Women’s & Men’s Tennis Tour News
Women's & Men's Tennis Tour News
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Kerber, newly qualified for Istanbul, latest to pull out of Moscow
* No Top Ten players left in year’s last Premier event; Vinci top player in field
* Kuznetsova beats Tsurenko to become first seed into second round
* Kleybanova tops struggling Lepchenko; Pavlyuchenkova also wins on good day for Russians
* Cornet leaves Svitolina still around #40
* Safarova tops Peng in Luxembourg; China’s #2 remains below #40
* Loss to Wickmayer means Watson will end year below #125
* No year-end Top Forty spot for Schiavone after loss to Jovanovski
* Pironkova to end year below #100 after easy loss to Beck
****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******
Luxembourg
Czech fifth seed Lucie Safarova began her week with a win over China’s Peng Shuai 7-5, 6-4 while Serb Bojana Jovanovski, seeded eighth, beat former French Open winner Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-3. There we also wins for Monica Niculescu over fellow Romanian Alexandra Cadantu 7-5, 6-4 and Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, who put out Heather Watson 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 to end a poor season of illness and poor form for the Brit.
Moscow
Double grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, seeded eighth, moved into the second round of the joint ATP-WTA event over Lesia Tsurenko 7-5, 6-2, winning five straight games in the second set on her way to victory. Kuznetsova won her last title three years ago and is hungry for success. “I haven’t been playing here for a couple of years, but this year I really want to play my best here. I was nervous at the beginning of the match.”
German Angelique Kerber withdrew injured (abdominal strain) after winning last week in Linz under controversial tournament entry circumstances and therefore qualified for the WTA Championships next week. Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat France’s Caroline Garcia 6-0, 6-3, while another Russian also moved through. Alisa Kleybanova, who successfully fought cancer, defeated Varvara Lepchenko 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-4.
Alize Cornet defeated Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine 7-5, 6-3.
******** 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 14, 2013
Rank &
Prior
Rank….Name…………..Points
1 (1) SWilliams 12040
2 (2) Azarenka 7676
3 (3) Sharapova 5891
4 (4) ARadwanska 5890
5 (5) Li 5120
6 (7) Kvitova 4315
7 (6) Errani 4190
8 (8) Jankovic 3860
9 (10) Kerber 3715
10 (9) WOZNIACKI 3350*
11 (12) STEPHENS 3185*
12 (13) Bartoli 3172
13 (11) VINCI 3170*
14 (15) LISICKI 2830*
15 (17) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2735*
16 (18) Halep 2685
17 (14) IVANOVIC 2675*
18 (16) KIRILENKO 2611*
19 (20) FLIPKENS 2495*
20 (19) STOSUR 2261*
21 (23) KUZNETSOVA 2201*
22 (22) Cirstea 2170
23 (21) CIBULKOVA 2076*
24 (24) Makarova 2066
25 (25) VESNINA 1960*
26 (26) CORNET 1790*
27 (27) Hampton 1781
28 (28) SAFAROVA 1775*
29 (29) Kanepi 1751
30 (30) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1750*
**DRAWS
Moscow — Week of October 14
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 14
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 ********
MONDAY
Luxembourg
Singles – First Round
(5) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 75 64
(8) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 64 63
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) 75 64
Annika Beck (GER) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 62 62
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (WC) Heather Watson (GBR) 60 57 62
Doubles – First Round
Bogdan/Torró-Flor (ROU/ESP) d. Barthel/Klemenschits (GER/AUT) 63 75
Singles Qualifying – Final Round
Tereza Smitkova (CZE) d. (7) Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 64 63
Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) d. (8) Grace Min (USA) 16 61 62
Katarzyna Piter (POL) d. Carina Witthoeft (GER) 63 62
Kristina Kucova (SVK) d. Lesley Kerkhove (NED) 64 63
Moscow
Singles – First Round
(8) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 75 62
Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 75 63
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 60 63
(WC) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 67(6) 64 64
Doubles – First Round
(1) Hantuchova/Vesnina (SVK/RUS) d. Beygelzimer/Dolonc (UKR/SRB) 75 63
Husarova/Zakopalova (SVK/CZE) d. (WC) Bukhanko/Gasparyan (RUS/RUS) 63 36 105 (Match TB)
Singles Qualifying – Final Round
(1) Vesna Dolonc (SRB) d. (8) Alexanda Panova (RUS) 57 75 64
(3) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. (5) Vera Dushevina (RUS) 63 46 63
Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) d. Valentyna Ivakhnenko (UKR) 62 62
Danka Kovinic (MNE) d. Tereza Mrdeza (CRO) 64 36 62
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Two matches played, two Czech winners in Vienna: #5 Stepanek, #8 Rosol both win straight set matches lasting 19 games
* Newcomer Khachanov justified Moscow wildcard with upset of Ramos
* #7 seed Sousa falls to Stakhovsky, likely to lose Top Fifty ranking
* Joachim Johansson qualifies for Stockholm but insists it’s a one-time thing
* Zopp forced to retire again; Paire, Sijsling win
****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******
Moscow
Argentine sixth seed Horacio Zeballos began a lightly scheduled opening day as beating Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 but Joao Sousa, surprise champion a fortnight ago in Kuala Lumpur, lost at the first hurdle as seventh seed, going out to Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 6-3. Russian Karen Khachanov advanced over Albert Ramos of Spain 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Richard Gasquet is the only name player of note at the event, with the Frenchman desperate to improve his standing for a place at the year-end championships next month after losing in the Shanghai first round last week.
Stockholm
Another indoor event got underway gradually, with French sixth seed Benoit Paire opening with a defeat of Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-4. Dutchman Igor Sijsling defeated German Tobias Kamke 6-4, 6-2 while Spaniard Pablo Carreno advanced when Juergen Zopp retired injured at 5-5. Milos Raonic took a wild card into the field as he bids for a place in the year-end championships. Swede Joachim Johansson, who played his last match in 2009 and once stood inside the top 10, came out of the blue and qualified in his hometown .
Vienna
Czech seeds tuned up for November’s Davis Cup final against Serbia, with Radek Stepanek and Lukas Rosol both posting first-round wins. The only matches on opening day became almost exact duplicates, with each lasting 65 minutes. Radek Stepanek, playing the event for the sixth time, defeated Austrian wild card Martin Fischer. Davis teammate Lukas Rosol, seeded eighth, reversed that shoreline to send out Jesse Huta Galung 6-3, 7-5, hammering 13 aces in his winning start.
Rosol won his first match at the tournament after going out in his only previous appearance as a qualifier in 2009. The man who beat Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, 2012, improved to 20-25 on the season.
The Vienna week indoors will be crucial for the season-ending hopes of France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who plays as top seed standing provisional ninth in the eight-man field for the year-ender. But due to the injury absence of Andy Murray (back surgery) in London next month, Tsonga is currently in a good position for the World Tour Finals.
Battling him for a place in the field with four spots still open are the Swiss pair of Stanislas Wawrinka, Roger Federer, fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet and Canadian Milos Raonic, who stands just 240 points behind Tsonga. Tsonga, a semi-finalist at the weekend against Novak Djokovic in Shanghai, is putting his fragile knee to a test as he competes in his fourth event over the last five weeks.
******** 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 14, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Nadal………….11520
2..(2) Djokovic……….11120
3..(3) Ferrer………….6800
4..(4) Murray………….6295
5..(5) Del Potro……….5275
6..(7) Federer…………4245
7..(6) Berdych…………4090
8..(9) Wawrinka………..3240
9..(8) Tsonga………….3190
10.(10) Gasquet…………3060
11.(11) Raonic………….2860
12.(12) Haas……………2265
13.(13) Almagro…………2200
14.(14) Isner…………..2070
15.(16) Simon…………..2060
16.(15) Janowicz………..2015
17.(17) Fognini…………1965
18.(18) Nishikori……….1885
19.(19) Robredo…………1830
20.(20) Anderson………..1775
21.(21) Youzhny…………1735
22.(23) Melzer………….1460
23.(24) Kohlschreiber……1445
24.(22) Seppi…………..1395
25.(25) Paire…………..1380
26.(26) Gulbis………….1361
27.(28) Dimitrov………..1340
28.(27) Tipsarevic………1310
29.(29) Dodig…………..1295
30.(30) Lopez…………..1275
**DRAWS
Moscow — Week of October 14
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
Qualifier
Bogomolov
Qualifier
–bye
4 Dolgopolov
7 Sousa
Stakhovsky
Vesely
Roger-Vasselin
Volandri
Lorenzi
–bye
2 Seppi
Stockholm — Week of October 14
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 14
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 ********
MONDAY
Moscow
Singles – First Round
[6] H Zeballos (ARG) d R Berankis (LTU) 16 63 64
S Stakhovsky (UKR) d [7] J Sousa (POR) 64 63
[WC] K Khachanov (RUS) d A Ramos (ESP) 62 36 64
E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d J Vesely (CZE) 63 67(3) 63
Doubles – First Round
[4] M Mertinak (SVK) / A Sa (BRA) d M Draganja (CRO) / F Skugor (CRO) 76(5) 67(2) 10-6
Stockholm
Singles – First Round
[6] [WC] B Paire (FRA) d S Giraldo (COL) 64 64
I Sijsling (NED) d T Kamke (GER) 64 62
P Carreno Busta (ESP) d [PR] J Zopp (EST) 55 ret. (lower back)
Doubles – First Round
G Kretschmer (GER) / A Satschko (GER) d M Kowalczyk (POL) / I Zelenay (SVK) 64 76(4)
Vienna
Singles – First Round
[5] R Stepanek (CZE) d [WC] M Fischer (AUT) 75 63
[8] L Rosol (CZE) d J Huta Galung (NED) 63 75
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