SONY OPEN TENNIS
Miami, USA
March 18-March 29, 2014
$5,427,105/Premier
Hard/Outdoors
Results – Sunday, March 30, 2014
Doubles – Final
(WC) Hingis/Lisicki (SUI/GER) d. (2) Makarova/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) 46 64 105 (Match TB)
Final Facts
– Hingis and Lisicki win their first WTA title in their second tournament together.
– Hingis wins her third Miami title; her previous two titles came alongside Novotna, in 1998 and 1999.
– Hingis now has 38 career titles to her name, while Lisicki has three.
– Hingis’ last title came in Doha (w/Kirilenko), in 2007, while Lisicki’s was last year in Stuttgart (w/Barthel).
– Vesnina and Makarova will rise to No.3 and No.4 in the doubles rankings; Lisicki and Hingis are projected to break into the Top 50 and Top 100 respectively.
Final Quotes
Martina Hingis: “Obviously it’s very exciting when you convert match point and you’re like, ‘Yes, we did it.’ But Sabine played incredible. That super tie-breaker, I was like, ‘Okay, I better put the ball in and let her do the rest.’ Because she was really on fire. From 5-all on it was just amazing. She definitely gets going when it’s tight – other players sometimes go down, but she lifts her level in those moments.”
Sabine Lisicki: “I always wanted to play with Martina, obviously. We talked about it at Wimbledon last year, and finally we did it here in the States. I think we’re just happy and really enjoying it.”
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MONTERREY OPEN
Charleston, USA
March 31-April 6, 2014
$500,000/International
Hard/Outdoors
Order Of Play – Monday, March 31, 2014
Cancha Central (from 11.00hrs)
1. Luksika Kumkhum vs. Sachia Vickery (Singles Q Final)
2. Jovana Jaksic vs. Karin Knapp (NB 13.00hrs)
3. Shahar Peer vs. Karolina Pliskova (NB 15.00hrs)
4. Ximena Hermoso vs. Timea Babos (NB 17.00hrs)
5. Flavia Pennetta vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm (NB 19.00hrs)
6. Garbiñe Muguruza vs. Donna Vekic (NB 21.00hrs)
Cancha 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Adriana Perez vs. Dalila Jakupovic (Singles Q Final)
2. Nicole Gibbs vs. Andrea Hlavackova (NB 13.00hrs)
3. Kristina Mladenovic vs. Johanna Konta
4. Rodriguez/Zacarias vs. Melichar/Windley (NB 17.00hrs)
5. Monica Niculescu vs. Ayumi Morita
Cancha 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Julia Boserup vs. Gabriela Dabrowski (Singles Q Final)
2. Aleksandra Wozniak vs. Heidi El Tabakh (Singles Q Final)
3. Allie Kiick vs. Tadeja Majeric (NB 13.00hrs)
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* Hingis earns first doubles title of the decade
****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******
Miami
Doubles – Final: (WC) Hingis/Lisicki def. (2) Makarova/Vesnina 4-6 6-4 10-5
Martina Hingis and Sabine Lisicki just kept getting stronger in this match, winning the last six points to take the title.
This is worth thinking about. Hingis won her first doubles title was at Hamburg 1995, just less than nineteen years ago; her first doubles Slam came in 1996, almost eighteen years ago…Now we’re not going to claim for a moment that she is likely to threaten Martina Navratilova’s record for longest time between first and last doubles titles. But just think about all the changes she’s seen in that time. When she started, serve and volley was still normal doubles. Nowadays, any active player who saw it would probably think it was the result of some sort of psychiatric illness. Yet here Hingis is, winning a title — her first in more than seven years; her last win was Doha 2007 with Kirilenko. It’s doubles title #38 of her career. What does this say about doubles today?
Hingis increases her points by more than 250%, and will rise from #173 to probably a little above #60. Sabine Lisicki, #64 coming in, is in the #35 range. They really do have a shot at a Roland Garros seed, although they certainly aren’t there yet. But they’ll surely be one of the most dangerous unseeded teams if they don’t make it!
And, perhaps, one of the ones getting the most publicity. In the hour after this concluded, we saw three wire service stories about it. Which is about three more wire service stories than we see about the average doubles tournament win….
It is stunning to realize that Makarova/Vesnina haven’t won a title since winning Roland Garros 2013. Still, they added enough points to move back up to #3 and #4 in the rankings. And it appears they’re up to #2 in the doubles Race. But it’s going to be tough to qualify for the year-end event if they don’t win something this year….
We currently show the doubles Top Ten as follows:
1..(1) PENG ……………9105
2..(2) HSIEH …………. 8985
3..(6) VESNINA ……….. 7235
4..(7) MAKAROVA ………..7135
5..(3) ERRANI ………….7045
5..(3) VINCI …………. 7045
7..(5) SREBOTNIK ……… 6265
8..(8) MIRZA …………. 5845
9.(10) BLACK …………. 5450
10..(9) PESCHKE ……….. 5380
************ STATS AND FACTS ************
Rankings
Estimated WTA Rankings As of March 30, 2014
Rank &
Prior
Rank …Name …………. Points
1..(1) SWILLIAMS ………12660*
2..(2) LI ……………..7585
3..(3) ARADWANSKA ………5980
4..(4) Azarenka ………..5441
5..(5) Halep …………. 4695
6..(8) KVITOVA ……….. 4370
7..(9) KERBER ………….4185
8..(6) JANKOVIC ………..4150
9..(7) SHARAPOVA ……… 3961
10.(11) CIBULKOVA ……… 3720
11.(10) ERRANI ………….3645
12.(12) PENNETTA ………..3270
13.(13) IVANOVIC ………..3120
14.(18) WOZNIACKI ……… 2740
15.(15) LISICKI ……….. 2720
16.(14) VINCI …………. 2685
17.(17) SUAREZ NAVARRO …..2660
18.(16) STEPHENS ………..2550
19.(20) STOSUR ………….2485
20.(19) BOUCHARD ………..2445
21.(21) PAVLYUCHENKOVA …..2245
22.(24) MAKAROVA ………..2240
23.(22) CORNET ………….2155
24.(25) KANEPI ………….2110
25.(23) FLIPKENS ………..2085
26.(27) SAFAROVA ………..1940
27.(26) CIRSTEA ……….. 1780
28.(31) VWILLIAMS ……… 1617
29.(29) Kirilenko ……… 1516
30.(30) KUZNETSOVA ………1513
Draws
Miami — week of March 17, 2014
WINNER: Serena Williams
…………………3R……………….4R……….QF……….SF………F
1 S Williams………(1)S.Williams……..Williams….Williams….Williams…Williams
27 Zakopalova……..Garcia
21 Pavlyuchenkova….Vandeweghe(Q)……..Vandeweghe
16 Stosur…………(16)Stosur
9 Errani………….(9)Errani
23 Makarova……….(23)Makarova………Makarova
25 Cirstea………..Pironkova
5 Kerber………….(5)Kerber…………Kerber……Kerber
4 Sharapova……….(4)Sharapova………Sharapova…Sharapova…Sharapova
26 Safarova……….(26)Safarova
19 Flipkens……….(19)Flipkens………Flipkens
14 Lisicki………..(14)Lisicki
12 Ivanovic……….(12)Ivanovic………Ivanovic
20 Pennetta……….(20)Pennetta
28 Kuznetsova……..Vekic(Q)
8 Kvitova…………(8)Kvitova………..Kvitova…..Kvitova
[Cepelova(LL)]…….Dellacqua
29 V Williams……..(29)V.Williams……Williams
22 Cornet…………(22)Cornet
10 Cibulkova………(10)Cibulkova…….Cibulkova….Cibulkova…Cibulkova
13 Vinci………….Zahlavova Strycova
18 Bouchard……….Svitolina………..Svitolina
32 Vesnina………..(32)Vesnina
3 A Radwanska……..(3)A.Radwanska……Radwanska….Radwanska
7 Jankovic………..Lepchenko………..Lepchenko
30 Muguruza……….Tomljanovic
17 Stephens……….(17)Stephens
11 Wozniacki………(11)Wozniacki…….Wozniacki….Wozniacki
15 Suarez Navarro….(15)Suarez Navarro..Suarez N
24 Kanepi…………(24)Kanepi
31 Hantuchova……..Keys
2 Li……………..(2)Li……………Li………..Li……….Li……….Li
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 S Williams………WON TOURNAMENT
2 Li……………..lost F (S. Williams)
3 A Radwanska……..lost QF (Cibulkova)
4 Sharapova……….lost SF (S. Williams)
5 Kerber………….lost QF (S. Williams)
6 Halep…………..WITHDREW (replaced by Cepelova)
7 Jankovic………..lost 2R (Lepchenko)
8 Kvitova…………lost QF (Sharapova)
9 Errani………….lost 3R (Makarova)
10 Cibulkova………lost SF (Li)
11 Wozniacki………lost QF (Li)
12 Ivanovic……….lost 4R (Kvitova)
13 Vinci………….lost 2R (Zahlavova Strycova)
14 Lisicki………..WITHDREW from 3R
15 Suarez Navarro….lost 4R (Li)
16 Stosur…………lost 3R (Vandeweghe)
17 Stephens……….lost 3R (Wozniacki)
18 Bouchard……….lost 2R (Svitolina)
19 Flipkens……….lost 4R (Sharapova)
20 Pennetta……….lost 3R (Ivanovic)
21 Pavlyuchenkova….lost 2R (Vandeweghe)
22 Cornet…………lost 3R (Cibulkova)
23 Makarova……….lost 4R (Kerber)
24 Kanepi…………lost 3R (Suarez Navarro)
25 Cirstea………..lost 2R (Pironkova)
26 Safarova……….lost 3R (Sharapova)
27 Zakopalova……..lost 2R (Garcia)
28 Kuznetsova……..lost 2R (Vekic)
29 V Williams……..lost 4R (Cibulkova)
30 Muguruza……….lost 2R (Tomljanovic)
31 Hantuchova……..lost 2R (Keys)
32 Vesnina………..lost 3R (A. Radwanska)
Charleston — week of March 31, 2014
1 S Williams
–bye
Oudin (WC)
Cepelova
Lepchenko
Cetkovska
Schmiedlova
13 Vesnina
12 Hantuchova
Rogers (WC)
Min (Q)
Larcher de Brito (Q)
Mayr-Achleitner
Periera
–bye
8 Cirstea
3 Errani
–bye
Ormaechea
Bertens (Q)
Garcia
Peng
Lucic-Baroni
15 Keys
10 Kirilenko
Bencic (Q)
Erakovic
Petrova (WC)
Svitolina
Gajdosova (Q)
–bye
5 Stephens
7 Stosur
–bye
S Zheng (Q)
Shvedova
Goerges
Razzano
Larsson
9 Safarova
14 Petkovic
Tsurenko (Q)
Medina Garrigues
Dominguez Lino
King
Glushko
–bye
4 Lisicki
6 Bouchard
–bye
McHale
Kudryavtseva (Q)
Riske
Scheepers
Zahlavova Strycova
11 V Williams
16 Zhang
Hsieh
Voegele
Tomljanovic
Pfizenmaier
Davis
–bye
2 Jankovic
Monterrey — week of March 31, 2014
1 Pennetta
Date-Krumm
Hermoso (WC)
Babos
Gibbs
Hlavackova
Puchkova
8 Puig
4 Flipkens (WC)
Qualifier
Kiick
Majeric
Qualifier
Qualifier
Jaksic
7 Knapp
5 Muguruza
Vekic
Peer
Ka. Pliskova
Mladenovic
Konta
Vandeweghe
3 Wozniacki
6 Rybarikova
Govortsova
Niculescu
Morita
Qualifier
Zacarias (WC)
U Radwanska
2 Ivanovic
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SUNDAY
Miami
Doubles – Final
(WC) Hingis/Lisicki def. (2) Makarova/Vesnina 4-6 6-4 10-5
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