WTA - INDIAN WELLS 2012 - Discussion Thread

Who w/b the first Premier 1000 Winner of the Season?

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Love Game

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BNP Paribas Open
WTA Premier Mandatory 1000
Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Indian Wells, California, USA
March 7 through March 18, 2012

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BNP Paribas Open 2011 Champion Caroline Wozniacki

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2012 SEEDS
Each seed receives a bye into the second round.

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2012 WILDCARDS
Jill Craybas (USA)
Lauren Davis (USA)
Irina Falconi (USA)
Jamie Hampton (USA)
Sania Mirza (IND)
Urszula Radwańska (POL)
Sloane Stephens (USA)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

2012 QUALIFIERS
1. Gréta Arn (HUN)
2. Jessica Pegula (USA)
3. Michaëlla Krajicek (NED)
4. Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
5. Olga Govortsova(BLR)
6. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
7. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
8. Zhang Shuai (CHN)
9. Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
10. Alexandra Panova (RUS)
11. Kristina Barrois (GER)
12. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)

2012 WITHDRAWALS
Serena Williams (continued boycott Of the event since 2001)
Kim Clijsters (left ankle injury) [5]
Andrea Petkovic (lower back injury)

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MixieP said:
A clown on the run. Beware!
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Hey, MixieP :)

Did you see Francesca in Dubai? She was wearing shorts. If she'd wear them there, I expect her to wear them at IW. TBH, she actually looks better in the shorts. Something about those skirts from Lotto have just not looked flattering on her IMO.

How does Frankie feel about hard courts? I assume she's looking forward to the French clay, but this one's mandatory, so as tenth seed, she gets a bye to R2 and her first match w/b against the winner of: Qualifier from Ukraine, L Tsurenko vs. unseeded Shahar Pe'er

Fran went to the semis in Brisbane, but since then she's played nothing but hard but never made it out of R2 after Brisbane.

what's up with that?
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Tammo said:
Has anyone noticed that Azarenka and Kvitova are playing doubles together? That's a scary thought!
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Lol true, Vika's return of serve combined with Petra's shot-making :shock: they should be handed the trophy already.

Victoria wins both IW and Miami to make it 29-0.

Petra not sure where she's at, ill, injured, out of rhythm - will see.
 
I think they will win because of several reasons.

They both use a lot of power, which doubles players generally aren't used to.

Aza is on a roll, and number 1.

And usually when the top singles players play dubs, they win.
 
I'm routing for Ivanovic and Li to make big statements here. I highly doubt Li will be playing like she was this time last year at IW and Miami, she has virtually no points to defend and with no Clijsters around, I can't see her having a mega-choke like at the AO!
 
Tammo said:
I think they will win because of several reasons.

They both use a lot of power, which doubles players generally aren't used to.

Aza is on a roll, and number 1.

And usually when the top singles players play dubs, they win.
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I dont know whether or not they will win. Just because you are ranked highly in singles does not mean you will defacto do well in dubs. Have they even played dubs togetlher before? Who even knows if they will make a cohesive team together. Doubles is totally.different from singles.
 
Love Game said:
Hey, MixieP :)

Did you see Francesca in Dubai? She was wearing shorts. If she'd wear them there, I expect her to wear them at IW. TBH, she actually looks better in the shorts. Something about those skirts from Lotto have just not looked flattering on her IMO.

How does Frankie feel about hard courts? I assume she's looking forward to the French clay, but this one's mandatory, so as tenth seed, she gets a bye to R2 and her first match w/b against the winner of: Qualifier from Ukraine, L Tsurenko vs. unseeded Shahar Pe'er

Fran went to the semis in Brisbane, but since then she's played nothing but hard but never made it out of R2 after Brisbane.

what's up with that?
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probably because she has no hips. And Im not saying that to hate on Francesca but lets be real...she doesnt have the most curvaceous feminine body.
 
hugobosstachini said:
Lol true, Vika's return of serve combined with Petra's shot-making :shock: they should be handed the trophy already.

Victoria wins both IW and Miami to make it 29-0.

Petra not sure where she's at, ill, injured, out of rhythm - will see.
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Im not expecting anything from Petra she has been out of play so long.

I just hope mentally she is improving.
 
Tammo said:
Has anyone noticed that Azarenka and Kvitova are playing doubles together? That's a scary thought!
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good catch, Tammo ... I hadn't noticed that ... definitely should put some more butts in the seats to spectate their matches ...

Azarenka's usual partner, Kirilenko is partnering Petrova, pre-Olympics

And I just noticed that Vania King is teaming up with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, instead of her two-time grand-slam-winning partner, Yaroslava Shvedova

hmmmmm ... I don't even see Slava's name on the singles roster either ... that's too bad ... :?:

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K so ... looks like Shvedova is skipping IW and is planning for Miami?
 
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Cirstea survives versus Benesova in 2.75 hrs to move to Round 2. Sounds like a heck of a match and I hear its windy today.
 
INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA

It was a mixed day for the Americans on Day 1 of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday afternoon, with Vania King scoring perhaps the biggest win of them all, grinding past in-form Italian Sara Errani.
Errani, who won her third WTA title in Acapulco last week, was probably the most dangerous unseeded player at Indian Wells, just one spot out of the seedings - she had also beaten King handily the only time they had played before, a 63 62 triumph in the early rounds of Carlsbad last summer.
But none of that discouraged King this time, nor did a 5-2 first set deficit - the American hit through the Italian, rallying to win the 57-minute first set then coming back from 3-1 down in the second set to close it out, 76(3) 64.
Awaiting King in the second round is No.13 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who, like all the seeds, received a first round bye. King has won the pair's last two meetings (the American also leads their overall head-to-head, 2-1).

More good news for the Americans came in the form of Jamie Hampton's surprisingly crushing 60 61 win over Polona Hercog. Having made her debut in the elite last week, Hampton was playing her first career match as a Top 100 player, and the confidence showed as she won the first nine games of the match and scored her career-best win over the World No.38 in just 52 minutes.
The other two Americans playing the day session weren't so lucky, with Jill Craybas falling quietly to Mona Barthel, 61 62, and Coco Vandeweghe squandering a 3-1 third set lead to lose to Jarmila Gajdosova, 46 63 63.

Other early winners were Sorana Cirstea, Klara Zakopalova, Galina Voskoboeva, Elena Baltacha, Carla Suárez Navarro, Kimiko Date-Krumm and Timea Bacsinszky. Voskoboeva had the closest call of them all, saving four match points down 5-4 in the third set to beat Marina Erakovic, 57 63 75; but also making narrow escapes were Cirstea, who came from 64 53 down to beat Iveta Benesova, 46 75 76(5), and Bacsinszky, who defeated Anne Keothavong, 64 26 75, her first win since returning from a 10-month foot injury lay-of.

Baltacha also faced some serious trouble, fighting back from 63 42 down, as well as 2-0 down in the third, to survive Arantxa Rus, 36 64 63.
"I'm very, very happy. To finish like that was great," Baltacha said. "I've made some changes recently and have been putting the new elements in my game into my matches. It was so nice to get a win under my belt today.
"I've done well at Indian Wells and when you do well at any tournament, you look forward to coming back. I'm happy to get another win here."
Although she is still with coach Nino Severino, Baltacha has been working with some new people recently. "This is my fifth year working with Nino, but I'm now in my second tournament with Dani Dios as hitting partner, and Judy Murray, our Fed Cup coach, has helped me too. I have great, great people with me."
Baltacha will play No.14 seed and recent Dubai finalist Julia Goerges in the second round. Goerges leads Baltacha in their head-to-head, 2-1.
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http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20120307/gajdosova-stays-alive-mixed-day-for-usa_2256076_2640313
 
woohoo!!!
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[WC] Stephens Sloane (USA) d [Q] Wozniak Aleksandra (CAN)
46 75 76(7)

next up for Sloane w/b [18] Angelique Kerber (GER)


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Wozniacki In Same Half As Ivanovic, Sharapova

Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki’s path to a third straight final at the BNP Paribas Open could go through two former winners, with the 21-year-old Dane seeded to meet Ana Ivanovic in the fourth round and Maria Sharapova in the semi-finals.

Wozniacki defeated Ivanovic two weeks ago in the Dubai quarter-finals to even their head-to-head series at 2-all, but she trails Sharapova 2-3 in career meetings following a loss to the Russian in the 2011 Rome semi-finals.

Possible quarter-final opponents for the fourth-seeded Wozniacki, who opens her title defence against the winner of American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Russian Ekaterina Makarova, include 2011 runner-up Marion Bartoli and 2010 Roland Garros champion Francesca Schiavone.

http://www.bnpparibasopen.com/News/Tennis/2012/Tournament/WTA-Draw-Preview.aspx


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LoveGame
 
Great win for Sloane Stephens. The next round will be a true test. Kerber has a lot of momentum and confidence these days. I hope that Sloane competes well and shows what she is truly capable of.
 
Did anyone see the match between Sloans Stephens and Angelique Kerber? Apparently Sloane was up 6-2;5-1;40-15 but ended up losing 6-2;5-7;4-6. What happened? That's a big time choke.
 
Friday Scores, March 9

Singles - Second Round
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Mona Barthel (GER) 64 67(4) 76(6)
(5) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 62 64
(WC) Jamie Hampton (USA) d. (12) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 64 63
(9) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 63 64
Vania King (USA) d. (13) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 64 64
(14) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Elena Baltacha (GBR) 63 62
(18 ) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. (WC) Sloane Stephens (USA) 26 75 64
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. (19) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 67(7) 63
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) d. (22) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 26 62 64
(24) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. (WC) Sania Mirza (IND) 62 75
(25) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 63 20 ret. (R forearm inj)
(27) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 63 64
(31) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (Q) Michaella Krajicek (NED) 61 63
(32) Christina McHale (USA) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 63 75

Doubles - First Round
(1) Huber/Raymond (USA/USA) d. Makarova/Zheng (RUS/CHN) 63 75
(2) Mirza/Vesnina (IND/RUS) d. Dushevina/Peer (RUS/ISR) 75 62
(5) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. Bratchikova/Peschke (RUS/CZE) 64 75
Dellacqua/Stosur (AUS/AUS) d. Klepac/Rosolska (SLO/POL) 62 60


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Tcbtennis said:
Did anyone see the match between Sloans Stephens and Angelique Kerber? Apparently Sloane was up 6-2;5-1;40-15 but ended up losing 6-2;5-7;4-6. What happened? That's a big time choke.
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I didnt see the match, but probly nobody else did either. I'm just as mystified as you, having noticed their early match scores. Even the WTA website failed to provide an answer ...

"... Another seed pulling off a miracle victory was No.18 seed Angelique Kerber, who trailed Sloane Stephens 62 51 and double match point, 40-15 - but the German fought until the bitter end to beat the American wildcard, 26 75 64. ..."

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The unseeded 5'5" world no. 58 American Vania King
Today defeated, in round two, by 64 64
The 13th seeded 5'10" world no. 20 Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Vania's third round opponent w/b the 18th seeded 5'8" world no. 19 German Angelique Kerber



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Go Vania, gooooooooooooooooooo!!!
 
INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA - Three former BNP Paribas Open champions, each of whom is also former World No. 1, will take the court on Saturday, when those on the bottom half of the draw play their second round matches. Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic are looking to continue their past success and get their 2012 Indian Wells campaigns off to strong starts.

Saturday, Second Round
Stadium 1

[4] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #4) vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS #42)
Head-to-head: Wozniacki leads 2-0
The last time she took the court here, Caroline Wozniacki was on top of the world, having just won her second title of a season that would see her win six and finish atop the rankings. She has since slipped to No.4 but should not be overlooked at this event, where she not only captured the 2011 title but was runner-up in 2010. However, her opener against Ekaterina Makarova is a dangerous one. Makarova had her best career Grand Slam result at January's Australian Open, upsetting Vera Zvonareva and Serena Williams en route to the quarterfinals. After that, a left wrist injury kept her out of action until her routine first round defeat of Bethanie Mattek-Sands here on Thursday.

[2] Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) vs. Gisela Dulko (ARG #126)
Head-to-head: Sharapova leads 3-1
Maria Sharapova has lost four games combined in her three victories against Gisela Dulko, including most recently just one in the first round of the Australian Open. However, she certainly knows not to overlook the former doubles World No.1 in light of her upset loss to the Argentine in the second round of Wimbledon in 2009. Sharapova took the Indian Wells title in 2006 and also has two semifinal showings. Dulko is no stranger to success here either, having been a quarterfinalist in 2004 and 2006. Sharapova's 2012 has been highlighted by a run to the final at the Australian Open.

[15] Ana Ivanovic (SRB #16) vs. Johanna Larsson (SWE #67)
Head-to-head: tied 1-1
Ana Ivanovic certainly enjoys playing Indian Wells, as she was victorious here in 2008 and was runner-up in 2009. After finishing 2011 with her 12th career title in Bali, she has had an up-and-down 2012 season so far as she continues a push to return to the Top 10. She has split her two meetings with Johanna Larsson, including a bizarre encounter in the first round of the French Open last year when she bageled the Swede in the second set but ended up losing the match.

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20120309/indian-wells-day-4-preview_2256076_2643627


Stadium 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Ana Ivanovic vs. Johanna Larsson
2. ATP: Roddick vs. Kubot
3. ATP: Djokovic vs. Golubev
4. Ekaterina Makarova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
5. Gisela Dulko vs. Maria Sharapova (NB 19.00hrs)
6. ATP: Murray vs. García-López (NB 20.30hrs)


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Ivanovic thumps Larsson 6-1 6-2 to progress to gain revenge over her loss to Larsson in R1 of the 2011 French Open.
 
RESULTS
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Singles - Second Round
(2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 62 60
(4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 62 60
(6) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (WC) Irina Falconi (USA) 60 63
(7) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (Q) Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 26 62 75
(10) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. (Q) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 62 64
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) d. (11) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 61 64
(15) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 61 62
(16) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 21 ret. (GI illness)
Ksenia Pervak (KAZ) d. (17) Peng Shuai (CHN) 64 60
(20) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 76(4) 64
(21) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 63 63
(23) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 63 31 ret. (right wrist injury)
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. (26) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 63 63
Simona Halep (ROU) d. (28) Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 62 64
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. (29) Kaia Kanepi (EST) 63 62
(30) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (WC) Lauren Davis (USA) 63 62


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Li Na beats Zheng Jie 6-1 6-3 to progress to R4 of the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells. Li lost her first match last year, so a deep run here and in Miami could boost her ranking a lot, and also buffer her loss of points if she fails to defend her French Open title in May.
 
Results

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Singles - Third Round
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (25) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 61 62
(32) Christina McHale (USA) d. (3) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 26 62 63
(5) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (27) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 64 62
(8) Li Na (CHN) d. (31) Zheng Jie (CHN) 61 63
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. (9) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) w/o (viral illness)
(14) Julia Goerges (GER) d. (24) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 63 64
(18) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Vania King (USA) w/o (GI illness)
(WC) Jamie Hampton (USA) d. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 62 67(1) 62

Doubles - Second Round
(1) Huber/Raymond (USA/USA) d. Erakovic/Niculescu (NZL/ROU) 57 75 103
(2) Mirza/Vesnina (IND/RUS) d. Bacsinszky/Brianti (SUI/ITA) 61 36 102
Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. (4) Kirilenko/Petrova (RUS/RUS) 63 64
Dellacqua/Stosur (AUS/AUS) d. (8) Groenefeld/King (GER/USA) w/o (King: GI illness)
 
really good oppurtunity for Li to make the semis here and to get some confidence back. also, she can add a ton of points and possibly pass Bartoli in the rankings
 
Monday, March 12, 2012

Singles - Third Round
(2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Simona Halep (ROU) 63 64
(4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 36 75 62
(30) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (6) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 61 67(6) 76(5)
(7) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 62 60
(23) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (10) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 62 ret. (GI illness)
(15) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Ksenia Pervak (KAZ) 67(8) 63 62
(21) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (16) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 67(5) 60 64
(20) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 62 46 64

Doubles - Second Round
(5) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. (WC) Azarenka/Kvitova (BLR/CZE) w/o (Kvitova: GI illness)
(WC) Dulko/Suárez (ARG/ARG) d. Begu/Martínez Sánchez (ROU/ESP) 43 ret. (Martínez Sánchez: right thigh injury)
 
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Singles - Fourth Round
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (14) Julia Goerges (GER) 63 61
(2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (21) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 62 61
(15) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 63 62
(5) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (WC) Jamie Hampton (USA) 63 46 30 ret. (cramping)
(7) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (23) Lucie Safarova (CZE) 61 64
(8) Li Na (CHN) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 61 60
(18) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. (32) Christina McHale (USA) 63 36 76(4)
(20) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (30) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 61 57 62

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(1) Huber/Raymond (USA/USA) d. Gajdosova/Mattek-Sands (AUS/USA) 64 26 105
Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. Dellacqua/Stosur (AUS/AUS) 36 62 107
 
Love Game said:
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Singles - Fourth Round
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (14) Julia Goerges (GER) 63 61
(2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (21) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 62 61
(15) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 63 62
(5) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (WC) Jamie Hampton (USA) 63 46 30 ret. (cramping)
(7) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (23) Lucie Safarova (CZE) 61 64
(8) Li Na (CHN) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 61 60
(18) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. (32) Christina McHale (USA) 63 36 76(4)
(20) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (30) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 61 57 62

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(1) Huber/Raymond (USA/USA) d. Gajdosova/Mattek-Sands (AUS/USA) 64 26 105
Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. Dellacqua/Stosur (AUS/AUS) 36 62 107
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Nice to see Ivanovic gaining some form. Hope she can go one further.
 
:shock: Kirilenko given a hindrance for blatantly banging her racquet deliberately on the court 3 times in the middle of a point.

I've never seen someone do that before :mad:

If she wants to cheat... come on Maria!
 
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