Latest Tennis Results / Ladies

Written by: Staff on 2nd November 2013

Latest Tennis Results / Ladies

epa03880262 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia celebrates after a point against Annika Beck of Germany during the first round match of the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo, Japan, 23 September 2013. EPA/KIYOSHI OTA |

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

* Italy leads 2-0 in Fed Cup despite Vinci’s struggles

* Halep tops Ivanovic to rise to #11; will face Stosur

****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******

Sofia

Singles – Semifinal: (1) Simona Halep def. (2) Ana Ivanovic 2-6 6-1 6-3

A strange match — and not just because it featured #1 versus #2 in the semifinal. Simona Halep started reasonably well in the first set, collapsed, took charge in the second, went down a break in the third, then took charge again. But what counts is who is in charge last, and since it was Halep, she assured herself yet another career high. We show her rising from #14 to #11. She can’t go above that no matter what happens in the final — but she is playing like a Top Ten player. Certainly more so than Caroline Wozniacki or Angelique Kerber! So stay tuned for next year.

Ana Ivanovic, on the other hand, does not move at all. #16 she came in, and at #16 she will end the year.

Singles – Semifinal: (4) Samantha Stosur def. (6) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 1-6 6-3

A day of strange matches…. A poor ending for Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who had the chance to hit the Top 25 but will end up at #26. Samantha Stosur rises from #19 to #18; she’ll make #17 if she wins the final.

Fed Cup

The surprise was that it was so close. Russia’s Alexandra Panova — whose only career final was on clay at Bogota — not only hung tough with Roberta Vinci, she actually had four match points. But Panova had only one WTA win all year, and that was all the way back at Pattaya City. Vinci won 5-7 7-5 8-6, and Italy was up 1-0.

Sara Errani had one bad moment at the start of the second set, when she went down 3-1. But that was the only fight Irina Khromacheva could put up. Errani won the second singles 6-1 6-4, and Italy had a 2-0 lead.

It will be really interesting to see who gets the call for the remaining singles matches. It’s probably Flavia Pennetta’s turn for Italy, given that Vinci had to play three hours and thirteen minutes and has a sore neck….

Nanjing $125K

Simona Halep is this year’s obvious candidate for Most Improved Player, but maybe we should give a thought to Zhang Shuai. China’s breakthrough player of 2013 is at it again. On Saturday, she beat #2 seed Yanina Wickmayer 1-6 6-4 6-4. #3 seed Zhang is now firmly in the Top Sixty. In the final, she will face #4 Ayumi Morita, who beat Jarmila Gajdosova 7-6 6-2. Zhang and Morita came in at #63 and #64, so there isn’t much to separate them except Chinese-ness — but if Zhang can win the title, she’ll be just below the Top Fifty. Morita would be closer to #55 if she wins.

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

KEYWORDS: No Feature Today

******** 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 November 2, 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.(14) HALEP …………. 3215*

12.(11) Stephens ………..3185

13.(12) Bartoli ……….. 3172

14.(13) Vinci …………. 3170

15.(15) Lisicki ……….. 2920

16.(16) IVANOVIC ………..2850

17.(17) Suarez Navarro …..2735

18.(19) STOSUR ………….2675*

19.(18) KIRILENKO ……… 2640

20.(20) Flipkens ………..2495

21.(21) Kuznetsova ………2341

22.(22) Cirstea ……….. 2170

23.(23) Cibulkova ……… 2076

24.(24) Makarova ………..2066

25.(25) VESNINA ……….. 2005

26.(26) PAVLYUCHENKOVA …..1965

27.(27) CORNET ………….1840

28.(28) Hampton ……….. 1781

29.(29) Safarova ………..1775

30.(30) Kanepi ………….1752

**DRAWS

Sofia — Week of October 28

GROUP SERDIKA……HALEP….KIRIL….PAVLY….CORNE….SVITO….W/L….Sets

1 Halep…………XXXXX….XXXXX….HALEP….HALEP….HALEP….3/0….6/0

5 Pavlyuchenkova…HALEP….XXXXX….XXXXX….PAVLY….PAVLY….2/1….4/2

7 Cornet………..HALEP….CORNE….PAVLY….XXXXX….XXXXX….1/2….2/4

3 Kirilenko……..+++++….XXXXX….+++++….CORNE….XXXXX….0/1….0/2

9 Svitolina……..HALEP….XXXXX….PAVLY….XXXXX….XXXXX….0/2….0/4

GROUP SREDETS……IVANO….STOSU….VESNI….PIRON….W/L….Sets

2 Ivanovic………XXXXX….IVANO….VESNI….IVANO….2/1….5/3

4 Stosur………..IVANO….XXXXX….STOSU….STOSU….2/1….5/2

5 Vesnina……….VESNI….STOSU….XXXXX….VESNI….2/1….4/4

8 Pironkova……..IVANO….STOSU….VESNI….XXXXX….0/3….1/6

SEMIFINAL………..FINAL

1 Halep………….Halep

2 Ivanovic

4 Stosur…………Stosur

6 Pavlyuchenkova

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

SATURDAY

Sofia

Singles – Semifinal

(1) Simona Halep def. (2) Ana Ivanovic 2-6 6-1 6-3

(4) Samantha Stosur def. (6) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 1-6 6-3

Fed Cup — Final

Saturday: Italy leads 2-0

Roberta Vinci def. Alexandra Panova 5-7 7-5 8-6

Sara Errani def. Irina Khromacheva 6-1 6-4

Topics: 10sballs, Agnieszka Radwanska, Ana Ivanovic, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Li Na, Samantha Stosur, Serena Williams, Simona Halep, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Victoria Azarenka, Wta

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