Thursday 14 June 2012

Day 4: Wickmayer for the title in Austria

Birmingham:

Singles - Third Round
(4) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 63 46 61
(5/WC) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) w/o (GI illness)
(8) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. (9) Marina Erakovic (NZL) 26 61 63
(13) Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 61 62
Irina Falconi (USA) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 75 63
(Q) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 64 61
(Q) Melanie Oudin (USA) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 60 62

Bad Gastein:

Singles - Second Round
(2/WC) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 76(4) 63
(3) Ksenia Pervak (KAZ) d. Sarah Gronert (GER) 62 63
Mandy Minella (LUX) d. (4) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 62 36 63
(Q) Chichi Scholl (USA) d. (6) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 63 64
(7) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Sacha Jones (AUS) 63 62
(8) Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 62 63
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d. (Q) Dia Evtimova (BUL) 62 63
Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) d. (Q) Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 64 63

Shockers:

(Q) Melanie Oudin (USA) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 60 62

Losing to Oudin is bad enough. Losing with a bagel? Maybe you should consider retirement. That's exactly what Vesnina needs. How can anyone go from beating McHale to losing to Oudin. This Russian girl seriously needs to get her head checked. No wonder she has choked countless finals and still remains titleless. Or maybe we just have to get used to Oudin winning again.

Mandy Minella (LUX) d. (4) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 62 36 63


Oh dear Carla... This is clay, not grass you know. How can you lose on your favourite surface to Minella? I thought Carla had a good chance of winning another clay title but she screwed it up majorly by losing this match. This paves the way for another Wickmayer Mickey Mouse title as there is frankly no other contender in this event. Haven't seen much of Minella on television but hopefully she gets her ranking up so that I can see her perform on screen.

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