China Open Beijing 2014

[MargaretMcAleer]

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I think one of the reasons why Ana is having a good year,is the improvement of her back hand,which was her weaker shot,also her defense on her back hand wing has improved.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Talking about nick names on this site

I will take credit for naming Domi as the Pocket Rocket,just throwing my hand up with that one

 

[rubydo]

Got to agree with your summation on this court uproar, Kiu!! No matter if we like certain lady players, but far and away the men draw the biggest crowds and attention. We just have to see how many people are on this site, men's versus women, and it is the men that draw way more attention! Sorry, Si Si I know how you stand up for your Romanian Sweety, but as noted Genie is not on centre court and I am not going to wave a heavy hockey stick and demand restitution for that!

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Tuesday, September 30, 2014

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM
12:30 - Elina Svitolina (UKR) V [4] Maria Sharapova (RUS) 26 26
19:45 - [1] Serena Williams (USA) V Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 62 63

LOTUS COURT
14:30 - Lin Zhu (CHN) V [2] Simona Halep (ROU) 57 46
16:30 - Caroline Garcia (FRA) V [16] Venus Williams (USA) 46 36

MOON COURT
16:10 - Roberta Vinci (ITA) V [5] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 64 64
18:10 - Chia-Jung Chuang / Olga Govortsova (TPE / BLR) V [5] Andrea Hlavackova / Shuai Peng (CZE / CHN) 36 26
20:10 - [8] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) V Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 46
22:10 - Romina Oprandi (SUI) V [9] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 46 26

COURT 3
16:10 - [15] Andrea Petkovic (GER) V Madison Keys (USA) 62 63
18:10 - [7] Angelique Kerber (GER) V Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 63 61
20:10 - [14] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) V Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 16 63 26
22:10 - Kristina Mladenovic / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (FRA / RUS) V Yi-Fan Xu / Jie Zheng (CHN / CHN) 62 60

COURT 4
16:10 - [3] Kveta Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (CZE / SLO) V Jarmila Gajdosova / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS / CRO) 26 63 3-10
18:10 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) V Kurumi Nara (JPN) 63 61

COURT 7
16:10 - [12] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) V Polona Hercog (SLO) 75 60

COURT 8
16:10 - Mona Barthel (GER) V [13] Lucie Safarova (CZE) 36 36

 

[bajana]

Got to agree with your summation on this court uproar, Kiu!! No matter if we like certain lady players, but far and away the men draw the biggest crowds and attention. We just have to see how many people are on this site, men's versus women, and it is the men that draw way more attention! Sorry, Si Si I know how you stand up for your Romanian Sweety, but as noted Genie is not on centre court and I am not going to wave a heavy hockey stick and demand restitution for that!

The other thing about it being a dual event, is that the slots are filled to a particular, pre-defined allocation - and usually in the evening, it's going to be one WTA and one ATP. Given that Serena is on that day, it's highly unlikely she will go to the 2nd court - and nothing new there, so that leaves the other slot filled by an ATP match

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Madison Keys will pass Sloane Stephens for the first time in the next WTA rankings,Sloane has missed Wuhan-Beijing tournaments with wrist issues.It will be a interesting match up when Keys plays Petko later today.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

I think Serena can claim YE #1 if she defends I think.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

According to my maths,someone can correct me if I am wrong here.

Neither Simona or Petra can catch Serena,if she loses early in Beijing and YEC.The only person that can finish as No 1,other than Serena is Maria who has no points to defend,but she has to win Beijing and YEC,Serena has to lose early in both for that to happen.
If Serena wins Beijing,she will clinch year No 1 immediately.

 

[rubydo]

Talking about nick names on this site

I will take credit for naming Domi as the Pocket Rocket,just throwing my hand up with that one

Very famous hockey player named the Pocket Rocket too, fashionista. Henri Richard of the Montreal Canadians, younger brother of the illustrious Maurice Rocket Richard! Just a little hockey memorabilia for you! I broadcast over 400 hockey games on radio, mostly junior games( 1970-2003) but two NHL games for the Vancouver Canucks.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

I am NOT going to dismiss Petra's chances here like the rest are.
If she plays like she did Saturday, there is no one who can beat her.
Petra is in better form than anyone here.

 

[tented]

I know Hoergren already posted tomorrow's schedule, but here it is with both men and women, in order to give you a feel for when everything takes place.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

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

Elina Svitolina (UKR) v [4] Maria Sharapova (RUS)

Not Before 2:30 P.M.

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

Richard Gasquet (FRA) v [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Not Before 7:45 P.M.

[1] Serena Williams (USA) v [Q] Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)

Not Before 9:00 P.M.

[7] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v Fabio Fognini (ITA)

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LOTUS COURT — Start 12:30 P.M.

[WC] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) v [3] Tomas Berdych (CZE)

Not Before 2:30 P.M.

[WC] Lin Zhu (CHN) v [2] Simona Halep (ROU)

Caroline Garcia (FRA) v [16] Venus Williams (USA)

Not Before 6:30 P.M.

Jerzy Janowicz (POL) v [WC/6] Andy Murray (GBR)

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MOON COURT — Start 12:30 P.M.

Roberta Vinci (ITA) v [5] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) / Olga Govortsova (BLR) v [5] Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) / Shuai Peng (CHN)

[8] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) v Sabine Lisicki (GER)

Romina Oprandi (SUI) v [9] Ana Ivanovic (SRB)

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BRAD DREWETT COURT — Start 2:00 P.M.

[8] John Isner (USA) v Santiago Giraldo (COL)

Tommy Robredo (ESP) v Andreas Seppi (ITA)

[Q] Martin Klizan (SVK) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

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COURT 3 — Start 12:30 P.M.

[15] Andrea Petkovic (GER) v Madison Keys (USA)

[7] Angelique Kerber (GER) v Zarina Diyas (KAZ)

[14] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) v Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v Yi-Fan Xu (CHN) / Jie Zheng (CHN)

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COURT 4 — Start 12:30 P.M.

[3] Kveta Peschke (CZE) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) v Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO)

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v Kurumi Nara (JPN)

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) v Lukasz Kubot (POL) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE)

Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) v [2] Alexander Peya (AUT) / Bruno Soares (BRA)

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COURT 7 — Start 12:30 P.M.

[12] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v [Q] Polona Hercog (SLO)

[Q] Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Nicholas Monroe (USA) v Marin Cilic (CRO) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)

Julien Benneteau (FRA) v Pablo Andujar (ESP)

[Q] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) v Pablo Cuevas (URU)

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COURT 8 — Start 12:30 P.M.

Ivo Karlovic (CRO) v [Q] Peter Gojowczyk (GER)

Not Before 2:00 P.M.

[3] David Marrero (ESP) / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) / Horia Tecau (ROU)

[Q] Mona Barthel (GER) v [13] Lucie Safarova (CZE)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I am NOT going to dismiss Petra's chances here like the rest are.
If she plays like she did Saturday, there is no one who can beat her.
Petra is in better form than anyone here.

I agree Petra played well all tournament at Wuhan and deserved her victory
The only time Petra has won back to back titles was at Linz and the YEC in 2011
Petra is a player that can quite easily go out in a first rd match to anyone.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

I am NOT going to dismiss Petra's chances here like the rest are.
If she plays like she did Saturday, there is no one who can beat her.
Petra is in better form than anyone here.

I agree Petra played well all tournament at Wuhan and deserved her victory
The only time Petra has won back to back titles was at Linz and the YEC in 2011
Petra is a player that can quite easily go out in a first rd match to anyone.

I don't think anyone is dismissing her chances here, but you know she can win one minute then be the worst thing on the court the next minute. I like to refer to it as cautious optimism.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

But last time she won Wimby she sweeped the YEC too.
She is sitting even prettier this time. Her first opponent is Peng, Petra hasn't lost to Peng in 5 meetings.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ Point taken with the h2h against Peng,I really hope that Petra can maintain her form from Wuhan into Beijing.Though I have to agree with Sunday's post,I always remain cautious where Petra is concerned

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

I don't know. The end of the year in tennis is always so hard to enjoy because you have some players fighting and trying to end the year on a good note, and others who are just kind of lackadaisical about it since the slams are done.

 

[Hoergren]

Well Tented you know how I feel about the men - I don't give a f..k - at least you could have extracted all the emtpty lines. An idea of when things goes on - look at the estimated times on my list. Well you're the boss. That said let's get on with todays matches. Starting with a very interesting matchup Sharapova - Svitolina. It will not be a walk in the park as Svita is on a rise right now lately beating Kerber. So if Maria is going to survive round 2 she's going to have a decent workout.

Weather pretty chilly - 14 c - but sunny and free of smog - for now.

Radwanska is playing Vinci on the Moon court and is shown on Tennis TV and I'm vatching both via stream.

 

[kskate2]

Maria is through, but Aga in all kinds of trouble down 6-4 5-3 to Roberta

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Aga's slump continues as Vinci defeats her 64 64

 

[Si Si Simona]

I found one difference between Simo and her Chinese tween sister !
Different hair style.

Same height 168cm
Same style of play
Same dress colour
Same shoes colour

Zhu must be her Chinese reincarnation