S3 - 13: ATC Olympics, Rio de Janeiro

ATC Olympics, Rio de Janeiro

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Week 13 * Olympic Games * Draw Size 32

Rio de Janeiro, BRA - Welcome to Rio and the first ever ATC Olympic games! Who will win the coveted gold, silver and bronze? Everyone will be on a level playing field so we'll truly see who is the most skilled on the tour, it should be a fantastic event, good luck to all!

Points Deadline - Thursday 18:00 CET

Draw

Alicia Molik(1) v Bye
Michelle Larcher de Brito v Ana Ivanovic
Akiko Morigami v Tamarine Tanasugarn
Kaia Kanepi v Samantha Stosur(8)

Maria Sharapova(6) v Bye
Lindsay Davenport v Victoria Azarenka
Agnes Szavay v Britney Spears
Bye v Alina Jidkova(3)

Kim Clijsters(4) v Bye
Meghann Shaughnessy v Agnieszka Radwanska
Anastasia Myskina v Aleksandra Wozniak
Anne Keothavong v Maria Kirilenko(7)

Jelena Jankovic(5) v Bye
Flavia Pennetta v Venus Williams
Daniela Hantuchova v Marta Domachowska
Bye v Michaella Krajicek(2)

Everyone has 2 aces, send ASAP please so we can start on Thursday, this event offers Tier II pts.

For the first time ever, everyone will be on the same level, so we'll see who's the best, good luck :cool:

I guess there won't be any complaints about the draw :lol: but there might be many W/Os.:o
Go Misa!:)

my grass pts are 2 aces pls use them :)

did I send points for Jankovic?

my grass pts are 2 aces pls use them :)

You had 1 ace on grass :p

did I send points for Jankovic?

No :p

9/26 pts in.

oh :p

use mee old points

I'm sending new points later:angel:
Nastya wants to represent Russia well:p

15/26 in now :p

I'm gonna keep waiting since the hard season isn't starting til Jan anyway, I'll send PMs tomorrow.

15/26 in now :p

I'm gonna keep waiting since the hard season isn't starting til Jan anyway, I'll send PMs tomorrow.

Just over half of them sent.:o I hope I can get W/O wins.:o :tape:
:eek: Why?:awww:

Nastya sent:angel:

I have around 20 in now, I'll send a PM to the remaining 5/6, and we'll start tomorrow regardless.

Some first round matches coming up.

Round of 32

Morigami def. Tanasugarn 7-5 6-4

Stosur(8) def. Kanepi 6-3 6-4

Davenport def. Azarenka 7-5 4-6 6-4

Spears def. Szavay 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4

Myskina def. Wozniak 7-6(5) 6-2

How are Nastya's points?:p

How are Nastya's points?:p

So far so good :p

Btw, did you get my PM LDF? Cos I got a database error when I replied :o

please describe tammys match please

U-s-a.

U-s-a.

well doen sammy:)

sending in 10 min

Good job Sam :yeah:

akiko :)

Venus vs Flavia :unsure: COME ON VENUS :armed:

Flavia'draw is really tough . I will loss in straight sets :-o

Sent!!!

I hope Keothavong wins her first round:)

25/26 players sent! And the lucky person who gets a walkover is...

Round of 32

Larcher de Brito def. Ivanovic W/O

The rest of R1 and R2 today right?:p

The rest of R1 and R2 today right?:p

Just R1 :p

Round of 32

Keothavong def. Kirilenko(7) 7-5 6-3

Pennetta def. V. Williams 6-0 6-3

Hantuchova def. Domachowska 6-3 3-6 7-5

Radwanska def. Shaughnessy 6-4 4-6 7-6(2)

Kirilenko:haha:

Updated Draw

Alicia Molik(1) v Michelle Larcher de Brito
Akiko Morigami v Samantha Stosur(8)

Maria Sharapova(6) v Lindsay Davenport
Britney Spears v Alina Jidkova(3)

Kim Clijsters(4) v Agnieszka Radwanska
Anastasia Myskina v Anne Keothavong

Jelena Jankovic(5) v Flavia Pennetta
Daniela Hantuchova v Michaella Krajicek(2)

Anne :woohoo:
Maria :hug:

Radwanska finally won a match :woohoo:

Venus :sad:

Wow Flavia wins in straight :woohoo:
Venus :sad:
Jelena next :-o

Ew Flavia you ugly hairy byotch. :o

Podme Dani! :bounce: Time to get back on track after a disappointing grass season. :hug:
Marta. :awww: :hug:
Bring on Misa. :armed:

Kirilenko:haha:

:o

We all know I would've beaten you for the 6th time in R2 so I conveniently tanked. I'm still sick you know.

MK is going on Holiday in the Canary Islands and will be back in January at full-force :hearts: :devil:

:o

We all know I would've beaten you for the 6th time in R2 so I conveniently tanked. I'm still sick you know.

MK is going on Holiday in the Canary Islands and will be back in January at full-force :hearts: :devil:

4th tops:p

R16 coming up.

Round of 16

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Larcher de Brito def. Molik(1)
7-6(4) 6-2

I'd like to see Alicia mix up her game for the hard season because her current one is becoming less and less effective, the newcomers continue to do very well :eek: Michelle :yeah:

Round of 16

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Stosur(8) def. Morigami
6-3 5-7 6-3

Sam is surely a contender for most improved this season, she's become a really consistent top-ten player :yeah: Akiko :hug:

Fantastic win Sam :yeah:

Round of 16

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Davenport def. Sharapova(6)
6-3 5-7 6-2

Lindsay wins the battle of the pin-ups to advance to the quarters :yeah: Masha :hug:

Round of 16

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Spears def. Jidkova(3)
6-3 6-3

Very disappointing from Alina, I expected better :o She needs to be more positive :p Britney :hearts:

Round of 16

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Clijsters(4) def. Radwanska
6-4 6-3

Kim's experience was the difference in the end, good luck on hard Aga :p Kim :yeah:

Round of 16

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Myskina def. Keothavong
6-4 6-4

Myskina is a very unpredictable player but she's having one of her good events here :p Anne :hug:

Round of 16

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Pennetta def. Jankovic(5)
6-3 6-3

Flavia is just destroying everyone :eek: 13-1 so far since joining :worship: JJ :hug: Your best surface is coming ;)

Round of 16

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Hantuchova def. Krajicek(2)
6-7(4) 7-5 6-4

Dani finally beats her nemesis :eek: Great match and victory :yeah: Good luck on hard Misa :shrug:

Updated Draw

Michelle Larcher de Brito v Samantha Stosur(8)

Lindsay Davenport v Britney Spears

Kim Clijsters(4) v Anastasia Myskina

Flavia Pennetta v Daniela Hantuchova

Lindsay :banana: A good week here would be very welcome after the travesty that was Wimbledon.

Time to actually take Britney out this time :armed:

Flavia :)
Jankovic :sad:
I miss a chance to face Misa again :sad: Misa :sad:

Nastya:)
Now Kim and Nastya have some unfinished business to settle:armed:

Also Flavia is getting on my nerve with how easily she is winning:p

Last Russian Remaining

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Rio de Janeiro
The pride of Russia at the Olympics lies in the hands of Nastya Myskina as she is the last of 4 Russians in the tennis draw. Nastya cruised past Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada and Anne Keothavong of Great Britain to make it to the Quarterfinals of the ATC Olympics.
Nastya took down Wozniak 7-6(5) 6-2 with Nastya's backhand thrilling the crowd with amazing winners. In the second round, Nastya defeated Keothavong 6-4 6-4 as Nastya showed off her all court game, with great defense that she turned into offensive.
Alina Jidkova, Maria Sharapova and Maria Kirilenko, the other 3 Russians, all faultered under the pressure of playing for their country.
"It's sad to see Alina lose, she has a lot of talent, but Britney was In The Zone (:o)."
"I know that Russia loves me more than the other big mouth trash talking Russian, Maria Kirilenko, who said she tanked while representing her country. I have a slam, something she can't say, yet she acts as if she is the top Russian. No matter the ranking I will be the top Russian, maybe Alina is, but Maria sure as hell ain't it. She has won some Mickey Mouse Events, but my one title was a slam and whether or not you say it's a fluke it out weighs whatever Maria has done in her whole useless ATC career."
Nastya plays nemesis Kim Clijsters in the QF.

Ummmm Myskina doesn't have a slam

Also I am like 5-0 against you

NEXT

Technically she does since I am now Myskina.:p
And so what? Does that change the fact you don't have a slam? NO:)

No her cracked out coach has won a slam

Myskina does not end of story :p Some Spanish floozy has it :haha:

At Roland Garros it said Myskina was Defending Champ, she won a slam:angel:

:eek:

It should have said "Sanchez Lorenzo (ret.)"

Clearly a typo and I hope the record books are edited to reflect this

They won't be since Myskina is a slam champ:)

Round of 16

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Larcher de Brito def. Molik(1)
7-6(4) 6-2

I'd like to see Alicia mix up her game for the hard season because her current one is becoming less and less effective, the newcomers continue to do very well :eek: Michelle :yeah:

bitch..


WIN IT SAMMY:bounce:

Dani. :hearts:
She is clearly better with less aces. Because whenever she gets the aces... OMG. :help:
Misa. :eek: :hug:
Flavia will probably kick my ass. :lol: :awww:

:hysteric: I thought my points were not bad and now :rolleyes:
Some upsets :o

Round of 16

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Spears def. Jidkova(3)
6-3 6-3

Very disappointing from Alina, I expected better :o She needs to be more positive :p Britney :hearts:

All eyes on me in the center of the ring just like a CIRCUS.

:dance:

Nastya:)
Now Kim and Nastya have some unfinished business to settle:armed:

:devil:

Michelle :lol: :bounce:

QFs coming up.

:yippee:

Go Michelle :dance:

Quarter-Finals

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Stosur(8) def. Larcher de Brito
6-3 6-4

Another great win for Sam :worship: She will at least play for bronze with this win :yeah: Michelle :hug:

Congrats Sammy :bowdown:

Quarter-Finals

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Davenport def. Spears
6-7(4) 7-6(2) 6-4

It's Lindsay, bitch :drool: She was in control for most of the match despite the close scoreline, Brit :sad: :hug:

Brit:(
Good Luck Nastya now:angel:

Quarter-Finals

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Clijsters(4) def. Myskina
7-5 7-5

Poor Nastya, she could have won RG and had an Olympic medal if it weren't for Kim :( Kim ;)

Kim:fiery:
I hate her.

Quarter-Finals

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Pennetta def. Hantuchova
4-6 6-1 6-4

The Flavia train keeps on going :eek: Dani made it competitive though :hug: Can anyone beat Pennetta? :scared:

Were there any cointosses in my match?:)

Updated Draw

Samantha Stosur(8) v Lindsay Davenport

Kim Clijsters(4) v Flavia Pennetta

Were there any cointosses in my match?:)

3, and you won 2 of them :p

3, and you won 2 of them :p

:sobbing:, atleast next is hard and I did bad last season and can improve:p

:sobbing:, atleast next is hard and I did bad last season and can improve:p

:yeah:

Ugh, Dani. :( Good effort though. :hug: Quarterfinals, not a bad performance. :hug:

Allez Kim for the gold! :rocker2:

Go Sam :hearts: So close to a medal now :awww:

win it saaaaaaaaaaam:)

Predictions:
Gold-Kim
Silver-Davenport
Bronze-Sam
4th-Pennetta:p

Predictions:
Gold-Kim
Silver-Davenport
Bronze-Sam
4th-Pennetta:p

:ras: :o

Go Flavia and Kim!:)

Kim:D:inlove:
Nastya:hug:

Dani,Misa:hearts::hug: thanks:p

:sad: I don't want to stop winning :sad:
Go Flavia :(

Lindsay :bounce:

Great match Brit ;)

Go LD!

SFs on the way.

Semi-Finals

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Davenport def. Stosur(8)
7-5 7-5

Lindsay guarantees herself a medal and could win her first ATC title at the Olympics :eek: Good luck in the bronze medal match Sam :hug:

Semi-Finals

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Pennetta def. Clijsters(4)
6-1 6-1 :eek:

Flavia :bolt: On the verge of winning her 3rd title - after 4 events! Definitely the best debut in ATC history :worship: Good luck in the bronze match Kim :hug:

Gold Medal Match

Lindsay Davenport v Flavia Pennetta

Bronze Medal Match

Samantha Stosur(8) v Kim Clijsters(4)

Flavia :eek: :bolt: Kim :tape: Very embarrassing considering both are slam champs.:p
Lindsay :) Sam :hug:

Flavia is on the juice:o

Sam :sobbing: Linds, Flavia :yeah:

:eek: :woohoo: :bolt: Can't believe I can win :p, The scoreline :rolleyes:. Well done Flavia :kiss: and Lindsay :)
Kim :sad: Everything will change if we meet again :hug:

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THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE

I mean Arantxa is CLOSE ENOUGH to Flavia :D

GO LINDSAYYYYY :)

Flavia's points:scared::o

Davenport downs Stosur to reach Gold Medal match

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Rio de Janeiro, BRA -- In what is turning out to be one of the best weeks of her career, Lindsay Davenport held off the strong challenge of Samantha Stosur to edge her way into the final of this season's Olympic Games. Davenport, who experienced a stunning loss in the first round of Wimbledon to grass-no-hoper Jelena Jankovic, has been in imperious form this week, which she accredits to her laidback attitude.

'For Wimbledon, I got really worked up because I was so desperate to do well at my favourite Slam, on my best surface,' explained the American. 'I was simply a bag of nerves on the court that day...I mean, I just imploded as she kept making me play one more ball. It was undoubtedly the most frustrating match of my career. But here, the pressure's off, and the playing field's level so I go into every match knowing I have a very realistic chance to win. To win this tournament would be special; everyone has the same tools to work with, as it were, so it purely comes down to skill.'

Davenport will face Flavia Pennetta in the final, who has proved to be a force to be reckoned with during her short spell on the tour. The Italian won Wimbledon, and currently only has one defeat to her name...but Lindsay is not especially impressed with what she's seen.

'Obviously she's done extremely well, you know, going on this run, but her game is not pretty at all; she makes the most of her [limited] strengths and it's a little irritating to see players become overwhelmed by that. Hopefully this comment won't come back to bite me but I'd like to show the rest how it's done.'

'As a side note, I'd like to thank Ms Kirilenko for her support this week; if I am victorious, I might throw a dollar or two away on a gift to show my gratitude.'

:haha:

Results on the way.

Bronze Medal Match

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Stosur(8) def. Clijsters(4)
5-7 6-4 6-2

Congrats on winning the bronze Sam! Very good week for you :worship: Bad luck Kim :( :hug:

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Pennetta def. Davenport
6-4 6-0

:spit: :tape: Flavia is a machine! Even with 2 aces she takes the field apart, Lindsay still proved her quality this week and takes a deserved silver, but it's Flava Flav who takes to gold to add to her Wimbledon title and she has only played 4 events! :eek: :worship:

Lindsay:spit::hug:
was hoping you would win but atleast you won more games than Kim:o:lol:

Kim:sobbing:
welldone Sam:yeah:

Flavia:help:

:speakles: :haha:

Oops. :tape:

OMG!:haha:

Lindsay :tape: Are you impressed now especially you are being fed with a bagel?:devil:

Oh my goodness! How could Flavia do it?:o :bowdown:

Kim :( Sam wins bronze in a quiet and unnoticed fashion.;)

I wonder how I'd do against Flavia.:(

Dav ignored our agreement to play an exo in Wimbledon and it should be played here.:p

i have already made up what Flavia's points are like:lol:

I wonder how I'd do against Flavia.:(

Dav ignored our agreement to play an exo in Wimbledon and it should be played here.:p

You'd have won 2-6 6-4 6-3 but you won several CTs in the last 2 sets.

Thanks Dav.:worship: :kiss: At least I know I could win Flavia.:haha:
Hmm..but still :scared:.:o How can she managed to be soooo dominate like no one has done before.:scared:
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Thanks Dav.:worship: :kiss: At least I know I could win Flavia.:haha:
Hmm..but still :scared:.:o How can she managed to be soooo dominate like no one has done before.:scared:
:unsure:

People just send points every so often that stump everyone else, like Alicia in Oz, Kim on clay and now Flav, it won't last though, my tip is JJ will dominate hard :p

But Kim and Alicia didn't give beatdowns so often especially in big stages(finals and semifinals) with bagels, breadsticks everywhere.:scared:

JJ :eek: :hearts: :rocker2: She has done well in the past and USO is the one she doesn't have on her hardcourt sweep I believe.:p

:woohoo:

Bronze medal :hearts: Well done Sam :yeah:

Flavia :) Linds, Kim :hug:

Can I get an exo with Flavia?:)

Pennetta def. Myskina 7-5 7-5

Myskina led 5-1 in both sets

Isn't that how all your matches go?

Pennetta def. Myskina 7-5 7-5

Myskina led 5-1 in both sets

Isn't that how all your matches go?

Apparently not this week, since I won 2 matches unlike some other Russian bitch who lost in the first round:)

Sorry LOSSES

And you've lost more than me this year

SO YEAH

Flavia :worship: :eek: :bounce:. I can't believe it :drool:
Sorry Lindsay :hug:
I don't know why my points give someone bagel :p

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Olympics in Rio - This really will happen :hearts:

Psychic Dav :worship: