Flipper's 2011 Cheering Thread

Australian Open R1 vs. (16) Pavlyuchenkova :unsure:

OMG@the draw :(

With no prep matches this will be extremely hard. Just give it your all Kirsten and let's see what it brings you.

:bounce:

Awful draw .. not expect too much

Really bad draw for first match of the season :sad:

She is playing doubles with Koryttseva. First round against Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy.

That will be a short visit to Australia :o

Doubles and singles combined, she could be flying home in a couple of days with less than 5 games won :o

Don't be so pessimistic Bram :(

Tough draw in doubles too :awww:

Well, with all this optimism I think we should rename this the 2011 crying thread!

:lol:

Kirsten just lost 4-6, 6-7 :(

But the score seems to indicate she played a good match (:p@Bram). Hopefully, she can take some good things from this match for the rest of the season

I saw most of the match and she played some very good tennis considering the amount of time off she's had. Lots of positives from what I could see.

I'm glad she showed some decent tennis despite the lack of match play :yeah:
Bodes well for the rest of the season! ;)

I'm happy with this scoreline :) She seems to be ready for the rest of the season :)

They lost first round in doubles 61 61.. Excepted :shrug:

Flipper :hug:

Flipper lost the doubles in 2 sets to Huber/King :hug:

Dubai Q1 vs Urszula Radwanska just started.

Good luck Kirsten :cheer:

Urszula Radwanska def Kirsten Flipkens 7-6 (5) 6-2 :hug:

That's disappointing :(

I think she wasted a setpoint in the first set :sad:

Aaah Flipper :sad:

Kirsten :(

(3)Shuai Peng (CHN) v Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) v Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) v Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
(wc)Elena Vesnina (RUS) v (5)Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

Her draw in Doha. This will be so tough to reacht maindraw. I will be happy if she wins a match.

She won first match 75 76 :yeah: :)

Next round against Vesnina will be tough.

Kirsten :yeah:

Vesnina will indeed be a tough match.

Elena Vesnina def Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 7-6 (4) :hug:

Kirsten only converting 2/11 BP. Elena 3/6 :sad:

Agh sad she couldn't take her chances.

That's too bad indeed. But there's also some positive things to take from this!

Kirsten :hug:

Indian Wells QR1 vs. Heather Watson :bounce:

With her current form I'm scared for it. Good luck :rocker:

She won 6-2, 7-6 (4) :)

Good start :yeah:

She won against Johansson too 64 61 :) :)

Good win for Kirsten :yeah:

Nice!

Flipper :woohoo:
MD R1 vs. (Q) Hradecka :bounce:

That's a good draw :)

But she lost 6-7,2-6 :(

Kirsten :sad:

Flipper :sad: Off to the Bahama's now

She lost first round in Bahama's against Yakimova :o

Flipper :sad:

Q-draw Miami:

Rebecca Marino (CAN, 2) vs Jamie Hampton (USA)
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL, 17)

Kisten & Becca in the same part of the draw :(

Kirsten def Tsurenko 6-2 6-2 :D

FQR vs Jamie Hampton who def Rebecca Marino

She lost in 3 sets against Hampton :sad:

:hug:

Flipper :hug:

50K Monzon R1: (2)Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) v (Q)Ivana Lisjak (CRO)
:bounce:

She won first match :yeah:

6,4 6,1 :yeah:

And she is into the semifinal. She will play against Dubois.

And she is in the final. She has to play against Cetkovska. Great final :cool:

(4)Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) v Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) v Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
Kristina Barrois (GER) v Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v (8)Sara Errani (ITA)

She is playing in Marbella next week. She plays against Barrois. They played already a few times against each other and Flipper could only win ones. So not an easy draw for her.

She lost first round. Not really a suprise with just 2 hours clay court training

Flipper :hug:
GL in Fed Cup! She will probably play singles against Kvitova on Saturday! :eek:

Maybe she has a chance against the Czech Republic, she already won against Kvitova and Safarova. Go Belgium! :)

She'll play Kvitova :bounce:

^2-6 6-7 :hug:
GL against Zahlavova-Strycova tomorrow! :bounce:

She won against Strycova 6-2, 6-3. Impressive!

She's now playing the deciding doubles match with Yanina. Come on girls!

First round against a qualifier in Fes. Good luck :rocker:

She won her first match against Soler-Espinosa 63 63 :cheer:
Next round against Daniilidou. Good luck :rocker:

Nice! Go Flipper (although i like Eleni a lot as well ;))

I saw in TheBoiledEgg's rankings thread that she's (virtually?) back in top 100 with this win! :D

She won against Daniilidou 64 75 :cheer:
Very winnable quarterfinal against Lalami :rocker:

QF and a great opportunity to reach the SF :hearts:

I saw in TheBoiledEgg's rankings thread that she's (virtually?) back in top 100 with this win! :D

:yeah:

Come on, Flip. Take this opportunity!

Great effort in Fed Cup :yeah:

And I was cheering for Eleni, but GL to Flipper in the QF of Fes :cheer:

She won against Lalami 60 61 in 45 min :cheer:
Seminfinal against Halep

Kirsten :yeah:

Good luck in semis! You can do it! :bounce:

Sadly enough she lost her semifinal.
She could even serve for the first set :(

Flipper :hug:

She lost 60 60 :o :help:
Would there be something wrong? :unsure:

My guess is yes. Not sure what I'm hoping for here :unsure:

Where and to whom?

Camerin in Cagnes-sur-mer (100K challenger)

*shrug*

:scared:

Anything known yet? Reaction from Kirsten?

As strange as it might sound, I wouldn't worry about it. Kirsten is like a yo-yo; up one week, down the next. Fed Cup and Fes were up, this is down.

She lost against Karin Knapp :sobbing: :help:

:scared:

She lost first match in Brussels against Peng. She had really her chances. Sadly enough she couldn't take them.

First round against Safarova. It would be a suprise to see a win :shrug:

She lost and bad scoreline :sad:

:sad:
Doubles with Yanina though :). Hopefully better than Brussels :p

German Bundesliga:
Kirsten Flipkens BEL vs Alexandra Cadantu ROU 36 75 11-9
Flipkens/Wöhr vs Schäfer/Martinovic 61 76
Flipkens/Wöhr vs Sakowicz-Kostecka/Jans 76 67 10-7

Apparently, she has problems with her knee. She went to 4 different doctors and they all gave her another diagnosis :(

Yeah, i read it too yesterday :(

Dutch Eredivisie:
Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) - Vesna Dolonts (Rus) 4-6 2-6

She won first round in Birmingham 61 62 :cheer:

Nice! Next up: Lisicki

:bigclap:

She lost against Lisicki 75 76. Sad she had to lose such a tough one :sad:

A break up in each set as well :(

I read that the lines people weren't great and a lot of questionable calls went against her; the thing she seems to hate the most. I'm always disappointed for her when this happens.

She has to play against Zakopalova tomorrow in Rosmalen... I hope she can win

GL Flipper! :bounce:
And doubles with Vandeweghe :eek:. R1 vs. Brianti/Date-Krumm ;)

63 62 over Zakopalova :worship:
R2 vs. Marino or Larsson ;)

Against Larsson

Larsson defeated her 64 in the third. Belgians everywhere on grass tournaments :D

Flipper :hug:
GL at Wimbledon! :bounce:

Doubles SF with Vandeweghe! :D

She really had her chances... It was a close one

She has Shuai Peng in R1 at Wimbledon.

Difficult, but she has a chance.

Go Flipper!

Tough draw, but I think she can do it :)
Best of luck, Flipper! ;)

0-6 4-6

Expected :sad:

US Open:
QR1: (29) Flipkens BEL vs. Beygelzimer UKR :bounce:

Go Flipper!

First round she has to win but really tough quarter :sad:

She lost 64 62 :o :sobbing:

She lost 64 62 :o :sobbing:

:bigcry:

She just had an off day :(

My report:
Beygelzimer is such a bitch. She was bitching and complaining about anything and everything. Flipkens was much worse than when I saw her in 2009. There were a lot of fun points in this match with both players at net. Beygelzimer got injured and took an injury time out and then I went to the bathroom and when I got out I saw EIRINI GEORGATOU walk by and I was stalking her and following her :rolls:. She went to watch Flipkens-Beygelzimer since she was next on that court. She was sitting with a few people and then some guy who worked there and knew her asked her how she was and how her ankle was and she said that she is well and her ankle is okay, so that’s a relief that she’s feeling better now. Eirini was stretching and jogging around the court and I was watching her do that so it was cool to see Georgatou, Flipkens, and Chakhnashvili at the same time. Anyways, Beygelzimer complains about everything when she was wrong every time :spit:. Flipkens lost and TBH I don’t even remember a lot of this match, it’s all a blur to me now :p

Bad form still :sad:
R16 at 50K+H Zagreb, R32 at 75K Shrewsbury, and R16 at 25K Clemont-Ferrand :(

What is Flipper up to?
Injury or just major form loss?

Can I tell from Twitter .....
A. She's playing AO quallies???
B. Filip Dewulf's her new coach:eek:
C. 2012 goal to be injury free and get back to top 100?