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Aussie Open Draw - Ladies

Post by Graveller » Jan Thu 11, 2018 3:03 am

If you don't mind, amending your OP, Grav', so as not to open another thread for the Ladies Main Draw:


Top Half:

[1] Halep vs [WC] Aiava
Bouchard vs Dodin
Davis vs Cepelova
Petkovic vs [27] Kvitova
[18] Barty vs Sabalenka
Giorgi vs Kalinskaya
Osaka vs Kucova
Jabeur vs [16] Vesnina
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[9] Konta vs Brengle
Blinkova vs [PR] Gasparyan
Arruabarrena vs Hogenkamp
[WC] Ahn vs [20] Strycova
[29] Safarova vs [WC] Tomljanovic
Cirstea vs Diyas
[WC] Cabrera vs Haddad Maia
Cepede Royg vs [6] Ka.Pliskova
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[3] Muguruza vs [WC] Ponchet
Hsieh vs L. Zhu
Vikhlyantseva vs Tsurenko
Kr.Pliskova vs [26] Radwanska
[21] Kerber vs [PR] Friedsam
Hibino vs Vekic
Maria vs Sharapova
Lepchenko vs [14] Sevastova
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[11] Mladenovic vs Bogdan
Putintseva vs Watson
Hercog vs Alexandrova
Q.Wang vs [17] Keys
[28] Lucic-Baroni vs Rogers
McHale vs Sasnovich
Nara vs Vondrousova
Witthoeft vs [8] Garcia

Bottom Half:

[5] V.Williams vs Bencic
Kumkhum vs Larsson
Van Uytvanck vs Martic
Begu vs [31] Makarova
[23] Gavrilova vs Falconi
Kuzmova vs Mertens
Cornet vs [WC] X.Wang
Kenin vs [12] Goerges
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[13] Stephens vs Zhang
Allertova vs Parmentier
Brady vs Linette
Schmiedlova vs [22] Kasatkina
[25] Peng vs Kostyuk
[WC] Fourlis vs [WC] Rogowska
Sakkari vs Siniakova
Jorovic vs [4] Svitolina
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[7] Ostapenko vs Schiavone
Duan vs Duque-Marino
Niculescu vs Barthel
Krunic vs [32] Kontaveit
[24] Cibulkova vs Kanepi
Stosur vs Puig
Suarez Navarro vs Frech
Babos vs [10] Vandeweghe
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[15] Pavlyuchenkova vs Kozlova
Golubic vs Bondarenko
Flipkens vs Riske
Townsend vs [19] Rybarikova
[30] Bertens vs Bellis
Gibbs vs Tomova
Fett vs [PR] Eguchi
Buzarnescu vs [2] Wozniacki


That top quarter... and more pecific the first 8 names

Halep vs Destanee in R1... Kvitova in R3... Dodin, Petkovic, Davis, Bouchard and  Cepelova too in those first eight names...
Then Barty in R4 and Ka.Pliskova in QF...
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Post by Graveller » Jan Thu 11, 2018 3:07 am

2nd quarter Sharapova: LOL... R2 Sevastova, R3 Kerber (R4 Muguruza?)...


3rd quarter: Kasatkina got a decent draw... but!!! R1 Venus vs Bencic. What a cracker to start with... gutted with that one.

and in the 4th quarter, the roas is open for Wozniacki.

Conclusion:
Top half looks totally open, but in the bottom half it is all set up for a Svitolina vs Wozniacki SF...

So got to pick those two in my Skan.. cannot rely on Halep, Bencic or Kerber, given their tough draw.
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Post by Grossefavourite » Jan Thu 11, 2018 8:23 am

LOL

Maria v Sharapova?

In any event, Kerber is in a groove at the moment and will more than likely defeat Sharapova and Garbine, assuming Garbine even plays.
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Re:Aussie Open Draw - Ladies

Post by 93tennisroyalty » Jan Thu 11, 2018 12:55 pm

My thoughts on the draw:

Interesting 1st Rounds
Barty-Sabalenka
Safarova-Tomljanovic
Makarova-Begu
Williams-Bencic
Cibulkova-Kanepi
Puig-Stosur
Krunic-Kontaveit

Section 1
- It'll be interesting if Halep and Kvitova meet in R3, especially given how fast the court plays. I'm not sure who wins (I dont know their H2H)

Section 2
- It's nice that Gasparyan is back
- I think Pliskova is the favorite here

Section 3
- It's good for everyone that Maria isn't playing a seed R1
- Sharapova-Sevastova would be a good R2
- This section is tough with Kerber, Radwanska, and Muguruza (although Kerber is the only inform player). Let's see who comes through.

Section 4
- I like Keys and Sasnovich here. We'll see how Caro is feeling but that section is pretty open.

Section 5
- This is a tough section with Goerges, Mertens, Gavrilova, Bencic, Williams, Makarova, and Begu
- It'll be interesting who comes through but doesn't look good for Venus. It'll be a great result for whoever else makes it out

Section 6
- All Svitolina (her and Woz have the best sections for top4 seeds).

Section 7
- I like Coco coming through here but there are many good/tricky players so it is very open.
- Cibulkova, Krunic, Kontaveit, Puig, Stosur, Suarez, and Kanepi are dangerous

Section 8
- All Wozniacki
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Post by Grossefavourite » Jan Thu 11, 2018 2:51 pm

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Post by Ace2Ace » Jan Thu 11, 2018 7:04 pm

Bencic will not gift her any points. And Venus needs those to compensate her own slew of errors.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#Venus is in trouble.
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Post by Pyotr » Jan Thu 11, 2018 10:24 pm

Doom & Gloom predicted every year for Venus! lol
Go show em' once again Venus, they have very short memories.

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Post by Mytiwtiw » Jan Fri 12, 2018 8:13 am

Absolutely No second round for Venus

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Post by Grossefavourite » Jan Fri 12, 2018 8:18 am

Sun, Jan 14 Round of 128 7:00 PM

5 V. Williams v B. Bencic

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