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chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 12. October 2013 00:07

Joined: 29. April 2008
Posts: 10893
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Dates: October 14 - 20, 2013

Venue: Moscow, Russia
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $795,707
Surface: Hard/Indoors
Tournament Director: Aleksei Selivanenko

Official Website: www.kremlincup.ru

Last Appearance: 2008 2nd round. Lost to Vera Zvonareva 6-1 6-0

Singles:
1R: Daniela Hantuchova bt [Q] Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 6-1 6-2
2R: Daniela Hantuchova bt [Q] Vesna Dolonc (SRB) 3-6 6-4 6-4
QF: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-0 6-4

Doubles:
1R: [1] Daniela Hantuchova/Elena Vesnina bt Yuliya Beygelzimer/Vesna Dolonc 7-5 6-3
QF: Janette Husarova/Klara Zakopalova bt [1] Daniela Hantuchova/Elena Vesnina 7-5 retired

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 12. October 2013 00:08

Joined: 29. April 2008
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Women's Singles

1 KERBER Angelique 12 9 Bremen, Germany
2 VINCI Roberta 13 10 Italy
3 HALEP Simona 15 19 Romania
4 SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla 16 20 Spain
5 KIRILENKO Maria 17 17 Russia
6 IVANOVIC Ana 19 15 Serbia
7 STOSUR Samantha 21 11 Australia
8 CIBULKOVA Dominika 23 21 Slovakia
9 VESNINA Elena 24 24 Russia
10 KUZNETSOVA Svetlana 25 29 Russia
11 CORNET Alize 26 28 France
12 KANEPI Kaia 28 27 Estonia
13 PAVLYUCHENKOVA Anastasia 31 33 Russia
14 ZAKOPALOVA Klara 32 30 Czech Republic
15 RYBARIKOVA Magdalena 34 31 Slovakia
16 HANTUCHOVA Daniela 34 32 Slovakia
17 SVITOLINA Elina 39 44 Ukraine
18 LEPCHENKO Varvara 47 35 USA
19 TSURENKO Lesia 68 61 Ukraine
20 GARCIA Caroline 74 75 France

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

eddy
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 12. October 2013 07:44

Joined: 15. May 2008
Posts: 2460
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Either Stosur or Bouchard will win Osaka pushing Daniela down another spot in the Sofia race. This means. Daniela needs an awesome display here in Moscow to guarantee her spot.

chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 12. October 2013 13:54

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Daniela's got a qualifier in the first round then it's either Halep or Cibulkova in the 2nd round.

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 13. October 2013 16:19

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Daniela's playing doubles with Elena Vesnina, they're seeded 1 and they start with Beygelzimer & Dolonc.

They play third after two singles matches on Court 1 with play starting at 11 am tomorrow.

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

Alex Isabel
Career Grand Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 13. October 2013 18:43

Joined: 23. August 2011
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My memory is that before the Hingis experiment, Daniela was supposed to play with a couple of the best doubles players and got a #1 seed and never even played a match due to withdrawals. Maybe the third time will be the charm.
I think I have it figured out. Ever since my Contacting Daniela post reached 199 views, she lost the three straight first rounders. If only a 200th person would view the post, that would solve everything!

Let's Go, Daniela!

chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 14. October 2013 00:07

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Daniela was going to play with Lucie Hradecka in Strasbourg but she withdrew and she was going to play with Andrea Hlavackova in S'Hertogenbosch but she withdrew again. Daniela also played with Hsieh in Birmingham and won their match before Hsieh withdrew. So Vesnina going to be the fourth player who's won a doubles slam this year that Daniela's teamed up with.
I wonder how Daniela could have done this year in doubles with a better longterm partner because she didn't do anything with Medina Garrigues and Medina Garrigues has been terrible this year and the Hingis partnership fizzled out. Daniela's done reasonably well with Lisa Raymond and she played well with Srebotnik in Brisbane before she got injured there. Daniela also had a good win at Wimbledon before Kirilenko quit. Good doubles players want to play with Daniela and it shows the respect she has from her fellow players. The last time she had a good longterm doubles partner was with Agnieszka Radwanska in 2011 and they won Miami. Daniela can do well in doubles with a good partner and this partnership with Vesnina is a chance to see how well.

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

Alex Isabel
Career Grand Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 14. October 2013 02:07

Joined: 23. August 2011
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I got the 200th viewer! Nothing's gonna stop her now!

Thanks for the recap on Daniela doubles, Chungwit. Hsieh I don't really count because she withdrew to help Dani out after she'd won Birmingham and the doubles had been so screwed up by rainouts that they faced potentially three matches that same day. I totally agree it's a sign of respect. I just want one of these to work out so that Daniela can end the year with the sweetly round numbers of 10 doubles titles and 20 overall titles.

Let's Go, Daniela!

chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 14. October 2013 15:45

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Daniela's got Arantxa Parra Santonja in the first round. Kerber's been causing changes in the draw again this week as she's withdrawn so Daniela will get the winner of Cibulkova and Dolonc in the second round, but Daniela has to get past Parra Santonja first.

Daniela's the fifth match on Court 1 with play starting at 11 am.

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

Alex Isabel
Career Grand Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 14. October 2013 17:32

Joined: 23. August 2011
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Court change! Daniela's match is underway.
1st set…
Daniela & Elana break to 30.
2-0 They hold at deuce, saving 3 break points.
3-0 Daniela & Elana break to 15.
3-1 Broken to 30.
3-2 Beygelzimer/Dononc hold on deciding point.
3-3 Daniela & Elana broken to love.
3-4 B & D hold on deciding point, saving 3 break points.
(This ain't good…c'mon ladies.)
4-4 Daniela & Elana hold at deuce.
5-4 They break to 15
5-5 B & D break back at love.
6-5 Daniela & Elana break to 30.
7-5 They serve it out to 30.

(Match was moved to court 2.)
2nd set…
0-1 B & D hold to 30.
1-1 Daniela & Elana hold to 30.
2-1 They break at love.
3-1 Daniela & Elana hold at love.
(Keep on rolling, ladies!)
3-2 B & D hold on deciding point.
4-2 Daniela & Elana hold at deciding point.
4-3 B & D hold to 30.
5-3 Daniela & Elana hold at love.
(Finish, ladies!)
6-3 Daniela & Elana hold to 30 on the 2nd match point! :wav:

A little sloppy, but a good start and a very nice gloom lifter after the last few weeks.

Let's Go, Daniela!

Last edited by Alex Isabel on 14. October 2013 18:34, edited 12 times in total.

eddy
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 14. October 2013 17:56

Joined: 15. May 2008
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Annoying they changed court as there's a stream for court 1 and not court 2.

As long as they win I'm happy..

Very solid win 75 63, already liking this partnership!

Next up will be Zakapolova+Husarova

Last edited by eddy on 14. October 2013 18:33, edited 1 time in total.

chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 14. October 2013 18:13

Joined: 29. April 2008
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Daniela & Elena hold to 0 to go 3-1 up in the 2nd set.
3-2, Dolonc/Beygelzimer hold from 30-40
4-2, Daniela & Elena hold from 30-40.
4-3, Dolonc/Beygelzimer hold to 30.
5-3, Daniela holds to 0 & serves an ace on GP.
6-3, Daniela & Elena break to 30, winning on their 2nd MP.

A good win in doubles. The first set was close but Daniela & Elena were able to come through it and they were fairly comfortable in the second set. They were under a wee bit of pressure on Elena's serve in the sixth game having to save 2 BPs but they were mainly comfortable on serve in the second and were able to put pressure on Beygelzimer & Dolonc's serve pretty much every game and were able to break them for the match. It's encouraging that Daniela held her last two service games in the match to 0.

It's a good win and a run in doubles would be great.

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

Alex Isabel
Career Grand Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 14. October 2013 19:19

Joined: 23. August 2011
Posts: 1474
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Thanks for the extra details, Chungwit, especially of Daniela's sharp serving late in the match. That's always good to see.
You know, If this ends up being the partnership that clicks for Dani and I'm gonna post the scores as they happen, I might want to spell Elena's name correctly! :oops:

My apologies.

Let's Go, Daniela!

chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 15. October 2013 01:05

Joined: 29. April 2008
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It's a nice win in the doubles and it gives Daniela a chance to get used to the court and what the conditions are like. It's not ideal that Daniela's the last match on and could be waiting around all day and I wouldn't be shocked if there was a court change but it's the same for both players.
Parra Santonja beat Vania King in qualifying and she beat Bouchard in Bogota and they're her best wins this year. She's still got to be respected but I really feel that this match will be decided by how well Daniela plays.

I started doing the livescores because your post hadn't updated since the end of the first set and it said I was the only user on the forum, Alex. Of course when I start, you're back and your livescores had updated but by that time I'd started so I might as well finish. Thanks for livescoring the entire match, Alex.

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

eddy
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Moscow

Posted: 15. October 2013 15:09

Joined: 15. May 2008
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I think that we can safely say that unless Daniela wins Moscow she will not get her ranking high enough to qualify by right for Sofia. As Pavlyuchenkova and Vesnina will now play Sofia.

Daniela bt Santonja 61 62 in exactly 1 hour, very nice. Only lost 9 points on her serve the whole match and didn't have to save a break point.

They showed her coach on the screen at the end of the match, no idea who it was but he looks like a younger Claudio...yikes!

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