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Post by lexpretend on Aug 22, 2012 17:40:29 GMT -5
From 3-5 down in the third, too  Vekic won, though! 0 and 2 over an in-form opponent, and firmly into the top 200. Still on board with her as Future WTA Saviour. Cepelova beat Min 6-4 in the third, Min looked devastated afterwards. She probably should have won given how badly Cepelova played. |
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Post by janie on Aug 22, 2012 19:09:15 GMT -5
Aww! Poor Gracie. Poor James Ward.  Bubka won, though.  |
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 23, 2012 1:58:43 GMT -5
The Devil Child lost to terminally awful ITF scrub Floris 6-1 6-7(7) 5-7, from 6-1 5-1 up, missing 1MP along the way  That is an AWFUL loss in every respect but the sad thing is it was predictable enough that I put money on it (along with Khromacheva). |
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Post by Paean on Aug 23, 2012 2:51:03 GMT -5
How do you do that aginst Floris? Floris!?
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Post by janie on Aug 23, 2012 6:13:30 GMT -5
The Devil Child lost to terminally awful ITF scrub Floris 6-1 6-7(7) 5-7, from 6-1 5-1 up, missing 1MP along the way [/quote}  Isn't Satan supposed to help his own? Falling down on the job! |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 23, 2012 7:44:50 GMT -5
Even after blowing that 5-1 lead, Putintseva apparently had a match point serving at 7-6 in the tie-break.
Putin also had a 3-1 lead in the third.
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 23, 2012 7:59:34 GMT -5
Berankis! L.Kirche! Ouanna! RastaTeuton! Arruabarrena! BGV! Ka.Pliskova (sorry for BB though)!  Junquiard Dog. Namigata. Serra. Screamo.  Joao Sousa (POR) completes the Sousza flopfest. Good luck today to: Quackworth! Tennys! Bédaine! SaiSai! D.Brown! Bovina! BGV! HET! Arruabarrena! Pliskova! Pliskova!  Y.Sema! ARMLESS! Jimmy Wang! Ying-Ying! S.Dubois!  K.Beck of course! Svitolina of course! L.Kirche of course! H.Moriya of course! A-Rod! Y.Bhambri! Ouanna! D.Quixote! ShuaiShuai! Donuts! Polansky! Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 23, 2012 14:00:28 GMT -5
Peter Polansky (CAN) def. Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 6-4 6-4 Saisai Zheng (CHN) def. Brooke Austin (USA) 6-4 6-2 Jimmy Wang (TPE) def. Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 6-3 6-4 Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) def. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-2 6-4 Beck leads Klein 5-4 on serve in the third. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)[6] def. Vesna Dolonc (SRB) 6-2 6-3 Bobby Reynolds (USA)[30] def. James Duckworth (AUS) 6-4 3-6 7-5 Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)[26] def. Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) 6-2 6-2 Bhambri about to lose. Cervantes down a set. |
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Post by Paean on Aug 23, 2012 14:01:10 GMT -5
Castano came to live, bagelling Pegula on the way to the last Q round. Love seeing tour veterans doing well.
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 23, 2012 15:59:00 GMT -5
Klein lost.  So did Cervantes and Bhambri. |
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 23, 2012 16:41:14 GMT -5
Vekic beat one of the Pliskovas 1 and 2  That's pretty huge. Still on the "Vekic will save SEWTA" bandwagon. |
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Post by janie on Aug 23, 2012 20:45:31 GMT -5
Despite not knowing Portuguese, I think I can understand from this that Miss Larcher is the latest to blow a big lead in these USO qualies. What makes it worse is that she lost to a junior:
Larcher de Brito eliminada após vantagem de 5-0
2:15 Sexta feira, 24 de agosto de 2012
Lisboa, 24 ago (Lusa) - A tenista portuguesa Michelle Larcher de Brito foi hoje eliminada na segunda ronda de qualificação do Open dos Estados Unidos, depois de ter estado em vantagem por 5-0 no segundo "set" com a ucraniana Elina Svitolina, que venceu.
Svitolina venceu por 2-6, 7-5 e 6-3.
Larcher de Brito (118.ª na classificação mundial) dispôs de um ponto de encontro para fechar a segunda partida e avançar para a última ronda do torneio norte-americano do Grand Slam do ano, mas Svitolina (164.ª) reduziu para 5-1.
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 24, 2012 2:34:31 GMT -5
Ahahahahahaha from 5-0 up in the second set? Anything Putintseva can do, MLDB can do better  Svitolina is meant to be good though. @benrothenberg
Michelle Larcher de Brito loses, collapses to her knees in tears, then walks off wailing, sobbing without shaking any hands. #usopen #dramaElsewhere, Keys lost easily to Ormaechea. I don't get it with Keys at all. Final qualy round, potential debutantes bolded. Only one guaranteed and most of the rest with tough draws. It won't matter as long as Vekic wins *bandwagon* (1) Magdalena Rybarikova vs. Anastasija Sevastova (2) Yung-Jan Chan vs. (32) Tatjana Malek (3) Jana Cepelova vs. Nastassja Burnett(4) Eleni Daniilidou vs. Samantha CrawfordVeronica Cepede Royg vs. Anastasia Rodionova (6) Lesia Tsurenko vs. Irena Pavlovic Donna Vekic vs. (25) Edina Gallovits-Hall Johanna Konta vs. Shuai Zhang Catalina Castano vs. (26) Kirsten Flipkens Saisai Zheng vs. Julia Glushko(11) Lara Arruabarrena Vecino vs. (31) Alexa Glatch Elina Svitolina vs. (21) Valeria Savinykh Olga Puchkova vs. Dia Evtimova(14) Paula Ormaechea vs. Alla Kudryavtseva Heidi El Tabakh vs. (27) Stefanie Voegele Maria Sanchez vs. (18) Kristyna Pliskova Goooooooo: Sevastova (with a LL spot for Magda please), Latisha, Rare Breast Cepelova, Crawford, VCR, Tsurenko, VEKIC, Konta, ewwww neither, Saisai, LAV, Svitolina, Evtimova, Alla K, Voegele, Sanchez goooooooo. |
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Post by Paean on Aug 24, 2012 4:51:30 GMT -5
Yurika Sema choked supremely as well. She was leading 62 41, double break up and lost to Gallovits-Why is she still playing-Hall. Gooo Castano!! Why is Cepelova nicknamed Rare Breast? Even after looking at her photos I don't get it. |
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 24, 2012 6:17:04 GMT -5
It's nothing to do with her, Hurley referred to her at Wim as a rare beast who'd qualified for a Slam before he'd heard of her, Leena misread it as "rare breast" and it stuck.
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Post by janie on Aug 24, 2012 6:46:11 GMT -5
Three Chicas Latinas still alive! The same number as the US. So much for the exciting new generation of USians!
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 24, 2012 7:40:09 GMT -5
Bovina. BGV. S.Dubois. T.Sema. D.Brown. Ka.Pliskova. Tennys. Berankis! Kr.Pliskova! Arrrrrruabarrrrrrena! Ouanna! ShuaiShuai! HET!  The last Madison is out. ;D Odesnik lost to Moriya. A heartbreaker for Aljaz Bedene (SLO)[2] who lost to Daniel Kosakowski (USA) 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) Serra. Choker de Screamo.  |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 24, 2012 8:04:24 GMT -5
On the men's side, given my fascination with junior stars turned pro flops, I am intrigued with 21yo T-H Yang -- former world jr #1 and 2008 RG champ/AO RUP who never got higher than the mid-150s.
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Post by Paean on Aug 24, 2012 8:36:03 GMT -5
It's nothing to do with her, Hurley referred to her at Wim as a rare beast who'd qualified for a Slam before he'd heard of her, Leena misread it as "rare breast" and it stuck. Oh, now I remember that! Was trying to figure out that nickname for weeks, staring at her boobs in all the photos I could find, ha. |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 24, 2012 10:49:59 GMT -5
M. Authom leads P. Polansky 6-0 2-0 |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 24, 2012 11:14:40 GMT -5
M. Authom leads P. Polansky 6-0 2-0 60 32, fight fight fight |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 24, 2012 11:18:07 GMT -5
Oops, 60 52, Polansky just about toasted now
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 24, 2012 11:22:48 GMT -5
Nice qualification for 22yo Argy Pella, who has shot up from 350 to 150 this year - 63 63 over Flukas Rosol.  |
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 24, 2012 11:31:40 GMT -5
We're living in a post-Rosol world. None more than Rosol.
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 24, 2012 12:16:12 GMT -5
Kristyna Pliskova CZE d Maria Sanchez USA 6-3, 7-6(4)  Stefanie Voegele SUI d Heidi El Tabakh CAN 6-4, 6-3  |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 24, 2012 12:18:00 GMT -5
And SaiSai is out to Glushko. |
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 24, 2012 13:17:49 GMT -5
Vekic led Gallovits 6-2, *2-0 and then SEWTA happened. 0-2 down in the third and losing almost every point |
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 24, 2012 13:20:45 GMT -5
And the other young kid in Q3, Crawford, has just surrendered a 3-0 final set lead against Daniilidou |
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Post by janie on Aug 24, 2012 14:03:17 GMT -5
And the other young kid in Q3, Crawford, has just surrendered a 3-0 final set lead against Daniilidou Unlike the others, Crawford won. Here's a pic of her from last year. She's a 1995 kid:  |
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Post by janie on Aug 24, 2012 14:04:32 GMT -5
Glushko and Vekic results shock me. This has been a fun tournament so far, so unpredictable.
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That's pretty huge. Still on the "Vekic will save SEWTA" bandwagon.
