Tennis results / Ladies

Written by: on 11th August 2013
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Tennis results / Ladies

epa03811494 Romania's Sorana Cirstea reacts during her women's quarterfinals singles match against France's Alize Cornet at the Citi Open ATP tennis tournament in Washington, DC, USA, 02 August 2013. Cornet won the match 7-6, 6-2 to advance to the semifinals on Saturday. EPA/PETE MAROVICH  |

Canadian Open

 

Singles – Final: (1) Serena Williams def. Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-0

When we started to type this score, we accidentally listed Serena Williams as seed #0. Wrong, but it makes some sense: She probably should be considered at least a seeding tier ahead of everyone else. It showed. Down 3-0, Sorana Cirstea called out coach Cahill, who told her to run as she had never run before, and to ignore the scoreboard; the match was closer than it looked. It sort of worked; Cirstea won the next game. But only one more after that…. She will still rise to a career-high #21, but she’ll have to earn a Top Twenty spot somewhere else. As for Serena… what else can we possibly say? She’s Serena, and she just keeps adding to her records.

Doubles – Final: Jankovic/Srebotnik def. (3) Groenefeld/Peschke 5-7 6-2 10-6

Either they have gotten old, or Groenefeld/Peschke are simply less than the sum of their parts. We didn’t expect them to make the final. Having made it, it was no surprise at all that they lost. They did win Brussels this year, but the last high premier title for either was Beijing 2011, when Peschke was still with Katarina Srebotnik. Srebotnik, on the other hand, earns her fourth title of 2013 — and the others, all with Petrova, were all very good: Sydney, Miami, and Eastbourne. She clearly has something left!

The happiest player, though, may have been Jelena Jankovic. She doesn’t make her living in doubles — but her last (and only) previous title was Birmingham 2006. It’s a nice thing to add to her trophy case.

 

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

Cincinnati (Premier Five/Hard). Defending Champion: Li Na

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

New Haven (Premier/Hard). Defending Champion: Petra Kvitova

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of August 11, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1..(1) SWILLIAMS ………11920*

2..(2) Azarenka ………..8805

3..(3) Sharapova ……… 8765

4..(4) ARADWANSKA ………6335

5..(5) LI ……………..5330

6..(6) ERRANI ………….5125

7..(8) BARTOLI ……….. 4365

8..(9) KERBER ………….3915

9..(7) KVITOVA ……….. 3710

10.(10) WOZNIACKI ……… 3465

11.(11) STOSUR ………….3310

12.(12) VINCI …………. 3120

13.(13) FLIPKENS ………..2961

14.(15) IVANOVIC ………..2940

15.(14) JANKOVIC ………..2930

16.(17) STEPHENS ………..2865

17.(16) KIRILENKO ……… 2801

18.(18) Lisicki ……….. 2556

19.(20) CIBULKOVA ……… 2400

20.(19) SUAREZ NAVARRO …..2375

21.(27) CIRSTEA ……….. 2260

22.(21) Petrova ……….. 2212

23.(22) VESNINA ……….. 1889

24.(24) MAKAROVA ………..1871

25.(23) Halep …………. 1845

26.(25) HAMPTON ……….. 1826

27.(26) Kanepi ………….1781

28.(30) CORNET ………….1720

29.(28) KUZNETSOVA ………1679

30.(31) PAVLYUCHENKOVA …..1665

DRAWS

 

Canadian Open — Week of August 5

WINNER: Serena Williams

……………….3R…………….QF………..SF………..F

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

13 Flipkens……..(13)Flipkens

[Morita(LL)]…….Rybarikova……..Rybarikova

7 Bartoli (WC)…..(7)Bartoli(WC)

 

3 A Radwanska……(3)A.Radwanska….Radwanska….Radwanska

14 Stephens……..(14)Stephens

11 Kirilenko…….Cornet

5 Errani………..(5)Errani………Errani

 

8 Kerber………..Cibulkova………Cibulkova

10 Vinci………..(10)Vinci

16 Ivanovic……..(16)Ivanovic

4 Li……………(4)Li…………..Li……….Li

 

8 Kvitova……….(8)Kvitova……..Kvitova

12 Stosur……….(12)Stosur

15 Jankovic……..(15)Jankovic

9 Wozniacki……..CIrstea………..Cirstea……Cirstea…..Cirstea

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 S Williams…….WON TOURNAMENT

2 Azarenka (WC)….WITHDREW

3 A Radwanska……lost SF (S. Williams)

4 Li……………lost SF (Cirstea)

5 Errani………..lost QF (A. Radwanska)

7 Bartoli (WC)…..lost 3R (Rybarikova)

8 Kerber………..lost 2R (Cibulkova)

8 Kvitova……….lost QF (Cirstea)

9 Wozniacki……..lost 2R (Cirstea)

10 Vinci………..lost 3R (Cibulkova)

11 Kirilenko…….lost 2R (Cornet)

12 Stosur……….lost 3R (Kvitova)

13 Flipkens……..lost 3R (S. Williams)

14 Stephens……..lost 3R (A. Radwanska)

15 Jankovic……..lost 3R (Cirstea)

16 Ivanovic……..lost 3R (Li)

Cincinnati — Week of August 12

 

1 S. Williams

–bye

Puig (Q)

Bouchard (Q)

Barthel

Safarova

Tatishvili (Q)

16 Kirilenko

 

11 Stosur

Kuznetsova

Pavlyuchenkova

Hampton

Halep

Hsieh

–bye

7 Bartoli

 

4 A Radwanska

–bye

Pennetta

Lepchenko

Cepelova (Q)

V. Williams

Vesnina

13 Flipkens

 

9 Kerber

Knapp (Q)

Arvidsson (Q)

Kleybanova

Davis (WC)

Zakopalova

–bye

5 Li

 

6 Errani

–bye

Cibulkova

Hercog (Q)

Hantuchova (WC)

Petkovic (Q)

Mattek-Sands (WC)

12 Vinci

 

14 Jankovic

Lisicki

Beck (Q)

Makarova

Stephens

Martic (Q)

–bye

3 Sharapova

 

7 Kvitova

–bye

Erakovic (Q)

Suarez Navarro

Wickmayer

Cirstea

Peng

10 Wozniacki

 

15 Ivanovic

Cornet

Rybarikova

Goerges

King (Q)

Mladenovic

–bye

2 Azarenka

SUNDAY

Canadian Open

Singles – Final

(1) Serena Williams def. Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-0

Doubles – Final

Jankovic/Srebotnik def. (3) Groenefeld/Peschke 5-7 6-2 10-6








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