New Haven and Winston Salem

Written by: on 20th August 2013
ATP Masters
New Haven and Winston Salem

epa03830263 Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, celebrates her victory over 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 2-6, 6-2, 7-6. EPA/Mark Lyons  |

New Haven

 

American sixth seed Sloane Stephens began her final week of US Open preparation with a defeat of Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-4, 6-4 while there was no luck for Romanian Sorona Cirstea. The Montreal finalist against Serena Williams lasted only three games before retiring to lose 3-0 against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who split with coach Martin Hingis in the spring. Russian Ekaterina Makarova spoiled the return of Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(5) as the Canadian played for the first time since Miami last March.

There was a win for Italian Karin Knapp over Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine 6-3, 6-4 while Monica Puig defeated Cincinnati doubles winner Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan 7-6(4), 6-1. Hsieh had to make a fast turnaround to get from Sunday’s final to the east coast for her opening match in singles a day later. German Julia Goerges stared with a defeat of Serb Bojana Jovanovski 6-2 4-6 7-5.

Eighth seed Dominika Cibulkova continued with a run of poor form, going down to Czech Klara Zakopalova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 while Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro put out Italian fifth seed Roberta Vinci 7-5, 6-3. Russian Elena Vesnina advanced when Ayumi Morita retired injured trailing 2-0. Simona Halep, winner of three titles since June, started with a defeat of Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-1.

Fourth seed and multiple champion Caroline Wozniacki advanced as Peng Shuai quit to hand over a 2-6, 3-1 win. American Alison Riske beat Swiss Stefanie Voegele 7-5, 6-1.

 

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

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of August 19, 2013

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1 (1) SWilliams 12260

2 (2) Azarenka 9505

3 (3) Sharapova 8766

4 (4) RAadwanska 6335

5 (5) ERRANI 5125*

6 (6) Li 4825

7 (7) Bartoli 4246

8 (8) WOZNIACKI 3490*

9 (10) KERBER 3420*

10 (13) Stosur 3210

11 (11) Jankovic 3125

12 (9) KVITOVA 3090*

13 (12) VINCI 3065

14 (14) Flipkens 2961

15 (15) Ivanovic 2940

16 (17) STEPHENS 2865*

17 (16) Kirilenko 2620

18 (18) LISICKI 2615*

19 (20) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2375*

20 (19) CIBULKOVA 2281

21 (21) CIRSTEA 2250

22 (22) Petrova 2212

23 (24) VESNINA 2067*

24 (23) HALEP 2040*

25 (25) Hampton 1881

26 (26) MAKAROVA 1875*

27 (27) Kanepi 1781

28 (28) Cornet 1730

29 (29) Kuznetsova 1679

30 (31) Rybarikova 1575

DRAWS

 

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

 

MONDAY

New Haven

Singles – First Round

(4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 26 31 ret. (dizziness)

Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (5) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 75 63

(6/WC) Sloane Stephens (USA) d. (Q) Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) 64 64

Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. (8) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 36 63 63

Simona Halep (ROU) d. (WC) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 62 61

Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (Q) Ayumi Morita (JPN) 20 ret. (low back injury)

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 62 26 76(5)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 30 ret. (abdominal injury)

(Q) Monica Puig (PUR) d. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 76(4) 61

(Q) Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (LL) Elina Svitolina (UKR) 63 64

(Q) Alison Riske (USA) d. (Q) Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 75 61

(WC) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 62 46 75

 

Doubles – First Round

(3) Mirza/Zheng (IND/CHN) d. Kalashnikova/Rosolska (GEO/POL) 63 36 108 (Match TB)

 

****

Winston-Salem

 

The tournament suffered a body blow at the box office as top seed Tomas Berdych and No. 3 Cincinnati finalist and local boy John Isner both withdrew with injures in order to make sure they are fit for next week’s US Open.

Berdych claimed a shoulder problem while Isner, winner of both previous editions of the event played near his boyhood home, called it all off due to a hip injury he suffered last week in Cincinnati. “It’s really unfortunate I have to withdraw from the Winston-Salem Open, one of my favorite tournaments of the year,” said Isner.

“I’ve had so much success playing in front of great crowds as well as my friends and family. This was a really tough decision but with injuries taking me out of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, I need to fully heal prior to the US Open.”

On court with all 16 seeds handed byes into the second round, lesser name fought to fill in the gaps in the draw. American in early action split the difference, with former NCAA ace Steve Johnson defeating compatriot Bobby Reynolds 6-1, 6-2 and jack Sock unable to finish in a 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 first-round loss to Belgian David Goffin. In a later session, 33-yar-old veteran James Blake schooled young gun Rhyne Williams 6-1, 7-6 in 72 minutes despite seven double-faults.

Spaniards reached the second round when Daniel Gimeno-Traver beat France’s Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-6(6), 7-6(5) and Roberto Bautista-Agut put out Dane Frederik Nielsen 6-1, 6-3. Nicolas Mahut started with a win over pole Lukasz Kubot 6-3, 6-1 while Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania) defeated France’s Kenny De Schepper 7-6(3), 6-4. Guido Pella beat fellow Argentina Leonardo Mayer 7-6(5,) 7-6(4).

In the second round, American Sam Querrey, the sixth seed, began after a bye with a win against Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Lu Yen-Hsun upset 16th seed Pablo Andujar 6-4, 6-3.

 

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

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of August 19, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….10980

2..(2) Nadal…………..8860

3..(3) Murray………….8700

4..(4) Ferrer………….7210

5..(5) Berdych…………5075

6..(6) Del Potro……….4740

7..(7) Federer…………4695

8..(8) Tsonga………….3470

9..(9) Gasquet…………2625

10.(10) Wawrinka………..2610

11.(11) Raonic………….2555

12.(12) Nishikori……….2405

13.(13) Haas……………2185

14.(15) Janowicz………..2113

15.(16) Almagro…………2110

16.(17) Simon…………..2040

17.(14) Isner…………..2025

18.(18) Fognini…………2025

19.(19) Cilic…………..1805

20.(20) Anderson………..1740

21.(21) Tipsarevic………1685

22.(22) Robredo…………1620

23.(23) Seppi…………..1550

24.(24) Youzhny…………1475

25.(25) Kohlschreiber……1445

26.(26) Lopez…………..1435

27.(27) Paire…………..1415

28.(28) Dimitrov………..1375

29.(30) Verdasco………..1290

30.(31) Monaco………….1275

DRAWS

 

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

 

MONDAY

Winston-Salem

Singles – Second Round

[6] S Querrey (USA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 46 63 64

R Haase (NED) d [12] L Rosol (CZE) 64 36 75

Y Lu (TPE) d [16] P Andujar (ESP) 64 63

 

Singles – First Round

R Berankis (LTU) d K De Schepper (FRA) 76(3) 64

R Bautista Agut (ESP) d [Q] F Nielsen (DEN) 61 63

[Q] D Goffin (BEL) d J Sock (USA) 46 63 10 ret. (right leg)

[Q] T de Bakker (NED) d I Sijsling (NED) 36 64 64

J Blake (USA) d R Williams (USA) 61 75

T Smyczek (USA) d M Russell (USA) 64 67(6) 64

G Pella (ARG) d L Mayer (ARG) 76(5) 76(4)

G Rufin (FRA) d D Istomin (UZB) 64 36 63

N Mahut (FRA) d L Kubot (POL) 63 61

D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 76(6) 76(5)

[Q] S Johnson (USA) d B Reynolds (USA) 61 62

 

Doubles – First Round

[1] D Nestor (CAN) / L Paes (IND) d J Knowle (AUT) / J Melzer (AUT) 61 36 10-2

T Huey (PHI) / D Inglot (GBR) d M Klizan (SVK) / M Mertinak (SVK) 26 63 10-8

 








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