I've not seen this posted anywhere, but the draw is out, Linds-MoMo to meet in the 1/4s...

(1)Amelie Mauresmo vs Bye
Tian-Tian Sun vs Vera Zvonareva
Jie Zheng vs Jill Craybas
Anna Chakvetadze vs (5)Lindsay Davenport

(3)Nadia Petrova vs Bye
Sofia Arvidsson vs Q
Ana Isabel Medina vs Marion Bartoli
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino vs (6)Jelena Jankovic

(4)Nicole Vaidisova vs Bye
Ai Sugiyama vs Q
Shuai Peng vs Catalina Castano
Gisela Dulko vs (8)Maria Kirilenko

(2)Svetlana Kuznetsova vs Bye
Zi Yan vs Q
Elena Vesnina vs Emma Laine
Q vs(7) Na Li

Thanks for posting the draw Dav :)

Chakvetadze could be a tricky opening match for Lindsay, so she'll need to be sharp. Should she meet Amelie in the QFs (who herself has a difficult 2nd round against Zvonareva), I'd give Lindsay the edge, purely because she's so dominant in their H2H, and it's a hard court.

Petrova seems to be slowly regaining her form, so it'll be an interesting match against Jankovic. Kirilenko has a good draw against the out-of-form Dulko, but I don't see her getting past Vaidisova in the QFs. The bottom quarter is arguably the weakest, though Li could take out Kuznetsova if she reproduces the form she showed at Wimbledon and against Pierce at the US Open.

Nice assessment LDF :) I agree about Chakvetadze, Linds will need to be focused from the off, Beijing will be a big step up from Bali (although every event is a step up from Bali, let's face it :lol:), I'm nevous about MoMo, I just keep thinking that Amelie is due a win, it could come here if Linds goes into this event with today's form...

It'll be interesting to see if Jankovic can continue her great form, her and Sveta are the two to watch elsewhere in the draw, hopefully Lindsay can have a better week here :)

Yep, she needs to do well here to make up for Stuttgart...

I'm :pray: for Makiri to defend her title

If anyone's interested, here's the Kolkata draw:

Martina Hingis SUI [1] v. Melinda Czink HUN
Tzipora Obziler ISR v. Yulia Beygelzimer UKR
Abigail Spears USA v. Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA v. Kaia Kanepi EST [6]

Aravane Rezai FRA [4] v. Ankita Bhambri IND [WC]
Tatiana Poutchek BLR v. Anne Keothavong GBR
Sandra Klösel GER v. Galina Voskoboeva RUS
Qualifier v. Sania Mirza IND [5]

Nicole Pratt AUS [7] v. Sunitha Rao USA [WC]
Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP v. Olga Poutchkova RUS
Qualifier v. Angelique Widjaja INA
Alberta Brianti ITA v. Yuliana Fedak UKR [3]

Anastassia Rodionova RUS [8] v. Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Hana Sromova CZE v. Shikha Uberoi IND [WC]
Qualifier v. Qualifier
Casey Dellacqua AUS v. Karolina Sprem CRO [2]

roflmao

Relax Dav, just because Amelie can outlast a wheezy Serena in the third doesn't mean she's going to beat a fit Lindsay :lol:

Saying that though, Lindsay will have to be serving a lot better than at Bali from the outset.

can Czink cause another upset ;) roflmao

Seriously, if Martina doesnt win this tournament, you may as well forget winning another GS :lol:

You know its in a sorry state, when Keoathavong is in the main draw and sprem is the number 2 seed roflmao

I think Martina just wanted to be number one seed at a tournie again. You know how much she loves it roflmao

And just for good measure, here's the Slovenian Open draw:

(1)Srebotnik - Sucha
Pin - Ani
(WC)Ancic - Pironkova
Lisjak - (6)Camerin

(4)Muller - Q
Barrois - Azarenka
Bohmova - Gagliardi
Zakopalova - (8)Garbin

(5)Oprandi - Schruff
Q - (WC)Klepac
Q - Gajdosova
Benesova - (3)Bammer

(7)Loit - (WC)Zec-Peskiric
Ondraskova - Bychkova
Q - Chakhnashvili
Birnerova - (2)Santangelo

Oh Ancic sister is making an apearance :D

Thats the only real good thing roflmao

Ah, so the cheque really was that big roflmao

thats a very strong field. roflmao

No, she actually went there for charity. Nothing to do with money. ;)

Well my Hingie leads 6-1 2-1 B)

GSM 6-1 6-2 :D
easy, easy, easy, easy, easy!

Wrong tournament! roflmao

Hey dAv :D

And it would be quite frankly average if Hingis didnt win by that score roflmao

But then again, she has lost to Razzano roflmao

Well Dav, I noticed it has been mentioned in here, and I can't be bothered into making a new one, so therefore it should go there.

Hey dl :D

Let's just assume Hingis has won that event and focus on Beijing :lol:

Dav, I noticed your name on the bottom for about an hour, and you didn't do anything on here, now that dl's on, you two are just gonna have a big talk on this thread.

Probably roflmao

No-one else was doing anything :rolleyes:

Well i wont divulge any worthwhile intrest into that sham of a tournament :rolleyes: roflmao

I'd rather concentrate on the queen winning her 52nd title :D

Well everyone has played a Tier III once in their life, just like Sharapova did in Birmingham. Yes the list might be shite, but Hingis is doing it for a good cause, and also she wants to bully all the crap players in this tournament. B)

Anyway, I thought Venus was your 'queen'

I don't know with her draw :unsure: If she improves her form a bit then title #52 is definitely on the cards :D

so, it still makes for a dull tournament roflmao

well lucky for you, it's not on the box. :P

Venus = Goddess

Serena = Empress

Lindsay = Queen

I've got one or two ideas as to what to call Hingis, but it's before the watershed roflmao

I hope she takes out mauresmo, i lost a little respect for her game after she lost so abysmally to Maria in the Open semis. to lose two sets 0 and 0 in a major semi is just bizarre quite frankly :wacko:

Lindsay needs to serve better, she's always vulnerable to being moved around the court when that serve isnt firing.

Hingis = bitchy, mouthy player who is the best, and is friends with Davenport B)

God Obliv, get with our player references :rolleyes: roflmao

yes i think Dav you might have to bite your tongue for now :lol:

I believe I saw Dav once refer Hingis as 'light-bulb head' on the BBC roflmao

I believe you call venus and Serena ' the william brothers '

:rolleyes:

Well maybe you should get with mine as well :D

Well yours are just crap quite frankly :rolleyes:

A pet name :lol:

You sure have got a good memory Obliv, I can't even remember that :huh:

I saw it the other day :P

Good news everyone:

Makiri has a new coach - Nigel Sears

dl, would it hurt to put things bluntly every now and again roflmao

No. Come on, What about Bananovic?! (actually chokapova made that one up, but I invented the whole banana concept!)