Brisbane International 2014

[Hoergren]

Well - let's start the Brisbane thread with a schedule for Sunday - most topplayers don't play until Monday:

Pat Rafter Arena
Time
11:30 Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) V Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 63 75
13:30 [7] Sabine Lisicki (GER) V Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 63 64
15:30 Andrea Petkovic (GER) V Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 64 75

Show Court 1
Time
11:00 [4] Kiki Bertens (NED) V Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 62 36 57
13:00 Varvara Lepchenko (USA) V Elina Svitolina (UKR) 36 36
15:00 Stefanie Voegele (SUI) V Madison Keys (USA) 64 63
17:00 Francesca Schiavone / Carla Suarez Navarro (ITA / ESP) V Kristina Mladenovic / Galina Voskoboeva (FRA / KAZ) 26 57

Show Court 2
Time
10:30 Heather Watson (GBR) V Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 64 64

Court 6
Time
10:30 [ 3] Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) V Alexandra Panova (RUS) 64 26 16

Court 14
Time
10:30 Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) V Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 46 36

In case you missed the draw - her it is again:
The main draw is out - not equal parts:

(1)Williams v BYE
Petkovic v Mattek Sands
Date Krumm v (wc)Rogowska
Cibulkova v (6)Wozniacki

(3)Sharapova v Garcia
Hantuchova v Q
Kanepi v Q
Q v (8)Suarez Navarro

(5)Kerber v Mladenovic
Pavlyuchenkova v Q
Lepchenko v Svitolina
Schiavone v (4)Jankovic

(7)Lisicki v Rybarikova
Voegele v Keys
Voskoboeva v (wc)Dellacqua
(2)Azarenka v BYE

 

[sk310]

I am so excited to see what Petko can put together this season. I have such a soft spot for her. I hope she can stay healthy and work her way back into the top 10.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

I am going to leave a link to the draw:
http://www.wtatennis.com/singles-draws/tournamentId/734/type/LS/title/brisbane-international

and another one here:
http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/WMDS-28.12.13.pdf

 

[10isfan]

Thanks, Kiu. The draw at the start of a thread is so useful.

Best of luck to all the players. i wish them much health. Let the games begin!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Very good matches set for Pat Rafter Arena.

Sabine is already playing center court.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I get live coverage on my tv channel for the Brisbane tournament in 1 hour. Can't wait.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Caroline Woznicaki has withdrawn citing a shoulder injury.Just listened to her press conference she decided to give her shoulder a rest.Caroline said at this stage she still intends to play in the Sydney tournament.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Just some more information regarding Caroline's withdrawl.Caroline had scans on her right shoulder.Apparently there isn't any damage.Inflamation of the shoulder.

 

[RJD11]

Just some more information regarding Caroline's withdrawl.Caroline had scans on her right shoulder.Apparently there isn't any damage.Inflamation of the shoulder.

Serenaitis ?

 

[special700]

Is Serena in Brisbane yet? I have not seen any signs of her at all.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I am watching Brisbane live at the moment
Just saw a clip of Serena and Patrick arriving today in Brisbane
I must say Serena brings plenty of suit cases with her

 

[Calvy]

Just some more information regarding Caroline's withdrawl.Caroline had scans on her right shoulder.Apparently there isn't any damage.Inflamation of the shoulder.

Serenaitis ?

LMAO!!!

 

[sk310]

I am watching Brisbane live at the moment
Just saw a clip of Serena and Patrick arriving today in Brisbane
I must say Serena brings plenty of suit cases with her

Lol Im guessing she brought so many because she probably won't be leaving Australia until after the Australian Open, right? I mean it seems kind of silly to leave for a week in-between.

 

[sk310]

Yay a win for Petko!

 

[Hoergren]

Well party off for Danes - here in this link you can see an interview with Caroline about her withdrawal:

Caroline withdraws from Brisbane

Schedule for Monday - LOCAL time - use the method Mashafan has descroibed below for your timezone

Pat Rafter Arena NB! Times are delayed because of a 3 hour ATP match
Time
12:30 Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) V Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 63 26 36
17:00 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) V Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 75
19:00 [3] Maria Sharapova (RUS) V Caroline Garcia (FRA) 63 60

Show Court 1
Time
11:00 Heather Watson (GBR) V [9] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 46 36
13:00 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) V [4] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 26 67
15:00 [5] Angelique Kerber (GER) V Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 62 62

Show Court 2
Time
11:00 Alexandra Panova (RUS) V Kaia Kanepi (EST) 36 76 26
13:00 Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) V [8] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 26 16
15:00 Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) V Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 67 64 36

Court 6
Time
11:00 [4] Hao-Ching Chan / Liezel Huber (TPE / USA) V Katarzyna Piter / Alicja Rosolska (POL / POL) 64 64
13:00 Vera Dushevina / Arantxa Parra Santonja (RUS / ESP) V Monique Adamczak / Olivia Rogowska (AUS / AUS) 36 46

Court 14
Time
11:00 Mandy Minella / Chanelle Scheepers (LUX / RSA) V Darija Jurak / Alexandra Panova (CRO / RUS) 62 76

Remember there are transmissions from Pat Rafter and the 2 showcourts. Find a stream on LSHUNTER.

 

[MashaFan]

Just a little and maybe useful note
Central European Time is 9 hours behind Local Brisbane Time - so most of the matches will be played in the middle of the night or very early morning for us Europeans - Just decrease the timestamps hoergren has posted above with 9 hours - For example Masha's match is supposed to start 19:00 Brisbane time - Converted to CET it will be (19:00 - 9 hours) = 10:00

If you're American then you can check out the current local Brisbane time and compute the time difference with your own time - Not to difficult math I hope? - Good luck!

BTW - At the top of StreamHunter you can set the site to reflect your timezone and the matches will be listed in your local time

 

[my sherona]

while Maria start the season against the tough as nail caroline, serena on the other hand cherry picks her way on another lowly BYE... some kitchen sink !

 

[kskate2]

Try reading Sherona. Caroline has withdrawn so Maria won't be playing her. As for the bye, in this tournament format only the top 2 seeds receive a bye. The remaining seeds must play a match for their first round.

 

[10isfan]

Mashafan, does streamhunter work for you? On my screen, I get "undefined" as my local time. I have had this problem for the last several months so switch between different sites to get live scores and match times.

Can anyone find a site that lists live scores and match times on one page?

 

[drm025]

Does Caroline's withdrawal count as a zero-pointer for this year or no? I still don't understand this aspect of the ranking system.