Qatar Total Open, Doha, WTA Premier

[Moxie]

DATE: Feb 12-18,2018
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $710,900
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Karolina Pliskova

Seeds:
TBA

The Tournament:

While the ATP first staged a tournament in Qatar in 1993, the Qatar Tennis Federation did not launch what is now known as the Qatar Total Open in Doha in 2001 as the popularity of women's sports was starting to take off in the country. Doha's ultra-modern Khalifa International Tennis Complex also hosted the season-ending WTA Championships from 2008 to 2010.

Qatar Total Open champions include WTA greats such as Justine Henin, Martina Hingis and Monica Seles, as well as two-time winners Victoria Azarenka, Anastasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova. (Src: WTA)

About Doha

Doha, capital of the peninsular Persian Gulf country Qatar, is a modern city on Doha Bay. Ringing its downtown waterfront are numerous parks and the Corniche Promenade.

On a man-made island, the I.M. Pei designed Museum of Islamic Art houses an extensive collection from across the Muslim world. At Souq Waqif, a traditional market, vendors offer goods like clothing, crafts and spices.

 

[Hoergren]

Hope there is no rain this year and I think it's a Premier 5 tournament this year with 900 points to the winner.

 

[Hoergren]

Here is the draw

 

[10isfan]

All the top players except Serena. I hope Woz is well rested and keeps the momentum going instead of falling apart like the others who have won majors. Looking forward to seeing Halep play well also.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Monday 12th of February

Centre Court - start 1000cet
D ominika Cibulkova (SVK) vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 76 64
Daria Kasatkina (RUS) vs. (Q) Catherine Bellis (USA) 57 14 ret.
Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs. (Q) Anna Blinkova (RUS) 16 36
(WC) Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs. (Q) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 62 46 36 4th Russian out today
Mona Barthel (GER) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 63 36 57
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) vs. (Q) Naomi Osaka (JPN) 46 06 sascha Bajins protege

Court 1 - start 1330cet
(WC) Ons Jabeur (TUN) vs. (Q) Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) 26 36
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs. Shuai Zhang (CHN) 75 60 sole Russian survivor today.

Court 2 - start 1330cet
Lesia Turenko (UKR) vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 57 46

Court 3
S. Aoyama/K . Srebotnik vs A. Pavlyuchenkova/O. Savchuk 36 26

 

[kskate2]

All the top players except Serena. I hope Woz is well rested and keeps the momentum going instead of falling apart like the others who have won majors. Looking forward to seeing Halep play well also.

Venus is skipping Doha too.

 

[Hoergren]

No rain in Doha this week or so the weather forecast tells us - we can only hope the weather mess from last year won't repeat

 

[Hoergren]

You don't have stream? well here is the best - no adds. Press OK and scrollin the right side of the screen to the event you want to watch. It's a Saudi Arabian backdoor to a Russian betting site I discovered by accident a couple of years ago. It's sometimes down but appears again a couple of days later. Copy the link so you have it in your bookmarks:

http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/...c=en&i=eWl6aXFnc2hxZQ%B9f%B9f&hc_location=ufi

 

[Hoergren]

Sharapova had a bad hairday - well she played lousy and good - but 11 df and 52 ufe! you can't win against a tricky player like the Romanian

 

[Hoergren]

Also a memorable match from Monday. Aga wins on her 10th MP

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Tuesday 13th of February

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 12:00 noon

Qiang WANG (CHN) vs Madison KEYS (USA) [12] 16 46
Shuai PENG (CHN) vs Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [11] 26 46
[WC] Cagla BUYUKAKCAY (TUR) vs Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [16] 06 36
[Q] Ying-Ying DUAN (CHN) vs Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [4] 36 46
Not Before 7:00 pm
Julia GOERGES (GER) [9] vs Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) 61 75
Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] vs Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) 63 67 60

COURT 1 Starting at: 15:30

Johanna KONTA (GBR) [10] vs [Q] Bernarda PERA (USA) 76 61
[WC] Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA) vs Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) [14] 36 16
Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) vs Aleksandra KRUNIC (SRB) 64 64
Anna SMITH (GBR)/Renata VORACOVA (CZE) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)/María José MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP) [8] 36 36

COURT 2 Starting at: 15:30

Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) vs Alizé CORNET (FRA) 26 16
Samantha STOSUR (AUS) vs Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) 64 62
Elise MERTENS (BEL) [15] vs Timea BABOS (HUN) 26 61 61
Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU)/Alizé CORNET (FRA) vs Alicja ROSOLSKA (POL)/Abigail SPEARS (USA) 26 64 10-6

COURT 3 Starting at: 15:30

Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) [13] vs Donna VEKIC (CRO) 63 64
Tatjana MARIA (GER) vs Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) 36 06
Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) vs [Q] Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR) 36 63 63
Mona Bartel(GER)/Carina witthoeft(GER) vs Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE)/Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) 62 26 2-10

COURT 5 Starting at: 15:30

Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) vs [Q] Marketa VONDROUSOVA (CZE) 36 16
Maria SAKKARI (GRE) vs Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) 26 36
Not Before 7:00 pm
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN)/Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT) vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA)/Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) 46 61 10-8
[WC] Mubaraka AL-NAIMI (QAT)/Ons JABEUR (TUN) vs Veronika KUDERMETOVA (RUS)/Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) 26 06

COURT 6 Starting at: 17:00

Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE)/Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN) [7] vs Oksana KALASHNIKOVA (GEO)/Lidziya MAROZAVA (BLR) 61 46 10-2
WC] Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA)/Jessy ROMPIES (INA) vs Miyu KATO (JPN)/Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) 46 06

 

[Hoergren]

Kvitova means bussiness

 

[isabelle]

Mlade beat Peng Shuai

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play wednesday 14th of February

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 12:00 noon

Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [3] vs [Q] Marketa VONDROUSOVA (CZE) 62 64
Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) vs Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [16] 76 36 46
Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) vs Simona HALEP (ROU) [2] 36 06
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) 62 60
Not Before 19:00
Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [5] vs Alizé CORNET (FRA) 62 63
Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) vs Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT) [6] 61 63

COURT 1 Starting at: 3:30 PM

[Q] Anna BLINKOVA (RUS) vs Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [11] 63 63
Julia GOERGES (GER) [9] vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) 62 36 61
Samantha STOSUR (AUS) vs Angelique KERBER (GER) [8] 46 16

COURT 2 Starting at: 3:30 PM

[Q] Catherine BELLIS (USA) vs Madison KEYS (USA) [12] 26 63 60 very disappointing play
Johanna KONTA (GBR) [10] vs Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) 62 62
[Q] Monica NICULESCU (ROU) vs Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) [14] 67 62 30 ret.

COURT 3 Starting at: 3:30 PM

Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) [13] vs [Q] Naomi OSAKA (JPN) 64 61
Elise MERTENS (BEL) [15] vs Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) 57 46

TBA - After suitable rest
Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS)/Elena VESNINA (RUS) [1] vs Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS)/Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) 26 75 10-4
TBA - After suitable rest
Raquel ATAWO (USA)/Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) vs Elise MERTENS (BEL)/Demi SCHUURS (NED) 46 36

COURT 5 Starting at: 3:30 PM
Monique ADAMCZAK (AUS)/Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR) vs Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE)/Shuai PENG (CHN) [5] 06 63 10-8
[WC] Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK)/Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS) vs Nao HIBINO (JPN)/Darija JURAK (CRO) 16 46
Miyu KATO (JPN)/Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) vs Latisha CHAN (TPE)/Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) [2] 61 63

TBA - After suitable rest
Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR)/Aleksandra KRUNIC (SRB) vs Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR)/Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) 64 16 10-8

 

[tossip]

so Nicolescu took out the trash...now who is going to take the garbage out..

 

[Hoergren]

 

[Hoergren]

Did she fall asleep

 

[Hoergren]

Halep flawless

 

[Hoergren]

Hoergren happy

 

[10isfan]

Lots of bagels so far. These women should start a low carb diet.