Qatar Total Open 2016

[Hoergren]

Another Middle east PREMIER tournament - this is a 5 - is coming up - here is a bit of info:

Tier: Premier Prize Money: $2,517,250 Surface: Hard Director: Saad Al Mohannadi
While the ATP first staged a tournament in Qatar in 1993, the Qatar Tennis Federation did not launch what is now known as the Qatar Total Open in Doha in 2001 as the popularity of women's sports was starting to take off in the country. Doha's ultra-modern Khalifa International Tennis Complex also hosted the season-ending WTA Championships from 2008 to 2010.

Qatar Total Open champions include WTA greats such as Justine Henin, Martina Hingis and Monica Seles, as well as two-time winners Victoria Azarenka, Anastasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova.

The capital of Qatar, Doha is the country's cultural, commercial and financial center.

Draw with another hard draw for Caroline but if she wants to get away from her #22 ranking (Monday) she has to beat them all.

A Kerber (1) vs BYE
S Zheng vs V Lepchenko
Qualifier vs E Bouchard (WC)
D Allertova vs E Svitolina (15)
S Kuznetsova (12) vs J Goerges
J Ostapenko vs Z Diyas
K Mladenovic vs B Strycova
BYE vs P Kvitova (5)

G Muguruza (4) vs BYE
Y Shvedova vs N Hibino
T Babos vs M Brengle
T Pironkova vs S Errani (16)
K Pliskova (10) vs M Gasparyan
E Makarova vs A Petkovic
C Vandeweghe vs Qualifier
BYE vs B Bencic (6)

L Safarova (7) vs BYE nice to see her back
L Hradecka vs C Buyukakcay (WC)
D Kasatkina vs Qualifier
L Tsurenko vs R Vinci (9)
J Jankovic (14) vs Qualifier
S Lisicki vs M Niculescu
Qualifier vs A Beck
BYE vs A Radwanska (3)

C Suárez Navarro (8) vs BYE
Qualifier vs F Al Nabhani (WC)
A Schmiedlova vs Y Putintseva
B Mattek-Sands vs T Bacsinszky (11)
C Wozniacki (13) vs Qualifier
D Gavrilova vs M Doi
C Garcia vs Qualifier
BYE vs S Halep (2)

This is what they are fighting about:

Winner $518,500 ------- 900
Finalists $259,300 ------- 585
Semi-Finalists$129,520 -- 350
Quarter Finalists $59,730 -190
3rd Round $29,580 --------105
2nd Round $15,185 -------- 60
1st Round $7,800 ----------- 1

 

[golds girl]

Thanks for posting Hoergren!

With the bad performance by seeds in Dubai, I give Caroline a very good chance to make it deep in this tourney.

 

[tossip]

where is Zenka?....everyone is catching up to her two slams...soon Kerber will have three..

 

[10isfan]

I don't understand why Vika decided to skip Dubai and Doha. Playing in Mexico makes no sense.

 

[Hoergren]

I don't understand why Vika decided to skip Dubai and Doha. Playing in Mexico makes no sense.

Don't despair - not much makes sense right now - we'll have to deal with the realities and that is a new generation of players coming. Everyone can beat everyone on a good day so surprises will occur in Doha too. BUT that's what is fun with female tennis - nice girls, surprises and intriguing matches like the one we just saw between Garcia and Strycova.

 

[tossip]

I don't understand why Vika decided to skip Dubai and Doha. Playing in Mexico makes no sense.

Don't despair - not much makes sense right now - we'll have to deal with the realities and that is a new generation of players coming. Everyone can beat everyone on a good day so surprises will occur in Doha too. BUT that's what is fun with female tennis - nice girls, surprises and intriguing matches like the one we just saw between Garcia and Strycova.

Strycova is nice :lolz::snicker thats the joke of the day and Errani nice bwahaha you are funny sir :snicker

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Sunday, February 21, 2016 - times are local

Centre Court

15:30 - Donna Vekic (CRO) V Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA) 60 60
17:00 - [10] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) V Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 16 16clapclap
19:00 - Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) V Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 75 36 67
21:00 - Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) V Andrea Petkovic (GER) 36 26

Court 1

15:30 - Saisai Zheng (CHN) V Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 62 76
17:30 - Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) V Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 61 63
19:30 - Daria Kasatkina (RUS) V Qiang Wang (CHN) 61 26 63
21:30 - Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) V Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 26 46

Court 2

15:30 - Lucie Hradecka (CZE) V Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) 46 76 26
17:30 - Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) V Annika Beck (GER) 64 64
19:30 - Chen Liang / Yafan Wang (CHN / CHN) V [6] Timea Babos / Julia Goerges (HUN / GER) 36 46
21:30 - Anna-Lena Groenefeld / Coco Vandeweghe (GER / USA) V Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Barbora Krejcikova (POL / CZE) 46 46

 

[Hoergren]

If you need a little tennis then you perhaps should try and watch Pliskova vs Gasparyan - there is a nice surprise waiting for you

http://live.robinwidget.com/streaming/free-live-video-streaming-pliskova-gasparyan-wta-doha-tennis-wta-255849.html

Impressive win for Gasparyan.

Sevastova vs Bouchard coming up- let's see if Bouchard is slumping too.

 

[sk310]

I don't understand why Vika decided to skip Dubai and Doha. Playing in Mexico makes no sense.

I thought the same thing... Bad scheduling and I'm sure appearance fees were at play.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Monday 22. Februar

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 3:30 PM
Lesia TSURENKO (UKR) vs Roberta VINCI (ITA) [9] 26 16
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [13] vs Q] Ana KONJUH (CRO) 46 63 75:clap
Not Before 7:00 pm
Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) [14] vs Q] Jana CEPELOVA (SVK) 64 67 60
Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) [12] vs Julia GOERGES (GER) 63 63

COURT 1 Starting at: 3:30 PM
Caroline GARCIA (FRA) vs [Q] Elena VESNINA (RUS) 36 57
Tsvetana PIRONKOVA (BUL) vs Sara ERRANI (ITA) [16] 61 67 36
Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) 36 46
Raquel ATAWO (USA)/Abigail SPEARS (USA) [7] vs [WC] Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA)/Varvara LEPCHENKO (USA) 61 64

COURT 2 Starting at: 3:30 PM
Denisa ALLERTOVA (CZE) vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [15] 75 64
Sabine LISICKI (GER) vs Monica NICULESCU (ROU) 26 26
Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) vs Timea BACSINSZKY (SUI) [11] 63 57 06
Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK)/Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) vs Margarita GASPARYAN (RUS)/Monica NICULESCU (ROU) 64 57 10-3
Y Xu / S Zheng (CHN / CHN) vs C Chuang / O Kalashnikova (TPE / GEO) 64 62

COURT 3 Starting at: 3:30 PM
Daria GAVRILOVA (AUS) vs Misaki DOI (JPN) 61 61
CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) vs [Q] Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) 75 62
Timea BABOS (HUN) vs Madison BRENGLE (USA) 36 75 60
Chin-Wei CHAN (TPE)/Katalin MAROSI (HUN) vs Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR)/Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR) 62 64


COURT 4 Starting at: 3:30 PM
Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (KAZ) vs Nao HIBINO (JPN) 36 76 36
[WC] Simona HALEP (ROU)/Raluca OLARU (ROU) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)/Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) [8] 57 46
Daria KASATKINA (RUS)/Elena VESNINA (RUS) vs Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS)/Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) 64 75

 

[10isfan]

Klispova is playing terribly last few weeks. She might be joining her twin lower in the rankings if she doesn't get it together.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Centre Court
14:00 - Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) V [3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 46 46
16:00 - Barbora Strycova (CZE) V [5] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 67 46
18:00 - [1] Angelique Kerber (GER) V Saisai Zheng (CHN) 57 16
19:00 - Elena Vesnina (RUS) V [2] Simona Halep (ROU) 67 64 61:clap
21:00 - [4] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) V Nao Hibino (JPN) 62 60

Court 1
15:30 - Daria Kasatkina (RUS) V [9] Roberta Vinci (ITA) 62 46 67
17:30 - [14] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) V Monica Niculescu (ROU) 63 46 57
19:30 - [7] Lucie Safarova (CZE) V Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) 67 57:nono
21:30 - [13] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) V Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 63 63 :clap

Court 2
15:30 - Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) V Denisa Allertova (CZE) 76 75
17:30 - Timea Babos (HUN) V [16] Sara Errani (ITA) 64 61
19:30 - Coco Vandeweghe (USA) V [6] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 64 62:clap
21:30 - [1] Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (SUI / IND) V Yi-Fan Xu / Saisai Zheng (CHN / CHN) 64 46 10-4

Court 3
15:30 - [8] Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) V Donna Vekic (CRO) 76 64
17:00 - [12] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) V Jelena Ostapenko LAT) 67 06
19:00 - Ons Jabeur / Olla Mourad (TUN / QAT) V Petra Kvitova / Barbora Strycova (CZE / CZE) 06 16
21:00 - Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Barbora Krejcikova (POL / CZE) V [2] Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Yaroslava Shvedova (USA / KAZ) 36 67

Court 4
15:30 - Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) V Andrea Petkovic (GER) 36 36
17:30 - Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) V [11] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 26 67
19:30 - Darija Jurak / Nicole Melichar (CRO / USA) V Gabriela Dabrowski / María José Martínez Sánchez (CAN / ESP) 62 16 3-10

Court 6
17:30 - Kateryna Bondarenko / Olga Savchuk (UKR / UKR) V Naomi Broady / Alicja Rosolska (GBR / POL) 64 62
19:30 - [5] Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE / CZE) V Sara Errani / Carla Suárez Navarro (ITA / ESP) 63 46 6-10

 

[golds girl]

I see some battles tomorrow

Strycova might be feeling confident after her Dubai finalist berth, so Kvitova can't be asleep at the wheel

Jankovic might get thrown off my Niculescu's unconventional game

I can easily see Caro's match going three vs. Daria. Although Caro met Daria early in Dubai and routed her, I could see Daria having learned a thing or two about her game.

Let's see if the seeds stay true:clap

 

[golds girl]

Speaking of seeds, Kerber in real trouble now, down a set and double break against newcomer Zheng SaiSai ranked #73.
Here we go again.......

 

[10isfan]

Seeds falling again in round one. Pathetic.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLcZRIf-d5c&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Hoergren]

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 2:00 pm
Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) [8] vs Timea BACSINSZKY (SUI) [11] 62 62
Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT) vs Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [5] 57 62 61
Monica NICULESCU (ROU) vs Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [3] 57 16
Not Before 7:00 pm
Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [4] vs Timea BABOS (HUN) 62 75
[WC] Cagla BUYUKAKCAY (TUR) vs Roberta VINCI (ITA) [9] 57 16

COURT 1 Starting at: 3:30 pm
Saisai ZHENG (CHN) vs [WC] Eugenie BOUCHARD (CAN) 43 61
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [13] vs [Q] Elena VESNINA (RUS) 57 75 36
Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) vs CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) 63 64
followed by
Daria KASATKINA (RUS)/Elena VESNINA (RUS) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)/Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) [8] 64 64

COURT 2 Starting at: 3:30 pm
Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR)/Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA)/Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [3] 64 64
Raquel ATAWO (USA)/Abigail SPEARS (USA) [7] vs Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN)/María José MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP) 67 16
not before 7 pm after suitable rest
Sara ERRANI (ITA)/Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) vs Margarita GASPARYAN (RUS)/Monica NICULESCU (ROU) 36 62 10-7

COURT 3 Starting at: 3:30 pm
Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE)/Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) [4] vs hin-Wei CHAN (TPE)/Katalin MAROSI (HUN) 62 61
Not before 8 pm after suitable rest
[WC] Petra KVITOVA (CZE)/Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) vs Timea BABOS (HUN)/Julia GOERGES (GER) [6] W/O

 

[Hoergren]

Doha playerws party

 

[Hoergren]

Click the link and see the biggest miss in 2016 - well actually two miss with one shot - the ball was out and she shoots it out:nono

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/Cb7cWiAW8AAWhDU.mp4

 

[golds girl]

Petra needs a good coach. She might not stay in top ten otherwise. Or, perhaps she is not coachable.

I predict a semblance of order at IW when Serena, Pova, and Vika are playing.

It just looks bad for women's tennis when seeds can't get past unseeded players. It doesn't happen regularly on the men's side within the Top 10 players Therefore, it makes it seem like some of these women seeded players are over-hyped or are surface specialists.