Tornado hits Mexico

[RJD11]

World #931 Tornado Black To Play Maiden XWTA MD In Acapulco MM 280

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MDWCs :
Ana Sofía Sánchez (MEX, 320)
Tornado Black (USA, 931)


Good luck Miss Black

Looking forward to a Hurricane following the Tornado soon.

 

[Si Si Simona]

World #931 Tornado Black To Play Maiden XWTA MD In Acapulco MM 280

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MDWCs :
Ana Sofía Sánchez (MEX, 320)
Tornado Black (USA, 931)


Good luck Miss Black

Looking forward to a Hurricane following the Tornado soon.

What a name
Good luck Tornado !

 

[RJD11]

World #931 Tornado Black To Play Maiden XWTA MD In Acapulco MM 280

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MDWCs :
Ana Sofía Sánchez (MEX, 320)
Tornado Black (USA, 931)


Good luck Miss Black

Looking forward to a Hurricane following the Tornado soon.

What a name
Good luck Tornado !

And her little sister Hurricane is also on the rise.

http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/tornado-black-hurricane-black-tennis-playing-sisters-chance-of-reign-daily-buzz-090513

 

[10isfan]

RJD, what kind of tournament is this? I could not find info on it. Tornado must be a great player. There is a girl who loves near me that is planning to turn pro. She wins women's open events and world titles, but got whipped by Tornado. I was surprised by the result. Looking forward to seeing this phenom someday. Her younger sis, too.

 

[RJD11]

RJD, what kind of tournament is this? I could not find info on it. Tornado must be a great player. There is a girl who loves near me that is planning to turn pro. She wins women's open events and world titles, but got whipped by Tornado. I was surprised by the result. Looking forward to seeing this phenom someday. Her younger sis, too.

Venus IMO put this event on the map when she played and

won here twice ( 2009, 2010 ) a few years ago. Many wondered

at the time why she passed up a much bigger event to play it.




http://www.abiertomexicanodetenis.com/us/

http://www.abiertomexicanodetenis.com/index.php/us/tournament-guide/datasheet

http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2010-02-27/3424.php

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Official web-site here:
http://www.abiertomexicanodetenis.com/

Players list:
KANEPI KAIA
DOMINIKA CIVULKOVA
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA
BOJANA JOVANOVSKI
MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA
ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK
URSZULA RADWANSKA
STEFANIE VOEGELE
LAURA ROBSON
YVONNE MEUSBURGER
SHUAI ZHANG
MARINA ERAKOVIC
KRISTINA MLADEKOVIC
CHRISTINA MCHALE
YANINA WICKMAYER
AJLA TOMLJANOVIC
IVETA MELZER
JANA CEPELOVA
LOURDES DOMINGUEZ
JULIA GEORGES
NARA KURUMI
PEER SHAHAR

 

[RJD11]

Its her maiden voyage on the WTA tour so not expecting her to

win the event or anything, but only hope its the beginning of a

notable career.




Top American junior Tornado Alicia Black will make her WTA Tour debut next week after receiving a wild card into the Mexico Open.

Aside from her flashy name — born Alicia Black, the family nicknamed her Tornado after she showed tennis talent at a very young age — the 15-year-old made a big splash last season, when she made the U.S. Open girls’ final as a wild card. She finished the season by winning a $10,000 ITF tournament in Amelia Island, Fla., and making the quarterfinals of both the Eddie Herr International Junior Championships and the prestigious Orange Bowl.

Black, the fourth-ranked junior, skipped the Australian Open in January to play two ITF tournaments in Florida. She’s yet to win a main-draw match in three events this year. Black gave a walkover in the final round of qualifying in Vero Beach and lost to No. 246 Chieh Yu-Hsu in the first round in Daytona Beach. In her third ITF start, she lost to No. 117 Vesna Dolonc in the first round in Midland, Texas.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Order of play(Tornado in action):

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014

CANCHA CENTRAL

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16:00 - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA) V CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA)
20:00 - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL) V ANA SOFIA SANCHEZ (MEX)

GRANDSTAND

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16:00 - [1] MADISON KEYS (USA) V LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP)
18:00 - TORNADO ALICIA BLACK (USA) V [6] BOJANA JOVANOVSKI (SRB)

CANCHA 2

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16:00 - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI) V VICTORIA DUVAL (USA)
18:00 - [7] STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI) V KIMIKO DATE-KRUMM (JPN)
20:00 - KLAUDIA JANS-IGNACIK / MARYNA ZANEVSKA (POL / UKR) V IRINA FALCONI / ANNA TATISHVILI (USA / GEO)

CANCHA 3

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16:00 - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS) V LESIA TSURENKO (UKR)
18:00 - [1] JULIA GOERGES / ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD (GER / GER) V VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ / MARCELA ZACARIAS (MEX / MEX)
20:00 - [4] MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK) V AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO)

CANCHA 4

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16:00 - [4] SHARON FICHMAN (CAN) V ALLIE KIICK (USA)
18:00 - CHIA-JUNG CHUANG / SHUAI ZHANG (TPE / CHN) V GABRIELA DABROWSKI / SHAHAR PEER (CAN / ISR)
20:00 - [4] CAROLINE GARCIA / OKSANA KALASHNIKOVA (FRA / GEO) V STEPHANIE FORETZ GACON / EVA HRDINOVA (FRA / CZE)

 

[special700]

Can someone please tell me what the heck has Sloan done for someone to compare these girls to her? I'm confuse with that comparison.

 

[RJD11]

Sloane blames her atitude on the media hype and seems satisfied

with being in about the same position she was in last year.



"Once you kind of make a breakthrough and you do a great result like they did in the semis of the Australia Open, people start to take notice, and start to analyze your game a lot [more] seriously."

Fellow players are not the only people watching Stephens and Bouchard carefully. The media and fans are also keeping close tabs on every step they take.
As for Stephens, it's not that her results have been horribly mediocre since her monumental 2013 Australian showing -- they've been a mixed bag of good and bad. What's most noticeable is how drastically her demeanor has changed.

Once a funny, chatty, friendly young lady, she has turned almost overnight into someone who lacks confidence on the court and is conflicted off the court. To compensate, she has developed an overactive attitude for still too little achieved.

After Australia, Stephens took a pass on playing Fed Cup, explaining to U.S. captain Mary Joe Fernandez that she had a wrist injury.

Fernandez was stunned to hear that Stephens was playing in the Qatar Total Open the next week. The Middle East trip didn't go well for 18th-ranked Stephens, who suffered back-to-back first-round defeats at Doha, Qatar, and Dubai.


When Stephens first faced the media after her loss in Dubai this week, there was no secret she preferred to be elsewhere and attempted to close down the conversation quickly.
Realizing that tactic wasn't going to work, she relented and offered a few solid answers.
One question she pondered was whether she would've preferred to have flown a bit more under the radar for a little longer?

"I think either way it probably would have been the same," she said.

Many are still watching and waiting on Stephens to join the top 10. The talent is there, but the jury is still out on the approach



http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id...-do-one-career

 

[RJD11]

Anybody know if the matches are being televised anywhere

TennisTV only seems to be showing ATP matches

Wonder what's up with that?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Tornado is up against the #6 seed and behind a set, Bojana won the first set 6-4
On serve in the second set, they are stuck in the 3rd game.

NO TV Coverage until later rounds.

 

[RJD11]

Tornado lost but according to the score it was

a very close match vs the No 6 seed 4 - 6 5 - 7

Good Show Alicia!


Vicky Duval won in 3 sets including a bagel

Madison Keys also won with a bagel only losing

1 game the whole match 6 - 0 6 - 1

Christina also Mchale took her match in straights.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Kimiko hung around until she got rid of Steffanie
Score:
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d [7] Stefanie Voegele (SUI) | 3 - 6 | 7 - 6 (5) | 6 - 4 |

 

[Si Si Simona]

Kimiko hung around until she got rid of Steffanie
Score:
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d [7] Stefanie Voegele (SUI) | 3 - 6 | 7 - 6 (5) | 6 - 4 |

Krumm is no Cornet*

*lost to Voegele in Doha

 

[RJD11]

Maddie out in 3 tough sets. Thought she would

surely go further than this. Wish I could have seen

this match. Something going on with Keys.


Vicky D. won in straights. Geaux Vicky. clap

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Mexico first round scores

Lets give Mexico the full treatment.

Scores:

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

FIRST ROUND

[1] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Urszula Radwanska (POL) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 4 |
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d [L] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) | 7 - 6 (4) | 6 - 4 |

[2] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d Shahar Peer (ISR) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 2 |
[L] Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) d Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 4 |
[Q] Sharon Fichman (CAN) d [5] Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 3 |
[3] Kaia Kanepi (EST) d Jana Cepelova (SVK) | 6 - 1 | 3 - 6 | 6 - 2 |
Julia Goerges (GER) d [WC] Marcela Zacarias (MEX) | 6 - 0 | 6 - 1 |
[8] Shuai Zhang (CHN) d [Q] Madison Keys (USA) | 4 - 6 | 6 - 1 | 6 - 4 |
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d [Q] Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | 7 - 6 (5) | 5 - 7 | 6 - 2 |
[Q] Victoria Duval (USA) d Iveta Melzer (CZE) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 4 |
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) | 6 - 4 | 7 - 6 (6) |

2 of the qualifiers got to the second round.

More player party pictures here:
http://www.abiertomexicanodetenis.com/us/component/content/article/42-galleries/february-23/183-fiesta-de-blanco

 

[RJD11]

Tornado Alicia Black, 15, loses at Mexican Open in WTA Tour debut

Top-ranked American junior Tornado Alicia Black made her WTA Tour debut on Monday, losing to Bojana Jovanovski 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Mexican Open.

The 15-year-old wild-card entry played a competitive match against the 22-year-old Jovanovski, the sixth seed and 42nd-ranked player in the world. Jovanovski, who made the fourth round of the Australian Open and third round of the French Open last year, needed 1 hour and 55 minutes to advance. She was broken when serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set.

“Had such an amazing experience here in Mexico!” Black tweeted. “Even tho I lost I got a standing ovation, a moment I will never forget. Muchas gracias!! ”

Black, the fourth-ranked junior and 2013 U.S. Open girls’ finalist, is still seeking her first main-draw victory of 2014. She has also played three tournaments on the ITF Women’s Pro Circuit.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Mexico 2nd round scores

Scores:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014

SECOND ROUND
Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d [Q] Victoria Duval (USA) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 0 |
[8] Shuai Zhang (CHN) d Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 4 |
Christina McHale (USA) d Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 1 |
[3] Kaia Kanepi (EST) d Julia Goerges (GER) | 6 - 7 (4) | 6 - 4 | 7 - 6 (6) |
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d [Q] Sharon Fichman (CAN) | 6 - 2 | 7 - 5 |
[2] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d [L] Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 2 |
Marina Erakovic (NZL) d [6] Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 4 |
[1] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 2 |

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Mexico Quarter Final scores

What happened Genie?

Scores:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014

QUARTERFINALS
[8] Shuai Zhang (CHN) d Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) | 6 - 1 | 5 - 7 | 6 - 2 |
Christina McHale (USA) d [3] Kaia Kanepi (EST) | 6 - 1 | 2 - 6 | 6 - 4 |
[1] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Marina Erakovic (NZL) | 6 - 4 | 7 - 5 |
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d [2] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) | 3 - 6 | 6 - 4 | 6 - 1 |

#2 and #3 seed said good-bye.

Hail to McHale!