August 18 Results and More

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ATP Masters in Mason
August 18 Results and More

epa03830297 Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, returns a volley to Serena Williams, of the United States, during the final round of the ATP Masters in Mason, Ohio, USA, on 18 August 2013. Azarenka won the title EPA/MARK LYONS  |

****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******

 

Cincinnati

 

Singles – Final: (2) Victoria Azarenka def. (1) Serena Williams 2-6 6-2 7-6(8-6)

The semifinal contest between Victoria Azarenka and Jelena Jankovic had featured 15 breaks out of 17 games in the first two sets. The assignment for Victoria Azarenka was obvious: Win some points on serve! After all, she had to know Serena would.

Certainly Serena did better than Azarenka or Jankovic had. But she had her problems. This time, there were six breaks in the first two sets. Each player managed to hold in three of their first four service games in the final set, but Serena broke again in game nine. Whereupon Azarenka broke back easily and held at love. Azarenka built a 4-2 lead in the tiebreak, then lost three straight after the change of ends. At 5-5, Serena double-faulted to give Azarenka match point on her serve. Which Azarenka blew. But she won the next two points to take the title. A strange match indeed.

Too bad it makes so little difference. Serena was #1 either way, and Azarenka #2, and the gap was sure to be large. Even with Azarenka’s win, Serena leads the contest for #1 by more than 2500 points. Still, it has to give players hope for the U. S. Open. Where these two played in the final last year, and Azarenka lost….

Doubles – Final: (3) Hsieh/Peng def. (6) Groenefeld/Peschke 2-6 6-3 12-10

There is getting to be an “always a bridesmaid” feeling about Groenefeld/Peschke. Yes, they won Linz 2012 and Brussels 2013, but they’re now 2-5 as a team in finals, and they tend to lose the big finals. They lost the Canadian Open final last week to Jankovic/Srebotnik, and they lost the 2012 Pan Pacific to Kops-Jones/Spears. That has to change if they are to get anywhere near the top. Which is why they were the #6 seeds here, to be sure.

Hsieh/Peng have no such troubles, with titles at Wimbledon and Rome this year. They’re still only #4 in the doubles Race (behind Errani/Vinci, Vesnina/Makarova, and Petrova/Srebotnik), but they’re pulling away from the everyone else. It’s looking quite likely that those four will be the teams to make the WTA Championships. Barring a big surprise at the U. S. Open, anyway.

New Haven

 

Singles – First Round: (7) Sabine Lisicki def. Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 6-1

After a good start to the year, things seem to be going south for Kristina Mladenovic. In singles, anyway; she’s fine in doubles.

Doubles – First Round: (2) Medina Garrigues/Srebotnik def. Grandin/Jurak 6-3 2-6 10-5

This is not one of Katarina Srebotnik’s better efforts this year — after all, she just won the Canadian Open, and she and Nadia Petrova have been the year’s #2 team — but she is playing with a pickup partner who prefers clay. So maybe it’s more good news than bad.

Doubles – First Round: Hradecka/Zakopalova def. H Chan/Husarova 6-2 6-2

Doubles – First Round: Aoyama/Klepac def. Begu/Govortsova 6-3 6-4

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

 

KEYWORDS: No Feature Today

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

 

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

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

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

U. S. Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Serena Williams

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

 

**RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of August 18, 2013

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1 (1) SWILLIAMS 12260

2 (2) AZARENKA 9505*

3 (3) SHARAPOVA 8765

4 (4) ARADWANSKA 6335

5 (6) ERRANI 5125

6 (5) LI 4825

7 (7) BARTOLI 4365

8 (10) WOZNIACKI 3490

9 (9) KVITOVA 3440

10 (8) KERBER 3420

11 (15) JANKOVIC 3265

12 (12) VINCI 3220

13 (11) STOSUR 3210

14 (13) FLIPKENS 2961

15 (14) IVANOVIC 2940

16 (16) KIRILENKO 2870

17 (17) STEPHENS 2865

18 (18) LISICKI 2556

19 (19) CIBULKOVA 2400

20 (20) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2375

21 (21) Cirstea 2260

22 (22) Petrova 2212

23 (25) HALEP 2040

24 (23) VESNINA 2013

25 (26) HAMPTON 1881

26 (24) MAKAROVA 1816

27 (27) Kanepi 1781

28 (28) CORNET 1730

29 (29) KUZNETSOVA 1679

30 (32) BARTHEL 1580

**DRAWS

 

Cincinnati — Week of August 12

WINNER: Victoria Azarenka

………………3R…………….QF…………SF………F

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

16 Kirilenko……Barthel

11 Stosur………(11)Stosur

8 Bartoli………Halep………….Halep

 

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

13 Flipkens…….Vesnina

9 Kerber……….(9)Kerber

5 Li…………..(5)Li………….Li………..Li

 

6 Errani………(6)Errani

12 Vinci………(12)Vinci……….Vinci

14 Jankovic……(14)Jankovic…….Jankovic…..Jankovic

3 Sharapova……Stephens

 

7 Kvitova……..(7)Kvitova

10 Wozniacki…..(10)Wozniacki……Wozniacki

15 Ivanovic……Rybarikova

2 Azarenka…….(2)Azarenka……..Azarenka…..Azarenka…Azarenka

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 S. Williams..lost F (Azarenka)

2 Azarenka…..WON TOURNAMENT

3 Sharapova….lost 2R (Stephens)

4 A Radwanska..WITHDREW from QF

5 Li………..lost SF (S. Williams)

6 Errani…….lost 3R (Vinci)

7 Kvitova……lost 3R (Wozniacki)

8 Bartoli……lost 2R (Halep)

9 Kerber…….lost 3R (Vinci)

10 Wozniacki…lost QF (Azarenka)

11 Stosur……lost 3R (Halep)

12 Vinci…….lost QF (Jankovic)

13 Flipkens….lost 1R (Vesnina)

14 Jankovic….lost SF (Azarenka)

15 Ivanovic….lost 2R (Cornet)

16 Kirilenko…lost 2R (Barthel)

New Haven — Week of August 19

1 Errani

–bye

Makarova

Wozniak

Halep

Hantuchova (WC)

Suarez Navarro

5 Vinci

 

4 Wozniacki

Peng

Knapp (Q)

Svitolina (LL)

Jovanovski

Goerges (WC)

Schmiedlova (Q)

6 Stephens (WC)

 

7 Lisicki

Mladenovic

Pavlyuchenkova

Cirstea

Riske (Q)

Voegele (Q)

U Radwanska

3 Kvitova

 

8 Cibulkova

Zakopalova

Puig (Q)

Hsieh

Vesnina

Morita (Q)

–bye

2 Kerber

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

 

SUNDAY

 

Cincinnati

Singles – Final

(2) Victoria Azarenka def. (1) Serena Williams 2-6 6-2 7-6(8-6)

Doubles – Final

(3) Hsieh/Peng def. (6) Groenefeld/Peschke 2-6 6-3 12-10

 

New Haven

Singles – First Round

(7) Sabine Lisicki def. Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 6-1

Doubles – First Round

(2) Medina Garrigues/Srebotnik def. Grandin/Jurak 6-3 2-6 10-5

Hradecka/Zakopalova def. H Chan/Husarova 6-2 6-2

Aoyama/Klepac def. Begu/Govortsova 6-3 6-4

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

 

Singles – Final: (4) R Nadal def. J Isner 7-6(10-8) 7-6(7-3)

What do we mean when we say a match was closer than the score? As a possibility, that the fraction of points won by the loser is greater than the fraction of games he was. If so, this was… ever so slightly closer than the score. Rafael Nadal won 54% of the games; he won 53% of the points. And, bottom line, he won the match — even though he never so much as had a break point. (John Isner had three, converting none.)

Last week, after winning the Canadian Open, Nadal said he needed two thousand more points to end the year at #1. This is worth 1000. So he’s halfway there. Last week, he was hesitant to talk about the year-end #1. Maybe this will loosen his tongue. He will rise to #2, dropping Andy Murray to #3. He did admit, “It means a lot, being able to win two straight titles, two Masters 1000 on hard back-to-back is just amazing for me. I never did something like this in all my career.”

John Isner didn’t win his first Masters, and he goes to defend his Winston-Salem title on a slightly down note. But he is up to #13/#14. After all the woe about there being no Americans in the Top Twenty, maybe Isner gives hope after all. He does have an interesting choice to make: If he defends his North Carolina title, he’ll win the U. S. Open series. But if he tries for it, he’ll be very tired for the Open. He is still thinking about it.

Doubles – Final: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. (2) Granollers/M Lopez 4-6 6-4 10-4

Och, what do we say? The Bryans keep breaking their own records. This is title #10 this year for them. And seven of them Slams or Masters. In other words, they have now guaranteed that they will win more than half of the required events. And that’s with four of the thirteen still to go! The only two they have lost, so far, are Miami and the Canadian Open. They will be the year-end #1 team, again. C’mon, world, give them some competition!

Winston-Salem

 

Singles – First Round: (WC) M Fish def. E. Donskoy 6-3 3-6 6-1

THis is impressively promising. When Mardy Fish won the first three games then faded, we thought his stamina problems were back. Instead, he finished strong. It’s only ten points — a pittance even to someone ranked as low as Fish — but he’s winning.

Singles – First Round: A Bogomolov Jr. def. V Hanescu 6-3 6-4

Both these guys are incredibly streaky, and while Victor Hanescu is the higher-ranked, his streaks are mostly on clay….

Singles – First Round: Y Lu def. (WC) R Bogaerts 6-1 6-1

Not a fun introduction to the ATP for Romain Bogaerts. But that’s pretty typical for 19-year-old college students.

Singles – First Round: G Garcia-Lopez def. G Zemlja 6-1 4-6 6-1

Grega Zemlja had a fine first half of the year, but it has all fallen apart since he hit the Top Fifty two months ago.

Singles – First Round: R Haase def. A Mannarino 6-3 6-3

We keep wondering when Robin Haase will get back in gear. This isn’t a big result, but maybe it’s a start.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

 

KEYWORDS: No Feature Today

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

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Winston-Salem (250/Hard). Defending Champion: John Isner

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

U. S. Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Andy Murray

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

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of August 18, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….10980

2..(3) Nadal…………..8860

3..(2) Murray………….8700

4..(4) Ferrer………….7210

5..(6) Berdych…………5135

6..(7) Del Potro……….4740

7..(5) Federer…………4695

8..(8) Tsonga………….3470

9.(11) Gasquet…………2625

10..(9) Wawrinka………..2610

11.(10) Raonic………….2555

12.(12) Nishikori……….2405

13.(13) Haas……………2185

13.(22) Isner…………..2185

15.(14) Janowicz………..2126

16.(15) Almagro…………2110

17.(17) Simon…………..2040

18.(16) Fognini…………2015

19.(18) Cilic…………..1805

20.(19) Anderson………..1740

21.(20) Tipsarevic………1685

22.(23) Robredo…………1620

23.(21) Seppi…………..1550

24.(25) Youzhny…………1475

25.(26) Kohlschreiber……1445

26.(27) Lopez…………..1435

27.(24) Paire…………..1415

28.(29) Dimitrov………..1375

29.(28) Querrey…………1310

30.(31) Verdasco………..1270

**DRAWS

 

Cincinnati — Week of August 12

WINNER: Rafael Nadal

…………….3R…………..QF………..SF……….F

1 Djokovic……(1)Djokovic…..Djokovic

16 Simon……..Goffin(Q)

12 Raonic…….(12)Raonic

8 Gasquet…….Isner………..Isner……..Isner…….Isner

 

3 Ferrer……..(3)Ferrer

15 Janowicz…..Tursunov……..Tursunov

10 Nishikori….Lopez

7 del Potro…..(7)del Potro….del Potro….del Potro

 

5 Federer…….(5)Federer……Federer

11 Haas………(11)Haas

13 Almagro……Dimitrov

4 Nadal………(4)Nadal……..Nadal……..Nadal……..Nadal

 

6 Berdych…….(5)Berdych……Berdych……Berdych

9 Wawrinka……Robredo

14 Fognini……Benneteau

2 Murray……..(2)Murray…….Murray

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic……lost QF (Isner)

2 Murray……..lost QF (Berdych)

3 Ferrer……..lost 3R (Tursunov)

4 Nadal………WON TOURNAMENT

5 Federer…….lost QF (Nadal)

6 Berdych…….lost SF (Nadal)

7 del Potro…..lost SF (Isner)

8 Gasquet…….lost 2R (Isner)

9 Wawrinka……lost 2R (Robredo)

10 Nishikori….lost 1R (Lopez)

11 Haas………lost 3R (Federer)

12 Raonic…….lost 3R (Isner)

13 Almagro……lost 1R (Dimitrov)

14 Fognini……lost 1R (Stepanek)

15 Janowicz…..lost 1R (Blake)

16 Simon……..lost 1R (Pospisil)

Winston Salem — Week of August 19

 

1 Berdych (WC)

–bye

Berankis

de Schepper

Nielsen (Q)

Bautista Agut

–bye

14 Klizan

 

11 Nieminen

–bye

Fish (WC)

Donskoy

Zemlja

Garcia-Lopez

–bye

6 Querrey

 

3 Isner

–bye

Bogomolov

Hanescu

Goffin (Q)

Sock

–bye

13 Tursunov

 

9 Melzer

–bye

de Bakker (Q)

Sijsling

Williams

Blake

–bye

5 Paire

 

7 Verdasco (WC)

–bye

Russell

Smyczek

Haase

Mannarino

–bye

12 Rosol

 

15 Monfils

–bye

L Mayer

Pella

Rufin

Istomin

–bye

4 Robredo

 

8 Monaco

–bye

Mahut

Kubot

Gimeno-Traver

Roger-Vasselin

–bye

10 Dolgopolov

 

16 Andujar

–bye

Bogaerts (WC)

Lu

Reynolds

Johnson (Q)

–bye

2 Seppi

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

 

SUNDAY

Cincinnati

Singles – Final

(4) R Nadal def. J Isner 7-6(10-8) 7-6(7-3)

Winston-Salem

Singles – First Round

(WC) M Fish def. E. Donskoy 6-3 3-6 6-1

A Bogomolov Jr. def. V Hanescu 6-3 6-4

Y Lu def. (WC) R Bogaerts 6-1 6-1

G Garcia-Lopez def. G Zemlja 6-1 4-6 6-1

R Haase def. A Mannarino 6-3 6-3

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