Women’s Tennis Results

Written by: Staff on 19th September 2013

Women's Tennis Results

epa03843646 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland hits a return to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia during their match on the fifth day of the 2013 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 30 August 2013. The US Open runs through Monday 09 September, a 15-day schedule for the first time. EPA/JASON DECROW |

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

* Kirilenko shocked by Date-Krumm in Seoul; Radwanska advances

* Cornet, Robson, Puig join upset parade in Guangzhou; no seeds left

TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS

Seoul

Singles – Second Round: (1) Agnieszka Radwanska def. Estrella Cabeza Candela 6-2 6-1

Agnieszka Radwanska is cruising, but it really doesn’t make any difference; she needs a title to add any points at all, and even that won’t affect her ranking.

Singles – Second Round: Kimiko Date-Krumm def. (2) Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-1

Maria Kirilenko really doesn’t seem to like the early part of the Asian swing. Last year, she retired from her opener; this year, she collapsed in the second round. This means she will not rise above her current #19. And what a crazy tournament — despite being quite weak, the only seeds left are #1 Radwanska and #3 Pavlyuchenkova.

Singles – Second Round: Su Jeong Jang def. Ons Jabeur 1-6 6-4 6-1

Quite an event for Jang, a wildcard ranked #540 and with relatively little experience. She has now more than doubled her points; this will take her from #540 to around #350.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Kops-Jones/Spears def. Beygelzimer/Piter 4-6 6-0 10-2

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (3) Aoyama/Moulton-Levy def. Dominguez Lino/Watson 7-5 6-2

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Chan/Xu def. Sema/Sema 2-6 6-4 10-4

Guangzhou

Singles – Quarterfinal: Yvonne Meusburger def. (2) Alize Cornet 6-4 6-1

This place is even more jinxed than Seoul! Alize Cornet might rise to #28, but that is as high as she will go.

Singles – Second Round: Zheng Jie def. (3) Laura Robson 1-6 7-6(8-6) 6-2

Talk about a terrible time for a rain delay: Set point in the second set! But that’s when it came, and when they resumed, Zheng Jie was able to force the match to a third set — and dominate that set. That means that Robson, the defending finalist, will fall to probably #39. Zheng will probably rise to at least #52.

Singles – Quarterfinal: Vania King def. (8) Monica Puig 1-6 7-5 7-6(7-5)

This is amazing — we haven’t seen this sort of form from Vania King in years. She leaves Monica Puig still below #45. King, who was down to #124, is up to around #105. And she might even go deeper — there are no seeds left in the field.

Singles – Quarterfinal: Zhang Shuai def. Johanna Konta 7-5 6-3

And the Chinese flags keep flying…. This should put Zhang Shuai in the Top Hundred.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Hsieh/Peng def. Buryachok/Ka. Pliskova 6-4 6-1

As the Feature shows, Hsieh/Peng are firmly in the WTA Doubles Race, but are far from secure. So they have real motivation to do well here.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (2) Lepchenko/S Zheng def. Dolonc/Jurak 6-4 6-3

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Chan/Chan def. (4) Babos/Govortsova 4-6 6-4 10-8

Not really much of an upset — the Chans would be ranked higher if it weren’t for the elder sister’s many injuries.

TODAY’S FEATURE

Race You There

The WTA season still has most of two months to run, but other than the Istanbul Championships, there are only three Premier events left: Beijing, Pan Pacific, and Moscow. Less than 2500 points. In other words, the WTA Race to Istanbul is in its final laps.

Because we’re so close, let’s spend some time looking at the Race, handicapping who is likely to make it to the year-end Championships. For starters, here are the Race Top Twenty entering this week:

1..S. Williams…11040

2..Azarenka…….7670

3..Sharapova……5891

4..A. Radwanska…5176

5..Li………….4990

6..Errani………4170

7..Kvitova……..3260

8..Bartoli……..3173

9..Jankovic…….3155

10..Vinci……….3150

11..Stephens…….3046

12..Kerber………2696

13..Lisicki……..2691

14..Wozniacki……2657

15..Halep……….2615

16..Suarez Navarro.2585

17..Kirilenko……2471

18..Flipkens…….2382

19..Ivanovic…….2273

20..Cirstea……..2130

Marion Bartoli of course will not play (and will surely end up below #8 anyway). The maximum anyone can still earn is about 2400 points. So anyone more than 2400 points behind Jelena Jankovic is out (in practice if perhaps not in theory, because of course a top player could still play an International event; it’s just that it’s probably counterproductive in practice). It’s interesting to note that, although that gave us a cutoff around #18 last year, this year it gives us a cutoff below the Top Fifty in the Race. The points are so concentrated in the top players’ hands that everyone else is all clumped together. In practice, to be sure, we can cut things off around #30, because the players down there aren’t going to win all three big events! Indeed, it seems pretty clear that the players who qualify will all be among the twenty players listed above.

What that means in practice is that we can qualify Serena Williams, Azarenka, Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwanska, and Li. Also, Errani seems safe even though she isn’t mathematically clinched.

But notice the spots below that. From #7 Kvitova to #11 Stevens is only a little more than 200 points — too small to amount to anything. Then comes a big gap, but then another clump of players from #12 Kerber to #17 Kirilenko (meaning that Kirilenko’s loss in Seoul matters; it didn’t affect her ranking, but it could cost her in the Race). They can’t all qualify, but if someone in that block can win one of the high premier titles (Pan Pacific or Beijing), she’ll be right in the thick of things. In other words, even though six players are set, we still have quite a battle for the last two spots.

In doubles, where only four teams qualify, Errani/Vinci are set; they lead the #2 team of Petrova/Srebotnik by some 1200 points. But Petrova/Srebotnik have less than a 200 point lead on #3 Makarova/Vesnina, They lead #4 Hsieh/Peng by 600, and Hsieh/Peng are playing this week. #5 Barty/Dellacqua are 700 behind that, with Groenfeld/Peschke and Hradecka/Hlavackova pretty close behind. Then comes a 1300 point gap. So those seven teams are the only contenders. Things look pretty good for Petrova/Srebotnik and Makarova/Vesnina, but they aren’t quite safe yet. Hsieh/Peng are still in real danger, and the fight for the alternate spot may not be settled until Moscow.

THIS WEEK IN TENNIS

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

Seoul (International/Hard). Defending Champion: Caroline Wozniacki

Guangzhou (International/Hard). Defending Champion: Hsieh Su-Wei

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Pan Pacific (Premier Five/Hard). Defending Champion: Nadia Petrova

STATS AND FACTS

RANKINGS

Estimated WTA Rankings As of September 19, 2013

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1..(1) SWilliams ……… 12260

2..(2) Azarenka ………..9505

3..(3) Sharapova ……… 7866

4..(4) ARADWANSKA ………6335*

5..(5) Li ……………..5565

6..(6) Errani ………….4325

7..(7) Bartoli ……….. 3746

8..(8) Wozniacki ……… 3565

9..(9) Kerber ………….3420

10.(10) Jankovic ………..3245

11.(11) Kvitova ……….. 3170

12.(12) Vinci …………. 3065

13.(13) Stephens ………..3045

14.(14) Suarez Navarro …..2775

15.(15) Lisicki ……….. 2770

16.(16) Ivanovic ………..2720

17.(17) Stosur ………….2715

18.(18) Halep …………. 2630

19.(19) KIRILENKO ……… 2620

20.(20) Flipkens ………..2556

21.(22) CIRSTEA ……….. 2180

22.(21) Makarova ………..2146

23.(23) Cibulkova ……… 2126

24.(24) Vesnina ……….. 2125

25.(25) Hampton ……….. 2005

26.(27) Petrova ……….. 1908

27.(28) Kuznetsova ………1839

28.(29) CORNET ………….1790

29.(26) Kanepi ………….1741

30.(30) Hantuchova ………1680

DRAWS

Seoul — Week of September 15

………………..QF

1 A Radwanska…….(1)A.Radwanska

8 Beck…………..Dushevina

4 Zakopalova……..Jang(QC)

5 Svitolina………Arruabarrena

6 Goerges………..Begu

3 Pavlyuchenkova….(3)Pavlyuchenkova

7 Petkovic……….Schavone

2 Kirilenko………Date-Krumm

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 A Radwanska

2 Kirilenko……..lost 2R (Date-Krumm)

3 Pavlyuchenkova

4 Zakopalova…….lost 1R (Jang)

5 Svitolina……..lost 1R (Arruabarrena)

6 Goerges……….lost 2R (Begu)

7 Petkovic………lost 1R (Schiavone)

8 Beck………….lost 2R (Dushevina)

Guangzhou — Week of September 15

……………..QF…………SF

1 Cirstea……..King……….King

8 Puig………..(8)Puig

3 Robson………(3)Robson

7 Lepchenko……J.Zheng…….Zheng

6 Hsieh……….Zhang………Zhang

4 Peng………..Konta

5 U Radwanska….Meusburger….Meusburger

2 Cornet………(2)Cornet

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Cirstea………lost 1R (Jovanovski)

2 Cornet……….lost QF (Meusburger)

3 Robson……….lost QF (J. Zheng)

4 Peng…………lost 2R (Konta)

5 U Radwanska…..lost 1R (Dolonc)

6 Hsieh………..lost 2R (Zhang)

7 Lepchenko…….lost 1R (Babos)

8 Puig…………lost QF (King)

SCORES

THURSDAY

Seoul

Singles – Second Round

(1) Agnieszka Radwanska def. Estrella Cabeza Candela 6-2 6-1

Kimiko Date-Krumm def. (2) Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-1

Su Jeong Jang def. Ons Jabeur 1-6 6-4 6-1

Doubles – Quarterfinal

(1) Kops-Jones/Spears def. Beygelzimer/Piter 4-6 6-0 10-2

(3) Aoyama/Moulton-Levy def. Dominguez Lino/Watson 7-5 6-2

Chan/Xu def. Sema/Sema 2-6 6-4 10-4

Guangzhou

Singles – Quarterfinal

Yvonne Meusburger def. (2) Alize Cornet 6-4 6-1

Jie Zheng def. (3) Laura Robson 1-6 7-6(8-6) 6-2

Vania King def. (8) Monica Puig 1-6 7-5 7-6(7-5)

Shuai Zhang def. Johanna Konta 7-5 6-3

Doubles – Quarterfinal

(1) Hsieh/Peng def. Buryachok/Ka. Pliskova 6-4 6-1

(2) Lepchenko/S Zheng def. Dolonc/Jurak 6-4 6-3

Chan/Chan def. (4) Babos/Govortsova 4-6 6-4 10-8

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