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Written by: on 22nd September 2013
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epa03877985 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia hits a backhand return to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during the women's final of the 2013 KDB Korea Open Tennis Championships at Olympics Park in Seoul South Korea, 22 September 2013. Radwanska won the match. EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN  |

******EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******

* Radwanska survives marathon in Seoul to break title drought

* Chan, Xu win first WTA titles

* No surprises in Pan Pacific first round

 

****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******

 

Seoul

 

Singles – Final: (1) Agnieszka Radwanska def. (3) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-7(6-8) 6-3 6-4

In four matches leading up to the final, Agnieszka Radwanska had lost only eleven games. But she hadn’t faced an opponent ranked higher than #71. It makes you wonder what her form is actually like — this took her more than two and a half hours (half of it in the first set). Still, she took the title. It’s about time — this is her first trophy since she started the year with back-to-back wins at Auckland and Sydney.

As far as points go, it’s piddling. She had so many points in her sixteenth event that she adds only 55 points to her total, and will remain a weak #4. Still, it might get her in form for the two big events to come. Or might tire her out….

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova hasn’t won a title since Oeiras in May, but at least she adds enough points to return to the Top Thirty.

Doubles – Final: C Chan/Xu def. (1) R Kops-Jones/A Spears 7-5 6-3

This is a real candidate for upset of the year. Kops-Jones/Spears were the defending champions here, and by far the strongest team in the field. And yet they went quietly to a pair of nobodies. Oh, Xu Yi-Fan has a number of Challenger doubles titles. But at the WTA level — nothing. She’s 25 years old, and hit her peak doubles ranking of #88 more than five years ago — and still came here with only $153,000 in career prize money. This is the biggest result of her life, but it came out of nowhere. It’s almost as amazing for 28-year-old Chan Chin-Wei. She has spent more time at the WTA level, but no titles. This may well be a career-extender for her.

Pan Pacific

 

Singles – First Round: (9) Sloane Stephens def. Stefanie Voegele 6-3 6-2

With fears that Maria Sharapova won’t be able to play the year-end Championships, any player who can end the year in the Top Ten will qualify. And Sloane Stephens is only about 200 points away from the Top Ten. So this is quite an interesting result.

Singles – First Round: (12) Samantha Stosur def. Alize Cornet 2-6 6-4 6-1

Samantha Stosur still has a lot of defending to do, and this isn’t enough to count for her, but it appears likely she will be able to stay Top Twenty.

Singles – First Round: (14) Kirsten Flipkens def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-6(7-4) 7-5

Kirsten Flipkens too moves closer to clinching her Top Twenty ranking.

Singles – First Round: (15) Sorana Cirstea def. Julia Goerges 6-4 6-4

If Stosur or Flipkens falls out of the Top Twenty, it will probably be Sorana Cirstea who gets the spot. She needs a lot more than this — but at least this looks a lot better than her early loss last week.

Singles – First Round: (16) Dominika Cibulkova def. Urszula Radwanska 6-3 6-3

The Radwanska sisters might have met in the third round. No worry about that now….

Singles – First Round: Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor def. Klara Zakopalova 7-6(8-6) 1-6 6-3

It has not been a good fall so far for Klara Zakopalova. This will leave her still below the Top Thirty.

Singles – First Round: Elina Svitolina def. Kurumi Nara 2-6 7-5 6-3

Elina Svitolina is another player who looked bad last week, but this is at least slightly more promising. Her Top Forty spot looks safe.

Singles – First Round: Belinda Bencic def. Daria Gavrilova 6-2 5-7 7-5

Daria Gavrilova is still young, but she’s starting to look like a failed prospect.

Singles – First Round: Lucie Safarova def. Polona Hercog 6-4 6-7(8-10) 7-6(7-2)

Polona Herzog seems to be slowly recovering her form, but her ranking is so low that she keeps finding herself up against too-strong opponents….

Singles – First Round: Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Paula Ormaechea 6-1 6-2

This by itself won’t put Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Top 25, but it won’t take too much more.

Singles – First Round: Venus Williams def. Mona Barthel 6-3 6-1

Mona Barthel loses another Top Thirty chance. And, yes, this is an upset, although there probably aren’t many people (including Barthel) who see it that way.

Doubles – First Round: Black/Mirza def. Mladenovic/Pennetta 2-6 6-0 10-7

Doubles – First Round: Kudryavtseva/Rodionova def. Minella/Vesnina 6-3 6-1

Ekaterina Makarova isn’t here, so Elena Vesnina had to find a temporary partner. It looks as if she didn’t choose too well….

 

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

 

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

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

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Beijing (Premier Mandatory/Hard). Defending Champion: Victoria Azarenka

 

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

 

**RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of September 22, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1..(1) SWilliams ……… 12260

2..(2) Azarenka ………..9505

3..(3) Sharapova ……… 7866

4..(4) ARADWANSKA ………6390*

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.(32) PAVLYUCHENKOVA …..1760

30.(26) Kanepi ………….1741

 

**DRAWS

 

Seoul — Week of September 15

WINNER: Agnieszka Radwanska

………………..QF……………..SF…………..F

1 A Radwanska…….(1)A.Radwanska…..Radwanska…….Radwanska

8 Beck…………..Dushevina

4 Zakopalova……..Jang(QC)

5 Svitolina………Arruabarrena…….Arruabarrena

 

6 Goerges………..Begu

3 Pavlyuchenkova….(3)Pavlyuchenkova..Pavlyuchenkova..Pavlyuchenkova

7 Petkovic……….Schiavone……….Schiavone

2 Kirilenko………Date-Krumm

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 A Radwanska……WON TOURNAMENT

2 Kirilenko……..lost 2R (Date-Krumm)

3 Pavlyuchenkova…lost F (A. Radwanska)

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

WINNER: Zhang Shuai

……………..QF…………SF………..F

1 Cirstea……..King……….King………King

8 Puig………..(8)Puig

3 Robson………(3)Robson

7 Lepchenko……J.Zheng…….Zheng

 

6 Hsieh……….Zhang………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)

Pan Pacific — Week of September 22

 

1 Azarenka

–bye

Barthel

V Williams

Petkovic

Vesnina

Pavlyuchenkova

13 Halep

 

9 Stephens

Voegele

Bouchard

Puig

Morita

Robson

–bye

6 Jankovic

 

3 Errani

–bye

Kuznetsova

Ormaechea (Q)

Doi (WC)

Lepchenko

Goerges

15 Cirstea

 

10 Suarez Navarro

Keys

Peng

Ozaki (Q)

Bencic (WC)

Gavrilova (Q)

–bye

7 Kvitova

 

8 Vinci

–bye

Hercog (Q)

Safarova

Rodionova (Q)

Date-Krumm

Cornet

12 Stosur

 

14 Flipkens

Zahlavova Strycova (Q)

Rybarikova

Hsieh

Pennetta

Hantuchova

–bye

4 Wozniacki

 

5 Kerber

–bye

Torro-Flor (Q)

Zakopalova

Svitolina

Nara (WC)

Beck

11 Ivanovic

 

16 Cibulkova

U Radwanska

Mladenovic

Dellacqua (Q)

Wozniak

Schiavone

–bye

2 A Radwanska

 

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

 

SUNDAY

Seoul

Singles – Final

(1) Agnieszka Radwanska def. (3) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-7(6-8) 6-3 6-4

Doubles – Final

C Chan/Xu def. (1) R Kops-Jones/A Spears 7-5 6-3

Pan Pacific

Singles – First Round

(9) Sloane Stephens def. Stefanie Voegele 6-3 6-2

(12) Samantha Stosur def. Alize Cornet 2-6 6-4 6-1

(14) Kirsten Flipkens def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-6(7-4) 7-5

(15) Sorana Cirstea def. Julia Goerges 6-4 6-4

(16) Dominika Cibulkova def. Urszula Radwanska 6-3 6-3

Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor def. Klara Zakopalova 7-6(8-6) 1-6 6-3

Elina Svitolina def. Kurumi Nara 2-6 7-5 6-3

Belinda Bencic def. Daria Gavrilova 6-2 5-7 7-5

Lucie Safarova def. Polona Hercog 6-4 6-7(8-10) 7-6(7-2)

Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Paula Ormaechea 6-1 6-2

Venus Williams def. Mona Barthel 6-3 6-1

Doubles – First Round

Black/Mirza def. Mladenovic/Pennetta 2-6 6-0 10-7

Kudryavtseva/Rodionova def. Minella/Vesnina 6-3 6-1

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