Bouchard loses in Strong Qualies and Ladies Updates from Rio and Dubai

Written by: Staff on 18th February 2014

Bouchard loses in Strong Qualies and Ladies Updates from Rio and Dubai

epa04037363 Eugenie Bouchard of Canada in action during her match against Li Na of China in the semifinals of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 23 January 2014. EPA/DAVID CROSLING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |

PRO TOUR NEWS – WOMEN

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

* Bouchard shocked by Beck in Dubai qualifying final; Pennetta cruises into main draw

* Venus costs Vesnina chance to return to Top Thirty

* Another bad loss for Vinci, this one to Cirstea

* Safarova upsets Stephens

* Tough day for long-missing Russians: Makarova edges Kleybanova, Suarez Navarro eliminates Petrova

* #6 seed Torro-Flor falls in Rio; #3 Ormaechea advances after rain delay

****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******

Dubai

Lucie Safarova produced 31 winners and broke serve five times in a defeat of former Australian open semi-finalist Sloane Stephens 6-3, 7-5, the second first-round loss in ass many week for the American. Ekaterina Makarova beat fellow Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-4 to earn a second-round place against Williams. Spain’s Carla Suárez Navarro defeated Russian wild card Nadia Petrova 6-3, 6-2.

Venus Williams reached the second round over Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-2 while Sorana Cirstea put out Italy’s Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-3. Sister Serena Williams only made a late entry into the field as a wild card after deciding that the back problem suffered at the Australian Open during a fourth-round loss to Ana Ivanovic had healed enough for her to test it in competition.

“I get bored training, I’d much rather play a match,” the 17-time grand slam champion said after confirming that she will partner sister Venus in the doubles to get more matches after playing only eight times so far in 2014. My back feels better than it did in Australia, I still have to take it a day at a time. I’ll do my best this week, but my goal is to lift the trophy. I always set higher goals, I always want to improve.”

Rio De Janiero

Third Paula Ormaechea of Argentina made a winning start at the new event as she defeated American Nicole Gibbs 6-2, 6-1. But Italy’s Nastassja Burnett upset sixth seed Maria Teresa Torro of Spain 7-5, 6-4 at the relatively weak event on a week in which many top women prefer playing in Dubai halfway around the world.

Unknowns filled the programme on opening day as Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck beat Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-3 and Pole Katarzyna Piter put out local Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 6-3. Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands) stopped Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 7-5, 6-0 while Spaniard Silvia Soler Espinosa reached the second round at the expense of Brazilian Laura Pigossi 6-0, 6-1.

******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

Dubai (Premier/Hard). Defending Champion: Petra Kvitova

Rio de Janeiro (International/Clay). Defending Champion: New Event

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Florianopolis (International/Clay). Defending Champion: Monica Niculescu

Acapulco (International/Hard). Defending Champion: Sara Errani

************ STATS AND FACTS ************

Rankings

Estimated WTA Rankings As of February 17, 2014

Rank &

Prior

Rank …Name …………. Points

1 (1) SWILLIAMS 12380*

2 (2) Li 6690

3 (3) ARADWANSKA 5705*

4 (4) Azarenka 5681

5 (5) Sharapova 5206

6 (8) KERBER 4490*

7 (9) HALEP 4435*

8 (7) JANKOVIC 4380*

9 (6) KVITOVA 4365*

10 (10) ERRANI 4195*

11 (12) IVANOVIC 3155*

12 (13) Cibulkova 3056

13 (11) WOZNIACKI 3001*

14 (14) VINCI 2940

15 (16) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2685*

16 (15) LISICKI 2650*

17 (17) STOSUR 2605*

18 (18) STEPHENS 2415

19 (19) BOUCHARD 2366

20 (20) FLIPKENS 2285*

21 (21) Pavlyuchenkova 2240

22 (22) PENNETTA 2160*

23 (24) MAKAROVA 2065*

24 (23) Kirilenko 2046

25 (25) KANEPI 1991*

26 (26) CORNET 1985*

27 (27) CIRSTEA 1940*

28 (28) SAFAROVA 1820*

29 (29) Kuznetsova 1598

30 (30) Hampton 1532

Draws

Dubai — week of February 17, 2014

1 S Williams

–bye

Kleybanova

Makarova

Stephens

Safarova

Qualifier

5 Jankovic

3 Kvitova

–bye

Suarez Navarro

Petrova (WC)

Flipkens

Qualifier

Cornet

7 Halep

8 Wozniacki

Lisicki

Stosur

Qualifier

Cirstea

Vinci

–bye

4 Errani

6 Kerber

Ivanovic

V Williams (WC)

Vesnina

Kanepi

Qualifier

–bye

2 A Radwanska

Rio de Janeiro — week of February 17, 2014

1 Zakopalova

Duque-Marino

Soler-Espinosa

Pigossi (WC)

Piter

Haddad Maia (WC)

Pfizenmaier

7 Zahlavova Strycova

4 Cadantu

Pereira

Shvedova

Mayr-Achleitner

Cepede Royg (Q)

Goncalves (WC)

Begu (Q)

8 King

6 Torro-Flor

Burnett (Q)

Larsson

van Uytvanck (Q)

Kovinovic (Q)

Bertens

Gibbs (Q)

3 Ormaechea

5 Nara

Hsieh

Friedsam

N Kichenok

Babos

Scheepers

Dominguez Lino

2 Schiavone

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

MONDAY

Dubai

Singles – First Round

Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (WC) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 62

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 64 67(3) 64

Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 64 63

Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Sloane Stephens (USA) 63 75

(WC) Venus Williams (USA) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 63 62

Doubles – First Round

Kops-Jones/Spears (USA/USA) d. Chan/Huber (TPE/USA) 63 76(4)

Groenefeld/Rosolska (GER/POL) d. Dushevina/Parra Santonja (RUS/ESP) 64 63

Raymond/Zhang (USA/CHN) d. (WC) Flipkens/Kvitova (BEL/CZE) 06 64 107 (Match TB)

Singles Qualifying – Final Round

Annika Beck (GER) d. (1) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 61 64

(3) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (5) Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 61 63

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Camila Giorgi (ITA) 75 62

Maryna Zanevska (UKR) d. Mona Barthel (GER) 76(8) 64

Rio De Janiero

Singles – First round

[5] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d [Q] Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 6-4 6-3

[Q] Annika Beck (GER) d Samantha Stosur (AUS) 1-6 6-1 6-4

[8] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2-6 6-3 6-3

Alize Cornet (FRA) d [7] Simona Halep (ROU) 6-1 1-1 ret

Doubles – First round

[1] S Errani/R Vinci (ITA/ITA) d A Pavlyuchenkova/N Petrova (RUS/RUS) 6-4 6-4

A Hlavackova/L Safarova (CZE/CZE) d [4] C Black/S Mirza (ZIM/IND) 7-6(5) 5-7 11-9

Topics: 10sballs, Alisa Kleybanova, Ana Ivanovic, Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina, Eugenie Bouchard, Kiki Bertens, Lucie Safarova, Nastassja Burnett, Nicole Gibbs, Paula Ormaechea, Roberta Vinci, Sloane Stephens, Sorana Cirstea, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Venus Williams

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