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Stircrazy


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R1:  (ITF WC) Anne Keothavong WR 76 vs (8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) WR 8 bleh

R1:  Agnes Szavay (HUN) UNR vs (ITF WC) Elena Baltacha WR 102

R1:  (ALT) Laura Robson WR 96 vs Lucie Safarova (CZE) WR 23  biggrin  bleh

R1:  Silvia Soler (ESP) WR 63 vs (ALT) Heather Watson WR 67

I imagine that both Hev & Bally are in with a chance of progressing...



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 27th of July 2012 01:59:36 PM

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Helen40


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I'm still hoping Laura's gong to get in.

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murray_2k9


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I will be dissapointed if Martic turns up just to retire.

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jake270392


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Shes in, its official Petra Martic has withdrawn so does she replace her spot or do they reshuffle the draw??

She plays Safarova so the draw stays the same!!

 



-- Edited by jake270392 on Friday 27th of July 2012 01:25:26 PM

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tony_orient


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Great news for Laura, and really good to have all four of our top girls competing.

Safarova won't be an easy opponent but Laura should feel like she has nothing to lose after getting in so late and she's definitely playing well enough to have a chance.

 

With Safarova one of the highest non-seeds and Sharapova a potential round 2 opponent, if Laura had always been playing I would be moaning about her getting a difficult draw. Instead I'm just glad she gets a chance to play singles.



-- Edited by tony_orient on Friday 27th of July 2012 01:34:45 PM

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Good luck girls. Good chances for Bally and Hev. Anne, well she should enjoy being an olympian

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murray_2k9 wrote:

I will be dissapointed if Martic turns up just to retire.

Me too.

The Croatian papers, tabloids and broadsheets alike, have Karlovic saying "I will play even if on crutches.", and then commenting that Marti is expected to follow suit, unfortunately.



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Thats a real shame. I appreciate they want to show theyre doing their best for their country and they have earned the spot so can technically do with it what they wish, but what is the point? You're not going to win a gold with plantar fasciitis, why turn up and set your season back further by even trying

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Karlovic withdrew yesterday with someone else taking his place, a British journalist has tweeted that he thinks Laura could be in as a possible withdrawal so Martic may have withdrawn!!

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Laura's draws always seem jinxed, abit like Andy's, Whilst the two older girls seem to have Fed's luck!

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Brill! Just go for it Laura! I seem to recall Safarova struggling against other lefties, and of course partner Hev will be on hand with some Saf-slaying tips

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I'm absolutely delighted our top four are playing. I think Heather should compete well, Laura's serve mmm... needs a little work on it shall we say and full recovery from injury - but those groundstrokes when they're working are to die for.

But I think it's fantastic to see how the old versus the new guard will compare. And it does mean that at the next Olympics if Laura & Heather are our top two players they will have competed before in the singles and this time around the expectation won't be too burdensome.

Come on everyone !!

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Second set just as good as the first and Bally wins 6-3 6-3 biggrin

 

Very good performance with few errors and Bally was the better player throughout.



-- Edited by tony_orient on Saturday 28th of July 2012 03:11:48 PM

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http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/howitworks.pdf

Gold: 685
Silver: 470
Bronze: 340
4th: 260
QF 175
R16 95
R32: 55
R64: 1



-- Edited by RBBOT on Saturday 28th of July 2012 03:19:05 PM

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Elena is having shin surgery after the Olympics and will be out for 6 months, looking like this will be her last tournament!! :(



-- Edited by jake270392 on Saturday 28th of July 2012 03:43:54 PM

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