha Rao (IND) d. (WC) Naomi Cavaday (GBR) 46 63 61

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. A.Bondarenko vs. Rao
2. Nakamura vs. South
3. Tanasugarn vs. Mattek
4. Makarova vs. Vaidisova

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Krajicek vs. Wickmayer

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Shvedova vs. Erakovic
2. Cetkovska vs. Pin
3. K.Bondarenko vs. Czink
4. Krajicek/Niculescu vs. Brémond/Ruano Pascual

It was a good result for Mel South :ok: More fo that please.

Good to see Nicole win today! :clap:

I have tickets for the final and with the withdrawal and seeds losing it would be nice to see her get to the final otherwise it's going to be rubbish... :unsure:

Yeah, arrests a six match losing streak. If Nicole applies herself this grass-court season it could be so fruitful for her. Her serve in particular is such a huge weapon on this surface. At times it can be unplayable.

Hope she does well.

Just realised Krajicek also won her opening match, ending a 12-13 match losing streak! :clap: Hopefully she'll get to the QFs with Dellacqua and Bammer losing early on.

So you are happy that Maria is not going to be there!! :D

well not really, I wanted to see her lose against Jelena in the final again... :rolleyes: roflmao

Well done Mel South!

yup Mel South into the quarters :yikes:
beating Nakumura in 3 sets.... :clap:

are you talking about Nicole Vadisova? congrats to her. Is she still dating Stepanek?

Melanie South is doing awesome :) I think she will break into the top 100 within the next year, I think she will be the best British womens player we have next year, Anne is doing decently but she doesen't seem to be stepping up a gear and breaking into the top 100 and beyond, I think Melanie is more capable of doing that and I really hope she does :)