Yea, me too--absolutely my sole motivation.  

Really.  I KNEW she looked like someone but until you mentioned Anna K, it didn't connect.

Only time I previously remember seeing Vitalia play was a couple of years ago--match where that Nordic French girl Johansson hit the mother of all chokes & Vitalia came back from like 2-5 down--almost every point saving a match point--and won! She looked different then, more like the younger picture on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalia_Diatchenko 

PodgeMcQ alerts us to her deal in Ireland: http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/32370/ 

This is all interesting stuff--her circumstances sound very like a kontraktniki setup, except that she continues to play under the Russian flag.  Sorta Dublin's Sharapova? Need to learn more.

Playing doubles on Wednesday:

Court 8 4th match
Ladies' Doubles First Round
Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS) / Vera Dushevina(RUS) /
Maria Kondratieva(RUS) vs. Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)
Unlikely to see this on Court 8,   BUT:

FYI: SkySport Italian "Simulicast" stream bounces between courts including showing some matches for which independent streams are not posted... beguns13.00hrs CEST daily:  

http://www.lshunter.tv/index.php?option=com_lsh&view=lsh&event_id=52439&tid=185860&channel=0&tmpl=component&layout=popup&Itemid=327

http://www.fromsportcom.com/v-2/8/168/v-296848.html

Haiku for ESPN:

They suck.

Yes, they suck real bad. 

Hey, they gave us nothing about this, hunh?

Young Ksenia Pervak whacked Petkovic to advance to the Wimbledon Round of 16! BIG MOLODYETS!!! They didn't see THAT coming!  

Junior Singles--Gavrilova plays Saturday. And out of 63 possibilities, WHO does she meet first? Why,Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine, of course.  Looks like they run their political game on the kids, too. Shame.

plus: KOZLOVA, Kateryna UKR and KOVALETS, Sofiya UKR

also: SASNOVICH, Aliaksandra BLR 

Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) on left def Daria Gavrilova 76(2) 63

Daria Gavrilova & Daria Salnikova will play doubles on Monday. 

Putintseva & Khromcheva will play their first singles on Monday.

Also Mayya Katsitadze

There was some rumor of streamed Juniors:

http://www.oleoletv.com/watch/live/stream/online/free/tv/video/channel/feed/link/broadcast/vivo/gratis/p2p/0/wimbledon-anett-kontaveit-vs-mayya-katsitadze.html 

Not so much, but check new source page: http://www.oleoletv.com/

Masha's favored junior Indy De Vroome (NED) plays Ganna Poznikhirenko (UKR)

Indy above, Ganna below.

Irina Khromacheva thru to Girls Semis! 

Must get past Caroline Garcia of France, then probably play MS Collection clothes horse Indy De Vroome in the final.  Not so easy. http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/gs/gsdraw.pdf 

Indy De Vroome 

Yulia Putinitseva fell to Garcia in the quarters

Khrome is also in the Girls Doubles Semis with a Czech partner. Also, playing with a girl from Brazil, newcomer Mayya Katsitadze:

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/gd/gddraw.pdf 

Interesting--I've seen Sirotkina's name but haven't seen her play.

"Marta has begun the upward curve needed by undergoing an intensive training camp at the excellent Tennis Ireland BNP-Paribas National Academy in Dublin under the guidance of the Internationally respected Garry Cahill (former Irish Fed Cup captain and current Davis Cup captain).  Based in the wonderful surrounds of the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght..."

So who puts this stuff together?

"Hiberno International have a team of more than 20, spread across 3 countries but the core group of c. 14 are based in Croatia.  We maintain offices in Ireland (Dublin), Russia (Moscow) and Croatia (Knin).  Our strategic partners add to our network where we now can offer services in the MENA region."

Think we should learn more about this Irish-Croat-Russian axis, don't you?  

Marta Sirotkina

First Vitalia Diatchenko who f.....g looks like Kournikova! Now this ...(hmmm let me find her name again..) Marta Sirotkina who reminds me of sweet Makiri. Both are cute and hot. That makes me still love (female) tennis. 

Kudo to Paul who digs out all these beauties. 

Yeah, I saw Justine there for Khrome. 

 There is an Irina interview on the Wimbly video page. Hear her talk.

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/interactive/video/index.html 

Valeria & Severine are evidently still in the doubles at Bastad. Hope for stream before they're out.

Now, Vitalia--pix thanx to nevetssllim on tennisforum:

Photos from Wimbledon (vs. Hantuchova)





















 

Also posted on tf:

"Big rumours coming out of Ireland that Vita is stepping out with rugby hunk Jamie Heaslip. They were seen out for coffee near her hotel in Dublin - just imagine the kids!"

And from Russianboy:

Any idea where Vita is playing next? 

25k in great britain, followed by a 100k in astana  

The guys play the Kazakh capital regularly--the girls not so much. 

Again I say: Keep an eye on "Hiberno International " 

paul_pipkin;308919 wrote:

Valeria & Severine are evidently still in the doubles at Bastad. Hope for stream before they're out.

 

"Big rumours coming out of Ireland that Vita is stepping out with rugby hunk Jamie Heaslip. They were seen out for coffee near her hotel in Dublin - just imagine the kids!"

And from Russianboy:

Quote:

 

Originally Posted by Natash. 

Any idea where Vita is playing next? 

 

25k in great britain, followed by a 100k in astana  

 

The guys play the Kazakh capital regularly--the girls not so much. 

Again I say: Keep an eye on "Hiberno International " 

 

Thanks Paul! Wow Diatchenko and Jamie heaslip pretty unusual couple lol 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Sirotkina - More info on Marta Sirotkina if you're curious Paul  

BTW it was posted on the Diatchenko Cheering Thread on Tennis forum that she was kicked outy of the acadamy in Ireland but I dont know if its true or not.............

Vitalia and Marta are both currently playing in the 25k 2011 AEGON GB Pro-Series Foxhills. Both won there first rounds and if they both win their second, they'll be up against eachother   : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_AEGON_GB_Pro-Series_Foxhills_%E2%80%93_Singles