Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati (Women)

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp0_sEyzV5U[/video]

 

[tossip]

Scone is gone!

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npQ_b_Rd06k[/video]

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Jesus, Azarenka just retired at this rate with all the players being injured Serena may not have to worry to much about NY

 

[Kirijax]

Wonder what happened? Azarenka won the first set 6-1 but retired from the match after falling behind 0-3 in the second against Pavlyuchenkova. Sad to see. Hope she is ready for the USO.

What happened to Stephens? She was ahead when I looked and then seems to have fallen apart. Wasted a good win there.

Serena looked good today. Good to see.

Bencic drops out too!? I heard it's her wrist. I hope it's not serious.

 

[tossip]

Azarenka retired just like I saw it....if I was her adviser I will suggest that she gets rid of Sasha and Wim.She needs stability and these two are not bringing that to the table,she needs an older coach not playmates.She spents a lot of time clowning on twitter...she has to be the star of her team and not compete with her employees.
I would suggest Loic Courteau...he is a very good older coach..

 

[Kirijax]

Petkovic takes the first set off of Halep!

 

[kskate2]

Petko w/ an MTO in the 2nd set. She's back on court now 2-2. The WTA really is breaking down.

Meanwhile Svitolina dismisses Garcia in straights.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

I know at this rate the winner of the U.S. Open just might win for the sheer fact she is healthy. Let's see Sharapova hasn't played since Wimbledon, Halep is a ?, Caroline is meh, Petra return from monoville, 6-11 hahahahaha, Bencic wrist injury potentially, 13-19 even more snickers hahaha, Azarenka hmmmm...if Serena can just show up it might not be so bad.

 

[kskate2]

And as we speak Simona is now receiving a rubdown for her sore knee. :cover

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

On the Serena match, it seems all she needed to do was let her hair down and everything returned to normal mood and tennis .

What was her opponent trying to do with her ball toss? Was Knapp trying to toss it high enough to get blessed by God? I was like wow that is high.

 

[Kirijax]

The quarterfinals are set!

Round 3
(1) S Williams (USA) bt K Knapp (ITA) 6-0, 6-2
(3) S Halep (ROM bt (15) A Petkovic (GER) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
(6) A Ivanovic (SRB) bt S Stephens (USA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
(7) L Safarova (CZE) bt B Bencic (SWI) 6-2 retired
J Jankovic (SRB) bt K Pliskova (CZE) (8) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
(14) E Svitolina (UKR) bt C Garcia (FRA)6-0, 6-3
A Schmiedlova (SVK) bt V Lepchenko (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt V Azarenka (BLR) 1-6, 3-0 retired

Serena vs. Ivanovic
Safarova vs. Svitolina
Halep vs. Pavlyuchenkova
Jankovic vs. Schmiedlova

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I know at this rate the winner of the U.S. Open just might win for the sheer fact she is healthy. Let's see Sharapova hasn't played since Wimbledon, Halep is a ?, Caroline is meh, Petra return from monoville, 6-11 hahahahaha, Bencic wrist injury potentially, 13-19 even more snickers hahaha, Azarenka hmmmm...if Serena can just show up it might not be so bad.

Would not it be crazy if Dominatrix stops Serena in her Calendar Grand Slam Quest, of all the players out there? Folks would be willing to write off her 10 year losing record, if that happens.

p.s. No, I don't think it will happen. No, I am not a Maria fan. I just have wild imagination. lot

 

[Kirijax]

I know at this rate the winner of the U.S. Open just might win for the sheer fact she is healthy. Let's see Sharapova hasn't played since Wimbledon, Halep is a ?, Caroline is meh, Petra return from monoville, 6-11 hahahahaha, Bencic wrist injury potentially, 13-19 even more snickers hahaha, Azarenka hmmmm...if Serena can just show up it might not be so bad.

Would not it be crazy if Dominatrix stops Serena in her Calendar Grand Slam Quest, of all the players out there? Folks would be willing to write off her 10 year losing record, if that happens.

p.s. No, I don't think it will happen. No, I am not a Maria fan. I just have wild imagination. lot

I don't think it would wipe away a 10-year losing streak, but it could be the worst possible way for Serena's challenge for the Grand Slam to end.

 

[sk310]

After the US Open Azarenka needs to fix her team. I'm not sure its a coaching situation but she needs to spend some more money on a training team thats going to keep her healthier. Something is going on here.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dgDP7_IlnI[/video]

 

[tented]

Friday, August 21, 2015 Day 7

CENTER STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(1) Novak Djokovic v (5) Stan Wawrinka

NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM

(1) Serena Williams v (6) Ana Ivanovic

NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM

(12) Richard Gasquet v (3) Andy Murray

NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM

Feliciano Lopez v (2) Roger Federer

NOT BEFORE 8:30 PM

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v (3) Simona Halep

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GRANDSTAND STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(1) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza v (WC) Christina McHale / CoCo Vandeweghe

NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM

(Q) Alexandr Dolgopolov v (6) Tomas Berdych

NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM

(14) Elina Svitolina v (7) Lucie Safarova

NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM

Jelena Jankovic v (Q) Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
(4) Casey Dellacqua / Yaroslava Shvedova v Chia-Jung Chuang / Su-Wei Hsieh

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STADIUM 3 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(6) Marcin Matkowski / Nenad Zimonjic v (3) Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecau
(5) Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea v (2) Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo

NOT BEFORE 4:00 PM

Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan v Sara Errani / Flavia Pennetta

NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM / ATP - TBA

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan v Daniel Nestor / Edouard Roger-Vasselin

NOT BEFORE 2:30 PM / ATP - TBA

Feliciano Lopez / Max Mirnyi v Leander Paes / Stan Wawrinka

 

[bajana]

Serena is worried about her game that doesnt seem to be clicking,her ground game needs work and she seems to be losing confidence.She is making a lot of errors something that she had under control,she seems to look at her racket a lot like its not strung well.
She better get it together because they have already started with the psychological warfare,its little subtle things like that fireworks situation and then the locker room thing...its all a plan to rattle her and we know Serena needs to be super relaxed at the Open.She just has to ignore the silly antics and focus on New York.

I wish you would stop that crap about the fireworks. Do you actually thing that they could just throw such a big celebration with in that short space of time? You cannot be that dense to think that. As for the locker room I can't speak to that so I have no comment.

That fireworks "conspiracy" is so laughable. Actually, if anyone had read the website, they'd have seen the announcement that there would be fireworks at that time.. lol

 

[the AntiPusher]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dgDP7_IlnI[/video]

This was by far the best ball striking I witnessed last evening. These two ladies keep the ball extremely deep and very consistent. Simona is gonna be my new :heart: when Serena retires. What fantastic match.

 

[colleen66]

Serena is worried about her game that doesnt seem to be clicking,her ground game needs work and she seems to be losing confidence.She is making a lot of errors something that she had under control,she seems to look at her racket a lot like its not strung well.
She better get it together because they have already started with the psychological warfare,its little subtle things like that fireworks situation and then the locker room thing...its all a plan to rattle her and we know Serena needs to be super relaxed at the Open.She just has to ignore the silly antics and focus on New York.

I wish you would stop that crap about the fireworks. Do you actually thing that they could just throw such a big celebration with in that short space of time? You cannot be that dense to think that. As for the locker room I can't speak to that so I have no comment.

That fireworks "conspiracy" is so laughable. Actually, if anyone had read the website, they'd have seen the announcement that there would be fireworks at that time.. lol

My opinion is that if one wants to find out if something is true or not, it is very easy to do in this age of information. Some refuse to do the work and rely upon often repeated stories or half-truths.