There is nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, that I don't love about these pics.
The culturally appropriate paparazzo and Dina's inability to fill her dress.
Sveta's Blue Steel.
And how good Sveta looks. Seriously, look at her! Air five, left side of Sveta's face!
So here we are. I can't tell if I'm excited for Doha or excited for the season to be over.
That's a lie. It's the latter.
But it does give us one last chance to get some giggles in as the ladies glam up and strut.
"We're running with the shadows of the night
So baby take my hand, it'll be all right
Surrender all your dreams to me tonight
They'll come true in the end"
You know, or not.
"If you can see that I'm the one who understands you, been here all along
why can't you seeeeeee, you belong with meeeeeee."
Pretty dress. But I like my JJ flatironed, thank you very much.
Damn, girl. I can't even snark on this.
"Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama."
"Can you hear me now? Bet on the *other* girl."
Ok, first, you look great. Really.
Second, I will punch you in the face.
Third, wear a push up bra if you want to get some heft in your chest, not a crooked bow.
First look at the mirror today, ReRe?
Looks like the girls did a number on you in your sleep during WTA Sleepover 09.
Word of advice? Never go to sleep before Sveta. Never.
Are you fucking kidding me? Guess who's going to be #1 the week of YEC??
Well, Coco did her part.
Not only did she lose yet another tight match, her conqueror, Zhang Shuai now overtakes Julie Coin as the lowest ranked player (#226) to ever beat a world #1. Thanks, Ana's Avenger.
Dina's tired. She said as much after the match. She wants a break. Too bad she's still gotta keep trucking.
So with Dina's loss, Serena just has to beat Makarova to get #1.
This week, I threaten to beat up Victoria, we break down the ever complex Dinara/Zeljko situation, give props to Maria Sharapova, ignore the ATP, touch on the Olympics, and we all talk about the best and worst matches we've ever watched.
Oh, also? Katie rules.
FD Podcast #5: Everything Is Average Nowadays 10/1/09
And if you missed it, my drunken tweeting after the jump:
Dina and Kuz are teaming up in Bejing and they won their first match 60 60.
And trust. They are bringing both the badassery...
...and the soft lips.
Big Sasha!
Sigh....
Here's the thing. For the longest time all the stories coming out about Ivo were about how fucking shy he was. Yet all that I can remember of him for the past year is booty slapping dances, explicit rapping, and pics like this. Shy people don't do that shit, yo.
Love her.
Pinky.
In Mother Russia, pink wears you.
Apparently Sony Ericsson phones are bad luck.
Like really bad luck.
But that doesn't stop Bepa from rocking the shit out of hers:
"Hey, Vera, whatcha doin?"
"Nothing. Just arranging some aid to Manila. No big deal."
I was in D.C. all weekend without any internet access. And let's just say I'm not entirely sad about that. Glad to see I missed the carnage:
(Q) Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) d. (1/WC) Dinara Safina (RUS) 76(5) 46 75
(Q) Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 75 46 63
(Q) Katareyna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (3) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 62 67 61
(Q) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (2) Venus Williams (USA) 76(6) 75
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (6) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 36 64 62
Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (9) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 61 62
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (10) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 64 76(1)
Also, Rybarakova just beat Nads and Maria's on her way to bagel and 'sticking Sam. And we know how Sam feels about 'sticking. Not a fan, methinks.
So it's absolute Bedlam in Tokyo as the top seeds are falling left and right in the first two rounds (as of this post, JJ, A-Rad, and Caro still have to play their 2R matches).
[UPDATE: Caro retires down 05 to CanWoz. So the top 6 seeds are out after their first matches.]
I don't have much to say quite yet. I need some time to process it all. But I have a feeling Billy Shakes was a WTA fan back in the day:
She should have died hereafter ;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time ;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Things I love about this picture. I love Ai's dress. A lot. I love that Dina is over 6'2'' and yet she's wearing platform heels. In a picture. In Asia. I love that Vee didn't even bother moisturizing her legs. I love that Ayumi Morita has a job interview lined up.
And so Coconut leaves North America with no titles, no respect, and no solace. You know that monkey she and Marat had when they were kids? It must be the same one that has set up shop right on her back.
I was little tipsy last night when I got home so I haven't watched the match yet. But Kvitova has always been a dangerous player in my mind. She's Kleyb-like insofar as when she's on, she can hit some crazy angles with flat hitting. She was able to fight off match point in the third set, though let's face it, with Dina, "fighting off match point" basically means putting the ball in the middle of the court and waiting for her to freak out.
With Maria, Dina, Lena, and JJ out of the tournament, that half of the draw is COMPLETELY wide-open. One of these players will make the final: Kvitova, Wickmayer, Dulko, Oudin, K-Bond, Nads, Kuz, or Boots.
Second verse, same as the first.
Drops the first in a tight breaker, only to come back and take the next two sets over Barrios. I'm assuming that she played like shit again, because if you watch ESPN that's pretty much all you know about her. Anyway, good on the kid for fighting and surviving. Unlike some people....
She's like a famous porn star or something.
From his post-match presser:
Well, everybody is hard on her why she's No. 1. You have this contest issue, is she a real No. 1 or not? You open the page, she made eight double faults, 43 unforced errors. She struggled, almost lost to 18 years old.
Who cares? I mean, she's No. 1 in the world. I have to protect my sister. The poor girl, she's trying her best. She's doing really well. She gets the attention, but not the kind of attention that a person deserves, especially when you're No. 1 in the world.
Everybody is giving her hard time about, Are you really No. 1 in the world? Yes, yes, she's really No. 1 in the world. Go check on the ranking. She didn't do the ranking.
Apparently there is some guy who made the ranking. On this ranking, she's No. 1 in the world. Serena, she didn't say even though she won two Grand Slams this year, she's No. 2. Sorry, but that's the way. Deal with that.
I'm just personally, I'm really like, I have to protect her. I feel like she deserve a little bit more than what she's getting right now. I think she's playing you can't imagine how crazy she is about sport. I don't think there is one person in the world who is more professional than her. Everybody is like hitting on her and giving her a hard time about this, how many, what happened to this serve, what happened this, what happened with that? Leave her alone. Give her a little bit less questions. So it's just all to you guys. Make her happy. That's it.
I don't care if the kid wins the whole thing or not. I just don't want her losing because then there would be no more awesome pressers. And the kid gives good presser.
Q. How did you feel when you looked over at your coach at times in the match presumably for support, and he had very negative body language?
DINARA SAFINA: Well, I guess I had to think what I'm doing wrong that he's so negative. (laughter.)Q. Do you respond more to a negative approach or a positive?
DINARA SAFINA: We'll skip this answer....
Q. You've talked about it being a dream of yours for a long time to be the No. 1 player in the world, which you are, and also a dream to win a Grand Slam. What did you think about both of those things as this match was maybe, say, in the second set?
DINARA SAFINA: Well, if I would lose a match, it would be I lost to myself, you know. It's me, myself, and I playing on the court. (laughter.)...
Q. Some other players and your countrywomen, Svetlana or Myskina have won Grand Slams, but not achieved as much as you have in the rankings. How do you rationalize that, or how do you feel about that, that discrepancy?
DINARA SAFINA: Well, I mean, Sveta was No. 2 in the world, and last year was also No. 2 in the world. They were close to get to No. 1.
I don't know. Now that I'm No. 1, I want a Grand Slam. There is no doubt for me. Like this is what is missing for me. I would like to win.
But I don't want to say like it has to happen. I know that I will work until the end of my career hard. When it's going to happen, I don't know. But I'm sure it will happen, because I've been very close to winning. I been in the three finals, so just one step. Sooner or later, I will have to make it....
Q. A lot of observers say that sometimes when a player has a really tough scare, when she's almost out of the tournament, sometimes that helps the player go on. Do you think that could be the case in this tournament?
DINARA SAFINA: I would take it like this, yeah. (laughter.)
Because in the French Open, I won all the matches 6 Love, 61. Did it help? Not really. So I mean, definitely it happens like this, like you pull the match somehow, like God knows. Like, I mean, God knows how I pulled it out. Not me. (laughter.)...
Q. Do you have any advice from your brother inside your head?
DINARA SAFINA: No. Sometimes it's not easy to understand him. (laughter.)
It's always something with you. It can never be easy.
Dina struggled against Rogowska, an Australian teen who's never faced a top 30 player and whose biggest win was over MaKiri. All credit to Rogowska for showing glimpses of promise, but really, this was about Dina's inability to get out of her head and just play the game. She played like absolute crap and couldn't get three consecutive shots in to save her life. And really, if she was playing anyone other than Rogowska today, she probably would have lost. Rogowska just didn't have the fitness or the tactics to stick with her.
After the match ESPN ripped on Mr. Cranky Pants, blaming him for not providing her any positive support when she needs it. Uh...and this is news how?
I guess Sunday was a day for reemergence. Nole popped up out of nowhere and so did Dejan. I so confused. But it seemed to put Team Pinky in a darn good mood.
Girl, give those bike shorts back to Lena. They do not work. Ever. Even Z looks confused.
Man. Sveta *really* likes those shorts from the company that no longer sponsors her, huh?
Sven is looking particularly adorable in New York. Hair cut? Weight loss? Ditching the uncomforably bright Adidas tops? Who knows. But as Sodapop wrote, "Sven and the camera are BFFs." Indeed.
And before I forget: SQUEE!!!! Sania!
And look who else is back! Richie Rich hit the courts for a hit, though it looks like he and Pamela had a rockin' wet t-shirt party right before. Some never learn.
And the rest of the French buffet.
Dina and Rafa hold court during their pre-tourney pressers.
Jesus, woman. Has someone been accessorizing via HSN?
I *love* the haircut. Love it.
First of all, I want that cup. Specifically I want what's in the cup. But I'm not particular.
In pretty awesome news, we've got some FDers on the ground in NYC and lucky for me they've been extremely forthcoming with their pics and anecdotes. So here we go:
Well, well, well, look who decided to show up. The Falcon has been pretty MIA during the off-week before the USO. No promo appearances, no interviews, no...nothing.
But he hit the practice courts yesterday and we actually have pictorial evidence.
Well done Sabrina and Amanda!
Um...yeah, no one has any answers for that hat. NO ONE.
Thanks again to Sabrina and Amanda for these pics.
As for Sodapop and Carrie...
Carrie:
Sodapop:
Get some sleep, ladies. Tomorrow's going to be a long one. I mean, *surely* you bought night session tix for Williams/Roddick, no?
Pikachewy was on hand yesterday for qualies and he just happened to wander by some outside practice courts where a little pink Coconut was having a hit...
with her coach...
...and hanging out with her brother:
Per Pikachewy:
in the photos, Marat was resting, perhaps having just practiced. his sister was next up, and she and z then opened some cans (well, z did) and they began hitting with each other. everyone in this camp was jovial and in great spirits on this sunny day.
Nice!
Dina checking Serena's latest tweet.
I love this pic. It's just so...right.
Thanks again for Pikachewy for sending these along! Given all the skewed press coverage over the past few days, I was beginning to forget Dina was even here.
Q. How disappointed are you right now?
DINARA SAFINA: Disaster. I'm really disappointed, but you know, big tournament is coming up in two weeks, so basically it's tough to forget now, but hopefully tomorrow will be better and get ready for the US Open.
Q. What happened with your serve today?
DINARA SAFINA: It's not the serve. It's just my brain. I know exactly what I have to do, but if I'm not using my brain, I'm not doing the things that my coach is telling me. Just too bad from my side and too disappointed with myself.
...
Q. You called your coach down before the third set and then halfway through the third set. What were you asking him to help you with?
DINARA SAFINA: How he can help me if I'm not doing anything. I have a game plan, I step on the court, and I do completely the opposite thing.
Just for strategy even he left the court, because he says, It makes no sense that I'm sitting there, because you don't do the things. So better lose and do your things. At least you are moving forward. But when I'm telling you one thing and you do completely the opposite thing and you're losing, you're just moving backwards.
Singles – Second Round Doubles – Second Round Doubles – First RoundOne day after Venus fell in straight sets to K-Bond, well, all fucking hell breaks lose. Dinara, the Oracle that she is, foreshadowed her loss to Rezai last week during her post-match interview with Rezai. What seemed like a random funny would prove creepily true as Rezai took her out in three sets. The highlight/lowlight of the match? Zeljko deciding he had had enough and leaving the court for good in the third set. Oh, and somehow, Dina would still get a coaching violation from the chair. It's always something with the Coconut.
The next big name to fall on Wednesday was Flavia, who played like crap apparently in her loss to The Gypsy. Then Caro, who is officially in a slump going into the USO, lost to the always dangerous Jay Z in straight sets.
The Kimpossible Comeback Train chugs on in Toronto, as Kim scored her most impressive victory so far, taking out Vika 75 46 61.
Yet another three set loss from Vika who just seems to go away or get dominated in third sets. Very peculiar from a kid, though I might not like her, seems to have a great competitive streak and be in good shape. I went back to check her results since Madrid:
Peculiar, no? I really don't know what happens to her in those three setters.
So how else to cap off a spectacularly craptastic day then to watch Ana play solidly (in fact, play *well*) for a set and a half to Lucie, only come back to see that she's been blown off the court in three sets. I mean, honestly, a loss to Lucie isn't something to lose that much sleep over. The woman has weapons and from what I can tell, even in the first set, she was on, swinging freely and hitting crazy angles. Hopefully Ana can take something positive from her early level of play. I wonder if she'll take a WC into New Haven. She really really should and I'm sure they'll have a bunch of players withdraw (Sam and Flavs, for example).
Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. (1) Dinara Safina (RUS) 36 62 64
(2) Serena Williams (USA) d. (Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 63 62
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 62
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 75 64
(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (Q) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 63 63
Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 75 63
(WC) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (9) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 75 46 61
(Q) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 36 75 63
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (12) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 63 61
(14) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 61 61
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (16) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 61 46 76(4)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. (Q) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 63 60
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 63 76(5)
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 76(2) 64
(1) Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) d. Kirilenko/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) 64 75
(4) Hantuchova/Sugiyama (SVK/JPN) d. A.Radwanska/Wozniacki (POL/DEN) 64 62
Amanmuradova/Kudryavtseva (UZB/RUS) d. (5) Hsieh/Peng (TPE/CHN) 46 76(2) 105
(6) Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez (ESP/ESP) d. (WC) Kuznetsova/Mauresmo (RUS/FRA) 63 60
Kleybanova/Makarova (RUS/RUS) d. Jans/Rosolska (POL/POL) 76(5) 63
Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. Dulko/Peer (ARG/ISR) 61 46 100
Hradecka/Voskoboeva (CZE/KAZ) d. Bondarenko/Bondarenko (UKR/UKR) 61 46 108
Fed and Dina came through fairly easily in their third round matches. Fed took care of Charlie Brown, 63 76(5), though Stan had his chances in the second set and couldn't capitalize.
As for Dina, she took out Peng easily while wearing China red. Who says the Russians don't have a sense of humor?
And on Marat's comments:
Again with the math fail. 180, people. 180!
That is a true fan. She's wearing the Olympic kit and showing off her belly and everything. Good on you, Papa. He's even rockin the Krajan hair.
Dina needed all the help she could get to scrape by Roberta Vinci today. She dropped the first 26 and then had to battle back from breaks down in the second and third set, before breaking for the win, 26 75 64. Looks like the serve was pretty wonktastic, as she threw in 10 double faults.
Dina's not the only one who had to grind out a win. It took Sorana 75 75 to beat Meghan Shaughnnessy (she's still playing?), Dani had to come back from a set down to beat Errani, And Agnes needed 5 and 5 to take out the always riveting Ula.
You know who didn't have to work too hard for a win? Shuai Peng. She dumped out Domi at 2 and 1. Hee.
A few of you have written inquiring as to when the next installment of the Forty Deuce podcast would be up. Here's the deal: It is SUPER awkward to do a podcast by yourself. And with my partner in crime (heh), Love All, off at an undisclosed location for much of this year, I've had to shelve the podcasts. Unfortunately my dog has very little to say about tennis.
But you can't say that I don't listen so here's the next installment, wherein I've roped in Forty Deuce regulars Sodapop, Carrie, and Victoria, to talk about everything from my general apathy towards Ana's losses, illegal immigration, and Stan's second fiddle, to how badly the WTA marketing department has failed, our love for tennis umpires, and the intimate details contained in Sodapop's diary. You'll have to excuse any technical issues. I'm still trying to master it all. But I'll get it all worked out and I can promise your tech savvy and topically focused p-casts in the future.
I'm warning you, it's a long one and very WTA heavy. Perfect for sitting in traffic while you're on your way to wherever you don't want to be.
Of course. Of course I would book my flight, hotel, and car for LA and of course Ana and Dinara would lose. OF COURSE.
Dina fell to Jay-Z in three, 75 46 64. Of course no one could possibly offer any insight to this match because it wasn't broadcast anywhere. But from what I can tell from the livescore, it all came down to 1st serve points won. Dina only won 58% of her first serve points compared to Jay-Z's 63%. Even crazier? Jay-Z won 42% of her 1st serve return points, compared to 37% for Dina. Dina's one of the biggest servers on tour so if tiny Jay-Z is outplaying her on first serve points, you know we have trouble in paradise.
In other crap news, Boom Boom had to retire from her match against Sorana with a bum shoulder. Not that I was rooting for her against Sorana, but I would have liked to have seen those two play this one through. And by "see" I mean "stare at livescore".
But again, it's important to focus on the positives. Masha came back to beat A-Bond in three sets, Bepa, Sam, and Flavs are still in the tournament, and A-Rad is still in there mixing it up.
But if Championship Sunday ends up with an all Polish final, I'm am going to crack some heads.
Oh, and did I mention Dani and Ai lost their dubs match? In fact, both of the top seeded dubs teams fell today.
Pfft.
Here are today's scores:
Singles - Third Round
(14) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (1) Dinara Safina (RUS) 75 46 64
(2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 76(5) 46 64
(10) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (5) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 63
(13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (6) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 63 62
(8) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 63 62
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (12) Li Na (CHN) w/o (right knee injury)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (17) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 63 10 ret. (shoulder injury)
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 46 60 63
Doubles - Quarterfinals
Kirilenko/A.Radwanska (RUS/POL) d. (1) Stosur/Stubbs (AUS/AUS) 63 76(3)
Chuang/Yan (TPE/CHN) d. (2) Hantuchova/Sugiyama (SVK/JPN) 16 63 107
(4) Hsieh/Peng (TPE/CHN) vs. A.Bondarenko/Vesnina (UKR/RUS) w/o (Vesnina: low back strain)
King/Niculescu (USA/ROU) d. Garbin/Schiavone (ITA/ITA) w/o (Schiavone: right hamstring strain)
Congrats to Dina. She became the first player to qualify for the YECs in Doha. How crazy is that last year, the first two to qualify were Ana and JJ? Oh, tennis, you fickle whore.
How ridiculous is it that this match was nowhere to be found on TV or streams? Maria battled back after dropping a very tight first set to beat #3 seed Vicky, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2. Vicks Vaporub said after the match that she was rusty from not playing since SW19. Probably true. But Masha showed again why she's awesome: She can gut out matches like this where she's playing like crap and simply beat you on will alone. You go, girl.
In early action, Ana has taken back her Adilibria gear and Dina is once again back to her asexual Competition kit. And her hand is all taped up, which is odd.
But she beat a taped up Dani pretty easily 62 64.
Love Flavia's new Sergio kit. Also love that she's winning. She beat Coco Vandeweghe 2 and 4.
Singles - Second Round
(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 62 64
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 67(4) 64 62
(5) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 64 26 63
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (7) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 64 67(6) 64
(8) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 62 61
(10) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (WC) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 62 64
(12) Li Na (CHN) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 46 64 62
(13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 62 64
(14) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 64 46 60
(17) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 61 64
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 57 64 75
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 63 36 61
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (Q) Jill Craybas (USA) 76(2) 61
Doubles - First Round
(1) Stosur/Stubbs (AUS/AUS) d. Ruano Pascual/Zheng (ESP/CHN) 64 64
King/Niculescu (USA/ROU) d. (3) Pennetta/Raymond (ITA/USA) 75 63
(4) Hsieh/Peng (TPE/CHN) d. Poutchek/Savchuk (BLR/UKR) 62 63
Kirilenko/A.Radwanska (RUS/POL) d. Kudryavtseva/Rodionova (RUS/RUS) 62 46 104
(Pic from GoToTennis)
“Ranking is ranking. I didn’t do the ranking system. If she (Williams) has some questions she can give those questions to the WTA, who is doing the ranking system. It’s just the result of how you play the whole year, not just the four Grand Slams. I’ve been playing the whole year and I’ve been having great results all through the Grand Slams. If she has some questions she can go to the WTA.”
-- Pathetic excuse for a tennis player Dinara Safina, telling Serena where she can stick her complaints about the #1 ranking.
It's amazing what a little Portoroz can do. Get a little spa time, a light hit, hang out with your Croatian non-boyfriend, ride a boat, and take home the title. Next thing you know, articles start getting written about you talking about your resiliency and competitiveness in the face of ABSOLUTE FAILURE.
Interesting article by Pete Bodo on Dina. It is notable for four things:
So how's that for a silver lining?
Aw...she looks so adorable. Also adorable? Z's wedding ring.
Dina keeps crushing the pathetic field in Portoroz. And to make things easier, more seeds fell today. Vinci, Lucie, and the other Vera fell. This is just free money.
Portoroz:
Singles - Second Round
(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (Q) Ksenia Pervak (RUS) 61 62
Rossana de los Ríos (PAR) d. (4) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 63 64
Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. (6) Lucie Safarova (CZE) 75 26 63
Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) d. (7) Vera Dushevina (RUS) 46 75 60
Doubles - Quarterfinals
Daniilidou/Woehr (GRE/GER) d. Hercog/Martic (SLO/CRO) 67(2) 63 101 (Match TB)
Doubles - First Round
Pin/Zakopalova (FRA/CZE) d. (4) Barrois/Garbin (GER/ITA) 64 16 107 (Match TB)
Errani/Zec Peskiric (ITA/SLO) d. Frankova/Palkina (CZE/KGZ) 46 64 119 (Match TB)
Order of Play - Thursday, July 23, 2009
Centre Court (from 16.30hrs)
1. Ivanova/Tatishvili vs. Goerges/Uhlirova
2. Errani vs. Zakopalova (NB 18.30hrs)
3. Martic vs. Manasieva
Court 1 (from 17.00hrs)
1. Pin vs. Kvitova
2. Pin/Zakopalova vs. Errani/Zec Peskiric (after suitable rest)
Court 2 (from 17.00hrs)
1. Govortsova vs. Brianti
2. Dushevina/Voskoboeva vs. Govortsova/Karatantcheva (after suitable rest)
Bad Gastein:
Singles - Second Round
(6) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 63 46 64
(7) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. (LL) Tereza Hladikova (CZE) 63 62
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. (9) Shahar Peer (ISR) 62 61
(WC) Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d. Tatjana Malek (GER) 62 26 64
Doubles - Quarterfinals
(4) Koryttseva/Olaru (UKR/ROU) d. Domachowska/Grandin (POL/RSA) 62 64
Malek/Petkovic (GER/GER) d. Brozda/Kiszczynska (POL/POL) 62 64
Doubles - First Round
(1) Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. Krauth/Nooni (ARG/SWE) 61 61
(3) Hlavackova/Hradecka (CZE/CZE) d. Klemenschits/Meusburger (AUT/AUT) 63 63
Borwell/Fichman (GBR/CAN) d. Cornet/Groenefeld (FRA/GER) 64 64
Order of Play - Thursday, July 23, 2009
Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Petkovic vs. Benesova
2. Bammer vs. Olaru (NB 13.00hrs)
3. Zahlavova Strycova vs. Llagostera Vives
4. Cornet vs. Mayr
Court 1 (from 14.30hrs)
1. Hlavackova/Hradecka vs. Kloesel/Tvaroskova
Yes, it looks good. But I like my Dina Competitive. Different strokes.
Portoroz
Singles - First Round
(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (WC) Tadeja Majeric (SLO) 60 64
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (3) Kaia Kanepi (EST) 61 62
(6) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Katie O’Brien (GBR) 64 64
Rossana de los Ríos (PAR) d. Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) 57 64 76(6)
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. Masa Zec Peskiric (SLO) 62 64
(WC) Petra Martic (CRO) d. Kristina Barrois (GER) 63 64
Doubles - First Round
(1) Dushevina/Voskoboeva (RUS/KAZ) d. Kucova/Stoop (SVK/GBR) 64 62
(3) Goerges/Uhlirova (GER/CZE) d. Bovina/Kanepi (RUS/EST) 64 67(4) 103 (Match TB)
Ivanova/Tatishvili (RUS/GEO) d. Rodionova/Voegele (RUS/SUI) 60 75
Hercog/Martic (SLO/CRO) d. Brianti/Camerin (ITA/ITA) 76(7) 16 106 (Match TB)
Order of Play - Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Centre Court (from 16.00hrs)
1. Manasieva vs. Medina Garrigues
2. Kolar vs. Vinci
3. Brianti vs. Hercog (NB 20.00hrs)
4. Errani vs. Rus
Court 1 (from 16.00hrs)
1. Voegele vs. Tatishvili
2. Goerges vs. Pervak
3. Voskoboeva vs. Kvitova
4. Daniilidou/Woehr vs. Hrdinova/Voracova
Court 2 (from 16.00hrs)
1. Diatchenko vs. Pin
2. Garbin vs. Dushevina
3. Karatantcheva vs. Camerin
4. Diatchenko/Manasieva vs. Kolar/Majeric
Bad Gastein
Singles - First Round
Tatjana Malek (GER) d. (5) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 26 62 64
Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) d. Marta Domachowska (POL) 57 64 63
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Sandra Kloesel (GER) 64 63
Doubles - First Round
Domachowska/Grandin (POL/RSA) d. Kondratieva/Lefèvre (RUS/FRA) 61 61
Brozda/Kiszczynska (POL/POL) d. Jidkova/Klaschka (RUS/GER) 75 76(5)
Kloesel/Tvaroskova (GER/SVK) d. (WC) Klaffner/Sevastova (AUT/LAT) 62 76(5)
Order of Play - Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)
1. Domínguez Lino vs. Mayr
2. Cornet vs. Duque Marino
3. Meusburger vs. Fichman
4. Bammer vs. Sevastova
5. Klaffner vs. Hladikova
Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Dulgheru vs. Benesova
2. Llagostera Vives vs. Hradecka
3. Groenefeld vs. Ondraskova
4. Schiechtl vs. Peer
5. Malek/Petkovic vs. Senoglu/Shvedova
Court 2 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Zahlavova Strycova vs. Zahlavova
2. Shvedova vs. Jurikova
3. Koryttseva vs. Rybarikova
4. Parmentier vs. Klaschka
5. Anderson/Chakhnashvili vs. Koryttseva/Olaru
