Phooey - caught at the tail of the last thread...

Thanks to manixdk's link to the correct pronunciation of tennis players' names, we now have a new nickname for TMF/TMG. - 'Oger the Codger.' ;-))

Luchiye Shafawova. I have to practice that.

commies are talking about "Artist" movie, saying that dog should win the Oscar, lol

everyone loves that dog :-))

Dani holds, 3-0

BH cross court winner for Peng, 15-0
Hard hitting by Peng forcing an error from Dani, 30-0
Error from Peng, 15-30
Some moonballish exchange, and Dani overhits hers, 40-15
Another overhit from Dani, and Peng holds

3-1

"15-30" should be "30-15"

It's a hoot for Tsonga against Mahut (love tabloid headlines). Took the first set 6-3, serving 5-2 in the second.

And Tsonga wins. Hate his new haircut

Good wide serve by Dani, Peng is not able to handle it, 15-0
Pretty long rally, and Peng just misses DS, by millimeters, 30-0
Good hitting from Peng, from one corner to another, BH winner, 30-15
Ace from Dani, 40-15
and then a DF (second for Dani), 40-30
no doubles, no aces for Peng
Great return from Peng, and then she overhits the ball as she comes into court and takes the ball from air. Dani wwas out of court, no need to do much, bad mistake by Peng

Dani holds, 4-1

Morning/afternoon/evening, everyone.

Sad to see that Vika pulled out, but hopefully she can get healed up for the IW/Miami swing.

I think it was MagicVilas that asked the question last night, but what in the world happened to James Blake? Smoked by Sweeting on hard courts. Odd result.

Nice angle on the outwide serve from Peng, and Dani overhits the return, 15-0
Return error from Dani, 30-0
BH dtl winner, 15-30
Commies say Dani is unplayeble...
Return error, 40-15
Winner from Peng, and she holds

4-2

Good return by Peng, but then she nets the next shot, 15-0
Another good return and this time she sets up a point, comes up to the net and finishes it with a winner, 15-all
Peng overhits the shot, 30-15
Deep hard hitting from both, Peng overhits, 40-15
Third ace for Dani

5-2

haven't seen either player's coach on court yet

CONGRATULATIONS DANIELA!

some nice long rally with all covering from side to side from both girls, and Peng overhits, 0-15

stats so far 2nd set:
W/UFE:
Dani- 14/4
Peng- 13/12

DF by Peng, 0-30
Peng overhits, and it's 3 MPs for Dani
Outwide serve by Peng, and Dani is unable to handle it, 15-40

Dani wins :-))

Stats for the match:

W/UFE, net points won:
Dani- 24/18, 6/6
Peng- 23/27, 9/13

Dani didn't face one BP the whole match

Really good performance from Dani.

showinf the highlights from today's matches

aww, smiling JJ :-))), so nice to see her smile

JJ asked what's her goal for this year, and she said to get back to top 5

there is something about Stosur's voice that makes me cringe

I also don't like hearing Ana speaking, she's much better just smiling quietly :-))

Halep's left thigh is taped

I mean wrapped, or however you say...

no tape on Caro's wrist

I like Caro's dress

Kade Nouni is in the chair

Kader

and commies go right off into dicussing if Caro will be able to get that #1 ranking back, pfftt

Caro to serve first

Sokol, I agree on the voice thing. I'm in love with a mute Ana. Reminds me of Shania Twain's voice now. She apparently went crazy when her husband left her, and it caused her voice to all wonky? Very disturbing to listen to.

Caro holds at love, 1-0

MagicVilas, I also don't like listening to Sveta, not a fan of her voice either

CL,
Thanks for missing the Netherlands on that link Manix posted. It's indeed funny to hear some commentators pronounce our players names. But it all started with Van Gogh. I blame that Vincent!

I missed the whole Tsonga-Mahut. I'll watch some WTA tennis now.

Halep holds, 1-1

Caro is staying on the base line during her service game

OTOH my tennis sport channels is showing the AO SF 2004 between Safin and Agassi. And they haven't yet started the first tiebreak of that 5 sets-match.
I'll read Dubai's match calls.

I'd watch Marat's match myself, zenggi :-))

nice FH dtl, Caro, 30-15

I can find no redeeming qualities in Sveta...

Now Georges...that's another story altogether. She's looking on top of her game so far too.

Caro is making Halep run

holds for 2-1

Poor Casey Dellacqua. Thanks for stopping by and playing the role of the sacrificial lamb today. :)

nice point from Halep, ending with FH winner, 15-0
long rally ending with BH dtl from Halep, 30-0
1-2 punch, FH dtl winner, 40-0
Good second serve down the T, and Caro overhits the return

Caro challenges (late, may I add), to no awail...

2-2

Long rally, some good cross court BHs from Caro, moving Halep from side to side, but pushing lon, 0-15

Sokol, thanks for your great match calls. I don't know how you do that. I'm horrible at it. :)

Hello to Zenggi and CL, btw. :)

stream problems, it's 30-30

wow, what a get from Caro, Simona hit a good DS, but Caro is able to get to it and hit a very good cross court BH, 40-30

not sure why Halep think it's good idea to go so much to Caro's BH

another long rally, another error from Halep

Caro holds, 3-2

Hi, everyone !

Glad to see that Sammy and Aggie won.

Sokol,

How is your son now ?

Hey Sherlock,
I hear you about the match calls. Sokol does a wonderful work of it.
I get so confused with translating into foreign words what I see on TV that I stopped long ago even trying.

CL,
For your information, the colour Caroline is wearing on court which is lovely and great on her, is similar to the one Lynette wore the other day for the final in Rotterdam. How is it on your TV?

Hi and By to zenggi and Sherlock.... :-)

zenggi - 'une petite poulet' awaits. ;-)

later...

Oh, CL. I'm sorry that you have to wait. I've been away and last week was a little busy. Very soon, I promise. And it will be worthy. I promise again. :)

some moonball from Caro, and then BH dtl winner, 0-15
Caro overhtis BH, 15-all
Good serve downt the T from Simona, unreturnable, 30-15
BH exchange, and then Halep finds the net on her FH, 30-all
Halep is being aggressive in that point, good FH and then comes to the net to finish the point with another FH, 40-30
Halep overhits passing shot, good pressure from Caroline there, deuce
missed couple points, Caro had BP, but it's deuce again
error from Halep, BP for Caro

Halep hits long BH, and Caro with a break, 4-2

Lynne, he's fine now, thank.

30-0 on Caro's serve
Caro finds the net hitting BH, 30-15

I'm surprised by the way I haven't seen Piotr on court yet...

FH error from Halep, 40-15
Caro makes her hit tons of shots
Great wide serve by Caro

holds 5-2

I'm very glad to hear that, Sokol.

thanks, Sherlock, I'm pretty bad at match calls I feel, you know some do them almost "prefessionally" as MA, some really entertaining

15-all
Long rally, and Caro draws an error from Halep, 30-15

She's wearing Halep down...

BH error from Caro, hits it long a little, 30-all
Great cross court BH from Caro, very aggressive and Halep is not able to hold it, BP for Caro and SP
Caro takes the first set 6-2

As my Belgian commie says, the 6-2 is on the board!

I like the way Caro's staying at the baseline, even though it's cost her a couple of points.

But, I'll telln ya, sometimes it's a thing of beauty seeing the way Caro builds her points. Just lovely.

She can play better.

I think both coaches were on court

"I like the way Caro's staying at the baseline"

+1

Love hold for Caro, 1-0

5 games in a row

1st set stats:

W/UFE, net points won:

Caro- 4/6, 3/3
Halep- 6/16, 3/4

too many errors from Halep, but that's what Caro does to you :-)

BH dtl from Caro sets up 2 BPs for Caro

Simona, you should stay away from Caro's BH as much as possible, that's her much better wing

Caro breaks, 2-0

6 games in a row now...

such a difference with Dani's match in tennis quality...

7 games in a row

3-0

Avg rally length in this match is 8 shots, typical for Caro's match

Nouni with a bad call, overruling Halep's ace on the farthest line from him, good that she won the point after that

from 40-0 to deuce on Haleps serve, several errors from Halep

Red Alert Caro's retreating from the baseline

some good luck with net cord that bounced on Caro's side, Ad to Halep
Caro in a retrieving mode, long rally, Halep is commanding the point, and finally wins it and is able to hold

3-1

great passing shot from Halep, 0-15
error from Caro, 0-30
pretty bad volley from Halep, but Caro nets FH, 3 BPs from Halep
Caro is hugging the baseline in that loooong rally, but Halep is able to break with the winner dtl

2-3

daddy is on court

"I'm pretty bad at match calls I feel"

Oh, contraire, Sokol. :)

aggressive FH return by Caro, and she finishes it with BH winner, 0-15
error by Halep, 0-30
FH winner, just clipping the line, from Halep, 15-30

FH winner: Caro- 2, Halep- 6

Caro nets FH, 30-all

good return by Caro, 30-40
good FH by Caro, just clipping the line. Halep challenged it, but it was on the line.

Caro breaks 4-2

Thanks sokol,
I live in Zimbabwe. We don't have TV, but we do have internet in our desert, so your comments are so helpful. lol.

sounds like I'm seeing Caro of old,take this one Caro,I want the rest of the field as strong as possible for further interesting match-ups later during the week-end

manixdk hilarious link for the names,lol!thanks for sharing...

Halep comes to the net, but not able to pull out a volley, 0-15
FH winner dtl by Halep finding the very corner, 15-all
Caro pulls BH wide, 15-30
Caro with some moonballs :-)), long rally, at the end comes to net andis not able to volley once she gets there, she doesn't look comfortable at the net :-), 15-40
Error from Halep, 30-40
still BP
oh, that cross court BH is so good by Caro, Halep is able to stay in the match with moonball, Caro answers with her own ( you know she's so good with measuring those :-)), but Halep wins the ball, breaks for 3-4

oh, that voice saying "Time" :-))

Sokol,
Thanks for match calls. Crucial game for Simona as I believe that Caroline will close the match if Simona loses serve.

FH winner from Halep, 15-0
Another one :-), 30-0

some good FHs from different angles
commies talking that Halep is reminding them of Cibulkova

Error by HAlep after some good pressure by Caro, 30-15
Good BH return by Caro and she finishes it at net with a volley, good one this time :-), 30-all
Another long rally, and Halep pulls BH wide, Caro is staying away now from Halep's FH, 30-40
And another long rally, Halep got tired, I think and tried the slice DS, but it didn't reavel over the net

Caro breaks and will serve for the match

Okay, that use of the replay kinda sucked.

ugggh, ouch, Halep was pressuring Caro, pushing her well behind the baseline, then comes to the net is unable to put away and easy volley, 15-0

aww, very unfortunate for Halep. Caro came to the net and hit cross court shot, that clipped the line, but was called out, Haelp was able to trace it before it was called out and hit it into the open court, it was a winner, but Caro challenged it and because it clipped the line they had to replay it (caro had no paly on the one). Halep lost the replay, 30-0

Error from Halep and 3 MPs for Caro

Another error from Halep and Caro moves to face Ana

Congrats to Caro fans

She can play way better. She missed too many winner opportunities, especially on the forehand. She can hit it way harder. Baseline play was good, though.

solid match from Caro, as usual

btw, not a fan of Caro's voice as well :-)

Sounds like Caro played well today, congrats to her and her fans.

Commies to Halep.

Congrats to Caroline and Manix and SamE. Great win for her. Tomorrow against Ivanovic.
Commisserations to Simona and fans.

Hantuchova- Peng was much better tennis, from viewers perspective

I am glad she dumped the Stella McCartney garb. Now I can cheer for her.

some good matches tomorrow, Ana- Caro, JJ-Sam are particuarly interesting

Yes Lynne I think Caro played decent against a heavy hitter besides I know Caro will rebound,all this criticism ought to get to her positively somehow and as much as we hate it "bruised amour propre"sometimes propels you ahead,like I've already prayed I hope she doesn't fade away and her determination tells me she won't...

Kom sa Caro!keep fighting! someday you might be triumphant,I remember what Kim went through and look who's laughing now?!

"I am glad she dumped the Stella McCartney garb"

I really liked her kit today, the color and how it suits her body

Well I can't see Caro's dress at the moment but hope to catch up with it soon.

Aube,

I don't see Caro "fading" - I think all players go through times when they don't appear to be winning much but I think that Caro is a fighter so I feel she will come good.

reassuring post Lynne cause I don't want her to!

the good thing is there was no sign of wrist problems with Caro, her BH worked well today, she had no tape on her wrist

though wrist injury card might be pulled out by her fans and camp if she loses tomorrow to Ana :-)

Barmaleo: I am glad she dumped the Stella McCartney garb.

I am also glad she dumped the Rory's necklace too. It didn't help her.

sokol

No way, not from this camper. The reports I have are the the wrist is not a problem.

Aube,

Did you look at Steve's column yesterday evening ?

sokol,
Behave. You are better than that! Not all fans are like some fans. :)

btw, I want to say I like that Ana reigned in the fist pump action. She did many fist pumps yesterday against Schiavone, but without her usual acrobatic twists, and it wasn't annoying. I don't have anything against players fist pumping after points, but Ana's twists used to drive me crazy.
She still had 3-4 when she kind of twisted on one leg, but it was funny as it looked like she stopped herself in the middle of it and didn't do the full rotation :-) Maybe she was told by her team or someone to watch it and she tries to control it :-)
Looking foward to watch her :-))

"not from this camper. The reports I have are the the wrist is not a problem."

manixdk, didn't mean you :-)

Zenggi, I meant specifically one Scandinavian fan :-)

manixdk, I'm glad her wrist is better