Women Tennis Update – Williams and Sharapova Dominate

Written by: Staff on 8th May 2013

Women Tennis Update - Williams and Sharapova Dominate

epa03690798 US tennis player Serena Williams serves a ball to Spanish Lourdes Dominguez during their second round match of the Madrid Open tennis tournament at La Caja Magica tennis center in Madrid, central Spain, 07 May 2013. EPA/CHEMA MOYA |

Madrid

Top seeded holder Serena Williams shrugged off her months-long catfight with teenaged compatriot Sloane Stephens and got on with her tennis as she won into the third round 6-2, 7-5 over Spain’s Lourdes Dominguez Lino. “I feel it went well,” said the American. “I made a lot of errors, but her game kind of forces you to make errors. It was a really good clay court tennis match for me. It was perfect to play a match like this.”

Williams is representing the family this week in the Spanish capital after sister Venus withdrew citing back pain. The elder Williams has been passing her time with her tiny dog, which she walks in front of the sisters’ five-star hotel facing the Retiro park.

Second seed Maria Sharapova had to wait until nearly midnight as reported boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov took three hours to beat Novak Djokovic. But Sharapova made up for lost time as she crushed Christine McHale of the US, 6-1, 6-2.

Two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova put out fellow Russian Nadia Petrova, the 11th seed, 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-4. French 14th seed Marion Bartoli, back with her father as coach after an unsuccessful trial of several other mentors in recent months, advanced over Maria Torro-Flor of Spain 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, but taking two and a quarter hours to get the job done.

Bartoli was also dealing with an ankle injury but managed to play through. “It was hurting me at the beginning of third set, but I was really able to focus and went throughout pain. I’m just really pleased with the way I felt on the court and the way I was able to pull that one out.

Serb 16th seed Ana Ivanovic out out South African Chanelle Scheepers 6-2, 6-2 while Germany’s Sabine Lisicki upset 15th seed Dominika Cibulkova 7-6(4), 7-6(3). Spain’s clay ace Anabel Medina Garrigues schooled American Madison Keys 7-6(2), 6-3.

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**RANKINGS

Estimated WTA Rankings As of May 6, 2013

Rank &
Prior
Rank….Name…………..Points
1 (1) SWILLIAMS 10255*
2 (2) SHARAPOVA 10130*
3 (3) AZARENKA 8510*
4 (4) ARADWANSKA 6475
5 (5) LI 5755
6 (6) KERBER 5420*
7 (7) ERRANI 5330*
8 (8) KVITOVA 5225*
9 (10) WOZNIACKI 3625
10 (9) STOSUR 3545
11 (11) PETROVA 3075
12 (12) KIRILENKO 2911*
13 (14) BARTOLI 2845*
14 (13) VINCI 2730
15 (15) CIBULKOVA 2690
16 (16) IVANOVIC 2585*
17 (17) STEPHENS 2515
18 (18) JANKOVIC 2335
19 (19) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2010
20 (22) FLIPKENS 1872
21 (23) SUAREZ NAVARRO 1805*
22 (20) ZAKOPALOVA 1785
23 (21) VWilliams 1770
24 (24) MAKAROVA 1710*
25 (26) CIRSTEA 1660
26 (28) GOERGES 1660*
27 (25) SAFAROVA 1595
28 (36) SHVEDOVA 1572*
29 (30) Paszek 1568
30 (31) URADWANSKA 1550