Women's Qualy Draw in here

[janie]

c/p'd from TF, so don't blame me for any errors!

[1] Kanepi vs. Savchuk
Bovina vs. Minella
Ar. Rodionova vs. Dzehalevich
Tomljanovic vs. [24] K. Kucova

[2] Larsson vs. Karatantcheva
Llagostera Vives vs. Kustova
Han vs. Schruff
Albanese vs. [15] Manasieva

[3] Pervak vs. Panova
Oprandi vs. Kapros
Ivanova vs. Marosi
Golds vs. [23] Cohen-Aloro

[4] Mattek-Sands vs. Kuryanovich
Bratchikova vs. Chalova
Ditty vs. Chakhnashvili
Klaffner vs. [21] Dokic

[5] Zhang vs. Tatishvili
Cohen vs. Beltrame
Webley-Smith vs. Erakovic
Brown vs. [17] Perry

[6] Halep vs. Fedossova
Yakimova vs. Marino
Doi vs. Lisjak
Dentoni vs. [18] Osterloh

[7] Rodina vs. Pous Tio
Garcia Vidagany vs. Sanchez
Palkina vs. Brengle
Buryachok vs. [20] Arn

[8] Mayr vs. Birnerova
Lucic vs. Smith
Ondraskova vs. Fujiwara
Silva vs. [13] Krajicek

[9] Ferguson vs. Nara
Paszek vs. Begu
Hofmanova vs. Broady
Compostizo de Andres vs. [14] Dubois

[10] Bychkova vs. Rogowska
Namigata vs. Ka. Pliskova
Rae vs. Niculescu
Diatchenko vs. [19] Woerle

[11] Camerin vs. Floris
Whybourn vs. Peers
Cavaday vs. Tsurenko
Kalashnikova vs. [22] Hlavackova

[12] Zec Peskiric vs. Castano
Daniilidou vs. El Tabakh
Irigoyen vs. Zhou
Soler Espinosa vs. [16] Pivovarova

[lexpretend]

Nice draw for Lucic. How the hell is Larsson ranked 84?!

Who I want | Who I think

Tomljanovic | Kanepi
Karatantcheva or Han | Karatantcheva
Oprandi | Pervak
Chakhnashvili | Mattek-Sands
Zhang | Erakovic
Halep | Doi
Palkina | Rodina
Lucic | Lucic
Paszek | Hofmanova
Niculescu | Pliskova
Kalashnikova | Cavaday
Pivovarova | Pivovarova

[lexpretend]

And I'm not going tomorrow. Too much to do and I'm not trekking to Roehampton just to dodge the torrents of rain.

[janie]

Oh, too bad.

But, yeah, the rain thing doesn't sound like much fun. And Alex Stevenson isn't there this year, so why go.

[Iorix]

Predict:

Kanepi
Thundah
Pervak
Mattek
Perry
Doi
Rodina?
Misa
Nara
Who knows? Maybe Niculescu
Who knows? Maybe Hlavackova
Pivovarova

Want:

Minella
Thundah or The Hair
The Dropshot Dame
Dokic
Don't care (too many "don't cares" to follow, so I'll pick someone anyway - Tatishvili)
Dentoni
Don't care (Brengle?)
Anyone but Misa (Lucic?)
Don't care (Paszek?)
Diatchenko
Don't care (Kalashnikova?)
Pivovarova

[lexpretend]

I picked Hofmanova and Pliskova because of how well they've done in those Asian Challengers on fake grass.

The Perry/Erakovic Q2 should be a rare qualies match between players who love grass - and then the winner has to play either Zhang (don't know much about her, but we do know about the Asian players on grass) or former Wimbledon QFist Beltrame!

Tits Paszek actually has a great draw to qualify but I assume she'll screw it up somehow.

[Iorix]

Jun 14, 2010 17:40:30 GMT -5 lexpretend said:

I picked Hofmanova and Pliskova because of how well they've done in those Asian Challengers on fake grass.

Against dismal opposition, but good call regardless.

The sk0rz at the grasscourt warmups haven't been as wacked out as in previous seasons, Riske's run excepted, so maybe these qualies won't be as random as I was initially anticipating. Still, anything can happen in the Bychkova and Camerin sections.

[leelee]

Elbo bothering to play Wimbly? Meh.

Didn't Erakovic win a grass title a couple years ago?

[janie]

Elbo and MM have split sets ... Thunder & lightning rolling in over Larsson after a meek start ...

[janie]

Shenay Perry beat Lucy Brown -- hey, I never knew bossy Lucy married Charlie Brown!

[Edna Krabappel]

It looks like Thunder's new approach of not giving a shit is paying off!

[janie]

Bovina won 11-9 in the third.

[janie]

Dokic killed, 62 61, and plays Ditty next.

[lexpretend]

Lots of epics...Han apparently came from 1-5 down in the third and saved three MPs at 5-6 to beat Schruff 8-6. And Namigata beat Pliskova 14-12 in the third

[janie]

14-12 in qr1!

[janie]

Jun 15, 2010 8:08:27 GMT -5 Edna Krabappel said:

It looks like Thunder's new approach of not giving a shit is paying off!

I guess the effect is only good for 1 match per week. Lost to NLV -- on GRASS!

Bovina lost meekly to Kanepi. Dokic needed 3 sets to lose to a rusty Ditty. Oh, well, she wasn't going to beat Mattek-Sands anyway.

[janie]

Dubois through to r3. Arn is crushing Brengle like a bug. Lucic serving to stay in the 2nd set against Birney Fife.

[janie]

Lucic won! 61 75. Wow, what fun to see her back in Slam qualies again. And even WINNING a couple of matches. Sure was a long, tough slog to get back here, but here she is.

[Traveling Man]

Hope Lucic can beat Krajicek - doesn't seem likely but I'm rooting for her.

[Maeby Fünke]

Mirjana is in a Bimbledon MD!!!!!!11 :lotsofsmilies:

[janie]

Wow! And pretty convincing score, too, 63 62, over Little Richard [13] who was rolling along so well till today.

[janie]

“After so many years, every match was like winning Wimbledon for me. I was so focussed. I have a couple of strained muscles but I was fighting. I’m hard on myself so now I’m proud of myself to go from the smallest tournaments all the way to Wimbledon, without getting any wild cards. I would drive by the main site every day and tell myself ‘I’m getting there, I’m getting there’, and now I’m going there!”

-- Mirjana Lucic

I'm so happy for her after her years of struggle in the minor leagues.

[Maeby Fünke]

I just hope she gets a better draw than the last time she qualified for a GS.

[janie]

When was that, anyway? 10 years ago or something?

[Maeby Fünke]

US Open 2002, where she lost 6-0 6-0 to Venus.

[Traveling Man]

Ajde! Hope she draws a hapless claycourter or a Wozniacki who she can bully past for a win.

Edit: I meant Ajmo!

[Edna Krabappel]

Is there some particular reason why chose Ajmo instead of Ajde? They're both acceptable.

[janie]

Jun 17, 2010 14:17:30 GMT -5 Maeby Fünke said:

US Open 2002, where she lost 6-0 6-0 to Venus.

Yikes! Yeah, let's not have that.

[R. Black]

Isn't (a) Wozniacki the worst possible match-up for Lucic? I think it's better if she faces players who play like her.

[Traveling Man]

Jun 17, 2010 16:40:35 GMT -5 Edna Krabappel said:

Is there some particular reason why chose Ajmo instead of Ajde? They're both acceptable.

They are? I thought Ajde was Serbian and Ajmo was Croatian. Thanks for the clarification.