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Wimbledon WTA Draw
[1]Halep v Nara [PR]Zheng v Q.Wang Bogdan v Arruabarrena Hsieh v [30]Pavlyuchenkova [22]Konta v Vikhlyantseva Cornet v Cibulkova Vondrousova v Vickery Collins v [15]Mertens [12]Ostapenko v [wc]Dunne Watson v Flipkens Kenin v Sakkari [Q]Diatchenko v [24]Sharapova [26]Gavrilova v Diyas Peng v Stosur Parmentier v Townsend Sasnovich v [8]Kvitova [3]Muguruza v [wc]Broady Van Uytvanck v Hercog Brady v Kozlova Allertova v [28]Kontaveit [17]Barty v Voegele [wc]Taylor v [Q]Bouchard Linette v Putintseva Fett v [14]Kasatkina [11]Kerber v [Q]Zvonareva Konjuh v [Q]Liu [wc]Boulter v Cepede Royg Niculescu v [18]Osaka [27]Suarez Navarro v Witthoeft [Q]Sorribes Tormo v Kanepi Riske v Bacsinszky Bencic v [6]Garcia ------------ Bottom Half ----------- [7]Ka.Pliskova v [wc]Dart Alexandrova v Azarenka Begu v [wc]Swan Sabalenka v [29]Buzarnescu [20]Bertens v [Q]Stefkova Y.Wang v Blinkova [Q]Dulgheru v Kr.Pliskova Larsson v [9]V.Williams [13]Goerges v Puig Lapko v McHale Tsurenko v Babos Kuznetsova v [23]Strycova [31]Zhang v Petkovic [Q]Barthel v Wickmayer Kuzmova v Peterson Vekic v [4]Stephens [5]Svitolina v Maria Schmiedlova v Mladenovic [wc]Smitkova v [Q]Tomova Rus v [25]S.Williams [19]Rybarikova v Cirstea [Q]Rodina v [Q]Lottner Kumkhum v Pera Tomljanovic v [10]Keys [16]Vandeweghe v Siniakova Golubic v [wc]Jabeur Krunic v Brengle Giorgi v [21]Sevastova [32]Radwanska v [Q]Ruse Bondarenko v Safarova Martic v Makarova Lepchenko v [2]Wozniacki Last edited by Grossefavourite on Jun Fri 29, 2018 8:54 am, edited 1 time in total.
LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams avoided any early matchups against opponents with success to speak of at Wimbledon in a draw on Friday that could put her against No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina in the third round. Williams is returning to the grass-court tournament for the first time since 2016 after missing it last year while pregnant. She gave birth to a daughter in September. She is ranked outside the top 150, but the All England Club decided to seed her 25th based on past success, which includes collecting seven of her 23 Grand Slam singles trophies at Wimbledon. Williams' first-round opponent when play begins on Monday will be 107th-ranked Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, who has one career tour title. ADVERTISING Williams is competing for the first time since she pulled out of the French Open ahead of a fourth-round showdown against five-time major champion Maria Sharapova in early June, citing an injured chest muscle. That was Williams' return to Grand Slam action after a 16-month absence. Rus has only once been as far as Wimbledon's third round, back in 2012. That was the last time she won a match at the All England Club. She was beaten in the first round of qualifying a year ago, as were both of the women Williams could meet in the second round, 136th-ranked qualifier Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria and 167th-ranked wild-card recipient Tereza Smitkova of the Czech Republic. Svitolina has only once been as far as the fourth round. Williams' possible fourth-round opponent, 2017 U.S. Open runner-up Madison Keys, made one quarterfinal appearance, while the 36-year-old American's potential quarterfinal foe, reigning Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki, has never been beyond the fourth round. Williams could face her older sister, five-time champion and 2017 runner-up Venus, in the semifinals. The ninth-seeded Venus Williams opens against 62nd-ranked Johanna Larsson of Sweden, who is 0-7 at Wimbledon. The Williams sisters are not in the doubles draw. They have won 14 Grand Slam titles as a pair, including six at Wimbledon. In the top half of the women's singles bracket, the quarterfinals could be French Open champion Simona Halep vs. two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, and defending champ Garbine Muguruza vs. No. 6 Caroline Garcia. In the bottom half, No. 2 Wozniacki was drawn to face Svitolina, while 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens could play No. 7 Karolina Pliskova. The potential men's quarterfinals in the top half are eight-time champion Roger Federer vs. 2017 U.S. Open runner-up Kevin Anderson, and 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic vs. No. 6 seed Grigor Dimitrov. In the bottom half of the bracket, it could be two-time Wimbledon winner Rafael Nadal vs. 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, and No. 4 Alexander Zverev vs. No. 7 Dominic Thiem. Two-time champion Andy Murray will face 48th-ranked Benoit Paire in the first round. It's a rematch of Murray's fourth-round victory over the Frenchman at the All England Club in 2017. That was Murray's last win before he sat out nearly a year because of an injured hip that was surgically repaired in January. He returned to action last week and so is ranked only 156th and unseeded at Wimbledon, which he won in 2013 and 2016. Murray could face 26th-seeded Denis Shapovalov of Canada in the second round. The top-seeded Federer's opening opponent on Monday will be 57th-ranked Dusan Lajovic of Serbia. Their only previous meeting anywhere came in Wimbledon's second round last year, when Federer won in straight sets en route to the title. No. 2 seed Nadal, whose 17 Grand Slam titles trail only Federer's 20 among men, faces 129th-ranked Dudi Sela of Israel on Tuesday. Nadal has won both of their previous matchups. Men's first-rounders to keep an eye on include Dimitrov against three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka, who is still working his way back into form after knee surgery; 12-time major champ Novak Djokovic against Australian Open quarterfinalist Tennys Sandgren of the U.S.; and No. 23 Richard Gasquet against Gael Monfils in a matchup of Frenchmen. Two women who lost a Wimbledon final against Serena Williams will meet in the first round when former No. 1 and two-time major champion Angelique Kerber plays qualifier Vera Zvonareva. Kerber was the runner-up in 2016, Zvonereva in 2010. Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion who is seeded 24th, could face 2017 French Open champion and 12th-seeded Jelena Ostapenko in the third round, and Kvitova in the fourth. Re:Wimbledon WTA DrawThese first rounds Alizé CORNET (FRA) v Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) [3] v [WC] Naomi BROADY (GBR) Angelique KERBER (GER) [11] v [Q] Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS) Monica NICULESCU (ROU) v Naomi OSAKA (JPN) Alison RISKE (USA) v Timea BACSINSZKY (SUI) Belinda BENCIC (SUI) v Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [6] Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) v Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [23] - Venus' section is the Section of death: with Azarenka, the bomb throwing Pliskova sisters, screaming hard hitting Sabalenka. Hard hitting Buzarnescu and Blinkova. - Serena's draw is OK. Not as hard as her sister's. - Halep could basically walk that section. [1]Halep v Nara [PR]Zheng v Q.Wang Bogdan v Arruabarrena Hsieh v [30]Pavlyuchenkova [22]Konta v Vikhlyantseva Cornet v Cibulkova Vondrousova v Vickery Collins v [15]Mertens - Sloane has no threat if she wants to compete. - rarely does Townsend not draw a top player in R1 or R2. She is doomed. She never finds herself in the kind of section Halep has. Last edited by Ace2Ace on Jun Fri 29, 2018 9:18 am, edited 12 times in total. #ed_op#font color="brown"#ed_cl#@ #ed_op#b#ed_cl#Ace2Ace#ed_op#/b#ed_cl#:#ed_op#/font#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#i#ed_cl#Potentially, Sloane gets Kuzmova in the 2nd rd. I don't think that's a given, tho' she's the likely favorite. If that match happens, I'm looking forward to it.#ed_op#/i#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#span class="postbody"#ed_cl##ed_op#/span#ed_cl# <font color=brown>@ <b>sekasi</b>:</font> [3]Muguruza v [wc]Broady Van Uytvanck v Hercog Brady v Kozlova Allertova v [28]Kontaveit [17]Barty v Voegele [wc]Taylor v [Q]Bouchard Linette v Putintseva Fett v [14]Kasatkina Naomi Broady can't hit a ground stroke. Yes she does have a biting serve. But that's it. She can't move. Have you ever watched her play.. lol lol.. she can't get to balls hit 5-feet away from her. How is she going to win a set against Mugu? She has zero chance. Would be surprised is she wins 3 games. Mugu's path: Broady/Hercog/Kontaveit/Bouchard ... Sorry Barty and Kasatkina; the Canadian Queen is baaaaack... lol lol Last edited by Ace2Ace on Jun Fri 29, 2018 9:44 am, edited 4 times in total. #ed_op#font color="brown"#ed_cl#@ #ed_op#b#ed_cl#Ace2Ace#ed_op#/b#ed_cl#:#ed_op#/font#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#i#ed_cl#Kuzmova doesn't strike me as a self-destructing player, just because she lost the semi v Flipkens in the Netherlands while ahead. It's just one of the moments. She's rested now and I like her chances versus Sloane, if they meet. #ed_op#/i#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl# |