Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain, WTA Premier 2018

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018

MANOLO SANTANA Starting At: 12:00 noon

Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [10] vs [WC] Monica PUIG (PUR) 63 76
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Elise MERTENS (BEL) 60 63
Not Before 9:30 pm
Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Donna VEKIC (CRO) 26 64 61

ARANTXA SANCHEZ Starting At: 12:00 noon

Not Before 4:00 pm
Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [4] 26 76 64
Not Before 8:00 pm
Johanna KONTA (GBR) vs [Q] Bernarda PERA (USA)

ESTADIO 3 Starting At: 12:00 noon

Not Before 6:00 pm
Aliaksandra SASNOVICH (BLR) vs Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) 26 64 26

PISTA 4 Starting At: 12:00 noon

ATP
[Q] Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE) vs WC] Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) 75 62
Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) vs Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] 36 16
ATP
[WC] Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU)/Sara SORRIBES TORMO (ESP) vs Julia GOERGES (GER)/Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) 36 57

PISTA 6 Starting At: 12:00 noon

ATP
ATP
ATP
ATP
Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS)/Elena VESNINA (RUS) [1] vs Daria GAVRILOVA (AUS)/Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE)

PISTA 7 Starting At: 12:00 noon

Alicja ROSOLSKA (POL)/Abigail SPEARS (USA) vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE)/Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN) [8] 76 63
ATP
Ashleigh BARTY (AUS)/CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) vs Shuko AOYAMA (JPN)/Miyu KATO (JPN) 61 75
Nicole MELICHAR (USA)/Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) vs Timea BABOS (HUN)/Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [3] 46 16
Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR)/Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) vs Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE)/Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [2] 67 16

 

[Hoergren]

Full match

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Well everybody can have a letdown. My notification is as always: Highlightning the winner and the result - easiest

I agree with your style of updating the previously posted schedule with the results.

But, have one question about that though. When you list the matches scheduled (before they are played), in what order do you list the names of the two players. Is it alphabetical based on last name, is it based on projected winner independent of seeding/ranking, is it based
on seeding, is it based on ranking or is it just cut and paste from the tourney's site and you don't decide the order?

It would be nice if there was some order there too.

 

[Hoergren]

I agree with your style of updating the previously posted schedule with the results.

But, have one question about that though. When you list the matches scheduled (before they are played), in what order do you list the names of the two players. Is it alphabetical based on last name, is it based on projected winner independent of seeding/ranking, is it based
on seeding, is it based on ranking or is it just cut and paste from the tourney's site and you don't decide the order?

It would be nice if there was some order there too.

Not much fuzz about that. If you look at the WTA homepage and click order of play you can see a spot to the right, where you can download a PDF issue of the order of play. Then I use a PDF editor to copy the text and put it into a txt document - make some editing and the names are written exsactly like in the pdf file. I use FOXIT reader.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Wednesday 9 May

MANOLO SANTANA Starting At: 12:00 noon
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs [Q] Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE) 61 64
Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] vs Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] 26 64 36

ARANTXA SANCHEZ Starting At: 12:00 noon

Sloane STEPHENS (USA) [9] vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6] 26 36
Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) vs Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) 63 64

ESTADIO 3 Starting At: 12:00 noon

Kiki BERTENS (NED) vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [2] 62 62
[Q] Bernarda PERA (USA) vs Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) 62 26 46

PISTA 4 Starting At: 12:00 noon

Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [11] 62 64
Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [10] vs Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) 67 63 63
Latisha CHAN (TPE)/Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) [5] vs Julia GOERGES (GER)/Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) 63 76
Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN)/Yifan XU (CHN) [4] vs Johanna KONTA (GBR)/Shuai ZHANG (CHN) 36 61 11-13

PISTA 5 Starting At: 12:00 noon

[Alt] Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS)/Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)/María José MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP) [7] 16 63 7-10

PISTA 6 Starting At: 12:00 noon

Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE)/Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) [6] vs Ashleigh BARTY (AUS)/CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) 06 16

 

[kskate2]

What happened to Woz? She ran into a buzzsaw. Ebony Smooth is about to join the rest of the players in Rome. Down 2-6 1-4 to Pliskobot

 

[Hoergren]

What happened to Woz? She ran into a buzzsaw. Ebony Smooth is about to join the rest of the players in Rome. Down 2-6 1-4 to Pliskobot

SHe met a perfect clay player - actually the case so no chances for Caro - ROme here sshe comes. If Kiki continues like today she'll end up with a good result - remember Kiki outplayed Goerges in the Charleston final.

 

[kskate2]

@Hoergren I do remember that. Kiki, Siegemund and Kasatkina are what I like to call dirt ballers and shot callers.

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018

MANOLO SANTANA Starting At: 12:00 noon
Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] vs Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) 62 63
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6] 46 36
Not Before 9:30 pm
Daria KASATKINA (RUS) [14] vs Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [10] 64 60

ARANTXA SANCHEZ Starting At: 12:00 noon
Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) 64 26 36

ESTADIO 3 Starting At: 12:00 noon
Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS)/Elena VESNINA (RUS) [1] vs Alicja ROSOLSKA (POL)/Abigail SPEARS (USA) 67 76 10-4

PISTA 4 Starting At: 12:00 noon
ATP X 3
After rest if needed
Latisha CHAN (TPE)/Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) [5] vs Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE)/Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [2] 46 61 6-10

PISTA 5 Starting At: 2:00 pm
Johanna KONTA (GBR)/Shuai ZHANG (CHN) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)/María José MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP) [7] 46 26
After rest if needed
Ashleigh BARTY (AUS)/CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) vs Timea BABOS (HUN)/Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [3] 57 63 9-11

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Garbage has been taken out as well.

 

[britbox]

Highlights:

 

[britbox]

 

[kskate2]

Sharapova vs. Bertens will be epic. But if Kiki doesn't serve well she will be joining the rest of the tour in Rome. The other picks would be CSN, Simona & Kasatkina

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER of play Friday 11. May

MANOLO SANTANA Starting At: 1:00 pm

Not Before 3:00 pm
Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) 26 26
Not Before 8:00 pm
Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6] vs Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [10] 67 36


ARANTXA SANCHEZ Starting At: 1:00 pm
katerina MAKAROVA (RUS)/Elena VESNINA (RUS) [1] vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)/María José MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP) [7] 76 76

Timea BABOS (HUN)/Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [3] vs Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE)/Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [2] 62 36 10-8

 

[britbox]

Good battle between Kiki and Masha. Kiki on a really good run.

 

[britbox]

I fancied Halep to win this... but what do I know. Pliskova having a nice clay court season.

 

[Hoergren]

Bit of a strange schedule - one semi has 5 hours longer rest after the match - how come the players won't get the same conditions - 1 match on Manolo and 1 match at Aranxa at the same time would've been fair

MANOLO SANTANA Starting At: 1:00 pm

Not Before 3:00 pm
Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [7] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED)
Not Before 8:00 pm
Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6] vs Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [10]

 

[Hoergren]

And Kiki destroyed another opponent Caroline Garcia 62 62 in very impressive style - so not bad to have lost to the coming champion.

 

[Denis]

Fantastic week for Kiki B. One more to go! Clay is such a good surface for her and Madrid suits her even better with her serve and agressive play.

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - SATURDAY, 12 MAY 2018

MANOLO SANTANA Starting At: 1:30 pm

Doubles Final
Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS)/Elena VESNINA (RUS) [1] vs Timea BABOS (HUN)/Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [3] 26 64 10-8


Not Before 6:30 pm

Singles Final
Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [10] vs Kiki BERTENS (NED) 76 46 63 2h 51m

Hope some are watching - GOOD final one set each and going the distance

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That's all from Madrid tournament on to Rome starting Monday