Daily Women Tennis Update – Budapest, Estoril
Budapest
Singles – First Round: Anna Tatishvili def. (3) Tsvetana Pironkova 1-6 6-3 6-1. Not much of a surprise on a slow court, but this means no Top Forty spot for Tsvetana Pironkova.
Singles – First Round: (4) Klara Zakopalova def. Anne Keothavong 7-6(7-3) 3-6 6-2. This by itself doesn’t affect Klara Zakopalova’s points much, but she is now only about fifty points from the Top Forty.
Singles – First Round: (5) Marina Erakovic def. Pauline Parmentier 7-6(7-3) 3-6 7-6(7-2) It’s sixty points to the Top Forty for Marina Erakovic. But Pauline Parmentier, who was defending 110 points, will fall well below #60.
Singles – First Round: (6) Petra Martic def. (WC) Csilla Borsanyi 6-0 7-5. This by itself probably won’t put Petra Martic in the Top Fifty, but one more win probably would.
Singles – First Round: Aleksandra Wozniak def. (7) Shahar Peer 6-4 6-3. No Top Fifty spot for Shahar Peer, it would seem.
Singles – First Round: Elena Vesnina def. Varvara Lepchenko 5-0 retired Elena Vesnina could use a little luck right about now….
Singles – First Round: Lesia Tsurenko def. Greta Arn 3-6 6-3 6-1. This may be the day’s biggest upset in practical terms: Not only is Greta Arn the higher-ranked of these two, she is also Hungarian and likes the surface.
Singles – First Round: (WC) Vanda Lukacs def. (WC) Henrietta Habler 6-2 6-1 Ah yes, the good old way of getting at least one player into the second round: Have two local wildcards face off in the first round.
Doubles – First Round: Marosi/Tatishvili def. (3) Amanmuradova/Rosolska 7-5 7-6(7-5) Quite a day of upsets for Anna Tatishvili.
Doubles – First Round: Birnerova/Krajicek def. Mladenovic/Pervak 7-5 1-6 10-7 (Match TB)
Doubles – First Round: Begu/Minella def. Jugic-Salkic/Klemenschits 2-6 6-2 10-7 (Match TB)
Estoril
The upsets came thick and fast in the qualifying here. Two were official upsets: #5 Heather Watson beat #1 Sloane Stephens 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Kristina Barrois took out #8 Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6-4 2-6 6-2. The other two matches didn’t involve seeds, but certainly it was a surprise to see Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor beat Estrella Cabeza Candela 6-3 6-3. The only result that wasn’t a modest shock came as Karin Knapp beat Mariana Duque-Marino 6-3 7-6(7-3).
Stephens will still make the main draw as a Lucky Loser. #8 seed Mona Barthel has withdrawn; Polona Hercog has been promoted into her spot as the #9 seed, and Stephens gets a
draw spot.
Singles – First Round: (1) Roberta Vinci def. (WC) Nina Bratchikova 6-1 1-6 6-4 Roberta Vinci just fell out of the Top Twenty, but if she can win even one more match, she is likely to make it back.
Singles – First Round: (7) Nadia Petrova def. (WC) Barbara Luz 6-0 6-1 Nadia Petrova lost her Madrid opener, so she is already earning points. She is close to returning to the Top Thirty.
Singles – First Round: Vania King def. Johanna Larsson 6-6(6-8) 6-3 6-0 Vania King has 110 points to defend this week, so she will need more than this to stay above #55.
Singles – First Round: Carla Suarez Navarro def. Olga Govortsova 6-4 6-4 This will take Carla Suarez Navarro to #55 or so.
Singles – First Round: Silvia Soler-Espinosa def. Sorana Cirstea 6-4 6-4 A significant upset — and a bad one for Sorana Cirstea, who was defending 150 points. She will fall to around #45.
Doubles – First Round: (2) Mirza/Rodionova def. Daniilidou/Klepac 6-2 6-7(5-7) 10-5 (Match TB) A much better result for Sania Mirza than her first post-Vesnina doubles match.
Doubles – First Round: (3) Shvedova/Voskoboeva def. Camerin/Knapp 6-3 6-1
Doubles – First Round: (4) Gajdosova/Hlavackova def. Foretz Gacon/Jans-Ignacik 6-1 5-7 11-9 (Match TB)
Doubles – First Round: Chuang/Zhang def. (WC) Moura/Vale Costa 6-0 6-1
Doubles – First Round: Lee-Waters/Moulton-Levy def. Arruabarrena-Vecino/Medina Garrigues 7-6(7-5) 3-6 11-9 (Match TB)
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