2014 Wimbledon Draw
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Seems really unbalanced for me. The top half seems crowded while the bottom half not so much which is good for Aga, Li, Petra (if she can take advantage) and Vika.
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Genie is who I am following with great interest and I am not too thrilled she landed in Serenas's quarter.
Damn... 1st quarter is insanely loaded. 1st half has basically EVERYONE who made a mark at the French Open. I'm sad to see Genie here as I would have liked to see her get a chance to make a mark. She's chum in the water to Serena. If she couldn't beat Maria then good luck with Serena...
Nice quarter for both of the bottom quarters.
I'm not sure Vika is ready yet to make a move but if she is she has a nice trip to the quarters. I'm not sure where Aga's head or body is but she should be the semifinalist in that quarter easily.
For me the bottom quarter is almost ridiculously open. Li is usually pretty good at taking advantage when there's a big opening and we all know she doesn't need a ramp up to good results. Often she just shows up and randomly does well. I would NOT be surprised to see her in the finals or semi-finals. I just don't think Kvitova can put together that many good matches to make the SFs or Finals.
Nice quarter for both of the bottom quarters.
I'm not sure Vika is ready yet to make a move but if she is she has a nice trip to the quarters. I'm not sure where Aga's head or body is but she should be the semifinalist in that quarter easily.
For me the bottom quarter is almost ridiculously open. Li is usually pretty good at taking advantage when there's a big opening and we all know she doesn't need a ramp up to good results. Often she just shows up and randomly does well. I would NOT be surprised to see her in the finals or semi-finals. I just don't think Kvitova can put together that many good matches to make the SFs or Finals.
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Hopefully Heather Watson can have a good tournament.
I won't be getting too excited over the Serena-Maria quarter final until they both actually get that far, which they should, to be fair. Even then, though, I can't really see Maria getting over her mental scarring in this match up.
I think Serena will win it this year, she's got a point to prove after her two slam defeats this year and what happened here last year.
I won't be getting too excited over the Serena-Maria quarter final until they both actually get that far, which they should, to be fair. Even then, though, I can't really see Maria getting over her mental scarring in this match up.
I think Serena will win it this year, she's got a point to prove after her two slam defeats this year and what happened here last year.
Coco v Muguruza in round one. Did Muguruza learn enough from her defeat to advance?
Lisicki and Petra have the game to win the title, but not the head. I have given up hope for these two
Serena is scared to meet Pova in the quarters so will lose early and allow Pova to win the tournament just like in FO 2012 and 2014. Haha. Obviously a joke. I can't see Pova winning Wimby ever again. I have doubts she can get through Giorgi.
An injury-free tournament to everyone!
Lisicki and Petra have the game to win the title, but not the head. I have given up hope for these two
Serena is scared to meet Pova in the quarters so will lose early and allow Pova to win the tournament just like in FO 2012 and 2014. Haha. Obviously a joke. I can't see Pova winning Wimby ever again. I have doubts she can get through Giorgi.
An injury-free tournament to everyone!
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This draw reminds me of Roland Garos with a projected meeting of Serena and Maria in the q/finals?
Again a unbalanced draw.
Top half of the draw is heavy
The bottom half of the draw is wide open to players like Li,Aga and Petra if they can take advantage.Vika is also there,still I dont think she has had enough preparation,just coming back from a injury.
These are my initial thoughts on the draw.
Again a unbalanced draw.
Top half of the draw is heavy
The bottom half of the draw is wide open to players like Li,Aga and Petra if they can take advantage.Vika is also there,still I dont think she has had enough preparation,just coming back from a injury.
These are my initial thoughts on the draw.
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So much parody in the women's game right now with Serena struggling a bit this season. I would love to just come in here and say, no one is beating Serena. But I've written quite a lot below. I guess because I don't really believe in Serena at the moment. But... without further ado.
I'm definitely hoping Serena got rest from her early French exit and does what she did in 2012 and runs through the tournament here. Definitely want to see her get her 6th Wimbledon title. Hopefully it can be the first leg of a third Wimbledon - US Open Double. So she can get to 19 before the year is out. As for Serena's half of her quarter, she only has to play Petko OR Bouchard. They have to play each other to make the fourth round. That is of course assuming both can make it that far. Seriously, Hantuchova could pose a first round problem for Bouchard. She's got one grass title (Birmingham, 2013) and two other grass finals. If she can handle the Bouchard serve, she's definitely got the craft to pull off the upset.
I do hope we get the Serena v Maria quarter. Wimbledon deserves to see that match up again. And while Maria may have more confidence and may be fighting harder than ever and may have gotten a set or two recently and the media may be wondering if she can pull off the upset of Serena here this year as a ten year anniversary sort of thing, I'm not buying into that hype. I guess I'd just have to be surprised. Serena is the clear favorite in that match up if it happens. And this time around, I don't see anyone who can really bother Serena in her quarter, until she gets to that fourth round match with Bouchard or Petko, and that's if either of them make it. Yeah, Cornet upset her in Dubai, but this is Wimbledon first off and I think Serena let Cornet beat her so she wouldn't have to play Venus in the final. Anyways.
If Serena makes the semis here, she's making the final. Mostly because I don't see anyone other than Lisicki in the other quarter who could beat Serena here. And I don't think Lisicki is going to make the semis like tennis.com does. And if she does, I think Serena will enact her revenge (which tennis.com does believe). As for that quarter in general, I don't want to see Halep do well, but she won 's-Hertogenbosch last year. She pulled out with in injury there this week though, so she may not do well at Wimbledon. But the point is she's shown some grass court prowess. Furthermore, all year she's done this whole up and down thing. Win or make it far at one tournament, pull out of the next injured, then do well at the next tournament. So we could finally see her make it out of the second round or do better. She may very well be your semifinalist. Or Ivanovic could continue her solid form. Or Keys, who has just made the final in Eastbourne, could finally do well at a slam and make a name for herself here this year with a trip to the quarters or semis. Still even a big server like her, I don't see getting past Serena. Lisicki she is not. Until she proves it. Her serve isn't as big as Lisicki's though. The point of all that though is that this quarter seems rather open to me. I mean, you could look for Shvedova to make some noise as she's done in the past here. Or, she could lose early to the young Karolina Pliskova. Shvedova is always all over the map. Parody people. So much parody in the women's game at the moment. Serena sort of made it go away for the last two years or so. And Vika and Maria helped. But with the young guns having finally acclamated to the tour AND with Vika injured this year and Maria injured at the end of last year... the parody has returned. Mostly because Serena has allowed it to. Anyways.
On the other side, for someone to beat Serena, it would have to be Kvitova or Azarenka wouldn't it. I don't see Radwanska actually pulling off the upset, even if she did manage to take a set in the 2012 final. I'm even wondering if the 19 year old Kontaveit can make a run past Radwanska. I guess I really should give Radwanska more of a chance, simply because there are no proven players in her half of the quarter to bother her. I can see a surprise upset, yes. But then, at Wimbledon, her catty, redirecting, finesse game really does get the most help from grass. Kuznetsova has never done well here. Makarova who is a solid grass courter, is not consistent enough to beat Radwanska. Radwanska would drive her nuts and she'd be spraying balls all over the place. I just don't like Aga though, so I never believe in her and she perennially surprises me.
Azarenka could have early trouble in the second round against Jovanovski. She's not the youngest of the young guns, but she's shown promise. I guess the real question though is whether Muguruza has any game on grass. She's the girl that Vika would have to play in the 3rd round if Muguruza is good enough to make it that far. And I mention her mostly because I think what we've seen from Muguruza so far, is that she, like Sloane Stephens, likes the big stage. She may already be ranked higher and have more success if it weren't for her injury last year. Which oddly enough, is something Vika struggled with early in her career, that went away for a bit, and came back with this foot injury this year. But despite her early loss to Giorgi (a match Vika would have won against any other first round opponent), she really could do well here. A trip to the quarters against Radwanska would not be a surprise. One I still think she could win, despite her brutal beating at the hands of Aga in Australia.
I'd love to see Sloane finally show up and prove herself here. Because she's finally not on Serena's side or worse in Serena's quarter or Serena's half of the quarter (last years US Open). Beaten by the better clay court player of the two in Halep at RG. She still did well to make the R16 there for the third year in a row. But a shelacking at the hands of Zhang last week in Birmingham and another loss to Wozniacki in Eastbourne definitely give me pause. I mean, seriously, just be willing to play more than a few shots with Caroline and you can beat her. Kerber did it today. Her run of 6 straight R16s at the slams could come to an end here. This being grass, if she has to play Li in the QF, she can pull off the upset. At least I think. But, I doubt Li makes it that far, though, yes, she did make it that far last year. And with Kvitova perhaps injured in Eastbourne we could see her do poorly. But she could have just been resting up for Wimbledon after getting suitable match practice in her mind. And that could help her. We know she's got that serve. But, she's just been so inconsistent from shot to shot since her win here 3 years ago. But, when push comes to shove, if Kvitova and Stephens play in the R16, I think I'd have to take Kvitova. But I'd definitely be pulling for Sloane.But even with all of her terrible play elsewhere, Kvitova hasn't lost before the quarters here since 2009. BUT... she should have made the semis last year and we could have had her and Lisicki in the final instead of Bartoli, who I was just never a fan of. How on earth did she lose to Flipkens???
Sorry this is so long, that is, if you read this far and are reading this apology. I'm so long winded. I know.
I'm definitely hoping Serena got rest from her early French exit and does what she did in 2012 and runs through the tournament here. Definitely want to see her get her 6th Wimbledon title. Hopefully it can be the first leg of a third Wimbledon - US Open Double. So she can get to 19 before the year is out. As for Serena's half of her quarter, she only has to play Petko OR Bouchard. They have to play each other to make the fourth round. That is of course assuming both can make it that far. Seriously, Hantuchova could pose a first round problem for Bouchard. She's got one grass title (Birmingham, 2013) and two other grass finals. If she can handle the Bouchard serve, she's definitely got the craft to pull off the upset.
I do hope we get the Serena v Maria quarter. Wimbledon deserves to see that match up again. And while Maria may have more confidence and may be fighting harder than ever and may have gotten a set or two recently and the media may be wondering if she can pull off the upset of Serena here this year as a ten year anniversary sort of thing, I'm not buying into that hype. I guess I'd just have to be surprised. Serena is the clear favorite in that match up if it happens. And this time around, I don't see anyone who can really bother Serena in her quarter, until she gets to that fourth round match with Bouchard or Petko, and that's if either of them make it. Yeah, Cornet upset her in Dubai, but this is Wimbledon first off and I think Serena let Cornet beat her so she wouldn't have to play Venus in the final. Anyways.
If Serena makes the semis here, she's making the final. Mostly because I don't see anyone other than Lisicki in the other quarter who could beat Serena here. And I don't think Lisicki is going to make the semis like tennis.com does. And if she does, I think Serena will enact her revenge (which tennis.com does believe). As for that quarter in general, I don't want to see Halep do well, but she won 's-Hertogenbosch last year. She pulled out with in injury there this week though, so she may not do well at Wimbledon. But the point is she's shown some grass court prowess. Furthermore, all year she's done this whole up and down thing. Win or make it far at one tournament, pull out of the next injured, then do well at the next tournament. So we could finally see her make it out of the second round or do better. She may very well be your semifinalist. Or Ivanovic could continue her solid form. Or Keys, who has just made the final in Eastbourne, could finally do well at a slam and make a name for herself here this year with a trip to the quarters or semis. Still even a big server like her, I don't see getting past Serena. Lisicki she is not. Until she proves it. Her serve isn't as big as Lisicki's though. The point of all that though is that this quarter seems rather open to me. I mean, you could look for Shvedova to make some noise as she's done in the past here. Or, she could lose early to the young Karolina Pliskova. Shvedova is always all over the map. Parody people. So much parody in the women's game at the moment. Serena sort of made it go away for the last two years or so. And Vika and Maria helped. But with the young guns having finally acclamated to the tour AND with Vika injured this year and Maria injured at the end of last year... the parody has returned. Mostly because Serena has allowed it to. Anyways.
On the other side, for someone to beat Serena, it would have to be Kvitova or Azarenka wouldn't it. I don't see Radwanska actually pulling off the upset, even if she did manage to take a set in the 2012 final. I'm even wondering if the 19 year old Kontaveit can make a run past Radwanska. I guess I really should give Radwanska more of a chance, simply because there are no proven players in her half of the quarter to bother her. I can see a surprise upset, yes. But then, at Wimbledon, her catty, redirecting, finesse game really does get the most help from grass. Kuznetsova has never done well here. Makarova who is a solid grass courter, is not consistent enough to beat Radwanska. Radwanska would drive her nuts and she'd be spraying balls all over the place. I just don't like Aga though, so I never believe in her and she perennially surprises me.
Azarenka could have early trouble in the second round against Jovanovski. She's not the youngest of the young guns, but she's shown promise. I guess the real question though is whether Muguruza has any game on grass. She's the girl that Vika would have to play in the 3rd round if Muguruza is good enough to make it that far. And I mention her mostly because I think what we've seen from Muguruza so far, is that she, like Sloane Stephens, likes the big stage. She may already be ranked higher and have more success if it weren't for her injury last year. Which oddly enough, is something Vika struggled with early in her career, that went away for a bit, and came back with this foot injury this year. But despite her early loss to Giorgi (a match Vika would have won against any other first round opponent), she really could do well here. A trip to the quarters against Radwanska would not be a surprise. One I still think she could win, despite her brutal beating at the hands of Aga in Australia.
I'd love to see Sloane finally show up and prove herself here. Because she's finally not on Serena's side or worse in Serena's quarter or Serena's half of the quarter (last years US Open). Beaten by the better clay court player of the two in Halep at RG. She still did well to make the R16 there for the third year in a row. But a shelacking at the hands of Zhang last week in Birmingham and another loss to Wozniacki in Eastbourne definitely give me pause. I mean, seriously, just be willing to play more than a few shots with Caroline and you can beat her. Kerber did it today. Her run of 6 straight R16s at the slams could come to an end here. This being grass, if she has to play Li in the QF, she can pull off the upset. At least I think. But, I doubt Li makes it that far, though, yes, she did make it that far last year. And with Kvitova perhaps injured in Eastbourne we could see her do poorly. But she could have just been resting up for Wimbledon after getting suitable match practice in her mind. And that could help her. We know she's got that serve. But, she's just been so inconsistent from shot to shot since her win here 3 years ago. But, when push comes to shove, if Kvitova and Stephens play in the R16, I think I'd have to take Kvitova. But I'd definitely be pulling for Sloane.But even with all of her terrible play elsewhere, Kvitova hasn't lost before the quarters here since 2009. BUT... she should have made the semis last year and we could have had her and Lisicki in the final instead of Bartoli, who I was just never a fan of. How on earth did she lose to Flipkens???
Sorry this is so long, that is, if you read this far and are reading this apology. I'm so long winded. I know.
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By the way, I'm sure Flipkens won't make it very far this year and will lose all those points and finally fall out of the top 30, where she belongs. I mean, she could lose to grass loving Paszek in the first round. Or young gun Martic in the second round. Or Kerber in the third round. Of course, Kerber may not make the third round, but whoever she loses to could beat Flipkens as well. That being U. Radwanska, Heather Watson or big serving Tomljanovic. Seriously, how did she make the semis last year? How is that real life?
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I am looking at the bottom quarter and it's crowded with big names like Petra, Li Na, Woz, Venus, Stosur and Sloane.
Simona got the easiest quarter.
Simona got the easiest quarter.
Kiu said:
This thread was going very well until you arrived and jinxed my girl
Costa Rica Simona
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Kiu said:
I prefer his version because you talk about the past and he is talking about the present.
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Li Na won one this year, that's the present!
I know I said Simo got the easy quarter but then she may get Sorana in the 3rd round and you know who I will be rooting for!
I know I said Simo got the easy quarter but then she may get Sorana in the 3rd round and you know who I will be rooting for!
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A look at the top 20 with last years points withdrawn
01 Serena Williams 9380
02 Na Li 6830
03 Simona Halep 6005
04 Agnieszka Radwanska 4990
05 Maria Sharapova 4641
06 Petra Kvitova 4070
07 Angelique Kerber 3935
08 Jelena Jankovic 3890
09 Victoria Azarenka 3742
10 Ana Ivanovic 3530
11 Dominika Cibulkova 3506
12 Eugenie Bouchard 3160
13 Sara Errani 3115
14 Flavia Pennetta 3098
15 Carla Suarez Navarro 2625
16 Caroline Wozniacki 2585
17 Samantha Stosur 2405
18 Andrea Petkovic 2105
19 Sloane Stephens 2040
20 Ekaterina Makarova 1950
As always at slams you just add the points they get. If they lose in first round they get 10 points. May your babe do well in the coming 14 days
Streamed courts: CC, 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 16, 17, 18. + theoretically there'll be cameras on 6,10,11 during first week.
01 Serena Williams 9380
02 Na Li 6830
03 Simona Halep 6005
04 Agnieszka Radwanska 4990
05 Maria Sharapova 4641
06 Petra Kvitova 4070
07 Angelique Kerber 3935
08 Jelena Jankovic 3890
09 Victoria Azarenka 3742
10 Ana Ivanovic 3530
11 Dominika Cibulkova 3506
12 Eugenie Bouchard 3160
13 Sara Errani 3115
14 Flavia Pennetta 3098
15 Carla Suarez Navarro 2625
16 Caroline Wozniacki 2585
17 Samantha Stosur 2405
18 Andrea Petkovic 2105
19 Sloane Stephens 2040
20 Ekaterina Makarova 1950
As always at slams you just add the points they get. If they lose in first round they get 10 points. May your babe do well in the coming 14 days
Streamed courts: CC, 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 16, 17, 18. + theoretically there'll be cameras on 6,10,11 during first week.
Sabine and Flipkens will start ranked somewhere around 50 ! uzzled Officially they are still ranked 19 and 26
Both have less than 1000 points. Vesnina and Pliskova at 49 and 50 have 1000 points.
Someone called Simona Halep was coming last year ranked 32 with 1540 points.
Not much changed since then, she is now ranked 3 with 6105 points. Big deal
I remember my euphoria at this time last year. I just knew she will gone destroy the WTA field
My euphoria costed me a ban on that other ugly TF forum. They didnt get whats going on with me, they got on my case and on my short fuse
uzzled Officially they are still ranked 19 and 26 Both have less than 1000 points. Vesnina and Pliskova at 49 and 50 have 1000 points.
Someone called Simona Halep was coming last year ranked 32 with 1540 points.
Not much changed since then, she is now ranked 3 with 6105 points. Big deal
I remember my euphoria at this time last year. I just knew she will gone destroy the WTA field
My euphoria costed me a ban on that other ugly TF forum. They didnt get whats going on with me, they got on my case and on my short fuse
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