Stuttgart 2013

[Hoergren]

Schedule for Thursday 25 April

Centre court start 12.00
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni vs Na Li 16 26

not before 13.30
Angelique Kerber vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 60 64

Petra Kvitova vs Julia Georges 26 76 62 - good match

not before 18.00
Maria Sharapova vs Lucie Safarova - 64 57 63 What a match - match of the tournament between two excellent players. Sorry there should be a winner.

not before 19.30
Jelena Jankovic vs Sabine Lisicki - 67 57 - yes she did it - well done!

Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs Sara Errani -60 46 61 a major surprise.

Court 1 start 13.00
Yaroslava Shvedova vs Carla Suarez Navarro 75 64

Ana Ivanovic vs Nadia Petrova - 64 63 congrats to Ana

 

[jhar26]

No Sharapova tomorrow????? When is she supposed to play her first match?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Schedule for Thursday 25 April

Centre court start 12.00
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni vs Na Li - can Mirjana make another surprise?

I don't think so, she is 31 years old and already played 4 matches here, two of them gruelling 3 setters....

But this is a good one, it's the battle of 31 year olds.
Old Dinosurs!!

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No Sharapova tomorrow????? When is she supposed to play her first match?

Masha plays Lucie at 6:00 pm.
Hoergren has not recovered yet.
:s

 

[jhar26]

^^
I see. Thanks.

 

[Mastoor]

Go JJ! I hope Jelena will win Stutgart. It would be great for her confidence.

 

[SingleBackhand]

enters the scene
Hello all you tennis fans! I have finally found you!
Enjoy this pic of Stuttgart's Karate Girl
wax on, wax off!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Updates here:
Angie beats Pavly in straights, hands a bagle to Nastia in the first set to top it off, nice way to get out of her slump, it's good to play in your home-country.

The battle of 31 year olds is over, Li Na got it done 1 and 2, she is into the 3rd round.

Petra and Julia are next. H2H is all even 1-1
Should be an interesting day.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Hi, my name is Petra Kvitova, and I have the game to be a pain in the ass to any player, but mostly, I am a pain in my own ass.

Oh my,
How true is that today!
:huh:

 

[Hoergren]

Hi, my name is Petra Kvitova, and I have the game to be a pain in the ass to any player, but mostly, I am a pain in my own ass.

Oh my,
How true is that today!
:huh:

Well Kiu she managed to win anyway Congrats to her for not giving up.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Congrats to Ivanovic, she has had some good quality wins as of late. She just needs to start beating up on some higher ranked players on a consistent basis again.

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Also, Petra hate the top!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Also, Petra hate the top!

She is about the worst on the tour with her outfits, only Kimmy had her beat when she was active.

Sundaymorningguy, you are about to turn pro!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Masha and Lucie started.
Masha gets the first break, she had 6 break chances.

Petra's coach and Petra are watching from the stands.

 

[Hoergren]

Schedule for Friday 26 April

Centre court start 13.30
Angelique Kerber vs Yaroslava Shvedova - 63 76

Not before 14.30
Maria Sharapova vs Ana Ivanovic - good match 75 46 64 - congrats to Maria.

not before 18.00
Sabine Lisicki vs Bethanie Mattek-Sand -- 36 26 wow BMA ruling - good for her!

not before 19.30
Petra Kvitova vs Na Li - 63 75

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Oh my the Ms. Safarova is making quite a match of this with Masha. The Petra and Li match is interesting as they have both split wins on the clay. If Petra wants to be brought into the clay conversation this year taking out Na Li would be a great way to do so.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Oh my the Ms. Safarova is making quite a match of this with Masha....

Images from the match.

Even more so now that Lucie won the second set tie breaker and now all tied 2-2 in the decider.
Lucie is tough, she doesn't back-up against anyone.
This is the best match of the day.

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Schedule for Thursday 25 April

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not before 19.30
Jelena Jankovic vs Sabine Lisicki - looks interesting! - come on Sabine.

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These two have been waiting...
Here we go.
H2H is 3-0 in favor of Jelena!!

I don't know who I want to win this :heart: :huh:

 

[MashaFan]

Wow that was a bit of a scare! - My heart is still pumping not to speak of all the adrenaline still flooding through my veins - That sure was a hard fought victory and it doesn't look good for the remaining matches unless she steps it up considerably in the next match vs Ana Ivanovic else Masha will be out in the QF already

For now - a sigh of relief and a little smile on my face

 

[jhar26]

Wow that was a bit of a scare! - My heart is still pumping not to speak of all the adrenaline still flooding through my veins - That sure was a hard fought victory and it doesn't look good for the remaining matches unless she steps it up considerably in the next match vs Ana Ivanovic else Masha will be out in the QF already

For now - a sigh of relief and a little smile on my face

It was her first claycourt match of the season and her first match on any surface in almost a month. She was probably a bit rusty. I hope she won't have to play another long one tomorrow.

 

[tossip]

Jankovic is looking so tired out there...

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

JJ is gone.
Sabine Bombed her with 11 aces and beat JJ in straights.

BMS got rid of Sara, handing her a bagel and a breadstick!
Sara is the highest seed to fall.
We have an American in the last 8! Two Germans, one Russian, one Kazak, one Serb, one Czech and a Chinese. That rounds it up.

 

[Hoergren]

Must say it was an interesting day yesterday with some long matches:

Sharapova had to fight for almost 3h 10 m - in a brilliant fight
Lisicki won after bombing out JJ in straights - 2h 2 m
Kvitova battled through on the brink of losing to Goerges - 2h 16m
BMS erased Errani (get it) with a bagel and a breadstick - or as they say in golf a club and balls (sorry).

Well last battle I dropped because it went far beyond midnight and I'h got enough tennis for one day - but well done ladies, hope you've saved something for today.