Sydney Tennis Update

Written by: on 6th January 2014
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Sydney Tennis Update  |

This photo was by Pancho. Bethanie Mattek – Sands and Justin Sands.

 

Editors note: Bethanie and those magic Asics shoes are going to be running around the courts again today. No rest for the qualifier. Yesterday she took out the young Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard. Today she is up first again on the Ken Rosewall stadium against Aggie Radawanska . Good luck to tennis own “Lady Gaga” . Bethanie wears our 10sballs.com patch on her heart but it can also be seen on her bag she carries on court. Mark Mc Cormack would be very proud of Beth , he spotted and signed her when she was a wee one. He would admire her tenacity. She has played every year thru injuries. A lot of American women went thru qualies and won their first round matches. Sad to see Cara Black and Sania Mirza go out in the first round of dubs. Robert Lindsted is playing with a sprained ankle , but they are playing the Bryan’s … The biggest surprise of the day is the Lucky Loser Varvara Lepchenko beating Svetlana Kuznetsova.

 

 

APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY

Sydney, Australia

January 5-10, 2014

$710,000/Premier

Hard/Outdoors

 

Results – Monday, January 6, 2014

Singles – First Round

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. (4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 64 62

(5) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 76(5) 75

(6) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (LL) Julia Goerges (GER) 36 62 64

Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (Q) Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 36 76(5) 62

Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (Q) Victoria Duval (USA) 61 63|

Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 64 64

(Q) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 64 63

(Q) Christina McHale (USA) d. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 67(4) 62 75

(Q) Lauren Davis (USA) d. (WC) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 64 76(8)

(Q) Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 64 61

(LL) Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 63 36 75

 

Doubles – First Round

(1) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. Groenefeld/Lucic-Baroni (GER/CRO) 75 62

(2) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) d. Date-Krumm/Rosolska (JPN/POL) 75 64

(WC) Gajdosova/Tomljanovic (AUS/CRO) d. (3) Black/Mirza (ZIM/IND) 63 62

Chan/Huber (TPE/USA) d. Lepchenko/Voskoboeva (USA/KAZ) 63 64

Hantuchova/Parra Santonja (SVK/ESP) d. Jurak/Moulton-Levy (CRO/USA) 26 76(6) 101 (Match TB)

Babos/Safarova (HUN/CZE) d. (WC) Halep/Olaru (ROU/ROU) 75 62

 

Order Of Play – Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Ken Rosewall Arena (from 12.00hrs)

1. Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands

2. Christina McHale vs. Petra Kvitova

3. ATP: Mayer vs. Matosevic

4. ATP: Granollers vs. Tomic (NB 17.30hrs)

 

Grandstand (from 11.00hrs)

1. ATP: Struff vs. Cilic

2. ATP: Stepanek vs. Groth

3. Caroline Wozniacki vs. Lucie Safarova (NB 16.00hrs)

4. Lauren Davis vs. Sara Errani

5. Goerges/Zahlavova Strycova vs. Medina Garrigues/Shvedova (after suitable rest)

 

Court 6 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Kaia Kanepi vs. Angelique Kerber

2. ATP: Bryan/Bryan vs. Kubot/Lindstedt (NB 13.00hrs)

3. Ekaterina Makarova vs. Carla Suárez Navarro

4. ATP: Duckworth/Groth vs. Ebden/Guccione

 

Court 5 (from 11.00hrs)

1. ATP: Andújar/Marrero vs. Huey/Inglot

2. Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Madison Keys (NB 12.30hrs)

3. ATP: Querrey vs. Pospisil

4. ATP: Roger-Vasselin vs. Dolgopolov

 

Court 4 (from 12.00hrs)

1. ATP: Mahut vs. Harrison

2. ATP: Kavcic vs. Nieminen

3. ATP: Janowicz/Mirnyi vs. Rosol/Sousa

 

Court 8 (from 11.00hrs)

1. ATP: Bopanna/Qureshi vs. Rojer/Tecau

2. ATP: Berlocq vs. Stakhovsky

3. Varvara Lepchenko vs. Tsvetana Pironkova

4. Kops-Jones/Spears vs. Hantuchova/Parra Santonja

 

 

 

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