Women’s Tennis Update (5/28) – Roland Garros
Women's Tennis Update (5/28) - Roland Garros
Roland Garros
Roland Garros former finalist, Samantha Stosur squeezed in an opening victory before rain wrecked the afternoon program, with the ninth seed defeating Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-0, 6-2.
Australia’s Stosur, who lost the final three years ago to Italian Francesca Schiavone, said she was not overly bothered by wet conditions at one of the most dismal recent editions in Paris. The 42-year-old Date-Krumm lost the first nine games in the rout.
“When I was playing, it was actually not too bad. It was spitting a little bit when we went out there. Lucky for me I was able to finish the match before this last downpour came. I guess that’s the best way to deal with sometimes a frustrating situation.”
French 13th seed Marion Bartoli gave home fans a thrill, saving two match points and struggling to beat Olga Govortsova 7-6(8), 4-6, 7-5. The rain-interrupted epic lasted more than three hours, with Bartoli breaking seven times.
“It was a very lengthy, tricky day. I started at 11 am and then again at 2 pm and we finished at 6 pm so it was a very long match. The rain interruption I think was to my disadvantage, because I think I was dominating a little bit initially physically at least,” said the winner.
Slovak 16th seed Dominika Cibulkova crushed Lesia Tsurenko 6-1, 6-4 while Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova dismissed American Coco Vandeweghe 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 and Kristina Mladenovic beat Lauren Davis of the US 6-0, 7-5.
Kiwi Marina Erakovic handed Britain a loss as she beat Elena Baltacha 6-3, 6-0. Former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic started with a win over Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 7-6(7).
RANKINGS
Estimated WTA Rankings As of May 28, 2013
Rank &
Prior
Rank….Name…………..Points
1 (1) SWILLIAMS 11715*
2 (3) AZARENKA 8730*
3 (2) SHARAPOVA 8115*
4 (4) ARADWANSKA 6065*
5 (6) LI 5155*
6 (8) KERBER 4735*
7 (5) ERRANI 4535*
8 (7) KVITOVA 4280*
9 (10) WOZNIACKI 3565*
10 (12) KIRILENKO 2941*
11 (11) PETROVA 2910
12 (15) VINCI 2880*
13 (9) STOSUR 2845*
14 (13) BARTOLI 2845*
15 (14) IVANOVIC 2740*
16 (18) JANKOVIC 2500*
17 (17) STEPHENS 2350*
18 (16) CIBULKOVA 2140*
19 (21) FLIPKENS 1978*
20 (19) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1950*
21 (20) SUAREZ NAVARRO 1915*
22 (22) MAKAROVA 1811
23 (27) CORNET 1705*
24 (30) CIRSTEA 1690*
25 (34) LISICKI 1621*
26 (23) PENG 1590*
27 (33) PASZEK 1539
28 (25) LEPCHENKO 1506*
29 (29) SAFAROVA 1500*
29 (35) BARTHEL 1500
DRAWS
Roland Garros — Week of May 26
1 S Williams
26 Cirstea
19 Pavlyuchenkova
15 Vinci
10 Wozniacki
22 Makarova
29 Lepchenko
8 Kerber
4 A Radwanska
30 V Williams
24 Goerges
14 Ivanovic
11 Petrova
20 Suarez Navarro
32 Lisicki
5 Errani
6 Li
27 Shvedova
23 Zakopalova
12 Kirilenko
13 Bartoli
21 Flipkens
31 Cornet
3 Azarenka
7 Kvitova
25 Safarova
18 Jankovic
9 Stosur
16 Cibulkova
17 Stephens
28 Paszek
2 Sharapova
STATUS OF SEEDS
1 S Williams
2 Sharapova
3 Azarenka
4 A Radwanska
5 Errani
6 Li
7 Kvitova
8 Kerber
9 Stosur
10 Wozniacki
11 Petrova…………lost 1R (Puig)
12 Kirilenko
13 Bartoli
14 Ivanovic
15 Vinci
16 Cibulkova
17 Stephens
18 Jankovic
19 Pavlyuchenkova
20 Suarez Navarro
21 Flipkens
22 Makarova
23 Zakopalova
24 Goerges
25 Safarova
26 Cirstea
27 Shvedova
28 Paszek
29 Lepchenko
30 V Williams…….lost 1R (U. Radwanska)
31 Cornet
32 Lisicki
TUESDAY
Roland Garros
Singles – First Round
(9) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 60 62
(13) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 76(8) 46 75
(16) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 61 64
(18) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 64 76(7)
(27) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 60 36 62
(31) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Maria Joao Koehler (POR) 75 62
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Lauren Davis (USA) 60 75
Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 63 62
Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. Elena Baltacha (GBR) 63 60
(Q) Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL) d. Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 62 60
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