WTA – Miami (Sun): Hingis & Lisicki Upset No.2 Seeds For Title

Written by: Staff on 30th March 2014

WTA - Miami (Sun): Hingis & Lisicki Upset No.2 Seeds For Title

epa04147646 Sabine Lisicki (R) of Germany and Martina Hingis (L) of Switzerland hold the Butch Buchholz Trophy after the team won the women's doubles final match against Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia at the Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, USA, 30 March 2014. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER |

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

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

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

SUNDAY

Miami

Doubles – Final

(WC) Hingis/Lisicki def. (2) Makarova/Vesnina 4-6 6-4 10-5

Topics: Martina Hingis, Monterrey OPen, Sabine Lisicki, Sony Open, Sports, Tennis Results, Wta

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March 30, 2014 at 8:56 pm

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