Women’s Tennis Update (6/18) – Eastbourne/’s-Hertogenbosch

Written by: on 18th June 2013
French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros
Women's Tennis Update (6/18) - Eastbourne/'s-Hertogenbosch

epa03723477 Na Li of China in action during her second round match against Bethanie Mattek-Sands of USA at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 30 May 2013. EPA/IAN LANGSDON  |

Eastbourne

 

Top players started well on the pre-Wimbledon grass, with China’s second seed Li Na leading the way as she advanced over Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-4. That set the pace for No.3 German Angelique Kerber, who put out Sorona Cirstea 6-4, 6-4. 2011 Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova beat Romanian Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-1.

Brits split a pair, as Taiwan’s Hsieh Su Wei beat Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-3 while home player Elena Baltacha put out Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 7-6 (7-3). Laura Robson then took a win over Yuliya Beygelzimer 6-3, 6-2.

American Jamie Hampton sprung a surprise as she beat top seed Agnieszka Radwanska 7-6(2), 6-2, sending the Pole out in the first round for the second year in a row at the event.

Tamira Paszek is now in danger of missing Wimbledon with a left thigh injury she suffered early in her 6-2, 2-2 loss to No.5 Caroline Wozniacki, Austrian Paszek, ranked 29th, was defending champion on the south coast and played Wimbledon quarters for the past two editions.

Paszek said she felt the injury early in the match. “I can’t say really much about the injury just now, I just have to do a couple more scans and analyses with the doctor. All I can say is it’s like really, really painful. Well, I’m going to try my very best to get ready for Wimbledon and try to be positive,” she said.

“It happened at 1-1, I stretched a bit too much on the backhand side and actually heard a huge noise, which isn’t usually a good sign. It was a sudden pain and I immediately called the trainer. I actually won that game, played like three winners on one leg. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to continue.

“I’m going to try my best to even go on court in Wimbledon, try to get ready. “If not it doesn’t work out, I’ll try to get healthy after that and make a new start. There is nothing else I can do about it.”

Former No. 1 Wozniacki was watched by golfer boyfriend Rory McIlroy watched sleepily after arriving from the US Open tournament at 6 am. “I think I played a really good first set. I felt really good and comfortable out there,” said fifth seed Wozniacki, the 2009 champion. “It was unfortunate that she got an injury and had to retire in the second one.”

‘s-Hertogenbosch

 

Italian top seed began with a grass victory as she defeated Kaia Kalepi 6-3, 6-3, but the pre-Wimbledon event ended almost before it began for compatriot Francesca Schiavone who lost to fourth seed Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 3-6, 6-3, 6-0. Birmingham title winner Daniela Hantuchova lasted only five games before retiring against Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine 5-0.

In the second round, third seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain continued her successful transition from clay to grass, beating Swede Sofia Arvidsson 6-3, 6-4. Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova put out Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6(7), 6-2. Seventh seed Urszula Radwanska stopped Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 4-3 in an injury abbreviated match.

RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of June 17, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1 (1) SWilliams 13615

2 (2) Azarenka 9625

3 (3) Sharapova 9415

4 (4) ARADWANSKA 6465

5 (5) Errani 5335

6 (6) LI 5155*

7 (7) KERBER 4770*

8 (8) KVITOVA 4435*

9 (9) WOZNIACKI 3565*

10 (10) KIRILENKO 3436*

11 (11) VINCI 3060*

12 (12) IVANOVIC 2920

13 (14) STOSUR 2905*

14 (16) Jankovic 2830

15 (15) BARTOLI 2775*

16 (13) PETROVA 2660

17 (17) Stephens 2530

18 (18) CIBULKOVA 2140*

19 (19) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2105*

20 (21) Pavlyuchenkova 1900

21 (20) FLIPKENS 1868*

22 (22) CIRSTEA 1760

23 (23) Lisicki 1750

24 (24) Peng 1685

25 (26) Kuznetsova 1662

26 (25) MAKAROVA 1622*

27 (27) LEPCHENKO 1566

28 (30) CORNET 1545

29 (28) SAFAROVA 1510*

30 (31) BARTHEL 1500

DRAWS

 

Eastbourne — Week of May 17

 

1 A Radwanska

Qualifier

Konta (WC)

Hsieh

Zakopalova

Safarova

Stosur (WC)

8 Petrova

 

3 Kerber

Cirstea

Qualifier

Makarova

Qualifier

Robson

Paszek

5 Wozniacki

 

6 Kirilenko

Jovanovski

Baltacha (WC)

Qualifier

McHale

Wickmayer

Niculescu

4 Kvitova

 

7 Ivanovic

Vesnina

Lepchenko

Watson

Pennetta

Bartoli

Cornet

2 Li (WC)

‘s-Hertogenbosch — Week of May 17

 

1 Vinci

Kanepi

Beck

Halep

Voegele

Putintseva (Q)

Hantuchova (WC)

[Tsurenko(LL)]

 

3 Suarez Navarro

Larsson

Arvidsson

Morita

Mestach (Q)

Begu

Pironkova

8 Mladenovic

 

7 U Radwanska

Govortsova

Rybarikova

Rus (WC)

Krajicek (WC)

Soler-Espinosa

Schiavone

4 Flipkens

 

5 Barthel

Muguruza (Q)

Hlavackova (Q)

Davis

Bertens

Medina Garrigues

Dominguez Lino

2 Cibulkova

TUESDAY

Eastbourne

Singles – First Round

(Q) Jamie Hampton (USA) d. (1) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 76(2) 62

(2/WC) Li Na (CHN) d. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 62 64

(3) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 64 64

(4) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 64 61

(5) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 62 22 ret.

(WC) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (8) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 62 63

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. (Q) Olga Puchkova (RUS) 63 60

Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 64 76(3)

Laura Robson (GBR) d. (Q) Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) 63 62

Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) d. (WC) Johanna Konta (GBR) 64 63

(WC) Elena Baltacha (GBR) d. (Q) Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 75 76(3)

Doubles – First Round

(2) Huber/Mirza (USA/IND) d. Jurak/Watson (CRO/GBR) 76(4) 76(3)

(4) Pennetta/Vesnina (ITA/RUS) d. Black/Erakovic (ZIM/NZL) 62 75

Chan/Safarova (TPE/CZE) d. Husarova/Lepchenko (VK/USA) 26 62 107 (Match TB)

Kalashnikova/Rosolska (GEO/POL) d. Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) 75 64

‘s-Hertogenbosch

Singles – Second Round

(3) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 63 64

(7) Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 43 ret. (low back injury)

Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 76(7) 62

Singles – First Round

(1) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 63 63

(4) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 36 63 60

(LL) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d. (WC) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 50 ret. (dizziness)

Doubles – Quarterfinals

Domínguez Lino/Muguruza (ESP/ESP) d. (1) Hantuchova/Hlavackova (SVK/CZE) w/o (Hantuchova: dizziness)

(3) Aoyama/Moulton-Levy (JPN/USA) d. Hogenkamp/Rus (NED/NED) 76(1) 62

Doubles – First Round

Cibulkova/Parra Santonja (SVK/ESP) d. (4) Bratchikova/Govortsova (RUS/BLR) 64 63

Domínguez Lino/Muguruza (ESP/ESP) d. Soler-Espinosa/Suárez Navarro (ESP/ESP) 75 64








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