Cincinnati 2013: Western & Southern Open

[djmm]

Both Williams Sisters are in action this week

Venus, please get past round one!!

Go for the win, Serena, and tidy up that serve. You need a title here to complete your resume!!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Order of play:

Monday, AUGUST 12, 2013

CENTER COURT

13:00 - [11] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS) V SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS)
19:00 - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK) V VENUS WILLIAMS (USA)

GRANDSTAND

11:00 - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA) V PETRA MARTIC (CRO)
13:00 - SANIA MIRZA / JIE ZHENG (IND / CHN) V KIMIKO DATE-KRUMM / ARANTXA PARRA SANTONJA (JPN / ESP)

COURT 3

11:00 - LAUREN DAVIS (USA) V KLARA ZAKOPALOVA (CZE)
13:00 - [9] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER) V KARIN KNAPP (ITA)
19:00 - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA) V [12] ROBERTA VINCI (ITA)

COURT 9

12:30 - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES / FLAVIA PENNETTA (ESP / ITA) V DANIELA HANTUCHOVA / MARTINA HINGIS (SVK / SUI)
14:30 - ANNA TATISHVILI (GEO) V [16] MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS)
16:30 - MONICA PUIG (PUR) V EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN)

COURT 4

11:00 - VANIA KING (USA) V KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA)
15:30 - KATALIN MAROSI / MEGAN MOULTON-LEVY (HUN / USA) V KIRSTEN FLIPKENS / PETRA KVITOVA (BEL / CZE)

COURT 6

11:00 - SIMONA HALEP (ROU) V SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE) LIVE SCORES WATCH LIVE
15:00 - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL) V CARLA SUAREZ NAVARRO (ESP)
17:00 - SOFIA ARVIDSSON (SWE) V ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS)

COURT 7

12:00 - V DUSHEVINA / S SOLER-ESPINOSA (RUS / ESP) V I BEGU / S ZHANG (ROU / CHN)
14:00 - JULIA GOERGES / BARBORA ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (GER / CZE) V RAQUEL KOPS-JONES / ABIGAIL SPEARS (USA / USA)
16:00 - JELENA JANKOVIC / MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (SRB / CRO) V ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA / ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (RUS / AUS)
- See more at: http://www.wtatennis.com/schedule/tournamentId/1118/title/western-southern-open#sthash.49A73o0n.dpuf

 

[kskate2]

Tasty matches for R1. Looking forward to Sam/Sveta, Puig/Bouchard, Sloane/Martic.

 

[RJD11]

Tasty matches for R1. Looking forward to Sam/Sveta, Puig/Bouchard, Sloane/Martic.

TennisTv has only showing 1 WTA match on sched and thats

Venus tonite. ESPN3 only has ATP on also.

Does the Tennis Channel have any ladies matches on?

 

[kskate2]

I'm not in front of a tv. I'm at work and I stream all the matches I watch. lshunter.tv is where I go. Meanwhile. Sam takes out Sveta 6-1 7-5. The 2nd set was quite entertaining.

 

[Hoergren]

Let's see on the dynamic rankings right now - interesting battle 8 - 11:

1 Serena Williams 11920
2 Victoria Azarenka 8805
3 Maria Sharapova 8766
4 Agnieszka Radwanska 6230
5 Sara Errani 5125
6 Na Li 4555
7 Marion Bartoli 4365
8 Caroline Wozniacki 3465 increase if more than 125 p
9 Petra Kvitova 3435 increase if more than 120 p
10 Angelique Kerber 3365 increase if more than 70 p
11 Samantha Stosur 3210 increase if more than 125 p

 

[kskate2]

8-11 is so close together. 3 of them will be heartbroken if it remains that way as only one of them can get in, two can be alternates, but the 4th person will be left out.

 

[RJD11]

Let's see on the dynamic rankings right now - interesting battle 8 - 11:

1 Serena Williams 11920
2 Victoria Azarenka 8805
3 Maria Sharapova 8766
4 Agnieszka Radwanska 6230
5 Sara Errani 5125
6 Na Li 4555
7 Marion Bartoli 4365
8 Caroline Wozniacki 3465 increase if more than 125 p
9 Petra Kvitova 3435 increase if more than 120 p
10 Angelique Kerber 3365 increase if more than 70 p
11 Samantha Stosur 3210 increase if more than 125 p

Does anyone know how Wozi stays at No 10 when she loses

like she has been doing?

 

[tossip]

Tasty matches for R1. Looking forward to Sam/Sveta, Puig/Bouchard, Sloane/Martic.

Sloane and exciting dont go together...:nono

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Sloane is through to the second round, she won today but it took 3 sets.
Sloane will get to play Masha next.

 

[tossip]

Sloane is through to the second round, she won today but it took 3 sets.
Sloane will get to play Masha next.

she will go home:clap

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Angie lost the first set tie breaker but she stormed back and won the second at love. Now up 2-0 in the decider.

We had a third set tie breaker already, Maria Kirilenko had to put everything on the table to pull that one off. It was a 3 hour match.

Venus to play a qualifier in about an hour.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Sloane is through to the second round, she won today but it took 3 sets.
Sloane will get to play Masha next.

This is what I have been alluding in regards to Sloane. This is an opponent that she should've beaten in 2 straight easy sets. I think Pova is going to drive the bus straight over Sloane. Sloane will be a deer in headlights because Pova is going to try to send a message since she has hired Jimbo. I don't think Pova can fire someone like Jmbo, he will fire himself.. that is how he rolls..

 

[tossip]

Sloane is through to the second round, she won today but it took 3 sets.
Sloane will get to play Masha next.

This is what I have been alluding in regards to Sloane. This is an opponent that she should've beaten in 2 straight easy sets. I think Pova is going to drive the bus straight over Sloane. Sloane will be a deer in headlights because Pova is going to try to send a message since she has hired Jimbo. I don't think Pova can fire someone like Jmbo, he will fire himself.. that is how he rolls..

Sloane always wins in three sets all the time....Momo was like that too.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Both Williams Sisters are in action this week

Venus, please get past round one!!

Go for the win, Serena, and tidy up that serve. You need a title here to complete your resume!!

Venus just doesn't look like she has the movement or quick feets.. If she cant win with cheap points from her serve, she will continue to struggle..

I would gather its got to feel like most of us weekend warriors or non 20 year olds.. it take a while to get the older joints lubricated and if your energy level is low,, that is just pure torture for Venus.. the longer the match, you would think that she would get into rhythm but at the cost of her compromised endurance.. I say Venus air it out.. serve and volley like J Kriek mentioned the tactic Pova should try against lil sis Serena.

 

[Fiero425]

Both Williams Sisters are in action this week

Venus, please get past round one!!

Go for the win, Serena, and tidy up that serve. You need a title here to complete your resume!!

Venus just doesn't look like she has the movement or quick feets.. If she cant win with cheap points from her serve, she will continue to struggle..

Well she can depend on her opponents giving it away like this girl! OMG, 3 love lead, now she can't keep the ball in play long enough for Venus to miss! lol! Double faults on both sides of the net! What an ugly match, but we're talking about Venus' game; woof! :angel:

 

[kskate2]

Sloane is through to the second round, she won today but it took 3 sets.
Sloane will get to play Masha next.

This is what I have been alluding in regards to Sloane. This is an opponent that she should've beaten in 2 straight easy sets. I think Pova is going to drive the bus straight over Sloane. Sloane will be a deer in headlights because Pova is going to try to send a message since she has hired Jimbo. I don't think Pova can fire someone like Jmbo, he will fire himself.. that is how he rolls..

Sloane has trouble w/ players like Martic. That's why I said it was a tasty match. I wasn't certain she would face Maria. But good of her to get out of the first round. But as Tossip says, I expect Sloane to be going home tomorrow.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Sloane is through to the second round, she won today but it took 3 sets.
Sloane will get to play Masha next.

This is what I have been alluding in regards to Sloane. This is an opponent that she should've beaten in 2 straight easy sets. I think Pova is going to drive the bus straight over Sloane. Sloane will be a deer in headlights because Pova is going to try to send a message since she has hired Jimbo. I don't think Pova can fire someone like Jmbo, he will fire himself.. that is how he rolls..

Sloane has trouble w/ players like Martic. That's why I said it was a tasty match. I wasn't certain she would face Maria. But good of her to get out of the first round. But as Tossip says, I expect Sloane to be going home tomorrow.

if Sloane beats pova.. Tossip and I will write about the 100 things we admire most about Sloane.. Deal:snigger

 

[kskate2]

This Venus match is very ugly. I think I've seen one very nice constructed point that didn't end in an UE, mind you they've played 8 games already.

 

[kskate2]

Sloane is through to the second round, she won today but it took 3 sets.
Sloane will get to play Masha next.

This is what I have been alluding in regards to Sloane. This is an opponent that she should've beaten in 2 straight easy sets. I think Pova is going to drive the bus straight over Sloane. Sloane will be a deer in headlights because Pova is going to try to send a message since she has hired Jimbo. I don't think Pova can fire someone like Jmbo, he will fire himself.. that is how he rolls..

Sloane has trouble w/ players like Martic. That's why I said it was a tasty match. I wasn't certain she would face Maria. But good of her to get out of the first round. But as Tossip says, I expect Sloane to be going home tomorrow.

if Sloane beats pova.. Tossip and I will write about the 100 things we admire most about Sloane.. Deal:snigger

You can't make a deal for Tossip. He has to do that for himself, but I'm extremely intrigued by this bet (even though I know nothing will come of it because Masha isn't losing, right?).