WTA - 2018 ASB Classic Auckland

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2017
Lauren Davis Ana Konjuh 6–3, 6–1

ASB Classic is a professional women's tennis tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament is played annually at the ASB Tennis Centre, in Parnell. It is part of the WTA International tournaments of the WTA World Tour. The tournament is held annually in January two weeks before the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open.

Here is the draw

 

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Mondays schedule - LOCAL TIMES - Only few matches finished Grandstand and court 2 is postponed

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 10:00 am

Jana FETT (CRO) vs Miyu KATO (JPN) Q 63 64
Not Before 12:30 pm
Petra MARTIC (CRO) vs Marketa VONDROUSOVA (CZE) 76 63
Donna VEKIC (CRO) [8] vs Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) 67 63 46
Arantxa RUS (NED)/Sílvia SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP) vs [WC] Paige Mary HOURIGAN (NZL)/Erin ROUTLIFFE (NZL) postponed

Not Before 7:00 pm They still hope they can finish these two matches
Monica PUIG (PUR) vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [2] 46 64 26
Christina MCHALE (USA) vs Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) postponed

GRANDSTAND Starting at: 10:00 am Final matches postponed

Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK) vs Arantxa RUS (NED) Q 64 16 62
Not Before 12:30 pm
Nao HIBINO (JPN) vs Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) 06 36
Polona HERCOG (SLO) vs Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL) TBF 0-1
Veronica CEPEDE ROYG (PAR) vs Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP)

Possible Court Change
[WC] Shu-Ying HSIEH (TPE)/Jade LEWIS (NZL) vs Nao HIBINO (JPN)/Darija JURAK (CRO) [2]

COURT 2 Starting at: 10:30 am Final matches postponed

Ysaline BONAVENTURE (BEL) vs Arina RODIONOVA (AUS) Q 63 64
Deborah CHIESA (ITA) vs Sachia VICKERY (USA) Q 46 36
Not Before 1:00 pm
Asia MUHAMMAD (USA)/Barbora STEFKOVA (CZE) vs Sara ERRANI (ITA)/Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) TBF 3-4
followed by
Kaitlyn CHRISTIAN (USA)/Sofia KENIN (USA) vs Ysaline BONAVENTURE (BEL)/Viktorija GOLUBIC (SUI)

 

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Order of play Tuesday 2. January

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 12:30 pm

[Q] Sachia VICKERY (USA) vs Lauren DAVIS (USA) [5] 61 62
[WC] Sara ERRANI (ITA) vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [3] 46 76 46
Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [4] vs Beatriz HADDAD MAIA (BRA) 62 46 62
Not Before 7:00 pm
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs Madison BRENGLE (USA) 63 60
[WC] Jade LEWIS (NZL) vs [Q] Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK) 46 36

GRANDSTAND Starting at: 11:00 am

Varvara LEPCHENKO (USA) vs Mona BARTHEL (GER) [7] 62 62
Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) [6] vs [Q] Ysaline BONAVENTURE (BEL) 36 36
Not Before 1:30 pm
Christina MCHALE (USA) vs Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) 61 46 46
Polona HERCOG (SLO) vs Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL) 64 75
Eri HOZUMI (JPN)/Miyu KATO (JPN) [1] vs Lauren DAVIS (USA)/Christina MCHALE (USA) 64 62

COURT 2 Starting at: 11:00 am

[WC] Sofia KENIN (USA) vs [Q] Jana FETT (CRO) 64 64
Veronica CEPEDE ROYG (PAR) vs Lara ARRUABARRENA (ESP) 63 63
Kurumi NARA (JPN) vs Johanna LARSSON (SWE) 67 36
Arantxa RUS (NED)/Sílvia SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP) vs [WC] Paige Mary HOURIGAN (NZL/Erin ROUTLIFFE (NZL) 62 26 10-5
Asia MUHAMMAD (USA)/Barbora STEFKOVA (CZE) vs Sara ERRANI (ITA)/Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) 46 26

COURT 5 Starting at: 11:00 am

Tereza MRDEZA (CRO)Conny PERRIN (SUI) vs Arina RODIONOVA (AUS)/Maryna ZANEVSKA (BEL) [4] 16 36
Not Before 1:00 pm TBA after rest
Magdalena FRECH (POL)/Prarthana THOMBARE (IND) vs Mona BARTHEL (GER)/Donna VEKIC (CRO) 57 63 10-8
TBA after rest
Kaitlyn CHRISTIAN (USA/Sofia KENIN (USA) vs Ysaline BONAVENTURE (BEL)/Viktorija GOLUBIC (SUI) 16 16

 

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With Muguruza's retirement in Brisbane Caroline will be at least #2 Monday - first time in 6 years. Let's see what happens when Aga has finished her match.

Aga through but her oponent from Brazil is one to watch

 

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Order of play Wednesday 3rd of January

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 12:30 pm

Johanna LARSSON (SWE) vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [3] 16 76 26
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs Petra MARTIC (CRO) 62 62
Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) vs Polona HERCOG (SLO) 46 26
Not Before 7:00 pm
[Q] Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK) vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [2] 46 06
Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [4] vs Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) 63 75

GRANDSTAND Starting at: 12:30 pm

[Q] Ysaline BONAVENTURE (BEL) vs Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) 46 36
[WC] Sofia KENIN (USA) vs Varvara LEPCHENKO (USA) 64 76
Veronica CEPEDE ROYG (PAR) vs [Q] Sachia VICKERY (USA) 26 46
TBA After rest if needed
[WC] Shu-Ying HSIEH (TPE)/Jade LEWIS (NZL) vs Nao HIBINO (JPN)/Darija JURAK (CRO) [2] 16 06

COURT 2 Starting at: 1:00 pm

Sara ERRANI (ITA)/Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) vs Arina RODIONOVA (AUS)/Maryna ZANEVSKA (BEL) [4] 64 76
TBA After rest
Eri HOZUMI (JPN)/Miyu KATO (JPN) [1] vs Ysaline BONAVENTURE (BEL)/Viktorija GOLUBIC (SUI) 63 63
TBA After rest if needed
Naomi BROADY (GBR)/María IRIGOYEN (ARG) [3] vs Madison BRENGLE (USA)/Nicole MELICHAR (USA) 46 36

 

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Order of play Thursday 4th of January - quarterfinals REVISED due to rain day session cancelled and night session is in the dangerzone too.

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 07.00 pm

Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs [WC] Sofia KENIN (USA) postponed
Madison BRENGLE (USA)/Nicole MELICHAR (USA) vs Arantxa RUS (NED)/Sílvia SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP) postponed

GRANDSTAND Starting at: 07:00 pm
Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [4] vs [Q] Sachia VICKERY (USA) postponed

 

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If caro wins this, what will be her ranking?

 

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If caro wins this, what will be her ranking?

She'll be #2 Monday - whatever happens - because Muguruza lost in Brisbane and had a lot of points to defend. Halep won her match today and will end up with more points than Caroline even if she wins Auckland. But second seeded at AO is a good thing and first time in 6 years I think.

 

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I think you shall enjoy this talk between Brengle and coach

 

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All quaterfinals and semis Friday REVISED - rainy day - again - ONLY indoor could be played

INDOOR COURT 1 Playing

Magdalena FRECH (POL)/Prarthana THOMBARE (IND) vs Nao HIBINO (JPN)/Darija JURAK (CRO) [2] 64 67 3-10 Q
Madison BRENGLE (USA)/Nicole MELICHAR (USA) vs Arantxa RUS (NED)/Sílvia SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP) 75 63 Q
Sara ERRANI (ITA)/Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) vs Nao HIBINO (JPN)/Darija JURAK (CRO) [2] 64 63 SEMI
Eri HOZUMI (JPN)/Miyu KATO (JPN) [1] vs Madison BRENGLE (USA)/Nicole MELICHAR (USA) 63 63 SEMI

 

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Weather doesn't look good for Friday too so here is a little bit of sunshine for you

 

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After two more or less sleepless nights in front of the telly - they SAY that the weather should be dry Saturday - FINALLY - after two days of postponing the single matches and playing indoors in doubles. Finals are postponed to Sunday - tournament should've ended Saturday (local time).

Order of play Saturday 6th of January

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 10.00 am
Polona HERCOG (SLO) vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [2] 46 46
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs [WC] Sofia KENIN (USA) 46 62 64
Not Before 02.30 pm
Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [2] 16 46
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs [Q] Sachia VICKERY (USA) 64 64

GRANDSTAND Starting at: 10.00 am
Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [3] 06 62 62
Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [4] vs [Q] Sachia VICKERY (USA) 26 26

Caroline had a meeting with the ballkids and they put interesting questions and maybe tournaments should do this more often

 

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Karolina Wozniacka has just started against an American teenager Kenin and the start is promising, if you want to watch it.

 

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And Sofia Kenin won the first set. You'd like to watch this match because both play interesting tennis.

Before they called coaches I wasn't aware that the American was actually a Russian. Her coach was giving her instruction in Russian while Karolina's dad instructed her in Polish.

 

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Order of play Sunday 7th of January

CENTRE COURT Matches Start At: 12:15 pm

Doubles Final
Eri HOZUMI (JPN)/Miyu KATO (JPN) [1] vs Sara ERRANI (ITA)/Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) 57 16

Not Before 2:30 pm
Singles Final
Caroline WOZNIAKI (DEN) [1] vs Julia GOERGES (GER) [2] 46 67

 

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And Sofia Kenin won the first set. You'd like to watch this match because both play interesting tennis.

Before they called coaches I wasn't aware that the American was actually a Russian. Her coach was giving her instruction in Russian while Karolina's dad instructed her in Polish.

I don't understand why nobody believe when DTJr says he thought Russian was actually American. :lulz2:

 

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Flawless Julia Goerges won today and will be a dark horse in Australian Open




Doubles title

 

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Wow, did not Caro lose a zillion times in finals last year, before actually winning a couple.
The same trend continues. Caro was expected to win this, but could not deliver.

 

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Wow, did not Caro lose a zillion times in finals last year, before actually winning a couple.
The same trend continues. Caro was expected to win this, but could not deliver.

Well Game if life was that easy, we would always know the result before the games, and mind me that would be boring. Guess you didn't see the match because if you're not allowed to play your game you can't win. As i write Julia Goerges was flawless today and Caroline had two longer matches yesterday - they both had but Goerges an hour less. So before you say that Caroline SHOULD have won please watch the match and see how good Goerges was and tell me if she's not the dark horse for Australian Open - here is the match:

 

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Looks like I touched a chord. I agree that if all matches go as per seeding, it will be boring. But, with Caro in finals, it seems it is predictable although in a different manner.

I did not see the match. Thanks for your highlights. I am going to watch it now. I obviously don't know how difficult the match was.
But, I could not keep quiet when she goes down in straight sets in a final and that too when she is in an upward trajectory after winning WTF.