Week 10 - WTA Premier Mandatory ($8.65M) - Indian Wells, CA, USA - Hard

Jiwan · Club Coach

Week 10 - WTA Premier Mandatory ($8.65M) - Indian Wells, CA, USA - Hard

Strongbow · All-time great

Drat and double-drat cry

JonH · All-time great

Draw out for main singles - Jo gets a bye, Vondrasouva and then possibly Kuznetsova in round 3.

Heather plays Azarenka and then Sloane Stephens in round 2. hard to judge those ones, but Jo should aim at least for the last 16 I fancy

indiana · Tennis legend

I see that the top 30 ranked players are all in the main draw. The only player missing who would have been seeded is Peng Shuai WR 31.

That's going to be a rather fuller turnout than with the men !

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 128 lost to TOWNSEND, Taylor (USA) 11 95 2-6 6-7(4)

R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 11 11 v Bye
R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 70 v AZARENKA, Victoria (BLR) WC 204 CH=1 2012
H2H 0-5

-- Edited by Peter too on Thursday 8th of March 2018 05:49:16 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

Heather is 0-6 aganst Vika, with only the one set to her name, at Wimbledon last year

flamingowings · All-time great

Heather should've won that match at Wimbledon and she should really win this one given that Vika has not played competitively since Wimbledon -through no fault of her own.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

I think she was partly responsible for the reason for not playing !

jb288 · Satellite level

I think a long trip to Japan for the 25ks and 60/80ks would be great for Naomi at this point.

flamingowings · All-time great

Oakland2002 wrote:
I think she was partly responsible for the reason for not playing !

Well ok, partly responsible then. Although you can understand why she might not want to travel without her child and has therefore stayed in California.

blob · All-time great

Hard to know what Vika will be capable of. If Heather were in any form, you'd have to give her a chance. Sloane would be next, and at the moment, that looks entirely winnable, so if she can catch Victoria still rusty, it would be good.
Good to have Azarenka playing again though, and a WC that from my point of view exemplifies the best use of the system.

Jo is in a good looking section: Vondrousova/Q, Sabalenka/Lepchenko, the two youngsters there are dangers but inconsistent, and Varvara is wily, but on the wane.
The other seed is Sveta who is coming back from a long absence, having not played since Beijing due to a wrist injury. Great to see her back, but you never know how the wrist will hold up.
If Jo were in any sort of form, and Indian Wells courts not unsuited to her - the Andy IW factor - you'd have to hope for a bit of a run.

the addict · Tennis legend

Early rounds aren't too bad for Jo. Looking ahead, there could be Ostapenko in round 4 and then Halep. Certainly a good chance for a run though

Sim · County player

I did wonder why Vika hadn't entered the 125k event at Indian Wells last week as a warm up given her lack of match play and the fact that it is one of the very few events in California, but the fact that she didn't should help Heather??

JonH · All-time great

Anna Smith and voracova play aoyama and yang in round one, Anna is only Gb player in draw I think.

indiana · Tennis legend

L32: Anna Smith & Renata Voracova (CZE) CR 79 (47+32) vs Shuko Aoyama & Yang Zhaoxuan (JPN/CHN) CR 59 (30+29)

Yes, Anna is the only Brit in the doubles draw. It's her second Premier Mandatory, following on from Beijing last year with Nicole Melichar.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 6th of March 2018 10:46:21 PM