Women Tennis Update – Rome Monday, May 20, 2013
Women Tennis Update - Rome Monday, May 20, 2013 epa03522919 Serena Williams of the USA serves to Sloane Stephens of the USA during their quarter final match at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, 03 January 2013. Williams defeated Stephens 6-4, 6-3. EPA/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |
Rome
Singles – Final: (1) Serena Williams def. (3) Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3
Serena Williams is definitely going into Roland Garros on a high note.
There truly wasn’t much to this. Serena won 59% of the points; it really was a blowout. Victoria Azarenka was broken in six of her eight service games; she held twice and broke Serena twice and that was it. She won only 27% of second serve points.
What else can we possibly say about Serena? She is 32-2 this year, with a withdrawal. She has won five of her eight tournaments. She has now won 22 WTA matches in a row, including all 16 she has played on clay this year. We show her with 4961 points this year, to 4020 for Azarenka and 4390 for Sharapova. She was #1; she remains #1; she will surely be #1 for a long time to come. As for Azarenka, she remains stuck at #3. At least she is playing well again.
Doubles – Final: Hsieh/Peng def. (1) Errani/Vinci 4-6 6-3 10-8
Talk about a spectacular run for Hsieh/Peng: They beat #4 Huber/Martinez Sanchez, #2 Petrova/Srebotnik, and now the #1 seeds. If the WTA still awarded quality points, they would have earned 135 of them. That’s the second-highest total for any team this year (behind Petrova/Srebotnik’s 136 points earned at Sydney). It’s the first team title for Hsieh/Peng since Beijing 2009; they came here with a record of just 6-4 this year. But they won Rome in 2009 also; they seem to like this place. Or maybe they mostly like big events…. Hsieh will be hitting the Top Twenty; Peng will make the Top Thirty. Errani and Vinci will of course remain #1 — even with the loss, they are 21-5 this year. But after winning the Australian Open, Paris, and Doha back-to-back-to-back, they’ve failed to win their last three events played. Not a bad record, by any means, but not quite what we would expect of the world’s #1 team.
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******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:
Brussels (Premier/Clay). Defending Champion: Agnieszka Radwanska
Strasbourg (INternational/Clay). Defending Champion: Francesca Schiavone
NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:
Roland Garros (Slam/Clay). Defending Champion: Maria Sharapova
************ STATS AND FACTS ************
**RANKINGS
Estimated WTA Rankings As of May 19, 2013
Rank &
Prior
Rank….Name…………..Points
1..(1) SWILLIAMS ……… 11620*
2..(2) SHARAPOVA ……… 10015
3..(3) AZARENKA ………..9005
4..(4) ARADWANSKA ………6475
5..(6) ERRANI ………….5835
6..(5) LI ……………..5335
7..(7) Kerber ………….5310
8..(8) KVITOVA ……….. 5175
9.(10) STOSUR ………….3645
10..(9) WOZNIACKI ……… 3625
11.(11) PETROVA ……….. 3065
12.(12) KIRILENKO ……… 3036
13.(14) Bartoli ……….. 2845
14.(13) IVANOVIC ………..2800
15.(15) VINCI …………. 2785
16.(16) CIBULKOVA ……… 2590
17.(17) STEPHENS ………..2540
18.(18) JANKOVIC ………..2500
19.(19) PAVLYUCHENKOVA …..2010
20.(22) SUAREZ NAVARRO …..1975
21.(21) FLIPKENS ………..1872
22.(20) MAKAROVA ………..1815
23.(23) Zakopalova ………1745
24.(25) GOERGES ……….. 1605
25.(26) CIRSTEA ……….. 1595
26.(28) Shvedova ………..1572
27.(29) Paszek ………….1568
28.(31) LEPCHENKO ……… 1567
29.(24) VWILLIAMS ……… 1550
30.(30) CORNET ………….1530
**DRAWS
Rome — Week of May 13
WINNER: Serena Williams
………………..3R…………….QF…………….SF……..F
1 S Williams……..(1)S.Williams…..Williams……….Williams..Williams
14 Cibulkova……..(14)Cibulkova
11 Petrova……….Suarez Navarro….Suarez Navarro
[Dominguez Lino(LL)]Dominguez Lino
4 A Radwanska…….Halep………….Halep………….Halep
13 Vinci…………(13)Vinci
10 Wozniacki……..Jankovic……….Jankovic
5 Li…………….(5)Li
8 Kvitova………..(8)Kvitova
9 Stosur…………(9)Stosur………Stosur
15 Ivanovic………Morita
3 Azarenka……….(3)Azarenka…….Azarenka………Azarenka..Azarenka
7 Errani…………(7)Errani………Errani………..Errani
12 Kirilenko……..(12)Kirilenko
16 Stephens………(16)Stephens
2 Sharapova………(2)Sharapova……Sharapova
STATUS OF SEEDS
1 S Williams…….WON TOURNAMENT
2 Sharapova……..WITHDREW from QF
3 Azarenka………lost F (S. Williams)
4 A Radwanska……lost 2R (Halep)
5 Li……………lost 3R (Jankovic)
6 Kerber………..WITHDREW (replaced by Dominguez Lino)
7 Errani………..lost SF (Azarenka)
8 Kvitova……….lost 3R (Stosur)
9 Stosur………..lost QF (Azarenka)
10 Wozniacki…….lost 1R (Jovanovski)
11 Petrova………lost 1R (Suarez Navarro)
12 Kirilenko…….lost 3R (Errani)
13 Vinci………..lost 3R (Halep)
14 Cibulkova…….lost 3R (S. Williams)
15 Ivanovic……..lost 1R (U. Radwanska)
16 Stephens……..lost 2R (Sharapova)
Brussels — Week of May 20
1 Wozniacki (WC)
–bye
Zheng
Qualifier
Oprandi
Qualifier
Qualifier
8 Goerges
4 Stephens
Pironkova
Qualifier
Rybarikova
Govortsova
Rus
Arvidsson
8 Peng
7 Lepchenko
Jovanovski
Baltacha (WC)
Voegele
Cepelova
Tsurenko
Kanepi
3 Cibulkova
5 Flipkens
Keys
Wickmayer
Hampton
Qualifier
Van Uytvank (WC)
–bye
2 Vinci
Strasbourg — Week of May 20
1 Bartoli
Giorgi
Soler-Espinosa
Bouchard
Tatishvili
Garcia (WC)
Erakovic
5 Niculescu
3 Cornet
Johansson
Qualifier
Puchkova
Qualifier
Qualifier
Feuerstein (WC)
7 Scheepers
8 Hantuchova
Torro-Flor
Svitolina
Qualifier
Doi
Ka. Pliskova
Beck
4 Hsieh
5 McHale
Davis
Hradecka
Muguruza
Larsson
Cetkovska
Razzano (WC)
2 Paszek
******** SCORES ********
SUNDAY
Rome
Singles – Final
(1) Serena Williams def. (3) Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3
Doubles – Final
Hsieh/Peng def. (1) Errani/Vinci 4-6 6-3 10-8
©Daily tennis news wire
Topics: Errani/Vinci, Hsieh/Peng, Roland Garros, Rome, Serena Williams, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Victoria Azarenka, women tennis news, Wta
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