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Thanks, augusta. Good to hear.
The hard part starts when she gets home. It’s a lot to ask but please come back soon Petra!
China Open: “2-time Grand Slam Champion and former World No.2, Li Na, welcomes her second child! It is a boy… ”
https://twitter.com/ChinaOpen/status/812324825335287812/photo/1
saw a press conference with petra yesterday in which she said the best xmas present for her is that she could move her fingers after the op. i was so impressed with how she radiated strength and calm – never seen her look so beautiful! really really want her to come back and win slams. massive kudos to her for her courage.
Amy,
Thanks for the update on Petra. She has shown so much strength during this terrible ordeal. I am glad that she can move her fingers post operation. They can do amazing things today with surgery.
I hope that she recovers and will be back playing once again. My thoughts are with her.
http://live-tennis.eu/en/wta-schedule
January 2, 2017
Shenzen, China and the Stars — for 280 Ranking Points:
1. Agnieszka Radwanska
2. Simona Halep
3. Karolina Pliskova
4. Johanna Konta
5. Shuai Zhang
6. Timea Babos
7. Anastasija Sevastova
8. Yaroslava Shvedova
9. Monica Niculescu
10. Alison Riske
Shenzen, China ….January 2, 2017
http://live-tennis.eu/en/wta-schedule
January 2, 2017
Shenzen, China and the Stars — for 280 Ranking Points:
1. Agnieszka Radwanska
2. Simona Halep
3. Karolina Pliskova
4. Johanna Konta
5. Shuai Zhang
6. Timea Babos
7. Anastasija Sevastova
8. Yaroslava Shvedova
9. Monica Niculescu
10. Alison Riske
Ricky……sorry double post ? forgot to log out of my other account
Ana Ivanovic: “My dear fans & supporters. Pls tune in to my Facebook page tomorrow [Dec. 28] at 6pm UK time, where I’ll be sharing something important with you live ”
https://twitter.com/AnaIvanovic/status/813747499324342273/photo/1
RT @Tennis: BREAKING: Former world No. 1, French Open champion Ana Ivanovic has announced her retirement from tennis. @BreakingNews
What? She is retiring? That is a shock!
wow
I was sure it’s pregnancy not retirement, her last year was bad and hampered by injuries but it wasn’t that poor.
Well, I’ll miss her, both her playstyle and her extremely good looks 🙂
it could be both….
Best wishes to Ana. Nice and likable girl.
CNN: “Tennis great Serena Williams is engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, spokesperson says”
https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/814562854762385408/photo/1
Isn’t it wonderful. Congrats Serena. Best of luck to them !!
Ana, is the nicest tennis player I’ve ever interviewed. That’s the thing I’ll remember most about her. I tried to ask a question in one of her interviews and somebody else beat me to the punch, and she made sure that my question was answered next. Most players could care less, but she’s very personable. She will definitely be missed.
Also, here is my picks for the first week of the WTA season (I like Angie, Serena and Kerber, and the Swiss in Hopman Cup). I try to keep a blog throughout the year, although I’m pretty busy so I can’t always do it. I have had my blog in a few different locations, but right now I’m back on blogspot. If anyone’s interested feel free to check it out: https://tkjpassingshots.blogspot.com/2016/12/its-that-wonderful-time-of-year-again.html
Nice WTA blog, Tommy Keeler Jr. 🙂
My votes/picks:
Auckland – Serena
Brisbane – Kerber
Shenzen – Halep
Hopman Cup – Go Nick and Dasha!
Tennis Challenge Grandstand group http://www.tennisdrawchallenge.com/group/view/102/the-grandstand
Already made my picks, Ricky! I’ll go back in and join Grandstand Group – thanks…
My groups from last season are still open as well 😀 Hello Margot and Manwerty!
I’m in The Grandstand Group…yay!
Actually I’m in four groups total now – two of which are my own, lol…
Hey…nobody but me in the group does a WTA bracket? 🙁
i did!
where are you, Ricky? Am I blind? It’s lonely in there!
sorry to see ana leave the tour. i’ve always really liked her. it’s rare for someone to be so beautiful and so lacking in vanity. and she’s smart and charming. good luck with everything ana!!
Best wishes to Ana Ivanovic. I will miss her!
My problem is: How and where the heck do I go to watch the matches in Shenzen, Brisbane, and Aukland??!! Anyone in the USA have any ideas? Tennis Channel plus? Bein Sports? Both of which I’d have to buy — I don’t have them.
Here’s WTA’s help page on watching WTA:
http://www.wtatennis.com/tv-schedule
The big one is Brisbane for 470 points and Shenzhen and Auckland are 280 points.
Aukland is still in qualifications rounds Jan. 1st. Shenzhen and Brisbane have both qualification rounds in progress and Main Draw starting Jan. 1st.
Auckland has Serena, Venus, Wozniacki, Strycova, Bertens, and more the draw:
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2017/1049/MDS.pdf
Serena’s path to the final looks better than her sister’s. Venus has a tough second round against youngster Naomi Osaka. I’m picking Osaka for the upset.
And guessing Auckland comes down to a Serena vs Caroline Woz Final with Serena winning.
It’s so exciting…..now to find a way to watch.
rc,
Thanks always for your efforts in keeping up updated on the WTA!
Yes, finding a way to watch is the challenge!
Thank-you, Nny.
And yet I long for an edit button…my spelling and grammar, yikes.
Wish you’d join the weekly bracket group that just Margot and myself are in — not to put pressure on you 😉 Jump in any time this season you feel like it, okay.
Shenzhen’s top seeds: #1 A. Radwanska #2 S. Halep #3 J. Konta #4 T. Bacsinszky
The draw: http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2017/1063/MDS.pdf
My Final pick: Halep vs Radwanska. Both are previous winners. Aga is the defending champ. Simona won in 2015. My pick: Simona Halep’s turn to win.
Order of play Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2017/1063/OP.pdf
For the 470 points: Brisbane draw: http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2017/800/MDS.pdf
Top seeds in Brisbane: #1 A. Kerber #2 D. Cibulkova #3 Karoline Pliskova #4 G. Muguruza. Final pick is Kerber vs Muguruza. Kerber winner.
Vika Azarenka is defending champion. None in the draw have won this tournament previouly. Sharapova and the Williams’ sisters have all won Brisbane – none of which are here!
Order of play for Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017 (wow)
http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2017/800/OP.pdf
Thanks for putting that draw challenge up there. I just entered in the Grandstand group. I love those kind of games, even though I’m not very good.
CoCo looked good in Hopman Cup singles. Also, I made some daily predictions on women’s matches. I’ve moved my blog back to my old site. If anyone’s interested in following my blog you can check it out here: http://passingshots.sportsblog.com/
Hope everyone has a good New Year’s! I think 2017 will be a great year for women’s tennis and tennis in general.
I’m following you, TK 🙂
Did you get to watch any matches?
And it’s strange, I don’t see you on The Grandstand WTA bracket challenge. Only myself 🙁
And Manwerty isn’t playing. If you want you can join my WTA group :
http://www.tennisdrawchallenge.com/group/view/68/jalep-wildguess
And for anyone else interested in weekly WTA brackets games.
Oh I totally forgot about the brackets. Since next week, then 🙂
Yeah, but I see that I just missed Brisbane and I can still log into other events.
Yep. Every week!
It would be sad to lose an fellow Agnieszka Fan, Manwerty. Glad you are back!
Ratcliff, I just joined your group. I’m Kpuppy737. I did watch a little tennis last night. I watched the U.S.-Czech Republic Hopman Cup match. CoCo looked OK, Jack Sock looked awful at times but still won his match. Looking forward to seeing Fed play for the first time this year and one of my many faves – Belinda Bencic! Should be a great day of tennis coming up.
Yay! Happy you are in TK. Are you in Australia? I’m in the US and it wasn’t on my tennis channel schedule but I see they added it. I would cancel them if the went on vacation and didn’t show live tennis! They better show some WTA too there’s good matches coming up!
Elina Svitolina vs Monica Puig right now — I only have the livescore.. Looks like Lesia Tsurenko dropped out but Kataryna Bondarenko too her place vs Roberta Vinci.
Brisbane:
http://www.protennislive.com/LSHD/main.html?year=2017&wkno=99&eventid=0734&tour=2&lang=en&ref=http://www.wtatennis.com
No, I’m in the U.S. I have Tennis Channel plus. That’s how I watched it yesterday. The WTA matches are only on BeIn Sports. The WTA signed a deal through 2022 with BeIn Sports to show their matches. I think Tennis Channel still has the U.S. Tournaments, but all the rest (besides slams) will be on BeIn Sports. Luckily, I get that channel, but I know a lot of people don’t so that sucks. BeIn Sports don’t start their coverage until Monday this week.
Also, I saw that Safarova crushed Allertova. I think Safarova could have a big year.
Oh Tennis Channel Plus. That’s the Channel I’ve been refusing to buy because I already pay Direct tv too much. I’ll work it out. I have to watch WTA!
So are you happy with Tennis Channel Plus?
I used to have Bein Sports for cycling and world cup skiing but that was 2 or 3 years ago. If only Tennistv could still carry WTA. Tennistv is ATP only as of this year, but I really liked what I had of it. Decision time.
Tennis Channel alone doesn’t cut it.
Dominika Cibulkova
Trying to post Cibby practicing
https://www.facebook.com/WTA/videos/10155563549606102/
rc,
I may consider the bracket challenge at some point. You know that I am not as comfortable with the women because I don’t follow them as closely.
I am going to think about possibly doing the bracket challenge for the AO.
Nny,
The weekly draw challenge is all the draws all season: ATP and WTA…you wouldn’t necessarily have to do the WTA ones. You can skip those and do just the Atp ones you want. I enjoy the weekly practice. I’ve slipped some picking ATP – But this is my 3rd year seriously following WTA and I see improvement.
*** hey! Tennis Channel is actually broadcasting ATP Brisbane this evening. It wasn’t on the schedule. Maybe they’ll show some Hopman Cup, and some WTA!!
rc,
Thanks for that info!
Yes, the tennis channel is showing Brisbane and Hopman Cup!
I want to see Rafa this week!
Yes, I love Tennis Channel Plus. It’s pretty much the same price as TennisTV and I dropped that after they dropped the WTA. At least with Tennis Channel Plus there will be some additional WTA matches (when they play in the U.S.).
I just got it this week. They are showing the Hopman Cup on there and I really wanted to watch that and watch Belinda and Roger play, which I’m getting ready to do in a few minutes. They have matches On Demand so you don’t have to watch everything live. So far I like it, but this is a busy tennis week. So, I’m not sure what it will be like in a normal week.
Yep, that was very bad that TennisTV dropped WTA!
I’m snowed in with no reasonable way to watch WTA…dang. Hm, it’s very annoying that I may have to starve to afford Tennis Channel Plus, too.
Hey by the way…awesome bracket picking Tommy Keeler – woot. 😀 nice – thanks for joining!
Thanks. I love to pick brackets. It should be a lot of fun picking them week after week. I’ve been swamped with work the last few days, so I’ve seen very little tennis. I did get to watch the Serena match. She was awful. 88 errors? The windy conditions really affected her play. I’ve got a bunch of tennis saved on my DVR that I hope to get to watch at some point, maybe Thursday since they are calling for a little snow in the afternoon, which would mean no work for me!
Shenzhen, China:
Top seed, Aga Radwanska escaped 6-2, 6-7, 7-5, in her first round match against big, tall, Chinese, WTA #103 Wild Card, Duan Ying Ying. Three times the home crowd favorite, Duan, was a point from victory. Tough match in the end for Aga!
#2 seed, Simona Halep also needed three sets to get a win over Jelena Jankovic, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Meanwhile, #3 seed, Johanna Konta breezed past Cagla Buyukakcay, 6-1, 6-0.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSTkPV9ojRI
And Timea Bacsinszky, #4 seed, needed to withdraw due to an abdominal injury. Hope she’s okay but AO!
EDIT’s ^^
Hope Timea Bacs is okay for AO not but AO.
Also that link is Aga vs Duan!