Ok so these are the names I'm routing for this week
Nicole Vaidisova (Gold Coast)
Na Li (Gold Coast)
Amelie Mauresmo (Gold Coast)
Flavia Pennetta (Gold Coast)
Dinara Safina (Gold Coast)
Agnes Szavay (Gold Coast)
Sadly Zi Yan already lost to Natalie Dechy earlier on.
Ashley Harkleroad (Auckland)
Lindsay Davanport (Auckland)
Michaella Krajicek (Auckland)
Maria Kirilenko (Auckland)
Dmitry Tursunov (Doha)
Andy Murray (Doha)
Mikhail Youzhny (Chennai)
Lleyton Hewitt (Adelaide)
Mario Ancic (Adelaide)
Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (Adelaide)
Sunday 30 December 2007
Next Generation Adelaide - INTERNATIONAL SERIES - HARD
This tournament has three names which I would like to see go far this year and they are Lleyton Hewitt, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and Mario Ancic. The final I'm routing for is Lleyton Hewitt against Mario Ancic other than that I'm not to interested in this tournament.
Saturday 29 December 2007
Chennai Open - INTERNATIONAL SERIES - HARD
There is only one player in this tournament I'm interested for them to do well in and that is Mikhail Youzhny, the reason why I don't want to be too concerned with this tournament is that Rafael Nadal and Marcos Baghdatis are the top 2 seeds and will probably dominate this.
Qatar Open - INTERNATIONAL SERIES - HARD
My interest in this tournament comes largely from the British participation of Andy Murray who I hope will win this tournament.
The first quarter will either be dominated by Nikolay or be lacking some seeded players. I think people should watch out for Nicolas Kiefer but I'm definitely routing for Dmitry Tursunov.
Andy Murray doesn't have an extremely difficult field to pass through to the semis but Igor Andreev could be tricky.
Except not wanting Janko Tipsaveric from the bottom half to do well I think my interest really ownly lies in the top half. I hop Ivan Ljubicic will do well as he hasn't been recently
I'm routing for
Dmitry Tursunov
Andy Murray
The first quarter will either be dominated by Nikolay or be lacking some seeded players. I think people should watch out for Nicolas Kiefer but I'm definitely routing for Dmitry Tursunov.
Andy Murray doesn't have an extremely difficult field to pass through to the semis but Igor Andreev could be tricky.
Except not wanting Janko Tipsaveric from the bottom half to do well I think my interest really ownly lies in the top half. I hop Ivan Ljubicic will do well as he hasn't been recently
I'm routing for
Dmitry Tursunov
Andy Murray
ASB Classic - TIER IV - HARD
To be very honest with you I'm not very interested in this tournament except for Lindsay Davenport expected to play here.
I have to say the top half poses no interest for me really, however the bottom half has three interesting names who I want to see do well this year and they are Michaella Krajicek, Lindsay Davenport and Maria Kirilenko. I ultimately hope that the winner comes from one of them three. I'm routing for:
Ashley Harkleroad (1st Quarter)
Akiko Morigami (2nd Quarter)
Michaella Krajicek & Lindsay Davenport (3rd Quarter)
Maria Kirilenko (4th Quarter)
I have to say the top half poses no interest for me really, however the bottom half has three interesting names who I want to see do well this year and they are Michaella Krajicek, Lindsay Davenport and Maria Kirilenko. I ultimately hope that the winner comes from one of them three. I'm routing for:
Ashley Harkleroad (1st Quarter)
Akiko Morigami (2nd Quarter)
Michaella Krajicek & Lindsay Davenport (3rd Quarter)
Maria Kirilenko (4th Quarter)
Mondial Australian Womens' Hardcourts - TIER III - HARD
This is the first and tournament of the WTA season, though only a Tier III event the Gold Coast is packed with great players all vying for the title.
The first group looks interesting, we have Nicole Vaidisova (one of my favourite players) who shouldn't find muh difficulty in the opponents in her first quartet. I'm interested to see whether Na Li is back in form as she is a great player and it was dissapointing to see her injured last year, hopefully she'll give Sybille a difficult time and be able to face Nicole in the Quarters. Patty Schnyder and Amelie Mauresmo are on the same quartet. They don't have many strong players in between them but they should watch out for them as they can prove to be difficult when in their groove. As I'm Chinese I'm routing for Zi Yan to be able to do some damage. Shahar Peer and Dinara Safina are in the next quartet and except for a possible Flavia Pennetta I don't see any problem for them. The problem with Flavia is that she has been inconsistent, I'm hoping she is on her good side this week so to begin on a high. Agnes Szavay and Nadia Petrova are in the last Quartet. This quartet has some death traps I think Julia is a very good player to start off against as she is quite tough. Both Victoria and Ai will prove a challenge for Agnes, whilst on Nadia's side we have Virginie who had a good streak of matches near the end of last year so I'm looking out for a potential upset considering Nadia's injury streak last year.
Expected Quarterfinal lineup
Nicole Vaidisova Vs. Na Li
Patty Schnyder Vs. Amelie Mauresmo
Shahar Peer Vs. Dinara Safina
Agnes Szavay Vs. Nadia Petrova
This is my prediction but I think at least two will differ.
What I want
Nicole Vaidisova Vs. Na Li
Meghann Shaughnessy Vs. Zi Yan
Julie Ditty Vs. Flavia Pennetta
Agnes Szavay Vs. Nobody
The first group looks interesting, we have Nicole Vaidisova (one of my favourite players) who shouldn't find muh difficulty in the opponents in her first quartet. I'm interested to see whether Na Li is back in form as she is a great player and it was dissapointing to see her injured last year, hopefully she'll give Sybille a difficult time and be able to face Nicole in the Quarters. Patty Schnyder and Amelie Mauresmo are on the same quartet. They don't have many strong players in between them but they should watch out for them as they can prove to be difficult when in their groove. As I'm Chinese I'm routing for Zi Yan to be able to do some damage. Shahar Peer and Dinara Safina are in the next quartet and except for a possible Flavia Pennetta I don't see any problem for them. The problem with Flavia is that she has been inconsistent, I'm hoping she is on her good side this week so to begin on a high. Agnes Szavay and Nadia Petrova are in the last Quartet. This quartet has some death traps I think Julia is a very good player to start off against as she is quite tough. Both Victoria and Ai will prove a challenge for Agnes, whilst on Nadia's side we have Virginie who had a good streak of matches near the end of last year so I'm looking out for a potential upset considering Nadia's injury streak last year.
Expected Quarterfinal lineup
Nicole Vaidisova Vs. Na Li
Patty Schnyder Vs. Amelie Mauresmo
Shahar Peer Vs. Dinara Safina
Agnes Szavay Vs. Nadia Petrova
This is my prediction but I think at least two will differ.
What I want
Nicole Vaidisova Vs. Na Li
Meghann Shaughnessy Vs. Zi Yan
Julie Ditty Vs. Flavia Pennetta
Agnes Szavay Vs. Nobody
Start of a New Season
Well I didn't finish my last post about the Year Ending Tournament where Justine reigned supreme so I'll have to just skip that section and get to the beginning of this season.
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