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VAMike23 said:
Venus is unseeded..........
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Yes, Mike, but she would now take on the player that Flipkins would get. Because Kirsten was 12th seeded, one would think she would not get a ranked foe in the 2nd round.
 
wire chief said:
Yes, Mike, but she would now take on the player that Flipkins would get. Because Kirsten was 12th seeded, one would think she would not get a ranked foe in the 2nd round.
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My mistake - I thought someone was wondering generally why Venus was playing seeded players so early in the tourney. I didn't read too carefully :)

In any event, Zheng is not seeded so that answers the question that had people scratching heads. Petrova, not Zheng Jie, is the #20 seed and she is in the bottom quarter, opposite of the Williams.

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VAMike23 said:
My mistake - I thought someone was wondering generally why Venus was playing seeded players so early in the tourney. I didn't read too carefully :)

In any event, Zheng is not seeded so that answers the question that had people scratching heads. Petrova, not Zheng Jie, is the #20 seed and she is in the bottom quarter, opposite of the Williams.

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I read that too, but after I saw another listing that had Jie at #20, so I'm unsure.
 
easttexastrash said:
Great match today by Duval! What a breath of fresh air!
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great kid ! great story !..... she looks, and sounds like she is 12 years old
 
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Here I am with the "Venus Report". She'll take on Zheng Jie about 1pm.
Naturally, ESPN2 will cut away from her for other unimportant:) stuff.
and I will yell at the TV.
 
A rain delay until a few minutes ago. Del Potro's has just finished 3 games. Venus just entered another court.
 
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It's amazing how she can look like a world beater one day taking out the 12 seed, then be all over the map in a loss to a girl who really has no weapons.
 
UCONNfan1 said:
It's amazing how she can look like a world beater one day taking out the 12 seed, then be all over the map in a loss to a girl who really has no weapons.
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Jie didn't play like a girl who
has no weapons. She handled Venus' serve better than most and went toe to toe on ground strokes. I'd guess from her ranking that she was in above average form.
 
The chair umpire in the Duval-Stosur match is the same one who made that horrendous overrule in the Williams-Capriati match back in 2004. I am all for forgiveness and second chances, so it surprises me how appalled I am to see her in the chair of a major tennis match. The best place to start is to wish her well and to hope she stays clear of controversy going forward.
 
wire chief said:
Jie didn't play like a girl who
has no weapons. She handled Venus' serve better than most and went toe to toe on ground strokes. I'd guess from her ranking that she was in above average form.
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I agree. While I was was sentimentally pulling for Venus, Jie was very aggressive and played well.
 
VAUConnFan said:
The chair umpire in the Duval-Stosur match is the same one who made that horrendous overrule in the Williams-Capriati match back in 2004. I am all for forgiveness and second chances, so it surprises me how appalled I am to see her in the chair of a major tennis match. The best place to start is to wish her well and to hope she stays clear of controversy going forward.
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Such a memory you have.
 
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wire chief said:
Such a memory you have.
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Sleep did not come easily that night. Of course, that match was the impetus for the implementation of the tennis challenge technology that was already fully developed. Nine years later, it still astounds me that Ms Alves felt compelled to overrule the correct call. Serena's ball did not even hit the line; Was not even close. The lines people were responsible for at least four other bad calls in that game, one of which was a Capriati double fault that was not called. John McEnroe was equally, if not more, inconsolable.
 
And it's over...good that we'll get more of the pair here. Venus played closer to her Flipkins form than in her Jie match.
Their Spanish foes are talented doubles players, but the Williams' power was the difference. And the place was packed for a doubles match.
 
Two American ladies, Stephens and Hampton, play one another about 4pm.
Serena is late night, after the Del Potro match.
2nd round Williams doubles are not until Saturday.
 
I went to bed after Hewitt and Del Potro were 2-2, then woke up to find that Hewitt had rolled to a 6-1 final set win. I don't know the details, but earlier one commentator remarked that Juan seemed to be favoring his left wrist, once a serious injury that had kept him off the court 3 years ago. At 31, and without much in the way of big wins lately, this Aussie win is big. It could also be noted that historically Hewitt's record in 5 set matches is pretty darn good, while Juan's is now just 4-8.
Anointed the next big hope for American women, Sloane brushed off a fellow American to advance to round 3. Serena also makes it through, giving up only 4 games, at an hour where we geezers are catching up on our beauty sleep.
The schedule has Venus & Serena on Arthur Ashe "not before 3pm".

Happy watching, one and all.
 
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Are they deliberately trying to drive us all mad by playing that barfingly insipid piece of Sinatra crapola a million times a day? Jes askin.
 
I'll admit i haven't watched much Christina McHale in the past, but her game plan vs. Ivanovic seems to be just push the ball over the net and hope Anna makes an error. It worked in the first set, not so much in the 2nd set. I don't see her with a very high ceiling in tennis. I really like Hampton's game - she strikes the ball well, and really moves it all over the court unlike McHale who seems to play defensive tennis most of the time, and she's not fit enough to run all over the court chasing stuff down...
 
All I know is that rarely have there been more sights for sore eyes than the Giorgi-Wozniacki match. Hubba hubba!
 
Hubba hubba? I haven't seen that in fifty years! Maybe longer. 23 skidoo and oh you kid! Hey there, Giorgi girl!
 
alexrgct said:
All I know is that rarely have there been more sights for sore eyes than the Giorgi-Wozniacki match. Hubba hubba!
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damn it, I missed it... of course I "googled" her!
 
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