Women Tennis News – Strasbourg, Brussels, Rankings…

Written by: on 22nd May 2013
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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

©Daily Tennis News Wire

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