Moscow MD - Could it be any weaker ?

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Vesnina seeded 6 and Schiavone 8 ? :lol:
Go JJ :cool:

Flavietta vs Agi :fiery:

Shvedova again :help:

still stronger than warsaw and new haven tho :o

JJ v's Yari and Maria v's Aga :lol:

Pavly vs. Vera in 2R :o:o

I really want Pavly to win but otherwise I want Vera to qualify for Doha :o Hopefully JJ loses in 1R :devil:

It's stupid that the biggest tennis force on the WTA only gets this. Moscow should be Premier 5 at least.

Radwanska, Pennetta and Zvonareva please lose in 1st round xD :p

yesss martina hingis will go too at moscow for the show :) :)

its ok, but what do you expect the week before the YEC when the top 3 RUS have already qualified.

Compare this to stanford :o

Imo, it's not that bad. :shrug:

There should be some great matches in this tourney with players fighting for that last YEC spot. :bounce:

Jankovic has the toughest quarter by faaaaar.

They ruined this tournament. :(

I love Maria Jose´s luck :(

The top 2 seeds were last year's finalists.
ACHAK and Nadia were recent finalists. So was Fran.
Just missing Elena.

where is dementieva?

Resting for the YEC. Too much tennis for her at age 28.

A little surprised it's asstrong as it is. Thought a lot of players might be in Luxembourg trying to qualify for Bali.

:) :)

meh. its not THAT bad

It could be stronger for my liking, but to respond to the OP question it could be way weaker especially due to timing

Actually yes, It could be weaker.

shvedova first NO!! GO JJ GO!!

C'mon JJ! you can win this title!! GET IT GIRL!

I'm excited about it. There might not be as many big names in action but most of the first round matches look very competitive and evenly matched.

GO BEPA!! And GO YARKA!

Could it be any weaker ?.

yes it could. Imagine Safina and Tankrena playing.

It's not weak at all there are a lot of good players

Cibulkova is back! :D

Larry Scott destroyed this wonderful tournament :sobbing:
Look at last year's player list and date, much better :sobbing:
But there should be some great matches. Go Vera, Kiri and Yanina :)

I'm afraid Aga is losing in R2 if not in the opener..

oooh Yaroslava-Jelena again

They ruined this tournament. :(

Totally. And they've ruined the whole Autumn European season. Linz was downgraded. You may wonder why they kept Linz, Luxembourg and Moscow, which now looks like a MM tourney. I'm sure they will downgrade that one too.

I'm afraid Aga is losing in R2 if not in the opener..
She should withdraw in first round and ask Bali for a wildcard.

Is Domi officially back? If so :woohoo:

The problem is that the European Autumn indoor season has been gutted with the loss of WTA Champs, Zurich, and Stuttgart. There isn't enough left to attract the top players to Europe after the USO

Now is II leavl tournament
It is not weak

The problem is that the European Autumn indoor season has been gutted with the loss of WTA Champs, Zurich, and Stuttgart. There isn't enough left to attract the top players to Europe after the USO

it should be just as long as the ATP season
another month of indoor tennis :bounce:

I literally can't believe Dementieva's not playing here???

Like almost everyone on this board I lament the extreme shortening (of should I just say total destruction) of the Autumn European indoor season. We should certainly be having WTA tennis right through to the end of November. Sure the WTA has to be aware of the physical demands placed on the players but I believe what does the players in isn't long seasons so much as when they have to play 5,6 or even more weeks in a row, particularly when players go on a roll for 3 or 4 consecutive weeks on the tour we often see it take it's toll afterwards.

All that said, do I find the Moscow draw weak? Not at all, I love it. Of course I'm a bit biased as so many of my favourite players are here. And I'm a bit disappointed by how they were drawn too. On the other hand this tournament has some of the most mouth-watering 1st round matches we have seen in some time. Should be a fine tournament.