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Post by Brinyi on Jan 9, 2008 14:53:44 GMT -5
Marina Erakovic (NZL) v. Jelena Dokic (AUS)  Jorgelina Cravero (JAN) v. Anne Keothavong (BRI)[20] Good luck to: MengMeng! Forehand Slice Girl! Little Ayumi! The Kiwi of course Vesna the Hair! Su-Wei! Namigata! Mt. Fujiwara! RDLR! MJMS! Whoop a Polish Canadian! Gumulya! A Night in Tunisia! Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo! |
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Post by DevilishAttitude on Jan 9, 2008 16:23:41 GMT -5
The Draw:
[1] Bychkova vs. Fedossova
Perianu vs. Okamoto
Niculescu vs. Yonemura
Cravero vs. [20] Keothavong
[2] Rolle vs. Hwang
Marrero vs. Hisamatsu
Bachmann vs. Vogele
Chan vs. [13] De Los Rios
[3] Mattek vs. Ivanova
Hamamura vs. Jidkova
Iijima vs. Llagostera Vives
Bai vs. Gagliardi
[4] Schruff vs. Wlodarczak
Ozegovic vs. Kvitova
Brianti vs. U. Radwanska
Lyubtsova vs. [14] Goerges
[5] Benesova vs. Silva
Kleybanova vs. Pelletier
Beygelzimer vs. Hewson
Ondraskova vs. [24] Sanchez
[6] Tanasugarn vs. South
Erakovic vs. Dokic
Baltacha vs. Pichet
Zhang vs. [16] Foretz
[7] Arn vs. Hsieh
Roesch vs. Zahlavova Strycova
Zec Peskiric vs. Rogowska
Dzehalevich vs. [21] Klepac
[8] Fedak vs. Lisjak
Morita vs. Holland
Suarez Navarro vs. Fujiwara
Domachowska vs. [18] Nagy
[9] Bacsinszky vs. Hradecka
Pavlyuchenkova vs. Huck
Lapushchenkova vs. Ruutel
Sfar vs. [22] Voskoboeva
[10] Rodina vs. Namigata
Kloesel vs. Bardina
Sheed vs. Manasieva
Martinez Sanchez vs. [23] Wozniak
[11] Yuan vs. Jones
Sema vs. Hrdinova
Gumulya vs. Wickmayer
Kustova vs. [15] O'Brien
[12] Czink vs. Musgrave
Peers vs. Lisicki
Lee vs. Coin
Hrozenska vs. [17] Yakimova
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Post by corswandt on Jan 9, 2008 16:47:54 GMT -5
The Draw: [5] Benesova vs. Silva Huh? Just a few weeks back she was whining about how she couldn't afford to travel to Australia. |
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Post by janie on Jan 9, 2008 18:36:41 GMT -5
If Pavlyuchenkova ends up playing Lapushchenkova in that section, I feel bad for the umpire. She/he should request permission to call them Pav and Lap.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 9, 2008 21:42:59 GMT -5
Hopefully they'd be able to find an umpire of Slavic origin for that match! Those names are not that difficult for me to pronounce. Harkleroad is much worse, for example.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 9, 2008 21:58:18 GMT -5
But sadly, that historical match will not take place as Lap lost to Ruutel.
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Post by aussiestatman on Jan 9, 2008 22:45:55 GMT -5
hello all, how are we?
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Post by aussiestatman on Jan 10, 2008 1:14:47 GMT -5
c'mon oxana, do it for the Ukraine!!!
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 10, 2008 2:52:31 GMT -5
Rolle lost 4 and 1 to Hwang Surprising Q1 losses for Rodina and Kvitova; the Great Arn lost in three to Hsieh; Dokic's ankle injury has healed miraculously enough for her to do what Bepa could not, ie beat Erakovic comfortably. Remember when Bardina was beating the likes of Bammer to reach WTA finals this time last year? I suspect neither does she. She's finally back but losing 3 and 1 to Kloesel is never a good sign  |
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Post by janie on Jan 10, 2008 7:28:05 GMT -5
"Apart from Dokic, every other Australian woman in the qualifying tournament became a first round casualty." But hey, they picked up a nice little paycheck!  Kvitova lost? Cravero's horrible slump continues. Welcome back, aussiestatman! 
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 10, 2008 8:34:26 GMT -5
RDLR! MJMS! MengMeng! FSG! Little Ayumi! Hair! Su-Wei! My Avatar! Namigata! The Indon. The Tunisian. Mt. Fujiwara. Dorkic.  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 10, 2008 8:38:30 GMT -5
But sadly, that historical match will not take place as Lap lost to Ruutel. Bacsinszky - Pavlyuchenkova is not exactly a walk in the park either, spelling-wise. |
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 10, 2008 17:17:02 GMT -5
I never know whether I should support Yuan Meng - on the one hand from what I've heard she's had to fight incredibly hard to get where she is, having never been favoured by the CTA, and is still something of an outcast; on the other hand, from what I've heard she's a Pratt/Obziler-style player, and we never need any more of those. On the third hand I have no idea why I'm expending so much thought on such a marginal player.
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Post by janie on Jan 10, 2008 19:09:58 GMT -5
On the third hand I have no idea why I'm expending so much thought on such a marginal player. Because you're a true Tennis Culter. That's what we do!  I don't know how I missed Little Ayumi's big win! Very exciting. Do it again, Little! |
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 11, 2008 6:41:02 GMT -5
Final round of qualies:
Ekaterina Bychkova v Monica Niculescu
Arina Rodionova v Angelika Bachmann
Ekaterina Ivanova v Nuria Llagostera Vives
Julia Schruff v Urszula Radwanska
Alisa Kleybanova v Olivia Sanchez
Tamarine Tanasugarn v Shuai Zhang
Su-Wei Hsieh v Masa Zec-Peskiric
Ayumi Morita v Marta Domachowska
Timea Bacsinszky v Margit Ruutel
Sandra Kloesel v Vesna Manasieva
Meng Yuan v Katie O'Brien
Sabine Lisicki v Anastasiya Yakimova
Lots of potential Slam debutantes there: Niculescu, Rodionova (Kid Sister I), Ivanova, U-Rad (Kid Sister II), Kleybanova, Zhang, Zec-Peskiric, Ruutel, Manasieva And Her Hair, Lisicki. All would appear to have a semi-decent shot at it.
(We have two Slam debutantes directly in the MD, I think: Cirstea (baptism of fire against Ivanovic) and Ditty (whatever the opposite of baptism of fire is against Moore).)
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 11, 2008 6:42:17 GMT -5
Oh yeah, Dokic lost 2-6 1-6 to Tammy  |
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Post by janie on Jan 11, 2008 8:22:08 GMT -5
Rossana lost  Little Ayumi  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 11, 2008 12:45:39 GMT -5
My hopes for the final round qualification:
- MengMeng, whom I also cheer for, also for no apparent reason.
- Vesnia's hair.
- Timea, maybe she can finally do something, although I doubt it.
- Little Ayumi to defeat Big... forget it.
- Su-Wei, eternally
- Forehand Slice Girl!
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 11, 2008 12:48:39 GMT -5
Dorkic took her resounding loss as a reason to whine and sulk at great length about not getting a WC, and to call into question her loyalty to Tennis Australia (which is particularly amusing given her history). What a piece of work.
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Post by corswandt on Jan 11, 2008 15:50:16 GMT -5
At RG 2007: Szavay Olaru Wozniacki Bacsinszky Kerber Petkovic Koryttseva Knapp , particularly when compared to Wimbledon later on: Govortsova Ozegovic Malek Morita |
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Post by corswandt on Jan 11, 2008 15:51:58 GMT -5
The Hair deserves Slam glory. And if The Hair can carry Manasieva around with it to the AO, even better.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 11, 2008 16:14:37 GMT -5
Dorkic took her resounding loss as a reason to whine and sulk at great length about not getting a WC, and to call into question her loyalty to Tennis Australia (which is particularly amusing given her history). What a piece of work. LOL. I guess Daddy made her say those things. *awww* And if "what goes around comes around" bit means she's going to ditch Tennis Australia, disappear for 3 months and loses to Eleonora Punzo again, I'm looking forward to it. |
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Post by janie on Jan 11, 2008 18:48:23 GMT -5
Unfortunately, Dokic has the social skills of a crow.
I read two Aussie articles about her comments today. One article sort of downplayed the rudest comments and emphasized the few decent ones.
The other article (written by Brinyi's long-lost twin in Australia?) left out the decent comments entirely, giving a 100% negative impression. Funny!
We'll see what happens next with her. The one good thing right now is that she's out there playing. But who knows if she'll disappear again, like she did in 2006, and like Lucic did last year?
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Post by DBBN on Jan 11, 2008 18:49:46 GMT -5
Links, please!
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Post by aussiestatman on Jan 11, 2008 23:03:59 GMT -5
can someone show me the hair?
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Post by DBBN on Jan 12, 2008 1:57:34 GMT -5
The Hair was just up *4-3 in the final set but went to *4-5 in about 42 seconds  Hsieh and Slice Forehand have qualified  Marta da Pole looks to be in sterling form and could go far with a good draw... |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 12, 2008 2:06:18 GMT -5
The Hair serving for the match at *6-5 ...0-30  |
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 12, 2008 2:10:46 GMT -5
Guys.... guys..... The Hair is totally a nickname reserved for Alexander Peya. WTF.
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Post by DBBN on Jan 12, 2008 2:14:15 GMT -5
Hair loses to KLOESEL 6-8 in the third. |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 12, 2008 2:14:57 GMT -5
Guys.... guys..... The Hair is totally a nickname reserved for Alexander Peya. WTF. Peya's nickname will always be heya, i.e. the best MTF poster EVA. |
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