Ladies Tennis Results
Ladies Tennis Results
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Sharapova makes strong return to action, closes in on #3 ranking
* Jankovic ends Schiavone’s Australian seed hopes, but needs more to clinch #8 spot after Kerber trounces Mladenovic
* Hantuchova falls to Barty, loses Top Thirty chance, but should be seeded in Melbourne
* Pavlyuchenkova edges Panova, clinches Australian seed
* Kanepi struggles but assures Top Thirty spot
* Seeds Suarez Navarro, Cibulkova also win in Brisbane
* #4 seed Jovanovski falls in Shenzhen, loses Australian seeding chance
* #2 Errani struggles through; #3 Zakopalova, #7 Zheng, #8 Beck win
* #7 Barthel’s loss in Auckland means no seed in Australia
* #5 Hampton clinches seed with win over struggling Paszek
* Venus cruises past Hlavackova; McHale falls to Muguruza
****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******
Brisbane
Maria Sharapova made a winning comeback from a shoulder injury as she claimed her first victory since June to advance over Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-0. The Russian third seed in a field headed by Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka was working for the first time with new coach Sven Groenveld.
Sharapova will next face Australian qualifier Ash Barty, who booked the biggest test of her career 6-3, 7-5 over former No.5 Daniela Hantuchova. Barty was competing in a main draw for only the 15th main draw match. Sharapova is on the alert: “She is another future star and someone that I’ve seen grow up from the juniors and now onto the tour. She’s already played a few matches. But this a great opportunity for me to go out there and play another match against a tough opponent, also a tougher crowd as well, which is understandable. It’ll be fun.”
In other first-round results, Aussie Casey Dellacqua beat Galina Voskoboeva 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 and next plays second seed Azarenka. Former No.1 Jelena Jankovic, 2012 Brisbane winner Kaia Kanepi, German fifth seed Angelique Kerber and Spanish eighth seed Carla Suarez Navarro all went through.
******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:
Brisbane (Premier 700/Hard). Defending Champion: Serena Williams
Shenzhen (International/Hard). Defending Champion: Li Na
Auckland (International/Hard). Defending Champion: Agnieszka Radwanska
NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:
Sydney (Premier 700/Hard). Defending Champion: Agnieszka Radwanska
Hobart (International/Hard). Defending Champion: Elena Vesnina
************ STATS AND FACTS ************
Rankings
Estimated WTA Rankings As of December 30, 2013
Rank &
Prior
Rank …Name …………. Points
1 (1) SWILLIAMS 13070*
2 (2) AZARENKA 7847*
3 (4) SHARAPOVA 5946*
4 (3) LI 5890*
5 (5) ARadwanska 5820
6 (6) Kvitova 4775
7 (7) ERRANI 4435*
8 (8) JANKOVIC 4170*
9 (9) KERBER 3965*
10 (10) Wozniacki 3520
11 (11) Halep 3335
12 (14) VINCI 3170*
13 (12) Stephens 3135
14 (13) Bartoli 3103
15 (15) LISICKI 2920*
16 (16) IVANOVIC 2850*
17 (17) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2735*
18 (18) Stosur 2675
19 (19) Kirilenko 2640
20 (20) FLIPKENS 2455*
21 (21) Kuznetsova 2341
22 (22) CIRSTEA 2170*
23 (23) CIBULKOVA 2130*
24 (24) Makarova 2066
25 (25) Vesnina 1995
26 (27) Cornet 1840
27 (30) KANEPI 1823*
28 (29) SAFAROVA 1775*
29 (31) Pennetta 1735
30 (26) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1715*
Draws
Brisbane (Premier)
1 S Williams
–bye
Petkovic
Mattek-Sands
Date-Krumm
Rogowska (WC)
Watson (Q)
9 Cibulkova [replaces Wozniacki]
3 Sharapova
Garcia
Barty (Q)
Hantuchova
A Panova (Q)
Kanepi
Hsieh (LL)
8 Suarez Navarro
5 Kerber
Mladenovic
Kudryavtseva (Q)
Pavlyuchenkova
Lepchenko
Svitolina
Schiavone
4 Jankovic
7 Lisicki
Rybarikova
Voegele
Keys
Voskoboeva
Dellacqua (WC)
–bye
2 Azarenka
Shenzhen (International)
1 Li
Zvonareva (WC)
Babos
N Kichenok
Niculescu
Schmiedlova
Y Chan
6 Zhang
3 Zakopalova
Vekic
Mayr-Achleitner
Qualifier
Qualifier
Wozniak
Tomljanovic
8 Beck
5 Peng
F Liu (WC)
Soler-Espinosa
Tsurenko
Qualifier
Cepelova
Qualifier
4 Jovanovski
7 J Zheng
Peer
Govortsova
Zahlavova Strycova
Martic
King
S Zheng
2 Errani
Auckland (International)
1 Vinci
Konjuh (WC)
Davis
Erakovic
Qualifier
Wickmayer
Paszek (WC)
5 Hampton
4 Cirstea
Qualifier
McHale
Muguruza
Hlavackova (WC)
V Williams
Meusburger
7 Barthel
8 Knapp
Goerges
Qualifier
Qualifier
Ka. Pliskova
Ormaechea
Puig
3 Flipkens
6 Safarova
Morita
Cadantu
Nara
Larsson
Dominguez Lino
Riske
2 Ivanovic
******** SCORES ********
MONDAY
Brisbane
Singles – First Round
(3) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 63 60
(4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 62 76(6)
(5) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 62 62
(8) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (LL) Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 62 61
(9) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. (Q) Heather Watson (GBR) 64 63
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (Q) Alexandra Panova (RUS) 63 67(8) 62
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (Q) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 76(4) 46 63
(Q) Ashleigh Barty (AUS) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 75
(WC) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 36 62 63
Doubles – First Round
(4) Chan/Huber (TPE/USA) d. Piter/Rosolska (POL/POL) 64 64
Minella/Scheepers (LUX/RSA) d. Jurak/Panova (CRO/RUS) 62 76(5)
(WC) Adamczak/Rogowska (AUS/AUS) d. Dushevina/Parra Santonja (RUS/ESP) 63 64
Shenzhen
Singles – First Round
(2) Sara Errani (ITA) d. (WC) Zheng Saisai (CHN) 60 36 76(3)
(3) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) 63 75
(Q) Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) d. (4) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 61 75
(7) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 60 63
(8) Annika Beck (GER) d. Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 63 64
Jana Cepelova (SVK) d. (Q) Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) 46 63 61
Vania King (USA) d. Petra Martic (CRO) 75 46 63
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) d. (Q) Risa Ozaki (JPN) 62 61
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 75 63
(Q) Viktorija Golubic (SUI) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 46 60 62
Doubles – First Round
Niculescu/Zakopalova (ROU/CZE) d. (WC) Liu/You (CHN/CHN) 76(4) 62
Auckland
Singles – First Round
(5) Jamie Hampton (USA) d. (WC) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 16 60 63
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d. (7) Mona Barthel (GER) 64 63
Venus Williams (USA) d. (WC) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 63 76(1)
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Christina McHale (USA) 64 63
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 76(2) 61
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) 61 40 ret. (right shoulder injury)
Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 75 60
Doubles – First Round
(WC) Guthrie/Jones (NZL/AUS) d. (2) Black/Erakovic (ZIM/NZL) 36 64 1311 (Match TB)
Chan/Xu (TPE/CHN) d. Barrois/Voracova (GER/CZE) 75 57 104 (Match TB)
(WC) Flipkens/Ivanovic (BEL/SRB) d. Falconi/Hrdinova (CZE) 46 63 119 (Match TB)
Singles Qualifying – Final Round
(5) Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) d. (1) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 57 63 64
(2) Sharon Fichman (CAN) d. Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 75 62
Anett Kontaveit (EST) d. (6) Irina Falconi (USA) 63 76(8)
Sachie Ishizu (JPN) d. (8) Grace Min (USA) 62 64
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