Early 2014 Commitments

[rubydo]

Re Auckland, at this point a very nice entry list:

14 Roberta Vinci (Italy)
16 Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)
20 Kirsten Flipkins (Belgium)
22 Sorana Cirstea (Romania)
25 Elena Vesnina (Russia)
28 Jamie Hampton (USA)
29 Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic)
34 Mona Barthel (Germany)
41 Karin Knapp (Italy)
45 Laura Robson (Great Britain)
47 Marina Erakovic (New Zealand)
48 Venus Williams (USA)
50 Yvonne Meusburger (Austria)
51 Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium)
55 Monica Puig (Puerto Rico)
57 Alison M Riske (USA)
60 Ayumi Morita (Japan)
62 Alexandra Cadantu (Romania)
63 Paula Ormaechea (Argentina)
64 Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
67 Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)
67 SR Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic)
68 Christina M McHale (USA)
71 Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain)

Of interest for me are my girls....Venus, Mona, Garbine Muguruza, Monica Puig, Wicks', Lucie S., and Jamie Hampton.

Mine would be Ana, Sorana, Elena, Venus and Karolina.:heart:

But then there is Mona, Jamie, Christina and Yanina.

Very nice line-up indeed.

Are there any you don't really like Kiu??!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

I like some more than others!
lot

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I like some more than others!
lot

Who is this?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

That's the #22 player in the world, the second top Romanian player. She has her team behind her.
Sorana is her name.
Isn't she cute?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

That's the #22 player in the world, the second top Romanian player. She has her team behind her.
Sorana is her name.
Isn't she cute?

Oh yes, She is indeed cute. I always had a crush on her.

One time she even created controversy in Wimbledon. The organizers put her
on centre court because she is cute while all other big name players were playing
on the side courts. The organizers even openly told that they do consider cuteness
as one among various factors in their scheduling decisions.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Angelique Kerber has hired a new coach Iranian Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh.

 

[rugged]

You will learn a lot about Maria at the end of this month. She's scheduled to play a bunch of exhbitions in South America I think. If she starts withdrawing, it would put her participation in Australia in some doubt.

There's no real information coming out of her camp atm.

Well looks as if she played Anna in Bogota and was beaten.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Aleksandra Wozniak has hired Nathalie Tauziat as her new coach in 2014.

 

[rubydo]

Aleksandra Wozniak has hired Nathalie Tauziat as her new coach in 2014.

Certainly a wise decision, as they both speak English and French fluently and with the improvement shown with Nathalie helping Eugenie Bouchard, it will help Alex elevate her game, back where it should be.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Nadia Petrova has withdrawn from the AO 2014.Nadia had already withdrew from Auckland and Hobart tournaments a few days ago.I suspect this may have something to do with the death of her mother recently.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Laura Robson has withdrawn from the Auckland tournament citing a wrist injury.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Tamira Paszek ranked 179 will replace Robson in the main draw in Auckland

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Paul Annacone will not be travelling to Australia with Sloane Stephens
Sloane's hitting partner Andrew Fitzpatrick will also be her coach during her tournaments in Australia