Women's WTA Tournaments Week Commencing 1st March

veggie

Just the one Tourney this week for your delectation

Abierto de Tenis Monterrey -
Location : Monterrey, Mexico
Date : 1.03-7.03 2010
Surface : Hard
Official Website : www.abiertodetenismonterrey.com

Top Four Seeds are -

1. Jelena Jankovic
2. Daniela Hantuchova
3. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
4. Dominika Cibulkova

Jankovic, Hantuchova and Cibulkova are here courtesy of wild cards - which suggests that they did not originally intend playing here.
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veggie · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:48 pm Post subject:

Daniela Hantuchova is priced at 15/2 with Stan James to lift the title, with half the odds for a final place.

Now I don't normally bet on the erratic Slovakian, but with the possible exception of the injury prone Dominika Cibulkova, I can't really see anyone else troubling her.

Anyone got any thoughts on this?
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jimny2 · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject:

Good luck with that one Shocked

It's one where she really should be making the final but her record over the last 12 months or so wouldn't exactly fill you with confidence and no matter the opposition Dani can always find a way to lose.

Going to be interesting to see how Jankovic does, have seen reports that her journey to Mexico was far from ideal and she's also in the midst of some changes with her coaching staff and possibly her service action...As we know it doesn't take much to p**s her off so I hope the ball kids have thick skins Very Happy

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veggie · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:37 am Post subject:

Thanks jimny,
I decided to keep my money in my pocket rather than risk it on Dani - cue straight sets wins throughout the tournament for her now Very Happy

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veggie · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:30 am Post subject:

jimny2 · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:26 pm Post subject:

Indeed, didn't watch the match but can only imagine the torture she put the poor ball kids through....Have a feeling quite a few of them were doing high fives as she left the court Very Happy

That side of the draw has really opened up for someone like Alize Cornet now Shocked

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Blake2kuk · Handicapper Joined: 29 Jan 2009 Posts: 12

Alize Cornet to bt Aleksandra Wozniak

Neither player has had a very good start to the year failing to get past the 2nd round of any tournament.

Wozniak leads the h2h 2-1 but its 1-1 on hard courts.

Cornet looked like her old self when beating Strycova and with odds of 2.2 on Betfair its worth a small bet.

Blake2kuk · Handicapper Joined: 29 Jan 2009 Posts: 12

Pavlyuchenkovat to bt Hercog

Hercog did well to get to the final in Mexico but that was on clay and her record on hard courts this year is pretty poor losing in the first round of the ASB classic to Peer and in the second round of the Aussie Open to A Bondarenko.

Pavlyuchenkova on the other hand has reached 2 hard court quarter finals this year and lost in the second round of her other two tournaments (Aussie Open and Paris) to Kuznetsova and Dementieva respectively.

With Jankovic out Pavlyuchenkova should be thinking about her chances of claiming a first WTA title as her route to the final doesn't look to tough.

jimny2 · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:54 pm Post subject:

Good luck with Cornet not a match I'm even remotely tempted to have a bet on as the French Miss just cannot be trusted and is as likely to get hammered as she is to record a glorious win...Impossible to read anything in to her win over Strycova who is poor especially away from Clay.

Wozniak hasn't played since Australia but there have been reports she has been training hard for this week and the tournaments ahead in Indian Wells etc. and if she is on form can see this being straight sets for the Canadian.

Have been impressed with the progress Hercog has made in the past year but Clay is definitely her favourite surface and you'd expect Pavlyuchenkova to have too much for her but any player that can take a set off Venus Williams when playing in her first tour final has to be respected...
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veggie · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:30 am Post subject:

Brave tip on Alize Cornet there Blake2kuk Win

Maybe the French mademoiselle is re-discovering her form
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jimny2 · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:55 pm Post subject:

Well done Blake Win

Benesova to beat Sevastova...The young Latvian had a great win over Jankovic in the last round but a lot of that has to go down to poor preparation by Jankovic and she managed to let a good lead slip, now after such a huge win it is going to be tough to follow it up and if she does then fair play to her but no way could I back her at these odds...Yes Benesova is erratic to say the least and has slipped down the rankings since making the SF here last year but she's still a decent enough player at this level.

Tempted by Errani to beat Cibulkova as I have this down as a pretty even match, Cibulkova probably has the better game on these hard courts and has done well enough so far this year but when Errani wants to she can be very tough to beat as Safina found out last year...Wouldn't be surprised to see it going the distance so may have a small bet on Errani.
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fairfranco · Stallion Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 6547

Not a betting post as such but a fine win for a local up and coming star that I've been following.

17 year old Heather Watson on her first year on the senior scene has beaten former World number 7 Nicola Vaidisova at the Tangipahoa Tennis Classic in Louisiana in 3 sets.

Vaidisova who is just 20 was world number 7 2 years ago and has made 2 slam semi's vbut a complete loss of form has seen her drop down to 150 in the rankings.

Maybe she's getting too much loving from Radek Stepanek who I belive she's dating! Cheeky

Doesn't take anything away from Heather though who will definately consider it a good win against a player who has been there in big tournaments. I just hope she can continue to push on and keep improving.