2016 MUTUA Madrid Open

[kskate2]

Petra is the defending champion.

Serena has withdrawn so Aga gets top billing.

Here is the draw.

We've already had quite a few upsets and seeds fall in Round 1.
Cibby exacts revenge on Aga.
Giorgi takes out Errani.
Siegemund's roll continues by taking out Sveta.
Cirstea takes out JJ.
Kovinic over Vinci.
McHale over Pliskova.
Strycova over Kerber.
Daria over Svitolina.
And Sloane losing to a Romanian qualifier.

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Monday, May 2, 2016

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Manolo Santana

14:00 - Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs [5] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3-6, 3-6
16:00 - [4] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Alizé Cornet (FRA) 6-3, 6-2
20:00 - Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d [3] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3

Arantxa Sanchez

12:00 Second round Christina Mchale (USA) d [13] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 7-6(3), 6-4
14:00 - Louisa Chirico (USA) d [14] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3

Estadio 3

12:00 - Madison Keys (USA) d Barbora Strycova (CZE) 6-3, 6-3

Pista 4

12:00 Second round Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) d [16] Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-2, 6-3
14:00 Second round Daria Gavrilova (AUS) d [12] Elina Svitolina (UKR) 6-2, 7-6(4)

Pista 5

12:00 First round [6] A Hlavackova / L Hradecka (CZE / CZE) d K Bondarenko / O Savchuk (UKR / UKR) 6-4, 7-6(1)
14:00 First round A Medina Garrigues / A Parra Santonja (ESP / ESP) d P Badosa Gibert / M Martínez Sánchez (ESP / ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
15:00 - A Klepac / K Srebotnik (SLO / SLO) vs S Soler-Espinosa / S Sorribes Tormo (ESP / ESP) 6-0, 7-5

Pista 6

13:00 First round L Arruabarrena / S Errani (ESP / ITA) d S Hsieh / O Kalashnikova (TPE / GEO) 6-4, 6-3
15:00 - M Irigoyen / C Liang (ARG / CHN) vs S Kuznetsova / A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS / RUS) 6-2, 6-4
16:00 - Margarita Gasparyan / Katerina Siniakova (RUS / CZE) vs Kveta Peschke / Barbora Strycova (CZE / CZE) 5-7, 6-2, 10-6

Pista 7

15:00 - J Goerges / K Pliskova (GER / CZE) vs V King / A Kudryavtseva (USA / RUS) 6-4, 6-2

 

[the AntiPusher]

Petra is the defending champion.

Serena has withdrawn so Aga gets top billing.

Here is the draw.

We've already had quite a few upsets and seeds fall in Round 1.
Cibby exacts revenge on Aga.
Giorgio takes out Errani.
Siegemund's roll continues by taking out Sveta.
Cirstea takes out JJ.
Kovinic over Vinci.
McHale over Pliskova.
Strycova over Kerber.
Daria over Svitolina.
And Sloane losing to a Romanian qualifier.

Sloane :nono

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Petra is the defending champion.

Serena has withdrawn so Aga gets top billing.

Here is the draw.

We've already had quite a few upsets and seeds fall in Round 1.
Cibby exacts revenge on Aga.
Giorgio takes out Errani.
Siegemund's roll continues by taking out Sveta.
Cirstea takes out JJ.
Kovinic over Vinci.
McHale over Pliskova.
Strycova over Kerber.
Daria over Svitolina.
And Sloane losing to a Romanian qualifier.

Few? That is blood bath out there. :laydownlaughing

 

[kskate2]

I did say quite a few, didn't I? :snicker

 

[10isfan]

Vika hurt her left foot playing Cornet. Let's see whether she recovers for the next round. Is she the most injury-prone on the WTA?

Great performance by Petra. Will she survive Daria?

 

[kskate2]

More carnage on the women's side w/ Ana and Mugu going down in 3 sets to much lower ranked players.

Order of Play & Scores for Tuesday, May 3, 2016

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Manolo Santana

12:00 - [6] Simona Halep (ROU) vs Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-1, 6-1
14:00 - [8] Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) vs Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-3, 6-2
21:30 - Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs Danka Kovinic (MNE) 6-3, 7-5

Arantxa Sanchez

16:00 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) vs Caroline Garcia (FRA) 0-6, 6-3, 6-4

Estadio 3

12:00 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs [11] Lucie Safarova (CZE) (walkover)
20:00 - Laura Siegemund (GER) vs Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Pista 4

12:00 - Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs [10] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

Pista 5

12:00 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs Camila Giorgi (ITA) (walkover)
16:00 - Vania King/Alla Kudryavtseva (USA/RUS) vs [7] Garbiñe Muguruza/Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP/ESP) (walkover)

Pista 7

12:00 - [1] Martina Hingis/Sania Mirza (SUI/IND) vs Chia-Jung Chuang/Darija Jurak (TPE/CRO) 6-0, 6-4
14:00 - Anabel Medina Garrigues/Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP/ESP) vs [6] Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka (CZE/CZE) 6-2, 1-6, 7-10
15:00 - [8] Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (RUS/RUS) vs Raquel Atawo/Abigail Spears (USA/USA) 6-7, 6-4, 10-5
16:00 - Svetlana Kuznetsova/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS/RUS) vs R Olaru/A Rosolska (ROU/POL) 6-3, 6-4

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Six of 16 seeds are alive so far. The second round is not yet completed and four of the live seeds have not yet played their second round matches. Theoretically, there is the possibility of all those four losing in second round.

The two big seeds alive, Vika and Petra, meet in QF (assuming they make it there) making murphy's law come alive.

 

[kskate2]

Cibby was down 6-0 3-0 and came all the way back to defeat Garcia 0-6, 6-3, 6-4. :clap She gets Pavly next.

 

[10isfan]

I didn't see Cibulkova's match, but I assume she got a bit of help from Garcia who is not known for mental toughness. Happy Domi moves on.

I hope Safarova recovers in time to excel in Rome and Paris.

 

[kskate2]

Lucie is dealing w/ a bout of food poisoning. She says she'll be ready for Rome.

 

[tossip]

when Serena is playing we never hear of this many withdrawals and random losses,everyone will be playing hard ...all these ill players will recover once Serena joins the tour in Rome..

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Wednesday, May 4, 2016

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Manolo Santana

14:00 - [6] Simona Halep (ROU) vs [10] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 6-2, 6-3
20:00 - [8] Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) vs Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-4, 2-6, 3-6

Arantxa Sanchez

12:00 - Daria Gavrilova (AUS) vs [5] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-3, 6-4
21:30 - Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) vs Madison Keys (USA) 6-3, 6-4

Estadio 3

12:00 - [4] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) vs Louisa Chirico (USA) (walkover)
14:00 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5

Pista 4

12:00 - Christina McHale (USA) vs Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 7-6(6), 4-6, 4-6
14:00 - Laura Siegemund (GER) vs Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 4-6, 6-7(9)
17:00 - [5] Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA/FRA) vs Yi-Fan Xu/Saisai Zheng (CHN/CHN) 6-1, 6-3

Pista 5

12:00 - [4] H Chan/Y Chan (TPE/TPE) vs M Gasparyan/K Siniakova (RUS/CZE) 6-3, 6-2

Pista 6

12:00 - L Arruabarrena/S Errani (ESP/ITA) vs [3] T Babos/Y Shvedova (HUN/KAZ) 3-6, 3-6
14:00 - [8] Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (RUS/RUS) vs Andreja Klepac/Katarina Srebotnik (SLO/SLO) 6-3, 2-6, 10-7

 

[kskate2]

Petra already in trouble. Down 6-3 3-1

 

[kskate2]

Vika hurt her left foot playing Cornet. Let's see whether she recovers for the next round. Is she the most injury-prone on the WTA? seems that way

Great performance by Petra. Will she survive Daria? nada

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Kvitova joins the sideline.

 

[kskate2]

Vika withdraws citing back injury

 

[GameSetAndMath]

So, only Halep and CSN are the seeded players who are still alive (and CSN has not yet played her match today).

 

[kskate2]

I think Halep wins it. There's only 2 people who could really trouble her (CSN & Keys) and I think she'll get by them.

 

[10isfan]

Hard to believe Vika's reason for withdrawing. I wonder if players lie once in a while by not citing the true injury although I can't imagine the advantage of doing so.

Petra falling to Daria is not a surprise. I expected it.

Halep is playing well. She will probably win the title.