[Remix13]

Guangzhou MD :

(1)Maria Kirilenko (RUS) v Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) v Iryna Bremond (FRA)
Qualifier v Misaki Doi (JPN)
Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) v (5)Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)

(3)Ksenia Pervak (RUS) v Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) v Urszula Radwanska (POL)
Qualifier v (wc)Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) v (7)Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)

(6)Alberta Brianti (ITA) v Jie Zheng (CHN)
(wc)Saisai Zheng (CHN) v Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA)
(wc)Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) v Qualifier
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) v (4)Petra Martic (CRO)

(8)Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) v Jill Craybas (USA)
Shuai Zhang (CHN) v Aravane Rezai (FRA)
Qualifier v Mandy Minella (LUX)
Xinyun Han (CHN) v (2)Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)

Maria is playing Alona Bondarenko in R1, could have been easier. A semi between Maria and Ksenia would be interesting

Good luck Maria, good opportunity to win a tournament

[jimmy_the_greek]

Maria the top ranked player Alona can be dangerous on her day. Hopefully Masha should take her out

[MK Ultra]

Don't fuck this up, Kiri.

[Break My Rapture]

Why is she playing Guangzhou and not Seoul?

[MK Ultra]

Because she wants to win a title?Bali?
Kiri knows she's got alot of points to defend, especially in Moscow, so she needs to gain as many as she can.
She's playing Linz and Luxenburg after Tokio and Beijing.

[Nikkiri]

Weaker field yeah. R1 looks worse than the rest of her draw basically.. so yeah lets try to win.

[Remix13]

Maria's playing tomorrow on Center Court, third match. For once Maria is scheduled on main court of a tournament, there's no livestream (until Friday it seems). Well, at least we will see her lifting the trophy on Saturday

[Protoss]

Pretty good draw for Maria.

Good luck Maria.

[Break My Rapture]

Hopefully for Kiri, Alona is still not back to her best...because the H2H doesn't look too good for Maria right now. That said, IF Kiri manages to screw this up I'd rather have her do it in a small event like Guanghzou and against a player I don't mind like Alona.

[cosmoose]

Alona has not been the same player since coming back from her injury looking very thin and frail.

Srsly, this tournament looks like it was made specifically for Maria to win the title.



EDIT: Does anyone know if Kiri's coach Jimy is with her in China?

[kirivanovic]

I watched Alona's match against Lisicki at the US Open and she didn't play that bad especially in the 1st set. She can be a dangerous player when she's in a good mood and Maria seems to be less motivated in small events,so we'll see what happen.

[GoMasha23]

This is a great chance to get the title and some much needed points.

[Nikkiri]

I'm sick of her screwing up in smaller events. She needs to win a title. Better start taking these serious. She won't get a better chance at a title here honestly.

[Remix13]

The match is about to start. Damned livescore, it's so stressful even at 0-0

[Protoss]

The match has begun, Maria serving.