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WTA Doha Draw and ResultsWozniacki Caroline[1] vs Witthoeft Carina [Q] Monica Niculescu vs Rybarikova Magdalena[14] Konta Johanna[10] vs Suárez Navarro Carla Stosur Samantha vs Kerber Angelique[8] Svitolina Elina[3] vs [Q] Marketa Vondrousova Radwanska Agnieszka vs Kvitova Petra[16] Goerges Julia[9] vs Strycova Barbora Buzarnescu Mihaela vs Ostapenko Jelena[6] ----------- Bottom Half ---------- Garcia Caroline[7] vs Cibulkova Dominika [Q] Anna Blinkova vs Mladenovic Kristina[11] Mertens Elise[15] vs Cirstea Sorana [Q] Ying-Ying Duan vs Muguruza Garbiñe[4] Pliskova Karolina[5] vs Cornet Alizé [Q] Catherine Bellis vs Keys Madison[12] Sevastova Anastasija[13] vs [Q] Naomi Osaka Makarova Ekaterina vs Halep Simona[2] TB in the first set Petra vs Aggie... I understand now why Aggie makes so few UE's: she simply cannot hit the ball hard enough to be too long... She seems to give it all, and th ball still lands a metre before the baseline No idea on who will win the TB: two completely different styles "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" And the set went to Aggie 7-6 (7-3)... It is weird: no matter how hard she plays, or what direction she plays: Aggie is always there to send the ball back. She reads Petra really well. And at some point, Petra goes for too much. I also watched the second set between Svitolina and Voundrousova. I was not yet on he Vondrousova-train, and after seeing this performance, I definitely stepped out of the line of people wanting to buy a ticket to be on her band-wagon. Not a single winner that caught my imagination; a youngster with no idea on how to respond to a dropshot (or how to execute one): too much power without substance. "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" Alright: Wozniacki Caroline[1] vs Witthoeft Carina 6-2 6-0 Konta Johanna[10] vs Suárez Navarro Carla 6-2 6-2 Svitolina Elina[3] vs [Q] Marketa Vondrousova 6-2 6-4 Kvitova Petra[16] vs Radwanska Agnieszka 6-7 6-3 6-4 [Q] Anna Blinkova vs Mladenovic Kristina[11] 6-3 6-3 Cirstea Sorana vs Mertens Elise[15] 7-6 6-4 [Q] Catherine Bellis vs Keys Madison[12] 2-6 6-3 6-0 Sevastova Anastasija[13] vs [Q] Naomi Osaka 6-4 6-1 Halep Simona[2] vs Makarova Ekaterina 6-3 6-0 Last edited by Ace2Ace on Feb Wed 14, 2018 11:24 am, edited 1 time in total. wow.. First observation: bunch of 6-0 in the final set. Why didn't those players claim some type of injury at 0-5 and retire? They stood there and took the beating. Unless it's a case like Mattek-Sand or Siegemund, players should play that last set. It irks me when players withdraw with 1 game left to play. Halep taking out Makarova. That was my prediction. Thanks Halep for sending her packing. When Makarova faces Sharapova, she can't hit a single ball on court. Her knees shake, hands tremble and she looks miserable; as if beating Sharapova was a death sentence. Keys served a bagel by the youngster? wow.. should have retired at 0-5. lol lol lol Mladenovic lost? Not happy. Never seen this Blinkova play... Is she a grinder or a power player? Svitolina beating Vondrousova: that was my pdgame prediction as well. First time I watched Vondrousova, my conclusion was that she was too good for ITF and should quickly move to the top-100. She did that and I think that's were she belongs.. Not ready yet to take out the top players. She is a work-in-progress. I expected Osaka to do better in this match... disappointed. Kvitova almost losing to this pusher? What a mess !!! Glad she survived. Konta, darling Konta. That's the way.. Nice result !!!!! Wozniacki destroying my little German darling... I am mad. lol lol Last edited by Ace2Ace on Feb Wed 14, 2018 10:17 am, edited 3 times in total. Re:WTA Doha Draw and ResultsWozniacki Caroline[1] vs [Q] Monica Niculescu Konta Johanna[10] vs Kerber Angelique[8] Svitolina Elina[3] vs Kvitova Petra[16] Goerges Julia[9] vs Buzarnescu Mihaela ----------- Bottom Half ---------- Garcia Caroline[7] vs [Q] Anna Blinkova Cirstea Sorana vs Muguruza Garbiñe[4] Pliskova Karolina[5] vs [Q] Catherine Bellis Sevastova Anastasija[13] vs Halep Simona[2] Out of the top-11, Venus is the only one not playing here and only Ostapenko failed to reach the R16. Further, for the competing top-16, only 3 didn't make the R16. That's a good result so far. Last edited by Ace2Ace on Feb Wed 14, 2018 1:29 pm, edited 2 times in total. |