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Post by Iorix on Jan 15, 2009 18:56:22 GMT -5
Top 16 placed thusly:
Jankovic
Bartoli
Petrova
Zvonareva
Safina
Cornet
Wozniacki
Ivanovic
Venus
Pennetta
Schnyder
Dementieva
Kuznetsova
Radwanska
Azarenka
Serena
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Post by Iorix on Jan 15, 2009 18:58:17 GMT -5
Paranoia sez bottom heavy, Lena D. got screwed !1!!1!, rigged to get "Aussie Ana" to the final.
Reason tells me to look at it again tomorrow.
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Post by Pamela Shriver on Jan 15, 2009 19:02:35 GMT -5
Bepa for the final!
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Post by Wagasi on Jan 15, 2009 19:32:05 GMT -5
I hope Bepa - Jankovic can have another great match.
The final will be Ree-Ana though. Nothing in the world will stop Ree.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 15, 2009 19:33:34 GMT -5
Bepa vs Jankovic QF guarantees at least one quality women's match! Really great opportunity for Bepa. Corswandt's BAG-related paranoia is misplaced - I'd be surprised if WozDen didn't come through that section. All-TPE 1R  Tammy T and WozCan seeded at a Slam Azarenka v Kvitova 1R is like the ultimate ball-bashing contest. If Flavia Flav beat Venus in the 4R again, that would be hilarious. We may see a Safarova resurgence! She has a great shot at the 4R. Having said all of this, Ree saving MPs against Yuan in 1R and going on to win the final over Petrova (coming back from 1-6, 0-4 down) is exactly the kind of gross thing that happens here. |
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Post by leelee on Jan 15, 2009 20:00:21 GMT -5
No, and yes. If Ana is playing decent, she'll overpower WozDen, and then every matchup goes her way. Shocking.
I'm pleased with this draw for television purposes, though.
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Post by Iorix on Jan 16, 2009 17:50:20 GMT -5
Azarenka v Kvitova 1R is like the ultimate ball-bashing contest. Shrieky Vicky was never the monstrous big basher she's made out to be. She'll deal with Kvitova the same way she dealt with Safarova in Brisbane. Whether that will be enough depends on whether Kvitova is having a good hitting day. As for worst case scenario, it's "Aussie Ana" flattening A-Rad in the final. |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 16, 2009 18:21:02 GMT -5
If Aussie Ana wins as many AOs as Aussie Kim did, things will be okay.
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Post by DBBN on Jan 16, 2009 18:24:03 GMT -5
Frankly, a Jankovic/Safina/Dementieva/Radwanska SF line-up would be amazing. Four crazy bitches thinking "COULD THIS BE MY ONLY CHANCE?" = amaze.  |
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Post by janie on Jan 16, 2009 18:32:35 GMT -5
Frankly, a Jankovic/Safina/Dementieva/Radwanska SF line-up would be amazing. Four crazy bitches thinking "COULD THIS BE MY ONLY CHANCE?" = amaze.  Ha, I'd love to see that. Though those 2 SFs + that final would end up with a total of ~175,000 errors as everyone took turns choking. So, maybe I wouldn't love to actually SEE those matches, but I'd love knowing it came down to this. Gooooooooooooooo ED! Though we all know she's going to lose to Venus due to the inevitable  , if she even gets that far. |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 16, 2009 18:37:30 GMT -5
Though those 2 SFs + that final would end up with a total of ~175,000 errors as everyone took turns choking. Definitely. I want |
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Post by janie on Jan 16, 2009 19:42:02 GMT -5
Ha, it looks like Dr. J or Crazy Samantha gave a dire warning to tennis.com's Tom Tebbutt:
"In this space yesterday, there was criticism of Stevenson’s conditioning and movement. That may have been a little harsh and it may be wiser to reserve judgment on the chances of the 28-year-old American, now ranked No. 210, rekindling the elements of a game that took her to a career-high ranking of No. 18 in 2002."
They even made got him to put in their beloved "former No. 18" part! I'd love to know exactly what went on behind the scenes to bring about this retraction of the truth. I remember a friend who worked at Tennis Week telling me one time about some of the strong-arming that went on with agents of Pornikova, Shoulderpova, and even Mr. Batty.
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Post by Iorix on Jan 17, 2009 9:37:33 GMT -5
No, and yes. If Ana is playing decent, she'll overpower WozDen, and then every matchup goes her way. Shocking. It's not BAG's fault that she's such a matchup player I guess. I could go all analytical and say a lot of laughably wrong stuff about the Baby Woz vs Baby Anci matchup, but I feel that, should that match take place, it will be possible to sum it up in a sentence. Not sure if Kvitova qualifies as a "dangerous floater", but it again shows that Shrieky Vicky isn't the luckiest of players. |
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Post by Wagasi on Jan 17, 2009 12:07:34 GMT -5
Oh I totally didn't notice the well endowed Dokic-Paszek encounter in the first round. |
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 17, 2009 14:52:12 GMT -5
Kvitova is dangerous, but I think Shrieky Vicky is a more of a bad match-up for her than the other way round.
I think you're all forgetting how bad BAG is playing at the moment. If we had to save MPs against Vinci, and couldn't take more than five games from Moonballing Maumau, she won't be overpowering WozDen here. Really, I think she's rather vulnerable to a 1R exit. I'll call that now! Goerges over BAG.
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Post by Iorix on Jan 18, 2009 8:16:08 GMT -5
I think you're all forgetting how bad BAG is playing at the moment. If we had to save MPs against Vinci, and couldn't take more than five games from Moonballing Maumau, she won't be overpowering WozDen here. Really, I think she's rather vulnerable to a 1R exit. I'll call that now! Goerges over BAG. No way. BAG has made it to Slam finals while playing absolute shit before. Plus Görges plays much the same game as BAG (slow, big serve + big FH), only about 5% as well. Blowout. |
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Post by janie on Jan 18, 2009 10:47:15 GMT -5
Oh I totally didn't notice the well endowed Dokic-Paszek encounter in the first round. It's the Battle of the Bulging Breasts! |
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Post by Traveling Man on Jan 18, 2009 12:02:44 GMT -5
Oh I totally didn't notice the well endowed Dokic-Paszek encounter in the first round. It's the Battle of the Bulging Breasts! We also have Domachowska vs Mirza. It's a boob fest in Melbourne! |
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Post by Ceca on Jan 18, 2009 13:25:52 GMT -5
R3 Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) That's all I've got  |
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 18, 2009 14:07:47 GMT -5
Eurosport Player doesn't work on Macs. Of course  |
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Post by GoDom on Jan 18, 2009 14:46:11 GMT -5
Sorry bout that. I've bought the ES Player for the first time (and I don't have Mac). I hope it's worth it.
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Post by GoDom on Jan 18, 2009 14:49:25 GMT -5
No way. BAG has made it to Slam finals while playing absolute shit before. Plus Görges plays much the same game as BAG (slow, big serve + big FH), only about 5% as well. Blowout. Basically true, although 5% is a little harsh. If Ana plays like shit and Julia is hot, she might have some chances. But yeah, Ana is more likely to struggle against moonballers at this point. |
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Post by GoDom on Jan 18, 2009 15:19:34 GMT -5
lex, on the ES website it says the player works on Macs with the "Flip4Mac" plugin.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 18, 2009 15:54:54 GMT -5
I thought that would work, but it doesn't (I've had the Flip4Mac plugin installed for a while). Have gone with the Bet365 option anyway, fingers crossed that I can make that work (no luck so far).
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