Ladies Tennis Results

Written by: on 26th February 2014
MEXICAN OPEN
Ladies Tennis Results

epa04100657 Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in action against Israeli Shahar Peer during their match on the second day of the Mexican Open held in Acapulco, Mexico, 25 February 2014. EPA/Jose Mendez  |

PRO TOUR NEWS – WOMEN

* Urszula Radwanska returns to action in Acapulco but loses easily to #1 seed Cibulkova; will remain below #50

* #2 Bouchard, #3 Kanepi advance

* Iveta Melzer (Benesova) finally returns from injury but loses to Duval

* #8 seed Zhang upsets qualifier Keys (you read that right; Keys is ranked ahead of Zhang)

* #7 seed Torro-Flor upset in Florianopolis

* #2 Muguruza cruises into quarterfinal

 

Acapulco

 

Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova fulfilled her top seeding after a few rough showings since Melbourne, with the Slovak beating Poland Urszula Radwanska 6-3, 6-4 in the first round. “My serve was not 100% today, but I’m pretty happy with the way I played because Urszula is a tricky player and is always hard to play,” said the winner. Cibulkova had lost four straight matches dating to the Melbourne final. “I’m happy to win finally after Australia, I’m really happy to get back on track. That’s why I came here, to win a couple of matches.”

She was joined by 20-year-old birthday girl Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, who thrashed Shahar Peer 6-2, 6-2. Canada’s Sharon Fichman earned a minor upset of fifth seeded Austrian Yvonne Meusburger 6-1, 6-3. Aleksandra Wozniak joined in for Canada with her defeat of Australian Ashleigh Barty 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2.

 

Third seed Kaia Kanepi moved past Jana Cepelova 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 and eighth seed Zhang Shuai beat American Madison Keys – now the highest-ranked teenager on the WTA after Bouchard left her teen years behind – 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Victoria Duval beat Iveta Melzer 6-2, 6-4 and Yanina Wickmayer dispatched Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine 7-6(4), 6-4

 

Florianopolis

 

Czech Klara Zakopalova, seeded third, moved into the second round over London-based Croatian Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-3 while Brazil’s Teliana Pereira put out seventh seed Maria Teresa Torro of Spain 6-4, 6-3. Frenchwoman Alize Lim defeated Swede Johanna Larsson 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-4, Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru beat Mariana Duque 6-1, 7-6(5) and Kiki Bertens overcame Sesil Karatantcheva of Kazakhstan 6-4, 1-6. 6-2. There were wins for Danka Kovinic of Montenegro and Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck.

In the second round, Spain’s second seed Garbine Muguruza Blanco beat Chanelle Scheepers 6-2, 6-1. She was joined by sixth seeded Alexandra Cadantu, a winner against Dinah Pfizenmaier 6-2, 6-3, and Kazak Yaroslava Shvedova, who put out Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-2, 7-5.

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

Rankings

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of February 25, 2014

Rank &

Prior

Rank Name Points

1 (1) SWilliams 12660

2 (2) Li 6795

3 (3) ARadwanska 5705

4 (4) Azarenka 5681

5 (5) Sharapova 5206

6 (6) Kerber 4490

7 (7) Halep 4435

8 (8) Jankovic 4380

9 (9) Kvitova 4365

10 (10) Errani 4040

11 (11) Wozniacki 3185

12 (12) Ivanovic 3155

13 (13) CIBULKOVA 3085*

14 (14) Vinci 2940

15 (16) Lisicki 2650

16 (17) Stosur 2605

17 (15) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2585*

18 (18) Stephens 2415

19 (19) BOUCHARD 2349*

20 (20) Flipkens 2285

21 (21) Pennetta 2260

22 (22) Pavlyuchenkova 2180

23 (23) Cornet 2160

24 (24) Makarova 2065

25 (25) Kirilenko 2046

26 (26) KANEPI 2005*

27 (27) Cirstea 1980

28 (28) Safarova 1820

29 (30) Kuznetsova 1598

30 (29) VWilliams 1577

Draws

 

Acapulco — week of February 24, 2014

DRAW NOT YET AVAILABLE

Florianopolis — week of February 24, 2014

1 Suarez Navarro

Babos

Bertens

Qualifier

Goncalves (WC)

Qualifier

Schmiedlova

5 Niculescu

 

3 Zakopalova

Vekic

Larsson

Qualifier

Qualifier

Qualifier

Pereira (SE)

7 Torro-Flor

 

6 Cadantu

Ce (WC)

Pfizenmaier

Mayr-Achleitner

Soler-Espinosa

Shvedova

Zahlavova Strycova

4 Schiavone

 

8 Ormaechea

Haddad Maia (WC)

Qualifier

Hsieh

Glushko

Scheepers

King

2 Muguruza

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

 

TUESDAY

Acapulco

Singles – First Round

(1) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 63 64

(2) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 62 62

(3) Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) 61 36 62

(Q) Sharon Fichman (CAN) d. (5) Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 61 63

(8) Zhang Shuai (CHN) d. (Q) Madison Keys (USA) 46 61 64

Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (L) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 76 (4) 64

Julia Goerges (GER) d. (WC) Marcela Zacarias (MEX) 60 61

Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 64 76 (6)

Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. (Q) Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 76(5) 57 62

(Q) Victoria Duval (USA) d. Iveta Melzer (CZE) 62 64

(LL) Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 62 64

Florianopolis

Singles – First Round

(1) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Timea Babos (HUN) 62 62

(2) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) d. Vania King (USA) 62 36 75

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. (4) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 64 16 75

(5) Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) 60 46 62

(6) Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. (WC) Gabriela Ce (BRA) 61 63

(8) Paula Ormaechea (ARG) d. (WC) Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 61 62

Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. Julia Glushko (ISR) 46 60 63

Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 76(1) 76(1)

Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 64 36 75

Doubles – First Round

(3) Medina Garrigues/Shvedova (ESP/KAZ) d. Kichenok/Kichenok (UKR/UKR) 64 60

Rus/Vogt (NED/LIE) d. (4) Jurak/Klepac (CRO/SLO) 64 46 108 (Match TB)

Singles Qualifying – Final Round

(9) Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) d. Katarzyna Piter (POL) 26 64 61

(6) Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) d. (10) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 61 76(6)

(11) Alizé Lim (FRA) d. María Irigoyen (ARG) 46 64 63

Singles Qualifying – First Round

María Irigoyen (ARG) d. (5) Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 64 06 62

(10) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. (WC) Maria Fernanda Alves (BRA) 62 61

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