Women Tennis News – Strasbourg, Brussels, Rankings…

Written by: Staff on 22nd May 2013

Women Tennis News - Strasbourg, Brussels, Rankings...

epa03700003 US player Sloane Stephens returns the ball to Italy's Flavia Pennetta during their first round match of the Italian Open tennis tournament at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, 14 May 2013. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI |

Strasbourg

The troubles continued for top seed Marion Bartoli as the Frenchwoman lost her opening match to Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-3, 6-2. Bartoli heads to Paris with a 2-4 record on the clay and low confidence as she tries to get comfortable again with her father as her coach.

Wild card Virginie Razzano extended the loss streak of second seed Tamira Paszek to nine matches dating to the first of the season in Australia with a 6-1, 6-4 win over the Austrian. Third seed Alizé Cornet of France led the way over compatriot Mathilde Johansson 6-3, 6-2. There were also wins for fourth seed Hsieh Su-Wei, a doubles champion last weekend in Rome, who beat German teenager Annika Beck 6-7(6), 7-5, 6-1, – saving two match points – and fifth seed Monica Niculescu, a winner over luckless Kiwi Marina Erakovic 6-7(7), 6-3, 7-6(5).

Lauren Davis won an all-American battle with Christina McHale, the sixth seed, 7-5, 6-3 while seventh seeded South African Chanelle Scheepers put out Claire Feuerstein of France 7-5, 6-4. María-Teresa Torró-Flor of Spain upset eighth seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 4-6 7-6(4). Swede Johanna Larsson rounded out a full day’s play with a win against Petra Cetkovska 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 while Anna Tatishvili stopped French wild card Caroline Garcia 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4.

Organizers completed the entire first round in a single day as Japan’s Misaki Doi beat Czech Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-2, Canadian Eugenie Bouchard defeated Sílvia Soler-Espinosa 6-3, 6-3 and Lucie Hradecka stopped Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain 6-4, 6-3. There were also wins for three qualifiers: Flavia Pennetta, American Shelby Rogers and Poland’s Magda Linette.

Brussels

One main draw match was started before a second day of rain forced cancellation of the day’s program. Sloane Stephens stood level with Tsvetana Pironkova 6-3, 2-6, 2-2..

**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

TUESDAY

Brussels No matches completed due to rain

Strasbourg Singles - First Round Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. (1) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 63 62 (WC) Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (2) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 61 64 (3) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 63 62 (4) Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) d. Annika Beck (GER) 67(6) 75 61 (saved 2mp) (5) Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) 67(7) 63 76(5) Lauren Davis (USA) d. (6) Christina McHale (USA) 75 63 (7) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. (WC) Claire Feuerstein (FRA) 75 64 María-Teresa Torró-Flor (ESP) d. (8) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 46 76(4) Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 62 26 63 Anna Tatishvili (GEO) d. (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA) 67(4) 75 64 Misaki Doi (JPN) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 75 62 Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 63 63 Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 64 63 (Q) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 64 62 (Q) Shelby Rogers (USA) d. (Q) Marta Domachowska (POL) 62 75 (Q) Magda Linette (POL) d. Olga Puchkova (RUS) 64 76(2) Doubles - First Round (3) Black/Erakovic (ZIM/NZL) d. Dolonc/Tatishvili (SRB/GEO) 76(4) 64 Barrois/Buryachok (GER/UKR) d. Perrin/Zec-Peskiric (SUI/SLO) 60 61 Linette/Piter (POL/POL) d. Clerico/Jegiolka (ITA/POL) 62 60 Maria/Paszek (GER/AUT) d. Muhammed/Will (USA/USA) 62 61