Premier 5: Toray Pan Pacific Open, WTA Tokyo 2013

[zalvar]

Holy crap, go Vee

 

[tossip]

just happy for Vee...she will continue to bump up her ranking.

 

[kskate2]

Vika finally ran into someone who made her pay for early round scratchy play. Looking forward to catching the match on youtube later on. Good job Venus.

 

[tossip]

h2h for Vee 3-0,,this counts for something
go Venus Ebony Starr!!!

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Good win for Venus! Let's hope she can sustain this type of play.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Tokyo 2013: Round of 16

Upset day! There were 13 singles matches and boy did that do the trick!?

Scores:

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

SECOND ROUND
Venus Williams (USA) d [1] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 4 |
[13] Simona Halep (ROU) d Andrea Petkovic (GER) | 7 - 6 (4) | 6 - 3 |
[6] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d Ayumi Morita (JPN) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 1 |
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d [9] Sloane Stephens (USA) | 5 - 7 | 7 - 6 (7) | 6 - 3 |
[2] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) | 7 - 6 (5) | 6 - 0 |
[16] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Casey Dellacqua (AUS) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 3 |
[4] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d Flavia Pennetta (ITA) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 3 |
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d [14] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 3 |
[12] Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) | 6 - 3 | 7 - 6 (2) |
Madison Keys (USA) d Shuai Peng (CHN) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 2 |
[15] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d Misaki Doi (JPN) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 2 |
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d [3] Sara Errani (ITA) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 4 |
[11] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d Elina Svitolina (UKR) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 0 |

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#1 , #3 , #9 and #14 are gone!

Good job by Madison, Venus and Genie!
It is crunch time Ladies! Lets go!!
Order of play:

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

CENTER COURT

11:00 - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK) V [4] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN)
13:00 - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN) V [6] JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB)
14:00 - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) V [13] SIMONA HALEP (ROU)
17:00 - [16] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK) V [2] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL)
19:00 - [5] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER) V [11] ANA IVANOVIC (SRB)

COURT 1

11:00 - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS) V [15] SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU)
13:00 - MADISON KEYS (USA) V [7] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE)
15:00 - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE) V [12] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS)
17:00 - [4] ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD / KVETA PESCHKE (GER / CZE) V CARA BLACK / SANIA MIRZA (ZIM / IND)

 

[ozza]

Vika finally ran into someone who made her pay for early round scratchy play. Looking forward to catching the match on youtube later on. Good job Venus.

It was nothing to do with this. The only time Azarenka broke into a jog all match was once after getting passed coming to the net. She was clearly under the weather. She displayed zero intensity from the start, no grunt, and was generally spent from the start. Venus acknowledged this after the match. Venus didn't even play well herself, was far better in R1.

"I didn't sleep at all last night," Azarenka said. "You can't play at 20 percent against one of the top players. I've been feeling bad for a couple of days and it just got worse today."

 

[kskate2]

If she was ill Ozza, why did she play?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

There is an article about this match that explains a little more:
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/09/tokyo-v-williams-d-azarenka/49261/#.UkHT0oZPUoM

there is also this quote from the following article:

Azarenka talked about her physical condition afterwards in her post-match press conference.

"I haven't been feeling well the last few days and haven't been able to practice," Azarenka said. "It has been very frustrating. But I got out there for the people. Everyone was waiting a long time for this match, so there was no way I wasn't going to go out there. I appreciate people coming out and paying for the tickets - they should see the players play. And I tried my best. I did whatever I could do today

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3469615/title/venus-ousts-azarenka-radwanska-wins

Vika had a real bad day, it happens.

 

[RJD11]

There is an article about this match that explains a little more:
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/09/tokyo-v-williams-d-azarenka/49261/#.UkHT0oZPUoM

there is also this quote from the following article:

Azarenka talked about her physical condition afterwards in her post-match press conference.

"I haven't been feeling well the last few days and haven't been able to practice," Azarenka said. "It has been very frustrating. But I got out there for the people. Everyone was waiting a long time for this match, so there was no way I wasn't going to go out there. I appreciate people coming out and paying for the tickets - they should see the players play. And I tried my best. I did whatever I could do today

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3469615/title/venus-ousts-azarenka-radwanska-wins

Vika had a real bad day, it happens.

Does Vichka's early loss here give Serena the

year end # 1 ?

Someone told me that it would be almost

impossible for Aza to catch her if Ree played

China or the YEC. And as of now She is slated

to play both.

 

[tossip]

Vika finally ran into someone who made her pay for early round scratchy play. Looking forward to catching the match on youtube later on. Good job Venus.

It was nothing to do with this. The only time Azarenka broke into a jog all match was once after getting passed coming to the net. She was clearly under the weather. She displayed zero intensity from the start, no grunt, and was generally spent from the start. Venus acknowledged this after the match. Venus didn't even play well herself, was far better in R1.

"I didn't sleep at all last night," Azarenka said. "You can't play at 20 percent against one of the top players. I've been feeling bad for a couple of days and it just got worse today."

:snigger..she doesnt have a good h2h against Vee..:nono..regardless of her health..

 

[tossip]

Venus has a worse physical condition called Sjogren...dont care for Vika s excuse..
h2h 3-0
go Vee!!!

 

[ozza]

If she was ill Ozza, why did she play?

Because withdrawing would get her an even bigger fine than the last time she late withdrew and another zero pointer on her ranking. Plus illness isn't something that gets worse through playing, so there is a nothing to lose aspect.

 

[ozza]

Does Vichka's early loss here give Serena the

year end # 1 ?

Someone told me that it would be almost

impossible for Aza to catch her if Ree played

China or the YEC. And as of now She is slated

to play both.

Yes. WTA might wait until Beijing to confirm it though (theoretically Vika could take wildcards into other events then get it if Serena didn't play another match this season, but this won't happen).

 

[ozza]

:snigger..she doesnt have a good h2h against Vee..:nono..regardless of her health..

Head to head doesn't mean anything when you haven't played for 3 and a half years.

 

[special700]

:snigger..she doesnt have a good h2h against Vee..:nono..regardless of her health..

Head to head doesn't mean anything when you haven't played for 3 and a half years.

Ozza, you do know that Venus 10x better player than Vikka ....rightuzzled. Don't try to make it sound like Venus only beat Vikka because she was getting hot flashes....rediculous.

 

[ozza]

Ozza, you do know that Venus 10x better player than Vikka ....rightuzzled. Don't try to make it sound like Venus only beat Vikka because she was getting hot flashes....rediculous.

Yes Venus the player who has one top 25 win all year before today is currently a better player than the world number 2 :huh:. What happened in the past is irrelevant to now. There is a reason Azarenka was an 86.96% favourite.

 

[tossip]

Ozza, you do know that Venus 10x better player than Vikka ....rightuzzled. Don't try to make it sound like Venus only beat Vikka because she was getting hot flashes....rediculous.

Yes Venus the player who has one top 25 win all year before today is currently a better player than the world number 2 :huh:. What happened in the past is irrelevant to now. There is a reason Azarenka was an 86.96% favourite.

well she lost and she is 16-3 against the mighty sisters:laydownlaughing
Venus is worse off with a serious condition called Sjogrenuzzled

 

[tossip]

Venus will be good against Halep,she beat her post Sjogren in Rome 12

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

A win is a win and a loss is a loss. I don't use Venus' illness as an excuse when she plays period. If she is playing in a tournament, she is saying I feel healthy enough to compete. Same with Vika or Serena. I think we can all agree that Vika was out of sorts for whatever reason, but you can say that about a lot of players in tournaments. They have an opportunity to pull through despite their ailments. The one thing I have noticed and I hate as a Serena fan is when Serena loses fans make excuses like they feel they have to make an excuse for when she loses. Athletes lose all the time excuses aren't necessary. Like I said a win is a win and a loss is a loss, no excuses necessary. Vika didn't play well and Venus played decent that is how it goes sometimes.