Women Tennis Update – Rome, Brussels, Rankings

Written by: on 20th May 2013
Tennis Estoril Open 2012
Women Tennis Update - Rome, Brussels, Rankings

epa03202743 British player Elena Baltacha in action against Russia's Maria Kirilenko during their first round match of the Estoril Open 2012 tennis tournament at Jamor complex in Oeiras, Portugal, 01 May 2012. Kirilenko won 7-6(6) and 6-1. EPA/JOSE SENA GOULAO  |

Rome

Briton Elena Baltacha made a comeback from injury by winning her first WTA match since the Wimbledon first round last summer, beating Swiss Stefanie Voegele 7-6(9) 7-5 in two hours. It was just the latest setback for the alpine nation since Sunday, when Roger Federer lost the Rome final to Rafael Nadal and the national ice hockey team was beaten in the final of the World Championships in Helsinki by Sweden.

 

Seventh seed Varvara Lepchenko of the US kept up a nonstop clay schedule which has seen her compete in Portugal, Madrid and Rome over the past month, with the American reaching the second round at the expense of Serb Bojana Jovanovski 6-2, 6-7(8), 6-4.

 

In other results in the chilly Belgian capital, Slovak Jana Cepelova defeated Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 while Olga Govortsova of Belarus advanced over Arantxa Rus 6-2 7-5. The 86th-ranked Dutchwoman has gone 0-7 in WTA-level matches this season.

 

Brussels

 

No main draw play due to rain

 

**RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of May 20, 2013

 

 

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1 (1) SWilliams 11620

2 (2) Sharapova 10015

3 (3) Azarenka 9005

4 (4) ARadwanska 6125

5 (5) Errani 5835

6 (6) Li 5335

7 (7) Kvitova 5175

8 (8) Kerber 5135

9 (9) Stosur 3645

10 (10) WOZNIACKI 3625*

11 (11) Petrova 3065

12 (12) Kirilenko 3036

13 (13) BARTOLI 2845*

14 (14) Ivanovic 2800

15 (15) VINCI 2785*

16 (16) CIBULKOVA 2540*

17 (18) Jankovic 2500

18 (17) STEPHENS 2411*

19 (19) Pavlyuchenkova 2010

20 (20) Suarez Navarro 1975

21 (21) FLIPKENS 1872*

22 (22) Makarova 1811

23 (23) Zakopalova 1745

24 (29) LEPCHENKO 1626*

25 (24) GOERGES 1605*

26 (25) Safarova 1595

27 (26) Cirstea 1595

28 (27) Shvedova 1572

29 (30) VWilliams 1546

30 (28) PASZEK 1539*

 

**DRAWS

 

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 ********

 

 

MONDAY

 

Brussels

Singles – First Round

(7) Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 62 67(8) 64

Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. Arantxa Rus (NED) 62 75

Jana Cepelova (SVK) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 57 63 75

(WC) Elena Baltacha (GBR) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 76(9) 75

Suspended due to darkness

(4) Sloane Stephens (USA) is tied with Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 63 26 22

Doubles – First Round

(1) Mirza/Zheng (IND/CHN) d. Hrdinova/Lee-Waters (CZE/USA) 62 64

Dekmeijere/Kalashnikova (LAT/GEO) d. Aoyama/Tanasugarn (JPN/THA) 64 64

Klemenschits/Klepac (AUT/SLO) d. Elie/Slater (USA/GBR) 63 62

(WC) Flipkens/Rybarikova (BEL/SVK) d. Huber/Pliskova (USA/CZE) 63 26 108 (Match TB)

Singles Qualifying – Final Round

(1) Mallory Burdette (USA) d. (6) Maria Joao Koehler (POR) 46 63 60

(3) Melanie Oudin (USA) d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 62 76(1)

(7) Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) d. (4) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 46 61 61

Zhang Shuai (CHN) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 76(5) 62

 

Strasbourg

Singles Qualifying – Final Round

(5/WC) Shelby Rogers (USA) d. (1) Vesna Dolonc (SRB) 64 62

(2) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (7) Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR) 57 61 64

Magda Linette (POL) d. (8) Masa Zec-Peskiric (SLO) 62 60

Marta Domachowska (POL) d. (WC) Carolin Daniels (GER) 64 26 62

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