Kremlin Cup Moscow 2014

[MargaretMcAleer]

If Cibulkova wins her match against qualifier Vitalia Diatchenko,she will clinch the second alternative position in Singapore,if she loses Makarova will clinch the second alternative position in Singapore

Per the WTA Website.

 

[HawkEye]

The youngsters are doing well - at least this babe the 18 year-old Katerina Siniakova defeats Elena Vesnina in straight sets to advance to R2. A little surprise in a very poor tournament if you compare to the players in Luxembourg. Things can change but.....:nono

Another good match.

Keterina Siniakova vs Kristina Mladenovic 61 61

Well done Katerina. :clap

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFwe8Tj8AA[/video]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Memo to the Pocket Rocket

For the love of tennis please you have to work to correct this insane high ball toss?
I know you are a short player,still having such a high ball toss only makes this issue worse.
May I suggest you book into the Serena Williams Academy Of Ball Toss? one day that ball wont come back.

This match so far should not have gone to 3 sets by the way,shout out to the young qualifier,she has played more aggressive tennis,well done so far in this match.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Domi is serving 2-5 in the 3rd set

It now appears that Makarova will be the 2nd alternative player at Singapore,unless Domi can right the ship in this final set.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Vienktalia Diatchenko (q) d Cibulkova 46 62 62

Congratulations to the young qualifier she played more aggressive tennis and really took her game to Domi.Well done!!!!!!!!

Makarova is now the 2nd alternative player at Singapore...Congrats.

Cibulkova had to win this match to be the 2nd alternative player,seeing she got defeated,Makarova was the next player in line to be the 2nd alternative player at Singapore.

 

[Hoergren]

With Cibulkovas loss we now have the 2nd alternate in Singapore Makarova - congrats to her and congrats to the winner Diatchenko

Vitalia Diatchenko, residence: Moscow, Russia, date of Birth: 02 Aug 1990 Pronounced: dee-a-tchenko. Present ranking 140 - actual ranking 104 and if she wins the quarterfinal she'll be inside top 100 - a real hottie - don't you think? - playing good tennis

.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Vienktalia Diatchenko (q) d Cibulkova 46 62 62

Congratulations to the young qualifier she played more aggressive tennis and really took her game to Domi.Well done!!!!!!!!

Makarova is now the 2nd alternative player at Singapore...Congrats.

Cibulkova had to win this match to be the 2nd alternative player,seeing she got defeated,Makarova was the next player in line to be the 2nd alternative player at Singapore.

Stats for this match

Domi 8/25 Diatchenko 33/35

Every stat tells a picture,in this match it is plain to see,that the aggressor won the match,even though the winners to ufe ratio wasnt that pleasing in ways.33 winners to Domi's 8 winners? pretty much sums up this match,also 25 ufe from Domi? ouch

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Friday, October 17, 2014 - Single quarter finals and semifinals in doubles

Center Court
13:00 - Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) V Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 61 36 26
15:00 - [5] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) V [4] Lucie Safarova (CZE) 46 57
18:30 - Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) V [6] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 16 63 36

Court 1
13:00 - Camila Giorgi (ITA) V Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 67 64 57
15:00 - Margarita Gasparyan / Alexandra Panova (RUS / RUS) V [2] Martina Hingis / Flavia Pennetta (SUI / ITA) 36 26

Court 2
14:00 - Lyudmyla Kichenok / Olga Savchuk (UKR / UKR) V [4] Caroline Garcia / Arantxa Parra Santonja (FRA / ESP) 26 76 10-12

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

A match I will be interested in watching will be My Sveta v Safarova,I am torn in this match
I would love for Lucie to win this title in Moscow,I said it right at the beginning of this tournament
I guess I am in a win,win situation.May the better player on the day win.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

A match I will be interested in watching will be My Sveta v Safarova,I am torn in this match
I would love for Lucie to win this title in Moscow,I said it right at the beginning of this tournament
I guess I am in a win,win situation.May the better player on the day win.

I think it's time a Russian took this title, it was 2007 when Elena Dementieva won it.
A curse for Russian Ladies? Elena beat Serena in that final!

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKIiz_HyZB8[/video]

 

[Hoergren]

Safarova wins quarterfinal

 

[markus1]

Very happy for Lucie. She's having a great season. Hopefully she wins it all now.

Only 14 UEs from Lucie, now that's a rarity

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Very happy for Lucie. She's having a great season. Hopefully she wins it all now.

Only 14 UEs from Lucie, now that's a rarity

BTW nice to see you posting again.

Yes a good win for our Lucie,as I said previously I would be delighted if she can win the title at Moscow.

 

[Hoergren]

Giorgi and siniakova are playing in horrible conditions. They have very loud music and a speaker on center court not respecting that there is a quarterfinal going on on court 1. AND THERE IS NO MATCH ON CC. Very bad for the girls and they were highly frustrated during half of second set. I'm not sure the match would've gone the distance if the sound were normal. As I've said before this hall is terrible to play in. Shame on Kremlin Cup:nono So after over 3 hours of play the 18 year old Siniakova wins over Giorgi after a horrible noise inferno in second set. Siniakova has now jumped 42 places and are now virtual #86 clap

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Saturday 18 October 2014 Semifinals

CENTER COURT Starting At: 1:00 pm
Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [4] vs Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU)

Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [6] vs [Q] Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE)

followed by
CEREMONY FOR CHAKVETADZE and SAFINA


COURT 1 starting At: 3:30 pm DOUBLES FINAL

Caroline GARCIA (FRA)/Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) [4] vs Martina HINGIS (SUI)/Flavia PENNETTA (ITA) [2]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I would like to give a shout out to the young Russian qualifier Diatchenko,who has had a good tournament this week,she defeated Domi.Even though she lost her match against Pavs,I hope to see her in the future

Stats for the match won by Pavs 61 36 63

Diatchencko 36/39 Pavs 17/19

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwE3Ret0478[/video]

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Order of play Saturday 18 October 2014 Semifinals

CENTER COURT Starting At: 1:00 pm
Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [4] vs Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU)

Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [6] vs [Q] Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE)

followed by
CEREMONY FOR CHAKVETADZE and SAFINA


COURT 1 starting At: 3:30 pm DOUBLES FINAL

Caroline GARCIA (FRA)/Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) [4] vs Martina HINGIS (SUI)/Flavia PENNETTA (ITA) [2]

I used to follow her closely and I thought she had a good future. Little did I know that
she would end up as another journeywoman.