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Post by Brinyi on May 20, 2008 12:45:03 GMT -5
www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/draws/us/index.htmlInteresting matchups include: Maret Ani EST (3)v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS Iveta Benesova CZE (1) v Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR Bethanie Mattek USA (7) v Alina Jidkova RUS Jarmila Gajdosova SVK  v Marta Marrero ESP Katie O'brien GBR (10) v Melanie South GBR (the winner will not qualify!) Olga Puchkova RUS (11) v Urszula Radwanska POL Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP (12) v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP Good luck to: Monica Niculescu ROU (2) Anne Keothavong GBR (5) Selima Sfar TUN Kirsten Flipkens BEL Junri Namigata JPN Johanna Larsson SWE MJMS ESP Brenda, go away!
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Post by DBBN on May 20, 2008 13:37:56 GMT -5
Benesova-Kutuzova  |
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Post by lexpretend on May 20, 2008 15:40:43 GMT -5
Puchkova v U-Rad So many of these sections are wide open...there are usually a few locks for the MD but the closest here appears to be...Wickmayer? |
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Post by corswandt on May 20, 2008 17:21:48 GMT -5
So many of these sections are wide open...there are usually a few locks for the MD but the closest here appears to be...Wickmayer? Also Suarez Navarro. Draw is a bit unbalanced; some strong sections (Benesova/Rolle; Voracova/Vinci; Dominguez Lino/Schruff) and some weak ones (Keothavong/Czink; Mattek/Baltacha). |
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Post by Brinyi on May 21, 2008 9:50:10 GMT -5
O Zuzana swept aside A.Molik and Big Brenda laid waste to Chloe.  Namigata was no match for the Yak. Ma. jose whooped LDL.  A-Lap and A-Pav both won easily. Has anyone ever pointed out that their transliterated names each have 14 letters? Watch one of them adopt a different transliteration à la Poochkova and mess that up. Rybarikova outtlasted Vinci 8-6 in the third. El Duque def. Schruff 3 & 3 Larsson!  Forehand Slice Girl! Flipkens! Sfar!  I see Janie's Jozami clipped the Hair. Anne K. |
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Post by DBBN on May 21, 2008 10:03:13 GMT -5
BarbOra Chokes again in the qualies...she had better get her ranking back up to the Top 108, otherwise she'll never play another major. Rybarikova should qualify now. I called that! At my house. To no one. |
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Post by Brinyi on May 21, 2008 10:10:31 GMT -5
Seriously. What's the story with Barb-O-ra?
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Post by DBBN on May 21, 2008 10:21:33 GMT -5
She's got a fun game, lots of slices and dropshots, but it's the type of game that gets you far in juniors but nowhere in the pros. See: Pitu.
I guess Radwanska has bucked the trend. I suppose the difference is that BarbOra is a headcase.
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Post by sasha on May 21, 2008 11:27:25 GMT -5
And BarbOra doesn't play great defense, and she's kinda fat for tennis.
Same with the many moonballers in juniors/college that are really good there but will struggle in the pros unless they are among the very best defenders.
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Post by Brinyi on May 21, 2008 12:28:46 GMT -5
And BarbOra doesn't play great defense, and she's kinda fat for tennis. Same with the many moonballers in juniors/college that are really good there but will struggle in the pros unless they are among the very best defenders. To wit, Brian Dabul. Thanks guys -- My number one explanation would have been a lack of application to her trade, based solely on her pudginess. |
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Post by DBBN on May 21, 2008 13:28:48 GMT -5
I'm sure that has a lot to do with it -- plus married life tends to bring one down!
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Post by Brinyi on May 21, 2008 13:31:00 GMT -5
Hey now! |
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Post by DBBN on May 21, 2008 13:32:15 GMT -5
I'm just saying what everyone else is thinking! I'M KEEPING IT REAL!
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Post by lexpretend on May 21, 2008 15:31:00 GMT -5
BarbOra Chokes again in the qualies...she had better get her ranking back up to the Top 108, otherwise she'll never play another major. Rybarikova should qualify now. I called that! At my house. To no one. Well, it was only ever going to be Rybarikova or Vinci! Shvedova continues to show no signs of ending her slump - three-set loss to Coin. Shocked that Molik lost so easily to Ondraskova. |
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Post by corswandt on May 21, 2008 16:50:20 GMT -5
Convincing win for A-Pav; Ani blows, but she was in good form.
Vinci overplayed in challengers in recent weeks; she may have run out of gas. But she's on the MD list for Surbiton, and I suppose she's already thinking ahead to the fine lawns of Inglund. Much like myself.
Vögele probably is #100-150 material (though maybe not more, at least for now), Dentoni probably isn't.
Molik should retire now, but she'll probably have a go at the grass season.
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Post by corswandt on May 21, 2008 17:28:51 GMT -5
When I saw Babs last year at the Estoril qualies, she seemed fit. But harmless.
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Post by Brinyi on May 22, 2008 10:53:05 GMT -5
Rybarikova marches on after destroying the Swedette. Another impressive win for the neo-Slovak Gajdosova. El Duque and Ma. jose continue on to the qualifying round, woohoo A-Lap and A-Pav are through, but with surprising struggles against modest opposition. Brenda crashes out to the Pooch.  Benesova wins a titanic struggle with Great Arn. Flipkens ousted routinely by Gorgeous Goerges. |
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Post by Brinyi on May 22, 2008 11:51:57 GMT -5
I'm amazed that Forehand Slice handled Bachmann so easily and that Sfar slaughtered Snorova. But pleased in both cases!
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Post by Brinyi on May 22, 2008 12:21:33 GMT -5
Qualifying round Iveta Benesova CZE (1) v Sandra Martinovic BIH Monica Niculescu ROU (2) v Jelena Pandzic CRO Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS v Anna Lapushchenkova RUS (17) Yanina Wickmayer BEL (4) v Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI Tetiana Luzhanska UKR v Selima Sfar TUN Julia Goerges GER (6) v Anastasiya Yakimova BLR Bethanie Mattek USA (7) v Oxana Lyubtsova UKR Christina Wheeler AUS v Magdalena Rybarikova SVK Jarmila Gajdosova SVK v Betina Jozami ARG Kristina Barrois GER v Jie Zheng CHN Olga Puchkova RUS (11) v Carla Suarez Navarro ESP (13) Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP v Mariana Duque Marino COL Good luck to Martinez, Niculescu, Sfar & Zheng, woohoo. |
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Post by DBBN on May 22, 2008 13:36:55 GMT -5
Gooooooooooo!
Iveta! Slice FH! Yanina! Not Sfar! The Yak! Rybarikova! Jarka! Poochie! MJMS!
Gooooooooooo!
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Post by corswandt on May 22, 2008 15:10:56 GMT -5
Vögele probably is #100-150 material (though maybe not more, at least for now) Or maybe not even that. Lyubtsova, who I quite liked in the 1R of the Estoril Q (not so much in the 2R  ) is doing well so far. Go Pouty. Lots of possible Slam debuts. The Keothavong/Czink section will see a "WTF?" Q as anticipated. |
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Post by lexpretend on May 23, 2008 4:22:07 GMT -5
Possible debutantes - Martinovic, Pandzic, Lapushchenkova, Luzhanska, Lyubtsova, Rybarikova, Jozami, Suarez Navarro, Duque Marino. That's virtually one in every match-up. Rybarikova should definitely make it. Wasn't impressed by CSN's struggles against Ferguson. Would this be Luzhanska's first WTA MD of any sort?
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Post by Brinyi on May 23, 2008 8:02:55 GMT -5
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) bat Mariana Duque Marino (COL) 6-3 4-6 6-4  Jie Zheng (CHN) bat Kristina Barrois (GER) 6-3 7-6(4)  I see the Pooch failed to qualify and picked up a trademark bagel to celebrate her failure.  |
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Post by DBBN on May 23, 2008 8:25:33 GMT -5
Um...why is Iveta losing to someone MY AGE who has never even PLAYED Slam qualies, let alone won a round?
Stop.
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Post by Brinyi on May 23, 2008 8:33:01 GMT -5
Pav > Lap
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Post by DBBN on May 23, 2008 11:11:04 GMT -5
Um...why is Iveta losing to someone MY AGE who has never even PLAYED Slam qualies, let alone won a round? Stop. She stopped, and how. 5-7 6-1 6-1  Niculescu-Pandzic is turning into a barnburner! |
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Post by lexpretend on May 23, 2008 18:51:18 GMT -5
Which Pandzic won - but Niculescu got in as a LL anyway, and was rewarded with...a first round match-up with JJ.
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v Marta Marrero ESP 
) is doing well so far. 