Week 21 - Roland Garros women's qualifying

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Week 21 - Roland Garros women's qualifying

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Maza1987 wrote:
I don't know much about Candela, [...]

Please, Maza, if you're going to refer to any Spanish/Latin American tennis player by only one surname (which I normally do, in line with the practice on the TeniSpain web site), use the first one, which is his/her father's, not the second, which is his/her mother's. On that basis, it's Estrella (which means "star", by the way, not to mention being the name of a well-known Catalan beer! wink ) Cabeza (which means "head", while candela means "candle" or "candlestick", so her full name translated equates to "Star Head Candlestick"... disbelief Sounds much better in Spanish somehow! ).

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 09:13:20 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
so her full name translated equates to "Star Head Candlestick"... Sounds much better in Spanish somehow! ).
It really is a name and a half, isn't it. I'd been looking forward to dropping that in at some stage tomorrow

It is, indeed, Steven, & it's been exercising my linguist's brain for some time. Earlier this evening, something just snapped. Sorry to rain on your parade!

Edit: To be charitable (sort of!), I suppose the "stick" bit of "candle" should by rights have been in parenthesis!

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 09:30:41 PM

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

It's out!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Nightmare draw for Laura given she's seeded, playing a decent clay courter in form.
Decent draw for Hev, and an average draw for Naomi.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/draws/us/index.html

BROADY, Naomi GBR vs KARATANTCHEVA, Sesil KAZ [14]
WATSON, Heather GBR [5] vs FICHMAN, Sharon CAN
ROBSON, Laura GBR [15] vs CABEZA CANDELA, Estrella ESP

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Let the tennis commence

Jan · Hall of fame

I have to confess I don't recognise the names of any of the girls' opponents

steven · Tennis legend

The GB matches with a few numbers added ...

QR1: Naomi Broady WR 195 v (q14) Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) WR 125 (CH 35 in 2005)

Karatantcheva was of course a quarter-finalist at RG before her doping ban - she has never been quite the same since but it's still a tough draw for Naomi. The other seed in this section is (4) Amanmuradova.

QR1: (q5) Heather Watson WR 109 v Sharon Fichman (CAN) WR 211 (CH 114 in 2010)

The other seed in this section is (19) Nara, with Barrois and junior RG Champ Jabeur also in there.

QR1: (q15) Laura Robson WR 126 v Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) WR 159 (CH 140 in Mar)

The other seed in this section is her old foe from juniors (11) Karolina Pliskova. Nasty section.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Karatantcheva is also in decent form, so Naomi's draw at second glance isn't great either.
You'd have to say that Hev should qualify if she is fit and healthy whereas both Naomi and Laura look up against it with regards to making any progress.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

I don't know much about Candela, but she is a Spaniard, so you would presume it's tough.
Naomi will do well to win a match.
Hoping Heather can qualify.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Maza1987 wrote:
I don't know much about Candela, but she is a Spaniard, so you would presume it's tough.
Naomi will do well to win a match.
Hoping Heather can qualify.

Candela has beaten 2 top 100 players in her last 2 tournaments both on clay, so very tough.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Nice article about Hev & her thoughts on Roland-Garros in today's London Evening Standard.

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
so her full name translated equates to "Star Head Candlestick"... Sounds much better in Spanish somehow! ).

It really is a name and a half, isn't it. I'd been looking forward to dropping that in at some stage tomorrow wink

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Stircrazy wrote:
Nice article about Hev & her thoughts on Roland-Garros in today's London Evening Standard.

Thanks stircrazy.