WTA Portugal Open 2014

[Correspondent Kiu]

http://www.portugalopen.pt/

One more international event before we go to Madrid and Rome for a couple of bigger ones.Clay season in full swing now.

280 points to the winner, last year's winner was Anastasia Pavlychenkova, she beat Carla in the Final.

Player line-up here:
http://www.portugalopen.pt/pt/wta
Carla, Eugenie, Samantha and Roberta are the top seeds.

Draw here:
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2014/358/MDS.pdf

Main draw starts Monday.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Good to see CSN competing after she had to retire in Stuggart with a wrist injury

Plenty of good clay court players competing in this tournament.Also a chance for me to see Bouchard on clay this year.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Oh, forgot to mention, this is a mixed event, both ladies and gents are in action. We have threads in both main forums.
ATP thread link:
http://www.tennisfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2255

 

[Moose]

Anyone else a fan of Karin Knapp? After all the health problems she has overcome over the past few years, I really thought she finally had it together, and was ready to surpass her career high ranking from back in 2008 following Wimbledon last summer.

But losing that barnburner against Sharapova at the Aussie really seems to have set her back. She had a decent FedCup showing in February, winning two matches for the Italians against US ladies, but she has not won a WTA main draw match since Doha, and she's probably going to fall back out of the Top 50 in the next week or so if she loses to Yaro (she's already down a break).

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

There were some fun points in the 1st set between Lucie and Magdalena

Safarova wins 46 60 60.....2 bagels in a row.

 

[Moose]

Lovely Lucie never seems to make things easy for herself.

 

[golds girl]

There were some fun points in the 1st set between Lucie and Magdalena

Safarova wins 46 60 60.....2 bagels in a row.

What happened in that first set???? That's why people eye-roll at WTA matches so often:cover

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

There were some fun points in the 1st set between Lucie and Magdalena

Safarova wins 46 60 60.....2 bagels in a row.

What happened in that first set???? That's why people eye-roll at WTA matches so often:cover

Actually Magdalena was playing well in the first set..her serve was good etc...then she was just plain dreadful in the 2nd and 3rd sets

Lucie did say it was a bit of a transition playing indoor's on clay and playing out doors.She got her game rolling in the 2nd and 3rd sets.Hence the bagels.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The match I am looking forward to tomorrow is Bouchard v Kleybanova

 

[rubydo]

As I have a couple of days off from my advertising duties at our paper, I may just be able to catch Bouchard vs Kleybanova in action.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Go Genie!

She advanced into the second round.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

#3 seed Samantha Stosur goes out in straight sets falling to a Swiss qualifier(what's up with the Swiss lately?), Slamin' Sam enjoyed a bagel in the second set!
I am not sure but this may kick Samantha out of top 20!
The second quarter is now wide open for Kaia Kanepi.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

What the hail is going on with Stosur? to be bagled by a qualifer.To me clay is her bettter surface.Also she isn't playing in Australia.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Scores:

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014

FIRST ROUND
[1] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d [Q] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 2 |
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d Romina Oprandi (SUI) | 4 - 6 | 6 - 1 | 6 - 4 |
Polona Hercog (SLO) d Stefanie Voegele (SUI) | 2 - 6 | 6 - 2 | 6 - 4 |
[2] [WC] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 1 |

[7] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d Shuai Zhang (CHN) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 0 |

[4] Roberta Vinci (ITA) d Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) | 6 - 2 | 4 - 6 | 6 - 1 |
[8] Elena Vesnina (RUS) d [Q] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 1 |
[5] Kaia Kanepi (EST) d Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 1 |
[Q] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d Kurumi Nara (JPN) | 6 - 1 | 7 - 6 (5) |
[Q] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d [3] Samantha Stosur (AUS) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 0 |
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) d Shuai Peng (CHN) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 4 |

First round is now completed.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDxnDpocrbk[/video]

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Impressive Tennis by #1 and #4 seed, #2 seed didn't do too bad either.

Scores coming soon.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Irina-Camelia Begu (Q) d Kanepi (5) 64 75.....nice win.

Hercog 1st set 63 over Safarova.....come on Lucie.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Lucie your 8th d/f for the match?....it looks like the 6th seed will also be defeated

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Hercog d Safarova 63 46 62

 

[Moose]

Lucie your 8th d/f for the match?....it looks like the 6th seed will also be defeated

Lucie, fan, Fashionista? I love that girl!

Sadly, it was Polona in 3. She has match point on Li at the AO, serves for it against Maria at Stuttgart, and loses to Polona Hercog. Being a Lucie fan is sorta like forgetting to take your meds. Every week is a new adventure.