The Round of 16 field is set, and you know what that means.
*2014 U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S FINAL 16*
[by ranking]
#1 - Serena Williams
#6 - Maria Sharapova
#8 - Eugenie Bouchard
#10 - Jelena Jankovic
#11 - Caroline Wozniacki
#12 - Flavia Pennetta
#14 - Sara Errani
#15 - Lucie Safarova
#17 - Victoria Azarenka
#18 - Ekaterina Makarova
#32 - Casey Dellacqua
#39 - Peng Shuai
#50 - Kaia Kanepi
#58 - Belinda Bencic
#121 - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
#145 - Aleksandra Krunic
[by age]
32...Serena Williams
32...Flavia Pennetta
32...Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
29...Casey Dellacqua
29...Jelena Jankovic
29...Kaia Kanepi
28...Peng Shuai
27...Lucie Safarova
27...Maria Sharapova
27...Sara Errani
26...Ekaterina Makarova
25...Victoria Azarenka
24...Caroline Wozniacki
21...Aleksandra Krunic
20...Eugenie Bouchard
17...Belinda Bencic
[by nation]
2...Italy (Errani, Pennetta)
2...Russia (Makarova, Sharapova)
2...Serbia (Jankovic, Krunic)
1...Australia (Dellacqua)
1...Belarus (Azarenka)
1...Canada (Bouchard)
1...China (Peng)
1...Croatia (Lucic-Baroni)
1...Czech Republic (Safarova)
1...Denmark (Wozniacki)
1...Estonia (Kanepi)
1...Switzerland (Bencic)
1...United States (S.Williams)
[by career slam Round-of-16's]
46...Serena Williams
32...Maria Sharapova
21...Jelena Jankovic
18...Victoria Azarenka
15...Caroline Wozniacki
12...Flavia Pennetta
8...Ekaterina Makarova
6...Sara Errani
6...Kaia Kanepi
6...Peng Shuai
5...Lucie Safarova
4...Eugenie Bouchard
2...Casey Dellacqua
2...Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
1...Belinda Bencic
1...Aleksandra Krunic
[by consecutive slam Round of 16's]
4...Eugenie Bouchard
4...Maria Sharapova
3...Lucie Safarova
2...Ekaterina Makarova
2...Peng Shuai
2...Caroline Wozniacki
[by career US Round of 16's]
14...Serena Williams
5...Jelena Jankovic
5...Flavia Pennetta
5...Maria Sharapova
5...Caroline Wozniacki
4...Victoria Azarenka
2...Sara Errani
2...Kaia Kanepi
2...Ekaterina Makarova
2...Peng Shuai
1...Belinda Bencic
1...Eugenie Bouchard
1...Casey Dellacqua
1...Aleksandra Krunic
1...Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
1...Lucie Safarova
[by consecutive US Round of 16's]
4...Serena Williams (4th Rd. in last 14 app.)
3...Victoria Azarenka
2...Jelena Jankovic
2...Ekaterina Makarova
2...Flavia Pennetta (4th Rd. in last 3 app.)
1...Maria Sharapova (4th Rd. in last 2 app.)
[by preseason "Grand Slam Master List" rankings]
1 - Serena Williams
2 - Victoria Azarenka
4 - Maria Sharapova
10 - Sara Errani
13 - Jelena Jankovic
14 - Flavia Pennetta
16 - Caroline Wozniacki
19 - Ekaterina Makarova
20 - Eugenie Bouchard
24 - Kaia Kanepi
46 - Peng Shuai
47 - Lucie Safarova
unlisted - Belinda Bencic
unlisted - Casey Dellacqua
unlisted - Aleksandra Krunic
unlisted - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
[WTA career slam Round of 16's - active]
46...SERENA WILLIAMS
40...Venus Williams
32...MARIA SHARAPOVA
27...Svetlana Kuznetsova
21...Nadia Petrova
21...JELENA JANKOVIC
20...Agnieszka Radwanska
18...VICTORIA AZARENKA
18...Ana Ivanovic
18...Francesca Schiavone
[WTA slam Round of 16's since 2010 - active]
15...MARIA SHARAPOVA
14...SERENA WILLIAMS
13...VICTORIA AZARENKA
12...Agnieszka Radwanska
11...CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
10...Angelique Kerber
10...Petra Kvitova
10...Li Na
9...Ana Ivanovic
9...Svetlana Kuznetsova
9...Francesca Schiavone
(use for end of rd of 16's)
[2014 slam Rd. of 16's - youngest]
17 - Belinda Bencic (US)*
19 - Eugenie Bouchard (AO)
19 - Tereza Smitkova (WI)
20 - Eugenie Bouchard (RG)
20 - Eugenie Bouchard (WI)
20 - Eugenie Bouchard (US)*
20 - Garbine Muguruza (AO)
20 - Garbine Muguruza (RG)
20 - Ajla Tomljanovic (RG)
20 - Sloane Stephens (AO)
20 - Zarina Diyas (WI)
21 - Sloane Stephens (RG)
21 - Aleksandra Krunic (US)*
[2014 slam Rd. of 16's - oldest]
32 - Serena Williams (AO)
32 - Serena Williams (US)*
32 - Flavia Pennetta (US)*
32 - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (US)*
31 - Li Na (AO)
31 - Flavia Pennetta (AO)
30 - Samantha Stosur (RG)
29 - Casey Dellacqua (US)*
29 - Jelena Jankovic (RG)
29 - Jelena Jankovic (US)*
29 - Kaia Kanepi (US)*
[2014 slam Rd. of 16's - unseeded]
AO - Casey Dellacqua, AUS (WC)
AO - Garbine Muguruza, ESP
RG - Garbine Muguruza, ESP
RG - Pauline Parmentier, FRA (WC)
RG - Ajla Tomljanovic, CRO
RG - Kiki Bertens, NED (Q)
WI - Zarina Diyas, KAZ
WI - Peng Shuai, CHN
WI - Tereza Smitkova, CZE (Q)
WI - Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, CZE
WI - Yaroslava Shvedova, KAZ
US - Belinda Bencic, SUI
US - Kaia Kanepi, EST
US - Aleksandra Krunic, SRB (Q)
US - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, CRO (Q)
US - Peng Shuai, CHN
[2014 slam Rd. of 16's - 1st-time GS 4th Rd.'s]
AO - Eugenie Bouchard, CAN
AO - Garbine Muguruza, ESP
RG - Kiki Bertens, NED
RG - Pauline Parmentier, FRA
RG - Ajla Tomljanovic, CRO
WI - Zarina Diyas, KAZ
WI - Tereza Smitkova, CZE
WI - Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, CZE
US - Belinda Bencic, SUI
US - Aleksandra Krunic, SRB
[2014 slam Rd. of 16's - lowest-ranked]
#175 - Tereza Smitkova, CZE (WI)
#148 - Kiki Bertens, NED (RG)
#145 - Pauline Parmentier, FRA (RG)
#145 - Aleksandra Krunic, SRB (US)*
#121 - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, CRO (US)*
#120 - Casey Dellacqua, AUS (AO)
[2014 slam Rd. of 16's]
4...EUGENIE BOUCHARD, CAN
4...MARIA SHARAPOVA, RUS
3...Simona Halep, ROU
3...JELENA JANKOVIC, SRB
3...Angelique Kerber, GER
3...EKATERINA MAKAROVA, RUS
3...LUCIE SAFAROVA, CZE
2...VICTORIA AZARENKA, BLR
2...CASEY DELLACQUA, AUS
2...SARA ERRANI, ITA
2...Garbine Muguruza, ESP
2...PENG SHUAI, CHN
2...Agnieszka Radwanska, POL
2...Sloane Stephens, USA
2...SERENA WILLIAMS, USA
[2014 slam Rd. of 16's - by nation]
8 - Russia
6 - Czech Republic
5 - Germany, Serbia
4 - Canada, Italy, United States
3 - Australia, China, Romania, Spain,
2 - Belarus, Denmark, Croatia, France, Kazakhstan, Poland
1 - Estonia, Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Switzerland
Whew!
...the junior competition starts tomorrow. Guess who's the top-seeded girl...
*GIRLS SEEDS*
1.CiCi Bellis, USA
2.Jelena Ostapenko, LAT
3.Iryna Shymanovich, BLR
4.Tornado Alicia Black, USA
5.Kristina Schmiedlova, SVK
6.Jil Teichmann, SUI
7.Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov, ESP
8.Paula Badosa Gibert, ESP
9.Anhelina Kalinina, UKR
10.Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
11.Anna Kalinskaya, RUS
12.Anastasiya Komardina, RUS
13.Naiktha Bains, AUS
14.Ipek Soylu, TUR
15.Ioana Loredana Rosca, ROU
16.Olga Fridman, UKR
13 Final: Konjuh d. T.Black
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=QF=
#1 Bellis d. #5 K.Schmiedlova
#9 Kalinina d. #3 Shymanovich
#4 T.Black d. #10 Vondrousova
#2 Ostapenko d. #11 Kalinskaya
=SF=
#1 Bellis d. #9 Kalinina
#4 T.Black d. #2 Ostapenko
=FINAL=
#1 Bellis d. #4 T.Black
...normally, after a junior has a "moment" like Bellis did in the women's draw, they'll go out earlier than expected in the girls draw. But Bellis seemed a bit different, so I'll go with her, I guess. At the very least, it keeps me from picking Ostapenko at ALL FOUR slams this year.
=WOMEN'S SINGLES ROUND OF 16=
#1 Serena Williams/USA vs. Kaia Kanepi/EST
#11 Flavia Pennetta/ITA vs. #29 Casey Dellacqua/AUS
(Q) Aleksandra Krunic/SRB vs. #16 Victoria Azarenka/BLR
#17 Ekaterina Makarova/RUS vs. #7 Eugenie Bouchard/CAN
Belinda Bencic/SUI vs. #9 Jelena Jankovic/SRB
#14 Lucie Safarova/CZE vs. Peng Shuai/CHN
#5 Maria Sharapova/RUS vs. #10 Caroline Wozniacki/DEN
#13 Sara Errani/ITA vs. (Q) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni/CRO
All for Night 6. More tomorrow.
