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Post by DBBN on Jun 16, 2013 21:55:49 GMT -5
Main Draw - Entry ListS.Williams 
Zakopalova Kanepi Shvedova V.Williams
DomÃnguez Lino Rybarikova Halep (SR)Dulgheru Pironkova Arvidsson Larsson Medina Garrigues Arruabarrena Tatishvili Tsurenko Soler Espinosa Johansson Bratchikova Glatch Garcia Karatantcheva Pennetta Pfizenmaier
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Post by janie on Jul 12, 2013 11:01:46 GMT -5
Venus w/d.
Q draw: WTA digging deep:
(1)Alize Lim v Ysaline Bonaventure
Margalita Chakhnashvili v Sara Sorribes Tormo
(wc)Susanne Celik v (wc)Cornelia Lister
Justyna Jegiolka v (8)Marina Melinkova
(2)Diana Marcinkevica v Matilda Hamlin
Varvara Flink v Nicole Rottmann
Karolina Wlodarczak v Olga Ianchuk
(wc)Louise Brunskog v (7)Andrea Gamiz
(3)Alberta Brianti v Ksenia Palkina
Lesley Kerkhove v Justine Ozga
Irina Buryachok v (wc)Kajsa Rinaldo Persson
(wc)Donika Bashota v (5)Richel Hogenkamp
(4)Anastasia Grymalska v Sandra Roma
(wc)Beatrice Cedermark v Hilda Melander
Tereza Martincova v (wc)Paulina Wulcan
(wc)Jacqueline Cabaj Awad v (6)Tetyana Arefyeva
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 12, 2013 14:19:50 GMT -5
The seeds  Sorribes Tormo is meant to be a promising kid, though. |
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Post by DBBN on Jul 12, 2013 21:37:58 GMT -5
I've seen worse qualy draws. And yes, SST is rising.
I thought Brianti was retired, though. That was weird.
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Post by DBBN on Jul 13, 2013 9:34:25 GMT -5
(1)Williams v Karatantcheva
Tatishvili v (wc)Bencic
Pereira v Pfizenmaier
Medina Garrigues v (5)Dominguez Lino
(3)Zakopalova v (wc)Allgurin
Parra Santonja v Kudryavtseva
Q v Arruabarrena
Q v (6)Tsurenko
(8)Larsson v Arvidsson
Q v Bratchikova
Cohen v Johansson
Q v (4)Pironkova
(7)Soler-Espinosa v Razzano
Garcia v Dulgheru
Pennetta v Duque-Marino
(wc)Peterson v (2)Halep
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Post by janie on Jul 13, 2013 10:48:48 GMT -5
Lordy, lordy, Julia Cohen, DE into a WTA MD. Stop the madness!
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 14, 2013 2:57:35 GMT -5
I can't believe Serena is playing this AND drew Sesil! With possibly Bencic in R2!  Only the fourth Tier IVA of Serena's career after Oklahoma City 1998 (QF, l. Joannette Kruger), Cincinnati 2006 (SF, l. Vera Zvonareva) and Hobart 2007 (QF, l. Sybille Bammer). Maybe her lack of a MM title on her resumé is her motivation. |
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Post by Old Hag on Jul 14, 2013 10:23:56 GMT -5
OKC and Cincy were Tier IIIs and respectable ones. She also used to play the Tokyo fall event back in the day. Hobart, her ranking was garbage before winning AO that year at 200+ lbs.
This is the first time Serena has whored a MM for $$$$ in her career. Interesting.
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Post by Paean on Jul 14, 2013 10:48:27 GMT -5
Didn't she play the Marbella Slam some years ago and lost to Zakopalova in one of the early rounds?
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 14, 2013 11:30:27 GMT -5
Oh, yes. I missed that scanning through her results. She was just coming off...losing the Miami final to Vika, IIRC?
I think of Tier III-or-below (or the current "internationals") as MMs...OKC was the only one she played as a kid, Cincy she played after a six-month break when her ranking was in the toilet, similar to Hobart.
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Post by Old Hag on Jul 14, 2013 14:56:17 GMT -5
I remember Marbella now. Didn't she want to WD at the last second like usual but couldn't and whined about it. I don't know.
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Post by Grarliner on Jul 15, 2013 21:49:33 GMT -5
It is bizarre to see Serena here. She might lose. Can't imagine she'll have much intensity or motivation here.
And why is she here? Why not be in the USA prepping to play Stanford?
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 16, 2013 3:29:18 GMT -5
Maybe we'll get a Serena/La Razz final!
In TTR news for AMG, she won just three games off LiDL, against whom she'd previously held a 5-0 H2H.
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 17, 2013 2:15:47 GMT -5
Sesil served a thunderous 14 DFs. Serena won 2 and 1. Off grass, Pironkova won four games against the world no. 299 Andrea Gamiz  Bencic choked a 4-2 final set lead to Tatishvili. Disappointing, especially as she would have faced Serena. Pfizenmaier with her second epic choke in the past month, blowing a 5-2 final set with MPs against Pereira, who's on the verge of becoming the first BRA woman in the top 100 in 20 years. Caroline Garcia continues to disappoint - 6-7 1-6 to Dulgheru, whose injury comeback this year seems to have been dogged by even more injuries. |
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 18, 2013 12:17:59 GMT -5
QFs: (1) Serena WILLIAMS (USA) vs. (5) Lourdes DOMINGUEZ LINO (ESP) (3) Klara ZAKOPALOVA (CZE) vs. (Q) Richel HOGENKAMP (NED) (8) Johanna LARSSON (SWE) vs. Mathilde JOHANSSON (FRA) Virginie RAZZANO (FRA) vs. Flavia PENNETTA (ITA) Two players with victories over Serena are still in the draw Shame she'll probably get a chance to avenge that RG loss in the final, though. |
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Post by DBBN on Jul 21, 2013 11:12:27 GMT -5
SereNID.
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Post by Grarliner on Jul 21, 2013 15:24:16 GMT -5
WTA site had an interesting stat - Serena has 51 Tour victories as of this one today. Her previous high total for a year as of July was 38 wins, 10 years ago.
I'm not sure I've really adjusted to a Serena who plays a lot. This is really weird.
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Post by DBBN on Jul 21, 2013 21:42:44 GMT -5
And, like, she's finally a dominant #1. See how that works?
Even with only winning 33% of the Slams...even with QF-W-4R. It's crazy. Although she surely thinks she should have Wimbledon. I wonder if she will go back to her old patterns because of that.
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Post by Old Hag on Jul 21, 2013 23:10:27 GMT -5
I'm curious what clicked in Serena's head and made her get serious about the tour and her fitness.
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 22, 2013 5:35:46 GMT -5
The pulmonary embolism, I think. She totally changed when she came back from it.
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