Percy896's Tennis Forum

stevos14 · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject: Birmingham

Sharapova looks to be the fave going into this.

(1)SHARAPOVA, Maria vs BYE
FORETZ, Stephanie vs QUALIFIER
DANIILIDOU, Eleni vs KEOTHAVONG, Anne
WASHINGTON, Mashona vs (13)LI, Na

(12)SANTANGELO, Mara vs LAINE, Emma
VESNINA, Elena vs RAZZANO, Virginie
GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila vs YUAN, Meng
BYE vs (5)SUGIYAMA, Ai

(4)LIKHOVTSEVA, Elena vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER
RAYMOND, Lisa vs MORIGAMI, Akiko
QUALIFIER vs (15)STOSUR, Samantha

(10)KOUKALOVA, Klara vs JACKSON, Jamea
SOUTH, Melanie vs BORWELL, Sarah
PENG, Shuai vs QUALIFIER
BYE vs (8)JANKOVIC, Jelena

(6)BARTOLI, Marion vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs SCHRUFF, Julia
MORITA, Ayumi vs O'BRIEN, Katie
QUALIFIER vs (9)ARVIDSSON, Sofia

(14)MIRZA, Sania vs BONDARENKO, Alona
PERRY, Shenay vs CRAYBAS, Jill
CAMERIN, Maria Elen vs BRANDI, Kristina
BYE vs (3)HANTUCHOVA, Daniela

(7)CHAKVETADZE, Anna vs BYE
QUALIFIER vs NAKAMURA, Aiko
MOLIK, Alicia vs ZVONAREVA, Vera
SUCHA, Martina vs (11)CASTANO, Catalina

(16)GRANVILLE, Laura vs YAN, Zi
SFAR, Selima vs PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana
SERRA ZANETTI, Anton vs VENTO-KABCHI, Maria
BYE vs (2)SCHIAVONE, Francesca

A possible Sharapova-Washington rematch in the R16 would be very interesting. The best 1r match should be alicia molik vs Zvonereva. Also Shenay Perry vs Craybas will be interesting.

x.doublea · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject:

Yes, Sharapova should win this one. Unfortunately, the depth of this field is quite shallow....
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PSALT · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:18 pm Post subject:

goo that Molik is here. with her draw I think she will get to the F. there she could give Sharapova trouble. as witnessed by her win over Sharapova at zurich she can give Sharapova trouble on fast surfaces.

J-man · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

I'm very happy Molik is playing there. She has talent but has been displaced due to problems.

Maria though should win this title easily
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dav6789 · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject:

This is the tournament that Sharapova chooses to prepare for Wimbledon at, not Eastbourne. She has won the past 2 years. She should win this tournament easily. Usually her only problem in Birmingham is the transition from clay to grass hurts her back, but this time she hasen't played much on clay. She should be fully prepared for the grass. I am very glad Molik is playing. She won a couple of rounds in Paris which is an encouraging sign. She is more suited to grass so I hope this will be her turning point of 2006. The winner of the tournament gets the original Wimbledon trophy.

x.doublea · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject:

I never knew they get the original trophy...that's worth playing for.
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stevos14 · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject:

Molik withdrew, and winners include Perry over Craybas (Perry looks promising! Smile

), Mirza, Na Li over Washington (too bad for mashona, maybe shes not a true american and prefers clay?), and Jamea Jackson! Go Jamea, you rock! I won lots of vcash on wtaworld for that win Wink

I dont see why this has to be in smaller events Crying or Very sad

leftys_rock · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject:

I'm not really surprised this is in the smaller events section. I mean, it is basically Sharapova and Schiavone and............everybody else. And Schiavone isn't good on grass.

And that's why you already have like $54 on WTAworld. Laughing

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stevos14 · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject:

Oh, have they finally given me my cash? Great! I want to get an avatar, its insane you have to have 750$ to get one.

leftys_rock · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject:

It's kind of odd; some people have 0.93928492483923 dollars and some are millionaires. Shocked

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x.doublea · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

So, in WTA World, you need to get enough 'cash' through betting in order to have certain accesses?
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stevos14 · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject:

Leftys, those who have such low ammounts may have banked their vcash. And yes you get vcash for many things like posting, posting threads, blogging gets you tons, and betting as well.

leftys_rock · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject:

Yes, like for signatures and avatars. Their form of fantasy pool is done in vCash. Thank goodness stuff like avatars and sigs are free here! Thanks Percy! Laughing

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dav6789 · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

Raymond and Stosur are playing in Birmingham this week aswell. They both should suit the grass very well. They aren't playing doubles this week though.