Women's Qualy Draw

[janie]

Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO (1) v Ye-Ra Lee KOR
Anne Schaefer GER v Emelyn Starr AUS
Star Candle Head ESP v Carly Gullickson USA -- Candle Head's in a Slam!
Anastasija Sevastova LAT v Elena Baltacha GBR (19)

Stephanie Foretz FRA (2) v Alexandra Stevenson Erving TSTQ
Sanda Mamic CRO v Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR
Olga Puchkova RUS v Nina Bratchikova RUS
Neuza Silva POR v Vesna Manasieva RUS (17)

Julie Ditty USA (3) v Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR
Sandra Zahlavova CZE v Katie O'brien GBR
Corinna Dentoni ITA v Ksenia Palkina KGZ
Anna Wishink AUS v Betina Jozami ARG (21)



Lucie Hradecka CZE (4) v Ekaterina Ivanova RUS
Eva Hrdinova CZE v Lenka Wienerova SVK
Sunitha Rao IND v Melanie Oudin USA
Petra Martic CRO v Catalina Castano COL (22)

Maret Ani EST (5) v Chin-Wei Chan TPE
Kimiko Date Krumm JPN v Ksenia Pervak RUS -- Goodbye, Mrs. Krumm!
Marija Mirkovic AUS v Margalita Chakhnashvili GEO
Olivia Sanchez FRA v Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU (16)

Varvara Lepchenko USA (6) v Renata Voracova CZE
Martina Muller GER v Brittany Sheed AUS
Jorgelina Cravero ARG v Madison Brengle USA
Monique Adamczak AUS v Sesil Karatantcheva BUL (20)



Andreja Klepac SLO (7) v Oxana Lyubtsova UKR
Anna Tatishvili GEO v Karolina Sprem CRO
Tatiana Poutchek BLR v Selima Sfar TUN
Katalin Marosi HUN v Aiko Nakamura JPN (23)

Zi Yan CHN (8) v Sally Peers AUS
Tereza Hladikova CZE v Alexandra Panova RUS
Arantxa Rus NED v Shannon Golds AUS
Julia Schruff GER v Evgeniya Rodina RUS (24)

Anna Lapushchenkova RUS (9) v Carmen Klaschka GER
Ivana Lisjak CRO v Mervana Jugic-Salkic BIH
Alexa Glatch USA v Georgie Stoop GBR
Kathrin Woerle GER v Masa Zec Peskiric SLO (15)



Vania King USA (10) v Jelena Pandzic CRO -- lucly draw for Vania
Elena Bovina RUS v Eleni Daniilidou GRE :red:
Alberta Brianti ITA v Johanna Larsson SWE
Margit Ruutel EST v Michelle Screecher De Screamo POR (14)

Stephanie Dubois CAN (11) v Sophie Ferguson AUS
Kumiko Iijima JPN v Zuzana Kucova SVK
Tzipora Obziler ISR v Zuzana Ondraskova CZE
Nathalie Vierin ITA v Urszula Radwanska POL (13)

Stefanie Voegele SUI (12) v Rika Fujiwara JPN
Tomoko Yonemura JPN v Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP
Yevgenia Savranska UKR v Chanelle Scheepers RSA
Yuliana Fedak UKR v Emilie Loit FRA (18)

[leelee]

The matchup of hyped 2003 players that went nowhere!

I predict Elena loses to Screamo in the 3R.

[DBBN]

Grand Slam qualifying

[lexpretend]

Jan 14, 2009 8:06:33 GMT -5 @leelee said:

The matchup of hyped 2003 players that went nowhere!

Both with a No 14 ranking peak, too!

I would like the following to qualify:

She-Ra Lee
The Hair
KGZ
Martic
Mrs. Krumm (or IRO!)
Thunder
uhhhh Nakamura? I literally can't remember how I feel towards Sprembledon
Yan
MZP
Elbo
U-Rad
Mt Fuji

[DBBN]

Who I think will qualify and who I want to qualify:

Schaefer | Kostanic
Kutuzova | The Hair
Ditty | Ditty
Ivanova | Oudin
IRO | IRO
Thunder | Thunder
Klepac | Sprem
Rodina (Yan is tempting) | Rodina
Lisjak | Jugic-Salkic
MS de S | MS de S (let's see what she can do)[/color]
U-Rad | U-Rad
Voegele | Voegele [/b](see MS de S)[/color]

[leelee]

We already saw what Screamo can do in Miami and WTT. Please stop hating us.

[DBBN]

Those aren't Slams. YET.

[Iorix]

Jan 14, 2009 11:10:56 GMT -5 DBBN said:

Who I think will qualify and who I want to qualify:

Kostanic | Gullickson
Foretz | Kutuzova
Ditty | Dentoni
Oudin | Oudin
Olaru (or Sanchez) | Pervak
Thundah | Thundah
Sprem | Sprem
Yan | Don't care - maybe the Schruffster
Lapushchenkova| Lisjak
Micaela Carolina| Bovina
U. Radwanska | Kucova (or maybe Vierin deserves a second chance)
Fedak| Vögele

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[Iorix]

Lisjak hasn't played since May 08. I thought that she had retired.

Good to see Mamic is still having it a go. Her 08 results after RG were hardly encouraging.

[janie]

We're underway! Rodina got Schruffed. :x And the annual purge of pathetic Aussie WCs has commenced.

[DBBN]

Yeah, Schruff always plays up for the Slams. Missed that one.

[janie]

Kimiko shocker!

Neuza beat The Hair 14-12 in the 3rd! Neuza's on the rise.

[lexpretend]

KGZ beat Dentoni

Having the first Kyrgyz player in a Slam MD would be pretty cool.

[Denise49IQ]

K-Lina and Lexxx Stevenson win their opening matches in straight sets!

[leelee]

Elbo losing doesn't even get mention anymore. Retire.

[aussiestatman]

hello all, castano and sesil are in some trouble

go sesil, i saw her play in brisbane

[DBBN]

Aussiestatman!

Man, my predictions blew.

[lexpretend]

IRO lost to an Australian WC Oh well, that opens the door for Mrs. Krumm to qualify, at least.

Thunder should not be getting breadsticked by Brengle...

There was a great report from the epic Silva/Hair match here - www.tennis.com/tournaments/2009/australianopen/australianopen.aspx?id=156052 - inevitably, it turned out that Silva fought only for the honour of a straight-sets loss to Olga Puchkova.

KGZ Should've got the Asian WC instead of Yuan.

Screamo straight-setted by Brianti

LOL @ the Blahtacha/Gullickson scoreline...5-7, 6-0, 6-0 for Elena. Why are all the British girls suddenly playing well.

[lexpretend]

So, our potential Slam debutantes are Jozami, Wienerova, Mirkovic, Panova, Lapushchenkova and Scheepers. Jozami and Lapushchenkova probably have the best chances...

[janie]

IRO

[Brinyi]

Screamo and Dr. A.

Olaru lost to Mirkovic, what's up with that?

Krumm!

S.Dubois!

[Traveling Man]

Allez Kimiko. Only one match to go...I think.

[DBBN]

One match to go indeed, and she had better beat the WC! Stupid IRO.

[Iorix]

Jan 16, 2009 8:08:12 GMT -5 lexpretend said:

So, our potential Slam debutantes are Jozami, Wienerova, Mirkovic, Panova, Lapushchenkova and Scheepers. Jozami and Lapushchenkova probably have the best chances...

Just posted this at the debutantes thread in TF:

Possible debutantes in the qualifying round, in order of what I believe are their chances to qualify (from most likely to least likely):

Lapushchenkova (vs Woerle)
Panova (vs Schruff)
Jozami (vs O'Brien)
Scheepers (vs Vögele)
Wienerova (vs Oudin)

Mirkovic (vs Date) - no idea

BTW ITF whore Mayr debuts in the MD.

[Iorix]

Jan 14, 2009 18:18:54 GMT -5 Iorix said:

Jan 14, 2009 11:10:56 GMT -5 DBBN said:

Who I think will qualify and who I want to qualify:

Kostanic | Gullickson
Foretz | Kutuzova
Ditty | Dentoni
Oudin | Oudin
Olaru (or Sanchez) | Pervak
Thundah | Thundah
Sprem | Sprem
Yan | Don't care - maybe the Schruffster
Lapushchenkova| Lisjak
Micaela Carolina| Bovina
U. Radwanska | Kucova (or maybe Vierin deserves a second chance)
Fedak| Vögele

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Predictions-wise, I was doing well after the 1R, but the 2R was a disaster.

I hope Rus getting bagelled by the Schruffster isn't a sign of the worth of today's top juniors.

Sprem cruising through her veteran-heavy section as expected...

[DBBN]

Crazy that both South and Mayr got in anyway, after their end-of-year hogging went rather less well than they had hoped. A very lucky QFR gets Mayr while -- hopefully -- Bartoli can finish the job this time against South.

[DBBN]

Jan 16, 2009 17:33:04 GMT -5 Iorix said:

Sprem cruising through her veteran-heavy section as expected...

Sprem now has to try to trip up the surprisingly effective comeback of Katalin Marosi-ex-Aracama, career high ranking #101. Should go to K-Lina...but...but...

Also stunned by Daniilidou's implosion against possible future US #1 (while never ranking higher than, oh, 60 or so) Vania King.

[DBBN]

(And no, I'm not being facetious. An abrupt all-Willies retirement would leave TWO USians in the Top 100, Mattek (skips Grand Slams due to wedded bliss) and Craybas (900 years old). All of a sudden, Vania King looks like Ashe Stadium night match material.)

[aussiestatman]

Jan 16, 2009 3:55:04 GMT -5 DBBN said:

Aussiestatman!

Man, my predictions blew.

hello, hope you are well

[Brinyi]

Krumm qualifies.

Hey Aussiestagman!