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Author:  chungwit [ 8. August 2014 14:36 ]
Post subject:  Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
Dates: 11 - 17 August, 2014 image
Venue: Cincinnati, USA
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $2,567,000
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Vince Cicero

Official Website: www.cincytennis.com

Last Appearance: 2013 1st round. Lost to Andrea Petkovic 2-6 6-4 6-1

Singles:
1R: Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 6-2

Doubles:
1R: Daniela Hantuchova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova bt Lucie Hradecka/Michaella Krajicek 6-2 6-1
2R: [1] Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci bt Daniela Hantuchova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-3 7-5
Author:  chungwit [ 8. August 2014 14:42 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
2014 Player Entry list.

Serena Williams USA 1
Na Li CHN 2
Simona Halep ROU 3
Agnieszka Radwanska POL 4
Maria Sharapova RUS 5
Petra Kvitova CZE 6
Angelique Kerber GER 7
Jelena Jankovic SRB 8
Victoria Azarenka BLR 9
Dominika Cibulkova SVK 10
Ana Ivanovic SRB 11
Flavia Pennetta ITA 12
Eugenie Bouchard CAN 13
Sara Errani ITA 14
Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 15
Caroline Wozniacki DEN 16
Samantha Stosur AUS 17
Sloane Stephens USA 18
Sabine Lisicki GER 19
Andrea Petkovic GER 20
Roberta Vinci ITA 21
Ekaterina Makarova RUS 22
Lucie Safarova CZE 23
Alize Cornet FRA 24
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 25
Kirsten Flipkens BEL 26
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 27
Garbine Muguruza ESP 28
Sorana Cirstea ROU 29
Madison Keys USA 30
Venus Williams USA 31
Klara Koukalova CZE 32
Shuai Zhang CHN 33
Daniela Hantuchova SVK 34
Elina Svitolina UKR 35
Casey Dellacqua AUS 36
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 37
Yvonne Meusburger AUT 38
Camila Giorgi ITA 39

Note: Rankings are as of the entry deadling, June 30. Commitment list does not include all wild cards and qualifiers.

Wild cards:
Lauren Davis
Christina McHale
Belinda Bencic
Author:  Alex Isabel [ 9. August 2014 03:07 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
Daniela drew Makarova in Cincinnati. If she wins, it's the hated queen of sportsmanship Kerber!
Author:  eddy [ 9. August 2014 12:00 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
Well I guess Makarova isn't too bad a first rounder considering the depth of the draw although Makarova is currently in the form of her life making at least semifinals of Montreal. Perhaps she'll be tired when she faces Daniela probably on Tuesday.

As for the rest of the draw...well let's just hope Daniela can make 2nd round...but I think Daniela wil need a quarter-final to get a seeding for US Open...
Author:  chungwit [ 9. August 2014 16:47 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
It's not an easy draw but then again there wasn't much chance that Daniela would get one.

Makarova won the last match in the Fed Cup in Moscow but a big factor in that was Makarova's lengthy timeout that disrupted Daniela's momentum and the home support. Daniela beat her in Tokyo in 2012 and Daniela's form at the time was terrible although that was when she replaced Pistolesi with Nicolas. Daniela also thrashed Makarova in Paris indoors in 2009.

Makarova's one of these players that I always feel that Daniela will do well against, although like eddy said, she's having a good run in Montreal and her form this year has been better than Daniela's. It's an opportunity for Daniela to get a good win and go on a run.
Author:  Alex Isabel [ 10. August 2014 01:44 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
After a 3 setter over Coco yesterday, Makarova lost tonight to Aga 7-6 7-6. Please cut Daniela a rare break and schedule this match first thing Monday and we can hope tiredness will become a factor.
Author:  chungwit [ 10. August 2014 22:34 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
Daniela's playing doubles with Zahlavova Strycova this week. They start against Hradecka & Krajicek with the winners playing Errani/Vinci.

Zahlavova Strycova's a pretty decent doubles player so we'll see how Daniela does with her although the draw is quite tough.
Author:  eddy [ 10. August 2014 23:13 ]
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What a random partnership with Strycova..not of fan of Barabara at all especially for the failed drugs test a few years ago but I guess forgive and forget and we'll see how this partnership goes...
Author:  chungwit [ 11. August 2014 00:36 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
I'd say there are far more players than just Zahlavova Strycova that take PEDs. Marin Cilic failed a drug test and he explained his absence by saying he had a knee injury and the only reason we found out he'd failed a drug test was because it was leaked to the Croatian media. I wonder how many other "injuries" were really suspensions or waits for the tribunal.

Cyclists that were clients of Dr Fuentes, the notorious blood doping doctor, such as Alberto Contador, were banned. There were tennis players among his clients yet there seems to have been zero effort by the tennis authorities to do anything about it. Mind you there were a lot of footballers listed as being clients also and nothing has happened on that front.
Likewise, baseball banned the players who went to the Biogenesis clinic in Florida, which also had tennis players as clients, but what have the tennis authorities done to find out who these players are. We know that Dr Del Moral, Lance Armstrong's doctor, worked with players at TenisVal, Errani admitted working with him but there have been no consequences there.

Mark Cavendish has said that drug testing in tennis is ridiculously lax compared with cycling and the reason that so many cyclists fail tests is that cycling tests are rigorous and designed to catch users while testing in tennis is basically PR.
Author:  Alex Isabel [ 11. August 2014 01:10 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
Well, Daniela is first match up on Court 7 at 11 AM Cincinnati time. Of course, it's doubles. Of course, that gives Makarova time to settle in. Good gosh. I swear, the next thing that goes right for Daniela on tour in 2014 will be the first.

If allowed to count Fed Cup and WTT, Strycova is Daniela's 8th doubles partner this year. If we assume that a certain notable percentage of the tour players use PED's, since Dani changes doubles partners as often as she changes gowns, by the law of averages she's bound to play with a roider sooner or later!
Author:  chungwit [ 11. August 2014 16:29 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
Doubles:

3-0
4-0, break to 15 after Hradecka doubles faults.
5-0, Daniela holds to 15, served a DF.
5-1, Krajicek holds to 40, saving a set point.
5-2, Zahlavova Strycova broken to 15.
6-2, Daniela & Zahlavova Strycova break Hradecka to 40 on their 2nd set point.

2nd set
1-0, Daniela holds to 30, served a DF.
2-0, break to 40 on 3rd BP.
3-0, Zahlavova Strycova holds to 15, served a DF.
4-0, break Hradecka to 30, served 2 DFs.
5-0, Daniela holds to 15.
5-1, Krajicek holds to 0.
6-1, Zahlavova Strycova serves out to 30, winning on the 2nd MP, double faulted on the first.
Author:  eddy [ 11. August 2014 17:13 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
Wow they won 62 61 in 55 minutes for the first round doubles...that's a good light match before tomorrow's first round. :D
Author:  chungwit [ 11. August 2014 17:20 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
A really good easy win in doubles and it could have been an even more convincing win. Hradecka's won slams in doubles and Krajicek is solid so to beat players as good as them so easily is very encouraging as I can't remember the last time Daniela won a doubles match as easily as this. If Zahlavova Strycova is Daniela's partner long term then I think it'll be a good team that can do well. The next round will be very difficult and will be a good gauge of how well Daniela and Zahlavova Strycova can do.
Author:  Alex Isabel [ 11. August 2014 17:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
Guys, any truth to the rumor that right after the match, Krajicek turned to Hradecka and said:
Luuuuucieeee, you've got some 'SPLAININ' to do!
Strangely, the stats aren't that great, except the pts. won on 1st serve and the 6-11 break points. Yet it was almost a double bagel, and it's always joyous when there's Dani dominance. And as eddy said, it was quick and not taxing, which pretty well erases the rest factor for tomorrow. Nice one, ladies. Let's see if they can give our favorite Italians trouble.
Author:  Alex Isabel [ 11. August 2014 17:24 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
I can't remember the last time Daniela won a doubles match as easily as this.

Might have been with Hingis in what I like to call the T-shirt match! :)

Since when does Daniela get her match in before a rain delay!?
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