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[MargaretMcAleer]

So who initiated the 10 minute heat break?

Dosen't the WTA have a heat policy when the temp is high and it does allow a 10min break if the match goes to 3 sets?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Kiu

I only tuned into Vee's match late so I could not comment on her performance so far
Have you been watching her match at all?

Off and on, I watched some of Aga/Elena too.

Venus has been OK, pretty good, other than a low first serve percentage. But she has 11 Aces.
Casey is hot and playing good tennis.
Venus has 2 match points.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kiu

I only tuned into Vee's match late so I could not comment on her performance so far
Have you been watching her match at all?

Off and on, I watched some of Aga/Elena too.

Venus has been OK, pretty good, other than a low first serve percentage. But she has 11 Aces.
Casey is hot and playing good tennis.
Venus has 2 match points.

Thanks .....hopefully Vee will close out this match now

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Took it on her second match point, into the round of 16 she goes. I now know who my wild card is.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Took it on her second match point, into the round of 16 she goes. I now know who my wild card is.

Cheater

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well I have the Pocket Rocket as my WC

 

[Moxie]

Kiu

I only tuned into Vee's match late so I could not comment on her performance so far
Have you been watching her match at all?

Off and on, I watched some of Aga/Elena too.

Venus has been OK, pretty good, other than a low first serve percentage. But she has 11 Aces.
Casey is hot and playing good tennis.
Venus has 2 match points.

Thanks .....hopefully Vee will close out this match now

She seemed to be having one of her lower energy days, so it was a good win for her. I'm glad she's still willing to play and enjoy tennis, in spite of her illness.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g68GuU8Keb8[/video]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

This is the match I wanted to see
Caroline v Sloane

 

[Moxie]

Let's see if Sloane can settle down and make a match of it, then.

 

[Hoergren]

Schedule for Monday 24 March local estimated times
Stadium 11:00
1 [4] Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs [19] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)
2 [1] Serena Williams (USA) vs [Q] Coco Vandeweghe (USA)
Not Before 21:00
5 [29] Venus Williams (USA) vs [10] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

Grandstand 11:00
Not Before 15:00
3 [12] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE)

Court 1 11:00
1 [23] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs [5] Angelique Kerber (GER)
3 Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs [3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
4 [15] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) vs [2] Na Li (CHN)
5 Varvara Lepchenko (USA) vs [11] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

Court 2 11:00
1 [4] Kveta Peschke (CZE) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) vs Darija Jurak (CRO) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

Court 7 12:00
1 Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
Not Before 14:00
2 Julia Goerges (GER) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) vs [2] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) / Elena Vesnina (RUS)

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Let's see if Sloane can settle down and make a match of it, then.

Behind 0-4, Sloane breaks Caro to get one break back.
Too many errors and not enough winners, you can't do that against Caro.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I dont think Sloane has ever taken a set off Caroline

 

[Moxie]

I think Sloane needs to try to dictate more. Caroline is sucking up her pace and feeding off of it. Obviously, she needs to clean it up, too But I think bravery would be her better friend, also.

 

[Moxie]

Well, that kind of play, but better execution.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Oh Sloane that over head smash

Both coaches on court in the break

Paul has still a lot of work to do with Sloane

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Caro is not giving anything away, Sloane tries to be brave but misses, she is showing frustration.
Sloane hits an overhead into the net to give Caro the first set. Score 6-1

This may not last long. Caro broke in the first game of the second set and held at love.
Now 2-0, Sloane keeps piling up the errors.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

1st set stats

Caroline 3 winners 8 ufe

Sloane 8 winners 28 ufe???

 

[kskate2]

Annacone has his hands completely full. I don't know that his guiding light will be enough to fix Sloane's problems. He came on court and told he exactly what she needed to do to turn this around and she's doing the opposite.

 

[House]

Wow. Just quit on that match.