Just thought I'd create a new thread where we specifically talk about the tournament :lol:


Main Draw

[1] Maria Sharapova RUS vs. BYE
Melinda Czink HUN vs. Qualifier
Amy Frazier USA vs. Jill Craybas USA
[WC] Angela Haynes USA vs. [15] Marion Bartoli FRA

[9] Ai Augiyama JPN vs. Laura Granville USA
Mariana Diaz-Oliva ARG vs. Qualifier
Vania King USA vs. Qualifer
BYE vs. [5] Dinara Safina RUS

[3] Elena Dementieva RUS vs. BYE
Qualifier vs. Julia Schruff GER
Marta Domachowska POL vs. Paola Suarez ARG
Peng Shuai CHN vs. [14] Shahar Peer ISR

[12] Katarina Srebotnik SLO vs. Anna Chakvetadze RUS
Hana Sromova CZE vs. Alona Bondarenko UKR
Kveta Peschke CZE vs. [WC] Bethanie Mattek USA
BYE vs. [8] Flavia Pennetta ITA

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[6] Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER vs. BYE
Nathalie Dechy FRA vs. Akiko Morigami JPN
Mara Santangelo ITA vs. Qualifier
Vera Dushevina RUS vs. [10] Ana Ivanovic SCG

[16] Jelena Jankovic SCG vs. Sania Mirza IND
Lucie Safarova CZE vs. Jelena Kostanic CRO
Qualifier vs. Samantha Stosur AUS
BYE vs. [4] Lindsay Davenport USA

[7] Daniela Hantuchova SVK vs. BYE
Virginie Razzano FRA vs. Lisa Raymond USA
Qualifier vs. Ashley Harkleroad USA
[WC] Serena Williams USA vs. [11] Maria Kirilenko RUS

[13] Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP vs. Meghann Shaughnessy USA
Qualifier vs. Elena Vesnina RUS
Virginia Ruano-Pascual ESP vs. Sybille Bammer AUT
BYE vs. [2] Nadia Petrova RUS


Day 1 Results

Akiko Morigami (JPN) d. (LL) Olga Savchuk (UKR) 62 62
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Jelena Kostanic (CRO) 36 64 61
Paola Suárez (ARG) d. Marta Domachowska (POL) 36 64 62
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 64 63
(Q) Anastassia Rodionova (RUS) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 46 63 75
Mara Santangelo (ITA) d. (Q) Ahsha Rolle (USA) 63 61
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (Q) Vasilisa Bardina (RUS) 62 53 ret. (right shoulder strain)
Vania King (USA) d. (Q) Séverine Brémond (FRA) 61 33 ret. (left hamstring strain)
Ashley Harkleroad (USA) d. (Q) Yuan Meng (CHN) 64 76(4)
Julia Schruff (GER) d. (Q) Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 57 63 63
(WC) Bethanie Mattek (USA) d. Kveta Peschke (CZE) 64 64
Mariana Diaz-Oliva (ARG) d. (Q) Lilia Osterloh (USA) 76(4) 76(4)
Jill Craybas (USA) d. Amy Frazier (USA) 62 64


Domachowska really is in a slump...she's now won 2 matches in her last 10 tournaments. Her serve seems to be hindering her greatly; she served 15 double faults in yesterday's loss. I know she likes to blast winners from all areas of the court, but it's not working, and she needs to sort her game out with a coach.


Tuesday's Order of Play

Tuesday, August 8, 2006

Stadium (from 11.00hrs)
1. Dechy vs. Shaughnessy
2. Ruano Pascual vs. Petrova
3. Dementieva vs. Schruff
4. King vs. Safina
5. S.Williams vs. Kirilenko (NB 19.00hrs)
6. Jankovic vs. Mirza

Court 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Sromova vs. A.Bondarenko
2. Stevenson vs. Stosur
3. Medina Garrigues vs. Chakvetadze
4. Rodionova/Vanc vs. Black/Stubbs

Court 4 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Razzano vs. Raymond
2. Sugiyama vs. Granville (NB 13.00hrs)
3. Dushevina vs. Ivanovic
4. Mattek vs. Pennetta
5. Dushevina/Santangelo vs. T.Li/Sun

Court 5 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Haynes vs. Bartoli
2. Peng vs. Peer


So, the big match today is Serena v Kirilenko. Maria has been out-of-sorts recently, and Serena managed to produce some good tennis in Cincinatti (it took an excellent performance by Zvonareva to defeat her). Jankovic v Mirza is also an intriguing encounter, but I see Jelena winning this comfortably, as Mirza is continuing to struggle in 2006.

I think Dementieva will win it

It's interesting that Alexandra Stevenson snuck her way through qualifying. I've been surprised at how weak some of the qualifying draws have been at some of these events.

Maria v Serena... sadly I think Makiri's in for a mauling as she has gone off the boil recently.

Vasilisa's injury seems suspect, sore loser anyone?

That's immediately what I thought - unless you've broken your leg or something, at least finish the match :shrug;

Lindsay will play Samantha Stosur in her opening match, who defeated Stevenson 6-4 6-2. :)

Other results from Day 2:

Lisa Raymond (USA) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 64 62
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Hana Sromova (CZE) 76(3) 75
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) d. (17) Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 46 64 64
(15) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (WC) Angela Haynes (USA) 62 62
Laura Granville (USA) d. (9) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 75 62

Petrova is 3-6 1-2 against Ruano Pascual...

Her BP conversion rate is 1/7 :wacko:

And Peer has just demolished Peng 6-1 6-0...

2 more results:

Chakvetadze bt Medina Garrigues 6-4 6-3

Ruano Pascual bt [2] Petrova 6-3 6-2

Other results

Ivanovic beat Dushevina 6-3 6-1
Dementieva beat Schruff 6-2 7-5
Mattek beat 6-4 2-6 7-5
Safina beat King 1-6 7-5 6-2
S.Williams beat Kirilenko 6-2 6-1
Jankovic beat Mirza 6-2 7-6

:) It will be good to see Lindsay back in action, I hope she doesnt dissappoint.

Serena swept aside the out-of-sorts Kirilenko - can't say I'm too surprised about that result. I haven't seen any match stats, but Serena said she was hitting the ball cleanly.

Mirza's miserable run continues, though she did have a tough draw against Jankovic. I see King nearly upset Safina, but possibly got nervous in the closing stages of the second set.

When Linds playing and who?

She's 3rd on Stadium Court today, against Stosur :D

Ta :) I believe she has drawn Serena in the semis :o I didnt expect a semi between those two a month or so ago. At the minute, i cant wait to get out of bed in the morning to check the US results :P

Yep, Lindsay's projected draw is as follows:

R2: Stosur
R3: Jankovic
QF: Groenefeld
SF: Serena
F: Sharapova

:)

....erm.... :huh:

I think you might find it would stop at the Semi's against Serena... :D

Sorry WB but your beloved Kirilenko was no match for my uber-strong Serena! Serena for LA title! :)

Dont count your chickens Actica, until we see how Linds plays against Stosur, we cant measure who is further on the road to recovery. I think Linds, Serena and Mary should have had a little tri-tournament of their own to test the water :D

Want Lindsay to make the semis lose to Serena who then loses to Maria....

So

Maria vs Elena D
Dav vs Serens

Maria vs Serena

:D :D

I think not! Serena would always beat Sharapova on form!

E. Dementieva
vs.----------------------- M. Sharapova
M. Sharapova
------------------------------------------------------- S. Williams :D
L. Davenport
vs.----------------------- S. Williams
S. Williams

Without a doubt its Serena. She has played a tournament already and has had time to assess her weaknesses and so should be able to play well here. Lindsay hasn't and so won't even know her level of match fitness...

But she was whipped by Zvonareva Actica, don't be so sure ;)

If Serena is to face Lindsay (which to be honest, would be pretty impressive if they managed to both make it that far), I reckon Serena would take it only on the fact that she has had a little bit more match practice than Lindsay! Would be a good match to see though!

That was what I meant by her being able to assess her weaknesses. She could look back on what she had done wrong and fix them for this tournament unlike Lindsay who won't know her level until she plays Serena... if she plays her... :)

I don't think that, looking at the draw, either of them should lose any matches up until then. There are some real tests for them but none that they shouldn't win... It should be a good match in the semi's between them...

We'll see ;)

I really want them to play each other :)

Groenfield vs Morigami is set to begin soon...

Peng is so random! One minute she is knocking out a big name, the next she is almost double bageled by Peer. Peer is pretty good but I expected Peng to go through (though I didn't mind either way).

Also Bethanie beating Flavia :rolleyes: I wonder what Mattek was wearing... :whistle:

Groenfield has taken the first set off Morigami 6-3

Bartoli is beating Craybas 6-2

ALG beats Morigami 6-3 6-2 :D

Lindsay's up after the Hantuchova match :yahoo:

Might still have to wait a while as hantuchova is really being pushed by Lisa Raymond who troubled venus at Wimbledon! 7-6(2) first set.

I really want both the Hantuchova match and the Davenport match to go quickly so I can "watch" the Serena match!

Results so far

Bartoli beat Craybas 6-2 6-0
Groenfield beat Morigami 6-3 6-2
Hantuchova beat Raymond 7-6 6-2
Shaughnessy beat Vesnina 7-6 6-3
Peer beat Suarez 6-2 6-3
Bondarenko beat Chakvetadze 6-3 4-6 7-5

Mattek continues her run, reaching the quarter-finals by trouncing Bondarenko 6-1 6-1.

Lena D is 4-2 up against Peer :D

Yes, I have to say that I have been very impressed with her run in this competition. This result is another big win for her and a possible quarter final match against Dementieva will be interesting to see who will win. I expect Dementieva to win in straight sets but Mattek does have a good run going and she will know she has nothing to lose and should go all out...

Mattek is a very sporadic kind of player, but she has some good qualities. She is quite daring in her play and likes to try lots of things on the court, some work some dont, but its admirable in this era of tennis to try new things when one particular style of play has taken presedence. She can also serve huge can mattek, had a serve timed at 120mph at Wimbledon, so she isnt without power.

I liked her wimby outfit!!!! i have never seen her play though :(

It was 'edgy ' wasnt it liam roflmao

It got her on the map Dl, and thats more than her result would have done roflmao