Women Tennis Update – Roland Garros, Score and Results

Written by: on 9th June 2013
French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros
Women Tennis Update - Roland Garros, Score and Results

epa03737413 Ekaterina Makarova (L) and Elena Vesnina of Russia pose with their trophies after winning their women's double final against Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 09 June 2013. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA  |

Roland Garros

 

Doubles – Final: (4) Makarova/Vesnina def. (1) Errani/Vinci 7-5 6-2

The author first saw Elena Vesnina playing in Challenger qualifying, most of a decade ago. She was clearly the hardest worker there, and she also had the best mix of tools. But she went nowhere in that Challenger.

Much of her career has been like that. She had enough finals, singles and doubles, to show that she was genuinely a top player. But she wasn’t winning. Three Slam finals (Roland Garros 2009 with Azarenka, Wimbledon 2010 with Zvonareva, Roland Garros 2011 with Mirza); no results. The nerves just seemed to get to her. Just as they did in all her singles finals. But, this year, she won that elusive singles title. And now — her first Slam. Think she was excited?

Ekaterina Makarova officially already had a Slam title. But that was in Mixed. The simple fact is, this is a much, much bigger thing. Makarova only recently became a significant doubles player. She’s gone to the top fast.

The top in more ways than just having a Slam trophy, in fact. We show her rising from #7 to #5. Vesnina rises from #9 to #7. In singles, the great Russian explosion of a few years back seems to be almost over. Not so in doubles; they have three Top Ten players: Petrova, Makarova, and Vesnina. They in fact had four coming in — Maria Kirilenko was Top Ten also, but didn’t contest Roland Garros this year.

There may be a lot of Russians in the Top Ten, but Italy still has the Top Two in Errani and Vinci; they remain more than 2000 points ahead of #3 Petrova. But they no longer look like absolute locks for the year end #1 — favorites, yes, but not locks. There are a lot of players within striking distance, as our Top Ten estimate shows:

1..(1) ERRANI ………….9630

1..(1) VINCI …………. 9630

3..(3) PETROVA ……….. 7475

4..(4) HLAVACKOVA ………7340

5..(7) MAKAROVA ………..7000*

6..(5) HRADECKA ………..6786

7..(9) VESNINA ……….. 6652*

8..(6) SREBOTNIK ……… 6375

9.(11) Raymond ……….. 4775

10.(12) HUBER …………. 4425

 

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

 

KEYWORDS: No Feature Today

 

******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

 

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

Birmingham (International/Grass). Defending Champion: Melanie Oudin

Nurnberg (International/Clay). Defending Champion: New Event (Cornet won Bad Gastein in this slot)

 

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Eastbourne (Premier/Grass). Defending Champion: Tamira Paszek

‘s-Hertogenbosch (International/Grass). Defending Champion: Nadia Petrova

 

************ STATS AND FACTS ************

 

**RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of June 9, 2013

 

 

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1..(1) SWILLIAMS ………13615*

2..(3) AZARENKA ………..9625

3..(2) SHARAPOVA ……… 9415

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

 

WINNER: Serena Williams

……………….3R………………4R…………….QF………..SF………F

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

 

6 Li……………Mattek-Sands……..Mattek-Sands

27 Shvedova……..Ormaechea(Q)

23 Zakopalova……Voegele

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

 

13 Bartoli………(13)Bartoli

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

31 Cornet……….(31)Cornet

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

 

7 Kvitova……….(7)Kvitova

25 Safarova……..Hampton………….Hampton

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

9 Stosur………..(9)Stosur

 

16 Cibulkova…….Erakovic

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

28 Paszek……….Zheng

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

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 S Williams

2 Sharapova

3 Azarenka……….lost SF (Sharapova)

4 A Radwanska…….lost QF (Errani)

5 Errani…………lost SF (S. Williams)

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……..lost QF (Azarenka)

13 Bartoli……….lost 3R (Schiavone)

14 Ivanovic………lost 4R (A. Radwanska)

15 Vinci…………lost 4R (S. Williams)

16 Cibulkova……..lost 2R (Erakovic)

17 Stephens………lost 3R (Sharapova)

18 Jankovic………lost QF (Sharapova)

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)

 

Birmingham — Week of May 10

 

 

1 Flipkens

–bye

Oudin

Tomljanovic (Q)

Cetkovska

Johansson

South (WC)

16 Rybarikova

 

10 Hsieh

Hampton

Keys

Tsurenko

Dolonc

Koehler

–bye

6 Barthel

 

3 Cirstea

–bye

Pironkova

Davis

Hlavackova

Puchova

Bouchard

13 Jovanovski

 

11 Morita

Van Uytvanck (Q)

M Sanchez (Q)

Cepelova

Giorgi

Vekic

–bye

8 U. Radwanska

 

5 Lisicki

–bye

Vandeweghe

Kr. Pliskova

Lucic-Baroni

Ka. Pliskova

Putintseva

9 Wickmayer

 

14 Watson

Czink

Kudryavtseva (Q)

Date-Krumm

Keothavong (WC)

Riske (Q)

–bye

4 Paszek

 

7 Robson

–bye

Dellacqua (Q)

Hantuchova

Nara (Q)

Konta (WC)

T Moore (WC)

12 Mladenovic

 

15 Schiavone

Tatishvili

N Kichenok (Q)

Babos

Svitolina

Erakovic

–bye

2 Makarova

 

Nurnberg — Week of May 10

 

 

1 Jankovic (WC)

Rus

Larsson

Medina Garrigues

Minella

Pegula

Duque-Marino

6 Dominguez Lino

 

4 Goerges

Cadantu

Petkovic (WC)

Arvidsson

Knapp

Pfizenmaier (WC)

Bratchikova

8 Beck

 

7 Halep

Qualifier

Cabeza Candela

Qualifier

Qualifier

Voskoboeva

Parmentier

3 Cornet

 

5 Safarova

Karatantcheva

Torro-Flor

Pereira

Qualifier

Cohen

Hercog

2 Zakopalova

 

******** SCORES ********

 

 

SUNDAY

 

Roland Garros

Doubles – Final

(4) Makarova/Vesnina def. (1) Errani/Vinci 7-5 6-2

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