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| Author: | chungwit [ 16. March 2014 18:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
Dates: March 18 - 29, 2014  Venue: Miami, USA Tier: Premier Prize Money: $5,427,105 Surface: Hard/Outdoors Tournament Director: Adam Barrett Official Website: www.sonyopentennis.com Last Appearance: 2013 2nd round. Lost to Sara Errani 6-3 6-1 Singles: 2R: Madison Keys (USA) bt [31] Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 6-2 Doubles: 1R: Darija Jurak/Mirjana Lucic-Baroni bt Daniela Hantuchova/Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4 6-4 |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 16. March 2014 18:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
WTA Acceptance List 01 Serena Williams USA 02 Victoria Azarenka BLR 03 Li Na CHN 04 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 05 Maria Sharapova RUS 06 Petra Kvitova CZE 07 Sara Errani ITA 08 Jelena Jankovic SRB 09 Angelique Kerber GER 10 Simona Halep ROU 11 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 12 Ana Ivanovic SRB 13 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 14 Roberta Vinci ITA 15 Sabine Lisicki GER 16 Samantha Stosur AUS 17 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 18 Sloane Stephens USA 19 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 20 Kirsten Flipkins BEL 21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 22 Flavia Pennetta ITA 23 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 24 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 25 Alize Cornet FRA 26 Sorana Cirstea ROU 27 Kaia Kanepi EST 28 Lucie Safarova CZE 29 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 30 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 31 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 32 Elena Vesnina RUS 33 Klara Zakopalova CZE 34 Garbine Muguruza ESP 35 Andrea Petkovic GER 36 Madison Keys USA 37 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 38 Elina Svitolina UKR 39 Karin Knapp ITA 40 Romina Oprandi SUI 41 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 42 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 43 Francesca Schiavone ITA 44 Peng Shuai CHN 45 Urszula Radwanska POL 46 Alison Riske USA 47 Stefanie Voegele SUI 48 Venus Williams USA 49 Zhang Shuai CHN 50 Marina Erakovic NZL 51 Varvara Lepchenko USA 52 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 53 Karolina Pliskova CZE 54 Monica Niculescu ROU 55 Annika Beck GER 56 Monica Puig PUR 57 Zheng Jie CHN 58 Laura Robson GBR 59 Lauren Davis USA 60 Paula Ormaechea ARG 61 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 62 Christina McHale USA 63 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 64 Mona Barthel GER 65 Kurumi Nara JPN 66 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ESP 67 Polona Hercog SLO 68 Iveta Melzer CZE 69 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 70 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 71 Vania King USA 72 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 73 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 74 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 75 Anna Schmiedlova SVK 76 Ayumi Morita JPN ABOUT THE SONY OPEN: The 2014 Sony Open will be played March 17-30 at the Crandon Tennis Center in Miami. The two-week combined event is owned and operated by IMG. The Sony Open is one of nine ATP Masters 1000 Series events on the ATP calendar, a Premier Mandatory event on the WTA calendar, and features the top men's and women's tennis players in the world. In 2013 Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer for his second Sony Open title, while Serena Williams knocked off Maria Sharapova to capture her record sixth title in Miami. For ticket information, call (305) 442-3367 or visit the website at |
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| Author: | eddy [ 17. March 2014 01:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
1R BYE 2R Kontaveit or Keys 3R Li (2) or Kleybanova 4R Suarez Navarro (15) or Kanepi (24) QF Jankovic (7) or Wozniacki (11) or Stephens (17) A pretty good draw to be honest, just get to the 3rd round and i'll be happy, seems ages since Daniela got a win... |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 17. March 2014 01:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
Keys is the likely second round opponent and I think she'll be tough. She's ranked 38 which isn't much lower than Daniela. Keys thrashed Halep in Sydney and she also beat Cibulkova in Beijing last year. I just hope that Daniela's fit and go do herself justice. Kontaveit's a young player who did well as a junior and has won a lot on the ITF circuit so she's got to be respected but Keys has to be the big favourite to face Daniela. If Daniela gets past the second round then she'd probably face Li Na. |
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| Author: | Alex Isabel [ 17. March 2014 02:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
What Flavia did today has to give us Daniela Maniacs a little hope. Dani at least got 3 matches in at IW, and her FB message on how her knee held up after her practices at La Quinta creates a little more hope. But eddy's right, it seems like eons since the last singles match won, so feeling true hope will come only after her next win. It would be quite encouraging if Daniela can take down Keys, as she is exactly the kind of up-and-comer that has been beating Dani with regularity in recent months. Crossing fingers! |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 18. March 2014 23:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
Daniela's playing doubles with Parra Santonja again and they start with Jurak & Lucic-Baroni which they should win. The next round is against either Peschke & Srebotnik or Kuznetsova & Stosur which will be tough. A run in doubles would be nice, but a run in singles would be nicer. |
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| Author: | Alex Isabel [ 19. March 2014 00:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
You'd think after all this time I would know better. However, beginning with Keys (if that's her 1st opponent), I have a strong feeling that Daniela is going to unlock her formula for success and have a big time tournament in Miami. No logic behind it, just a prompting. |
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| Author: | Alex Isabel [ 20. March 2014 04:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
Keys bent, folded, spindled and mutilated Kontaveit after a slow start. Come on, Dani, get back on your feet! You're the one they can't beat and you know it! |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 21. March 2014 01:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
Daniela's the third match on Court 7, play starts at 11am. |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 21. March 2014 12:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
I feel the first set will be crucial. Daniela's won the first set of every match she's won this year and being a set up will be a boost to her confidence. Hopefully she's fit and can do herself justice and hopefully working with Lundgren will inspire Daniela. |
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| Author: | Alex Isabel [ 21. March 2014 16:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
Foremost, what I hope big-time that Lundgren and Daniela have done is work incessantly on her serve so that it at least leaves the category of liability. While the opening of her year has been rather nightmarish, and maybe this is stating the obvious, I take some hope in that Sanchez and Lundgren are two of the premier coaches on the circuit. With many players likely wanting their services, they would not use up valuable time working with Dani unless they see that she can still be a relevant player on the tour. And clearly, by seeking them out, Daniela gives one more sign that she's still all in. But a win, any win, will be much more encouraging than any of that. Her match is several hours away and already I'm nervous! |
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| Author: | eddy [ 21. March 2014 16:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
Na Li gets through to 3rd round without hitting a ball as Kleybanova withdrew after winning her 2nd round match. So if Daniela beats Keys, Na Li awaits..top players always seem to get all the luck...like serena yesterday against shvedova had about 10 net cords that went her way. Here we go then, Daniela serving 4-6 2-6 I honestly think that maybe Daniela is done...she simply can't compete against the more powerful game now... It can't be fun going from tournament to tournament losing every time in the first round...and she seems to have 3-4 games in a row these days in a match where she can barely win a point... If Peter Lungdren can't help her then no one can to be honest... Poor Daniela, she's training so hard for no result... I can't imagine clay being any better  maybe she'll be happier doing other things in her life...
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| Author: | Alex Isabel [ 21. March 2014 22:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
I honestly think that maybe Daniela is done...she simply can't compete against the more powerful game now... If Peter Lungdren can't help her then no one can to be honest... Poor Daniela, she's training so hard for no result... I don't want to believe that just yet, eddy. But we certainly know that the time comes that the veteran athlete slows enough that she or he struggles to keep up, and that there's far more young up-and-comers than there are familiar foes. We should wait to see if, given a few months, Lundgren can work some magic, and again, Daniela has to still feel she has something left or she wouldn't seek high level coaching. However, it's not just the results that are making it possible that Dani is working on her transition. World Team Tennis, this crazy new league at the end of the year, the constant search for the right doubles partner……Daniela isn't ready to leave the sport and lifestyle she loves, but like a person of her level of intelligence would smartly do, she seems to be giving herself some options to ease out of tennis by playing it as a team sport for a year or two or three once she decides relevancy in singles is beyond her abilities. I don't see that happening at least until after New York. So I am willing to hang in there awhile longer. But it can't be denied that it's sad to watch Daniela right now, particularly on serve. |
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| Author: | Benji [ 21. March 2014 22:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
Serve seems to have gone to pot since the knee injury-making only 41% of your first serves is simply not going to get the job done. Madison hits hard flat bombs and was making 63% of her first serves-there was the match right there. |
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| Author: | eddy [ 21. March 2014 23:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami |
I think her return game is what's crap at the moment. She can't make returns for toffee.... |
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