Women Tennis News – Madrid

Madrid

 

Singles – Final: (1) Serena Williams def. (2) Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-4

It might give a little perspective to note that, until Maria Sharapova faced Ana Ivanovic in the semifinal, the Russian had not faced a Top Thirty player here. So her clay form was perhaps not all that her start would have implied. Still, she came in with a 21 match clay winning streak — and got blown out. Whew!

Serena Williams is still undefeated on clay this year, and now has a 17 match winning streak (Miami, Charleston, Madrid). She also won Brisbane, and is 29-2 (with a withdrawal) this year. We show her with 4061 points already in 2013 (to 4165 for Sharapova, who has two titles, two finals, and two semifinals; and 3400 to Azarenka). How much more can Serena do this year? Your guess is frankly as good as ours, but it’s likely to be a lot — especially since, for practical purposes, she is now assured the #1 Roland Garros seed.

This is listed as career singles title #50 for Serena.

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of May 12, 2013

 

 

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1..(1) SWILLIAMS ……… 11115*

2..(2) SHARAPOVA ……… 10690

3..(3) AZARENKA ………..8510

4..(4) ARADWANSKA ………6475

5..(5) LI ……………..5755

6..(7) ERRANI ………….5640

7..(6) KERBER ………….5530

8..(8) KVITOVA ……….. 5225

9.(10) WOZNIACKI ……… 3625

10..(9) STOSUR ………….3545

11.(11) PETROVA ……….. 3075

12.(12) KIRILENKO ……… 2971

13.(16) IVANOVIC ………..2895

14.(14) BARTOLI ……….. 2845

15.(13) VINCI …………. 2730

16.(15) CIBULKOVA ……… 2690

17.(17) STEPHENS ………..2515

18.(18) JANKOVIC ………..2335

19.(19) PAVLYUCHENKOVA …..2010

20.(24) MAKAROVA ………..1880

21.(22) FLIPKENS ………..1872

22.(23) SUAREZ NAVARRO …..1805

23.(20) ZAKOPALOVA ………1785

24.(21) VWilliams ……… 1770

25.(26) CIRSTEA ……….. 1660

26.(28) GOERGES ……….. 1660

27.(25) SAFAROVA ………..1595

28.(36) SHVEDOVA ………..1572

29.(30) Paszek ………….1568

30.(31) URADWANSKA ………1550

 

**DRAWS

 

Madrid — Week of May 6

 

WINNER: Serena Williams

………………3R………………QF…………SF………….F

1 S Williams……(1)SWilliams……..S.Williams….S.Williams…..Williams

13 Kirilenko……(13)Kirilenko

10 Wozniacki……Shvedova

5 Li…………..Medina Garrigues….Medina

 

3 Azarenka……..Makarova…………Makarova

14 Bartoli……..(14)Bartoli

12 Vinci……….Lepchenko

7 Errani……….(7)Errani………..Errani……..Errani

 

6 Kerber……….(6)Kerber………..Kerber

11 Petrova……..Kuznetsova

16 Ivanovic…….(16)Ivanovic……..Ivanovic……Ivanovic

4 A Radwanska…..Robson

 

8 Kvitova………Hantuchova (WC)

9 Stosur……….Kanepi…………..Kanepi

15 Cibulkova……Lisicki

2 Sharapova…….(2)Sharapova……..Sharapova…..Sharapova

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 S Williams…….WON TOURNAMENT

2 Sharapova……..lost F (S. Williams)

3 Azarenka………lost 2R (Makarova)

4 A Radwanska……lost 2R (Robson)

5 Li……………lost 1R (Keys)

6 Kerber………..lost QF (Ivanovic)

7 Errani………..lost SF (S. Williams)

8 Kvitova……….lost 2R (Hantuchova)

9 Stosur………..lost 1R (Suarez Navarro)

10 Wozniacki…….lost 1R (Shvedova)

11 Petrova………lost 2R (Kuznetsova)

12 Vinci………..lost 1R (Lepchenko)

13 Kirilenko…….lost 3R (S. Williams)

14 Bartoli ……..lost 3R (Makarova)

15 Cibulkova…….lost 2R (Lisicki)

16 Ivanovic

 

Rome — Week of May 13

 

 

1 S Williams

–bye

V Williams

Robson

Makarova

Oudin (Q)

Mladenovic

14 Cibulkova

 

11 Petrova

Suarez Navarro

Pavlyuchenkova

Oprandi

Flipkens

Wickmayer

–bye

6 Kerber

 

4 A Radwanska

–bye

Kuznetsova

Halep (Q)

Burnett (WC)

Cornet

Vesnina

13 Vinci

 

10 Wozniacki

Jovanovski

Jankovic

Pironkova

Zheng

Rybarikova

–bye

5 Li

 

8 Kvitova

–bye

Lisicki

Burdette (Q)

Niculescu

Peng

Hsieh

9 Stosur

 

15 Ivanovic

U. Radwanska

Cirstea

Morita

Goerges

Hlavackova (Q)

–bye

3 Azarenka

 

7 Errani

–bye

Knapp (WC)

McHale

Tsurenko (Q)

Lepchenko

Medina Garrigues (Q)

12 Kirilenko

 

16 Stephens

Pennetta (WC)

Schiavone

Bertens

Muguruza (Q)

Johansson (Q)

–bye

2 Sharapova

 

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

 

 

SUNDAY

 

Madrid

Singles – Final

(1) Serena Williams def. (2) Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-4

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