2012 FO Day 6 OoP & Discussion

[Moose]

Not sure where that's coming from. Clay is her weakest surface...

Won Brussels, semis at Madrid... I think that qualifies you as a good (I did not say great) clay courter.

I think everyone would agree that clay is Serena's weakest surface as well. But despite that, I think we can all agree that she's, at a minimum, "good" playing on it

[munchin]

Not sure where that's coming from. Clay is her weakest surface...

I would say grass is her weakest surface by far. I think she's a satisfactory clay courter.

[jlhct]

Did we know of Sveta's tat? I did not:



Pain doesn't kill me. I kill the pain. (according to rolandgarros.com caption)

Wouldn't that be something...a member of the old guard who had some issues to deal with, got over them and is ready to start wrecking shop again.

This would be even more interesting than a CWoz win.

[JTContinental]

This would be even more interesting than a CWoz win.

Well, this is true. Then again, a CWoz win wouldn't be very interesting at all.

[Edmond Dantès]

She's got a pretty tough draw though. I'd be impressed if she made it to the semis. Kanepi, then Gorges, then Sharapova. All of whom have given her problems in the past.

Agree with this. Unless the draw takes some unexpected turns then the chances are that one of those three will hit her off of the court.

Randoms...

- Kerber's movement and her retrieval skills are awesome.

- I like that you can look at the women's draw and see a number of potential winners there (and some others who could make the semis). Gives an angle that we don't typically have with the men.

- Goffin has already won a couple of matches that went 5 sets, both of which he trailed in by 2 sets to 1. Today, he was breaks of serve down in both of the first two sets and came back to win them. The kid has balls......though judging by his prepubescent appearance they may not have dropped yet

[Moose]

Agree with this. Unless the draw takes some unexpected turns then the chances are that one of those three will hit her off of the court.

Randoms...

- Kerber's movement and her retrieval skills are awesome.

- I like that you can look at the women's draw and see a number of potential winners there (and some others who could make the semis). Gives an angle that we don't typically have with the men.

- Goffin has already won a couple of matches that went 5 sets, both of which he trailed in by 2 sets to 1. Today, he was breaks of serve down in both of the first two sets and came back to win them. The kid has balls......though judging by his prepubescent appearance they may not have dropped yet

Thanks for the coverage, Edmond. But you have to answer the question that is on everyone's mind...

Are you the TATeur who was at AMG's match tonight? We need to know who gets credit for extending our winning streak.

[mmmm8]

RESULTS
Women's Singles - Third Round
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 64 64
(26) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (3) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 61 62
(6) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (27) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 63
(10) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. (18) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 46 63 62
(21) Sara Errani (ITA) d. (13) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 16 75 63
(15) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 62 61
Petra Martic (CRO) d. (29) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 62 61
Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 63 62

Women's Singles - Second Round
(2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 61 61

Men's Singles - Third Round
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d N Devilder (FRA) 61 62 62
[3] R Federer (SUI) d N Mahut (FRA) 63 46 62 75
[5] J Tsonga (FRA) d F Fognini (ITA) 75 64 64
[7] T Berdych (CZE) d [31] K Anderson (RSA) 64 36 67(4) 64 64
[9] J Del Potro (ARG) d [21] M Cilic (CRO) 63 76(7) 61
[18] S Wawrinka (SUI) d [11] G Simon (FRA) 75 67(5) 67(3) 63 62
[22] A Seppi (ITA) d [14] F Verdasco (ESP) 75 36 63 46 62
[LL] D Goffin (BEL) d L Kubot (POL) 76(4) 75 61

Men's Singles - Second Round
[20] M Granollers (ESP) d M Jaziri (TUN)[COLOR="rgb(160, 82, 45)"] 76(1) 36 61 36 75[/COLOR]


Women's Doubles - Second Round
(6) Makarova/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) d. Cibulkova/S.Zheng (SVK/CHN) 64 62
Chan/Chan (TPE/TPE) d. (9) Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) 62 64
(11) Medina Garrigues/Parra Santonja (ESP/ESP) d. Chuang/Dushevina (TPE/RUS) 16 63 64
(12) Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez (ESP/ESP) d. Husarova/McHale (SVK/USA) 75 67(3) 75
(14) Gajdosova/Rodionova (AUS/AUS) d. Dellacqua/Panova (AUS/RUS) 36 64 61
Peng/J.Zheng (CHN/CHN) d. (16) Erakovic/Niculescu (NZL/ROU) 62 61
Voracova/Zakopalova (CZE/CZE) d. (17) Dulko/Suárez (ARG/ARG) 64 64
Kanepi/Zhang (EST/CHN) d. (WC) Foretz Gacon/Mladenovic (FRA/FRA) 64 63

Men's Doubles - Second Round
[4] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d J Chela (ARG) / E Schwank (ARG) 76(4) 64
T Huey (PHI) / D Inglot (GBR) d [5] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) 63 64
[8] J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) d C Berlocq (ARG) / D Marrero (ESP) 63 76(7)
I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA) d [9] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) 57 63 76(4)
[10] A Qureshi (PAK) / J Rojer (NED) d B Phau (GER) / A Shamasdin (CAN) 63 36 76(4)
O Marach (AUT) / H Zeballos (ARG) d [11] S Gonzalez (MEX) / C Kas (GER) 67(4) 62 61
M Knowles (BAH) / X Malisse (BEL) d [13] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) 76(4) 63
[14] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA) d A Dolgopolov (UKR) / D Molchanov (UKR) 61 67(6) 64
[16] J Cabal (COL) / R Farah (COL) d J Cerretani (USA) / Victor Hanescu (ROU) 64 63
M Ebden (AUS) / R Harrison (USA) d M Gicquel (FRA) / E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 63 67(3) 63

Men's Doubles - First Round
[12] E Butorac (USA) / B Soares (BRA) d M Granollers (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) 46 76(5) 62
D Sela (ISR) / F Volandri (ITA) d [LL] J Fruttero (USA) / R Klaasen (RSA) 63 76(3)


Mixed Doubles - First Round
Gisela Dulko ARG / Eduardo Schwank ARG d Serena Williams USA / Bob Bryan USA 75 36 10-6
Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA / Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA d Alla Kudryavtseva RUS / Filip Polasek SVK 63 64
Mathilde Johansson FRA / Marc Gicquel FRA d Abigail Spears USA / Mariusz Fyrstenberg POL 75 63
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA / Horia Tecau ROU d Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ /
David Marrero ESP 75 61

[Ribbons]

Thanks for the coverage, Edmond. But you have to answer the question that is on everyone's mind...

Are you the TATeur who was at AMG's match tonight? We need to know who gets credit for extending our winning streak.

I owe whomever it is a drink: I was gonna pick AMG, but then remembered the curse.

[Ti-Amie]

Agree with this. Unless the draw takes some unexpected turns then the chances are that one of those three will hit her off of the court.

Randoms...

- Kerber's movement and her retrieval skills are awesome.

- I like that you can look at the women's draw and see a number of potential winners there (and some others who could make the semis). Gives an angle that we don't typically have with the men.

- Goffin has already won a couple of matches that went 5 sets, both of which he trailed in by 2 sets to 1. Today, he was breaks of serve down in both of the first two sets and came back to win them. The kid has balls......though judging by his prepubescent appearance they may not have dropped yet

I guess we have to revive that baby sucking a pacifier smiley we used to use for Steve Darcis...

[Edmond Dantès]

Thanks for the coverage, Edmond. But you have to answer the question that is on everyone's mind...

Are you the TATeur who was at AMG's match tonight? We need to know who gets credit for extending our winning streak.

If it involves winning then it can't have anything to do with me, moose I'm all about losing and doom.....and then losing some more

I guess we have to revive that baby sucking a pacifier smiley we used to use for Steve Darcis...

Is this smiley also slightly anorexic looking? I hope his team took him to MacDo tonight for a burger and some (belgian) fries. Try to put some meat on the kid's bones.