U. S. Open
Singles – Third Round: (1) Serena Williams def. Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 6-1
Very little to say about this except that Serena continues to pad her lead in the contest for #1.
Singles – Third Round: (3) Agnieszka Radwanska def. (32) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6(7-1)
Once again Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova falls short of the Top Thirty — it appears she’ll be #31.
Singles – Third Round: (5) Li Na def. (30) Laura Robson 6-2 7-5
Not only does Li Na get revenge for last year, she drops Laura Robson a spot or two below her current #32.
Singles – Third Round: (8) Angelique Kerber def. (25) Kaia Kanepi 6-0 6-4
A nice win for Angelique Kerber, given her recent struggles. Kaia Kanepi, despite adding substantial points, remains just below the Top 25.
Singles – Third Round: (9) Jelena Jankovic def. Kurumi Nara 6-4 7-6(7-5)
This moves Jelena Jankovic ahead of Petra Kvitova in the contest for #10 — until Kvitova plays her own third round match.
Singles – Third Round: (15) Sloane Stephens def. (23) Jamie Hampton 6-1 6-3
And so Sloane Stephens will have another shot at Serena Williams. And even if Serena gets revenge, Stephens is likely to reach #12.
Singles – Third Round: (24) Ekaterina Makarova def. (16) Sabine Lisicki 6-4 7-5
This will let Ekaterina Makarova stay Top 25. Sabine Lisicki will probably hit the Top Fifteen, but this costs her the chance to clinch.
Singles – Third Round: (20) Carla Suarez Navarro def. Zheng Jie 6-2 6-4
Zheng Jie fails to add any points; she will stay right around #55.
Doubles – First Round: (1) Errani/Vinci def. Hantuchova/Hingis 6-3 7-5
Too bad for Hantuchova/Hingis that they didn’t face Errani/Vinci the day before, when Sara Errani was feeling so down. But Hantuchova/Hingis may have some thinking to do. They haven’t performed particularly well. We have to wonder about the combination.
Doubles – First Round: (2) Makarova/Vesnina def. Aoyama/Scheepers 6-4 6-1
Makarova/Vesnina have a genuine shot at the #1 and #2 doubles spots this week. This is a nice start. We show the doubles Top Ten as follows:
1..(1) ERRANI ………….7580*
1..(1) VINCI …………. 7580*
3..(3) PETROVA ……….. 7325*
4..(4) VESNINA ……….. 7140*
5..(5) MAKAROVA ………..7100*
6..(6) SREBOTNIK ……… 6725*
7..(7) HSIEH …………. 5475*
8..(9) PENG ……………5136*
9.(10) PESCHKE ……….. 4955*
10.(12) GROENEFELD ………4955*
Doubles – First Round: (4) Hsieh/Peng def. Daniilidou/Panova 6-3 6-4
Doubles – First Round: (5) Hlavackova/Hradecka def. Date-Krumm/Parra Santonja 6-0 6-3
It’s a start, but last year’s finalists need a lot more than this to stay Top Ten.
Doubles – First Round: Craybas/Vandeweghe def. Cadantu/Halep 2-6 7-6(7-4) 6-4
If reports are correct, this will be Jill Craybas’s last Slam. (Not that she has much choice, given her current ranking.) Nice to see that she gets to go out with a better result than James Blake or Nicolas Massu.
Doubles – First Round: Hercog/Raymond def. Martic/Petkovic 6-2 3-6 6-4
No word of retirement yet for American’s other over-35 veteran, Lisa Raymond, but that’s a rather scary score.
Doubles – First Round: Fichman/Wozniak def. Kiick/Vickery 7-5 4-6 6-1
Doubles – First Round: King/Rybarikova def. Ka. Pliskova/Vekic 6-1 6-0
Doubles – First Round: Klemenschits/Klepac def. Dushevina/Watson 6-1 7-5
Doubles – First Round: Kuznetsova/Stosur def. Meusburger/Ormaechea 6-3 6-0
Doubles – First Round: Oudin/Riske def. Davis/Min 6-2 6-4
Doubles – Second Round: (6) Groenefeld/Peschke def. Babos/Schiavone 6-4 6-4
Doubles – Second Round: (8) Barty/Dellacqua def. Cetkovska/Flipkens 6-3 6-4
Doubles – Second Round: (13) Black/Erakovic def. Lepchenko/S Zheng 6-1 7-6(7-5)
Doubles – Second Round: (14) Mladenovic/Voskoboeva def. Bertens/Larsson 7-5 7-6(11-9)
Mixed Doubles – First Round: Barty/Peers def. (1) Groenefeld/Peya 4-6 6-3 11-9
Groenefeld/Peya were not #1 under Mixed rankings — they weren’t even seeded — so this is a clear triumph for Mixed rankings.
Mixed Doubles – First Round: (2) Srebotink/Zimonjic def. Black/Qureshi 6-3 6-1
Mixed Doubles – First Round: Spears/S Gonzalez def. (3) Goerges/Bopanna 6-7(1-7) 6-2 10-6
Goerges/Bopanna would have been unseeded under mixed rankings, and only one place ahead of Spears/Gonzalez, so no big surprise here.
Mixed Doubles – First Round: (5) Medina Garrigues/Soares def. Oudin/Krajicek 7-5 6-2
Mixed Doubles – First Round: (7) Hlavackova/Mirnyi def. Christian/Novikov 6-1 6-1
Mixed Doubles – First Round: (8) Huber/Melo def. Mirza/Tecau 4-6 7-6(12-10) 10-4
This at least goes against Mixed rankings, which would have made Mirza/Tecau the #4 seeds.
Mixed Doubles – First Round: Hradecka/Cermak def. Llagostera Vives/Fleming 6-2 7-5
Mixed rankings make Hradecka/Cermak the top team in the world. No reason to argue with that so far….
Mixed Doubles – First Round: Kops-Jones/Huey def. Duval/Young 2-6 6-4 10-6
Mixed Doubles – First Round: H Chan/Emmrich def. Stephens/Sock 6-4 6-4
Doubles experience beats singles skill….
Mixed Doubles – First Round: Y Chan/Lindstedt def. Hingis/Bhupathi 7-6(7-5) 7-6(7-5)
All we can say is, Martina Hingis has a lot to think about in this second comeback of hers. She and Bhupathi seemed once to be the best Mixed team in the world!
Amazingly, they had to turn away spectators from the court for this match. In Mixed! But Hingis’s serve was not working at all well; she would later say that her calf hurt. Still, it was a very depressing day for her.
Mixed Doubles – First Round: Cornet/Roger-Vasselin def. Santamaria/Jenkins 6-4 6-1
Mixed Doubles – First Round: Husarova/Polasek def. Schnack/Roberson 6-4 7-6(7-3)
Mixed Doubles – First Round: Mladenovic/Nestor def. Dellacqua/Lipsky 6-3 6-3
THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:
U. S. Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Serena Williams
NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:
U. S. Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Serena Williams
**RANKINGS
Estimated WTA Rankings As of August 30, 2013
Rank &
Prior
Rank….Name…………….Points
1..(1) SWILLIAMS…………10540*
2..(2) AZARENKA…………..8265*
3..(3) Sharapova………….7866
4..(4) ARADWANSKA…………6335*
5..(6) LI………………..4945*
6..(5) ERRANI…………….4325
7..(7) Bartoli……………3746
8..(8) WOZNIACKI………….3645*
9..(9) KERBER…………….3420*
10.(12) JANKOVIC…………..3245*
11.(10) KVITOVA……………3170*
12.(16) STEPHENS…………..3045*
13.(14) FLIPKENS…………..2806
14.(18) LISICKI……………2770*
15.(13) VINCI……………..2725*
16.(11) STOSUR…………….2715
17.(17) KIRILENKO………….2620*
18.(15) IVANOVIC…………..2600*
19.(20) SUAREZ NAVARRO……..2555*
20.(19) HALEP……………..2510*
21.(22) CIRSTEA……………2250
22.(21) CIBULKOVA………….2126
23.(24) VESNINA……………2125
24.(25) MAKAROVA…………..2055*
25.(26) HAMPTON……………2036
26.(27) KANEPI…………….1941
27.(23) PETROVA……………1937
28.(29) KUZNETSOVA…………1839*
29.(28) CORNET…………….1790*
30.(34) BARTHEL……………1645
**DRAWS
U. S. Open — Week of August 26
………………..3R………………..4R
1 S Williams……..(1)SWilliams……….Williams
29 Rybarikova…….Shvedova
23 Hampton……….(23)Hampton
15 Stephens………(15)Stephens……….Stephens
12 Flipkens………Zheng
18 Suarez Navarro…(18)Suarez Navarro….Suarez Navarro
25 Kanepi………..(25)Kanepi
8 Kerber…………(8)Kerber………….Kerber
3 A Radwanska…….(3)A.Radwanska……..Radwanska
32 Pavlyuchenkova…(32)Pavlyuchenkova
24 Makarova………(24)Makarova……….Makarova
16 Lisicki……….(16)Lisicki
9 Jankovic……….(9)Jankovic……….Jankovic
19 Cirstea……….Nara
30 Robson………..(30)Robson
5 Li…………….(5)Li……………..Li
6 Wozniacki………(6)Wozniacki
31 Zakopalova…….Giorgi
22 Vesnina……….Knapp
10 Vinci…………(10)Vinci
14 Kirilenko……..(14)Kirilenko
21 Halep…………(21)Halep
27 Kuznetsova…….(27)Kuznetsova
4 Errani…………Pennetta
7 Kvitova………..(7)Kvitova
28 Barthel……….Riske
20 Petrova……….Glushko
11 Stosur………..Hantuchova
13 Ivanovic………(13)Ivanovic
17 Cibulkova……..McHale
26 Cornet………..(26)Cornet
2 Azarenka……….(2)Azarenka
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 S Williams
2 Azarenka
3 A Radwanska
4 Errani…………….lost 2R (Pennetta)
5 Li
6 Wozniacki
7 Kvitova
8 Kerber
9 Jankovic
10 Vinci
11 Stosur…………..lost 1R (Duval)
12 Flipkens…………lost 1R (V. Williams)
13 Ivanovic
14 Kirilenko
15 Stephens
16 Lisicki………….lost 3R (Makarova)
17 Cibulkova………..lost 1R (Svitolina)
18 Suarez Navarro
19 Cirstea………….lost 2R (Nara)
20 Petrova………….lost 1R (Glushko)
21 Halep
22 Vesnina………….lost 2R (Knapp)
23 Hampton………….lost 3R (Stephens)
24 Makarova
25 Kanepi…………..lost 3R (Kerber)
26 Cornet
27 Kuznetsova
28 Barthel………….lost 2R (Riske)
29 Rybarikova……….lost 1R (Mayr-Achleitner)
30 Robson…………..lost 3R (Li)
31 Zakopalova……….lost 1R (Hsieh)
32 Pavlyuchenkova……lost 3R (A. Radwanska)
FRIDAY
U. S. Open
Singles – Third Round
(1) Serena Williams def. Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 6-1
(3) Agnieszka Radwanska def. (32) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6(7-1)
(5) Li Na def. (30) Laura Robson 6-2 7-5
(8) Angelique Kerber def. (25) Kaia Kanepi 6-0 6-4
(9) Jelena Jankovic def. Kurumi Nara 6-4 7-6(7-5)
(15) Sloane Stephens def. (23) Jamie Hampton 6-1 6-3
(24) Ekaterina Makarova def. (16) Sabine Lisicki 6-4 7-5
(20) Carla Suarez Navarro def. Zheng Jie 6-2 6-4
Doubles – First Round
(1) Errani/Vinci def. Hantuchova/Hingis 6-3 7-5
(2) Makarova/Vesnina def. Aoyama/Scheepers 6-4 6-1
(4) Hsieh/Peng def. Daniilidou/Panova 6-3 6-4
(5) Hlavackova/Hradecka def. Date-Krumm/Parra Santonja 6-0 6-3
Craybas/Vandeweghe def. Cadantu/Halep 2-6 7-6(7-4) 6-4
Fichman/Wozniak def. Kiick/Vickery 7-5 4-6 6-1
Hercog/Raymond def. Martic/Petkovic 6-2 3-6 6-4
King/Rybarikova def. Ka. Pliskova/Vekic 6-1 6-0
Klemenschits/Klepac def. Dushevina/Watson 6-1 7-5
Kuznetsova/Stosur def. Meusburger/Ormaechea 6-3 6-0
Oudin/Riske def. Davis/Min 6-2 6-4
Doubles – Second Round
(6) Groenefeld/Peschke def. Babos/Schiavone 6-4 6-4
(8) Barty/Dellacqua def. Cetkovska/Flipkens 6-3 6-4
(13) Black/Erakovic def. Lepchenko/S Zheng 6-1 7-6(7-5)
(14) Mladenovic/Voskoboeva def. Bertens/Larsson 7-5 7-6(11-9)
Mixed Doubles – First Round
Barty/Peers def. (1) Groenefeld/Peya 4-6 6-3 11-9
(2) Srebotink/Zimonjic def. Black/Qureshi 6-3 6-1
Spears/S Gonzalez def. (3) Goerges/Bopanna 6-7(1-7) 6-2 10-6
(5) Medina Garrigues/Soares def. Oudin/Krajicek 7-5 6-2
(7) Hlavackova/Mirnyi def. Christian/Novikov 6-1 6-1
(8) Huber/Melo def. Mirza/Tecau 4-6 7-6(12-10) 10-4
Hradecka/Cermak def. Llagostera Vives/Fleming 6-2 7-5
Kops-Jones/Huey def. Duval/Young 2-6 6-4 10-6
H Chan/Emmrich def. Stephens/Sock 6-4 6-4
Y Chan/Lindstedt def. Hingis/Bhupathi 7-6(7-5) 7-6(7-5)
Cornet/Roger-Vasselin def. Santamaria/Jenkins 6-4 6-1
Husarova/Polasek def. Schnack/Roberson 6-4 7-6(7-3)
Mladenovic/Nestor def. Dellacqua/Lipsky 6-3 6-3
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