Canadian Open
Singles – First Round: (WC) Aleksandra Wozniak def. Daniela Hantuchova 7-5 7-6(7-5)
Aleksandra Wozniak was up a set and a break in this, lost it, got it back, and lost it again as she served for the match. That was pretty typical in a contest where neither player could hold serve — Wozniak won only about half her service points, even on first serve, and Daniela Hantuchova was below fifty percent on first serve. Indeed, Hantuchova double-faulted in the eleventh game of the second set to give Wozniak another chance to serve it out. And Wozniak — who blew three match points — failed again. And then it started to rain. About an hour later, they came back and struggled some more, but, with the stands almost empty, Wozniak won. That is a real blow to Hantuchova’s U. S. Open seeding chances; she will be around #35. Wozniak defends her points but remains below #50.
Singles – First Round: (WC) Ksenia Pervak def. (Q) Anna Tatishvili 7-6(8-6) 7-6(7-4)
This was, if anything, even more numbing than the Hantuchova match, and it ended later. But it should move Ksenia Pervak above #70.
Singles – First Round: Tamira Paszek def. Julia Goerges 6-2 6-1
Julia Goerges loses her shot at the Top Twenty. Tamira Paszek is a little below the Top Forty. (For some reason, there are a lot of players active between #40 and #45.)
Singles – First Round: Carla Suarez Navarro def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 1-6 6-4 6-3
Carla Suarez Navarro is one of those just below the Top Forty. She needs about 200 more points to earn a U. S. Open seed. Which probably means she needs a semifinal here or a quarterfinal at Cincinnati.
Singles – First Round: Ekaterina Makarova def. (LL) Urszula Radwanska 6-4 6-2
Ekaterina Makarova defends her points and will probably stay just below the Top Forty, too. Urszula Radwanska will be a little above #50.
Singles – First Round: Chanelle Scheepers def. (WC) Stephanie Dubois 1-6 6-3 6-0
Add Chanelle Scheepers to the just-below-the-Top-Forty crowd. A very crowded place indeed.
Singles – First Round: Roberta Vinci def. Yanina Wickmayer 6-2 3-6 7-5
Roberta Vinci came in ranked one spot ahead of Yanina Wickmayer but with quarterfinal points to defend. That made this, in effect, a contest for a Top Thirty spot. Vinci is probably in; Wickmayer will not rise above #30 and may fall. It was a dramatic ending; Vinci won the last five games.
Singles – First Round: (Q) Sesil Karatantcheva def. Sorana Cirstea 6-0 6-0
Whatever was wrong with Sorana Cirstea, it’s a severe blow to her U. S. Open seeding hopes; she will remain near the bottom of the Top Forty — and with all those close-to-the-top-forty players chasing her. Sesil Karatantcheva finally has herself firmly back in the Top Hundred.
Singles – First Round: Simona Halep def. (Q) Michelle Larcher de Brito 6-4 6-3
This might be enough to keep Simona Halep Top Fifty, but we would guess she needs one more win.
Singles – First Round: (Q) Jana Cepelova def. Sofia Arvidsson 6-3 6-3
Jana Cepelova just keeps climbing. It doesn’t appear this will put her in the Top Hundred. Not quite. But one more win certainly would.
Doubles – First Round: Jans-Ignacik/Mladenovic def. (5) Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez 7-6(10-8) 6-3
After a strong start to their reunion, Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez have now suffered two straight improbable losses.
Doubles – First Round: Dushevina/Tanasugarn def. Husarova/Peer 7-5 5-7 10-7 (Match TB)
A lot of experience in this match…. Tamarine Tanasugarn’s ranking is falling fast, but at least her stamina seems to be good.
Doubles – First Round: Grandin/Uhlirova def. Jurak/Marosi 6-7(4-7) 6-4 10-8 (Match TB)
Doubles – First Round: Rodionova/Voskoboeva def. Kudryavtseva/Minella 6-0 6-3
Doubles – First Round: Makarova/Savchuk def. Dekmeijere/Rosolska 3-6 6-1 10-8 (Match TB)
We can’t help but notice how, with the Olympics over, most of the teams here are of women who are not countrywomen….
Doubles – First Round: Pavlyuchenkova/Safarova def. Babos/Daniilidou 6-1 3-6 11-9 (Match TB)
Estimated WTA Rankings As of August 7, 2012
Rank &
Prior
Rank …Name …………. Points
1..(1) AZARENKA ………..8745*
2..(2) SHARAPOVA ……… 8715*
3..(3) ARADWANSKA ………7935*
4..(4) SWilliams ……… 7145
5..(5) STOSUR ………….5695*
6..(6) KVITOVA ……….. 5275*
7..(7) KERBER ………….5225*
8..(8) WOZNIACKI ……… 4206*
9..(9) ERRANI ………….3620*
10.(10) BARTOLI ……….. 3400*
11.(11) LI ……………..3176*
12.(12) IVANOVIC ………..3020*
13.(13) CIBULKOVA ……… 2945*
14.(14) Kirilenko ……… 2835
15.(15) Zvonareva ……… 2770
16.(16) Kanepi ………….2514
17.(17) PENNETTA ………..2230*
18.(18) JANKOVIC ………..2220*
19.(19) LISICKI ……….. 2142*
20.(21) PETROVA ……….. 2050*
21.(22) Schiavone ……… 1985
22.(24) PAVLYUCHENKOVA …..1970*
23.(25) GOERGES ……….. 1970
24.(23) SAFAROVA ………..1885*
25.(26) MCHALE ………….1870*
26.(20) Petkovic ………..1835
27.(29) Clijsters ……… 1765
28.(27) Zheng …………. 1716
29.(28) VINCI …………. 1710*
30.(30) WICKMAYER ……… 1705
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