Anett Kontaveit

I am not too worried about Danilina after she struggled :)
I know Loeb is under ranked but still :shrug:
Also not worried about Lottner and Siniakova :D
They so should have won Doubles :o
The leads they had :lol:
She did well to save SP in First Set with Ace :)
I think being out of Doubles will help her Singles but I really thought they had a shot at the Doubles title :(
I don't know exactly how they lost as I expect Anett to beat both these girls losing minimal games and Emily is a good Doubles player :shrug:

Says she was insecure in the first set again. Well, she better overcome that for the next match as from now on it gets really tough. :)

And from her Facebook:

Täna sain võistelda kahel korral. Üksimängus alustasin esimest setti natuke ebakindlalt, kuid teises setis oli tunne parem. Tulemus: võitsin Natalia Vajdovat 7:6 6:0. Natalia isa, Marián Vajda on Novak Djokovici treener ning ta oli ka kohapeal tütrele kaasa elamas.
Paarismängus tuli koos Emily Fanninguga vastu võtta kaotus 3-6 7-6(5) [10-3].

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Again a bad start, she can't afford that in her next match. Sad that they lost in doubles but at least Anett can fully focus on her singles matches now.

I saw Anett talking with Hogstedt straight after her first round win :p

Hopefully Anett can have a good tournament like the US Open :)

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Thank you Hindrance :)

Won the 1st set 75.
Anett was leading 52 40-0* but then... :facepalm: At least she got it done finally.

30* in 2nd, close games but she won them. Please finish this fast :D

Done it, 75 61 :yeah:
Back to sleep now :D

Well done Anett :yeah:

Phew! To lose the 52 40-0* lead :hysteric:
Still continuing without dropping a set though :yeah:
Next up is Lottner, who hasn't been that convincing in the earlier rounds. But Anett has never played her, so :scared:

Anett :)
That choke though :lol:
I think that she is finally in good enough form to make her way to the final :)
Take out Lottner :armed:
Konjuh it turns out is in excellent form :lol: I thought she was playing badly until this round :oh:

I am up again. Funny how I again woke up just before the match started, and I din't even use an alam clock :D

Anett won the 1st set 61. Lottner held her opening service game and then Anett won the next 6 games. She was 41 0-40 but managed to come back and hold her serve.

Down 1*-3, please fight back and finish it in 2..

Broke back and 3-3 :cheer:

Anett serving for the match, 5-3. Do not choke please.

GSM!! 61 63 in 50 minutes :yeah: She saved a bp and won on her first MP :)
Just 2 more!

BTW Lottner BPs won 1/10 :lol:

wow, 1 and 3 against Lottner, very impressive scoreline :yeah:

very impressive, anett :worship:

didn't expect it to be so easy :eek:

Well done!:D

Great result, congrats, Anett!
Tennisfan06, thanks for the "live commentary" :)

By the way, is it now some sort of record as Anett has reached SF in all 4 slams? I don't believe there are that many juniors who have done that.

Anett :bowdown: :worship:
She is really starting to play well :)
I really think she has a shot at winning and I should be able to watch the final as losing to Siniakova would be an upset :)
She'll get to play on RLA :inlove:
And it will be streamed :D

(Thanks Melange :wavey:)

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What's happening? Lost the first set 26.

Seems to be playing quite badly :(
She still has a set to get back into it :)

EDIT: Anett has already been broken in the 2nd :scared:

Anett breaks back to love :bowdown: :worship:

Anett had 40-15 but got broken :rolleyes:

3-1 Siniakova :(

Anett saves BP and Holds :dance:

4-2 Siniakova :(

Anett holds :yeah:
Get that break :D

5-3 Siniakova :sobbing:
Anett has returned very badly today :(

Lost 26 36. Really disappointing.

30-0 to 30-40 :sad:

44-63 in points, she's been really dominated ;hug:

GSM :facepalm:
I thought she'd stopped the stupid losses :(
Still, I guess Burnie is more important but I really thought she had a great shot and I wanted to watch her on RLA vs Konjuh :sad:
At least now I can cheer for Ana :D
BTW, there is centre court streaming for every day at Burnie :D

Now watch Siniakova win this and thus losing to the eventual winner at least 5th slam(?) in a row :rolleyes:

I don't think Siniakova will win. :lol: At least, it's not given at all. ;)

I don't think Siniakova will win. :lol: At least, it's not given at all. ;)

I too think Ana will win but se struggled against Kulichkova and Siniakova is just a better version :)
Hard also suits Siniakova more IMO :)

Anett :hug:

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Bad they at the office, like she said herself.

Off to Tasmania.

Bad they at the office, like she said herself.

Off to Tasmania.

Tasmania is very similar to Saaremaa :)
I am sure Anett will play well as the court is like US Open :)

Next goals: Find a coach and get to play US Open qualifying.

Next goals: Find a coach and get to play US Open qualifying.

That is, to be (near) top 200 by August? :)

Around 235-240 (USO has a 128 player QD).

Still, six months to more than double current ranking points.

Getting my hopes up, I really thought she is finally going to do it :sobbing:
At least she can have a day off before the Burnie tournament.

Anett just needs to win Baku an that's doable :D
Proofing she doesn't play like she did in the final, I think in her next 3 tournaments she should be able to pick up 60 points :)
I want her to win Tallinn so much :sobbing:

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(3)Anett Kontaveit (EST) v BYE
Natalia Vajdova (SVK) v BYE
Rose Barker (AUS) v BYE
(16)Alison Bai (AUS) v BYE

Vajdova again :lol:

(3)Anett Kontaveit (EST) v BYE
Natalia Vajdova (SVK) v BYE
Rose Barker (AUS) v BYE
(16)Alison Bai (AUS) v BYE

Vajdova again :lol:

She should qualify easily :)

She should qualify easily :)

Yeah, I'm sure she will. There seems to be no order of play yet though :(

Playing against Vajdova twice in this week :lol:
If she doesn't qualify :o

Anyone found OOP yet? And will there be live score?

Anyone found OOP yet? And will there be live score?

http://www.tennis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/WOMENS-OP.pdf

Livescore will be on protennislive scoreboard.

There is no livescore working for mens or womens but there is a mens match on the live streaming court so at least that is working :)

Scoring works, but only for the centre court = men.

Anyone knows the result?

Anyone knows the result?

No I can't find it on any Australian website :(

She won 6-0 7-6(2)

Anett and Carol "Ninja" Zhao also qualified in doubles.

So this week she beat Vajdova 76 60 60 76 :lol:

:lol:
Since when is Carol a "ninja" :D
A good choice of Doubles Partner though :)

Here is a video of Anett vs Danilina :)
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BTW Meelis, how did you find out she qualified and won???

BTW, only difficult qualifying placements IMO are Zhang, Sun or Vogt as she has lost to them all before :lol:

BTW, how did Rosatello get a WC :lol:

:lol:
Since when is Carol a "ninja" :D

Her twitter is czninjaaz and formspring ninjaCarol ;)

Her twitter is czninjaaz and formspring ninjaCarol ;)

:haha:
Well this is Anett's first 25K Doubles experience IIRC so hopefully she can rack up some points :)

So this week she beat Vajdova 76 60 60 76 :lol:

:lol:


BTW, only difficult qualifying placements IMO are Zhang, Sun or Vogt as she has lost to them all before :lol:

QvQ is also quite bad as the winner gets Savic in round 2.

So basically we won't get any livescore from this women's tournament (maybe in the later stages) as the livescore is only from the centre court and they probably let men play there..

Anett's result finally uploaded :)
Her and Zhao beat Inoue/Zhang, a seemingly good team, and 2 and 4 :eek:
Zhao obviously confident after winning Australian Open Doubles :)
Should qualify :)

Yuxuan Zhang (CHN) v (Q)Anett Kontaveit (EST)

This is a bad draw for Anett as chingching said Yuxuan started winning after she beat Anett :lol:

Yuxuan Zhang (CHN) v (Q)Anett Kontaveit (EST)

This is a bad draw for Anett as chingching said Yuxuan started winning after she beat Anett :lol:

This is a bad draw as Yuxuan has much talent and is playing well :(
I think Anett has a shot to win this match but it is definitely one of the harder quarters :sad:
It would be cool to have potential re-matches with Vogt and Sun though :D
She could go from 0-3 against these players to 3-3 in 4 days :lol:

I think if Anett gets past Zhang and Vogt she has a good shot at making the final, but I thought after she got past Danilina and Lottner easily she would make the final of Juniors and she didn't :lol:

In Doubles she is against Bobusic/Moore, which could be a very tricky match-up but I think she can get past them with Ninja :D

Yuxuan Zhang has lost to Date-Krumm, Minella and Jie Zheng (in three sets) recently, all top 100 players :unsure:
This will be a tough match and the fact that it is sth like 8th in 9 days or so doesn't help much.

QR3: (3)Anett Kontaveit (EST) d. (16)Alison Bai (AUS) 64 63

DR1: Bobusic/Moore (AUS/AUS) d. (Q)Kontaveit/Zhao (EST/CAN) 46 64 10-7

QR3: (3)Anett Kontaveit (EST) d. (16)Alison Bai (AUS) 64 63

DR1: Bobusic/Moore (AUS/AUS) d. (Q)Kontaveit/Zhao (EST/CAN) 46 64 10-7

:hug:
Almost did it in Doubles and she still got the win in Singles :)
Now she has to be ready for Yuxuan :D

I wanted her to avoid Zhang because she is in form atm and it will be tough to beat, but GL and get the upset :cheer:

R1: (Q)Anett Kontaveit (EST) d. Yuxuan Zhang (CHN) 26 62 60

:woohoo:

Well done Anett!

Anett :bowdown: :worship: :cheer:
Time for me to troll GM :D

Time for me to troll GM :D

Nooooo :lol:

So Vogt next? Although there is no confirmation of this result yet..

Nope, Rajicic instead. Winnable surely, but then again, who knows.

Well done! :yeah:
Zhang started well but Anett managed to break her rhythm in the 2nd set and took over the control, and never looked back :D

Anett should be the favourite :)
She could make her first SF here :)
I am not getting my hopes up though as Sun is still here ;)

Good chance to make it to the QF, Anett is better but never know with her :D

Anett leads 7-5 3-1 but is down 0-30 :) :(

75 41 now, come on Anett!
75 51
75 61

Well done! Another QF, but now it's time to go further :p

75 41 now, come on Anett!
75 51
75 61

Well done! Another QF, but now it's time to go further :p

This :D
And I think that this time she can do it :cheer:
Who will she play in the next round, Sun or Moore???
Whoever she meets in the QF and whoever she might meet in the SF is beatable IMO :D
Even in the Final given the players left in the draw combined with Olivia's form :)

Sun is next, she defeated Moore with the same score as she defeated Anett in summer: 63 60 :unsure: Her recent results haven't been anything spectacular though (at least in singles), so it's time for Anett to revenge her :)

Sun is next, she defeated Moore with the same score as she defeated Anett in summer: 63 60 :unsure: Her recent results haven't been anything spectacular though (at least in singles), so it's time for Anett to revenge her :)

Perfectly said muusa :D
Anett will get her revenge and make her first 25K Semi :armed:
I wonder if it will be streamed :D
I can't wait for a potential interview with Anett :D
If Anett doesn't make US Open Qualies, I would love to see her play the ridiculously weak 25s in Australia and pick up about 100 points :D
BTW, her projected ranking after making the QF will put her just outside the Top 370 :)

I wonder if it will be streamed :D

It will be on court 6, so no.

I can't wait for a potential interview with Anett :D



Yeah, because we haven't really heard her speaking english.:p

Good job! But now it gets really tough :armed:

Sun is next, she defeated Moore with the same score as she defeated Anett in summer: 63 60 :unsure: Her recent results haven't been anything spectacular though (at least in singles), so it's time for Anett to revenge her :)

She had even worse results last year but that bad form disappeared right when she was playing against Anett :scared:

Yeah, because we haven't really heard her speaking english.:p

Colette Lewis said that she sounds like someone, who has been living in the States all her life :lol:

I have hard Anett speaks in English and it seems Estonian people sound kind of British/American with their own Estonian twang :lol:
I don't think she sounds that American :)
Although her English is beyond excellent. Even the ITF said she spoke flawless English :lol: Much much much much better than my Estonian :D

Btw, surprisingly according to the bookies Anett is clear favourite against Sun - 1.5 vs 2.6

I have hard Anett speaks in English and it seems Estonian people sound kind of British/American with their own Estonian twang :lol:


Isn't that the same with Danish people? :lol: To me they've always sounded British.

(Q)Anett Kontaveit (EST) d. Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) 64 75

She has her first 25k semi.

woohoo :yeah:

Anett :cheer:
I was so nervous opening this page :lol:
This shows just how shit Anett must have played in Astana :D
First 25K Semi :D
And 24 Points :drool:
Same as 2 10Ks :inlove:
And I don't see why she has to stop here :D

That is great news :D Finally a semi! Well done Anett and indeed, you don't have to stop here :oh:
And isn't it even 25 points as qualies give 1p?

That is great news :D Finally a semi! Well done Anett and indeed, you don't have to stop here :oh:
And isn't it even 25 points as qualies give 1p?

You are right, I forgot :D

Yess, this is great news, finally in the semis. If she wins her SF, she has to play 2 matches tommorrow and then Launceston qualies the next day? :spit:

Yess, this is great news, finally in the semis. If she wins her SF, she has to play 2 matches tommorrow and then Launceston qualies the next day? :spit:

She seems to have enjoyed playing a match almost every day so far :D
BTW, TimeyWimey, I was wondering if you could record the womens final and put it on Youtube if Anett makes it :)

Anett takes the first set 62 :eek:
Was down a break in the second set, but now back to 22
Both semis have similar scores constantly, hopefully the info is still correct, kind of strange though.
62 45
62 55 Have lost track of serves, but it seems Anett broke back.
62 66 Tiebreak now, come on Anett!

7 MPs gone :spit:

First double MP at 6-5 and then 6-1 in the TB.

And 8th :lol:

Oh dear.. That shadows even Kaia :oh:

OMG lost the second set.

Saved 2 SPs but eventually lost the tie-break 9-11

:rolls: Anett

(5)Monique Adamczak (AUS) d. (Q)Anett Kontaveit (EST) 26 76(9) 64

0-2* > *4-3 > 4-6 in 3rd

Anett :awww: :hug:

I really wonder what she was doing on those MPs.

shooooot, that was close :(

Oh dear.. That shadows even Kaia :oh:

OMG lost the second set.

:lol::lol:

No comment.

Hopefully that will be a good lesson for the future and more important matches. I wonder if she has anything left for the qualies tomorrow as it was a long match and ended on a negative note.

She seems to be in Launceston MD now afterall?

:speakles:

Anett's a funny girl:lol::cuckoo::hug:

No singles match before Tuesday, possibly Wednesday.

Oh dear, choke of the year on the ITF tour :o :smash:

Good that she made it to the MD, gets some needed recovery time.

Oh dear.. That shadows even Kaia :oh:

OMG lost the second set.

No, this can't still beat Kaia's Wimbledon QF against Kvitova couple of years ago :tape:

No, this can't still beat Kaia's Wimbledon QF against Kvitova couple of years ago :tape:

Kaia never had more than one match point in a row and 4 out of 5 were on Kvitova's (very powerful and lefty) serve.

I think shes snuck imto MD of Launceston

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No, this can't still beat Kaia's Wimbledon QF against Kvitova couple of years ago :tape:

That match made me cry :lol:
As did Shuai Peng's loss to Radwanska at AO 4th Round 2011 :sobbing:
Although it wasn't really Kaia's fault, she just either let Kvitova dictate and waited for the error or missed her 1st Serve :lol:

I think she's in MD because Bojana WD :) :(

I love how Anett's facebook/twitter posts when she loses are either non-existent or about 2 words :lol:

Kaia never had more than one match point in a row and 4 out of 5 were on Kvitova's (very powerful and lefty) serve.

Well, but she was able to break Kvitova's serve twice and build a 4-0 lead in 3rd set, and later from 5-2 to 6-8. Total 5 match points missed.

BTW, our guys showed a good fight in DC doubles, lost first 2 sets, won the next 2, but then...from 5-2 to 7-9. It was so painful to follow the twitter updates. Chokestonia :facepalm:

Well, but she was able to break Kvitova's serve twice and build a 4-0 lead in 3rd set, and later from 5-2 to 6-8. Total 5 match points missed.

BTW, our guys showed a good fight in DC doubles, lost first 2 sets, won the next 2, but then...from 5-2 to 7-9. It was so painful to follow the twitter updates. Chokestonia :facepalm:

I know :sobbing:
Well there goes Estonia's chances :(
No offence guys, but you really are the biggest choke country :lol: Kaia, Anett, Jurgen, Eva, Davis Cup Team, Tatjana, Erika, Jaak, Maret, Margit etc. :haha:

Let's just hope Anett gets on top of her mental issues ;)

BTW, we got a mention in the ETL's article on Anett's loss :D
Unlike Ohtuleht, they actually mentioned the MPs and choke :lol:
Ohtuleht just said she was disappointed but would look up for Launceston :haha:

Anett's draw:

(5)Sacha Jones (AUS) v Erika Takao (JPN)
Anett Kontaveit (EST) v Q
(wc)Viktorija Rajicic (AUS) v Q
(4/wc)Monique Adamczak (AUS) v Q

Chance to revenge Adamczak if they get to meet in QF :oh:

Not the worst draw, she should be able to beat qualifier and Jones. But she needs to get revenge against Adamczak :fiery:

I think she can make another SF :D
Then Sun or Simmonds :D
I don't think there a live scores this week :(

I know :sobbing:

Unlike Ohtuleht, they actually mentioned the MPs and choke :lol:
Ohtuleht just said she was disappointed but would look up for Launceston :haha:

Õhtuleht, Delfi and others write about her like she's wonderkid or something, which is a bit stupid I think.

Õhtuleht, Delfi and others write about her like she's wonderkid or something, which is a bit stupid I think.

I know :lol:
It is really funny :D
Anyway, if she can make another SF it would do wonders for her ranking :)

Anett plays only doubles (with Carol) on Tuesday, good luck! Their opponents are Inoue/Miyazaki
Btw they won 62 60 in qualies.

Btw, just found out that Anett is on the entry list for Moscow 25k starting on the 18th of February. She is 5th alt atm, but there will be a lot of withdrawals no doubt (deadline is tomorrow). The 25k-s in Moscow were quite weak last spring, the MD cut-off was 450-600 for the three different tournaments I looked up, so let's see how it goes with this one.

Hadzic in R1.

Moscow is not even in her schedule on her website, they update her ranking but not the schedule :spit: I wonder why she didn't stay in Australia and play Mildura 25k instead, it is weaker than Burnie and Launceston, she would be in MD there.

I wonder why she didn't stay in Australia and play Mildura 25k instead, it is weaker than Burnie and Launceston, she would be in MD there.

Most likely financial reasons, she can't afford staying in Australia for 2 more weeks? :shrug: Although according to the ITF site the hotel in Mildura for example is 65 EUR and in Moscow 90 EUR :lol: And the flights to Moscow and back. Also, in Australia she would have excellent conditions for training in terms of weather.

Most likely financial reasons, she can't afford staying in Australia for 2 more weeks? :shrug: Although according to the ITF site the hotel in Mildura for example is 65 EUR and in Moscow 90 EUR :lol: And the flights to Moscow and back. Also, in Australia she would have excellent conditions for training in terms of weather.

Its because Mildura is on grass :lol:
Indoor hard suits Anett much better :)
And I think that she doesn't want to wait around to train on grass and then just go back when it doesn't benefit her season at all :)
I am not sure which one is a better choice, but if it is not inconvenient and I was her, I think i'd play Moscow too as it's like Yoshkar-Ola but nicer :)

EDIT: Moscow is really strong :eek: I know she likes IH but I would have played Mildura as well :eek:
BTW, there are 2 grass court events that week :lol: Neither in Europe :haha:

I didn't even notice that it is indeed grass :D Well yes, this might be the reason then, though she has shown that she can play on grass too.

I think she can make another SF :D
Then Sun or Simmonds :D
I don't think there a live scores this week :(

Actually there is: http://www.flashscore.com/tennis/itf-women-singles/launceston/

Tomorrow's OOP is out, looks like Anett and Carol won their R1 in doubles and play Lykina/Webley-Smith. Also Anett has 2nd match on court 4 in singles.

Anett :dance:
Jones won more comfortably than I expected but Simmonds and Rodionova struggled so it looks like Anett might be able to progress :D
Its great she now has 14 Doubles points :yeah:
Thank god they have live score :D
I couldn't survive without it now :D
BTW, is it only for CC???

Livescores are from two courts.

And ITF scoreboard is better than flashscore.

Not much of a surprise, but she has officially withdrawn from Moscow.

Why did she enter...

Lost 63 64 to Azra :oh: :hearts:

My god...
She really has reached an all time low :facepalm:

Yet another bad day? Mental issues after losing the last match? She is so inconsistent. Also she needs a coach asap, a 17-year-old cannot be without a coach. Has she found anyone to consider at least? These teen years are very important in terms of development and she is losing valuable time.

Yet another bad day? Mental issues after losing the last match? She is so inconsistent. Also she needs a coach asap, a 17-year-old cannot be without a coach. Has she found anyone to consider at least? These teen years are very important in terms of development and she is losing valuable time.

First loss to someone outside the Top 600 and first loss to someone out of the Top 400 since 2011 IIRC :sobbing:
Also first 25K first round lost :(
I kinda wish she played qualies :(
If she had won Burnie she would have won this match 0 and 0 :(

I actually don't know how Anett lost this match :spit:

From what I saw of Azra in WC Playoff, she was just ballbashing and once she swung and completely missed a shot (or it just tipped her racket). But seriously :rolls:

She won Doubles the day beofre so she couldn't have been that undersconfident :shrug:
Azra must have played well and Anett badly :sobbing:
I really thought after she was up 6-2 against Monique that she would be pressing the Top 300 after Launceston :(

No comments whatsoever in FB or Twitter :oh:

So next up is Tallinn? There is not much going on in the ITF circuit in March - Tallinn seems to be the only 25k in the whole Eurasia :spit: so it might be a really strong tournament.

This is just...ugh I have no words. Way to mess up a great opportunity for good points :o
Last week I didn't expect her to pass the first round and she reached to the semis, now I expected her to reach to semis/final/win it all and she loses in R1 :facepalm:
She also lost in doubles, so a very bad day for Anett.

No comments whatsoever in FB or Twitter :oh:

So next up is Tallinn? There is not much going on in the ITF circuit in March - Tallinn seems to be the only 25k in the whole Eurasia :spit: so it might be a really strong tournament.

Normally Tallinn is strong, and except for Croissy-Beauborg (Paris) and Osprey, it will have most players :(
She will probably need a WC :(
BTW Guys, will any of you be going :)
This is just...ugh I have no words. Way to mess up a great opportunity for good points :o
Last week I didn't expect her to pass the first round and she reached to the semis, now I expected her to reach to semis/final/win it all and she loses in R1 :facepalm:
She also lost in doubles, so a very bad day for Anett.

This :sobbing:
I don't know how she lost :(

Anett tweeted that she is going to England for the futures. Is she seriously planning to play Sutton 10k and Bath 15k? :hysteric: Or maybe Bath and Sunderland 15k..

Anett tweeted that she is going to England for the futures. Is she seriously planning to play Sutton 10k and Bath 15k? :hysteric: Or maybe Bath and Sunderland 15k..

:O
She is too good :(
At least if she wins 2 15Ks sell get 40 Points :(

There will be no bigger events in Europe during the four weeks. These UK tournaments will have a much different fields, compared to these 10k she won.

There will be no bigger events in Europe during the four weeks. These UK tournaments will have a much different fields, compared to these 10k she won.

If she doesn't collect at least 30 Points I will be very disappointed :(
At least that would be 2 25K QFs :)
I don't know why she didn't play 50Ks in America :(

Well then it's even worse - strong field and lousy points. On the other hand I guess it wouldn't hurt to try and play as much as possible and gain more confidence. But she could have played Moscow instead :shrug:

Her thoughts about the Australian tournaments.

http://anettkontaveit.ee/kontaveit-alustas-uut-hooaega-kahe-poolfinaalkohaga/.

Expected to beat Siniakova (possibly a bit overconfident, she admits), but couldn't cope with the wind and opponent played really well. Does not know what happened against Adamczak and she was sick (fever) between Burnie and Launceston. Hopes to find a coach, who has an experience with womens top tennis.

Just bad luck and mistakes :)
I still think she should only play the 25s though :(
Play the ones in Italy :inlove:

Well yes, that explains a lot. Nice to get some feedback finally, better late than never :) I'd also prefer her sticking to 25s at least.

wow, haven't been there for a while, but her website looks very very nice :yeah: and of course, the background photos

http://anettkontaveit.ee/wp-content/themes/anett/images/bg/mystory.jpg

http://anettkontaveit.ee/wp-content/themes/anett/images/bg/blogi.jpg

Bath entry list is out, Anett is last in Q. Of course there will be withdrawals, but the MD cut-off is currently as high as 254 and there are mostly 1st priorites :tape:

IK :scared:
So strong!!! :sobbing:
I just hope she will step up and play her best :inlove:
Why did she play the American 50s :(

On Anett's calendar is only Bath 15K, not Sutherland :)
If she does only play the 1, then along with Tallinn she will have only played 4 Tournaments in the First 3 Months of the year :)
That puts her exactly on her tournament limit :)

I think that after that she should hit the Green Clay in America and play a few of: 25K Pelham, 50K Dothan, 50K Charlottesville, 50K Indian Harbour Beach and 25K Raleigh or play the 50K + H in Johanesburg :)

The list for 15K Bath has barely weakened at all and she is now 2nd Last in, and will be last when Ana uses her JE :(

Anett was invited to the president's reception as the best young athlete today, she looked great:yeah: I'm sure there'll be pictures somewhere soon.

http://s.ohtuleht.ee/multimedia/gallery/000220/454_8fdb81e1-586f-478c-a487-5d7fc49570d5.jpg

Looking great indeed!

http://s.ohtuleht.ee/multimedia/gallery/000220/454_8fdb81e1-586f-478c-a487-5d7fc49570d5.jpg

Looking great indeed!

:inlove:
That may be my new avatar soon :D
Who is Kert Puutsep, the guy she's with???

Who is Kert Puutsep, the guy she's with???
Have no idea, but googling tells me he must be a very smart guy as he was awarded a young scientist scholarship a couple of years ago and is now studying chemistry in Cambridge.

http://g2.nh.ee/efe/1000x1000/8nppTDo1aib8JVULOlUIvS.jpg

They look so cute together :hug:
I knew he was a smart scholar in England but I have no idea why he is a young athlete :lol:
I wish the dress was more black and less beige :)

She gave up the idea of foreign coach for now and it will be Peeter Lamp.

http://sport.err.ee/tennis/7fa8b601-fcf1-48d0-a339-c6a35cf35445

That's surely better than having no coach at all, although she said he won't travel outside of Europe (as he has other people to coach as well at home) and "maybe" accompanies her in some of the European tournaments.

Another surprising piece of news - it was written that she might play Junior Wimbledon after all.

I wanted her to get coached by Margit :D
Hopefully he will be a good edition :)
She needs to leave behind Juniors and start travelling more :)
I know she played badly in her last trip to Asia but a nice time in Indonesia could be helpful :oh:
Still annoyed she got 26 Points in Australia instead of getting around 75 whcih I thought she might get when she was up 6-1 in the TB :D
I thought that maybe she would have chosen Silver :shrug:

Another video interview: http://sport.delfi.ee/news/tennis/eesti/delfi-video-anett-kontaveit-hooaja-lopus-tahaks-top-200-sees-olla.d?id=65742520

According to this she plays two 15k-s in UK and then Tallinn of course.
She might play Junior Wimbledon, but it depends on the schedule.
Says her goal is to be top 200 by the end of the season.

I wanted her to get coached by Margit :D
Hopefully he will be a good edition :)
She needs to leave behind Juniors and start travelling more :)
I know she played badly in her last trip to Asia but a nice time in Indonesia could be helpful :oh:
Still annoyed she got 26 Points in Australia instead of getting around 75 whcih I thought she might get when she was up 6-1 in the TB :D
I thought that maybe she would have chosen Silver :shrug:

FYI, silver is considered a joke in Estonian wise tennis circle - he has an awful personality and thinks he is a God which he is not. He is rather good coaching tennis but he cannot communicate, specially with women. and I won't go even there what Kaia had to go thru. Amazed that she managed to stay that long with him.

FYI, silver is considered a joke in Estonian wise tennis circle - he has an awful personality and thinks he is a God which he is not. He is rather good coaching tennis but he cannot communicate, specially with women. and I won't go even there what Kaia had to go thru. Amazed that she managed to stay that long with him.

Really, I didn't know that :eek:
Well I hope she can do well at the 15Ks, but she'll need a good draw :)

2 more withdrawals and she avoids qualies in Bath.

It would be funny if she made Main Draw of a 25K (would have been seeded for ones in India and Nigeria :lol:) but didn't make Main Draw of a 15K :lol:
Please say Doubles with Jess :inlove:

Anett withdrew from both Bath and Sunderland :eek:
Obviously thought better :D
Now win Tallinn :bowdown: :worship:
Hopefully no injury :scared:

Just a couple of days ago she was still planning to play these. I really hope she didn't fall ill or get some sort of injury :unsure:, but rather decided that the lousy points are not worth the trouble after all.

She will be playing in Miami instead ;)

She will be playing in Miami instead ;)
Good news, best opportunity in her life time I'd say! :bounce:

:eek: Good chance to earn some nice points in qualies.

She will be playing in Miami instead ;)

now that's a bombshell!:eek:

holy smoke!, MDWC :eek:

:eek: Good chance to earn some nice points in qualies.

It's a main draw wild-card apparently.

Even if she herself was talking about qualifying.

Anett :eek: :cheer:
She probably got it because Konjuh said no :)
If she can win a round :D
I am so excited :bounce:

It's a main draw wild-card apparently.

Even if she herself was talking about qualifying.

Well then it's even a bigger bombshell :D
In that case she needs a very good draw to be able to win a round.

This is either going to be brutal or just amazing.

This is such a great chance. Hopefully she gets lucky with her draw and faces someone beatable. :)

Anett has quite a good record against people ranked vastly higher than her :)
She seems to peak at big events against good players so if she can draw a Qualifier or WC she has such a good shot at 50 Points :) Its kinda funny that if she had won Burnie she also would have gotten 50 points :lol: Winning 25Ks is the same as a round at a PM :D
No wonder so many top players play ITF :D
Is Kaia still playing???

EDIT: Why isn't the Tallinn draw up yet??? :(
Also, if she wins a round in Miami she won't be able to play Tallinn unfortunately as that is what happened to Kaia last year in Indian Wells/Nassau :(

EDIT: Why isn't the Tallinn draw up yet??? :(
Also, if she wins a round in Miami she won't be able to play Tallinn unfortunately as that is what happened to Kaia last year in Indian Wells/Nassau :(

Entry Deadline: Fri 8th March 2013 by 14:00GMT

Initial list does not mean much. There are tons of people who will play in France instead and bunch of people who simply withdraw.

She would have to win two rounds in MD to automatically miss Tallinn.

Entry Deadline: Fri 8th March 2013 by 14:00GMT

Initial list does not mean much. There are tons of people who will play in France instead and bunch of people who simply withdraw.

She would have to win two rounds in MD to automatically miss Tallinn.
When I checked last night it said that the Entry Deadline was the 7th. Now every tournament says the 8th...
Also, why was Kaia not able to play in Nassau then if she lost in R2 after having Round 1 Bye???
I agree that many will play in France but I still think that Anett will need WC to make MD :(

Also, why was Kaia not able to play in Nassau then if she lost in R2 after having Round 1 Bye???

Because she had a R1 bye and her second round match was played after Nassau qualifying sign-in.

Because she had a R1 bye and her second round match was played after Nassau qualifying sign-in.

But Kaia was in MD...
If Anett wins a round in Miami that is the same as getting a 1st round BYE...

But Kaia was in MD...
If Anett wins a round in Miami that is the same as getting a 1st round BYE...

This is the rule:

A player is allowed to play in an ITF Women’s Circuit tournament during
the second week of a Grand Slam or multi-week WTA tournament
provided she has been eliminated from the singles and doubles of that
tournament prior to the ITF Women’s Circuit tournament Qualifying
Sign-in Deadline. Any suchplayer who is still competing in the Grand
Slam or multi-week WTA tournament at this deadline must withdraw
from the relevant ITF Women’s Circuit tournament.

Miami MD starts on Tuesday (instead of Wednesday like IW) and Tallinn has a Saturday qualifying sign-in (instead of Friday like Nassau had).

In any case, if the unlikely happens and she reaches R3 in Miami, who cares that she misses Tallinn?

Anett is currently 34th alt for Tallinn :tape:
:lol:

Only 29 out of 79 people in front of her have Tallinn as priority 1 though.

Tons of P2, 3 and 4s in front of her :)
Especially in MD with only 5 being P1 :)
I think she has a shot at MD but most likely qualies :)
I love how at home tourneys how the home country always has the highest unranked alts :D

McHale in R1. Some months ago it would have been quite good draw, but Christina has picked up some form recently. When the live coverage starts?

When the live coverage starts?

TV? Friday.

Anett has a tough draw against Christina. Hope she does ok. :hug: :yeah:

Probably packing her bags after this match, but I'm waiting to be proven wrong :p
So, surprise us, Anett!

Winnable Round 1 IMO :)
Yulia beat Christina in Australian Open convincingly and I think Anett has a good shot :)
Good Luck :D
Vinci will be a great experience :)

Also 8 and half or 13 and a half thousand dollars seems nice so maybe that could be an insentive ;) :D

Feature match on Wednesday night ;)

(second match after 7:30 pm)

Hopefully she will enjoy the experience and makes the score respectable ;)

Feature match on Wednesday night ;)

(second match after 7:30 pm)

Hopefully she will enjoy the experience and makes the score respectable ;)

How do you know that she will be feature???
I dont know why people think she can't win... Mchale has been quite bad this year :shrug:
She has won 5 matches: Chang, Parmentier, Dushevina, Pironkova and Safarova. All were in bad form and were ranked lower than her except for Safarova who was just playing disastrously and Mchale went on to lose 0 and 0 to Azarenka :lol:
Also, Mchale is a choker so it wouldn't surprise me if she could not deal with the home pressure :shrug: I know she has had moderate success in the US in the past but I wouldn't put the odds above 60-40 for Mchale :shrug: :)

What does a feature match mean?

How do you know that she will be feature???

Feature matches schedule was released for the first couple of days.

Official: Sony Open Wed 3/20 featured matches Day Session: Hewitt vs. J. Sousa 7:30pm: Blake vs. R. Harrison, McHale vs. Anett Kontaveit

Official: Sony Open Thurs 3/21 featured Day: S. Williams vs TBD; Nalbandian vs Nieminen 7:30pm: V. Williams vs TBD, C. Harrison vs Bellucci

Official: Sony Open Fri 3/22 featured matches Day Session: Juan Martin Del Potro, David Ferrer, Maria Sharapova 7:30pm: Novak Djokovic

Official: Sony Open Sat 3/23 featured matches Day Session: Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I wouldn't put the odds above 60-40 for Mchale :shrug: :)

Bookies rate it as 16-84

What does a feature match mean?

That she will be on centre court.

Wow centre court :eek: It won't be televised at all though, right? :(

Sorry guys, I want McHale to win. But I hope Anett plays a good match :)

7:30PM in Miami is 1:30AM in Estonia. Blake/Harrison may easily be a long match, so Anett probably starts around 3:30 or 4 AM :sobbing: But I will definitely get up :D

Its OK BlueTrees :hug:
I saw that Anett got $7 if she won so I felt I should bet but I can't :D
Now, win :D

wait a minute, centre court :eek:

on court now, not sure what to expect though :lol:

2-6 :tears:

2-6 1-6

Out of her depth obviously. No double bagel at least.

Kind a wish she would have played in the qualifying instead. Looking how well it worked for the Siniakova. Oh well, still a huge experience. Hopefully she will get more positives than negatives out of it.

No surprises there. Well or maybe a small negative one as I expected a bit more fight. She was unlucky with the draw seeing who the other wildcards were playing (Peer, Kiick, Siniakova etc). And yes, would have been better for her if she could have played qualies instead, she is not ready for such level yet.

Now, let's see how a jetlagged Anett can play in Tallinn. She will use a wildcard for the main draw most likely?

Yes Anett gets a MDWC along with Eva Paalma (it is in my SEB Tallink VII Thread ;))
I really am disappointed as she obviously didn't play well given how she served and the way she played on the big points :(
I hope she can get her ranking up :)
I really thought she had a shot :(

Next tournament after Tallinn will be 25k in England or Tunisia.

A good move :)
I really hope she can get some points because she really has the potential :)

Delfi.ee says they will show all Anett's matches.

Delfi.ee says they will show all Anett's matches.

OMG!!!
SO EXCITED :D

Great, but hopefully she gets to play more than one match. She starts tomorrow morning and unfortunately I won't see it :(

Organizers Mia Nicole gave her a nice draw. Should reach quarterfinal.

(3)Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH) v Amra Sadikovic (SUI)
Ksenia Lykina (RUS) v (wc)Mia Nicole Eklund (FIN)
(Q)Alina Silich (RUS) v (wc)Anett Kontaveit (EST)
(8)Valentyna Ivakhnenko (UKR) v Magda Linette (POL)

Very good draw. Ivakhnenko is by far the worst seeded player and MJS is probably the weakest 1-4 seed. Anett usually plays good at home, so this is a good chance to get some wins. Please don't mess up a good opportunity.

Yep, she better take advantage of this situation.

Her April schedule is Edgbaston - Fed Cup - Chiasso

So will her match be streamed today???
Also, why would she play Chiasso :sobbing:

EDIT: Kontaveidi mäng toimub täna teise kohtumisena. Esimene mäng algab kell 10.00. Delfi-TV teeb kohtumisest otseülekande.
So I guess it will be shown :D

Anett is playing :D
A really nice quality stream and decent commentary :)
She hasn't lost a point yet :inlove:

Anett wasted 0-30 at 4-1 for a 5-1 lead but now 4-2 15-0 :)

4-3 :(

Anett wins 6-3 6-3 :)
Played well when she had to and played amazingly in the last game :)
That winner on MP :D
She would have smashed McHale if she was consistent :lol:

The stream quality was good but it froze all the time, looks like they need a better server for that.

I'm not too impressed by that first match to be honest, hopefully she gets better in the next ones :) The commentators mentioned her biggest weakness is serving.

Next up is Magda Linette.

The stream quality was good but it froze all the time, looks like they need a better server for that.

It did improve towards the end.

But then it might have been cause lots of people closed their streams.

Nice win :yeah:

The stream quality was good but it froze all the time, looks like they need a better server for that.

I'm not too impressed by that first match to be honest, hopefully she gets better in the next ones :) The commentators mentioned her biggest weakness is serving.

Next up is Magda Linette.

I agree. I know she held every game except one but Silich was hardly an agressive returner...
Anett played well and bad at the same time :shrug:
Now Win :D

2nd match tomorrow, this means I can't watch again :sad:
Anett plays doubles with Ostapenko and they face the 1st seeds Jugic-Salkic/Sadikovic. However, Amra retired today (against Mervana :lol: ).

I agree. I know she held every game except one

She was broken twice.

2nd match tomorrow, this means I can't watch again :sad:

Apparently Anett requested her matches to be played in the mornings. Perks of home tournament ;)

Apparently Anett requested her matches to be played in the mornings. Perks of home tournament ;)

It's good for me :D

Anett lost 6-2 4-6 6-2 :(
Linette was good but from what I have seen Anett is worse than last year :(
Way too many unforced errors and serve is basically atrocious.
Had opportunities in the 3rd like when Linette missed the ballw hen she was on top of the net :lol:
Still, a good experience I guess and 8 Points but in reality a disappointing showing, especially given that it is at home :sad:
Still, I think Jelena and her must get a walkover as Mervana withdrew today :haha:
She would have had the perfect draw to the Finals: Leykina and then Sasnovich/Vogt/Vinogradova :sobbing:

Bad match from Anett. With such performances, top 200 is far away.

Actually lost a point compared to year away. Despite getting 5 points from Miami as a gift. Now has quite a few points to defend in the coming weeks. Not very likely, but ight even drop out of top 400 again.

Very disappointing indeed. No progress whatsoever comparing to the last year, it actually looks more like a regress indeed. Wouldn't hurt to improve fitness as well.

So next up is Edgbaston which deciding by the entry list is of similar level to Tallinn, but first she needs to qualify of course which with that kind of form is questionable.

I think that she actually at times didn't play agressively enough to justify how many errors she was making. Her depth when she was playing well was excellent but she was hitting so much in the net. She had great success when coming to net but then gave up :(
She does need to get faster :)
Still, she has Doubles :) Is that streamed? :oh: :D

No, they said there will be no more streams.

Still, she has Doubles :) Is that streamed? :oh: :D

Of course not.

Received a walkover win today (but it gives no points).

Of course not.

Received a walkover win today (but it gives no points).

Yes but I think they can win their next match :D
Murray/Webley-Smith are beatable :yeah:

Disappointing indeed. Looks like this is one of those seasons to somehow survive and keep up the motivation.

:facepalm:

Since that Adamczak loss she has been quite bad :(
If she had won that match and the tournament I think she would be having much less of a problem right now :sobbing:

Now has quite a few points to defend in the coming weeks. Not very likely, but ight even drop out of top 400 again.

In April she has to defend 10 from Copenhagen, 8 from Tunis and 8 from Chiasso, correct? And then up to the end of August there is nothing to defend anymore. Hopefully she can improve her form and still climb in the rankings.

Btw, how many tournaments is she allowed to play this year? Was it 16?

Btw, how many tournaments is she allowed to play this year? Was it 16?

16 + 1 for reaching the USO final + grand slam / premier mandatory, if she qualifies directly + Fed Cup

Anett with Dasha Gavrilova
http://oi47.tinypic.com/rqzzmd.jpg

:lol:

Beat Murray/Webley-Smith 63 64 in doubles QF :yeah:

Apparently she was training with Kleybanova in the States.