TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN 2014

[lomaha]

Wonder what Caroline is doing:lolz:

Maybe explaining the incident with the racket stuck in her hear?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kiu

Seeing we haven't got a post for the Guangzhou tournament.Just a note of interest of the tournaments eight seeds,only No 2 Alize Cornet,a winner on Monday,advanced to the second round.Samantha Stosur was the top seed at the tournament.

 

[special700]

I am all for expanding the horizons of the tennis world, but I cannot justify the elimination of some tournaments in the USA. It really appalls me to see tournaments like the one in San Jose disappear, one that Milos Raonic really enjoyed and did well at, it was a scintillating final last year with Tommy Hass. Dollars do dictate in these days where tournaments will get bigger crowds and it seems Asia has the market on this. Virtually, impossible for most of us to get over there to cover an event, cost is extreme, even for me being on the west coast. I have never envisioned going to Asia to cover a tennis event, but perhaps one day it may happen. Yes, I will be interested to see if Singapore will draw crowds to justify the move from Istanbul, after the women's year end event was held there. At least the men, still remain in London.

Could not agree more with your post.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Wednesday 17, September 2014 - second round - Wozniacki's first play Thursday

CENTER COURT Starting at: 11:00 am
Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS)/Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) [3] vs Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB)/Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) 62 36 6-10
CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) vs Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) [6] 67 57
[WC]Belinda BENCIC (SUI) vs Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [7] 63 46 26
Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) [3] vs Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) 63 64
Angelique KERBER (GER) [1] vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR)

Court 1 Starting at 1.00 pm

Cara BLACK (ZIM)/Sania MIRZA (IND) [1] vs CaseyDELLACQUA (AUS)/Lisa RAYMOND (USA) 63 36 10-8
[WC]Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK)/Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) vs Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN)/Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE) 63 75

Court 3

[4] G Muguruza / C Suarez Navarro (ESP / ESP) vs J Gajdosova / A Rodionova (AUS / AUS) 75 46 10 - 4

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Azarenka v Ivanovic...Vika is still struggling to find form at present.Ivanovic has to be the favourite going into this match

Safarova v Bencic...Lucie won a tough 3 set match against Keys,while Belinda played great tennis against Sveta.This is their first meeting.Hard to predict.I will go with Lucie in 3 sets.

These are the two stand out matches for me.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Last match on center court coming up. [5] Sara Errani (ITA) V Marina Erakovic (NZL)
Can Errani find her momentum or is it Erakovic who continues to impress - we'll see

Weather still hot - 26 c and humidity 77%!

Errani in front 41 but Erkovic wins 1st set 64 - how about that. And deserved too. Erakovic wins second set 61 and is into second round and that ends Tuesdays matches. Errani continues slumping.

That makes Errani the highest seed to fall and the first 4 haven't even played.

My crystal ball tells me one of the 4 seeds will fall in the first match, may be more.
Hopefully it's not Caro.
:angel:

 

[Calvy]

Surprised no one mentioned Nicole Vladisova won her comeback match in a ITF event today.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ Yes Nicole Vaidisova defeated Sesil Karatanscheva 63 64 in Albuquerque in her first match

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Order of play Wednesday 17, September 2014 - second round -
.....

Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) [3] vs Victoria AZARENKA (BLR)
....

I saw Ana and Vika's last match, it was US Open 2013, I actually went to New York that day. Ana was close, she could have won it, as usual, Vika won it with grit. I was sitting among the upper level spectators and this girl was actually imitating Vika's shriek out-loud. Not only I had to hear Vika's but this clown sitting up in the stands.

I even took some pix.

I am guessing this match will be close but will end in straight sets, Vika with the Victory. She does lead H2H 5-2
It'll be a fun match to follow. I think I'll be sleep.

 

[tossip]

Coco is just aaagh..

 

[Hoergren]

A "bloody" affair is going on on center court right now - kidding - but Coco hurt herself with the racket during a serve in 1st sets tiebreak so her knee started to bleed. Cibu and Coco are playing a tight match with lots of breaks - 10 in fact 5 for both players! Coco lost in magic way first set although she dominated the set - that's tennis.:nono Cibu pulls the long straw and wins 76 75 but it was an ugly win.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ That was a Hot Mess that t/breaker for the 1st set

 

[10isfan]

There are reports that earth was quaking at magnitude of 5.6 while Lil' Domi was playing her match.

Well, she has that kind of energy.

Very funny. Thanks for the laugh.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I hope that Safarova v Bencic will be a cleaner match than the one we just watched between Domi and Coco.

 

[Hoergren]

I hope that Safarova v Bencic will be a cleaner match than the one we just watched between Domi and Coco.

It was much better. Bencic played very well in the first set but had to give in to Safarova as she was playing better and better. Second set was tight but it was only matter of time before the experience and steady gameplay was winning. Bencic has still a lot to work with but it's a promising star - not as big as some reporters claim IMHO.

 

[Hoergren]

Ana won the battle of the former #1 s. Ana was playing very well in the first set with wonderful shots and a committed gameplay. Second set was much more equal as Vika had got her diesel engine going and presented the audience with terriffic netplay. Too many errors spoiled the set for Vika and Ana could take the well deserved victory. Vika is almost back on her level after her long injury period. Congrats to Ana.

Time for the last play of the day Kerber vs Svitolina - interesting match.

 

[Hoergren]

The last match Wednesday is over. Kerber survived a very well playing Svitolina who delivered a varied and competitive play which pressed Kerber in many situations. Kerber won 64 64. Svitoline is a much better player IMHO than Bencic because she can keep her play on the same level throughout a whole match and play varied tennis.

A day of seeds paradise is over as the commentator said.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

...

A day of seeds paradise is over as the commentator said.

The darn crystal ball is broken!

 

[markus1]

Svitolina is doing well this season, but i think she still can do a lot better, particularly at slams. Elina needs to work on her second serve. It hinders her.

 

[Calvy]

Ana won the battle of the former #1 s. Ana was playing very well in the first set with wonderful shots and a committed gameplay. Second set was much more equal as Vika had got her diesel engine going and presented the audience with terriffic netplay. Too many errors spoiled the set for Vika and Ana could take the well deserved victory. Vika is almost back on her level after her long injury period. Congrats to Ana.

Time for the last play of the day Kerber vs Svitolina - interesting match.

I just find Ana over - celebrates will she wins matches. Get the finals first and then take it to the next level.