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networthy · Feb 24th, 2013, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ajmo!

Czink/Niculescu vs Alves/Lucic-Baroni

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Originally Posted by tennisfanML09

in round one of florianapolis she plays Venus Williams

volume3d · Feb 24th, 2013, 11:02 AM

OMG I need to watch that match against VW

! Cant wait...

mikireturns · Feb 24th, 2013, 04:50 PM

You know Miki just shook her head and laughed the minute she first saw that draw, and probably made a wisecrack like "Woe to me" or something like that. She's a girl with a sense of humor.

This can be viewed a few different ways, I guess. She isn't having luck against the Burdettes and Cepelovas of the world, so why not try her hand against a legend.

Also, one of the reasons Mirjana has been working so hard to make this career fly on tour is for chances like this -- to play the big girls. Not in the first round, I realize, but she hasn't played a Williams since her comeback in 07, so I'm glad she'll get a chance to take the court against one of them again. Could be her last chance, and it's something she will want to remember.

I highly doubt we'll see a win, but nothing is impossible, I suppose. And we will get to see the livestream. Hope the real Miki shows up.

As for dubs ... Czink may have promised to play with Niculescu beforehand. I hope they can make it a friendly, entertaining contest.

GL to Mirjana and her long-suffering admirers.

10SGUMP · Feb 25th, 2013, 05:51 PM

Excuse me, but LOL at the draw. But I'll be watching.

volume3d · Feb 25th, 2013, 09:36 PM

When is she playing ? schedule is weird

On livescorehunter her match is scheduled for 00:00...and thats in 20 minutes

EDIT match re-scheduled for tomorrow

markdelaney · Feb 25th, 2013, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mikireturns

You know Miki just shook her head and laughed the minute she first saw that draw, and probably made a wisecrack like "Woe to me" or something like that. She's a girl with a sense of humor.

This can be viewed a few different ways, I guess. She isn't having luck against the Burdettes and Cepelovas of the world, so why not try her hand against a legend.

Also, one of the reasons Mirjana has been working so hard to make this career fly on tour is for chances like this -- to play the big girls. Not in the first round, I realize, but she hasn't played a Williams since her comeback in 07, so I'm glad she'll get a chance to take the court against one of them again. Could be her last chance, and it's something she will want to remember.

I highly doubt we'll see a win, but nothing is impossible, I suppose. And we will get to see the livestream. Hope the real Miki shows up.

As for dubs ... Czink may have promised to play with Niculescu beforehand. I hope they can make it a friendly, entertaining contest.

GL to Mirjana and her long-suffering admirers.

Great post.

Obviously an in form Venus would win comfortably but I'm hoping the Venus from Wimbledon 2012 turns up and with her being rusty you just never know. 12 months ago she struggled past Wozniak in a final set tie break.

croat123 · Feb 25th, 2013, 11:45 PM

two matches on CC tomorrow for miki if it doesn't rain!

ajmo! · Feb 26th, 2013, 02:13 PM

fuck. rain started on the very end of the first match. and i can't watch unless it stops soon :/

markdelaney · Feb 26th, 2013, 02:18 PM

Yeah just watched Mladenovic finish and was excited about this and then down comes the rain

ajmo! · Feb 26th, 2013, 02:25 PM

it doesnt seem like it will stop soon

croat123 · Feb 26th, 2013, 02:34 PM

i hate this week

ajmo! · Feb 26th, 2013, 02:41 PM

f rain, i'm gonna spend hole week wait for her match and then miss it on the end

markdelaney · Feb 26th, 2013, 03:18 PM

They are drying the court off now. It has finally stopped raining

mikireturns · Feb 26th, 2013, 03:22 PM

WHY didn't she play Acapulco instead of this? The draw there is ridiculously weak (even Sesil is handing out main draw bagels) and it is just a short flight to the SoCal desert for Indian Wells after the event.

In Florianopolis, Mirjana has to wait around for days (likely with little practice, due to the rain) only to get clobbered by Venus Williams, most likely.

Then it's a helter-skelter 12-15 hour game of airplane-hopscotch to get to Indian Wells, with a 5-hour time difference.

Oh, poor Mirjana :-). She can't even go to the beach or have a cocktail at the cabana today.

SERVivor · Feb 26th, 2013, 03:42 PM

She must have wanted to not play on clay yet is probably why she didn't play Acapulco. I think you're right in that she could get farther there, and more points. But, I am still excited to see her play V. Williams. I think she will be motivated to play Williams and it should be interesting. Miki's form hasn't been too bad this year.