Generali Ladies Linz and beyond...

So the Semi-final line up has been made and we see Schnyder Vs Bartoli and Vaidisova Vs. Hantuchova. Personally I think Schnyder will meet Vaidisova in the final because Schnyder thrashed Anna Chakvetadze 6-0,6-1 and Vaidisova has just been in excellent form. However yet again I'm dissapointed that Maria Kirilenko lost again in the first round, but something to cheer me up is that Flavia Pennetta seems to be back from the bad times and I think next year she be a threat to some of the Tier II titles. Tatiana Golovin also retired which I can understand after playing Justine in two finals I would expect that but if she couldn't play to her best form then don't play and let someone else fill your spot! Congratulations however to Alona Bondarenko who is looking in good form! Well after the Generali Ladies Linz we go to the Bell Challenge and this year looks a breeze for Nicole. If only Nicole was doing this well throughout the year she may have been able to make it to the year ends like Ana and Jelena did. Anyway we would expect Nicole to breeze through and I think she'll see Julia Vakulenko in the semis but she should be fine there. The biggest threat in the draw is Lindsay Davenport, if she is still at her form where she beat Jelena Jankovic then we should see her in the final against Nicole but if she doesn't have that form Vera Zvonareva would be a tough challenge to go against! Well in the year ending we see a lineup of Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Ana Ivanovic,Serena Williams, Anna Chakvetadze and still to qualify but very likely to do so will be Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova but I think Sharapova will be a shadow of her past and if she cannot play to her best at least let someone else take over (which will probably be Daniela Hantuchova is she does so). I think we would be looking for Justine to win this but Jelena could be a threat if she is playing well because she has had some rest now. Svetlana will probably not do fantastically but she probably will get to the semis. I don't think Ivanovic will do to well nor Anna Chakvetadze. Serena and Venus are difficult options they both won Grand Slams this year but they are so unpredictable, if Serena is fit she'll do well in this field but if not we probably won't see her in the semis whilst Venus has been avoiding the higher tiers so whether she can cope with this tournament is a daze to me. But Sharapova is still there and if she competes I'll expect her to come about last in her group.