Stuttgart 2015

[kskate2]

I can't recall Maria hitting an ace match point down.

Me either.

 

[kskate2]

Oh my. That FH was disastrous today. She commits another error and Kerbie comes back from a set down. Well deserved victory! :clap

 

[tossip]

Kerber is playing great this season...

 

[kskate2]

So far, she's the only player who played Fed Cup (lost) and is still doing well in this tournament.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Friday 24/4

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 2:00 pm

Sara ERRANI (ITA) vs Simona HALEP (ROU) [2] 46 46
Not Before 3:30 pm
Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) [8] vs Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [4] 06 36 clap:clap
Not Before 6:30 pm
Angelique KERBER (GER) vs Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) [6] 63 62
followed by
Madison BRENGLE (USA) vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) 36 63 63

COURT 1 Starting at: 3:30 pm
Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP)/Alicja ROSOLSKA (POL) vs Klaudia JANS-IGNACIK (POL)/Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) [4] 36 64 10-3
followed by
Petra MARTIC (CRO)/Stephanie VOGT (LIE) vs Julia GOERGES (GER)/Sabine LISICKI (GER) 63 36 11-9

 

[tossip]

So far, she's the only player who played Fed Cup (lost) and is still doing well in this tournament.

since her former coach came back she is almost back to the Kerber of 2012 to 2013...that win at Charleston bolstered her confidence..:clap

 

[tented]

Order of play Friday 24/4

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 2:00 pm

Sara ERRANI (ITA) vs Simona HALEP (ROU) [2]

This should be fun. I don't have anything against Errani, but I am rooting for Halep.

 

[10isfan]

Nothing against Bencic, but hoping Carla wins. Her game reminds me of Schiavone's, although not as varied. Great to watch that one hander.

 

[Kirijax]

Sharapova is getting ready to join the Ada-Ana club at this rate. According to the rankings, Halep will pass her in the rankings after this week as well.

 

[colleen66]

Petra should show up for every match in her Fed Cup uniform and fool herself into thinking her match is the decider. She might shoot straight to the top of the rankings with that strategy.

Or she could also pretend that every match is played on grass where she usually just goes for broke on every point.

 

[Hoergren]

Here are some highlights:

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGjA2GW8SB0[/video]

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

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5CcZDb_Mxo[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

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

 

[golds girl]

Caro just served CSN a Danish pastry in their first set.
Her point construction looks solid, bringing Sanchez Vicario on seems to be really helping.

 

[kskate2]

CSN digests more bagels than any other player I've ever seen. :wow:

 

[Hoergren]

Solid match from Caroline - well done girl.:clap

 

[golds girl]

^ Look at that unforced error count....very, very clean match from Caro.
Unusually high from Carla. She might be overplaying again...should take a break before the French.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1irGvJpqY[/video]

 

[Hoergren]

Semifinal day Saturday 25/4

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 1:30 pm

Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [4] vs Simona HALEP (ROU) [2] 75 57 62clap:clap
[Alt] Petra MARTIC (CRO)/Stephanie VOGT (LIE) vs Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA)/Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [3] 64 36 0-10
Angelique KERBER (GER) vs Madison BRENGLE (USA) 63 61

Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP)/Alicja ROSOLSKA (POL) vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA)/Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) [2]

 

[golds girl]

Well I see a straight shot for Kerber to the finals after seeing how she handled Sharapova and Makarova...

 

[Hoergren]

Caroline wozniackis match against Carla Suarez Navarro:

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8NdA8ljrc[/video]