Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart 2014

[MargaretMcAleer]

Bad luck for Domi though to me she has been over playing

 

[Hoergren]

Bad luck for Domi though to me she has been over playing

Yeah bad luck for both Caro and Domi, but I'll rather see them safe and sound in Madrid. Good luck to both ladies. As far as I remember from the rulebook they won't get a zero pointer as they withdraw before their matches and both are replaced by a LL.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Bad luck for Domi though to me she has been over playing

Yeah bad luck for both Caro and Domi, but I'll rather see them safe and sound in Madrid. Good luck to both ladies. As far as I remember from the rulebook they won't get a zero pointer as they withdraw before their matches and both are replaced by a LL.

In regards to Caroline's wrist? is it sprained or is it a problem with a tendon in the wrist?

 

[my sherona]

Finally Stuttgart Maria's own plAyground..real tough tour.. Real tennis .. Real Domination.

 

[Moxie]

Bad luck for Domi though to me she has been over playing

Yeah bad luck for both Caro and Domi, but I'll rather see them safe and sound in Madrid. Good luck to both ladies. As far as I remember from the rulebook they won't get a zero pointer as they withdraw before their matches and both are replaced by a LL.

In regards to Caroline's wrist? is it sprained or is it a problem with a tendon in the wrist?

I'm also curious. The wrists seem to be featuring these days in knocking some players out. Is it right or left?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

From what I just read on another tennis site it is Caroline's left wrist...though there wasn't any further detail than that?

 

[Hoergren]

Not much to say about Caroline injury, but it's important for her play that she can use the left arm for her backhand shot. As you can see she showed up for a light training yesterday with her wrist taped up. She only trained for about 10 minutes. According to Danish papers she spoke with some doctors who advised her to give her wrist some rest. She should be in Stuttgart at least for the next couple of days just training with her right arm - then she probably return to Monaco later.

 

[Hoergren]

Schedule Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - local times estimated - TV from today
Center court
12:30 Klara Koukalova (CZE) V [8] Sara Errani (ITA)
14:30 Gioia Barbieri (ITA) V Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
16:30 Roberta Vinci (ITA) V Annika Beck (GER)
18:30 Lucie Safarova (CZE) V [6] Maria Sharapova (RUS)
19:30 [5] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) V Mona Barthel (GER)
21:30 Eleni Daniilidou / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (GRE / CRO) V Kristina Barrois / Annika Beck (GER / GER)
Court 1
12:30 Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) V Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
14:30 Angelique Kerber / Andrea Petkovic (GER / GER) V [2] Cara Black / Sania Mirza (ZIM / IND)
16:30 Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) V Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)
18:30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) V Diana Marcinkevica (LAT)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Not much to say about Caroline injury, but it's important for her play that she can use the left arm for her backhand shot. As you can see she showed up for a light training yesterday with her wrist taped up. She only trained for about 10 minutes. According to Danish papers she spoke with some doctors who advised her to give her wrist some rest. She should be in Stuttgart at least for the next couple of days just training with her right arm - then she probably return to Monaco later.

Thanks for that updated news.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Schedule Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - local times estimated - TV from today
Center court
12:30 Klara Koukalova (CZE) V [8] Sara Errani (ITA)
14:30 Gioia Barbieri (ITA) V Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
16:30 Roberta Vinci (ITA) V Annika Beck (GER)
18:30 Lucie Safarova (CZE) V [6] Maria Sharapova (RUS)
19:30 [5] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) V Mona Barthel (GER)
21:30 Eleni Daniilidou / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (GRE / CRO) V Kristina Barrois / Annika Beck (GER / GER)
Court 1
12:30 Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) V Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
14:30 Angelique Kerber / Andrea Petkovic (GER / GER) V [2] Cara Black / Sania Mirza (ZIM / IND)
16:30 Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) V Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)
18:30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) V Diana Marcinkevica (LAT)

Sara and Carla advanced , Svetlana is ahead a set...

The match I want to follow is Roberta versus Anika. This is clay and indoors but we are in Germany.
Lets see if Roberta can start her clay season on the right track, Anika is hot, she already has wins coming into the match since she went tru qualifying.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCfKHM7DTHg[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4VLcXinWDc[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4YmTGciYrY[/video]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Really tight match between Sharapova and Safarova
Sharapova 1st set 76 (5)
Safarova 2nd set 76 (5)......we are going into a 3rd set.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Sharapova was serving for the match 5-3....Safarova broke serve and consolidated her serve

5 games all 3rd set.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Safarova broke serve and will serve for the match 6-5

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Safarova was broken serving for the match....6 games all
T/breaker will commence.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Sharapova d Safarova 76(5) 67 (5) 76 (2)

 

[rugged]

Finally Stuttgart Maria's own plAyground..real tough tour.. Real tennis .. Real Domination.

Wow, Maria struggled...3 sets. She can't keep this pace the entire tourney. She might get one more win, can't see anything beyond that.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Lucie d/faulted on BP when she was serving for the match....Typical.

If my math is correct Sharapova has to make the s/finals in this tournament to remain in the top 10.Someone can correct me if I am wrong.