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WTA AO draw for 2019 - first thoughtsAO draw is out... Halep is not gonna remain #1; to have a realistic chance, she neede to get into the QF, but that requires her to beat Venus in R3 and Serena in R4. Perfect draw for Serena; those first 3 rounds look like the perfect build-up, with a nice test in R4 (in theory the winner of Halep vs Venus). After that, she will be in a flow to get very deep. Kerber her quarter looks the easiest; reaching the SF shoudl not be a problem ad with an early Halep-exit, the #1 sport looks probable. Third quarter (in theory): R3: Kvitova vs Bencic R3: Anisimova vs Sabalenka Winners facing each other in R4. "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it" Re: WTA AO draw for 2019 - first thoughtsThat draws is the worse I have seen in a long time. It's like telling Serena and Venus, "go home, we don't want you here" .. and to Kerber .. "just take it". 14)Goerges v Collins Q v Vickery (PR)Mattek-Sands v (wc)Hives Q v (19)Garcia (29)Vekic v Mladenovic Q v (wc)Birrell Q v Pera Hercog v (2)Kerber What's that? a Qualifiers' and WC headquarter? Re: WTA AO draw for 2019 - first thoughtsLadies: lst Quarter: 1 S. Halep (1) vs K. Kanepi 2 S. Kenin vs V. Kudermetova Q 3 A. Cornet vs L. Arruabarrena 4 V. Williams vs M. Buzarnescu (25) 5 C. Suárez Navarro (23) vs C. Burel (WC) 6 S. Stosur vs D. Yastremska 7 E. Bouchard vs S. Peng (WC) 8 T. Maria vs S. Williams (16) 9 D. Kasatkina (10) vs T. Bacsinszky 10 N. Vikhlyantseva Q vs V. Lepchenko Q 11 J. Konta vs A. Tomljanovic 12 S. Zheng vs G. Muguruza (18) 13 C. Giorgi (27) vs D. Jakupovic 14 I. Swiatek Q vs A. Bogdan 15 M. Brengle vs M. Doi Q 16 K. Muchova Q vs Ka. Pliskova (7) 2nd Quarter 17 N. Osaka (4) vs M. Linette 18 T. Zidansek vs D. Gavrilova 19 L. Siegemund vs V. Azarenka 20 S. Voegele vs S. Hsieh (28) 21 Q. Wang (21) vs F. Ferro 22 Z. Diyas vs A. Krunic 23 B. Andreescu Q vs W. Osuigwe (WC) 24 M. Barthel vs A. Sevastova (13) 25 E. Mertens (12) vs A. Schmiedlova 26 L. Zhu Q vs M. Gasparyan 27 P. Parmentier vs A. Potapova 28 D. Aiava (WC) vs M. Keys (17) 29 D. Cibulkova (26) vs S. Zhang 30 Kr. Pliskova vs A. Blinkova 31 V. Kuzmova vs K. Kozlova 32 V. Golubic Q vs E. Svitolina Bottom Half: 3rd Quarter: 33 P. Kvitova (8) vs M. Rybarikova 34 I. Begu vs A. Petkovic 35 B. Bencic vs K. Siniakova 36 Y. Putintseva vs B. Strycova (32) 37 L. Tsurenko (24) vs E. Alexandrova 38 M. Niculescu vs A. Anisimova 39 K. Boulter vs E. Makarova 40 A. Kalinskaya Q vs A. Sabalenka (11) 41 A. Barty (15) vs L. Kumkhum 42 E. Perez (WC) vs Y. Wang 43 A. Sharma Q vs P. Hon (WC) 44 M. Sakkari vs J. Ostapenko (22) 45 M. Sharapova (30) vs H. Dart Q 46 S. Cirstea vs R. Peterson 47 V. Lapko vs J. Larsson 48 A. Van Uytvanck vs C. Wozniacki (3) 4th Quarter: 49 S. Stephens (5) vs T. Townsend 50 O. Jabeur vs T. Babos 51 M. Vondrousova vs E. Rodina 52 H. Watson vs P. Martic (31) 53 A. Kontaveit (20) vs S. Sorribes Tormo 54 K. Flipkens vs A. Sasnovich 55 M. Puig vs A. Pavlyuchenkova 56 A. Riske vs K. Bertens (9) 57 J. Goerges (14) vs D. Collins 58 Y. Bonaventure Q vs S. Vickery 59 B. Mattek-Sands vs Z. Hives (WC) 60 J. Ponchet Q vs C. Garcia (19) 61 D. Vekic (29) vs K. Mladenovic 62 P. Gibert Q vs K. Birrell (WC) 63 B. Haddad Maia Q vs B. Pera 64 P. Hercog vs A. Kerber (2) Qualies added..... Re: WTA AO draw for 2019 - first thoughts57 J. Goerges (14) vs D. Collins My girls. The boobs vs the Academic. Too bad it's happening in R1. Can't stand this draw. S. Halep (1) vs K. Kanepi Horrible !!!! Re: WTA AO draw for 2019 - first thoughtsWell, 13 of the Top16 (and 9 of the top10) reached R3 of the AO.... That is something new: seeded players surviving those first matched. In fact,at this point in time, 17 of the Top21 are still in the event. It results in some great R3 matches: Halep vs Venus Kvitova vs Bencic Anisimova vs Sabalenka Wozniacki vs Sharapova. "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it" |