Australian Open Day 7: Sunday, January 25

[tented]

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Click here for Day 7 Order of Play

(All matches, on all courts, are listed in order to give you a feel for when everything will begin and end.)

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Please use this thread to discuss Day 7 action.

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[tented]

RE: Australian Open Day 7: Sunday, January 25 WTA

Only a partial schedule has been released thus far. I'll update it as additional information is released.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Interesting stat regarding the Halep v Wickmayer match

Wickmayer leads their h2h 3-0 though the last time they met was in 2012 in Hobart q/finals.Halep has improved since then.

 

[tented]

The schedule has been updated.

 

[Hoergren]

Schedule of play Sunday 25 January - womens matches only - local times - 1 doubles match remains to be scheduled.

Rod Laver Arena 11:00 Start Time
1. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)[7] vs. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
2. Shuai Peng (CHN)[21] vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[2]
Rod Laver Arena 19:00 Start Time
1. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) vs. Simona Halep (ROU)[3]

Show Court 3 11:00 Start Time
2. Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)[5]/Abigail Spears (USA)[5] vs. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)[12]/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)[12]

Margaret Court Arena 11:00 Start Time
1. Kiki Bertens (NED)/Johanna Larsson (SWE) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)/Samantha Stosur (AUS)
Not Before: 13:00
2. Julia Goerges (GER) vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)[10]

Court 6 11:00 Start Time
1. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL)/Andreja Klepac (SLO) vs. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)[9]/Lucie Hradecka (CZE)[9]
Not Before: 12:30
2. Michaella Krajicek (NED)[13]/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)[13] vs. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/Alicja Rosolska (POL)

TBA 3:00 Start Time
Not Before: 3:00pm
1. T.B.D. vs. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)/Maria Torro-Flor (ESP)

 

[sk310]

None of the bottom half top seeds should have a problem. Although Wickmayer is playing like herself of a few years ago...

 

[sk310]

Interesting to see Cibulkova still in. It seems she's taking Li Na's spot as the player who always shines in Australia and not much anywhere else. Remember all those years Li Na would do well in Oz and falter the rest of the yeaR?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

...
1. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) vs. Simona Halep (ROU)[3]
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Simona is 0-3 against Yanina, has not taken a set from her yet.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Interesting to see Cibulkova still in. It seems she's taking Li Na's spot as the player who always shines in Australia and not much anywhere else. Remember all those years Li Na would do well in Oz and falter the rest of the yeaR?

Ya good to see PR hanging in there still.

 

[HawkEye]

Here is the list of nations represented in the fourth round:
USA 4
RUS, ROU 2
ESP, SVK, BLR, POL, GER, BEL, CAN, CHN 1

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I wonder if Genie's Army will throw Stuff Aussie Animals on court if she wins her match?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The Genie Army is in Full Cry....no they aren't a part of the Aussie Fanatics ( thank goodness)

I am off to lunch,enjoy the tennis everyone I will be back later

Bouchard and Begu first time meeting

 

[sk310]

Genie takes the first set. She's playing absolutely beautifully. Im so surprised by her at this Australian Open. I really expected a letdown for her after how she ended last year and dropping her coach. This girl may be for real. If she's playing this well she may be able to beat Sharapova in the QFs.

 

[sk310]

Only 3 unforced errors thus far for Bouchard... damn.

 

[special700]

Look who she's playing.

 

[kskate2]

And now she's gotten tight and is struggling against Begu. Had the match rolling and inexplicably forgets she's a professional tennis player and drops the set 5-7. :cover

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZqDyiK9_Ow[/video]

 

[colleen66]

Genie takes the first set. She's playing absolutely beautifully. Im so surprised by her at this Australian Open. I really expected a letdown for her after how she ended last year and dropping her coach. This girl may be for real. If she's playing this well she may be able to beat Sharapova in the QFs.

She could go very far. My major criticism with her is that she plays very well at the slams and poorly at other events. She can also go off the rails very easily. Tonight she dug deep and put that horrible second set behind her and won her match. Let's see what she does in the next round.

 

[kskate2]

Why is Sharapova playing the mummy?

 

[rubydo]

Genie has a calm demeanor, though she did talk to herself a bit in that second set, and added after the match that she said to herself in the bathroom break get it together and she did. Begu gave her a good test, and that will help her in the next round, and if she meets Maria, that hopefully could be a compelling match to watch.