The Bali draw is out and it seems that they've dropped the Round Robin structure from last year (it was RR last year, right?). This will be a straight up single elimination tournament with play starting on Thursday.
Nails, Kimiko, Pavs, and Ana are in the top half, with Yanina, Aravane, Kleybs, and Dani in the other.
Sure, Ana may be the in-form player but I've been burned too many times by Kimiko this year. She's coming off a good amount of rest after the Asian swing and she only has to win three matches to take the title. With Ana reporting tha the courts are playing very fast and Kimikos unorthodox hard flat shots, I don't know. It's just really hard to bet against her here.
But, you know, ajde and whatnot.
Thursday and Friday's OOP:
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Centre Court (from 17.30hrs)
1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Ana Ivanovic
2. Li Na vs. Kimiko Date Krumm (NB 20.00hrs)
Friday, November 5, 2010
Centre Court (from 17.30hrs)
1. Alisa Kleybanova vs. Aravane Rezai
2. Daniela Hantuchova vs. Yanina Wickmayer (NB 20.00hrs)
Winners advance to Saturday's semifinals.
(PIcs: Official Tournament Site)
