WUHAN WOMEN’S TENNIS RESULTS / SERENA OUT , FLIPKENS WINS & ALL RESULTS HERE

Written by: Staff on 23rd September 2014

WUHAN WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS / SERENA OUT , FLIPKENS WINS & ALL RESULTS HERE

epa04376425 Serena Williams of the US hits a return to Varvara Lepchenko of the US during the sixth day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 30 August 2014. The US Open runs through 08 September, a 15-day schedule. EPA/JUSTIN LANE |

TIDBITS

* Serena too sick to finish Wuhan opener; retires before Cornet — who becomes the first player since Henin to beat Serena three times in one year

* Halep loses marathon to Muguruza; now runs real risk of losing #2 ranking to Sharapova

* Cornet or Muguruza now likely to hit Top Twenty (whoever lasts longer will likely be at least #20); Stosur out of Top Twenty

* Kvitova clobbers Knapp, assures that she will stay Top Five

* Bouchard, Kerber, Wozniacki advance

* Jankovic forced to retire against Vandeweghe

* Bottom eight seeds now all eliminated as Errani, Makarova, Petkovic upset

* Loss means no Top Ten spot for Jankovic or Errani, which means that Kerber is now sure to be at least #10

* Karolina Pliskova’s seventh straight win, over Petkovic, puts her in Top Thirty (but Petkovic gets quick revenge as she and Mattek-Sands beat Pliskovas in doubles)

* Zahlavova Strycova also in Top Thirty after win over Keys

TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS

Wuhan

Alize Cornet nailed her third win this season over Serena Williams as the American top seed quit with viral illness during her opening second-round match while holding a 6-5 lead. The last to take down Williams three times in the same year was Justin Henin in 2007. Williams said later she felt poorly in a match which was past of a run of upset losses by seeds at the new event.

“I’m sorry to all the fans in Wuhan…I felt dizzy and nauseous in the first set and unfortunately couldn’t continue,” said Williams, playing for the first time since celebrating her US Open title over Caroline Wozniacki. Frenchwoman Cornet beat Williams at Dubai in February and in the Wimbledon third round.

Last week’s Tokyo finalist Wozniacki was one of the few name players who survived in the Chinese hothouse. The Dane stared with a win over Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(4). Canadian fifth seed Eugenie Bouchard struggled past German Mona Barthel 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 while seventh seed Angelique Kerber beat Zarina Diyas 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Other seeds were not so lucky, with No. 2 and French Open finalist Simona Halep losing to Garbine Muguruza of Spain 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Halep has managed just four wins from her last four tournaments; Muguruza accounted for Williams in the second round at Roland Garros four months ago.

Serb tenth seed Jelena Jankovic stopped with illness while trailing 4-1 against American Coco Vandeweghe. American Alison Riske knocked out Italian 11th seed Sara Errani of Italy 6-4, 6-4; Swiss qualifier Timea Bacsinszky stopped US Open semi-finalist Ekaterina Makarova, the 13th seed, 6-4, 6-1.

Australian Casey beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6(7), 6-7(5), 6-1, but Kirsten Flipkens put out Aussie Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Czech Karolina Pliskova, the weekend Seoul champion, extended her win streak to seven straight by beating 16th seed Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 6-4.

Rankings

Estimated WTA Rankings As of September 23, 2014

Rank &

Prior

Rank Name Points

1 (1) SWILLIAMS 9430

2 (2) HALEP 6036

3 (4) SHARAPOVA 5680*

4 (5) Li 5270

5 (3) KVITOVA 5131*

6 (6) ARADWANSKA 5035

7 (9) BOUCHARD 4313*

8 (7) WOZNIACKI 4215*

9 (10) IVANOVIC 4180

10 (8) KERBER 3965*

11 (11) JANKOVIC 3635

12 (12) ERRANI 3215

13 (13) CIBULKOVA 2982

14 (14) MAKAROVA 2850

15 (15) SAFAROVA 2590

16 (16) PENNETTA 2582

17 (17) PETKOVIC 2515

18 (19) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2420

19 (18) VWILLIAMS 2155

20 (21) CORNET 2055*

21 (20) STOSUR 2045

22 (22) MUGURUZA 1973*

23 (24) Azarenka 1867

24 (23) PENG 1865

25 (26) LISICKI 1855

26 (27) DELLACQUA 1725*

27 (25) KUZNETSOVA 1695

28 (32) ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA 1676*

29 (31) KA.PLISKOVA 1660*

30 (30) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1635

Draws

Wuhan — Week of September 22, 2014

………………3R

1 S Williams……Cornet

15 Pennetta…….Flipkens(WC)

11 Errani………Riske

6 Bouchard……..(6)Bouchard

4 Sharapova…….(4)Sharapova

13 Makarova…….Bacsinszky(Q)

9 Ivanovic……..Dellacqua

8 Wozniacki…….(8)Wozniacki

5 A Radwanska…..Garcia

10 Jankovic…….Vandeweghe

16 Petkovic…….Ka.Pliskova

3 Kvitova………(3)Kvitova

7 Kerber……….(7)Kerber

12 Cibulkova……Zahlavova Strycova

14 Safarova…….Svitolina

2 Halep………..Muguruza

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 S Williams….lost 2R (Cornet)

2 Halep………lost 2R (Muguruza)

3 Kvitova

4 Sharapova

5 A Radwanska…lost 2R (Garcia)

6 Bouchard

7 Kerber

8 Wozniacki

9 Ivanovic……lost 1R (Pavlyuchenkova)

10 Jankovic…..lost 2R (Vandeweghe)

11 Errani…….lost 2R (Riske)

12 Cibulkova….lost 1R (Keys)

13 Makarova…..lost 2R (Bacsinszky)

14 Safarova…..lost 1R (Lisicki)

15 Pennetta…..lost 1R (Gajdosova)

16 Petkovic…..lost 2R (Ka. Pliskova)

SCORES

TUESDAY

Wuhan

Singles – Second Round

A Cornet (FRA) d [1] S Williams (USA) 56 ret. (viral illness)

G Muguruza (ESP) d [2] S Halep (ROU) 26 62 63

[3] P Kvitova (CZE) d [Q] K Knapp (ITA) 63 60

[6] E Bouchard (CAN) d M Barthel (GER) 46 63 64

[7] A Kerber (GER) d [Q] Z Diyas (KAZ) 46 62 64

[8] C Wozniacki (DEN) d C Suárez Navarro (ESP) 61 36 76(4)

C Vandeweghe (USA) d [10] J Jankovic (SRB) 41 ret. (left lumbar spine injury)

A Riske (USA) d [11] S Errani (ITA) 64 64

[Q] T Bacsinszky (SUI) d [13] E Makarova (RUS) 64 61

Ka. Pliskova (CZE) d [16] A Petkovic (GER) 64 64

[WC] K Flipkens (BEL) d [Q] J Gajdosova (AUS) 63 36 63

C Dellacqua (AUS) d A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 76(7) 67(5) 61

B Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d M Keys (USA) 36 62 62

E Svitolina (UKR) d S Lisicki (GER) 76(3) 63

Doubles – First Round

[6] M Hingis (SUI) / F Pennetta (ITA) d A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / L Safarova (CZE) w/o (Safarova: viral illness)

[7] G Muguruza (ESP) / C Suárez Navarro (ESP) d S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) / M Torró-Flor (ESP) 36 63 11-9

[8] C Black (ZIM) / C Garcia (FRA) d A Riske (USA) / H Watson (GBR) 61 64

M Barthel (GER) / M Minella (LUX) d O Kalashnikova (GEO) / L Thorpe (FRA) 36 63 10-8

[WC] B Mattek-Sands (USA) / A Petkovic (GER) d K Pliskova (CZE) / K Pliskova (CZE) 67(8) 63 10-7

Topics: Alize Cornet, Caroline Wozniacki, Kirsten Flipkens, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Tennis Results, Women's tennis, Wta, Wuhan Open

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