[mboyle]

Singles Main Draw:
http://www.tournawiz.com/16draw.php?id=80&uid=mboyle

Singles Points Due: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 9:00AM EDT

Doubles Teams Due: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 9:00AM EDT

Doubles Points Due: Thursday, August 27, 2003 at 9:00AM EDT

WRITE LOTS OF ARTICLES FOR ME GUYS!!!!!

 

[mboyle]

Tournament Schedule:

Monday: Off

Tuesday: Off

Wednesday: Singles R16

Thursday: Doubles First Round

Friday: Singles Quarter-Finals

Saturday: Singles Semi-Finals; Doubles Semi-Finals (if necessary)

Sunday: Singles Final; Doubles Final

 

[Myron.Bolitar]

Dokic/Myskina

 

[jd4eva]

Udachi Jeca/Nastya

 

[Dymension]

Anyone wanna play with Daja Bedanova?

 

[Dymension]

Daja Bedanova joins the fun at Fantasy Season​

Czech player Daja Bedanova has recently joined the Fantasy Season tour and will make her debut at the Harrod's Tier 2 tournement in Birmingham. Although Bedanova has been handed the toughest first round assignment - a date with top seed Jelena Dokic, she is glad to be getting this valuable experience.
''I know that this is going to be a very tough first match, but It will be a great experience for me''
Daja will also be playing doubles, however she is still in need of a partner.​

 

[usawildcat929]

Anyone wanna play doubles with Shaughnessy?

 

[Dymension]

Bedanova/Zvereva?

Bedanova/Zvereva confirmed

Could you be able to send points? I have 68 on Grass Thnx

 

[RIPwtaworld]

I dont even know if Ashley is on the tour anymore, I havn't heard from her since the clay season , but Vera/Ash again!

 

[usawildcat929]

Anyone with Shaughnessy for doubles?

 

[mboyle]

Jelena Dokic (YUG) vs. Daja Bedanova (CZE)

First Set, Bedanova to Serve:
0-1 Bedanova
0-2 Bedanova
0-3 Bedanova
1-3 Bedanova
2-3 Bedanova
3-3
4-3 Dokic
4-4
4-5 Bedanova
Game and First Set: Daja Bedanova

Daja Bedanova (CZE) leads Jelena Dokic (YUG) 6-4

Second Set, Bedanova to Serve:
0-1 Bedanova
0-2 Bedanova
1-2 Bedanova
2-2
3-2 Dokic
4-2 Dokic
5-2 Dokic
Game and Second Set: Jelena Dokic

Daja Bedanova (CZE) tied with Jelena Dokic (YUG) 6-4; 2-6

Third and Final Set, Bedanova to Serve:
1-0 Dokic
2-0 Dokic
3-0 Dokic
3-1 Dokic
4-1 Dokic
4-2 Dokic
4-3 Dokic
4-4
4-5 Bedanova
Game, Set, and Match: Daja Bedanova

Daja Bedanova (CZE) def. Jelena Dokic (YUG) 6-4; 2-6; 6-4

Daja played like 90% of all other newcomers. She tried to mix up her play, but seemed very afraid to go after her shots and use power. Thus she would try to go for winners, but she didn't hit very hard, and retreated at her very first mistake back into the all day retrieving mode. Jelena, being a relative veteran on the tour, should have known this, and just dominated play with her big serve and groundstrokes, but instead the Yugoslavian hit incredible winners for several games each set, then merely tapped balls back in play waiting for Daja to miss. Jelena's variety game has gone down the tubes, and must be improved immediately. As does her power game. She needs to learn that when she decides to try and overpower an opponent (as she did in the third set), she can't hold back at all (like she did), or else she gives newcomers like Bedanova the opportunity to get comfortable with their power, play one or two good aggressive games, and walk away the victor (as happened). Had Jelena gone after her shots without holding back, there is no question in my mind that she would have won.

 

[Dymension]

Bedanova

Good match Dokic

 

[mboyle]

Alicia Molik (AUS) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS)

First Set, Molik to Serve:
1-0 Molik
2-0 Molik
3-0 Molik
3-1 Molik
3-2 Molik
3-3
3-4 Sharapova
3-5 Sharapova
Game and First Set: Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova (RUS) leads Alicia Molik (AUS) 6-3

Second Set, Sharapova to Serve:
1-0 Molik
2-0 Molik
3-0 Molik
3-1 Molik
3-2 Molik
3-3
3-4 Sharapova
3-5 Sharapova
Game and First Set: Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova (RUS) def. Alicia Molik (AUS) 6-3; 6-3

It was clear that Alicia was planning on hitting side to side with depth and penetration--moving Sharapova around til the Russian made a mistake or gave Molik a short ball to work with. The Australian wasn't being particularly aggressive, and wasn't looking to hit winners, but was taking enough calculated risks to stay in a point and prevent Maria from attacking. Unfortunately, Sharapova was hitting too damn hard for Alicia's strategy to work. Maria was controlling the point from the beginning, and was rising to Alicia's challenge to hit winners on the run corner to corner. True, she got off to rather slow starts in each set, but once she found her range, she was lethal.

 

[mboyle]

Venus Williams (USA) vs. Ashley Harkleroad (USA)

First Set, Williams to Serve:
1-0 Williams
2-0 Williams
3-0 Williams
4-0 Williams
5-0 Williams
Game and First Set: Venus Williams

Venus Williams (USA) leads Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-0

Second Set, Williams to Serve:
1-0 Williams
2-0 Williams
3-0 Williams
4-0 Williams
5-0 Williams
Game, Set, and Match: Venus Williams

Venus Williams (USA) def. Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-0; 6-0

Venus is getting really hot. She fixed all the quirks that were in her game from last week, and got really aggressive really fast. She was consistently serving in or near the 120s (average speed through the match: 116MPH, fastest: 126MPH), she was blasting her returns, and following every shot into the net. In the first set, Ashley didn't even make a move to do anything, and was just playing straight defense all set long. In the second, she tried to be aggressive, and served a little bigger, but she was no match against the grass loving Williams. Venus needs to be careful though. Her game should work well at this level (just to be sure she should do her homework before her matches), but at Wimbledon, she won't be able to get away with just hitting all power all the time. She will have to do more scouting, and really cook up a gameplan if she wants to threaten for the title.

 

[mboyle]

Vera Zvonareva (RUS) vs. Chanda Rubin (THA)

First Set, Zvonareva to Serve:
0-1 Rubin
0-2 Rubin
1-2 Rubin
1-3 Rubin
2-3 Rubin
3-3 (CT)
4-3 Zvonareva
4-4
5-4 Zvonareva
Game and First Set: Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva (RUS) leads Chanda Rubin (THA) 6-4

Second Set, Zvonareva to Serve:
0-1 Rubin
0-2 Rubin
0-3 Rubin
0-4 Rubin
1-4 Rubin
2-4 Rubin
2-5 Rubin
3-5 Rubin (CT)
4-5 Rubin
5-5
6-5 Zvonareva
Game, Set, and Match: Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def. Chanda Rubin (THA) 6-4; 7-5

A very solid performance from Vera. She is a world class retriever, and is very fast and solid off every wing, but she also showed that she can bang a few winners here and there to throw her opponent off guard. That really helped because though she played a variety, crafy game in the first, Rubin went all out on the offensive in the second, and Vera was right there to seize her opportunity and play a very good power game to start the beginning of the end (hint to Vera: when you go all out on your strokes, put a few more points in that game to make it even more potent ).

 

[mboyle]

Karolina Sprem (CRO) vs. Natasha Zvereva

First Set, Zvereva to Serve:
0-1 Zvereva
0-2 Zvereva
0-3 Zvereva
0-4 Zvereva
0-5 Zvereva
Game and First Set: Natasha Zvereva

Natasha Zvereva (RUS) leads Karolina Sprem (CRO) 6-0

Second Set, Zvereva to Serve:
0-1 Zvereva
1-1
2-1 Sprem
2-2
2-3 Zvereva
3-3
4-3 Sprem
4-4
4-5 Zvereva
Game, Set, and Match: Natasha Zvereva

Natasha Zvereva (RUS) def. Karolina Sprem (CRO) 6-0; 6-4

And Sprem's struggles since her Barcelona breakthrough continue. She has really gotten too defensive. Wheras on the clay she took a few more risks and displayed some power, on the grass, where such play would be even more rewarded, she has pulled back and now seems content to just retrieve balls all day long. Zvereva was totally aggressive, and just dominated play from the getgo.

 

[mboyle]

Mikey made TIL9's mistake as well . They will both get walkovers if I don't recieve their points by 8PM tonight.

 

[mboyle]

Lindsay Davenport (USA) vs. Steffi Graf (GER)

First Set, Graf to Serve:
0-1 Graf
0-2 Graf
1-2 Graf
2-2
3-2 Davenport
3-3
3-4 Graf (CT)
4-4
5-4 Davenport
Game and First Set: Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Davenport (USA) leads Steffi Graf (GER) 6-4

Second Set, Graf to Serve:
0-1 Graf
0-2 Graf
1-2 Graf
2-2
3-2 Davenport
3-3
4-3 Davenport
4-4
5-4 Davenport
Game and First Set: Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Davenport (USA) def. Steffi Graf (GER) 6-4; 6-4

Both players were very powerful, and hit many winners, but Lindsay was more aggressive than the German, and didn't have nearly as much meaningless margin for error. She didn't hold back at all.

 

[mboyle]

Meghan Shaughnessy (USA) vs. Anastasia Myskina (RUS)

First Set, Shaughnessy to Serve:
0-1 Myskina
0-2 Myskina (CT)
1-2 Myskina
2-2
3-2 Shaughnessy (CT)
3-3
3-4 Myskina
4-4 (CT)
5-4 Shaughnessy
Game and First Set: Meghan Shaughnessy

Meghan Shaughnessy (USA) leads Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 6-4

First Set, Shaughnessy to Serve:
0-1 Myskina
0-2 Myskina (CT)
1-2 Myskina
2-2
3-2 Shaughnessy (CT)
3-3
3-4 Myskina
4-4 (CT)
5-4 Shaughnessy
Game, Set, and Match: Meghan Shaughnessy

Meghan Shaughnessy (USA) def. Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 6-4; 6-4

WOW! With Jelena AND Natsya out, this draw has suddenly become a mega MEGA opportunity for a very low ranked player to win a title. Natsya just had a brain freeze, and came out trying to mix up her plays and disrupt Meghan's rhythm even though all scouting reports pointed towards a very very defensive, speedy player that took 0 risks and just grinded things out until her opponent made errors. That is exactly how the American played today, and she frustrated Natsya into going after too fancy a shot.

 

[Myron.Bolitar]

It's not the end of the world!

Jelena after the last point

Jelena Dokic YUG lost to Daja Bedanova CZE 4-6, 6-2, 4-6

Q : First match = the last match for you...

A : I lost in first round second time this season... First was against Alicia Molik in China on rebound ace and I think that these two matches were very similar. I started to play without tactic, I just knew that they are newcomers and I have to play little more power tennis than my opponent... I really don't know what to say - maybe I was not 100% awaked and I didn't control everything. Daja is smart player and she new what to do in this situation.

Q : I heard that you want to retire after Wimbledon

A : I heard that too, but it's not true. I was thinking about retirement only once - when my good friend and doubles partner Patty Schnyder had some problems with her health and left the tour... I think that my loss in a tournament where I was first seeded is sad, of course, but it's not the end of the world! Every loss makes me more experienced and I know what was wrong in this match, so Daja should be afraid about our next match

Q : Anastasia lost too...

A : Really? Oh... So you see that being favorite is not comfortable situation. What a pity... Well, but we will have more time to practise to the doubles event - we have to win tournaments now, because we need many points if we want to play in the Chase Championships

Q : You're the only player from the top ten who hasn't played against Kournikova yet

A : And I don't need it... She's really tough - you know, every player has got some worse days in career, but Anna is supported by the crowd always and her opponents are without any chances very often. I don't like playing against girls from top 5, because they have a tactic for every player and are in good disposition week by week. Other players are to beat on every surface - when you haven't a bad luck, of course...

Q : Thank you Jelly - I hope that your next tourmaments will be little better. Good luck in doubles!

A : Thank you, I hope that I won't dissapoint my fans during Wimbly

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