BMW Malaysian Open 2015

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Yeah I know - just a small tournament - but I cover it for one reason :cool: One of 18 WTA tournaments this year in the Australia/Asia swing and last in spring.

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Tournament Info:, Tier: International, Prize Money: $250,000, Surface: Hard
Director: Keld Kristiansen
Won by Alisa Kleybanova at its inaugural staging in 2010, Kuala Lumpur has since been captured by Jelena Dokic, Hsieh Su-Wei, the second Taiwanese to secure a WTA title, Karolina Pliskova and Donna Vekic, who at 17 during the 2014 staging became the WTA's youngest titlist in almost seven years. Here is the area where the tournament takes place - a park in centre of town along with a golf course - maybe something for Caroline ;)

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Here is the main draw 6 qualifiers and 3 WC

1 WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN
2 WANG, Yafan CHN Q
3 BEYGELZIMER, Yuliya UKR Q
4 ZHU, Lin CHN
5 DOI, Misaki JPN
6 WITTHOEFT, Carina GER
7 MAYR-ACHLEITNER, Patricia AUT
8 KOUKALOVA, Klara CZE

9 DELLACQUA, Casey AUS
10 HSIEH, Su-Wei TPE WC
11 MESTACH, An-Sophie BEL
12 EGUCHI, Misa JPN
13 PUTINTSEVA, Yulia KAZ
14 NOORDIN, Jawariah MAS WC
15 KULICHKOVA, Elizaveta RUS Q
16 JOVANOVSKI, Bojana SRB

17 NARA, Kurumi JPN
18 VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI
19 WANG, Qiang CHN
20 LINETTE, Magda POL Q
21 NAMIGATA, Junri JPN Q
22 KUMKHUM, Luksika THA
23 BUYUKAKCAY, Cagla TUR
24 GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila AUS

25 GOERGES, Julia GER
26 KUDRYAVTSEVA, Alla RUS
27 KOZLOVA, Kateryna UKR
28 ZHENG, Saisai CHN
29 DUAN, Ying-Ying CHN
30 XU, Yi-Fan CHN Q
31 DULGHERU, Alexandra ROU
32 LISICKI, Sabine GER WC

Seeded players - with their ranking:

1 WOZNIACKI, Caroline 5
2 LISICKI, Sabine 28
3 DELLACQUA, Casey 34
4 GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila 54
5 KOUKALOVA, Klara 58
6 NARA, Kurumi 60
7 JOVANOVSKI, Bojana 63
8 GOERGES, Julia 67
 

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Order of play Monday 2.3.2015 - LOCAL TIMES

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 2:00 pm
Kurumi NARA (JPN) [6] vs Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) 63 76
Kateryna KOZLOVA (UKR) vs Saisai ZHENG (CHN) 63 64
Not Before 6:30 pm
Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) vs [WC] Jawariah NOORDIN (MAS) 62 61
[Q] Elizaveta KULICHKOVA (RUS) vs Bojana JOVANOVSKI (SRB) [7] 63 63

COURT 1 Starting at: 2:00 pm
Misa EGUCHI (JPN)/Sofia SHAPATAVA (GEO) vs Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN)/Lin ZHU (CHN) 16 63 6-10
Chen LIANG (CHN)/Yafan WANG (CHN) vs Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR)/Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR) [2] 64 76
Ying-Ying DUAN (CHN) vs [Q] Yi-Fan XU (CHN) 60 36 63
Not Before 5:00 pm
Qiang WANG (CHN) vs [Q] Magda LINETTE (POL) 62 36 06

COURT 2 Starting at: 2:00 pm
Darija JURAK (CRO)/Klara KOUKALOVA (CZE) [1] vs An-Sophie MESTACH (BEL)/Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 46 63 10-1
Yuliya BEYGELZIMER (UKR)/Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) [3] vs Peangtarn PLIPUECH (THA)/Varunya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 46 60 10-4
[Q] Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) vs Luksika KUMKHUM (THA)
Not Before 5:00 pm
Naomi BROADY (GBR)/Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) vs Tatiana BUA (ARG)/Patricia MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT) 60 62
 

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Yeah can be a good idea to play this tournament so Caroline can get her rythm back - hope she's not taking too easy on the task. Here is Tuesdays order of play - where both Caroline and Sabine is playing - you can follow all matches on center + other matches on http://www.drakulastream.eu:

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 2:00 pm - LOCAL TIME
Cagla BUYUKAKCAY (TUR) vs Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (AUS) [4] 57 46
Casey DELLACQUA (AUS) [3] vs [WC] Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) 57 62 36
Not Before 6:30 pm
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs [Q] Yafan WANG (CHN) 63 61
Alexandra DULGHERU (ROU) vs [WC] Sabine LISICKI (GER) [2] 64 75

COURT 1 Starting at: 2:00 pm
WC] Jawariah NOORDIN (MAS)/Theiviya SELVARAJOO (MAS) vs Xinyun HAN (CHN)/Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) 26 06
Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE)/Saisai ZHENG (CHN) vs Yi-Fan XU (CHN)/Kai-Lin ZHANG (CHN) [4] 61 64
Q] Yuliya BEYGELZIMER (UKR) vs Lin ZHU (CHN) 46 64 36
Magda LINETTE (POL)/Katarzyna PITER (POL) vs Akgul AMANMURADOVA (UZB)/Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) 75 36 10-5

COURT 2 Starting at: 2:00 pm
Julia GOERGES (GER) [8] vs Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) 61 76
An-Sophie MESTACH (BEL) vs Misa EGUCHI (JPN) 62 57 36
Patricia MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT) vs Klara KOUKALOVA (CZE) [5] 16 36
Misaki DOI (JPN) vs Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) 57 57
 

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Well Caroline won the first set after a sloppy beginning - and is now on route to win the game. up 3-0 in the second set.
 

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It's a very humid affair 84% humidity and 31 Centigrades, and this looks like Caroline has been playing for 3 hours - not easy sweating in such a climate:

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Order of play Wednesday 4.3.2015

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 2:00 pm
Luksika KUMKHUM (THA) vs Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (AUS) [4] 57 26
Not Before 3:30 pm
Kurumi NARA (JPN) [6] vs [Q] Magda LINETTE (POL) 75 57 76 3h 13 min
Not Before 6:30 pm
Julia GOERGES (GER) [8] vs Kateryna KOZLOVA (UKR) 61 62

Court 1
Ying-Ying DUAN (CHN) vs Alexandra DULGHERU (ROU) 46 16

COURT 2 Starting at: 2:00 pm
Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) vs [Q] Elizaveta KULICHKOVA (RUS) 06 26
Not Before 4:00 pm
Xinyun HAN (CHN)/Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) vs Chen LIANG (CHN)/Yafan WANG (CHN) 64 16 13-15
Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN)/Lin ZHU (CHN) vs Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE)/Saisai ZHENG (CHN) 46 46
Darija JURAK (CRO)/Klara KOUKALOVA (CZE) [1] vs Naomi BROADY (GBR)/Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) 76 63
 

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ORDER OF PLAY - THURSDAY, 5 MARCH 2015

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 2:00 pm
[WC] Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) vs Misa EGUCHI (JPN) 63 36 60
followed by
Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) vs Klara KOUKALOVA (CZE) [5] 76 60
Not Before 6:30 pm
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs Lin ZHU (CHN) 64 61
followed by
Yuliya BEYGELZIMER (UKR)/Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) [3] vs Magda LINETTE (POL)/Katarzyna PITER 63 46 10-5(POL)
 

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Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark is through to the quarterfinals of the BMW Malaysian Open 2015 after she won her last 16 match against China’s World No 122 Zhu Lin in straight sets 6-4, 6-1.

After rainfall earlier in the evening, all eyes were on Centre Court as Zhu surprised Wozniacki in the first set by going head to head with the former World No 1. With the score tied at 4-4, Wozniacki held serve and a couple of unforced errors by Zhu allowed Wozniacki to win the first set.

In the second set, Zhu again worked tirelessly to take the fight to Wozniacki as she went for all the shots, but the Dane flexed her superiority to overpower Zhu and take the second set 6-1 to win the match and book her place in the quarterfinals.

“That was my first time playing Zhu and she played a flat game, she was aggressive throughout the match and credit to her for playing a good match, especially in the first set. For tomorrow’s quarterfinal match I will be out there fighting to win and do my best,” said Wozniacki.

Nice stats - long time since Caroliine made 7 aces in one set.
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Last 9 minutes of the match:
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-_55jGp4Y[/video]
Order of play 6.3.2015 - local times

Centre Court
14:00 - [8] Julia Goerges (GER) V Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 67 57
16:00 - [6] Kurumi Nara (JPN) V [4] Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 46 63 46
18:30 - [1] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) V Carina Witthoeft (GER) 63 61
20:30 - Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) V Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) 76 46 60

Court 2
15:00 - Kai-Chen Chang / Saisai Zheng (TPE / CHN) V Chen Liang / Yafan Wang (CHN / CHN) 67 16
 

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hoergren said:
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark is through to the quarterfinals of the BMW Malaysian Open 2015 after she won her last 16 match against China’s World No 122 Zhu Lin in straight sets 6-4, 6-1.

After rainfall earlier in the evening, all eyes were on Centre Court as Zhu surprised Wozniacki in the first set by going head to head with the former World No 1. With the score tied at 4-4, Wozniacki held serve and a couple of unforced errors by Zhu allowed Wozniacki to win the first set.

In the second set, Zhu again worked tirelessly to take the fight to Wozniacki as she went for all the shots, but the Dane flexed her superiority to overpower Zhu and take the second set 6-1 to win the match and book her place in the quarterfinals.

“That was my first time playing Zhu and she played a flat game, she was aggressive throughout the match and credit to her for playing a good match, especially in the first set. For tomorrow’s quarterfinal match I will be out there fighting to win and do my best,” said Wozniacki.

Nice stats - long time since Caroliine made 7 aces in one set.
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Last 9 minutes of the match:
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-_55jGp4Y[/video]
Order of play 6.3.2015 - local times

Centre Court
14:00 - [8] Julia Goerges (GER) V Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
16:00 - [6] Kurumi Nara (JPN) V [4] Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
18:30 - [1] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) V Carina Witthoeft (GER)
20:30 - Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) V Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS)

Court 2
15:00 - Kai-Chen Chang / Saisai Zheng (TPE / CHN) V Chen Liang / Yafan Wang (CHN / CHN)

7 Aces for Caroline,maybe she has been working on her serve with her best friend Serena....;)Nice stats.
 

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fashionista said:
hoergren said:
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark is through to the quarterfinals of the BMW Malaysian Open 2015 after she won her last 16 match against China’s World No 122 Zhu Lin in straight sets 6-4, 6-1.

After rainfall earlier in the evening, all eyes were on Centre Court as Zhu surprised Wozniacki in the first set by going head to head with the former World No 1. With the score tied at 4-4, Wozniacki held serve and a couple of unforced errors by Zhu allowed Wozniacki to win the first set.

In the second set, Zhu again worked tirelessly to take the fight to Wozniacki as she went for all the shots, but the Dane flexed her superiority to overpower Zhu and take the second set 6-1 to win the match and book her place in the quarterfinals.

“That was my first time playing Zhu and she played a flat game, she was aggressive throughout the match and credit to her for playing a good match, especially in the first set. For tomorrow’s quarterfinal match I will be out there fighting to win and do my best,” said Wozniacki.

Nice stats - long time since Caroliine made 7 aces in one set.
B_Vib5iVAAAoO4l.png:large

Last 9 minutes of the match:
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-_55jGp4Y[/video]
Order of play 6.3.2015 - local times

Centre Court
14:00 - [8] Julia Goerges (GER) V Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
16:00 - [6] Kurumi Nara (JPN) V [4] Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
18:30 - [1] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) V Carina Witthoeft (GER)
20:30 - Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) V Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS)

Court 2
15:00 - Kai-Chen Chang / Saisai Zheng (TPE / CHN) V Chen Liang / Yafan Wang (CHN / CHN)

7 Aces for Caroline,maybe she has been working on her serve with her best friend Serena....;)Nice stats.
I have really noticed a marked improvement in Caroline's serve in the last year. She never topped 160km's now that is certainly in her range. Gives her another added dimension to her already solid well rounded game.
 

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rubydo said:
fashionista said:
hoergren said:
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark is through to the quarterfinals of the BMW Malaysian Open 2015 after she won her last 16 match against China’s World No 122 Zhu Lin in straight sets 6-4, 6-1.

After rainfall earlier in the evening, all eyes were on Centre Court as Zhu surprised Wozniacki in the first set by going head to head with the former World No 1. With the score tied at 4-4, Wozniacki held serve and a couple of unforced errors by Zhu allowed Wozniacki to win the first set.

In the second set, Zhu again worked tirelessly to take the fight to Wozniacki as she went for all the shots, but the Dane flexed her superiority to overpower Zhu and take the second set 6-1 to win the match and book her place in the quarterfinals.

“That was my first time playing Zhu and she played a flat game, she was aggressive throughout the match and credit to her for playing a good match, especially in the first set. For tomorrow’s quarterfinal match I will be out there fighting to win and do my best,” said Wozniacki.

Nice stats - long time since Caroliine made 7 aces in one set.
B_Vib5iVAAAoO4l.png:large

Last 9 minutes of the match:
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-_55jGp4Y[/video]
Order of play 6.3.2015 - local times

Centre Court
14:00 - [8] Julia Goerges (GER) V Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
16:00 - [6] Kurumi Nara (JPN) V [4] Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
18:30 - [1] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) V Carina Witthoeft (GER)
20:30 - Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) V Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS)

Court 2
15:00 - Kai-Chen Chang / Saisai Zheng (TPE / CHN) V Chen Liang / Yafan Wang (CHN / CHN)

7 Aces for Caroline,maybe she has been working on her serve with her best friend Serena....;)Nice stats.
I have really noticed a marked improvement in Caroline's serve in the last year. She never topped 160km's now that is certainly in her range. Gives her another added dimension to her already solid well rounded game.

Yep I have to agree with you on Caroline's serve she has really worked on it the last year,she is getting the results with it,good first serve nice easy point.
 

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Another win for Caroline and this time she looked really good, positive and in charge - here som stats:

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Order of play Saturday 7.3.2015 - semifinals

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 3:00 pm
Darija JURAK (CRO)/Klara KOUKALOVA (CZE) [1] vs Yuliya BEYGELZIMER (UKR)/Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) [3] 16 16
Not Before 4:30 pm
Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (AUS) [4] vs Alexandra DULGHERU (ROU) 75 57 67 3h 15 min
Not Before 6:00 pm
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs [WC] Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) 62 62
 

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ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, 8 MARCH 2015

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 4:00 pm
Yuliya BEYGELZIMER (UKR)/Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) [3] vs Chen LIANG (CHN)/Yafan WANG (CHN) 64 36 4-10

Award Ceremony

Not Before 6:00 pm
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs Alexandra DULGHERU (ROU) 46 62 61:clap:clap:clap:clap

Brilliant final with some quality play from both players - Dulgheru one to watch - here some stats:

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Her 23rd title - #7 in the Race to Singapore
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Trophy selfie
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Was hoping for a Jarmila-Caroline final but that was not to be. Caroline will certainly be the fresher of the two with such an easy semi-final win.
 

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Congrats to Caroline. She didn't always play her best tennis but she came through. Hopefully she can take the confidence from winning this title in 3 sets to Indian Wells and go far in that tournament. I was getting a little worried about her this year.
 

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Congrats to Woz. The match stats look great. Hoping she gets a good draw at IW to make up for the early meetings with Vika.
 

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I started watching the match then it was suspended,I fell asleep on the lounge truth to told...;)

Caroline had a good tournament all week,she cruised to the final

Well done Caroline a well deserved title!
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A nice stat for Caroline she has won at least one WTA title every year since 2008!