ASB Auckland Classic 2015

[colleen66]

I'm a little surprised garbiñe is not in this field.

I am more surprised that Halep in not here or in Brisbane.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

^There is a thing called "appearance fee", sometimes it can be HUGE!
Halep and Kvitova are in China, probably because Stacey got them a HUGE appearance fee.
I think Stacey did a great job spreading the talent around this first week of the season.

U-Rad took Franny out in straights. Elena Vesnina did the same to Mlad, she gets Konjuh next.

Coco took out Roberta Vinci in 3
Times are changing when Coco is seeded in an event and Roberta is not....

 

[sk310]

^There is a thing called "appearance fee", sometimes it can be HUGE!
Halep and Kvitova are in China, probably because Stacey got them a HUGE appearance fee.
I think Stacey did a great job spreading the talent around this first week of the season.

U-Rad took Franny out in straights. Elena Vesnina did the same to Mlad, she gets Konjuh next.

Coco took out Roberta Vinci in 3
Times are changing when Coco is seeded in an event and Roberta is not....

Yeah I agree. This is a lot more like an ATP week than a WTA week. A few years ago it used to be that half the top women played in the Hopman Cup and the other half in Brisbane with the other tournaments getting very little appearances by top 10-15 players. It's nice to see 2 or 3 girls playing in each. Auckland used to be the clear 2nd rate tournament.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Wednesday 7 January 2014

CENTRE
Starting at: 12:00
Ana KONJUH (CRO) vs Elena VESNINA (RUS) 36 16
Kurumi NARA (JPN) vs Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [3] 46 16
Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE) vs Marina ERAKOVIC (NZL) 60 26 64
Not Before 18:30
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs C] Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) 61 76
Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [6] vs Lauren DAVIS (USA) 61 46 16

GRANDSTAND
Starting at: 12:00
Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) vs CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) [7] 67 57
Not Before 13:30
[Q] Urszula RADWANSKA (POL) vs Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) 16 63 61
Sara ERRANI (ITA)/Roberta VINCI (ITA) [1] vs Nicole MELICHAR (USA)/Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) 36 76 10-5
Not Before 17:00
After suitable rest
Julia GOERGES (GER)/Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) [3] vs Petra MARTIC (CRO)/Anna TATISHVILI (USA) 75 64

COURT 2
Starting at: 14:30
Julia GOERGES (GER) vs [Q] Lucie HRADECKA (CZE) 63 75

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmy6RQgKz7A[/video]

 

[Hoergren]

Caroline vs Glushko FULL match

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hkZnollgDM&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop[/video]

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

I thought Young Konjuh would give Elena a hard time today, Ana only managed 4 games!

 

[Hoergren]

Good start for Caroline - and look at the first serve % 61 first set Second set was a scare but Caroline won 76 so she's through to 3rd round. Taylor Townsend will be a major new American star far more serious than Sloane.

Second sets stats

 

[Hoergren]

CENTRE
Starting at: 12:00
Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE) vs CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) [7] 64 75
[WC] Marina ERAKOVIC (NZL)/Monica PUIG (PUR) vs Andrea HLAVACKOVA (CZE)/Lucie HRADECKA (CZE) [2] 67 63 5-10
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs Julia GOERGES (GER) 64 64clap
Not Before 18:30
Elena VESNINA (RUS) vs Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [3] 26 46
Lauren Davis (USA) vs [Q] Urszula RADWANSKA (POL) 26 62 61

GRANDSTAND
Starting at: 15:30
Darija JURAK (CRO)/Megan MOULTON-LEVY (USA) vs Shuko AOYAMA (JPN)/Renata VORACOVA (CZE) [4] 36 26
After suitable rest if needed
Sara ERRANI (ITA)/Roberta VINCI (ITA) [1] vs Julia GOERGES (GER)/Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) [3] 63 64

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcMMggNSMcs[/video]

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Caro vs. Julia always interests me, Caro won the last one, stopped Julia's streak at 3
H2H is 3-3

Elena vs. Venus should be good too, Elena leads that H2H 2-1
I am thinking Venus will even things up.

 

[Hoergren]

pavlik if you have the full match PLEASE post it - I only saw first set as I had to go to work.

 

[sk310]

Isn't Vesnina the one who knocked Venus out really early at a grand slam a long while ago? I can't remember...

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjWpORMyZAw[/video]

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Isn't Vesnina the one who knocked Venus out really early at a grand slam a long while ago? I can't remember...

You are right, it was Wimby 2012, Elena also won the only encounter in 2013, though it was close... Venus won the last meeting last year.
As long as these two have been pros, I am surprised they only faced each other 3 times.


Caro got it done, it wasn't pretty but she won anyway. Julia mis-fired 50 times!

Venus/Vesnina next.

 

[kskate2]

Venus was all business today. Dismisses Elena in straights w/ some legacy play.

 

[Hoergren]

Congrats to Caroline for her comfortable win over a difficult opponent Julia Goerges. No big problems for except after leading 31 in first set where she relaxed a bit. After 33 she again concentrated fully and won first set without further problems. They exchanged serve breaks in second set but again after 21 to Caroline after another break she completed second set in same manner as first. Head to head Caroline is now leading 4-3.

Order of play Friday, January 09, 2015
Centre Court
15:00 - [4] Shuko Aoyama / Renata Voracova (JPN / CZE) V [2] Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE / CZE) 63 63
17:00 - [1] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) V [4] Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) 46 63 64
19:00 - [3] Venus Williams (USA) V Lauren Davis (USA) 60 63

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

We are on track for a Woznicacki v Williams showdown

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-OyQQFknLo[/video]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well we got the final we wanted Woznicacki v Williams

Wozniacki d Strycova 46 63 64.Williams d Davis 60 63

Venus Williams has beaten Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets in all five of their previous meetings?

Can Caroline get her first win against Venus in the final?

Going on both their semi final performances I am picking a Venus win.