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Post by janie on Feb 22, 2013 7:07:31 GMT -5
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 23, 2013 5:54:07 GMT -5
QD:
(1) Luksika Kumkhum v Zi Yang
Hao-Ching Chan v (10) Arina Rodionova
(2) Akgul Amanmuradova v Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Pemra Ozgen v (12) Ana Savic
(3) Chanel Simmonds v Theiviya Selvarajoo
Rika Fujiwara v (8) Nadiya Kichenok
(4) Monique Adamczak v Irina Buryachok
Chin-Wei Chan v (9) Nudnida Luangnam
(5) Erika Sema v Marta Domachowska
Zarina Diyas v (7) Lyudmyla Kichenok
(6) Qiang Wang v Shuko Aoyama
Andreja Klepac v (11) Junri Namigata
MD:
[1] Caroline Wozniacki v Qualifier
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner v Claire Feuerstein
Casey Dellacqua v Karolina Pliskova
Alberta Brianti v [5] Misaki Doi
[4] Ayumi Morita v Cagla Buyukakcay
Qualifier v Zheng Saisai
Olivia Rogowska v Qualifier
Yuliya Beygelzimer v [7] Eleni Daniilidou
[8] Kristyna Pliskova v Qualifier
Ashleigh Barty v Qualifier
Qualifier v Chang Kai-Chen
Vera Dushevina v [3] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
[5] Donna Vekic v [WC] Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Marta Sirotkina v Duan Ying-Ying
[WC] Aslina An Ping Chua v Zhang Shuai
Kurumi Nara v [2] Hsieh Su-Wei
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 23, 2013 5:56:56 GMT -5
Six qualifiers here too?  People will mock the low seeds (one seeded withdrawal and they'd have dipped out of the top 100) and entry list of the MD but this is quite a fun draw IMO. Pity Vekic and Hsieh landed in the same quarter. Hopefully Woz somehow loses early. Maybe Kumkhum can qualify and beat her! |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 23, 2013 6:01:14 GMT -5
Also, didn't A-Pav go to Baku last year? She's such a vulture, except she fails at it so no one notices.
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Post by matvey on Feb 23, 2013 7:23:57 GMT -5
She went to Baku in 2011, when she hit that insane amount of DFs in her two-set win over Solovieva. She went to Washington last year.
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Post by DBBN on Feb 23, 2013 11:59:40 GMT -5
People will mock the low seeds As we should. A PLISKOVA? LOLOLOLOLOLOL |
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Post by DBBN on Feb 23, 2013 12:01:42 GMT -5
But actually that Q draw is pretty great. Not a travesty like Gugaland's.
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Post by janie on Feb 24, 2013 7:09:51 GMT -5
N. Kichenok def. Mt Fuji 60 60. In case you're thinking Fujiwara must be a grandma by now, she's still only 31, but with her CHR of 84 having happened in 2005, she does seem like a tennis  , now floundering at 317. Akgul, Zarina (sorry, other Kichenok), and Luksika won.  |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 24, 2013 14:46:10 GMT -5
Am I right in thinking singles is pretty much a bonus to Mt Fuji's doubles at this point?
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 26, 2013 13:11:13 GMT -5
This tournament = mess. Outdoor event in the tropics = rain, like last year = qualies still not done yet  For some reason they scheduled the completion of the last qualy match - Amanmuradova vs. Savic - after a bunch of MD matches. This is the first time I can remember that qualifiers have been placed before qualifying is finished. The qualifiers so far: Kumkhum, Simmonds (WTA debut), Luangnam, Diyas, Wang. Vekic lost to Mattek-Sands in R1  |
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Post by janie on Feb 27, 2013 7:17:20 GMT -5
You're probably right about Mt Fuji. Akgul finally managed to finish that match, then quickly ran through her r1 MD one, too (d. Kai-Chen Chang). |
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Post by Paean on Feb 27, 2013 8:05:33 GMT -5
I just witnessed Wozniacki flopping to some anonymous Golden Flower in the first round. Many lolz.
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Post by Paean on Feb 27, 2013 8:06:34 GMT -5
Was more of a cameo  |
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Post by Lady on Feb 27, 2013 8:53:01 GMT -5
I just witnessed Wozniacki flopping to some anonymous Golden Flower in the first round. Many lolz. I'm so sorry I missed it  Just saw the scoreline, and apparently she also wasted some match points? So good  |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 27, 2013 13:52:39 GMT -5
Ahahahahahahahahaha yasssssss. Wang's first WTA win. She lost R1 matches to Mandy Minella, Chanelle Scheepers and Shuai Zhang last year but all it took was a better draw to score a win  In Epic TB news, Tall Duan beat Sirotkina in a 14-12 third set TB. And qualifying finally concluded with Tall Akgul beating Savic in a 13-11 final set TB. |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 28, 2013 9:28:23 GMT -5
Wang trashed Woz, but couldn't handle Mayr It'd be funny if Wozniacki ended up being her only career WTA win. Kumkhum beat Daniilidou and Barty beat Diyas to make their first WTA QFs Barty is the first 16-yr-old at this stage since Vekic last year. Less welcome in the QFs are Mayr, Mattek and a Pliskova QFs: Patricia MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT) vs. Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) (4) Ayumi MORITA (JPN) vs. (Q) Luksika KUMKHUM (THA) Ashleigh BARTY (AUS) vs. (3) Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) vs. (2) Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) Hoping for a Kumkhum/Hsieh or Barty final! |
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Post by lexpretend on Mar 1, 2013 8:17:55 GMT -5
Pliskova d. Mayr-Achleitner 75 61 Morita d. Kumkhum 67 64 61 Pavlyuchenkova d. Barty 62 60 (and a terrible scoreline to boot) Mattek-Sands d. Hsieh 75 62 What boring SFists. |
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Post by Wagasi on Mar 1, 2013 9:36:32 GMT -5
First final for a Pliskova?
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Post by Grarliner on Mar 1, 2013 20:08:30 GMT -5
BMS is in the SF!
11 aces for Pliskova in downing Mayr. Not bad!
So now we have Morita-Pliskova and BMS-Pavly. Pavly will probably win ...
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Post by janie on Mar 2, 2013 7:18:15 GMT -5
First final for a Pliskova?  It's her party, and Once-Little Ayumi has been bounced. |
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Post by janie on Mar 2, 2013 9:34:51 GMT -5
So it will be BMS vs a Plisk. A fun surprise ending for KL again.
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Post by Wagasi on Mar 2, 2013 9:42:07 GMT -5
CSN v Errani, FSG v POOCH...what a lineup.
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Post by DBBN on Mar 2, 2013 11:08:22 GMT -5
Really, a Pliskova?  Let's go, Queen Beth! |
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Post by Traveling Man on Mar 2, 2013 12:17:36 GMT -5
I still remember the BMS pic from the US Open where the ball boy is staring at her rack. Haha. I'm indifferent to this final - okay maybe 60/40 in favour of BMS.
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Post by lexpretend on Mar 2, 2013 14:03:37 GMT -5
So it will be BMS vs a Plisk. A fun surprise ending for KL again. Nothing is fun about this final. Big bashy slug vs. USian scrub. I think Little Ayumi was the only SFist I felt vaguely positively towards. |
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Post by Old Hag on Mar 2, 2013 14:34:08 GMT -5
I thought Mattek was fading away. She's ok, I guess. Better than one of the bashing Barbie twins.
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Post by janie on Mar 2, 2013 18:38:31 GMT -5
Anything unexpected is fun for me. Though I can understand that some of you are just upset that Wozzy didn't make the final instead of one of these two. ;D
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Post by janie on Mar 2, 2013 18:44:34 GMT -5
I thought Mattek was fading away. She's ok, I guess. Better than one of the bashing Barbie twins. Coming back from lots of injuries, I think. |
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Post by Grarliner on Mar 3, 2013 0:19:51 GMT -5
I like BMS. She has a creative game and some real net skills. Shame she didn't beat Clijsters a few years back.
She also beat Pliskova last year in their only meeting.
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Post by lexpretend on Mar 3, 2013 4:34:00 GMT -5
Remembering what happened to Woz is this tournament's only silver lining.
I don't really hate Beth, I'd just rather someone else made this unexpected run. Also, bitter about the Hsieh loss.
At least it makes Vekic's missed opportunity seem better - she's the only player to have taken a set off BMS so far.
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For some reason they scheduled the completion of the last qualy match - Amanmuradova vs. Savic - after a bunch of MD matches. This is the first time I can remember that qualifiers have been placed before qualifying is finished.
