Women Tennis Updates – Carlsbad, Bastad, Rankings

Written by: Staff on 17th July 2012

Women Tennis Updates - Carlsbad, Bastad, Rankings

epa03278761 Nadia Petrova of Russia makes a return against Urszula Radwanska of Poland during the womens final of the Unicef Open tennis tournament in Rosmalen,The Netherlands, 23 June 2012. EPA/KOEN SUYK SUYK |

Carlsbad

Singles – First Round: Urszula Radwanska def. (6/WC) Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 7-5

Daniela Hantuchova has been struggling, and clearly was off-form here, too. But it is also clear that Urszula Radwanska is still in excellent form. She’s now close to #45. Daniela Hantuchova will remain below #30. If she doesn’t snap out of it soon, she’ll be unseeded at the U. S. Open.

Singles – First Round: Misaki Doi def. (W) Michelle Larcher de Brito 6-7(6-8) 6-1 6-3

Misaki Doi is ranked #140 (nine spots behind Michelle Larcher de Brito). To be sure, her ranking has been falling. But only a little. The fact that she had direct entry will probably tell you all you need to know about the field here….

Singles – First Round: (Q) Alexa Glatch def. (WC) Lauren Davis 6-3 6-2

Lauren Davis is the higher-ranked of these two by 22 places, but Glatch’s win will eliminate most of that gap.

Singles – First Round: Varvara Lepchenko def. (WC) Nicole Gibbs 6-3 6-1

Nicole Gibbs is perhaps learning more than she wanted to about the WTA Tour…. One more win would take Varvara Lepchenko to around #40.

Doubles – First Round: Lee-Waters/Moulton-Levy def. Fujiwara/S Zheng 6-0 6-4

Doubles – First Round: Chan/Chan def. Mattek-Sands/Mirza 5-7 6-4 10-5 (Match TB)

These are both fairly strong teams, but we’d consider this at least a moderate upset. Or, at least, it would have been before Mattek-Sands and Mirza started having their troubles.

Doubles – First Round: Chang/Lertcheewakarn def. Keothavong/Pegula 6-2 1-6 10-8 (Match TB)

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

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

This Week’s Movers — Women

Each week, Daily Tennis will look at the biggest movers of the week, looking at how they did what they did.

Biggest Upward Mover — Most Places Moved (Top 100)

Leader: Coco Vandeweghe — Moved 51 places, from #120 to #69.

Vandeweghe lost in Stanford qualifying — but made the main draw as a Lucky Loser and blasted her way all the way to the final.

Runner-Up: Laura Robson — Moved 22 places, from #113 to #91

The amazing part of this is that Robson did it by making the semifinal at Palermo. In other words, on clay.

Biggest Percentage Mover — Cut Ranking By Highest Percent (Top 100)

Leader: Vandeweghe — cut ranking 42%

Runner-Up: Robson, 19%

Biggest Loser — Most Places Lost (Top 100)

Loser: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez — Dropped 28 places, from #61 to #89

Last year at this time, Martinez Sanchez won Bad Gastein. This year, she is hardly able to play.

Biggest Percentage Loser — Worst Percentage Increase in Ranking (Top 100)

Loser: Martinez Sanchez, ranking increased 46%.

Ranking Notes

You would think, since more points went into the system this week than went out, that we would have had a lot of big upward movements. But the week’s two champions, Serena Williams and Sara Errani, moved not at all. The result is that only one player — Vandeweghe — rose more than 20%. Only five rose as much as 15%: Vandeweghe, Robson, Yanina Wickmayer (up 16%, to #31), Urszula Radwanska (up 16%, to #48), and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (up 15%, to #60).

But, on the down side, Martinez Sanchez fell 46%. 2011 Palermo finalist Polona Hercog lost 37%, to #86. 2011 Palermo champion Anabel Medina Garrigues fell 35%, to #35. And Kateryna Bondarenko lost 26%, to #87.

Our Personal Picks for “Best Mover of the Week”

These are subjective picks!

Obviously Vandeweghe.

Topics: Bastad tennis news, Carlsbad tennis news, Daniela Hantuchova, Misaki Doi, Mona Barthel, Urszula Radwanska, women tennis news

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