Men’s / Women’s Tennis Tour News

Written by: on 7th October 2013
Tennis China Open
Men's / Women's Tennis Tour News

epa03892257 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia watches the ball to hit a return against Polona Hercog of Slovenia during their second round women's singles match in the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, 02 October 2013. EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA  |

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

 

* Sharapova withdraws from Istanbul; Errani, Jankovic clinch as a result

* With Istanbul spot safe, top seed Jankovic pulls ouf from Osaka

* Defending champion Watson loses opener, will fall to around #130

* Schiavone starts strong in Linz

* Svitolina just below Top Forty after upset of Barthel

* Voegele outlasts down-seeded Zakopalova, who loses Top Thirty chance

* Wildcard Moser, bumped in Linz singles, gets bounced in doubles

 

****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******

 

Linz

 

Controversy erupted after WTA year-end final contender Angelique Kerber made a late entry and was inserted into the draw on the bottom instead of the top after Austrian No. 337 LisaMarie Moser made a convenient withdrawal due to “personal reasons” after the draw was made. Moser then made a reappearance in doubles to complicate things even further. Kerber happens to stand ninth in the race to the year-end event in Istanbul and with Maria Sharapova not playing due to injury could still earn a spot in the finals field.

Kerber heads American Sloane Stephens and Ana Ivanovic, a two-time champion who stands 16-3 at the tournament but who has not won a title for two years. On court on opening day Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine put out German Mona Barthel 6-2, 7-5

Osaka

 

Heather Watson’s defense of the only WTA title she has ever won collapsed in a 6-4, 6-4 heap at the hands of eighth seed Monica Puig, with the Briton now set to tumble out of the top 130 after breaching the top 40 a year ago when she won the trophy in a major surprise. Watson has been bothered by glandular fever and a recent chance of coaches which have not done her game any favors. She became the first Briton in 24 years to win a WTA trophy when she triumphed a year ago.

It’s been the opposite for 2012 former junior Wimbledon winner Eugenie Bouchard, with the Canadian teenager moving from strength to strength. She started her week as a new typhoon threat began moving towards Japan by crushing Varvara Lepchenko 6-3 6-0. Last year’s semi-finalist Misaki Doi got a home win, putting out Spain’s Silvia Soler Espinosa 6-1, 6-2. Australian third seed Samantha Stosur began a rescue effort to save a top 20 ranking, with the former US Open winner beating Swede Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-2. Kurumi Nara (Japan) beat Caroline Garcia (France) 6-3 6-2

Watson is back to defend her title this year, with 2009 winner Samantha Stosur the only other former champ in this year’s draw. The Australian is often in good form here, having also been a runner-up in 2011 and semifinalist in 2012 en route to compiling a 14-3 record in Osaka. The event lost its top seed when weekend Beijing finalist Jelena Jankovic withdrew with lowe back pain after losing to Serena Williams in China.

 

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

 

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

Linz (International/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Victoria Azarenka

Osaka (International/Hard). Defending Champion: Heather Watson

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Moscow (Premier/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Caroline Wozniacki

Luxembourg (International/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Venus Williams

 

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

 

**RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of October 7, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1 (1) SWilliams 13260

2 (2) Azarenka 8206

3 (3) Sharapova 6941

4 (4) ARadwanska 6195

5 (5) Li 5365

6 (6) Errani 4435

7 (7) Kvitova 4315

8 (8) Jankovic 3860

9 (9) Wozniacki 3845

10 (10) KERBER 3645*

11 (11) Vinci 3195

12 (12) STEPHENS 3185*

13 (13) Bartoli 3172

14 (14) LISICKI 2830*

15 (15) Kirilenko 2755

16 (17) Halep 2685

17 (16) IVANOVIC 2675*

18 (18) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2665*

19 (19) FLIPKENS 2455*

20 (20) STOSUR 2440*

21 (21) CIRSTEA 2170*

22 (22) Kuznetsova 2142

23 (23) CIBULKOVA 2126*

24 (24) Makarova 2066

25 (25) Vesnina 1960

26 (27) Cornet 1790

27 (26) Hampton 1781

28 (28) Safarova 1775

29 (29) Kanepi 1751

30 (30) Pavlyuchenkova 1750

 

**DRAWS

 

Linz — Week of October 7

 

1 Stephens

Rybarikova

Petkovic

Meusburger

Moser (WC)

Voegele

Knapp

7 Hantuchova

 

4 Flipkens

Wickmayer

Ka. Pliskova

Schiavone

Begu

Qualifier

Beck

6 Cibulkova

 

8 Zakopalova

Vekic

Goerges

Qualifier

Svitolina

Barthel

Qualifier

3 Suarez Navarro

 

5 Cirstea

Mayr-Achleitner (WC)

Qualifier

Qualifier

Cadantu

Klaffner (WC)

Niculescu

2 Ivanovic

Osaka — Week of October 7

 

1 Jankovic (WC)

Wozniak

Fichman

Zheng

Zhang

Medina Garrigues

Qualifier

6 Keys

 

3 Stosur

Larsson

Davis

Qualifier

Doi

Soler-Espinosa

Date-Krumm

7 Robson (WC)

 

5 Bouchard

Lepchenko

Mladenovic

Morita

Hsieh

Qualifier

Qualifier

4 Pennetta

 

8 Puig

Watson

Nara (WC)

Garcia

Hercog

Cetkovska

Scheepers

2 Lisicki

 

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

 

MONDAY

Linz

Singles – First Round

Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Mona Barthel (GER) 62 75

Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 75 62

Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 57 75 60

Doubles – First Round

(1) Dabrowski/Rosolska (CAN/POL) d. (WC) Moser/Rottmann (AUT/AUT) 64 62

(2) Goerges/Petkovic (GER/GER) d. Solovyeva/Svitolina (RUS/UKR) 61 36 106 (Match TB)

(4) Barthel/Begu (GER/ROU) d. Vogt/Wickmayer (LIE/BEL) 64 46 107 (Match TB)

Singles Qualifying – Final Round

(3) Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Renata Voracova (CZE) 64 60

Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) d. Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 60 61

Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d. Michaela Honcova (SVK) 62 63

Katarzyna Piter (POL) d. Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) 62 63

 

Osaka

Singles – First Round

(3) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 64 62

(5) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 63 60

(8) Monica Puig (PUR) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 64 64

Misaki Doi (JPN) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 61 62

(WC) Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 63 62

Doubles – First Round

(1) Kops-Jones/Spears (USA/USA) d. Date-Krumm/Scheepers (JPN/RSA) 63 64

(2) Mladenovic/Pennetta (FRA/ITA) d. Cetkovska/Zheng (CZE/CHN) 64 62

Hsieh/Hsieh (TPE/TPE) d. Aoyama/Chang (JPNTPE) 62 63

Singles Qualifying – Final Round

(1) Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Eri Hozumi (JPN) 62 61

(5) Luksika Kumkhum (THA) d. (2) Vania King (USA) 63 75

(3) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 63 62

Belinda Bencic (SUI) d. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 57 62 50 ret. (heat illness)

 

 

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

 

* Weather forces roof closure in Shanghai; only four singles matches finished

* Isner survives Giraldo scare, but may need more to stay Top Fifteen

* Haas leaves Querrey still below #30

* Granollers drops Tipsarevic to #25 or lower

* Monfils also advances

* Federer wins doubles with Chinese wildcard

 

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

 

Shanghai

 

The event bowed to the power of a Pacific typhoon, with six of ten singles matches cancelled and the remainder played under the closed lotus-shaped roof of the Qi Zhong stadium. The rain cam as a result of Typhoon Fitow, which hit China’s east coast and promises more days of the same.

American 14th seed John Isner managed a comeback to beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in a match where the winner was warned for a time violation, due in fact to a slow-moving ballgirl. Spain’s Marcel Granollers began the day under the lotus, shaped leaves of the closed roof by putting out Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-4, 6-4, who was treated on court for a left ankle injury. Frenchman Gael Monfils made up for last week’s first-round exit in Tokyo against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, hammering Tatsuma Ito of Japan 6-3, 6-2.

Isner added 29 aces to his ATP-leading total of 870 as he works on a long-shot chance from the provisional 13th position to reach the eight-man season finals in London in November. Against Giraldo, Isner needed seven set points to level the score at a set search against the number 63. He then squeezed out the victory to reach the second round despite 32 unforced errors. “I’m very happy to get through that, I could have easily lost,” said Isner. “After the first set I told myself the only thing I could do was keep fighting.”

Some of the last four spots in the year-end World Tour Finals are likely to be decided this week with four places in the eight man field remaining – possibly five if Andy Murray does not play as he recovers from back surgery.

 

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

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Shanghai (1000/Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Moscow (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Andreas Seppi

Stockholm (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Tomas Berdych

Vienna (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Juan Martin del Potro

 

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

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of October 7, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….11170

2..(2) Djokovic……….10130

3..(4) Ferrer………….6720

4..(3) Murray………….6295

5..(5) Del Potro……….4935

6..(6) Berdych…………4260

7..(7) Federer…………4165

8..(8) Wawrinka………..3070

9.(10) Gasquet…………3060

10..(9) Tsonga………….2945

11.(11) Raonic………….2780

12.(12) Haas……………2220

13.(13) Isner…………..2070

14.(14) Simon…………..2060

15.(15) Janowicz………..2060

16.(16) Almagro…………2030

17.(17) Fognini…………1885

18.(18) Nishikori……….1805

19.(19) Robredo…………1795

20.(20) Anderson………..1740

21.(21) Youzhny…………1735

22.(22) Seppi…………..1520

23.(25) Melzer………….1425

24.(23) Kohlschreiber……1410

25.(24) Tipsarevic………1355

26.(26) Paire…………..1345

27.(28) Gulbis………….1341

28.(27) Dimitrov………..1340

29.(29) Dodig…………..1300

30.(30) Lopez…………..1240

 

**DRAWS

 

Shanghai — Week of October 7

 

1 Djokovic

–bye

Granollers

Tipsarevic

Lorenzi (Q)

Fognini

Montanes

16 Robredo

 

9 Gasquet

Pospisil

Ito (Q)

Monfils

Hewitt (WC)

Seppi

–bye

5 Federer

 

3 Ferrer

–bye

Benneteau

Rosol

Wu (WC)

F Mayer

Paire

13 Simon

 

12 Nishikori

Dimitrov

Melzer

Dodig

Youzhny

Andujar

–bye

7 Tsonga

 

6 del Potro

–bye

Kohlschreiber

Gong (WC)

Falla (Q)

Brands

Querrey

11 Haas

 

15 Almagro

Soeda (Q)

Chardy

Tomic

Lopez

Nieminen

–bye

4 Berdych

 

8 Wawrinka

–bye

Hanescu

Anderson

Zhang (WC)

Verdasco

Przysiezny (Q)

10 Raonic

 

14 Isner

Giraldo (Q)

Tursunov

Berlocq

Dolgopolov

Russell (Q)

–bye

2 Nadal

 

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

 

MONDAY

Shanghai

Singles – First Round

[11] T Haas (GER) d S Querrey (USA) 64 64

[14] J Isner (USA) d [Q] S Giraldo (COL) 46 75 75

M Granollers (ESP) d J Tipsarevic (SRB) 64 64

G Monfils (FRA) d [Q] T Ito (JPN) 63 62

Doubles – First Round

[WC] R Federer (SUI) / Z Zhang (CHN) d K Anderson (RSA) / D Tursunov (RUS) 62 61

R Lindstedt (SWE) / V Pospisil (CAN) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) / F Mayer (GER) 76(3) 62

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