Latest Tennis Update / Ladies
Latest Tennis Update / Ladies
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Sofia groups announced: Halep, Kirilenko, Pavlyuchenkova in Serdika; Ivanovic, Stosur, Vesnina, Pironkova in Sredets
****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******
Cagliari
Russia had has troubles over the past weeks scraping together a team with many of the country’s top players preferring to skip the final – but that’s not the case with Italy when the nations meet this weekend. The modest Tennis Club Cagliari will be sold out for the tie, with fans hoping for a fourth title in the competition for the hosts.
The Italians coached by former player Corrado Barazzutti, will boast a full side comprising Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta. Errani and Vinci will then mix it up in their role as one of the best doubles teams in the world as well. The Russians will have to work to earn a fifth fed Cup against the determined opposition and the home crowd support – even if independent-minded Sardinian islanders hardly consider themselves as “Italian.”
Sofia
The “junior” version of the WTA season wrap-up will get under way with crowd-pleaser Ana Ivanovic taking a starring box office role as a wild card in a field of less-than-household names in the Bulgarian capital. With the Tournament of Champions finding it tough over the years to carve out a niche on the calendar, the presence of the photogenic Serb can only help matters.
The round robin field is made up of winner of the lesser International-level tournaments from the 2013 season: Simona Halep – winner of the first five titles of her career this season – Maria Kirilenko, former US Open champion Samantha Stosur, Elena Vesnina, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Alizé Cornet. Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova joins Ivanovic as a wild card to lure in the local public.
The tournament will be holding its fifth edition after runs in Bali for three years and now Sofia since 2012. In the draw made Monday, Ivanovic and Pironkova face, off Maria Kirilenko plays France’s Cornet and Halep takes on Pavlyuchenkova.
******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:
Sofia (International Championships/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Nadia Petrova
Fed Cup Final
NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:
Challengers Only
************ STATS AND FACTS ************
**RANKINGS
Estimated WTA Rankings As of October 28, 2013
Rank &
Prior
Rank….Name…………..Points
1 (1) SWilliams 13260
2 (2) Azarenka 8046
3 (3) Li 6045
4 (4) Sharapova 5891
5 (5) ARadwanska 5875
6 (6) Kvitova 4775
7 (7) Errani 4435
8 (8) Jankovic 4170
9 (9) Kerber 3965
10 (10) Wozniacki 3520
11 (11) Stephens 3185
12 (12) Bartoli 3172
13 (13) Vinci 3170
14 (14) HALEP 3085*
15 (15) Lisicki 2920
16 (16) IVANOVIC 2780*
17 (17) Suarez Navarro 2735
18 (18) KIRILENKO 2685*
19 (19) STOSUR 2580*
20 (20) Flipkens 2495
21 (21) Kuznetsova 2341
22 (22) Cirstea 2170
23 (23) Cibulkova 2076
24 (24) Makarova 2066
25 (25) VESNINA 1925*
26 (26) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1895*
27 (27) CORNET 1805*
28 (28) Hampton 1781
29 (29) Safarova 1775
30 (30) Kanepi 1752
**DRAWS
Sofia — Week of October 28
“Serdika” group
Simona Halep
Maria Kirilenko
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Alize Cornet
“Sredets”group
Ana Ivanovic
Samantha Stosur
Elena Vesnina
Tsvetana Pironkova
******** SCORES ********
MONDAY
Sofia
No matches played
Nanjing
Singles – First Round
Zheng Saisai (CHN) d. (5) Caroline Garcia (FRA) 64 64
(7) Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Olga Puchkova (RUS) 64 64
(8) Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Risa Ozaki (JPN) 75 64
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Daria Gavrilova (RUS) 26 64 62
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (Q) Tereza Mrdeza (CRO) 64 60
Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) d. Katarzyna Piter (POL) 67(4) 61 76(3)
Doubles – First Round
(1) Shvedova/Zhang (KAZ/CHN) d. Dubois/Han (CAN/CHN) 63 61
Doi/Xu (JPN/CHN) d. (4) Begu/Wickmayer (ROU/BEL) 76(5) 62
Liu/Tian (CHN/CHN) d. Chen/Sun (CHN/CHN) 64 46 108 (Match TB)
Liang/Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Gajdosova/Gavrilova (AUS/RUS) 75 67(5) 103 (Match TB)
Wang/Zhang (CHN/CHN) d. Tang/Yang (CHN/CHN) 36 64 1210 (Match TB)
Topics: 10sballs, Alize Cornet, Ana Ivanovic, Cagliari, Elena Vesnina, Flavia Pennetta, Maria Kirilenko, Roberta Vinci, Samantha Stosur, Sara Errani, Simona Halep, Sofia, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News
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