CENTER Court

Starting at: 10:00 AM
1.Kaia KANEPI (EST)vs Miki MIYAMURA (JPN)
2.Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO)vs Rika FUJIWARA (JPN)
3.Kimiko DATE KRUMM (JPN)vs Casey DELLACQUA (AUS)
4.Natalie GRANDIN (RSA) or Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) vs Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS)

Court1

Starting at: 10:00 AM
1.Vania KING (USA)vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN)
2.Greta ARN (HUN)vs Anne KEOTHAVONG (GBR)
3.Aleksandra WOZNIAK (CAN)vs Vania KING (USA) or Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN)
4.Melinda CZINK (HUN)vs Aravane REZAI (FRA)

Court2

Starting at: 10:00 AM
1.Olga SAVCHUK (UKR)vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)
2.Natalie GRANDIN (RSA)vs Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN)
3.Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA)vs Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) or Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)

Good luck Anne!!

Hopefully the scoreboard will work this tomorrow... :scared:

Go Kimiko and Tammy!!!

Go Kata, Vania, Tammy, Natalie and Anne!

Good Luck Andreja, Kaia, Aleks, Andreja/Tammy! :)


btw, Srebotnik in q, may mean nobody form the MD List withdrew...

Come on Kimiko and Aleks!!

Good luck Anne!

GO Kaia & Olga

I really like Aleks' chances of qualifying here, allez Canuck. :D

I hope Shiho can pull the upset!

good luck

Kaia KANEPI
Katarina SREBOTNIK
Kimiko DATE
Vera DUSHEVINA
Olga SAVCHUK (Q-r1 & Q-r2 ;) )

Good luck Kimiko. :bowdown:

date :)

Please win Casey :)

matches start in 20 minutes. Is there a scoreboard link?

http://www.protennislive.com/frameset.asp?year=2008&wkno=38&lang=en&tabno=1&eventid=0603&ref=www.sonyericssonwtatour.com

Thanks!:D
Matches are on scoreboard! Come on Shiho and Klepac!

Kaia will win in a hurry. Don't blink!:p

Oh wow, the SB actually works today :eek:

Go Vania :bounce:

i havent seen K. Date Krumm for long time.

Miki, Vania and Andreja to serve first.

Come on Miki!!:D

Fight Shiho!

Kaia 3-0
Olga 2-1

Shiho breaks back!:D

3 BPs Vania

Fight Klepac!

Nice start Rika!:D

Srebotnik down a double break at 0-3 1st set. :rolleyes:

Keep it up Rika!:D

Srebotnik broken again for 1-4 1st set. :rolleyes: Srebotnik is winning only 9% of her 2nd serves (1/11). :rolleyes:

Come on Rika!!! Keep this up!

Don't do anything stupid, Kata!

Srebotnik broken for 2-5 1st set. :rolleyes: Srebotnik has been broken in all 4 of her service games now.

I wonder why Okamoto vs. Grandin hasn't started.

Srebotnik breaks for 3-5 1st set but can she actually hold? She's won 7/15 points on her 1st serves and 1/12 points on her 2nd serve. She has 2 aces and 3 double faults and has saved 3 out of 7 bps faced.

Isn't Drake half Slovene or something?

Srebotnik breaks for 5-5 1st set.

OK Rika it's about time you held!

Hmmm...is there an injury or something in the Srebotnik match cuz the scoreboard isn't updating it?

Kata was attacked by a llama.

Okamoto def. Grandin w.o

Anne broken for 2-3 1st set. Break back Anne.

Okamoto def. Grandin w.o


Really?

Kata wins first set 7-6(5).

Kata wins first set 7-6(5).
She actually won 1 less point in the 1st set than Fujiwara: 47 points to 48 points.

The 1st set was 1 hour 12 minutes long.

Did anybody else's scoreboard show the Date match from yesterday on it?

Did anybody else's scoreboard show the Date match from yesterday on it?

:bigwave:

Anne lost the 1st set 4-6. :rolleyes: Win it in 3 Anne.

The 1st set lasted 45 minutes.

Srebotnik breaks for 4-1 2nd set.

Srebotnik breaks for 6-1 2nd set. The match was 1 hour 49 minutes long.

It's Kimiko Date time!:D :dance:

Anne holds for 4-1 2nd set on ace #2.

Anne breaks for 5-1 2nd set. Hold Anne.

Anne holds for 6-1 2nd set on ace #3. :) Stay focused Anne.

Rezai holds for 6-4 1st set. It was 5-1 at 1 point. The 1st set was 42 minutes long.

Date vs Dellacqua has begun. Date serving. 15-15.

Come on Kimiko!

my scoreboards stuck on the kimko vs casey match, is everyone elses?

my scoreboards stuck on the kimko vs casey match, is everyone elses?
I had that problem too.

Dellacqua just broke for 4-3 1st set.

Arn holds for 4-3 3rd set. Arn is winning 83% (15/18) of points on her 1st serve in the 3rd set. :rolleyes:

Dellacqua holds for 5-3 1st set.

Anne holds for 4-4 3rd set. Break Anne.

Dellacqua won the 1st set 6-3.

C'mon Kimiko! She's not serving well... :(

Double match point for Anne. Take it Anne.

Anne holds for 6-4 3rd set. :) The match was 2 hours 2 minutes long.

Fight back Kimiko!

Dellacqua holds for 2-1 2nd set.

Pathetic Casey...broken for 3-6 2nd set. :rolleyes:

The match is 1 hour 5 minutes long.

Kimiko won the 2nd set 6-3! :yeah:

Served much better with no double faults. Keep it up!!

Keep it going Kimiko!

Kimiko got the second set!! :)

This is embarassing Casey.

You wouldn't see someone on the Atp who's pretty much been off the tour for 12 years and 37 years old beating someone in the Atp top 50. :rolleyes:

You wouldn't see someone on the Atp who's pretty much been off the tour for 12 years and 37 years old beating someone in the Atp top 50. :rolleyes:

No, although I think Sampras could still beat some top 50 players...

Casey broken for 1-3 3rd set. :rolleyes: Nice to see that uber form from the US Open continue. :rolleyes:

Remember Jimmy Connors made it to the Semifinals of the US Open in 1991 at the age of 39.

Age is just a number.

Kimiko has been training really hard since last year.
She may not be top 20, but when she moves well, she could beat many players. She has weapons to damage.

Kimiko was on tour only 7 years (1989-1996). That's not a long career - perhaps that's why she now has a desire to play a bit more...

Kimiko was on tour only 7 years (1989-1996). That's not a long career - perhaps that's why she now has a desire to play a bit more...

she hated media, she hated traveling around that time.
she said she was very uptight always, so i remember kimiko gave ai some advice to enjoy the tour as life, not as a job.

Casey broken for 1-5 3rd set. :rolleyes:

If Casey's gonna continue to be this useless this season, she might as quit well for the season and return in the Australian Open warmups next January.

Dellacqua :spit:
Ridiculous

Wozniak won the 1st set 6-2 btw.

Dellacqua holds for 3-5 3rd set after saving a match point at Ad Date after squandering 2 game points at 40-15.

Too little too late I'm afraid.

C'mon Kimiko, finish it off!!!

Great comeback Kimiko!!! :worship:

Wozniak breaks for 5-2 2nd set. Hold Alex.

Alex holds for 6-2 2nd set. :) The match was 1 hour 2 minutes long.

Go, go, go, Tammy! 8 more points. And she is SO lucky Kimiko wasn't in her quarter for the qualies. Go, Kimiko!!!!

Olga sure is putting up a fight, especially after having to play her first round qualies match this morning!

Go, go, go, Tammy! 8 more points. And she is SO lucky Kimiko wasn't in her quarter for the qualies. Go, Kimiko!!!!
But she beat Date earlier this year.

Savchuk breaks for 5-4 2nd set.

Savchuk holds for 6-4 2nd set. She saved a bp with an ace. The match is 2 hours 17 minutes long now.

Here we go again, on the Tammy rollercoaster! LOL

I know Tammy beat Kimiko--I was there to watch, but Kimiko really should have won that match. She won the 1st set and was up 4-2 in the 2nd!

I know Tammy beat Kimiko--I was there to watch, but Kimiko really should have won that match. She won the 1st set and was up 4-2 in the 2nd!
Oh.

How far is Kobe, Japan from Tokyo?

Tammy really needs to do something about her serve... 6 DF vs 0 for Olga. 0 Aces vs. 5 for Olga

Hmmm...an 11 minute delay between the end of the 2nd set and the start of the 3rd set. I wonder what happened.

Kobe is about an hour's flight or 3 hours by bullet train. I decided not to go to the PPO, but will be there for the Japan Open.

Don't they get a 10 minute break between set 2 and set 3? If not, I wouldn't be surprised if Tammy called a trainer to get something wrapped. but at least she held her serve to start the 3rd set... whew!

Don't they get a 10 minute break between set 2 and set 3? If not, I wouldn't be surprised if Tammy called a trainer to get something wrapped. but at least she held her serve to start the 3rd set... whew!
I don't think they normally do unless the heat rule were in effect.

they do get a longer break than usual at the start of the 3rd, but i don't know how long. most players change their shirts or take a bathroom break.

they do get a longer break than usual at the start of the 3rd, but i don't know how long. most players change their shirts or take a bathroom break.
A 10 minute or so break isn't normal to start the 3rd set though.

Savchuk holds for 2-2 3rd set after saving 3 bps including 1 with a 2nd serve.

Out of curiosity, I looked up the ITF's Rules of Tennis for 2008...

Event organisers may allow a rest period of a maximum of ten (10) minutes if
this is announced in advance of the event. This rest period can be taken after
the 3rd set in a best of 5 sets match, or after the 2nd set in a best of 3 sets
match.

C'mon, Tammy!!!!!! FIGHT!!!!!!

OMG--Tammy served an ACE?! LOL Just kiddin' sis...love ya!!!!!!

Tammy!!!!!FIGHT!!!!!

Savchuk breaks for 4-3 3rd set from 15-40 down.

Savchuk broken for 4-4 3rd set.

Savchuk breaks for 5-4 3rd set.

30-15 to 30-30 after a 2nd serve.

Match point Savchuk.

Deuce now.

bp now. :rolleyes:

Deuce again. (#2)

Bp #2. :rolleyes:

Savchuk broken for 5-5 3rd set after having match point. :rolleyes:

Savchuk breaks for 6-5 3rd set.

30-0 to 30-15 after a 2nd serve.

30-30 after df #4. :rolleyes:

Now a bp. :rolleyes:

Savchuk doesn't seem to know how to win.

bp saved. 40-40 now.

Match point #2 for Savchuk, 1st match point in this game.

Sachuk doublefault #5 on match point #2 to 40-40. :rolleyes:

Match point #3 after a 2nd serve.

Match point #3 gone. :rolleyes: Deuce #3.

Match point #4.

Savchuk holds for 7-5 3rd set on match point #4. The match was 3 hours 31 minutes long.

Congrats, Olga and good luck next round. Tough match, Tammy! Better luck at the next tourney n can't wait to see you at the Japan Open!!!!!!! MUWAH!!!!!