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Carina's 2016 - February & March - Hard Court Spring

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St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy
St. Petersburg, Russia

8 February - 14 February
Time Zone UTC +3

Indoor Hard Court | Premier | $710,000



2016
R2
55 Points
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R1 - Carina Witthöft def. Tamira Paszek 6-3 6-3
R2 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Carina Witthöft 6-1 7-5​
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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Dubai, UAE

15 February - 20 February
Time Zone UTC +4

Hard Court | Premier | $1,734,900



2016
QR1
1 Point
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QR1 - Jana Cepelova def. Carina Witthöft 6-7(13) 6-2 6-4​
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ITF Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland

22 February - 28 February
Time Zone UTC +1

Carper | ITF Pro Series | $50,000



2016
R2
8 Points
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R1 - Carina Witthöft def. Nicole Vaidisova 6-1 7-6(5)
R2 - Ekaterina Alexandrova def. Carina Witthöft 6-4 6-7(3) 7-6(5)​
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BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, USA

09 March - 20 March
Time Zone UTC -8

Hard Court | Premier Mandatory | $7,037,595



2016
R2
35 Points
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R1 - Carina Witthöft def. Irina Falconi 0-6 6-4 6-4
R2 - Jelena Jankovic def. Carina Witthöft 1-6 3-6​
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Miami Open
Miami, USA

22 March - 03 April
Time Zone UTC -5

Hard Court | Premier Mandatory | $7,037,595



2015
R2
35 Points
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R1 - Carina Witthöft def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 4-6 6-1
R2 - Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Carian Witthföt 6-3 4-6 6-4​

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#8 ·
Shouldn't there be a rule to prevent that? I think I remember reading a player can't play a lower-level tournament if she has direct entry to a P5/PM in the same week. I guess that applies to Premier Mandatories and Grand Slams only, as Doha is a Premier 5.

Normally, I hate using the "vulturing" word, but this is true vulturing. :sobbing:
 
#14 ·
So Carina wouldn't have had to play a top-10 player had she played the first round of Doha, and there's no Serena, Maria, or Vika in the draw. (60 points for one win / 105 points for two)

She had better vulture those 80 ITF points by winning the damn thing, or this becomes an epic failure. :p
 
#20 · (Edited)
WTF is this scoreline?

WTF!?!
I woke up at 5:30 a.m. expecting to watch a comfortable win. Instead, someone I had never even heard of plays probably one of her best matches, hitting over 40 winners while looking like the better player for most of the match. :hysteric:

Carina didn't play that badly but was playing her normal "power-pushing" game, understandably expecting that there's no way her opponent could keep it up. And she was nearly right, but again, Alexandrova came up with the winners in the final tiebreak. :(

There must be something about Carina's game that allows opponents to play their best and look much better than their ranking. Power-pushing doesn't work on fast indoor hard-court. :(
 
#23 ·
Not really related to anything recent but I just got around to reading it:

According to the German "Tennismagazin" Carina's coaching team for this year's Australian Open consisted of:

Her boyfriend
Her boyfriend's brother
Her boyfriend's cousin

:tape:

Sometimes I'm wondering if it's a specifically German thing to have so much difficulty having a professional team around you or whether that affects the whole WTA and I just don't notice it because I don't pay enough attention.
 
#28 ·
That's something to start with, got bagled and had the balls to stay in the match. Should help her confidence. Still, I feel like Carina has to get more involved into matches. I sometimes feel, she's standing beside herself playing a match, letting things happen and can't do anything about it. She needs intensity.
 
#29 ·
Well done on winning your Indian Wells R1 match, Carina ! :cheer:

Great fight from Carina after losing the 1st set 0-6 ! Very good comeback

This was an important win. Now nothing to lose in R2 vs #19 Jankovic. Viel Glück :kiss:
 
#30 ·
Carina lost 1-6 3-6 to former #1 Jankovic :hug:
 
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