[KatjaS]

Julia served 51% first serves. It actually got marginally better in the later sets. And when you have a cold and still play doubles, that's a self-inflicted wound.

[mk27]

Australian Open could be the last time for a while that she will be seeded at a Grand Slam because with this form she won't be able to win matches.

[Michael!]

well, no shame losing to Svetlana, Julia was even the slight underdog on the betting sites but still...disappointing start for her in 2013.
Great start it seems, serve worked good, no breakpoints for Kuznetsova, 2nd set the usual up and down started, too many breaks and still she had the chance for an *43 after being 13* down, wasted it, lost 7 games in a row ( from what I heard) and that´s it..good that she lost in doubles also, maybe gets another easy draw at a slam so that she can reach 3rd round again..but maybe it would be good for her to lose in 1st round, time to open your eyes, Frau Görges, u have to change sth if u want to be more successful.

[joy division]

A little match report

Originally Posted by pj5

Saw the match today.
Sveta started poorly. Although she came out with her left thigh heavily wrapped she still moved well. As match progressed she got better and better. I think that heat eventually got to julia, while Sveta just cruised. She seemed to handle the heat really well. That match at the end was really never in doubt, even if she would have got broken in the last game, simply because she played good tennis. "choking" was never in play. Really good performance from her.
Tomorrow it's predicted that it will be 40+. This may well be in Svetas' favour.

[Dorien.]

Not a good start of the season. Hopefully it can only go better now.

[SuckMila]

i didnt see the match against kuznetzova, but i was so sure she was going to losse, she played auwfull in niu ziland

i hope she can recover all her phisical problems and get a couple of wins in melbourne

[rucolo]

Julia

Kuznetsova is always dangerous. Unlucky draw. Still disappointing start to 2013. But not surprising when you train as Top 20 player in off-season with Top 200 player and zero talent Craybas. Julia should have focused more on improving her backhand and footwork/movement instead of spending holiday with her best friend. That`s nonprofessional, stupid and naive. Julia should focus on her own tennis career. Training with Craybas gets her nowhere.

[KatjaS]

R1 vs Qualifier

[crazillo]

Good draw for Julia. Pironkova could be tricky but she should at least be able to get through to R3.

[CillyUltra]

Julia's quarter:

(6) Na Li v Sesil Karatantcheva
Pauline Parmentier v Olga Govortsova
Kristyna Pliskova v Sacha Jones
Coco Vandeweghe v (27) Sorana Cirstea

(18) Julia Goerges v Qualifier
Romina Oprandi v Tsvetana Pironkova
Yuxuan Zhang v Jie Zheng
Kai-Chen Chang v (9) Samantha Stosur

(13) Ana Ivanovic v Melinda Czink
Qualifier v Daniela Hantuchova
Qualifier v Qualifier
Johanna Larsson v (22) Jelena Jankovic

(32) Mona Barthel v Ksenia Pervak
Heather Watson v Alexandra Cadantu
Irina-Camelia Begu v Arantxa Rus
Bojana Bobusic v (4) Agnieszka Radwanska

[Skoo]

I can already smell those R2 and R3 clashes

[Johnbert]

potential r2/r3 loss

[joy division]

This is once again a very good draw.
First round desaster is possible but when she finds her form she could even reach the fourth round as last year.

[KatjaS]

She will play on monday.

[SuckMila]

she has an amazing draw, we couldnt ask better, i wish she could reach QF