WTA Miami

[MargaretMcAleer]

I will vote for Serena to win her 7th title in Miami.

 

[Fiero425]

I will vote for Serena to win her 7th title in Miami.

Seems like a tough draw if thing go according to script! Looking forward to a couple huge upsets just like at IW though! :clap :angel:

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I will vote for Serena to win her 7th title in Miami.

Seems like a tough draw if thing go according to script! Looking forward to a couple huge upsets just like at IW though! :clap :angel:

I feel Serena has a reasonable draw in Miami.Serena usually plays well in Miami.I mean she hasn't won 6 titles there for nothing I agree with Sundaymorningguy's post regarding Serena's serve and return game.

I will be interested to watch Aga's performance in Miami? with her knee issue.

 

[rugged]

It's in the bag!!! Maria all the way

Well whatever is in that bag, she'd better let it out and hope it can help her.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

WTA Miami 1st day scores.

Scores:

TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014

FIRST ROUND
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) | 6 - 2 | 7 - 5 |
Elina Svitolina (UKR) d Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) | 6 - 3 | 3 - 6 | 6 - 3 |
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d [WC] Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) | 6 - 3 | 7 - 5 |
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d Francesca Schiavone (ITA) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 2 |
Monica Puig (PUR) d Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) | 6 - 1 | 7 - 6 (7) |
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 1 |
Romina Oprandi (SUI) d Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 4 |
Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d [WC] Indy De Vroome (NED) | 7 - 5 | 5 - 7 | 6 - 2 |
[WC] Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d Stefanie Voegele (SUI) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 2 |
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 0 |
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d Iveta Melzer (CZE) | 7 - 6 (3) | 6 - 1 |
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d Annika Beck (GER) | 7 - 6 (2) | 6 - 4 |

QUALIFYING - FINAL ROUND
[22] Donna Vekic (CRO) d [3] Johanna Larsson (SWE) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 1 |
[4] Shahar Peer (ISR) d Luksika Kumkhum (THA) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 1 |
Kiki Bertens (NED) d [1] Jana Cepelova (SVK) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 4 |
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d [WC] Varvara Flink (RUS) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 1 |
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d [16] Sharon Fichman (CAN) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 3 |
[15] Katarzyna Piter (POL) d [WC] Irina Khromacheva (RUS) | 2 - 6 | 7 - 5 | 4 - 3 | RET
[13] Olga Govortsova (BLR) d [8] Julia Goerges (GER) | 7 - 6 (3) | 6 - 2 |
[11] Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d [WC] Francoise Abanda (CAN) | 7 - 6 (4) | 4 - 6 | 6 - 4 |
[20] Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) d [10] Petra Cetkovska (CZE) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 4 |
[5] Virginie Razzano (FRA) d Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) | 4 - 6 | 6 - 3 | 6 - 4 |
[6] Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) d Nastassja Burnett (ITA) | 6 - 1 | 5 - 7 | 6 - 2 |
[23] Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) d [7] Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) | 6 - 1 | 5 - 7 | 6 - 3 |

Kimiko survives the qualifying! Julia does not!!

 

[Hoergren]

RE: MIAMI - SONY Open Tennis - March 17th to 30th

I can see the following schedule has been brought in the POLL thread - how come ???? The proper place is in this thread - sorry to say - that's why I've posted it here - sorry Kiu.

All times are local and estimated. Interesting matches coming up.

A few TV transmissions from stadium 1 today - e.g. Mchale - Zheng

Rest of the 1st round matches Wednesday

Stadium
15:00 Christina McHale (USA) V Jie Zheng (CHN) 64 62 :clap
17:00 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) V Andrea Petkovic (GER) 36 46:clap
20:30 Anett Kontaveit (EST) V Madison Keys (USA) 36 26

Grandstand
11:00 Nadia Petrova (RUS) V Urszula Radwanska (POL) 76 16 64

Court 1
11:00 Shuai Zhang (CHN) V Lauren Davis (USA) 26 36 :clap
17:00 Alison Riske (USA) V Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) 16 75 62

Court 2
11:00 Shuai Peng (CHN) V Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 75 60
13:00 Kiki Bertens (NED) V Victoria Duval (USA) 76 61
15:00 Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) V Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 76 64

Court 7
11:00 Heather Watson (GBR) V Virginie Razzano (FRA) 46 06 :clap
17:00 Zarina Diyas (KAZ) V Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) 64 36 62

Court 8
11:00 Mona Barthel (GER) V Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 46 24 ret.
14:00 Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) V Donna Vekic (CRO) 67 26

Court 9
11:00 Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) V Vania King (USA) 06 06:clap
13:00 Paula Ormaechea (ARG) V Katarzyna Piter (POL) 76 61
15:00 Coco Vandeweghe (USA) V Marina Erakovic (NZL) 64 76
17:00 Monica Niculescu (ROU) V Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 36 46

Court 10
11:00 Karin Knapp (ITA) V Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 63 16 46
13:00 Shahar Peer (ISR) V Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 06 36
15:00 Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) V Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 63 60

 

[Hoergren]

Scores:


Order of play:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014

Why in this thread Kiu ???

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Scores:


Order of play:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014

Why in this thread Kiu ???

Two threads were posted originally within 2 minutes of each other.
I merged both threads together.

 

[ozza]

I am furious with the streaming situation in Miami .

 

[tented]

I will vote for Serena to win her 7th title in Miami.

Seems like a tough draw if thing go according to script! Looking forward to a couple huge upsets just like at IW though! :clap :angel:

I feel Serena has a reasonable draw in Miami.Serena usually plays well in Miami.I mean she hasn't won 6 titles there for nothing I agree with Sundaymorningguy's post regarding Serena's serve and return game.

Yeah, it would be surprising if anyone other than Serena won this.

I will be interested to watch Aga's performance in Miami? with her knee issue.

I hope Aga's knee is OK. The tour needs her.

 

[RJD11]

Wow! Vania King double bagelled Cabeza


Vicky D. lost 7 - 6 6 - 1

Played well the 1st set, Then crashed the 2nd.

Wonder if its a fitness thing?

 

[golds girl]

Wow! Vania King double bagelled Cabeza


Vicky D. lost 7 - 6 6 - 1

Played well the 1st set, Then crashed the 2nd.

Wonder if its a fitness thing?

Not sure whether it's fitness....wondering whether it's a mental thing where she can't get the tiebreak loss out of her head and loses immense focus? It's a quality that's developed over time and she's still young.

On another note. Zheng Xie doesn't seem to play well against anyone except the Williams'. Seems like she only lifts her game when she has to play either Venus or Serena.

 

[Hoergren]

Schedule for Thursday 20 March - times estimated local # before match is match number.

Stadium 11:00
1 Shuai Peng (CHN) vs [5] Angelique Kerber (GER) 36 61 67
Not Before 17:00
4 [1] Serena Williams (USA) vs Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 76 62
Not Before 19:30
5 [4] Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs Kurumi Nara (JPN) 63 64

Grandstand 11:00
3 Paula Ormaechea (ARG) vs [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 36 46

Court 1 11:00
2 [12] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs Lauren Davis (USA) 61 61
4 [9] Sara Errani (ITA) vs [Q] Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 61 64

Court 2 11:00
2 [Q] Kiki Bertens (NED) vs [16] Samantha Stosur (AUS) 36 26
3 [Q] Olga Govortsova (BLR) vs [20] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 36 36

Court 6 11:00
3 Vania King (USA) vs [26] Lucie Safarova (CZE) 36 67

Court 7 11:00
1 [25] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 36 36
2 [28] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs [Q] Donna Vekic (CRO) 67 57
4 [19] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) vs [Q] Virginie Razzano (FRA) 61 36 63

Court 8 11:00
3 [WC] Nadia Petrova (RUS) vs [14] Sabine Lisicki (GER) 63 46 46
4 [21] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs [Q] Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 67 57

Court 9 11:00
1 [WC] Rebecca Peterson (SWE) vs [23] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 16 16
2 Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) vs Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 63 16 11-9
3 Caroline Garcia (FRA) vs [27] Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 76 76

Court 10 12:00
1 [7] Ashleigh Barty (AUS) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) vs Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 67 63 8-10
2 Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) vs Julia Goerges (GER) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 62 36 9-11
Not Before 17:00
3 Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) vs [5] Cara Black (ZIM) / Sania Mirza (IND) 36 76 8-10

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Are Sveta and Sam playing doubles in Miami? I must admit I haven't read the full draw in the doubles

 

[Hoergren]

Are Sveta and Sam playing doubles in Miami? I must admit I haven't read the full draw in the doubles

Yes they play doubles.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Are Sveta and Sam playing doubles in Miami? I must admit I haven't read the full draw in the doubles

Yes they play doubles.

Thanks I was impressed by their performance in IW getting to the s/final.

 

[sk310]

I really think this is Serena's to lose.

Serena loves playing in Miami and honestly she always has the advantage of coming into it fresh while everyone else is coming off a tough week in the desert.

Also as someone else said Serena can usually win tournaments like Miami with a few "ugly wins."

I hope Aga withdraws. She really needs to heal that injury.

Im not quite sure I can ever bet on Petra to make it where she's supposed to. When expectations are at their absolute bottom she usually surprises.

Sharapova I actually see doing well here. I think she should probably be feeling a bit of panic about how dismally she's played this year and that usually drives her towards some good results.

I really don't think Halep playing Venus would even be a contest. Venus had some great results in Dubai and that's WONDERFUL for her fans (me being one of them), but she's never going to be the Venus we knew. Halep is on the rise and she's got absolutely nothing to lose. She will win in straights if it happens.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrkQL0D7HI8[/video]

 

[special700]

Wow! Vania King double bagelled Cabeza


Vicky D. lost 7 - 6 6 - 1

Played well the 1st set, Then crashed the 2nd.

Wonder if its a fitness thing?

Not sure whether it's fitness....wondering whether it's a mental thing where she can't get the tiebreak loss out of her head and loses immense focus? It's a quality that's developed over time and she's still young.

On another note. Zheng Xie doesn't seem to play well against anyone except the Williams'. Seems like she only lifts her game when she has to play either Venus or Serena.

OMG I was thinking that same thing yesterday when I was watching that match.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Seeds start play today and it starts at the top.

But before that happens, lets look at some pictures from the PARTY!