Headlines.
* Rybarikova, top player in action on day one, falls to Puig; remains below #35
* Schiavone may well lose Top Fifty ranking after loss to Shvedova
* No Top Fifty spot for Mattek-Sands
* Oprandi starts comeback bid with win over Jovanovski
* Dellacqua stays on hot streak with upset of Voegele
* Still no luck for Melzer in singles comeback; loses to Kleybanova
* Nara tops Beck to move closer to Top Forty
* Top qualifying seed Cepelova upset by Bertens; #4 Peer top player to reach main draw
TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS
Miami
Top seed and holder Williams will open on Thursday in the second round after a bye against Yaroslava Shvedova, who beat former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-2 in first-round play. Ukrainian Elina Svitolina put out American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Australian Casey Dellacqua stopped Swiss Stefanie Voegele 6-3, 6-2 and Caroline Garcia defeated Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 6-3, 7-5.
There were also victories after a rainy start to opening day at Crandon Park, with Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova putting out Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 6-2, 7-5. Japan’s Kurumi Nara advanced past German Annika Beck 7-6 (7-2), 6-4. Monica Puig of Puerto Rico overcame Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 7-6 (9-7) while Varvara Lepchenko earned an American win after last week’s debacle at Indian Wells, beating Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 6-1. Dutch newconmer Indy de Vroome stopped Anna Schmiedlova and South African Chanelle Scheepers put out Sílvia Soler-Espinosa 6-3, 6-0.
Estimated WTA Rankings As of March 18, 2014
Rank &
Prior
Rank …Name …………. Points
1 (1) SWILLIAMS 11670*
2 (2) LI 6945*
3 (3) ARADWANSKA 5775*
4 (4) Azarenka 5441
5 (5) HALEP 4705*
6 (8) KVITOVA 4165*
7 (6) JANKOVIC 4150*
8 (9) KERBER 3980*
9 (10) ERRANI 3590*
10 (7) SHARAPOVA 3581*
11 (11) CIBULKOVA 3340*
12 (12) PENNETTA 3215*
13 (13) IVANOVIC 3010*
14 (14) VINCI 2685*
15 (15) LISICKI 2665*
16 (17) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2550*
17 (18) WOZNIACKI 2535*
18 (16) STEPHENS 2495*
19 (19) BOUCHARD 2445*
20 (20) STOSUR 2430*
21 (21) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2245*
22 (24) MAKAROVA 2130*
23 (22) CORNET 2100*
24 (25) KANEPI 2055*
25 (23) FLIPKENS 1975*
26 (27) SAFAROVA 1885*
27 (26) CIRSTEA 1780*
28 (29) Kirilenko 1516
29 (30) KUZNETSOVA 1513*
30 (31) VWILLIAMS 1507*
Draws
Miami — week of March 17, 2014
1 S Williams
–bye
Shvedova
Schiavone
Garcia
Wozniak (WC)
–bye
27 Zakopalova
21 Pavlyuchenkova
–bye
Qualifier
Erakovic
Qualifier
Duval (WC)
–bye
16 Stosur
9 Errani
–bye
Knapp
Qualifier
Barthel
Peterson (WC)
–bye
23 Makarova
25 Cirstea
–bye
Voskoboeva
Pironkova
Peng
Ka. Pliskova
–bye
5 Kerber
4 Sharapova
–bye
Beck
Nara
Qualifier
King
–bye
26 Safarova
19 Flipkens
–bye
Watson (WC)
Qualifier
Petrova (WC)
U Radwanska
–bye
14 Lisicki
12 Ivanovic
–bye
Zhang
Davis
Qualifier
Qualifier
–bye
20 Pennetta
28 Kuznetsova
–bye
Qualifier
Qualifier
Ormaechea
Qualifier
–bye
8 Kvitova
6 Halep
–bye
Dellacqua (WC)
Voegele
de Vroome (WC)
Schmiedlova
–bye
29 V Williams
22 Cornet
–bye
Torro-Flor
Petkovic
Meusburger
Dominguez Lino
–bye
10 Cibulkova
13 Vinci
–bye
Niculescu
Zahlavova Strycova
Mattek-Sands
Svitolina
–bye
18 Bouchard
32 Vesnina
–bye
Riske
Qualifier
Jovanovski
Oprandi
–bye
3 A Radwanska
7 Jankovic
–bye
Wickmayer
Lepchenko
Tomljanovic
Mladenovic
–bye
30 Muguruza
17 Stephens
–bye
Qualifier
Cadantu
Puig
Rybarikova
–bye
11 Wozniacki
15 Suarez Navarro
–bye
Soler-Espinosa
Scheepers
McHale
Zheng
–bye
24 Kanepi
31 Hantuchova
–bye
Kontaveit (WC)
Keys
Melzer
Kleybanova
–bye
2 Li
******** SCORES ********
TUESDAY
Results – Tuesday, March 18, 2013
Singles – First Round
Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 63 36 63
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Annika Beck (GER) 76(2) 64
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 62 75
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 75 61
Monica Puig (PUR) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 61 76(7)
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 64 62
Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. (WC) Indy de Vroome (NED) 75 57 62
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. (WC) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 63 75
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 63 60
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Iveta Melzer (CZE) 76(3) 61
Romina Oprandi (SUI) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 62 64
(WC) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 63 62
Singles Qualifying – Final Round
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. (1) Jana Cepelova (SVK) 64 64
(22) Donna Vekic (CRO) d. (3) Johanna Larsson (SWE) 61 61
(4) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Luksika Kumkhum (THA) 62 61
(5) Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 46 63 64
(6) Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) d. Nastassja Burnett (ITA) 61 57 62
(23) Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) d. (7) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 61 57 63
(13) Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (8) Julia Goerges (GER) 76(3) 62
(20) Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) d. (10) Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 64 64
(11) Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (WC) Françoise Abanda (CAN) 76(4) 46 64
(15) Katarzyna Piter (POL) d. (WC) Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 26 75 43 ret. (muscle cramping)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. (16) Sharon Fichman (CAN) 64 63
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d. (WC) Varvara Flink (RUS) 75 61
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