2015 Western & Southern Open (WTA) | Premier 5 | General Discussion Thread

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2015 Western & Southern Open
August 17-23, 2015
Lindner Family Tennis Center
Cincinnati, United States
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Level: Premier 5
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Draw size: S-56, D-24
Defending champions: S-Serena Williams (USA), D-Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Abigail Spears (USA)

Seeds:
[1] Serena Williams (USA)
[2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) *withdrew*
[3] Simona Halep (ROU)
[4] Petra Kvitova (CZE)
[5] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
[6] Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
[7] Lucie Safarova (CZE)
[8] Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
[9] Garbine Muguruza (ESP)
[10] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
[11] Angelique Kerber (GER)
[12] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI
[13] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL
[14] Elina Svitolina (UKR)
[15] Andrea Petkovic (GER)
[16] Sara Errani (ITA)

Qualifying draw - Singles:
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1017/QS.pdf

Main draw - Singles:
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1017/MDS.pdf

Main draw - Doubles:
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1017/MDD.pdf

 

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I will add a poll when we get closer to the start date to ensure more accuracy in the options (ie. in case players withdraw or someone like Kerber wins in Canada this week and is a better option than someone like Safarova).

 

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Potential QF matchups:

Williams-Ivanovic
Kvitova-Safarova
Wozniacki-Halep
Pliskova-Sharapova

 

[spystud]

Kerber/Bencic R1, Caroline/Vika R2 assuming Vika gets by a qualifier. Caro has just been absolutely snakebit this year with draws.

Projected R16 @CincyTennis:

Serena-Errani
Ana-CSN
Petra-Svitolina
Lucie-Kerber
Woz-Muguruza
Petko-Halep
Pliskova-Timea
Radwanska-Sharapova

 

[Marius_Hancu]

The draw is out:
http://www.wsopen.com/2015_womens_draw/

Perhaps a SF Halep-Sharapova. I'd like to see that.

 

[spystud]

Qualifying draw pdf if anyone cares.

 

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It seems Makarova pulled out of the tournament. Bacsinszky, Radwanska, Svitolina and Petkovic move up a position and Sara Errani will get the #16 seed.

 

[spystud]

WTA's draw pdf

 

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WTA's draw pdf

So the WTA site finally released it. Thanks!

Qualifying and main singles draws added to the OP.

 

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Lastly, the doubles draw added to the OP.

 

[spystud]

Deleted, apparently I can't read.

 

[spystud]

Draw is finalized. Petko/Goerges, K. Bondarenko/Genie, Giorgi/McHale are some interesting 1st rounders.

 

[spystud]

Monday's OoP, 12 ladies' matches.

 

[Moose Malloy]

Just an FYI Tc isn't allowed to show any women's matches from this event as punishment for covering DC which defected from uso series.

 

[spystud]

Well, that's not cool.

 

[elkwood]

Urgh that sucks

 

[elkwood]

Madison vs JJ Could be a interesting match

 

[romeo8880]

I voted for other bc I'm going for vika! Hope she can get some momentum going into the us open.

 

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I voted for other bc I'm going for vika! Hope she can get some momentum going into the us open.

I'd actually like that too! Her draw isn't as daunting this time around too. She's got Wozniacki in the 2nd round, who is beatable, then Muguruza in the 3rd round and Halep in the QF's, the player out of the top she could likely handle the best. It's a tough road any way you slice it I guess, but she's certainly capable of it.

 

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Not like anyone is likely interested but here are the qualifiers:

Timea Babos (HUN)
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK)
Ana Konjuh (CRO)
Julia Goerges (GER)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)
Lauren Davis (USA)
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
Christina McHale (USA)
Mona Barthel (GER)

 

[elkwood]

Not like anyone is likely interested but here are the qualifiers:

Timea Babos (HUN)
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK)
Ana Konjuh (CRO)
Julia Goerges (GER)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)
Lauren Davis (USA)
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
Christina McHale (USA)
Mona Barthel (GER)

Thanks for listing !! Good to see Lauren Davis make it

 

[elkwood]

Damn Brengle better get with the program if she wants to beat JJ
3rd set incoming !

 

[elkwood]

Wow time violation against JJ lead to a point. Don't see that often

 

[elkwood]

OHH rain delay JJ up 42 in the 3rd

 

[PDJ]

I like JJ. I like the drama she brings to the court coupled with her obvious sense of humour.

 

[elkwood]

I like JJ. I like the drama she brings to the court coupled with her obvious sense of humour.

Yea me too but i bet she hard to deal with. Just listening to the chang over u get a sense
that she is the very definition of "High Maintenance"

I think she score high on the crazy hot matrix

 

[elkwood]

JJ won 62 in final set

Good first set between venus and Diyas 66 in tb

 

[elkwood]

AHh Diyas lost 67(8) 46 Venus let her come back from 51
in second set. Diyas has a few game points for 5 all but
couldn't get it done. So venus vs Ivanovic for second rd

 

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Muguruza loses the 1st set 4-6 to qualifier Shvedova. Hopefully she's not suffering from the same post-Wimbledon blues that Bouchard did...

 

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And Muguruza promptly gets broken in the first game of the 2nd set.

 

[elkwood]

Muguruza not playing all that great. 12 now in 2nd set. Still hope for her
to pull it together

 

[elkwood]

Ahh Suspended for rain

 

[spystud]

Get it together, Garbine!!

 

[spystud]

Ahh Suspended for rain

Hopefully that helps.

 

[elkwood]

Hopefully that helps.

I think it will.

 

[spystud]

About to resume shortly.

 

[Vanhool]

I wish i could get courts 9 and 7. Some interesting rain stoppages there. Strycova/Lepchenko at the beginning of a 3rd set tiebreak. Sam down 4-5 in the third vs Babos. Come on Sam!

 

[Vanhool]

What was Shvedova wanting them to check on in the lockerroom?

 

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Strycova chokes away her match vs. Lepchenko, losing 6-2 5-7 6-7(6). She was up 5-2 in the 3rd.

 

[spystud]

Tiebreak in the 2nd for Garbine to stay in Cincy.

 

[spystud]

And Darcy's girl Sam is out early again.

 

[Vanhool]

I really enjoy Shvedova. I wish she had that little bit extra to win more often.

 

[AngieB]

You mean, #Stosur, the one who claims she will stop #Serena at the USOpen, lost in the 1st round of Cincinatti?

Not the least bit shocked in this result. Truth told, #Stosur will be lucky to make it out of the 2nd round of the USOpen. She's got quite a masculine ego.

#GI​

 

[spystud]

Get it together, Garbine!!

Nope.

Hopefully that helps.

And nope. Enjoy your flight.

 

[Vanhool]

I feel somewhat responsible. I made a very subpar gazpacho today. Garbine had a sad look of her face during that match, as if she knew about the abomination in my refrigerator

 

[elkwood]

saw that Garbine lost

Key is kicking butt though. Be nice if she had a good run

 

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Muguruza doesn't win any points in the tiebreak as she loses 4-6 6-7(0).

Stosur was up a break in the 3rd vs. Babos, loses 6-7(6) 6-4 5-7.

I'm not one of those people who likes whining about the WTA, but sometimes it's just so ridiculous.

 

[AngieB]

I'm not one of those people who likes whining about the WTA, but sometimes it's just so ridiculous.

#Bouchard made it all possible. She was even worse than #Bassett-Seguso.

#GI​

 

[elkwood]

Well Keys looked really sharp vs Bacsinzky 64 63

 

[Vanhool]

Well Keys looked really sharp vs Bacsinzky 64 63

Yes she did!