[everythingtaboo]

Hopefully all recovered from her illness and ready to kick some ass! Auf geht's!

[everythingtaboo]

@Kfish_WTA: Bottom half 1r @QatarTennis incl. Pennetta vs Cibulkova, Ivanovic vs Suarez Navarro, Gajdosova vs Cirstea, Kerber vs Lisicki

[Ziva]

Kerber in first Round couldnt get worse

and again she is a lefty

[boomerangkid]

Let's see it positive - for the one who wins it's a nice draw

[Ziva]

maybe but H2H is 3-0 for Kerber and Sabine would really need some wins, not a first round K.O

lets hope the best for Sabs

[Lisickinator]

Don't like the draw. I hope someone from the top 8 seeds withdraws.

[everythingtaboo]

(1)Victoria Azarenka (BLR) v BYE
Q v Mona Barthel (GER)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
Simona Halep (ROU) v (15)Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)

(10)Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v Ksenia Pervak (KAZ)
Q v (wc)Ons Jabeur (TUN)
Ayumi Morita (JPN) v Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
(7)Francesca Schiavone (ITA) v BYE

(4)Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) v BYE
Q v Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Q v Q
Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) v (16)Julia Goerges (GER)

(12)Shuai Peng (CHN) v (wc)Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA)
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) v Christina McHale (USA)
(wc)Nadia Lalami (MAR) v Shahar Peer (ISR)
(8)Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v BYE

(6)Vera Zvonareva (RUS) v BYE
Elena Vesnina (RUS) v Monica Niculescu (ROU)
Q v Q
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) v (11)Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

(13)Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
Petra Martic (CRO) v Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
(3)Samantha Stosur (AUS) v BYE

(5)Marion Bartoli (FRA) v BYE
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) v Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) v Polona Hercog (SLO)
Angelique Kerber (GER) v (9)Sabine Lisicki (GER)

(14)Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)
Jie Zheng (CHN) v Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
Lucie Safarova (CZE) v Q
(2)Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) v BYE

If she beats Kerber, I like her draw for the next few rounds after that. She can and has beaten Bartoli, who is still in Paris at the moment, so she could be tired.

But, let's focus on that 1R first.

[Ian Aberdon]

That draw. I need one of these....................

[cosmoose]

only positive I see is that Angie is going to be very tired after playing in Paris finals.
She then has to fly to Doha and suffer jetlag while Sabine will be fresh.

This sucks for both players. How can they have two Q vs. Q and also have this as R1 match? fail!

[Ziva]

its a conspiracy against the German uprising in Womans Tennis

[moviemac]

Originally Posted by everythingtaboo

She can and has beaten Bartoli, who is still in Paris at the moment, so she could be tired.

Unlikely, Bartoli has a bye in R1 and a walking bye in R2. Anyway, this will (probably) be a nice R3 match, either a rematch from Wimbledon QF or a rematch from tomorrows Paris F. Both matches won by the German girls.

[Rovegun]

if Sabine is fit she could use her advantage and beat Angie who will be tired... pretty tough main draw for everyone participating in..

[Michael!]

Sabine always had problems with Angie in the past and it won´t be easy for her after that disappointing FED Cup weekend!
We´ll see, maybe Kerber is tired a bit and Sabine is unpredictable anyway but wouldn´be too surprised if Sabine would lose that but as I said, not really predictable

[Geekking]

I believe Sabine can beat Kerber and Bartoli also. Kerber will be tired and jetlagged, Bartoli recently playing terrible tennis. Lets Go Sabine!

[Mike81]

Again a leftie, and an in form one in Kerber. Has Sabine learnt from Fed Cup?