Auckland 2019

[Hoergren]

The 2019 Auckland Open (sponsored by ASB Bank) is a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, to be played on outdoor hard courts. It will be the 34th edition of the women's event[1], and the 43rd edition of the men's event[2]. It will take place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 31 December 2018 to 6 January 2019 for the women, and from 7 to 12 January 2019 for the men.. And also this time an impressive range of names take part - just watch this list:

DEN Caroline Wozniacki
GER Julia Görges
TPE Hsieh Su-wei
CRO Petra Martić
CZE Barbora Strýcová
USA Venus Williams
BEL Kirsten Flipkens
BEL Alison Van Uytvanck
USA Amanda Anisimova
USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands
CAN Eugenie Bouchard
BLR Victoria Azarenka

Draw - with most top names in top half

1 Wozniacki, Caroline
2 Qualifier
3 Babos, Timea
4 Qualifier
5 WC Davis, Lauren
6 Arruabarrena, Lara
7 Azarenka, Victoria
8 Williams, Venus
9 Hsieh, Su-Wei
10 Hercog, Polona
11 Puig, Monica
12 WC Mattek-Sands, Bethanie
13 Sorribes Tormo, Sara
14 Voegele, Stefanie
15 Vickery, Sachia
16 Flipkens, Kirsten

17 Strycova, Barbora
18 Townsend, Taylor
19 WC Anisimova, Amanda
20 Qualifier
21 Kuzmova, Viktoria
22 Zidansek, Tamara
23 Kenin, Sofia
24 Martic, Petra
25 Van Uytvanck, Alison
26 Qualifier
27 Bouchard, Eugenie
28 Brengle, Madison
29 Barthel, Mona
30 Gasparyan, Margarita
31 Larsson, Johanna
32 Goerges, Julia

 

[Hoergren]

Upper half plays Tuesday

Finally Caro arrives

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play - MONDAY, 31 DECEMBER 2018 OBS Local times

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 3:00 pm
Monica PUIG (PUR) vs [WC] Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) 63 62
Eugenie BOUCHARD (CAN) vs Madison BRENGLE (USA) 63 63
Timea BABOS (HUN)Julia GOERGES (GER) vs Alexa GUARACHI (CHI)/Erin ROUTLIFFE (NZL) 46 61 10-5

GRANDSTAND Starting at: 11:00 am
Q Iga SWIATEK (POL) vs Jana CEPELOVA (SVK) 26 64 46
Q Beatriz HADDAD MAIA (BRA) vs Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) 67 26
Not Before 2:00 pm
[WC] Lauren DAVIS (USA) vs Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP) 62 62
Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) vs Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) 75 63
[WC] Valentina IVANOV (NZL)/Elys VENTURA (NZL) vs [WC] Paige Mary HOURIGAN (NZL)/Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) 16 57

COURT 2 Starting at: 11:00 am
Q Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) vs Bianca ANDREESCU (CAN) 63 36 36
Q Sílvia SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP) vs Danielle LAO (USA) 36 75 63
Not Before 2:00 pm
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK) vs Tamara ZIDANSEK (SLO) 62 76
Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP)/Jil TEICHMANN (SUI) vs Ellen PEREZ (AUS)/Arina RODIONOVA (AUS) 46 60 10-3

 

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ORDER OF PLAY - TUESDAY, 1 JANUARY 2019

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 3:00 pm
Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [5] vs Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) 62 67 63
Johanna LARSSON (SWE) vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [2] 06 46
Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) vs Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [6] 36 61 36

GRANDSTAND Starting at: 2:00 pm
Sofia KENIN (USA) vs Petra MARTIC (CRO) [4] 75 26 92
Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) [3] vs Polona HERCOG (SLO) 62 63
Lesley KERKHOVE (NED)/Sabrina SANTAMARIA (USA) vs Eugenie BOUCHARD (CAN)/Sofia KENIN (USA) 62 36 6-10
[WC] Amanda ANISIMOVA (USA) vs [Q] Jana CEPELOVA (SVK) 63 30 ret.
Timea BABOS (HUN) vs [Q] Bianca ANDREESCU (CAN) 46 67

COURT 2 Starting at: 2:00 pm
Sachia VICKERY (USA) vs Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) [7] 26 26
Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL) [8] vs [Q] Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) 43 ret.
Mona BARTHEL (GER) vs [Q] Sílvia SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP) 62 76
Raluca OLARU (ROU)/Abigail SPEARS (USA) [1] vs Alexandra PANOVA (RUS)/Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) 36 46
Monique ADAMCZAK (AUS)/Jessica MOORE (AUS) vs Kaitlyn CHRISTIAN (USA)/Asia MUHAMMAD (USA) [3] 36 63 12-10

 

[Ron Wise]

Where is your Christmas message about possible broadcast links to watch Auckland?

 

[Ron Wise]

I found it.

 

[Hoergren]

Where is your Christmas message about possible broadcast links to watch Auckland?

News and gossip 2018

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - WEDNESDAY, 2 JANUARY 2019

Centre Court Starting at: 12:00 noon
Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) [7] vs Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) 46 61 16
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs [LL] Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) 63 62
Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) [3] vs Monica PUIG (PUR) 61 76
Not Before 7:00 pm
Eugenie BOUCHARD (CAN) vs [Q] Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) 67 64 64
Julia GOERGES (GER) [2] vs Mona BARTHEL (GER) 64 64

Grandstand Starting at: 2:00 pm
[WC] Paige Mary HOURIGAN (NZL/Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) vs Monique ADAMCZAK (AUS)/Jessica MOORE (AUS) 36 61 10-8
Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK)/Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) vs Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL)/Johanna LARSSON (SWE) [2] 46 26
E.Bouchard (CAN)/Sofia Kenin(USA) vs Alexandrova(RUS)/Laura Siegemund(GER) W/O

Court 2
Xinyun HAN (CHN)/Darija JURAK (CRO) [4] vs Desirae KRAWCZYK (USA)/Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) 76 75 ended 00.51 local time

 

[kskate2]

Venus wins the battle of former #1's who met in R1

 

[Ron Wise]

Leif,

I just discovered I have the Tennis Channel on Cableone my TV provider which is showing the Brisbane, Shenzhen, and Auckland matches.

 

[Ron Wise]

Oh, Happy New Year to everyone. May all our favorite players meet in the finals. (Especially Caroline, of course.)

 

[Horsa]

Oh, Happy New Year to everyone. May all our favorite players meet in the finals. (Especially Caroline, of course.)

Happy New Year!

 

[Hoergren]

Very exiting match just ended with Bouchard as the winner - here is an example



A few words about Caro's match

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - THURSDAY, 3 JANUARY 2019

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 12:00 noon
Sofia KENIN (USA) vs Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK) 57 75 36
[WC] Amanda ANISIMOVA (USA) vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [5] 63 63
Timea BABOS (HUN)/Julia GOERGES (GER) vs Xinyun HAN (CHN)/Darija JURAK (CRO) [4] 26 46
Not Before 7:00 pm
Venus Williams (USA) vs [WC] Lauren DAVIS (USA) 64 63
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs Bianca ANDREESCU (CAN) 46 46

Court 2 Starting at: Not Before 4:00 pm

Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL)/Johanna LARSSON (SWE) [2] vs Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP)/Jil TEICHMANN (SUI) 64 75

 

[Ron Wise]

Very exiting match just ended with Bouchard as the winner - here is an example



A few words about Caro's match

Yay, Caroline.

 

[Ron Wise]

I think I wrote "Yay, Caroline" in the wrong place. I wonder when she plays again.

 

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ORDER OF PLAY - FRIDAY, 4 JANUARY 2019

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 12:00 noon
[WC] Amanda ANISIMOVA (USA) vs Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK) 36 63 67
Eugenie BOUCHARD (CAN) vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [2] 63 36 67
TBA After suitable rest
Eugenie BOUCHARD (CAN)/Sofia KENIN (USA) vs Xinyun HAN (CHN)/Darija JURAK (CRO) [4] 67 64 10-8
Not Before 7:00 pm
[Q] Bianca ANDREESCU (CAN) vs Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [6] 67 61 63
Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) [3] vs Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP)

 

[Hoergren]

Saturdays results semifinals
Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK ) vs Julia Goerges (GER ) 61 76
Bianca Andreescu (CAN ) vs Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 63 63

ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, 6 JANUARY 2019

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 5:00 pm
Doubles Final
Eugenie BOUCHARD (CAN)/Sofia KENIN (USA) vs [WC] Paige Mary HOURIGAN (NZL)/Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) 16 61 10-7
Not Before 7:30 pm
Singles Final
[Q] Bianca ANDREESCU (CAN) vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [2] 62 57 16

 

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[GameSetAndMath]

Go Gorgeous in Singles.

Go Genie/Sofia in Doubles.