Women Tennis Update – Stuttgart and Marrakech Saturday, April 27, 2013

Written by: Staff on 27th April 2013

Women Tennis Update - Stuttgart and Marrakech Saturday, April 27, 2013

epa03520163 Maria Sharapova of Russia plays during a practice session at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, 30 December 2012. EPA/DAVE HUNT |

Stuttgart

Singles – Quarterfinal: (1) Maria Sharapova def. Ana Ivanovic 7-5 4-6 6-4

Maria Sharapova can’t seem to pick up an easy victory here, but she keeps winning, pushing her lead over Victoria Azarenka to more than 800 points. Of course, she has more to defend this spring. Ana Ivanovic loses her chance to return to the Top Fifteen.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (2) Li Na def. (8) Petra Kvitova 6-3 7-5

Petra Kvitova just can’t seem to win the big matches — and, as a result, will stay stuck at #8.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (3) Angelique Kerber def. Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 7-6(7-2)

Maybe Angelique Kerber merely needed to come back to Germany to get her game back in order. She has finally gone far enough to start earning points. Not enough to really matter yet, but they’re points. She leaves Yaroslava Shvedova at probably #35.

Singles – Quarterfinal: Bethanie Mattek-Sands def. Sabine Lisicki 6-4 6-2

Bethanie Mattek-Sands had been showing signs of life lately — she had her ranking up to #104 — but nothing to indicate that she could reach the semifinals of an event this strong! She increases her point total by almost exactly a third; she will rise to probably slightly above #75. Sabine Lisicki will be just above #40.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Mattek-Sands/Mirza def. Huber/Husarova 7-5 6-4

Liezel Huber is not having a good year at all, but still — what an event for Bethanie Mattek-Sands!

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Barthel/Lisicki def. Jankovic/Lucic-Baroni 6-1 2-6 10-4

Marrakech

Singles – Quarterfinal: (6) Francesca Schiavone def. (3) Alize Cornet 6-4 6-4

Francesca Schiavone has been struggling terribly, but Alize Cornet is anything but consistent, and of course Schiavone still gives her opponents a game unlike anyone else’s. Cornet loses her Top Thirty chance; Schiavone — who is the only seed left in the draw — is up to probably #42.

Singles – Quarterfinal: Lourdes Dominguez Lino def. (5) Kiki Bertens 6-4 4-6 6-3

It looked as if Kiki Bertens was finally starting to think about the fact that she was defending the title here. She was making errors in bunches. That will drop her to around #60 — well behind Lourdes Dominguez Lino, who might rise as high as #50.

Singles – Quarterfinal: Chanelle Scheepers def. (7) Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 6-2

Kristina Mladenovic is up to around #45, but she won’t be hitting the Top Forty. She didn’t have much chance of a Roland Garros seed, obviously, and this makes it even harder.

Singles – Quarterfinal: Mandy Minella def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-3 3-6 6-3

This made it four matches played, four upsets. Mandy Minella had been struggling lately. Maybe she is finally getting over it.

Doubles – Semifinal: (3) Babos/Minella def. Dominguez Lino/Parra Santonja 3-6 7-6(8-6) 10-8

It really does seem as if Timea Babos has a big future in doubles. Not much evidence of it in singles, though.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

KEYWORDS: No Feature Today

******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

Stuttgart (Premier 700/Clay). Defending Champion: Maria Sharapova

Marrakech (International/Clay). Defending Champion: Kiki Bertens

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Oeiras (International/Clay). Defending Champion: Kaia Kanepi (at Estoril)

************ STATS AND FACTS ************

**RANKINGS

Estimated WTA Rankings As of April 26, 2013

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1..(1) SWilliams ……… 11115

2..(2) SHARAPOVA ……… 9970*

3..(3) Azarenka ………..9130

4..(4) ARadwanska ………6845

5..(5) LI ……………..5880*

6..(6) KERBER ………….5420*

7..(7) ERRANI ………….5350

8..(8) KVITOVA ……….. 5225

9..(9) STOSUR ………….3790

10.(10) WOZNIACKI ……… 3760

11.(11) PETROVA ……….. 3075

12.(12) VINCI …………. 2925

13.(13) Kirilenko ……… 2911

14.(14) Bartoli ……….. 2710

15.(15) Cibulkova ……… 2615

16.(17) IVANOVIC ………..2585

17.(16) Stephens ………..2520

18.(18) JANKOVIC ………..2335

19.(19) PAVLYUCHENKOVA …..1875

20.(20) Zakopalova ………1860

21.(21) VWilliams ……… 1850

22.(22) FLIPKENS ………..1816

23.(23) SUAREZ NAVARRO …..1805

24.(24) MAKAROVA ………..1770

25.(25) SAFAROVA ………..1730

26.(26) CIRSTEA ……….. 1660

27.(27) Lepchenko ……… 1657

28.(29) VESNINA ……….. 1598

29.(30) GOERGES ……….. 1585

30.(28) BARTHEL ……….. 1575

**DRAWS

Stuttgart — Week of April 22

…………..QF…………….SF

1 Sharapova…(1)Sharapova……Sharapova

8 Petrova…..Ivanovic

3 Kerber……(3)Kerber………Kerber

7 Wozniacki…Shvedova

6 Stosur……Lisicki

4 Errani……Mattek-Sands(Q)…Mattek-Sands

5 Kvitova…..(5)Kvitova

2 Li……….(2)Li………….Li

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Sharapova

2 Li

3 Kerber

4 Errani……lost 2R (Mattek-Sands)

5 Kvitova…..lost QF (Li)

6 Stosur……lost 1R (Jankovic)

7 Wozniacki…lost 1R (Suarez Navarro)

8 Petrova…..lost 2R (Ivanovic)

Marrakech — Week of April 22

……………..QF……………..SF

[9 Pironkova]….Dominguez Lino…..Dominguez Lino

5 Bertens……..(5)Bertens

4 Kanepi………Minella…………Minella

[Honcova(Q)]…..Soler Espinosa

6 Schiavone……(6)Schiavone…….Schiavone

3 Cornet………(3)Cornet

7 Mladenovic…..(7)Mladenovic

2 Cirstea……..Scheepers……….Scheepers

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Cibulkova (WC)….WITHDREW (replaced by Pironkova)

2 Cirstea………..lost 1R (Scheepers)

3 Cornet…………lost 3R (Schiavone)

4 Kanepi…………lost 2R (Minella)

5 Bertens………..lost QF (Dominguez Lino)

6 Schiavone

7 Mladenovic……..lost QF (Scheepers)

8 Oprandi………..WITHDREW

9 Pironkova………lost 2R (Dominguez Lino)

******** SCORES ********

FRIDAY

Stuttgart

Singles – Quarterfinal

(1) Maria Sharapova def. Ana Ivanovic 7-5 4-6 6-4

(2) Li Na def. (8) Petra Kvitova 6-3 7-5

(3) Angelique Kerber def. Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 7-6(7-2)

Bethanie Mattek-Sands def. Sabine Lisicki 6-4 6-2

Doubles – Quarterfinal

Mattek-Sands/Mirza def. Huber/Husarova 7-5 6-4

Barthel/Lisicki def. Jankovic/Lucic-Baroni 6-1 2-6 10-4

Marrakech

Singles – Quarterfinal

(6) Francesca Schiavone def. (3) Alize Cornet 6-4 6-4

Lourdes Dominguez Lino def. (5) Kiki Bertens 6-4 4-6 6-3

Chanelle Scheepers def. (7) Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 6-2

Mandy Minella def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-3 3-6 6-3

Doubles – Semifinal

(3) Babos/Minella def. Dominguez Lino/Parra Santonja 3-6 7-6(8-6) 10-8

Topics: Ana Ivanovic, Li Na, Maria Sharapova, Maybe Angelique, Petra Kvitova, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Victoria Azarenka, Yaroslava Shvedova

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