China Open Beijing 2014

[Correspondent Kiu]

Petra breaks at 15 after falling behind an early break in the first set.
1-2 and Petra shall serve.
Finally a good stream via ESPN:
http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/id/2005261/

 

[Hoergren]

Still raining and temperature even lower - now 11 c!

Good luck Caroline

Well shouldn't be today though - lost 46 67 to Stosur who found her game in the right moment and Caroline was too "pale" with too many errors - so is tennis not always good to the fans:nono

3 of the BYE's are gone only one survivor Kvitova.

 

[kskate2]

First blood to Sammy. Takes the opener 6-4. Caro will need to dig deep now

 

[sk310]

Still raining and temperature even lower - now 11 c!

Good luck Caroline

Well shouldn't be today though - lost 46 67 to Stosur who found her game in the right moment and Caroline was too "pale" with too many errors - so is tennis not always good to the fans:nono

3 of the BYE's are gone only one survivor Kvitova.

I imagine exhaustion played a part in her loss. She's been going non-stop.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play tomorrow again show a match which SHOULD have been on TV and again is not

Kerber vs Kuznetsova are placed on court 3 - what the f..k are they thinking of nono WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY TO PLACE THE DOUBLES MATCHES FROM MOON ON COURT 3 AND 4

Order of play Thursday 2 October 2014 - WTA only - estimated times

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM
1 12:30 - [3] Petra Kvitova V Venus Williams W/O
4 19:30 - Serena Williams vs Lucie Safarova 61 16 62

LOTUS COURT
2 14:30 - Sabine Lisicki vs Ana Ivanovic 36 57
3 16:00 - Alizé Cornet vs Samantha Stosur 46 26
MOON COURT
1 12:30 - Andrea Petkovic vs Simona Halep 67 75 67
3 16:30 - [1] Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (ITA / ITA) V Xinyun Han / Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN / CHN) 62 63
4 18:00 - Jarmila Gajdosova / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS / CRO) V [5] Andrea Hlavackova / Shuai Peng (CZE / CHN) 46 57

BRAD DREWETT COURT
2 14:30 - [8] Martina Hingis / Flavia Pennetta (SUI / ITA ) V Kristina Mladenovic / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (FRA / RUS) 36 63 6-10

COURT 3
1 12:30 - [7] Angelique Kerber (GER) V Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 62 46 63
2 14:30 - Andreja Klepac / Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (SLO / ESP) V [4] Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (USA / USA) 26 06
3 16:30 - [4] Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (USA / USA) vs Kristina Mladenovic/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 63 67 6-10

COURT 4
1 12:30 - Ekatarina Makarova vs Roberta Vinci 16 60 57
2 14:30 - Mona Barthel / Mandy Minella (GER / LUX) V [6] Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova (RUS / AUS) 46 76 7-10
3 16:30 - [7] Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP / ESP) V Simona Halep / Raluca Olaru (ROU / ROU) W/O Halep retires from tournament

COURT 7
1 16:30 -[7] Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP / ESP) vs Cara Black/Sania Mirza 36 16

 

[tossip]

Halep deserves to be on the big court more than Genie or Kvitova..

 

[faradubii]

If Halep/Olaru win they're supposed to play later same day against Black/Mirza. Funny.
And playing on Moon vs Petko sucks, there's no hawk-eye.

 

[tossip]

If Halep/Olaru win they're supposed to play later same day against Black/Mirza. Funny.
And playing on Moon vs Petko sucks, there's no hawk-eye.

I was looking forward to this match...

 

[faradubii]

If Halep/Olaru win they're supposed to play later same day against Black/Mirza. Funny.
And playing on Moon vs Petko sucks, there's no hawk-eye.

I was looking forward to this match...

Moon is televised but you'll need to find a stream I think.

 

[tented]

Thursday, October 02, 2014 [Order of play showing all matches.]

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM — Start 12:30 P.M.

[3] Petra Kvitova (CZE) v [16] Venus Williams (USA)

Not Before 2:30 P.M.

[Q] Peter Gojowczyk (GER) v [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Pablo Cuevas (URU) v [WC/6] Andy Murray (GBR)

Not Before 7:30 P.M.

[1] Serena Williams (USA) v [13] Lucie Safarova (CZE)

[WC] Siyu Liu (CHN) / Yuqing Ning (CHN) v [4] Julien Benneteau (FRA) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

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LOTUS COURT Start 12:30 P.M.

[WC] Viktor Troicki (SRB) v [3] Tomas Berdych (CZE)

Not Before 2:30 P.M.

Sabine Lisicki (GER) v [9] Ana Ivanovic (SRB)

Alize Cornet (FRA) v Samantha Stosur (AUS)

Not Before 6:30 P.M.

[4] Marin Cilic (CRO) v Joao Sousa (POR)

---

MOON COURT — Start 12:30 P.M.

[15] Andrea Petkovic (GER) v [2] Simona Halep (ROU)

Pablo Andujar (ESP) v [5] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)

[1] Sara Errani (ITA) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) v [WC] Xinyun Han (CHN) / Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN)

Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) v [5] Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) / Shuai Peng (CHN)

---

BRAD DREWETT COURT — Start 12:30 P.M.

[7] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v [Q] Martin Klizan (SVK)

[8] Martina Hingis (SUI) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) v Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) v [WC] Novak Djokovic (SRB) / Filip Krajinovic (SRB)

Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) / Horia Tecau (ROU) v Tomas Berdych (CZE) / John Isner (USA)

---

COURT 3 — Start 12:30 P.M.

[7] Angelique Kerber (GER) v Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

Andreja Klepac (SLO) / Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) v [4] Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Abigail Spears (USA)

[Q] Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Nicholas Monroe (USA) v Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL)

[8] Martina Hingis (SUI) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) OR Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v [4] Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Abigail Spears (USA) OR Andreja Klepac (SLO) / Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)

---

COURT 7 — Start 12:30 P.M.

[12] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v Roberta Vinci (ITA)

[Alt] Mona Barthel (GER) / Mandy Minella (LUX) v [6] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

[7] Garbine Muguruza (ESP) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v [WC] Simona Halep (ROU) / Raluca Olaru (ROU)

[2] Cara Black (ZIM) / Sania Mirza (IND) vs. [7] Garbine Muguruza (ESP) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) OR [WC] Simona Halep (ROU) / Raluca Olaru (ROU)

[1] Sara Errani (ITA) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) OR [WC] Xinyun Han (CHN) / Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN) vs. [6] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) OR [Alt] Mona Barthel (GER) / Mandy Minella (LUX)

 

[Calvy]

Halep deserves to be on the big court more than Genie or Kvitova..

Um, Kvitova is the Wimbledon champion!

So, no, Halep doesn't deserve to be on big court more than Petra.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

V.Williams v Kvitova is a rematch of their Wimbledon match earlier this year,which was a great match,all their previous encounter's have gone to 3 sets.I feel the officials have made the right decision putting this match on the main stadium court.I am saying that with respect to the Halep v Petkovic match.

 

[tented]

V.Williams v Kvitova is a rematch of their Wimbledon match earlier this year,which was a great match,all their previous encounter's have gone to 3 sets.I feel the officials have made the right decision putting this match on the main stadium court.I am saying that with respect to the Halep v Petkovic match.

I agree. Williams/Kvitova not only has the potential to be a great match, based on their head-to-head history, but it also features this year's Wimbledon winner playing a multiple Wimbledon winner, who's one of the WTA's most famous names. While Halep is ranked higher than both Venus and Kvitova, she doesn't carry the star power to justify choosing her over the others. At least not yet.

No one is ever going to be completely satisfied with a tournament's scheduling and court assignments. Some fans will be pleased, others will be upset. But the fact is that not everyone can play on center court (at least in the early stages of a tournament, of course), therefore some matches must be assigned to other courts. To increase ticket sales and to make it easier for TV broadcasters to cover the matches with the most popular appeal, they put them on center court, in order to be certain they don't overlap.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

BTW The completed teams have been announced for the Hopman Cup in 2015 which runs from the 4th January till the 10th January.It is on the General Tennis Talk Forum.
Serena will be playing with Jack Sock for the USA.I think it is a good move by Serena to play the Hopman Cup next year,than defending her Brisbane title.

 

[tented]

^ Here's a link to that thread:

http://www.tennisfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3038

Thanks for starting it, fashionista!

 

[faradubii]

OK guys, I need to hear the justification as to why Sam vs Cornet (both not seeded) and Ivanovic [9] vs Lisicki get the 2nd court while Halep [2] vs Petko [15] is on the 3rd with no hawk-eye. I never said anything about the center court, Petra vs Venus could be a great match as is Serena vs Safarova. Seriously.

 

[tented]

^ That I can't justify. Had I made the schedule, I would have put Halep/Petkovic on "Lotus" court, and moved Cornet/Stosur to "Moon" court.

 

[faradubii]

I don't give a crap about the number of the court really, could've been #77 I don't care as long as it has hawk-eye. It's bullshit.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

The schedule is all messed up because of rain, if it rains another day, it'll get worse.
They will be lucky if they finish everything they scheduled.

 

[faradubii]

The schedule is all messed up because of rain, if it rains another day, it'll get worse.
They will be lucky if they finish everything they scheduled.

Well right now I'm hoping for a typhoon taking away the roof from court #1.