Wednesday 27 June 2012

Who took Caro's oxygen?

Contrary to what I predicted, quite a few upsets and some were totally unexpected.

Singles - Second Round
(3) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 62 61
Arantxa Rus (NED) d. (5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 62 06 64
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (11) Li Na (CHN) 63 64
(12) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 61 36 61
(15) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 36 62 86
(17) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 61 62
Sloane Stephens (USA) d. (23) Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 76(6) 46 63
(30) Peng Shuai (CHN) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 76(4) 63
Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 63 63
Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) d. Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) 64 61
Heather Watson (GBR) d. Jamie Hampton (USA) 61 64
(Q) Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 63 61

Suspended due to darkness
(1) Maria Sharapova (RUS) leads Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 76(3) 31
(2) Nadia Petrova (RUS) leads Timea Babos (HUN) 64 55

Singles - First Round
Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. (7) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 57 76(4) 64
(10) Sara Errani (ITA) d. (Q) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 61 63
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. (13) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 64 61
(14) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 63 36 63
(22) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 62 62
Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 60 76(1)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 57 63 63
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (Q) Annika Beck (GER) 63 36 63
Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) d. Mandy Minella (LUX) 46 63 63

Shockers:

Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. (7) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 57 76(4) 64

Caroline Wozniacki couldn't be faulted for not trying. She was at her most aggressive but still came up short. However, you could really see tension when she had 2 match points in the second set. She reverted back to her defensive style and was heavily penalised. Tamira played a brave match, still going for her shots despite committing many errors and remained calm. Tough opening round for Caroline. If she faced anyone else, she would have won comfortably. Maybe it's punishment for releasing that god damn awful single "Oxygen".

Arantxa Rus (NED) d. (5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 62 06 64

Alright Sam! We know it now. You don't like grass. But could you at least try to make a fight for it? After evening out the match with a bagel, Stosur lost all momentum again and when serving to stay in the set at 5-4* 40-15, went on to hit 4 errors. What a performance. It was like Sam was thinking, "F*** it. I'm going to concentrate on the hardcourt season." Dear Sam, there's Olympics this time round and with your performance, everyone will be dying to draw you.

Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (11) Li Na (CHN) 63 64


This is a seriously "WTF" loss. But Li is a totally unpredictable player so... Sorana isn't a powerhouse on grass and Li has won Birmingham before. Extremely disappointing loss for the Chinese. It seems like after winning Roland Garros last year, there's too mucb pressure piled on Li. And she doesn't seem to handle it well at all. She snaps at any criticism directed at her. Well, I guess winning a Grand Slam isn't what she thought it would be.

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