2014 BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells)

[Si Si Simona]

Fresh off the Press, The Swiss Miss, Martina Hingis is playing doubles right here in Indian Wells:
http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3697792/title/hingis-to-play-doubles-at-indian-wells

Sabine is her Partner!

:wow:

Didn't she coach the Sabinator @ AO

Makes sense and Good luck to them.

Yes, I saw Sabine coached by Hingis (on the bench) during her Dubai match

 

[Hoergren]

Time the first 1st round matches - from bottom half of the draw - let the fun begin:clap

Thanks for the nice comments

Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - all times are local
Stadium 1
11:00 Vera Zvonareva (RUS) V Shuai Peng (CHN) 64 06 57
13:00 Lauren Davis (USA) V Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 64 63
15:00 Madison Keys (USA) V Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 62 61
16:00 Timea Babos / Jelena Jankovic (HUN / SRB) V [4] Kveta Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (CZE / SLO) 67 36
18:00 Casey Dellacqua (AUS) V Christina McHale (USA) 76 64

Stadium 2
11:00 Alison Riske (USA) V Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 63 36 36
13:00 Allie Kiick (USA) V Kurumi Nara (JPN) 46 06
15:00 Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) V Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 26 26

Stadium 3
11:00 Shelby Rogers (USA) V Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 60 64
13:00 Nadia Petrova (RUS) V Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 11 ret.
15:00 Belinda Bencic (SUI) V Heather Watson (GBR) 57 46

Stadium 4
11:00 Annika Beck (GER) V Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 62 26 75
13:00 Shahar Peer (ISR) V Sharon Fichman (CAN) 64 36 46

Stadium 5
11:00 Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) V Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 63 26 46
13:00 Shuai Zhang (CHN) V Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 26 16

Stadium 6
11:00 Marina Erakovic / Petra Martic (NZL / CRO) V Monica Niculescu / Klara Zakopalova (ROU / CZE) 76 64
13:00 Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) V Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 46 64 63

Stadium 7
11:00 Kimiko Date-Krumm / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (JPN / CZE) V [6] Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Safarova (CZE / CZE) 62 75

Stadium 8
12:30 Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) V Iveta Melzer (CZE) 64 62

 

[Si Si Simona]

I think Genie can handle BYE in the 1st Round, but her play of late hasn't impressed me :nono

I predict a good tournament for Genie. She will take matters into her own hands and start playing well again. She is a fighter and wont just lay down. She had a mental fatigue and too much biever scandal
If she gets to R4 she will be a hell of a match to Simona. This draw is a conspiracy to stop Simona having more success. Its a very mean draw for Simo

 

[Si Si Simona]

13:00 Allie Kiick (USA) V Kurumi Nara (JPN)

Kiick's @rse will be kicked by Kurumi

15:00 Belinda Bencic (SUI) V Heather Watson (GBR)

Match of the day for me.
Bencic destroyed France in the fed cup and is a future player and Watson on form is a good player.

 

[Rose]

I think Genie can handle BYE in the 1st Round, but her play of late hasn't impressed me :nono

I predict a good tournament for Genie. She will take matters into her own hands and start playing well again. She is a fighter and wont just lay down. She had a mental fatigue and too much biever scandal
If she gets to R4 she will be a hell of a match to Simona. This draw is a conspiracy to stop Simona having more success. Its a very mean draw for Simo

I hope you are right about Genie. Simona looked good winning Doha

 

[Si Si Simona]

Simona looked good winning Doha

The IW will mentally get too tough for her. She will need a lot of mental power in front of the attention, the celebrations in Romania which drifted her away, the tough draw against uncomfortable players..
I have a bad feeling and her first match will be very tough. Hope she proves me wrong again

 

[Rose]

Simona looked good winning Doha

The IW will mentally get too tough for her. She will need a lot of mental power in front of the attention, the celebrations in Romania which drifted her away, the tough draw against uncomfortable players..
I have a bad feeling and her first match will be very tough. Hope she proves me wrong again

It does seem that Simona and Genie are going through a lot of the same things. But Simona's is worse because her ranking is higher. Not that I would want her ranking to be lower, but it seems like the higher the ranking is the more under a microscope the players are!

 

[Si Si Simona]

Simona looked good winning Doha

The IW will mentally get too tough for her. She will need a lot of mental power in front of the attention, the celebrations in Romania which drifted her away, the tough draw against uncomfortable players..
I have a bad feeling and her first match will be very tough. Hope she proves me wrong again

It does seem that Simona and Genie are going through a lot of the same things. But Simona's is worse because her ranking is higher. Not that I would want her ranking to be lower, but it seems like the higher the ranking is the more under a microscope the players are!

You are totally correct and her whole country sees her as their new sports star. It means a lot to them. They are not USA which has many world class sportsmen and women in many sport domains.

 

[Rose]

Simona looked good winning Doha

The IW will mentally get too tough for her. She will need a lot of mental power in front of the attention, the celebrations in Romania which drifted her away, the tough draw against uncomfortable players..
I have a bad feeling and her first match will be very tough. Hope she proves me wrong again

It does seem that Simona and Genie are going through a lot of the same things. But Simona's is worse because her ranking is higher. Not that I would want her ranking to be lower, but it seems like the higher the ranking is the more under a microscope the players are!

You are totally correct and her whole country sees her as their new sports star. It means a lot to them. They are not USA which has many world class sportsmen and women in many sport domains.

Genie does get a little slack in that because Canada does have other stars in sports, but having said that maybe it makes all the attention she has gotten that much more unusual?

 

[Si Si Simona]

Simona looked good winning Doha

The IW will mentally get too tough for her. She will need a lot of mental power in front of the attention, the celebrations in Romania which drifted her away, the tough draw against uncomfortable players..
I have a bad feeling and her first match will be very tough. Hope she proves me wrong again

It does seem that Simona and Genie are going through a lot of the same things. But Simona's is worse because her ranking is higher. Not that I would want her ranking to be lower, but it seems like the higher the ranking is the more under a microscope the players are!

You are totally correct and her whole country sees her as their new sports star. It means a lot to them. They are not USA which has many world class sportsmen and women in many sport domains.

Genie does get a little slack in that because Canada does have other stars in sports, but having said that maybe it makes all the attention she has gotten that much more unusual?

It makes sense that she will get attention. Bye for now, I have to leave the forum.

 

[Rose]

Bye and I have really enjoyed our conversation

 

[my sherona]

My fearless forecast - Maria dominates IW anew . Hail to the Champ!

 

[Front242]

^ :nono Where have we heard that before?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

There are 12 qualifiers and 8 wild cards, lets see how many survive?
Bunch of them play today...

 

[Si Si Simona]

There are 12 qualifiers and 8 wild cards, lets see how many survive?
Bunch of them play today...

And 32 byes which in my opinion is very wrong and not sportive.
Only 8 byes should be given so that 24 more players can play !
I want to see only 8 byes in all tournaments including grand slams.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Shelby Rogers!
What a name and what a game!!
Started with 10 games in a row...
First to get to 2nd round.

 

[RJD11]

Good one Si.......

Mido1988

No its not me. You will get him banned there, poor soul They will check his login info and keep him alive I guess.
Its like the KGB down there :laydownlaughing such idiots while everyone is abusing everyone.
They keep the fake show off... as if its a decent normal forum..
And Mido1988 is very mild compared to me
I stopped login there months ago, a waste of time.

What about Kristen88

 

[Rose]

A big thank you to hoergren for doing all the posting about entries, draws, winners, etc! That is a lot of work! And thanks to Si Si Simona for her addition about the upcoming possible match ups.

This is really a great Forum

 

[Moxie]

Bencic destroyed France in the fed cup and is a future player and Watson on form is a good player.

Watson through that one in straights, but 7-5, 6-4.

 

[Front242]

Pity Vera Zvonareva lost her match after dishing out a bagel in set 2. Hope she starts winning some matches soon.