Women's Q Draw

[janie]

(1)Melinda Czink (HUN) v Victoria Larriere (FRA)
Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) v Maria Joao Koehler (POR)
(wc)Jade Windley (GBR) v Marta Sirotkina (RUS)
Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) v (22)Kurumi Nara (JPN)

(2)Eva Birnerova (CZE) v Petra Rampre (SLO)
Shuai Zhang (CHN) v Junri Namigata (JPN)
Elitsa Kostova (BUL) v Annika Beck (GER)
Monique Adamczak (AUS) v (20)Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)

(3)Garbine Muguruza Blanco (ESP) v Elina Svitolina (UKR)
(wc)Katy Dunne (GBR) v Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)
Florencia Molinero (ARG) v Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR)
Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) v (13)Claire Feuerstein (FRA)

(4)Misaki Doi (JPN) v Tetiana Luzhanska (USA)
Marta Domachowska (POL) v Madison Keys (USA)
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) v (wc)Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)
Reka-Luca Jani (HUN) v (21)Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER)

(5)Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) v Madison Brengle (USA)
(wc)Lisa Whybourn (GBR) v Sarah Gronert (GER)
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) v Sandra Zaniewska (POL)
Madalina Gojnea (ROU) v (23)Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU)

(6)Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) v Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP)
Jill Craybas (USA) v Vesna Dolonc (SRB)
Nastassja Burnett (ITA) v Ines Ferrer Suarez (ESP)
Amra Sadikovic (SUI) v (15)Valeria Savinykh (RUS)

(7)Paula Ormaechea (ARG) v Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS)
Olga Savchuk (UKR) v Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)
Chanel Simmonds (RSA) v Margalita Chakhnashvili (GEO)
Jana Cepelova (SVK) v (18)Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)

(8)Stefanie Voegele (SUI) v Grace Min (USA)
Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) v Olga Puchkova (RUS)
Iryna Bremond (FRA) v Irena Pavlovic (FRA)
(wc)Tara Moore (GBR) v (16)Erika Sema (JPN)

(9)Karolina Pliskova (CZE) v Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)
Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) v Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR)
Caroline Garcia (FRA) v Alison Riske (USA)
Yurika Sema (JPN) v (19)Julia Cohen (USA)

(10)Olivia Rogowska (AUS) v Sharon Fichman (CAN)
(wc)Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) v Camila Giorgi (ITA)
Alexa Glatch (USA) v Anna Floris (ITA)
Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) v (17)Aravane Rezai (FRA)

(11)Lara Arruabarrena-Vecin (ESP) v (wc)Melanie South (GBR)
Gail Brodsky (USA) v Tatjana Malek (GER)
Kathrin Woerle (GER) v Kristina Barrois (GER)
Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) v (14)Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

(12)Mirjana Lucic (CRO) v Elena Bogdan (ROU)
Gisela Dulko (ARG) v (wc)Samantha Murray (GBR)
Teliana Pereira (BRA) v Saisai Zheng (CHN)
Dia Evtimova (BUL) v (24)Bibiane Schoofs (NED)

Good luck to Petra Rampre, Saisai Zheng, etc

[lexpretend]

HOPE | THINK

Czink | Czink
Rampre | Beck
Buyukakcay | Muguruza Blanco
Doi | Doi
Karatantcheva or Lertcheewakarn | Karatantcheva or Lertcheewakarn
Dolonc | Sadikovic <= such a weak section
Diatchenko or Kudryavtseva | Kudryavtseva to come back to life
Moore or E.Sema | Min
Chan | Riske
Rezai | Glatch or Rezai
Barrois | Vandeweghe
S.Zheng or Lucic | Dulko

[DBBN]

I just can't read all those names anymore. The life has been sucked out of me and it's only Monday.

[DBBN]

Okay it''s actually not that hard. Good formatting in the OP, whoever it was. I'm just doing predix. I don't care about any of these hobaks tonight.

Czink
Namigata !!!!!!!!!!!
Camerin
Doi
Karatantcheva
Savinykh
Diatchenko
Kr. Pliskova
Chan
Glatch
Malek
Schoofs

[janie]

Rampre won a Slam qualy match!

Maybe she's done that lots of times; I don't know. But we all know how she's struggled in her matches this year, so this is cool. She won in straight sets, so maybe that's the key for her.

Other winners so far: Pfizy, Madison Keys, Mladenovic, Doi, Beck, and that Portuguese grass specialist MJ Koehler.

[Brinyi]

Lurch lost 1 & 1 to Zaniewska. #ttr
The Hair! The Mug! Kr.Pliskova!

Birnerova lost to Rampre.

Lucic.

Min.

[lexpretend]

Heh, the "gastric illness" that FORCED Lucic to w/d from Eastbourne qualies yesterday must not have been too serious after all!

After the clay season, finally someone puts Cohen in her rightful place - on the receiving end of a bagel. Who would have thought that someone would have to be a Sema sister.

Surprising but welcome win for Rampre...I guess with the slicing and the net-rushing, her game is good for grass.

[Wagasi]

The Beeb's ad campaign for Bimbly is getting some attention in design blogs.
www.designweek.co.uk/news/red-bee-creates-typographic-titles-for-wimbledon/3034761.article


They should replace the words for Kvit to unpredictable and disappointing

[Paean]

Jun 19, 2012 10:13:52 GMT -5 lexpretend said:

After the clay season, finally someone puts Cohen in her rightful place - on the receiving end of a bagel. Who would have thought that someone would have to be a Sema sister.

Yurika! Have no idea how Yurika can bagel anyone because her game is very much like Cohen's.

[janie]

Lara AV has been a big surprise so far. Maybe her idol is Conchi.

[Paean]

Yurika went on to beat Grass-GOAT Riske in 2 sets!

[janie]

I just saw that! There must be more to Yurika than meets the eye, then. Like Sara Errani!

[Paean]

Not quite on the same level, though. I always praised Errani's game even before she reached the grand slam final. Errani actually is way better than the usual description of a pusher and retriever. That final she should've won against pre-slump Safina in Portoroz was pure shotmaking and skills.

[janie]

63 61 for Rampre.

[janie]

Big Mug fell to MEC.

[Brinyi]

HET. SaiSai.

Ka.Pliskova! The Hair!

CoCo.

RG jr champ Beck is through to the 3R.

Condolences to Lex on Pfizenmaier's loss.

[janie]

Jun 20, 2012 9:26:33 GMT -5 Brinyi said:

HET. SaiSai.

Ka.Pliskova! The Hair!

CoCo.

RG jr champ Beck is through to the 3R.

Condolences to Lex on Pfizenmaier's loss.

You forgot to post a rage smiley re: Lucic's defeat of I'm So Pretty.

[Traveling Man]

Lucic and Rampre winning is always good. Sad about HET though.

[DBBN]

Jun 20, 2012 8:50:34 GMT -5 janie said:

Big Mug fell to MEC.

First of all, I can't allow this to continue. It's THE WHITE MUG. Like Zorro.

Next:

Jun 18, 2012 19:01:22 GMT -5 DBBN said:

I'm just doing predix.

Camerin

[Brinyi]

No. I cannot allow this to continue. It's THE PURE WHITE MUG, incorporating her first name.

[DBBN]

Pure White Mug

Sounds kind of racist.

[Brinyi]

- Let's just forget that one, then.

[Old Hag]

Boo, Kiki and Pfizzy had to play each other. Of course, Kiki will blow and suck lose now and not qualify.

[lexpretend]

I thought it was the Cleansing White Mug. As in, full of bleach.

[lexpretend]

Here is my report, btw: alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/25536657178/wimbledon-qualifying-report-20-6-12

Can I just reiterate: I was FEET away from SHINO. I feel so privileged.

[janie]

Jun 20, 2012 18:35:18 GMT -5 lexpretend said:

Here is my report, btw: alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/25536657178/wimbledon-qualifying-report-20-6-12

Thank you! So fabulous. What fun!

Love this bit:
"... what I totally loved about Rampre was that she so obviously loved every moment of being on court - she approached every single shot she had to hit within every single rally like a fresh and glorious challenge."

What a treat after the sourpusses we so often see. If only she would qualify! I'm afraid to look at who she's facing next ...

[lexpretend]

Beck...who's pretty good from the little I've seen of her, dunno how she's taken to grass though. I wanted to speak to Petra afterwards, she seems super-approachable, but I wasn't counting on her going sprinting literally immediately after walking off court.

(I've just edited it and added some stuff about the Dustin Brown match that I'd forgotten originally.)

[lexpretend]

Final Q round, potential debutantes bolded.

(1) Melinda Czink vs. Marta Sirotkina
Petra Rampre vs. Annika Beck
Maria Elena Camerin vs. (13) Claire Feuerstein
(4) Misaki Doi vs. Kristina Mladenovic
(5) Sesil Karatantcheva vs. Sandra Zaniewska
Vesna Dolonc vs. (15) Valeria Savinykh
Ekaterina Bychkova vs. Jana Cepelova
Kristyna Pliskova vs. Irena Pavlovic
(9) Karolina Pliskova vs. Yurika Sema
Camila Giorgi vs. Alexa Glatch
(11) Lara Arruabarrena Vecino vs. (14) Coco Vandeweghe
(12) Mirjana Lucic vs. (24) Bibiane Schoofs

- One guaranteed. Wow, what a story if it's Rampre after so many years
- Anyone else surprised by how much Riske has flopped on grass this year?
- Heh, everyone wrote off LAV because of (ESP). Prove them wrong for one more match, LAV!
- Gooooo: Sirotkina, Rampre, Feuerstein, MISAKI, THUNDER, THE HAIR, Cepelova, Pavlovic, Yurika, don't care, LAV and Lucic. Goooooo.

[DBBN]

Jun 21, 2012 3:28:34 GMT -5 lexpretend said:

Final Q round, potential debutantes bolded.

I haven't been able to sleep without Corswandt updating his debutantes thread while he was getting yeasty so thanks for this!

So, hmmm, I can't see Czink losing that one, but the rest have a chance. The Bych has been useless for a few years now, and I did pick Schoofs (but Lucic has looked good this week).

I very nearly went with rampant Zaniewska over THUNDER, who does best as an LL anyway.

Either winner of the Rampre-Beck tilt would be a great story, but this might be Petra's only shot so I'll root for her.

[DBBN]

Also, I think most people wrote off LAV because she made MDM's post-Bogota run look world-beating by comparison.