Men’s / Women’s Tennis Tour News

Written by: Staff on 13th October 2013

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

* Djokovic wins Shanghai to continue hot Asian form

* Dodig/Melo win first title to effectively assure London spot

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

Shanghai

Singles – Final: (1) N Djokovic def. (6) J del Potro 6-1 3-6 7-6(7-3)

At least Novak Djokovic is keeping things interesting. And we’re not talking about that wild scoreline.

Juan Martin del Potro couldn’t do much in the first set; Djokovic was running him all over the place. But the Argentine’s power started to tell as he built a 3-0 lead. That won him the second set, but from then on, there wasn’t much to separate them until the end — Djokovic had two match points in the twelfth game of the set, couldn’t convert, but obviously won it in the tiebreak.

And that keeps him at least close to Rafael Nadal in the rankings. He’s now some 400 points behind in the contest for #1. Nadal still has a huge edge, but this at least lets Djokovic maintain some hope.

Juan Martin del Potro came in at #5, and there he stays. But he’s now a very strong #5, more than a thousand points ahead of #6 Tomas Berdych. He will very likely end the year at #5, and he still has a shot at #4.

Doubles – Final: (5) Dodig/Melo def. (8) Marrero/Verdasco 7-6(7-2) 6-7(6-8) 10-2

Things just keep getting better for Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo. They had quietly been been having a great year, but it wasn’t showing that strongly in their rankings. That’s because they had been posting a lot of upsets but not winning titles. Given the current ATP point table and lack of bonus points, that’s a way to not get ahead. Now, they have their first team title (the first for Melo since he won Brisbane with Robredo, and — amazingly — the first doubles title of Dodig’s career, although the team did make the Wimbledon final). As a result, they are now effective locks to make the London championships — they’re #3 in the Race. We don’t know when they will officially qualify, but it probably won’t be long. Marrero/Verdasco are likely to make it, too, but they may not go in with anything like the same momentum.

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

THIS 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

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Valencia (500/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: David Ferrer

Basel (500/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Juan Martin del Potro

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

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of October 13, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….11520

2..(2) Djokovic……….11120

3..(4) Ferrer………….6800

4..(3) Murray………….6295

5..(5) Del Potro……….5525

6..(6) Berdych…………4340

7..(7) Federer…………4245

8..(9) Tsonga………….3295

9..(8) Wawrinka………..3240

10.(10) Gasquet…………3060

11.(11) Raonic………….2860

12.(12) Haas……………2265

13.(16) Almagro…………2200

14.(13) Isner…………..2070

15.(14) Simon…………..2060

16.(15) Janowicz………..2060

17.(17) Fognini…………1965

18.(18) Nishikori……….1885

19.(19) Robredo…………1830

20.(20) Anderson………..1775

21.(21) Youzhny…………1735

22.(22) Seppi…………..1555

23.(25) Melzer………….1460

24.(23) Kohlschreiber……1445

25.(26) Paire…………..1380

26.(24) Tipsarevic………1355

27.(28) Gulbis………….1341

28.(27) Dimitrov………..1340

29.(29) Dodig…………..1300

30.(30) Lopez…………..1275

**DRAWS

Shanghai — Week of October 7

WINNER: Novak Djokovic

……………..3R…………..QF……….SF………F

1 Djokovic…….(1)Djokovic…..Djokovic….Djokovic…Djokovic

16 Robredo…….Fognini

9 Gasquet……..Monfils………Monfils

5 Federer……..(5)Federer

3 Ferrer………(3)Ferrer

13 Simon………Mayer………..Mayer

12 Nishikori…..(12)Nishikori

7 Tsonga………(7)Tsonga…….Tsonga……Tsonga

6 del Potro……(6)del Potro….del Potro…del Potro..del Potro

11 Haas……….(11)Haas

15 Almagro…….(15)Almagro…..Almagro

4 Berdych……..(4)Berdych

8 Wawrinka…….(8)Wawrinka…..Wawrinka

10 Raonic……..(10)Raonic

14 Isner………Berlocq

2 Nadal……….(2)Nadal……..Nadal…….Nadal

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Djokovic……WON TOURNAMENT

2 Nadal………lost SF (del Potro)

3 Ferrer……..lost 3R (Mayer)

4 Berdych…….lost 3R (Almagro)

5 Federer…….lost 3R (Monfils)

6 del Potro…..lost F (Djokovic)

7 Tsonga……..lost SF (Djokovic)

8 Wawrinka……lost QF (Nadal)

9 Gasquet…….lost 1R (Pospisil)

10 Raonic…….lost 3R (Wawrinka)

11 Haas………WITHDREW from 3R

12 Nishikori….lost 3R (Tsonga)

13 Simon……..lost 1R (Paire)

14 Isner……..lost 2R (Berlocq)

15 Almagro……lost QF (del Potro)

16 Robredo……lost 2R (Fognini)

Moscow — Week of October 15

1 Gasquet

–bye

Baghdatis

Donskoy

Sela

Qualifier

Gabashvili (WC)

8 Mannarino

3 Tipsarevic

–bye

Khachanov (WC)

Ramos

Karlovic

Kudla

And. Kuznetsov (WC)

5 Istomin

6 Zeballos

Berankis

Qualifier

Bogomolov

Qualifier

–bye

4 Dolgopolov

7 Sousa

Stakhovsky

Vesely

Roger-Vasselin

Volandri

Lorenzi

–bye

2 Seppi

Stockholm — Week of October 15

1 Ferrer

–bye

Sock

Tomic

Nieminen

Becker

Verdasco

8 Dodig

3 Janowicz

–bye

Qualifier

Garcia-Lopez

Kamke

Sijsling

Chardy

5 Gulbis

7 Dimitrov

Qualifier

Struff

Qualifier

de Schepper

Eriksson (WC)

–bye

4 Anderson

6 Paire (WC)

Giraldo

Zopp (PR)

Carreno Busta

Qualifier

Falla

–bye

2 Raonic (WC)

Vienna — Week of October 15

1 Tsonga

–bye

Brands

Haider-Maurer

Thiem (WC)

Gimeno-Traver

Matosevic

6 Monfils

3 Fognini

–bye

F Mayer

Kubot

Qualifier

Haase

Hewitt

7 Pospisil

8 Rosol

Huta Galung

Russell

Qualifier

Hajek

Qualifier

–bye

4 Kohlschreiber

5 Stepanek

M Fischer (WC)

G Melzer (WC)

Lacko

Qualifier

Andujar

–bye

2 Haas

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

SUNDAY

Shanghai

Singles – Final

(1) N Djokovic def. (6) J del Potro 6-1 3-6 7-6(7-3)

Doubles – Final

(5) Dodig/Melo def. (8) Marrero/Verdasco 7-6(7-2) 6-7(6-8) 10-2

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

* Stosur wins Osaka to start to redeem disappointing year

* Kerber tops Ivanovic in Linz

* Pliskovas earn first doubles title

****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******

Osaka

Singles – Final: (3) Samantha Stosur def. (5) Eugenie Bouchard 3-6 7-5 6-2

This has been a pretty dreadful year for Samantha Stosur — even though she won San Diego, her ranking has been sinking steadily; she came here having fallen all the way to #20. That’s twice the ranking she had at the end of last year. But she had one thing Eugenie Bouchard didn’t have: Experience. Bouchard broke three times in the first set, but starting from 5-5 in the second — when Stosur won seven of the last eight points of the set — it was all Stosur. It wasn’t exactly the toughest trophy she has ever earned — Bouchard, at #35, was the top opponent she beat — but she earns career title #5 (the first, be it noted, coming here in 2009), and her second of the year. In the process, she rises to #19, and earns enough points that she will probably be able to stay Top Twenty when Moscow comes off next week. Which means that she has qualified for Sofia.

Eugenie Bouchard didn’t win her first title, but she did earn her first final; we show her rising to #32. That probably means she will be seeded at the Australian Open. And that in turn probably means she isn’t done climbing.

Doubles – Final: (2) Mladenovic/Pennetta def. Stosur/Zhang 6-4 6-3

Not a big surprise after Samantha Stosur played more than two hours of singles. Still, a nice finish to the year for Kristina Mladenovic, who started the year very well but then faded. This is her fifth title of 2013, but her last was at Palermo. (The others were Memphis, Charleston, and Oeiras.) The person who is really celebrating, though, may be Flavia Pennetta. She was once #1, but this is her first title since she and the retired Gisela Dulko won the 2011 Australian Open!

Linz

Singles – Final: (1/WC) Angelique Kerber def. (3) Ana Ivanovic 6-4 7-6(8-6)

Where has Angelique Kerber been hiding this all year? She’s earned a quarter of her points for the year in the last three weeks!

It wasn’t exactly a smooth final — there were five breaks in the first set, and Kerber had to fight off four set points in the second. But she managed to survive all that to earn her first title of the year. She is still only #10 in the rankings, but she is guaranteed to move up to #9 next week, and will have a good shot at the year-end #8.

Ana Ivanovic is still seeking her first title since winning the “other” year-end championships at Bali two years ago. And, because she lost this and will be playing in Moscow this week, she will not qualify for Sofia this year. (Which appears to mean Elena Vesnina has clinched.) So it looks like a rather disappointing year end for her. But at least she did well enough here to return to the Top Fifteen — we show her rising to #14.

Doubles – Final: Pliskova/Pliskova def. (1) Dabrowski/Rosolska 7-6(8-6) 6-4

It will perhaps tell you all you need to know about this doubles draw that Dabrowski/Rosolska have a combined doubles ranking of #129, yet were seeded first here. And while Alicja Rosolska is a veteran with three doubles titles to her name, Gabriela Dabrowski is a youngster with almost no big match experience. And the two haven’t played together much. The Pliskova twins are also young, and didn’t have any titles either — but they’ve been playing together all their lives. Experience as a team can help a lot….

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

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

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

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

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Istanbul (Championships/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Serena Williams

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

**RANKINGS

Estimated WTA Rankings As of October 13, 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 ………….3805*

11.(11) Vinci …………. 3195

12.(12) STEPHENS ………..3185

13.(13) Bartoli ……….. 3172

14.(16) IVANOVIC ………..2845

15.(14) LISICKI ……….. 2830

16.(15) Kirilenko ……… 2755

17.(18) SUAREZ NAVARRO …..2735

18.(17) Halep …………. 2685

19.(20) STOSUR ………….2595*

20.(19) FLIPKENS ………..2495

21.(23) CIBULKOVA ……… 2195

22.(21) CIRSTEA ……….. 2170

23.(22) Kuznetsova ………2142

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

WINNER: Angelique Kerber

………………QF………………SF…………..F

2 Stephens……..(2)Stephens

8 Hantuchova……Voegele………….Voegele

3 Ivanovic……..(3)Ivanovic………Ivanovic……..Ivanovic

7 Cibulkova…….(7)Cibulkova

5 Flipkens……..(5)Flipkens

4 Suarez Navarro..(4)Suarez Navarro…Suarez Navarro

6 Cirstea………Mayr-Achleitner(WC)

1 Kerber (WC)…..(1)Kerber(WC)…….Kerber……….Kerber

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Kerber (WC)…….WON TOURNAMENT

2 Stephens……….lost QF (Voegele)

3 Ivanovic……….lost F (Kerber)

4 Suarez Navarro….lost SF (Kerber)

5 Flipkens……….lost QF (Suarez Navarro)

6 Cirstea………..lost 1R (Mayr-Achleitner)

7 Cibulkova………lost QF (Ivanovic)

8 Hantuchova……..lost 1R (Knapp)

Osaka — Week of October 7

WINNER: Samantha Stosur

……………..QF…………………SF……..F

9 Mladenovic…..Zheng

6 Keys………..(6)Keys…………….Keys

3 Stosur………(3)Stosur…………..Stosur….Stosur

7 Robson (WC)….Doi

5 Bouchard…….(5)Bouchard…………Bouchard..Bouchard

4 Pennetta…….Zahlavova Strycova(Q)

8 Puig………..Nara……………….Nara

2 Lisicki……..Hercog

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Jankovic (WC)…WITHDREW

2 Lisicki………WITHDREW from 2R

3 Stosur……….WON TOURNAMENT

4 Pennetta……..lost 1R (King)

5 Bouchard……..lost F (Stosur)

6 Keys…………lost SF (Stosur)

7 Robson (WC)…..lost 1R (Date-Krumm)

8 Puig…………lost 2R (Nara)

9 Mladenovic……lost 2R (Zheng)

Moscow — Week of October 15

1 Kerber

–bye

Pavlyuchenkova

Garcia

Qualifier

Hantuchova

Cibulkova

5 Halep

3 Kirilenko

–bye

Rybarikova

Pervak (WC)

Lepchenko

Kleybanova (WC)

Qualifier

6 Suarez Navarro

7 Stosur

Kanepi

Svitolina

Cornet

Qualifier

Zakopalova

–bye

4 Ivanovic

8 Kuznetsova

Tsurenko

Qualifier

Voskoboeva

Vesnina

Shvedova

–bye

2 Vinci

Luxembourg — Week of October 15

1 Wozniacki

Minella (WC)

Cadantu

Niculescu

Hsieh

Qualifier

Schiavone

8 Jovanovski

3 Lisicki

Vekic

Mladenovic

Qualifier

Knapp

Qualifier

Petkovic

7 Bouchard

5 Safarova

Peng

Pironkova

Beck

Watson (WC)

Wickmayer

Qualifier

4 Flipkens

6 Barthel

Voegele

Dominguez Lino

Ka. Pliskova

Meusburger

Begu

Bacsinszky (WC)

2 Stephens

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

SUNDAY

Osaka

Singles – Final

(3) Samantha Stosur def. (5) Eugenie Bouchard 3-6 7-5 6-2

Doubles – Final

(2) Mladenovic/Pennetta def. Stosur/Zhang 6-4 6-3

Linz

Singles – Final

(1/WC) Angelique Kerber def. (3) Ana Ivanovic 6-4 7-6(8-6)

Doubles – Final

Pliskova/Pliskova def. (1) Dabrowski/Rosolska 7-6(8-6) 6-4

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