FLIPKENS WINS A MARATHON , STOSUR STOMPS BOUCHARD , WOZNIACKI LOSES & RESULTS & UPDATES FROM NEW HAVEN

Written by: Staff on 20th August 2014

FLIPKENS WINS A MARATHON , STOSUR STOMPS BOUCHARD , WOZNIACKI LOSES & RESULTS & UPDATES FROM NEW HAVEN

epa04351252 Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium eyes the ball for a return shot to Simona Halep of Romania in their second round match of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament at the Linder Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, USA, 12 August 2014. EPA/TANNEN MAURY |

* Giorgi upsets #4 seed Wozniacki; Dane suffers worst ever New Haven loss

* It takes Flipkens three hours, but she upsets Petkovic

* Stosur cruises to upset of Bouchard

* Muguruza edges Peng, is top player left in the top half.

New Haven

Singles – Second Round: Samantha Stosur def. (3) Eugenie Bouchard 6-2 6-2

The post-Wimbledon horrors continue for Eugenie Bouchard. This was almost as lopsided as the score. Not how Bouchard wanted to go into the U. S. Open! She won less than half her service points — even on first serves, she won only 51% of the points. Bouchard loses her chance to rise above #8; Samantha Stosur should rise from #25 to #22.

Singles – Second Round: Camila Giorgi def. (4) Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-2

Look who is posting upsets again. If Camila Giorgi only had a clue how she does it, she could really go places. Even in the absence of a clue, she will rise to probably #36. Caroline Wozniacki was going to be #11 no matter what happened here, but this leaves her a pretty weak #11; her odds of climbing at the U. S. Open are significantly less after this — she was defending semifinalist points. That apart from the embarrassment of losing so early at an event she had won four times.

The result means that there are no seeds at all left in the top half. Indeed, the only seed left in the whole draw is Petra Kvitova. Which sounds like a recipe for having all the seeds vanish soon….

Singles – Second Round: Garbine Muguruza def. (Q) Peng Shuai 6-2 3-6 6-3

Although Garbine Muguruza is adding points, she still hasn’t added enough to budge her ranking. But if she can win one more match, she’ll hit the Top 25 — and she is the highest-ranked player left in the top half. She leaves Peng Shuai #39 or #40.

Singles – Second Round: (WC) Kirsten Flipkens def. (WC) Andrea Petkovic 4-6 7-6(7-4) 7-6(8-6)

This really put a crimp in the schedule, lasting more than three hours. (There were times when we were sure the scoreboard had conked out, it went so slowly.) Kirsten Flipkens served for the match at 5-4 in the third, and was broken. She had match point on serve in the tiebreak, and blew that. Then Andrea Petkovic gave her another match point on serve at 7-6. Flipkens obviously lost her concentration at that point, because she accidentally didn’t blow the match point. She leaves Andrea Petkovic still stuck at #19. Flipkens will rise at most one spot, to #46. Hard to believe she’ll have anything left for Thursday, though. Which is probably a mercy — at least for the officials who had to work through this.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Jurak/Moulton-Levy def. Riske/Vandeweghe 7-6(7-4) 1-6 10-8

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Klepac/Soler-Espinosa def. Dellacqua/Voegele 6-3 2-6 10-6

A somewhat surprising result, since Casey Dellacqua is much the best doubles player of these four. But she chose a weak partner.

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

New Haven (Premier/Hard). Defending Champion: Simona Halep

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

U. S. Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Serena Williams

Rankings

Estimated WTA Rankings As of August 19, 2014

Rank &

Prior

Rank …Name …………. Points

1..(1) SWilliams ……… 9430

2..(2) HALEP …………. 6310

3..(3) Li ……………..6170

4..(5) ARadwanska ………5590

5..(4) KVITOVA ……….. 5586*

6..(6) Sharapova ……… 5335

7..(7) Kerber ………….4550

8..(8) BOUCHARD ………..4405

9..(9) Ivanovic ………..4065

10.(10) Jankovic ………..3695

11.(11) WOZNIACKI ……… 3165

12.(12) PENNETTA ………..3121

13.(13) CIBULKOVA ……… 3002

14.(14) ERRANI ………….2885

15.(15) Safarova ………..2825

16.(16) Suarez Navarro …..2790

17.(17) Azarenka ………..2783

18.(18) MAKAROVA ………..2565

19.(19) PETKOVIC ………..2400

20.(20) VWilliams ……… 2340

21.(21) Kuznetsova ………2010

22.(25) STOSUR ………….1960*

23.(23) Cornet ………….1930

24.(22) Stephens ………..1900

25.(24) Pavlyuchenkova …..1865

26.(26) MUGURUZA ………..1793*

27.(28) Keys ……………1605

28.(27) Lisicki ……….. 1576

29.(31) ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA .1501*

30.(29) VINCI …………. 1492

Draws

New Haven — Week of August 18, 2014

……………….QF

1 Halep…………Rybarikova

6 Pennetta………Riske

4 Wozniacki……..Giorgi

7 Errani………..Muguruza

5 Cibulkova (WC)…Flipkens(WC)

3 Bouchard………Stosur

[Garcia(LL)]…….Zahlavova Strycova

2 Kvitova……….(2)Kvitova

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Halep…………lost 2R (Rybarikova)

2 Kvitova

3 Bouchard………lost 2R (Stosur)

4 Wozniacki……..lost 2R (Giorgi)

5 Cibulkova (WC)…lost 1R (Petkovic)

6 Pennetta………lost 2R (Riske)

7 Errani………..lost 1R (Muguruza)

8 Suarez Navarro…WITHDREW (replaced by Garcia)

SCORES

WEDNESDAY

New Haven

Singles – Second Round

Samantha Stosur def. (3) Eugenie Bouchard 6-2 6-2

Camila Giorgi def. (4) Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-2

Garbine Muguruza def. (Q) Peng Shuai 6-2 3-6 6-3

(WC) Kirsten Flipkens def. (WC) Andrea Petkovic 4-6 7-6(7-4) 7-6(8-6)

Doubles – Quarterfinal

Jurak/Moulton-Levy def. Riske/Vandeweghe 7-6(7-4) 1-6 10-8

Klepac/Soler-Espinosa def. Dellacqua/Voegele 6-3 2-6 10-6

Topics: Andrea Petkovic, Camila Giorgi, Caroline Wozniacki, Eugenie Bouchard, Kirsten Flipkens, New Haven, New Haven results, Samantha Stosur, Tennis, Wta

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