Sam’s Italian Open starts today

Sam’s Italian Open starts today

3 May 2009

Sam gets her European clay season underway tonight Australian time, when she takes to the courts in Rome.

She has drawn Yaroslava SHVEDOVA of Kazakhstan. Sam is also playing doubles in this event with Rennae Stubbs, and they have a bye in the first round.

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  • tommy

    i blame the clay. 46 26
    french clay much nicer, more slidy

  • moca

    bring on the french, ooo no wait stubsur in rome :)

  • Yuki

    Good Luck against Yaroslava Sam! You’ve had some great wins in Rome so hopefully you can keep it up!:)

  • tommy

    stubsur have been cancelled after hrs of rain, gotta love euro weather!

  • tj

    rain rain rain and still plenty more european rain to look fwd to ;)

  • Yuki

    It was your first match on clay (well at least I think it is) so just think positive-we’re all behind you!:)

  • tj

    stubsur have found some sun, i say sun, its overcast but not raining. broken first game and again for 4-1 down :(

  • Phil

    Hopefully Madrid will be alot nicer for Sam Spanish Clay is more better than Italian Clay

  • jonas

    stubsur out :(
    sveta bt pennetta yay :) caro out :( squeaky losing :) safina/zheng due on

  • Jimmy

    What’s up?? :S Sam looses all of her matches at Rome??? I hope she does well here in Spain, that would make me happy :)

  • moca

    ooo is madrid next, i forgot about that
    safina looking shaky again. sveta promising

  • Demi and Chelsea

    Heyyy we are big fans!!! xx we love you to death! we like tennis, but were not as good as you!
    Luv Dem and Chels

  • jonas

    madrid draw: first rd the brat coming off a 61 61 drubbing from venus, 2nd rd chak, 3rd rd sveta, q’s safina, semis jj…i have seen worse draws, but not recently.

    Id like to see billybob take out safina.
    GD Luck Samson

  • tommy

    oh crap we’re still in the italian thread, oh well bugger it.
    sammy plays tomorrow
    court 1 aka ASV court (from 10.30hrs)
    1. ATP: Haas vs. Andujar
    2. A.Radwanska vs. Stosur

    Gd Luck sam, new thread plz :)

  • tommy

    sam should be starting soon. kanepi and bammer both ret. no live stream as yet

  • coby no 2

    oh crap no new news thread. can i request one? or 2 be moved to one. im sure us europeans will still be posting here!
    sam broken brat to 0, break up, now serving @ 2-1 go sammy

  • coby no 2

    make that 4-2

  • tj

    go samson up 4-2 :) nice little madrid thread would be nice

  • tj

    stupid computer crashed, 76(4) 5-1 up and serving ace no 8, ace no 9 gsm sammy 76 61 in 1hr 15
    nice one, thats another £35 into the uso fund :)

  • tommy

    AWESOME SAMSON 76 61.

  • beck

    yay go sammy bt the brat.
    betting is the way to go…to get to the us open! :)

  • jonas

    SAMSON WINS 76 61. COOL :) 9 ACES. NO TV COVERAGE UNTIL MON

  • moca

    woohoo go sammy.

  • azza

    nice solid win (from what u can tell from livescores) :)

  • azza

    http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=/1/posting/2009/1536/op.pdf

    mondays oop. plays around 8pm euro time
    caro peer around 430pm
    the tips…ooo early start 9am uk time

  • tommy

    sam vs chak evening match monday. i was hoping for a tuesday match, at least we get coverage. maybe there is live stream
    gd luck :)

  • moca

    why is the 2nd rd match tomorrow, should there not be a day off for sightseeing? ;)

  • moca

    admin, can we get our comments moved to relevant madrid thread when it surfaces plz :) thanks

    ok, so madrid had some matches suspended due to rain today, (not a shock) but a swarm of bees on ct 4- bondo/cirstea…play suspended, lol

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