2014 BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells)

[GameSetAndMath]

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

Grigor would know whether Maria is a dominatrix.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

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:

I'm not sure, but I believe that I read that she is also coaching Sabine? What happened with her partnership with Anastasis Pav?

Yes, she is coaching Sabine. The price that Sabine pays is to play doubles with her.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

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

Vera was actually served the bagel after she won the opening set 6-4
She should know better than to lose her focus against a player like Peng.

Si's worst nightmare came true and Nara made it past the American Qualifier.
I watched the scoreboard and it wasn't like Nara blew the American qualifier out of the court, there were moments when it looked like Nara could lose the first set after jumping ahead in the beginning.

I still think Simona would win in straights...

Order of play is out:
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2014/609/OP.pdf

Martina/Sabine face the Aussies 4th match/Stadium 2

 

[RJD11]

Maddie Keys took out Pironkova rather handily.

6 - 2 6 - 1

 

[Hoergren]

Thursday, March 06, 2014 - firsst round UPPER HALF - all times local estimated. Results from Wednesday on page 3

Stadium 1
11:00 Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) V Victoria Duval (USA) 57 64 64
13:00 Coco Vandeweghe (USA) V Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) 64 60
19:00 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) V Caroline Garcia (FRA) 36 57

Stadium 2
11:00 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) V Mona Barthel (GER) 36 62 62
13:00 Martina Hingis / Sabine Lisicki (SUI / GER) V [7] Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua (AUS / AUS) 46 76 6-10
15:00 Vania King (USA) V Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 06 63 26

Stadium 3
11:00 Taylor Townsend (USA) V Karin Knapp (ITA) 76 61

Stadium 4
11:00 Paula Ormaechea (ARG) V Jie Zheng (CHN) 63 36 67
13:00 Camila Giorgi (ITA) V Andrea Petkovic (GER) 67 63 63
15:00 Elina Svitolina (UKR) V Monica Puig (PUR) 64 75

Stadium 5
11:00 [3] Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (ITA / ITA) V Svetlana Kuznetsova / Samantha Stosur (RUS / AUS) 36 63 6-10
13:00 Olivia Rogowska (AUS) V Donna Vekic (CRO) 06 57

Stadium 6
11:00 Urszula Radwanska (POL) V Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 26 06
13:00 [1] Su-Wei Hsieh / Shuai Peng (TPE / CHN) V Shuko Aoyama / Oksana Kalashnikova (JPN / GEO) 61 62
15:00 [5] Cara Black / Sania Mirza (ZIM / IND) V Madison Keys / Alison Riske (USA / USA) 62 64

Stadium 7
11:00 Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) V Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 64 76
13:00 Hao-Ching Chan / Liezel Huber (TPE / USA) V [2] Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (RUS / RUS) 76 46 8-10
15:00 Monica Niculescu (ROU) V Marina Erakovic (NZL) 62 62

Stadium 8
11:00 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) V Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) 62 36 62
13:00 Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova (RUS / AUS) V Kristina Mladenovic / Flavia Pennetta (FRA / ITA) 26 46
15:00 Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) V Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) 01 ret.

Stadium 9
12:00 Jana Cepelova (SVK) V Julia Goerges (GER) 16 62 36
14:00 Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Iveta Melzer (POL / CZE) V Anabel Medina Garrigues / Yaroslava Shvedova (ESP / KAZ) 46 67
16:00 Julia Goerges / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER / GER) V Chia-Jung Chuang / Chanelle Scheepers (TPE / RSA) 64 64

 

[Si Si Simona]

What about Kristen88

No, nothing, nada there. I had about 4-5 names there but I stopped now. There is that "drg" deranged nutter who hates me as if I am Drakula who brings bad name to Romania Sooner or later my style of posting gives me away.. and why bother anyway? That place (not here) is rubbish and full with idiots.
That place (not here) is a typical mob mentality forum.
Its a shame that it got so many slaves who feed each other with traffic...

And thanks to Si Si Simona for her addition about the upcoming possible match ups.

Not "her"... its "his" and I am straight!

Si's worst nightmare came true and Nara made it past the American Qualifier.
I watched the scoreboard and it wasn't like Nara blew the American qualifier out of the court, there were moments when it looked like Nara could lose the first set after jumping ahead in the beginning.
I still think Simona would win in straights...

Nara bagelled her in 2nd set. She is new at this level, just got into top 50 with no experience.
You will hear of Nara this year. In Doha, Simona had her hardest match in the first match v Kanepi, and Nara will be the same in IW. I hope Simona goes through but I am "shaking it"

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

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.

Well Si, this is as big as it comes minus a slam, it's a 128 player field, minus 32 means there are 96 players attending. That's not counting the 48 players who did qualifying.

Anyway, the bottom of draw had 8 qualifiers and 4 wild cards, only four survived out of 12, they were Sharon Fichman who did a come-from-behind job, Yaroslava Shvedoa, Shelby Rogers and Heather Watson who beat a wild card.

Today, However, I am smelling upsets!

 

[kskate2]

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.

Si, there are no byes in grand slams. Everyone who wins a major has to play a minimum of 7 matches unless they get a walkover from their opponent. The exception to the 7 match rule would be if a qualifier won a slam, they likely have played 3 more matches.

 

[Si Si Simona]

only four survived out of 12,

Even if we take this small number as an indicator, it means that 8 more out of 24 qualifiers (a third) would have made it to R2 instead of 8 byes. Its much more fair. A player ranked #28 (i.e.) should not get a bye.

Si, there are no byes in grand slams.

thats good

 

[Rose]

And thanks to Si Si Simona for her addition about the upcoming possible match ups.

Not "her"... its "his" and I am straight!

Sorry I think I got caught up in the name Simona :blush: Or maybe it is because the last place I was at the guys seemed to be all gay :huh: I promise I will now remember you as a "him" and I'm a "her" also straight!

 

[Si Si Simona]

And thanks to Si Si Simona for her addition about the upcoming possible match ups.

Not "her"... its "his" and I am straight!

and I'm a "her" also straight!

I guessed you are a "her" and you are welcomed whether you look like Genie or not
Btw, English is not my first language so I apologize for any language mistakes :blush:

 

[10isfan]

Looking forward to Townsend vs Knapp. Winner meets Pennetta. I like Townsend's game. Hope she does well here. What is her status? Left juniors?

 

[Hoergren]

Live matches from today started 30 minutes ago. If your TV channels doesn't show then you can try this link:

http://www.drakulastream.eu/tennis-live-streaming-video.html

Knapp - Townsend is on right now

 

[kskate2]

I think Taylor is done w/ the Juniors. Lots of breaks in the Taylor/Knapp match.

 

[golds girl]

I see some raw talent in Taylor but she would benefit greatly from a hard-core fitness coach to get her to the next level

 

[kskate2]

For sure GG. It's been talked about the last 2 years, but I don't see alot of change in her fitness. Meanwhile, she dominates the opening breaker 7-1.

 

[golds girl]

For sure GG. It's been talked about the last 2 years, but I don't see alot of change in fitness

Well that's just....sad. If someone said to me 'hey lose these 15-20 lbs and I'll guarantee you can mix it up in the Top 20', I'd be like where do I sign

But I guess if you've been super successful as a junior at the weight and fitness level and you have that raw talent, it might be hard (as a 17 yr old ) to see the other perspective.

 

[kskate2]

For sure GG. It's been talked about the last 2 years, but I don't see alot of change in fitness

Well that's just....sad. If someone said to me 'hey lose these 15-20 lbs and I'll guarantee you can mix it up in the Top 20', I'd be like where do I sign

But I guess if you've been super successful as a junior at the weight and fitness level and you have that raw talent, it might be hard (as a 17 yr old ) to see the other perspective.

Reality will bite. She will not dominate the WTA w/ her current fitness level. Just ask Petra and a number of others. You can win here and there, but you'll never be as good as you can be as long as you're a 1/2 step or so behind.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

1st set stats.....Taylor winners 7 ufe 26....Knapp winners 5 ufe 27...
Taylor has a break now in the 2nd set leads 3-1

 

[kskate2]

5-1 now Nista