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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 21, 2013 5:13:39 GMT -5
Serena Williams vs. Mandy Minella
Caroline Garcia vs. Jie Zheng
Kimiko Date-Krumm vs. Karina Witthoeft
Alexandra Cadantu vs. Tamira Paszek
Sabine Lisicki vs. Francesca Schiavone
Elena Vesnina vs. Andrea Hlavackova
Olga Puchkova vs. Arantxa Rus
Ana Schmiedlova vs. Samantha Stosur
Maria Kirilenko vs. Laura Robson
Mariana Duque Marino vs. Julia Goerges
Ayumi Morita vs. Marina Erakovic
Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Shuai Peng
Romina Oprandi vs. Alison Riske
Mallory Burdette vs. Urszula Radwańska
Kaia Kanepi vs. Tara Moore
Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs. Angelique Kerber
Agnieszka Radwańska vs. Yvonne Meusburger
Timea Babos vs. Mathilde Johannson
Heather Watson vs. Madison Keys
Monica Niculescu vs. Mona Barthel
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova vs. Magdalena Rybarikova
Anna Tatishvili vs. Petra Martic
Karolina Pliskova vs. Nadia Petrova
Roberta Vinci vs. Chanelle Scheepers
Kristina Pliskova vs. Jana Cepelova
Maria Teresa Torro-Flor vs. Irina Begu
Maria Elena Camerin vs. Dominika Cibulkova
Klara Zakopalova vs. Daniela Hantuchova
Nina Bratchikova vs. Annika Beck
Olga Govortsova vs. Simona Halep
Michaella Krajicek vs. Na Li
Sara Errani vs. Monica Puig
Silvia Soler Espinosa vs. Misaki Doi
Lara Arruabarena-Vecino vs. Lesia Tsurenko
Eva Birnerova vs. Varvara Lepchenko
Sloane Stephens vs. Jamie Hampton
Pauline Parmentier vs. Andrea Petkovic
Petra Cetkovska vs. Donna Vekic
Candela vs. Caroline Wozniacki
Marion Bartoli vs. Elina Svitolina
Christina McHale vs. Alexa Glatch
Camila Giorgi vs. Sam Murray
Stephanie Voegele vs. Sorana Cirstea
Lucie Safarova vs. Lauren Davis
Lucie Hradecka vs. Karin Knapp
Michelle Larcher de Brito vs. Melanie Oudin
Kristina Mladenovic vs. Maria Sharapova
Petra Kvitova vs. Coco Vandeweghe
Kiki Bertens vs. Yaroslava Shvedova
Garbine Muguruza vs. Anne Keothavong
Johanna Larsson vs. Ekaterina Makarova
Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Sofia Arvidsson vs. Mirjana Lucic
Eugenie Bouchard vs. Galina Voskoboeva
Virginie Razzano vs. Ana Ivanovic
Jelena Jankovic vs. Johanna Konta
Yanina Wickmayer vs. Vesna Dolonc
Alja Tomljanovic vs. Bojana Jovanovski
Julia Putintseva vs. Kirsten Flipkens
Alize Cornet vs. Vania King
Su-Wei Hsieh vs Tatjana Maria
Elena Baltacha vs. Flavia Pennetta
Maria Koehler vs. Victoria Azarenka
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 21, 2013 5:17:50 GMT -5
I tried to bold seeds, then dangerous floaters, then interesting matches and so there's A LOT of random bolding.
- This is a more interesting draw in terms of opening/early matches than RG.
- Excited to see how Hampton, Vekic & Keys will perform.
- I wonder if Robson-Kirilenko will get a spot on CC.
- Serena doesn't have a cakewalk like she did at RG : Zheng & Lisicki before R4. She won't lose but maybe a challenge early on?
- Masha has a cakewalk. Errani in the QF? Though Hampton or someone could come out of there. Mladenovic should be an interesting opener (I finally get to see her play!)
- Hoping for deep runs from Lucic, Bartoli, JaJa and the assorted rubbish I support.
- Azza/Masha SF is good. Let them fight to see who finishes #2. I think Masha wins if they meet.
- Kvitty in the QF? With all the Stepanek talk and her poor form, she could very well lose to Shvedova in R2 or E-Kat in R4. Don't see her making it to Azza.
Serena wins.
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Post by DBBN on Jun 21, 2013 6:58:29 GMT -5
there's A LOT of random bolding. It's KILLING my OCD. |
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 21, 2013 7:55:41 GMT -5
You're welcome to edit and fix it - I'm too lazy! I just gave up trying to make sense of the bolding halfway through.  |
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Post by R. Black on Jun 21, 2013 10:13:46 GMT -5
For once Krumm gets a decent draw. Perhaps a third round against Sarin.
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Post by janie on Jun 21, 2013 11:32:44 GMT -5
Tough draw for Hampton. She's doing great but exhausting herself in Eastbourne. I'm afraid she's going to fall in Wimby r1 a la Julie Halard-Decugis in 2000.
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Post by DBBN on Jun 21, 2013 11:38:44 GMT -5
She'll start getting seeded at Slams at USO. Winning her first title (a Premier no less) is much more important than a few wins at Wimbledon at this stage of her career. She's already accrued more points at Yeast than she would making even 4R at Wimbledon.
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Post by janie on Jun 21, 2013 15:21:55 GMT -5
She'll start getting seeded at Slams at USO. Winning her first title (a Premier no less) is much more important than a few wins at Wimbledon at this stage of her career. She's already accrued more points at Yeast than she would making even 4R at Wimbledon. Wow! I didn't know that about the points; that's fantastic. But I was actually secretly thinking the same thing about these consecutive wins over more or less "elite" players being more important to her career right now than getting past Sloane at Wimbledon. Not sure it'd be easy to convince her of that, but I think it's true. For this year only, Jamie! Next year, remember to tank early the week before a Slam, the way the top players do. |
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Post by lexpretend on Jun 21, 2013 15:26:45 GMT -5
Oh, I hadn't seen this when I posted in the Yeastbourne thread! I do hope Jamie can get past Sloane, at least. Their H2H is 1-1. God, how much do I want Vekic to avenge her AO loss and take Woz out in R2. That would be amazing. Yay, Schmiedlova and King got the LLs. I really hope Serena gets booed for her rape apologism and Jie finally gets a win against her after pushing her so many times. I guess the fallout from those comments might be the only vague question mark over her, though. It's not much of a straw. LOLed when I saw a tennis journalist tweet that Robson, Kirilenko and Goerges in the same place = a stacked section. JuGs is completely useless on grass (and everywhere, these days), and Robson is in terrible form. If I was Kirilenko I'd do cartwheels at that draw. Watson/Keys could be a pretty nice match. Winner gets Niculescu or Barthel - hey, prime opportunity for Mona to extend her Slam losing streak to, what is it now, seven? Grassonkova should strike against Chunkova too. Li will probably find a way to lose to Halep  A-Rad for the SF? If Shitra dares lose to fucking Vandeweghe...if she DARES. SURELY she wouldn't do that to me. *places bet on Colleen* |
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Post by lexpretend on Jun 21, 2013 15:28:57 GMT -5
It's true that Jamie should focus on the Premier title, it's just a shame when she landed in a section where the seeds are Wozniacki, Stephens, Errani and Lepchenko. OTOH, Vekic might take advantage of that section instead!  |
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Post by lexpretend on Jun 21, 2013 15:45:48 GMT -5
Also: ONE OF CADANTU AND PASZEK WILL HAVE TO WIN A MATCH  |
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Post by DBBN on Jun 21, 2013 22:49:21 GMT -5
4R:
S. Williams vs. Lisicki
Kirilenko vs. Kerber
A. Radwanska vs. Martic
Vinci vs. Halep
Lepchenko vs. Petkovic (!)
Voegele vs. Sharapova
Makarova vs. Suarez Navarro
Jankovic vs. Azarenka
QF:
S. Williams vs. Kirilenko
A. Radwanska vs. Halep
Petkovic vs. Sharapova
Makarova vs. Azarenka
SF:
S. Williams vs. Halep
Sharapova vs. Azarenka
F:
S. Williams def. Azarenka
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Post by lexpretend on Jun 22, 2013 4:02:29 GMT -5
Serena Williams d. Sabine Lisicki
Maria Kirilenko d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Agnieszka Radwanska d. Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova
Roberta Vinci d. Daniela Hantuchova
Donna Vekic d. Sara Errani
Maria Sharapova d. Marion Bartoli
Ana Ivanovic d. Garbine Muguruza
Victoria Azarenka d. Kirsten Flipkens
Williams d. Kirilenko
Radwanska d. Vinci
Sharapova d. Vekic
Azarenka d. Ivanovic
Williams d. Radwanska
Sharapova d. Azarenka
Williams d. Sharapova
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Post by lexpretend on Jun 22, 2013 4:05:20 GMT -5
In the Vinci section, I did that thing where I went, well, Halep will probably beat Li and has never lost to Hantuchova, who will upset Zakopalova. Vinci is pretty safe for the last 16 and Halep whomped her last week. BUTTTTTT Halep has played two weeks in a row and surely will be tired out at some point? She's not used to that many matches. Appropriately, the resulting brain freeze threw up Hantuchova.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 22, 2013 6:12:56 GMT -5
Serena Williams d. Sabine Lisicki
Alison Riske d. Maria Kirilenko
Agnieszka Radwanska d. Tsvetana Pironkova
Roberta Vinci d. Daniela Hantuchova
Donna Vekic d. Sara Errani
Maria Sharapova d. Marion Bartoli
Yaroslava Shvedova d. Mirjana Lucic
Victoria Azarenka d. Jelena Jankovic
Williams d. Riske
Radwanska d. Vinci
Sharapova d. Vekic
Azarenka d. Shvedova
Williams d. Radwanska
Sharapova d. Azarenka
Williams d. Sharapova
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Post by DBBN on Jun 22, 2013 10:25:01 GMT -5
You both picked Vekic. I considered it, but she flopped against the Woz in Australia after high expectations, so, I dunno. It would be nice!
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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 22, 2013 10:35:58 GMT -5
My thought was that at this point she has a lot more experience (and at her age and stage of career, even 6 months makes a big difference in terms of progression). That, and also I'd imagine she'd be more comfortable since she trains in London. And ofcourse, there's a lot of hoping in there too.  |
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Post by lexpretend on Jun 22, 2013 10:38:52 GMT -5
Well...I don't even know if I actually think it. I wouldn't be wholly surprised if Vekic lost R1 to qualy-hardened Cetkovska. But I figured, she's improving fast, grass favours her more than the Woz-friendly slow AUS hard courts, Woz has diminished since then...and what's the point of being on a bandwagon if you can't pick them at a time like this.
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 22, 2013 12:48:28 GMT -5
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Post by DBBN on Jun 22, 2013 12:59:23 GMT -5
Yes it's...somewhere else on this board
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 22, 2013 13:01:06 GMT -5
I don't care enough to go find that place - I'm content with just calling it amazing once.
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Post by janie on Jun 23, 2013 6:56:15 GMT -5
It's in women's tennis, in Sharapova Fluff, if you change your mind.  Meanwhile, what about this? Surely this won't be allowed? I don't even get why they're allowed to have mobile phones with them when they come on court. Couldn't they glance at a text from their coach on the changeovers? Computerworld -
A professional tennis player hopes to wear Google Glass at the famed Wimbledon tennis tournament that begins next week.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 28, ranked number 58 in the world, plans to wear the Glass technology at the London tournament. American Mattek-Sands is one of the thousands of users in the Glass early adopter program.
It's unclear at this point whether the very traditional Wimbledon sponsor, the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet, will allow the wearable computer technology to be used by tournament competitors.
The All England Club has not yet responded to a Computerworld request for comment on Mattek-Sands' plan to use the technology.
"Glass' potential in the sports realm is huge," said a Google spokeswoman in an email to Computerworld. "It can connect athletes, coaches and fans in new ways." 
"For Bethanie, it's allowed her to capture her strokes from her point of view during practice and share those with her coaches. Bethanie's fans can also see the world through her eyes as she embarks upon the road to Wimbledon, where she'll play her first match next week," the spokeswoman added.I left out the part where Beth uses google glass to look up recipes. Where is our eyeroll smiley. |
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Post by DBBN on Jul 1, 2013 18:41:33 GMT -5
4R: S. Williams vs. Lisicki Kirilenko vs. Kerber A. Radwanska vs. Martic Vinci vs. Halep Lepchenko vs. Petkovic (!) Voegele vs. Sharapova Makarova vs. Suarez Navarro Jankovic vs. Azarenka QF: S. Williams vs. Kirilenko A. Radwanska vs. Halep Petkovic vs. Sharapova Makarova vs. Azarenka SF: S. Williams vs. Halep Sharapova vs. Azarenka F: S. Williams def. Azarenka 4R: 5/16. Atrocious! QF: 1/8. ZOMG. SF+: 0/7. Lulz. |
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Post by Old Hag on Jul 1, 2013 19:50:56 GMT -5
Did anyone make a 'joke' draw. They won.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jul 1, 2013 23:37:37 GMT -5
I usually do joke draws but decided against it this RG & Wimbledon.  |
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Post by Traveling Man on Jul 1, 2013 23:39:23 GMT -5
Serena Williams d. Sabine Lisicki Alison Riske d. Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwanska d. Tsvetana Pironkova Roberta Vinci d. Daniela Hantuchova Donna Vekic d. Sara Errani Maria Sharapova d. Marion Bartoli Yaroslava Shvedova d. Mirjana Lucic Victoria Azarenka d. Jelena Jankovic Williams d. Riske Radwanska d. Vinci Sharapova d. Vekic Azarenka d. Shvedova Williams d. Radwanska Sharapova d. Azarenka Williams d. Sharapova 4r: 6/16 QF: 1/8 SF: 1/4 if Aga wins or 0/4 F/+: 0 |
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 2, 2013 3:26:18 GMT -5
4R: 6/16
QF: 1/8 and that was Aga, lol
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A-Rad for the SF?
