Today’s Women’s News (10/29) – Sofia Preview & Taipei

Written by: Staff on 29th October 2012

Today's Women's News (10/29) - Sofia Preview & Taipei

epa03414525 Nadia Petrova of Russia returns the ball to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their final match of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo, Japan, 29 September 2012. Petrova won 6-0, 1-6 and 6-3. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA |

> Taipei Challenger

> The WTA is listing scores from this event on their web site,

> even though it is below the International tier, so perhaps

> we’d better talk about it. It certainly started well for

> Asians; #6 Kimiko Date-Krumm — who just took a big rankings

> fall — started to rebuild by beating qualifier Alexandra

> Stevenson in a third set tiebreak, while Tamarine Tanasugarn

> upset #8 seed Greta Arn 7-5 in the third. The other two

> winners were Kurumi Nara and Zhang Ling.

> Women’s Look Forward: Sofia

> Here’s a wild idea: Forget putting Sofia after Istanbul. Put

> it before, and give the winner a spot in the Istanbul draw.

> It would give players a reason to play International events

> — but not much of a reason, because the Premier events

> offer so many more points.

> And, potentially, the Premier events require less work. The

> format of the “other” championships has already changed

> substantially once in its short existence — and this year

> marks Big Change #2. And we’re not talking about the fact

> that it has moved from Bali to Sofia. The big change is

> that, this year, it’s a Round Robin. So there is no

> possibility of playing one match, collecting your fee, and

> getting out.

> So it was a real question as to who would want to show up.

> Would Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko, who just won the

> Istanbul doubles? The answer: Yes. Would Venus Williams, who

> hasn’t been too busy lately but who is… Venus? The answer:

> No. With Kaia Kanepi also out, that means our field consists

> of Caroline Wozniacki, Petrova, Roberta Vinci, Hsieh Su-Wei,

> Zheng Jie, and Daniela Hantuchova, plus wildcards Kirilenko

> and Tsvetana Pironkova. (Half the stories on the event’s web

> site seem to be about Pironkova, who is by far the

> lowest-ranked player in the draw. Let’s hope the attention

> doesn’t mess her up too much.) The alternates are Sofia

> Arvidsson and Alize Cornet.

> The groups are called “Group Serdika” and “Group Sredets”

> (with, interestingly, no indications what those mean).

> Serdika includes Wozniacki, Vinci, Hsieh, and Hantuchova.

> Sredets got Petrova, Zheng, and both wildcards. It will be

> interesting to see how Kirilenko and Petrova deal with each

> other.

> There is another event this week, the extra-specially-big

> Challenger in Taipei — in effect, a revival of the WTA’s

> old Tier V format. Certainly the field is strong for a

> Challenger, with Peng Shuai and Olga Govortsova the top

> seeds. But since it won’t affect the Top Thirty, that’s

> about all we have to say about it.

> The Rankings

> Because it’s a round robin, the rules here are funny. What

> is safe to say is that it won’t affect the Top Eight; none

> of them are playing, and they’re too far ahead of everyone

> else to be affected by the outcome. But we could see an

> effect at #10. If Caroline Wozniacki can win here, she will

> pass Marion Bartoli to end the year at #10. She’ll probably

> need a title, though. Nadia Petrova appears to need a title

> to reach #12.

> Our most interesting contest is at #15, since Kirilenko is

> #15 and Vinci is #16, and the gap between them is small.

> Vinci, however, has a bigger sixteenth event score. So

> she’ll likely have to earn two more wins than Kirilenko to

> move up.

> Hsieh won’t need much to end the year in the Top 25. Zheng

> needs more, but it’s possible. It looks as if a final would

> put Hantuchova in the Top Thirty.

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