SERENA , SORANA , SAMMY , CICI & COCO & GENIE ALL WIN @ THE US OPEN RESULTS SCORES AND RANKINGS

Written by: on 27th August 2014
US Open Tennis
SERENA , SORANA , SAMMY , CICI & COCO & GENIE ALL WIN @ THE US OPEN RESULTS SCORES AND RANKINGS

epa04370138 Serena Williams of the United States hits a return against Taylor Townsend of the United States during the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 26 August 2014. The US Open runs until 08 September, a 15-day schedule. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO  |

Editors note : We have followed Ci Ci thru her national win down in San Diego, That earned her, her wildcard. Thanks Fred Sidhu for encouraging us to follow another great event and another great young American girl player.

 

TIDBITS :

* No return to Top Twenty for Kuznetsova after loss to Erakovic

* Fifteen-year-old wildcard Bellis shocks #12 seed Cibulkova, who loses Top Ten chance

* Ivanovic knocks Riske out of Top Sixty

* Bouchard bounces back from recent troubles, loses only three games against Govortsova

* After slow start, Azarenka overpowers Doi — but is still barely Top Thirty

* Kvitova crushes Mladenovic to win fifth straight match, move closer to #2 ranking

* Stosur on brink of return to Top Twenty after win over Davis

* Pennetta also advances but remains far below Top Fifteen

* Zhang second seed to be upset; falls to Barthel; will not make Top Thirty

* No Top Forty spot for Watson after loss to Cirstea

* Win over Mayr-Achleitner might put Dellacqua in Top Thirty

* Karolina Pliskova almost sure to make Top Forty after win over Meusburger

* Victory over Van Uytvanck should put Lepchenko back in Top Fifty

* Kanepi edges Parmentier but needs more to stay Top Fifty

* Win over Barty almost assures that Zahlavova Strycova will stay Top Thirty

* Hercog tops Svitolina, who loses Top Thirty chance

* Loss to Niculescu drops Shvedova out of Top Sixty

* Win over Scheepers likely will keep McHale Top Fifty, but it’s not certain yet

* Upset artist Cetkovska leaves Koukalova below Top Thirty

* Win over Tsurenko takes Diyas close to Top Forty

* Makarova improves chances of staying Top Twenty with routine win over Min

* Vandeweghe drops Vekic below #80

* Keys contending for Top 25 after routine win over Gajdosova

* Gibbs upsets Garcia, who won’t make Top Forty

* Schiavone loses to King, remains below #70

* Suarez Navarro turns back Tomljanovic, who will fall below #60

U. S. Open

 

Serena Williams beat Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-1, opening play with a win as she goes for a repeat title. But the winner was complimentary of her teenaged opponent.

“I think it was an interesting match, she played really well, started out super strong,” said Williams. “I believe she does everything well. She’s one of the few players that can come to the net and volley,

as well as she has unbelievable hand speed with her racquet. She’s really unbelievable.”

Third-seeded Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova crushed Kristina Mladenovic 6-1, 6-0, while the women she beat at the All England Club two months ago, Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, began the event by defeating Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-1. Eighth seed Ana Ivanovic rolled over American Alison Riske 6-3, 6-0, and Italian 11th seed Flavia Pennetta stopped German Julia Goerges 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

Catherine Bellis of the US serving to Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia during the second day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, Meadows, New York, USA, 26 August 2014. The US Open runs through 08 September, a 15-day schedule. EPA/MARTIN SIDORJAK

American 15-year-old CiCi Bellis became the youngest winner at the event since 1996 – three years before her birth – as she stunned Australian Open finalist and 12th seed Dominika Cibulkova 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. The teenager who is an amateur and keeping her options open on a tennis career, could have claimed 60,000 dollars in prize money for reaching the second round had she been a professional.

Former number one Victoria Azarenka, seeded 16th after a season of injury, struggled but win as she reached the second round over Misaki Doi of Japan 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-1. “I felt throughout three sets I was pretty consistent with movement and everything. So it

was all good,” said Azarenka. .

2011 champion Samantha Stosur beat Lauren Davis of the US 6-1, 6-4, while another ex-holder, Svetlana Kuznetsova, lost to Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).

 

 

 

 

Rankings

Estimated WTA Rankings As of August 25, 2014

Rank &

Prior

Rank Name Points

1 (1) SWILLIAMS 7500*

2 (2) HALEP 6100*

3 (4) KVITOVA 5866*

4 (6) SHARAPOVA 5405*

5 (5) ARADWANSKA 5380*

6 (3) Li 5270

7 (8) BOUCHARD 4375*

8 (7) KERBER 4340*

9 (9) IVANOVIC 3855*

10 (10) JANKOVIC 3485*

11 (11) WOZNIACKI 3075*

12 (13) CIBULKOVA 3007

13 (14) ERRANI 2855*

14 (15) SAFAROVA 2795*

15 (19) PETKOVIC 2465*

16 (16) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2360*

17 (20) VWILLIAMS 2310*

18 (12) PENNETTA 2291*

19 (18) MAKAROVA 2135*

20 (21) STOSUR 2110*

21 (22) KUZNETSOVA 1860

22 (23) CORNET 1840*

23 (25) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1775*

24 (26) MUGURUZA 1743

25 (24) STEPHENS 1690*

26 (27) KEYS 1670*

27 (29) ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA 1541*

28 (28) LISICKI 1486*

29 (17) AZARENKA 1453*

30 (32) DELLACQUA 1451*

Draws

U. S. Open — Week of August 26, 2014

1 S. Williams

32 Zhang

24 Stosur

15 Suarez Navarro

 

11 Pennetta

23 Pavlyuchenkova

29 Dellacqua

8 Ivanovic

 

3 Kvitova

27 Keys

20 Kuznetsova

16 Azarenka

 

12 Cibulkova

17 Makarova

30 Zahlavova Strycova

7 Bouchard

 

6 Kerber

31 Nara

21 Stephens

9 Jankovic

 

14 Safarova

22 Cornet

28 Vinci

4 A Radwanska

 

5 Sharapova

26 Lisicki

18 Petkovic

10 Wozniacki

 

13 Errani

19 V Williams

25 Muguruza

2 Halep

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 S. Williams

2 Halep

3 Kvitova

4 A Radwanska

5 Sharapova

6 Kerber

7 Bouchard

8 Ivanovic

9 Jankovic

10 Wozniacki

11 Pennetta

12 Cibulkova………..lost 1R (Bellis)

13 Errani

14 Safarova

15 Suarez Navarro

16 Azarenka

17 Makarova

18 Petkovic

19 V Williams

20 Kuznetsova……….lost 1R (Erakovic)

21 Stephens

22 Cornet

23 Pavlyuchenkova

24 Stosur

25 Muguruza…………lost 1R (Lucic-Baroni)

26 Lisicki

27 Keys

28 Vinci

29 Dellacqua

30 Zahlavova Strycova

31 Nara

32 Zhang……………lost 1R (Barthel)

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

 

TUESDAY

US Open

Singles – First Round

(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. Taylor Townsend (USA) 63 61

(3) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 61 60

(7) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 61

(8) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Alison Riske (USA) 63 60

(11) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 63 46 61

(WC) Catherine Bellis (USA) d. (12) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 61 46 64

(15) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 36 62 61

(16) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Misaki Doi (JPN) 67(3) 64 61

(17) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. (WC) Grace Min (USA) 64 62

Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. (20) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 36 62 76(3)

(23) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Teliana Pereira (BRA) 62 60

(24) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Lauren Davis (USA) 61 64

(27) Madison Keys (USA) d. (WC) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 60 63

(29) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 75 63

(30) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. (Q) Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 61 63

CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) 26 63 61

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 62 62

Christina McHale (USA) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 62 16 76(5)

Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d. (Q) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 61 62

Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 76(3) 36 61

Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 75 62

Mona Barthel (GER) d. (32) Zhang Shuai (CHN) 61 62

Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (Q) Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 60 75

Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d. Klara Koukalova (CZE) 61 26 63

Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 67(5) 61 75

Polona Hercog (SLO) d. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 62 76(4)

Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 61 61 ( surprised to see the “French fries ” )

Vania King (USA) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 63 36 63

Shelby Rogers (USA) d. (Q) Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 64 63

(Q) Wang Qiang (CHN) d. (Q) Paula Kania (POL) 62 60

(Q) Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d. Katarzyna Piter (POL) 64 61

(WC) Nicole Gibbs (USA) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 62 26 63

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