Women’s Update from Roland Garros. June 5

Written by: on 4th June 2013
French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros
Women's Update from Roland Garros. June 5

epa03727453 Angelique Kerber of Germany in action during her fourth round match against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 02 June 2013. EPA/IAN LANGSDON  |

Roland Garros

 

Serena Williams overcame a mid-match fight back from injured Svetlana Kuznetsova to go through 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to reach her first French Open semi-final in a decade. Top seed Williams will play next against fifth seed Sara Errani after the Italian 2012 runner-up beat fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-6(8).

Williams is bidding for her first Roland Garros crown 11 years after her so-far only success in Paris in 2002. Kuznetsova revealed that she has been playing through an abdominal strain. “I’ve had it since three matches, so I felt like I played on returning in all the games. She would serve whole match without my serve. I could not ace.

“Against Serena, it’s a bit complicated to play like that. It still was very even and I had my chances. I was playing quite well on the returns. The match was quite good, high level.”

Williams looked like making routine work of 2009 Paris champion Kuznetsova with a 28-minute opening set. But that’s exactly when the experienced Russian with two Grand Slam titles in hand started to show her big game. Kuznetsova started the second set with a break and son leveled. But her physical condition – she could not serve at any respectable speed – started to tell as she took the loss while handing Williams the first four service breaks of her fortnight on the clay.

“Today I was so determined to get through that, and I really, really, really, really wanted it,” said Williams. “”I was really just fighting, giving it everything I have. I was definitely glad to win it.” Errani, who lost the title match a year ago to Maria Sharapova, had beaten Radwanska just once, with six losses on her record in the series. The Italian stands 0-5 against Williams.

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of June 3, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior

1 (1) SWILLIAMS 12515*

2 (3) AZARENKA 9225*

3 (2) SHARAPOVA 8515*

4 (4) ARADWANSKA 6465*

5 (5) ERRANI 5335

6 (6) LI 5155

7 (8) KERBER 4915

8 (7) KVITOVA 4555

9 (10) WOZNIACKI 3565

10 (12) KIRILENKO 3436*

11 (15) VINCI 3060

12 (14) IVANOVIC 2920

13 (11) PETROVA 2910

14 (9) STOSUR 2905

14 (13) BARTOLI 2905

16 (18) JANKOVIC 2900*

17 (17) STEPHENS 2530

18 (16) CIBULKOVA 2140

19 (20) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2095

20 (21) FLIPKENS 1978

21 (19) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1950

22 (22) MAKAROVA 1811

23 (27) CORNET 1765

24 (30) CIRSTEA 1750

25 (23) PENG 1685

26 (34) LISICKI 1681

27 (39) KUZNETSOVA 1662

28 (25) LEPCHENKO 1566

29 (33) PASZEK 1539

30 (29) SAFAROVA 1500

30 (35) BARTHEL 1500

 

DRAWS

 

Roland Garros — Week of May 26

 

…………………3R………………..4R…………….QF

1 S Williams………(1)S.Williams………S.Williams……..Williams

26 Cirstea………..(26)Cirstea

19 Pavlyuchenkova….Cetkovska

15 Vinci………….(15)Vinci………….Vinci

 

10 Wozniacki………Jovanovski

22 Makarova……….Kuznetsova…………Kuznetsova……..Kuznetsova

29 Lepchenko………(29)Lepchenko

8 Kerber………….(8)Kerber………….Kerber

 

4 A Radwanska……..(4)A.Radwanska……..Radwanska………Radwanska

30 V Williams……..Pfizenmaier(Q)

24 Goerges………..Razzano(WC)

14 Ivanovic……….(14)Ivanovic……….Ivanovic

 

11 Petrova………..Puig

20 Suarez Navarro….(20)Suarez Navarro….Suarez Navarro

32 Lisicki………..(32)Lisicki

5 Errani………….(5)Errani………….Errani…………Errani

 

6 Li……………..Mattek-Sands……….Mattek-Sands

27 Shvedova……….Ormaechea(Q)

23 Zakopalova……..Voegele

12 Kirilenko………(12)Kirilenko………Kirilenko

 

13 Bartoli………..(13)Bartoli

21 Flipkens……….Schiavone………….Schiavone

31 Cornet…………(31)Cornet

3 Azarenka………..(3)Azarenka………..Azarenka

 

7 Kvitova…………(7)Kvitova

25 Safarova……….Hampton……………Hampton

18 Jankovic……….(18)Jankovic……….Jankovic

9 Stosur………….(9)Stosur

 

16 Cibulkova………Erakovic

17 Stephens……….(17)Stephens……….Stephens

28 Paszek…………Zheng

2 Sharapova……….(2)Sharapova……….Sharapova

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 S Williams

2 Sharapova

3 Azarenka

4 A Radwanska

5 Errani

6 Li…………….lost 2R (Mattek-Sands)

7 Kvitova………..lost 3R (Hampton)

8 Kerber…………lost 4R (Kuznetsova)

9 Stosur…………lost 3r (Jankovic)

10 Wozniacki……..lost 2R (Jovanovski)

11 Petrova……….lost 1R (Puig)

12 Kirilenko

13 Bartoli……….lost 3R (Schiavone)

14 Ivanovic………lost 4R (A. Radwanska)

15 Vinci…………lost 4R (S. Williams)

16 Cibulkova……..lost 2R (Erakovic)

17 Stephens

18 Jankovic

19 Pavlyuchenkova…lost 2R (Cetkovska)

20 Suarez Navarro…lost 4R (Errani)

21 Flipkens………lost 2R (Schiavone)

22 Makarova………lost 1R (Kuznetsova)

23 Zakopalova…….lost 1R (Kanepi)

24 Goerges……….lost 1R (Z Kucova)

25 Safarova………lost 1R (Hampton)

26 Cirstea……….lost 3R (S. Williams)

27 Shvedova………lost 2R (Ormaechea)

28 Paszek………..lost 1R (Oudin)

29 Lepchenko……..lost 3R (Kerber)

30 V Williams…….lost 1R (U. Radwanska)

31 Cornet………..lost 3R (Azarenka)

32 Lisicki……….lost 3R (Errani)

 

TUESDAY

Roland Garros

Singles – Quarterfinals

(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 61 36 63

(5) Sara Errani (ITA) d. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 64 76(6)

Doubles – Third Round

(1) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. Husarova/Lisicki (SVK/GER) 63 61

(11) Pavlyuchenkova/Safarova (RUS/CZE) d. (7) Mattek-Sands/Mirza (USA/IND) 76(0) 35 ret. (Mattek-Sands: right thigh injury)

(10) Mladenovic/Voskoboeva (FRA/KAZ) d. Kalashnikova/Rosolska (GEO/POL) 61 61








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