Today’s Women’s News (07/16) – Bastad & Carlsbad

Written by: Staff on 16th July 2012

Today's Women's News (07/16) - Bastad & Carlsbad |

Bastad

Life just isn’t getting any better for Jill Craybas. Even though she was playing an opponent ranked #309 in the qualifying final here, she managed to lose. Carina Witthoeft beat her 3-6 7-6 6-3.

That was the only upset in the final round of qualifying. #1 seed Lourdes Dominguez Lino, #3 Mariana Duque-Marino, and #5 Annika Beck all beat lower-ranked opponents in straight sets.

Singles – First Round: (7) Mona Barthel def. Kiki Bertens 6-3 6-2

This by itself makes no real difference to Mona Barthel, but two more wins would clinch a Top Forty spot.

Singles – First Round: Lesia Tsurenko def. (8) Carla Suarez Navarro 7-5 6-0

That’s two disappointing matches in a row for Carla Suarez Navarro. We’re guessing she is having physical problems. And she was defending 80 points, so she will fall several spots.

Doubles – First Round: (1) Goerges/Pavlyuchenkova def. Kondratieva/Lefevre 6-1 7-6(7-5)

It’s interesting to see that Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci are both here — but they aren’t playing the doubles. Presumably because they are now ranked so high that they don’t need International events. So we get a relatively low-ranked team as our #1 seeds.

Doubles – First Round: (2) Govortsova/Jans-Ignacik def. (WC) Cedermark/Peterson 6-4 6-2

Doubles – First Round: Arvidsson/Larsson def. Ferrer Suarez/Hogenkamp 3-6 6-3 10-4 (Match TB)

Doubles – First Round: Hrdinova/Jugic-Salkic def. (WC) Melander/Roma 7-6(7-5) 6-1

Doubles – First Round: Klemenschits/Malek def. Grymalska/Perez 6-4 6-3

Carlsbad

Later