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Jo is listed, whether she'll play or not, time will tell. Despite the ninja's 2017 form & ranking, Johanna might still have hoped for a different opener than a rematch of last years final.

R32: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [4] 9 v. Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) 28 (CH 2, Jul 2012)
>H2H: 1-2
>2017 Sydney, Australia - WTA Premier - Hard - F - Konta 6-4 6-2
>2016 Beijing, China - WTA Premier Mandatory - Hard - F - Radwanska by 6-4 6-2
>2016 Cincinnati, USA - WTA Premier 5 - Hard - R16 - Radwanska by 6-7(1) 6-4 6-0

Edit: Change the week number in thread title



-- Edited by blob on Friday 5th of January 2018 11:59:33 PM

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Johanna might still have hoped for a different opener than a rematch of last years final.

Or, perhaps not: Aga has just lost to WR121, Sachia Vickery, in the QF in Auckland, 2-6 2-6



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Jo vs Aga first up on the main court on Tuesday at 1 pm local, 2 am GMT.

Jo will be the last chance for a seed actually to win a R1 match or even a set with a few bakery products involved.

(3) Ostapenko - lost 7-6(3) 6-1
(5) Mladenovic - lost 6-4 4-2 retired
(6) Stephens - lost 6-3 6-0
(7) Goerges - withdrew
(8) Sevastova - lost 6-3 6-1

(1) Muguruza and (2) V Williams have bye passed the R1 carnage.

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Seed carnage it is then.
3-6 5-7

Probably going to be a veeeeerrrrrry long season.

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Blow when she's defending a title but at least hip is ok

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From the brief part I watched she was really struggling with her serve.

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Looks like none of the top players really wanted to be in Sydney this year!
Certainly better if Jo has given herself a shot at a good run in Melbourne by not overtaxing her dodgy hip smile



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Pity Jo got caught up in the early season mayhem. But the first couple of weeks can be so very misleading ( maybe best we do our predictions before then ) and she may consciously or subconsciously been effected by the hip problem last week but I hear no problems with it.

Onward ...



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(2) V Williams, after a bye, loses her R2 match to Angie Kerber 5-7 6-3 6-1. First seed to win a set though !

(1) Muguruza plays on Wednesday.



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(2) V Williams, after a bye, loses her R2 match to Angie Kerber 5-7 6-3 6-1. First seed to win a set though !

(1) Muguruza plays on Wednesday.

Angie Kerber great result  hopefully back to her best back to no1 if she has the confidence



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Muguruza has withdrawn, making it a clean sweep for the non-seeds

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Muguruza has withdrawn, making it a clean sweep for the non-seeds

Although, her withdrawal came after playing, and winning, her first match, against Kiki Bertens in R16.



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Sydney - biggest womens event in Australia excepting the Open.
A very popular Australian #1 in the final, Barty, against a former world #1 and a well known name down under - having won the Open - Kerber.
Even by the end of the first set, Stadium never more than 50% full. Maybe 2/3 full by the trophy presentation.

Angie won, playing true Kerber tennis all week, that battling, never-give-up style that was missing most of last year. Wim Fissette's reputation keeps accelerating away, he defends his 'title' with his new charge.

Edit: Addendum - WTA write-up includes the lead-in, "In front of a capacity crowd at the Ken Rosewall Arena,": I refer them to their own highlights package.

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It's a big stadium. I wouldn't read much into it not being full.

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One would hope that the WTA aren't that blasé about things.

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