Petkovic Wins Charleston

Written by: Staff on 6th April 2014

Petkovic Wins Charleston

epa04113065 Andrea Petkovic of Germany follows through with a return against Camila Giorgi of Italy at the BNP Paribas Open tennis in Indian Wells, California, USA, 06 March 2014. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO |

FAMILY CIRCLE CUP

Charleston, USA

March 31-April 6, 2014

$710,000/Premier

Green Clay/Outdoors

Results – Sunday, April 6, 2014

Singles – Final

(14) Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) 75 62

Doubles – Final

Medina Garrigues/Shvedova (ESP/KAZ) d. Chan/Chan (TPE/TPE) 76(4) 62

Final Facts

– Petkovic wins her third WTA title and her first at the Premier level.

– This is Petkovic’s first WTA title since Strasbourg in May 2011.

– Petkovic improves to 8-0 in Charleston.

– Former World No.9 Petkovic is projected to return to the Top 30 for the first time since August 2012.

– No.14 seed Petkovic is the second-lowest seed to win the title here after No.16 seed Lisicki in 2009.

– World No.78 Cepelova, who had not been beyond a WTA quarterfinal before this week, is the lowest-ranked finalist in tournament history.

– Cepelova, whose week included a second round upset of World No.1 Serena Williams, will make her Top 50 debut on the new rankings.

– Medina Garrigues and Shvedova win their third WTA title together, having also won Florianopolis in 2013 and 2014.

Final Quotes

Andrea Petkovic: “I don’t know why but I just sort of broke down. I was happy. Normally I don’t cry when I’m sad – I cry when I’m happy, strangely, so it’s weird, but I don’t know. I was just so relieved and proud that I’ve come back from all these injuries, and I never thought I would play in the finals of the big tournaments again, and so I was just proud and happy and everything just sort of came together.”

Anabel Medina Garrigues: “We are good friends. We always have fun and communicate very well. We try to like get the best things out of our matches and improve for the next matches. We will keep on working, and hopefully in the coming tournaments we’ll get better and better.”

For Results

http://www.wtatennis.com/scores-and-stats

For Draws

http://www.wtatennis.com/draws-and-schedule

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WTA – Katowice preview information

BNP PARIBAS KATOWICE OPEN

Katowice, Poland

April 7-April 13, 2014

$250,000/International

Hard/Indoors

Order Of Play – Monday, April 7, 2014

Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)

1. Claire Feuerstein vs. Aleksandra Krunic (Singles Q Final)

2. Vera Dushevina vs. Maria Elena Camerin (Singles Q Final)

3. Shahar Peer vs. Petra Martic (NB 12.45 hrs)

4. Frech/Maciejewska vs. Aoyama/Voracova

5. Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Carla Suárez Navarro (NB 18.00hrs)

6. Katarzyna Piter vs. Camila Giorgi (NB 20.30hrs)

Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)

1. Timea Bacsinszky vs. Ksenia Pervak (Singles Q Final)

2. Yuliya Beygelzimer vs. Kristina Kucova (Singles Q Final)

3. Annika Beck vs. Mona Barthel (NB 13.00hrs)

4. Barrois/Buryachok vs. Beygelzimer/Savchuk (after suitable rest)

5. Yanina Wickmayer vs. Alexandra Cadantu (NB 18.00hrs)

6. Thorpe/Vogt vs. Doi/Hozumi

Topics: Andrea Petkovic, Bnp Paribas, Family Circle Open, Katowice Open, Serena, Tennis Results, Wta

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April 6, 2014 at 1:52 pm

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