Unnecessary loss. Nadia is so talented, but not strong enough mentally. She made stupid UEs at the important moments of the match. She had 0-40 at 3-4 in 3rd set but of course wasted these break points with brainless errors. Errani did nothing, just kept the ball in play and let Nadia self-destruct. Thank God I expected a loss, otherwise I would be crushed.
Kerber vs BYE
Schiavone vs Q
Parmentier vs Q
BYE vs Cirstea
Jankovic vs BYE
Duval vs Hlavackova
Zheng vs Shvedova
BYE vs Petrova
This is a great draw for her, if she stays focused. She leads the h2h over both Jie and Yari, so she should win against either. She has no points to defend here.
Jie defeated Yaroslava so she'll be Nadia's opponent. I'm quite confident Nadia will win the match even if she's not at her best, it's always been difficult for Zheng to play against her.
Steamrolled her 3&1! Now Petrova has provisionally bypassed Bartoli in the rankings to reclaim #11.
JJ has been a nemesis, defeating Nadia 6 of the 8 times they've played. In fact, Nadia has never beaten her on hardcourt. In her favor, however, is that this is their first match-up in 5 years, when JJ was at her best.