BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games 2015

[Hoergren]

Why so many :cry ?

Koukalova is doing that from time to time when she loses or is on the road to lose and her game was not good enough against a very well playing opponent.
The Bencic vs Cornet match was frustrating for Bencic as she first seemed to own the match winning the first set 61 but she hadn't calculated with a better and better playing Cornet and set 2 and 3 were long rallies where they both fought getting their breath again which caused time violation for Bencic - pictures are from that situation. And when everybody are waiting for the big young hope in tennis to finish the match with a victory and you lose - well she's still a teenager, so come again. She still has her first victory on the wTA circuit 2015 in front of her - not a good start of 2015 me thinks:nono

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Why so many :cry ?

They are young ladies K!

:basiate
Emotions are sometimes hard to stop....

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J10SXsApv2Y[/video]

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Wednesday 11.Februar

CENTRE COURT
Starting at: 12:00
Tsvetana PIRONKOVA (BUL) vs [Q] Indy DE VROOME (NED)
Not before 14.00
[Q] Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR) vs Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) [6]
Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) vs Monica NICULESCU (ROU)
Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) [5] vs Camila GIORGI (ITA)
Not before 20.00
Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) [3] vs [WC] Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL)
Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE)/Renata VORACOVA (CZE) vs Klaudia JANS-IGNACIK (POL)/Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) [3]

COURT 1
Starting at: 12:00
Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) vs Sílvia SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP)
Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [8] vs Mirjana LUCIC-BARONI (CRO)
Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP)Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) [1] vs Elena BOGDAN (ROU)/Nicole MELICHAR (USA)
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN)/Alicja ROSOLSKA (POL) [4] vs Darija JURAK (CRO)/Laura SIEGEMUND (GER)

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Pliskova gets the second match court 1, no court favors for the #8 seeded Czech.
I don't think she will see much resistance until she gets Lucie in the quarters, that's if Lucie makes it there.

I am surprised Wickmayer went out so early, she was the local favorite.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooe5RqbgrNE[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwZ14mpXa2g[/video]

 

[Hoergren]

sorry for today - I had a major carproblem, so I was stranded in Flensburg, Germany overnight and got a bit wasted too - back later with Fridays schedule.

Schiavone vs Kerber - two breadsticks:clap 61 61

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Has to be the upset of the tournament so far,

Francesca Schiavone (Q) defeated Kerber (2) 61 61

Bella Fran!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kerber's loss means that Petkovic will be the No.1 German player,could also make the Top Ten.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZe9hAHMdiE[/video]

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Friday 13 february 2015

CENTRE COURT start 12

Darija JURAK (CRO) / Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) vs Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR) / Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR) 76 63

Not before 14
Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [8] vs Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [4] 76 63
Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) [5] vs [Q] Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) 63 62

Not before 20
Mona BARTHEL (GER)vs Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE) 26 26
Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) [3] vs Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) [6]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well, well both the No 1 and the No 2 seeds were defeated today

Cant say I was shocked by both results

Interesting q/final between the 2 Czech players Safarova and Pliskova

Dont forget Cibulkova either.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qslm_gW2ecI[/video]

 

[sk310]

Sumyk's first task...Get Genie to take week by week tournaments as seriously as she takes slams. It's such a weird issue to have these days as it seems every top player of recent years has had the opposite problem. Safina, Jankovic and to some extent Woz would show up week by week winning tons of tournaments and then at grand slam big moments totally fold.

 

[colleen66]

I think Kerber plays too much tennis. It seems as if she is in almost every tournament. I know during her matches she runs much trying to retrieve as many shots as possible. I would like to see her take off a little more and give her body a chance to recover.

 

[rubydo]

Sumyk's first task...Get Genie to take week by week tournaments as seriously as she takes slams. It's such a weird issue to have these days as it seems every top player of recent years has had the opposite problem. Safina, Jankovic and to some extent Woz would show up week by week winning tons of tournaments and then at grand slam big moments totally fold.

I don't think it is the fact that Genie does not take these smaller tournaments as seriously as the slams, she did win her first WTA title in Nurnberg last year, it is now the massive expectations on her shoulders from all her triumphs from 2014. This has got to be churning in her mind, a young mind at that, not only does she need to correct some issues in her physical game, but the mental game is daunting too. The next couple of months could be the most critical for her and will likely determine how she handles the pressure for the remainder of the year.uzzled

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Early days yet for the new partnership of Bouchard and Sam
Though one thing I will say is that while Vera and Vika were good in the technical department,I believe Sam brought a new confidence and calmness to their games.

Bouchard appears to be to be a confident young woman,she is still young and learning,she could not have a better coach technical wise and menality wise coach than Sam.

 

[10isfan]

Wow. Fran is a joy to watch. Such variety you don't see often in today's baseline game.

 

[Kirijax]

Wow. Fran is a joy to watch. Such variety you don't see often in today's baseline game.

Those grunts though. She sounds more manly than Murray.