Women’s Pro Tour News
Women's Pro Tour News
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
PRO TOUR NEWS – WOMEN
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Kvitova’s Top Five chances fading fast after shocking loss to newcomer Kumkhum
* No Top Five spot for Errani either after loss to Goerges
* Errani’s partner Vinci free to concentrate on doubles after loss to Zheng means no Top Ten spot
* Still-hurting Vesnina loses Top Thirty spot after easy loss to Riske
* Bencic wins Battle of the Ages over Date-Krumm
* Serena cruises past Barty
* Hantuchova survives comeback attempt by Watson
* Stosur gains revenge on Zakopalova, who will fall to around #35
* Pironkova beats Soler-Espinosa to extend winning streak to six plus qualifying
* Zvonareva wins only four games against Dellacqua in latest comeback attempt
* Li loses only two games in first match, but still needs more to stay Top Five
* Makarova comes from behind against Venus, who will fall below #45
* Hurting Robson wins only three games against Flipkens, will fall below #55
****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******
Australian Open
Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum produced the first major upset of the fortnight with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 first-round knockout of of former Wimbledon winner and sixth seed Petra Kvitova. The 21-year-old Asian pulled off the opening-day surprise of the tournament in nervy style. “It’s really exciting, I’m really happy today that I did well. I just love hard court. I’m happy to play and excited, I just tried to do my best. That’s it, there was no secret.”
The loss was the earliest for the sixth-ranked Kvitova in Melbourne since 2009 and left the Czech as stunned as her opponent. “I really wanted to know what’s happen out there, but unfortunately I didn’t play well. I didn’t play my game what I really tried all off season to work on. It was great off season. I was really excited to be here, feeling good.
“But I think that probably I wanted too much, and then everything just fell down.”
top seed Serena Williams crushed Aussie teenager Ashleigh Barty 6-2, 6-1. 2013 finalist and fourth seed Li Na started with a rout of Croatian teenager Ana Conjuh, losing just two games.
German ninth seed Angelique Kerber, losing finalist in Sydney, beat Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. Former number one Ana Ivanovic, the No. 14, beat Kiki Bertens 6-4, 6-4.
Seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams lost as Russian Ekaterina Makarova completed a matches set of Williams sister upsets at the tournament with her 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 comeback win against the injured veteran who was playing the event for only the second time in four years. Makarova also beat No. 1 Serena in the fourth round two years ago.
Swiss 16-year-old Belinda Bencic began showing her long-term potential as a star-to-be by defeating 43-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Date-Krumm was born six years before Bencic’s own mother by way of comparison.
Casey Dellacqua earned an Australian win over Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-2. Canadian teen Eugenie Bouchard defeated China’s wild card Chen Tang Hao, the number 431, by a 7-5, 6-1 scoreline while American Madison Keys needed seven match points to stop Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6-2, 6-7 (8-10), 9-7. Australian Samantha Stosur, never past the fourth round at home, started with a defeat of Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 6-4.
****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******
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******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:
Australian Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Victoria Azarenka
NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:
Australian Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Victoria Azarenka
************ STATS AND FACTS ************
Rankings
Estimated WTA Rankings As of January 13, 2014
Rank &
Prior
Rank …Name …………. Points
1 (1) SWILLIAMS 12830*
2 (2) AZARENKA 6161*
3 (3) SHARAPOVA 5186*
4 (5) ARADWANSKA 4980*
5 (6) KVITOVA 4745
6 (4) LI 4640*
7 (7) ERRANI 4440
8 (8) JANKOVIC 4080*
9 (9) KERBER 3860*
10 (11) HALEP 3340*
11 (10) WOZNIACKI 3250*
12 (12) VINCI 3020
13 (15) LISICKI 2980*
14 (14) IVANOVIC 2800*
15 (17) STOSUR 2645*
16 (16) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2625*
17 (18) Kirilenko 2325
18 (19) FLIPKENS 2255*
19 (13) STEPHENS 2185*
20 (21) CIRSTEA 2020*
21 (23) KANEPI 1932*
22 (29) PENNETTA 1805*
23 (24) CIBULKOVA 1766*
24 (25) CORNET 1750*
25 (26) SAFAROVA 1745*
26 (30) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1720*
27 (20) KUZNETSOVA 1712*
28 (31) BOUCHARD 1659*
29 (22) MAKAROVA 1631*
30 (27) Hampton 1601
Draws
Australian Open (Slam — Weeks of January 13-26)
1 S Williams
Barty (WC)
Dolonc
Arruabarrena
Parmentier (WC)
Ka. Pliskova
Watson (Q)
31 Hantuchova
17 Stosur
Zakopalova
Pironkova
Soler-Espinosa
Beck
Martic
Bertens
14 Ivanovic
12 Vinci
Zheng
Mayr-Achleitner
Keys
Dellacqua (WC)
Zvonareva
Robson
18 Flipkens
30 Bouchard
Tang (WC)
Van Uytvanck
Razzano
Vickery (WC)
Davis
Goerges
7 Errani
4 Li
Konjuh (Q)
Bencic (Q)
Date-Krumm
Vekic
Hradecka (Q)
Glushko
26 Safarova
22 Makarova
V Williams
Medina Garrigues
Falconi (LL)
Peer
Niculescu
Lucic-Baroni
15 Lisicki
9 Kerber
Gajdosova (WC)
Garcia
Kudryavtseva (Q)
Pfizenmaier
Wickmayer
Riske
23 Vesnina
28 Pennetta
Cadantu
Puig
Tatishvili (Q)
Zhang
Barthel
Kumkhum
6 Kvitova
8 Jankovic
Doi
N Kichenok
Morita
Nara
Peng
Petkovic
32 Rybarikova
21 Cirstea
Erakovic
Diyas (Q)
Siniakova (Q)
Tsurenko
Lepchenko
Piter (Q)
11 Halep
16 Suarez Navarro
King
Voskoboeva
Begu (Q)
Mladenovic
Voegele
Schiavone
20 Cibulkova
25 Cornet
Hercog
Giorgi
Sanders (WC)
Ormaechea
Knapp
Mattek-Sands
3 Sharapova
5 A Radwanska
Putintseva
Govortsova
Duan (Q)
Witthoeft (Q)
Minella
Pereira
29 Pavlyuchenkova
24 Kanepi
Muguruza
Babos
Schmiedlova
McHale
Y Chan
Dominguez Lino
10 Wozniacki
13 Stephens
Shvedova
Majeric
Tomljanovic
Rogowska (WC)
Duque-Marino
Svitolina
19 Kuznetsova
33 Jovanovski
Cepelova
Scheepers
Meusburger
Hsieh
Zahlavova Strycova
Larsson
2 Azarenka
******** SCORES ********
MONDAY
Australian Open
Singles – First Round
(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. (WC) Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 62 61
(4) Li Na (CHN) d. (Q) Ana Konjuh (CRO) 62 60
Luksika Kumkhum (THA) d. (6) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 62 16 64
Julia Goerges (GER) d. (7) Sara Errani (ITA) 63 62
(9) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. (WC) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 63 06 62
Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (12) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 64 63
(14) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) 64 64
(15) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 62 61
(17) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 63 64
(18) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Laura Robson (GBR) 63 60
(22) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Venus Williams (USA) 26 64 64
Alison Riske (USA) d. (23) Elena Vesnina (RUS) 62 62
(26) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Julia Glushko (ISR) 75 36 61
(28) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) 60 62
(30) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. (WC) Tang Hao Chen (CHN) 75 61
(31) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Heather Watson (GBR) 75 36 63
Madison Keys (USA) d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 62 67(8) 97
Mona Barthel (GER) d. Zhang Shuai (CHN) 76(4) 63
Annika Beck (GER) d. Petra Martic (CRO) 60 60
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 63 62
Monica Puig (PUR) d. (Q) Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 62 64
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) 76(5) 63
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 64 61
Lauren Davis (USA) d. (WC) Sachia Vickery (USA) 63 63
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. (WC) Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 60 61
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 76(3) 76(3)
(Q) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) 63 61
(Q) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 62 76(7)
(Q) Belinda Bencic (SUI) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 64 46 63
(LL) Irina Falconi (USA) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 63 61
(WC) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 62 62
****
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Melbourne, Australia
January 13-January 25, 2014
$13,615,654/Grand Slam
Hard/Outdoors
Results – Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Singles – First Round
(2) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 76(2) 62
(3) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 63 64
(5) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 60 57 62
(8) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Misaki Doi (JPN) 61 62
(10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 60 62
(11) Simona Halep (ROU) d. (Q) Katarzyna Piter (POL) 60 61
(13) Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 76(1) 63
(16) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Vania King (USA) 63 62
Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. (19) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 63 63
(20) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 63 64
Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) d. (24) Kaia Kanepi (EST) 62 26 62
(25) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Polona Hercog (SLO) 10 ret. (right rib injury)
(29) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Teliana Pereira (BRA) 76(7) 64
(32) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 62 63
(33) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) 67(7) 61 63
Karin Knapp (ITA) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 64 62
Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 75 75
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 76(3) 64
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 26 63 64
Ayumi Morita (JPN) d. Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) 62 76(5)
Christina McHale (USA) d. Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 75 64
Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Tadeja Majeric (SLO) 36 76(1) 64
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 75 46 63
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d. (Q) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 75 46 75
Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Timea Babos (HUN) 46 64 75
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 61 46 61
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (Q) Duan Ying-Ying (CHN) 60 76(6)
Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. (WC) Storm Sanders (AUS) 46 61 64
Mandy Minella (LUX) d. (Q) Carina Witthoeft (GER) 61 64
(Q) Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d. (Q) Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 62 64
(WC) Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d. Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL) 63 63
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