LADIES’ NEWS FROM AUCKLAND & BRISBANE: HANTUCHOVA UPSETS ERRANI IN FIRST ROUND; PLISKOVA DEFEATS AZARENKA IN LATE-NIGHT THRILLER

Written by: Staff on 5th January 2015

Brisbane International tennis tournament

LADIES' NEWS FROM AUCKLAND & BRISBANE: HANTUCHOVA UPSETS ERRANI IN FIRST ROUND; PLISKOVA DEFEATS AZARENKA IN LATE-NIGHT THRILLER

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ASB CLASSIC 2015 – AUCKLAND, NZL

$ 250,000.00

5-10 JANUARY 2015

RESULTS – JANUARY 05, 2015

Singles – First Round

D Hantuchova (SVK) d [2] S Errani (ITA) 63 62

[4] B Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d C Scheepers (RSA) 61 36 62

[6] S Stephens (USA) d S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 63 61

A Konjuh (CRO) d [8] M Barthel (GER) 62 61

[WC] T Townsend (USA) d Y Wickmayer (BEL) 75 36 60

K Nara (JPN) d K Bertens (NED) 63 62

L Davis (USA) d S Rogers (USA) 16 64 63

Doubles – First Round

[3] J Goerges (GER) / A Groenefeld (GER) d K Bondarenko (UKR) / O Savchuk (UKR) 76(3) 46 10-5

N Melichar (USA) / L Siegemund (GER) d G Dabrowski (CAN) / A Rosolska (POL) 64 46 11-9

[WC] M Erakovic (NZL) / M Puig (PUR) d M Irigoyen (ARG) / B Krejcikova (CZE) 64 67(5) 11-9

Women’s

Qualifying Singles – Third Round

Qualifying – L Hradecka (CZE) d M Eguchi (JPN) 63 16 76(4)

Qualifying – U Radwanska (POL) d S Karatantcheva (BUL) 62 64

Qualifying – A Tatishvili (USA) d M Minella (LUX) 46 60 60

Qualifying – J Glushko (ISR) d C Feuerstein (FRA) 41 ret. (abdominal injury)

ORDER OF PLAY – TUESDAY, JANUARY 06, 2015

CENTRE start 12:00 noon

[Q] U Radwanska (POL) vs F Schiavone (ITA)

[Q] L Hradecka (CZE) vs [5] S Kuznetsova (RUS)

J Cepelova (SVK) vs [3] V Williams (USA)

Not Before 6:30 pm

[1] C Wozniacki (DEN) vs [Q] J Glushko (ISR)

M Puig (PUR) vs M Erakovic (NZL)

GRANDSTAND start 12:00 noon

R Vinci (ITA) vs [7] C Vandeweghe (USA)

E Vesnina (RUS) vs K Mladenovic (FRA)

K Flipkens (BEL) vs J Larsson (SWE)

Not Before 5:00 pm

[1] S Errani (ITA) / R Vinci (ITA) vs Y Beygelzimer (UKR) / E Hrdinova (CZE)

S Fichman (CAN) / M Sanchez (USA) vs [4] S Aoyama (JPN) / R Voracova (CZE)

COURT 2 start 12:00 noon

J Goerges (GER) vs [Q] A Tatishvili (USA)

Not Before 1:30 pm

M Barthel (GER) / M Minella (LUX) vs D Jurak (CRO) / M Moulton-Levy (USA)

After suitable rest – P Martic (CRO) / A Tatishvili (USA) vs [WC] R Cheng (NZL) / K Westbury (NZL)

After suitable rest – D Hantuchova (SVK) / F Schiavone (ITA) vs [2] A Hlavackova (CZE) / L Hradecka (CZE)

For Results

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

For Draws

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

For Match Notes/Head-to-Heads/Player List

http://www.wtatennis.com/press-center

facebook.com/WTA

twitter.com/WTA

youtube.com/WTA

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY SUNCORP – BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

USD 1,000,000.00 (WTA)

4 – 11 JANUARY 2015

RESULTS – JANUARY 05, 2015

Singles – First Round

[3] A Kerber (GER) d C Garcia (FRA) 64 63

M Keys (USA) d [4] D Cibulkova (SVK) 75 62

[Q] Y Shvedova (KAZ) d S Lisicki (GER) 06 75 64

M Lucic-Baroni (CRO) d C McHale (USA) 63 60

[Q] D Gavrilova (RUS) d A Riske (USA) 75 63

[LL] A Kudryavtseva (RUS) d B Mattek-Sands (USA) 64 62

Ka. Pliskova (CZE) d V Azarenka (BLR) 46 76(7) 64 (saved 2mp)

[Q] M Brengle (USA) d [Q] L Tsurenko (UKR) 76(6) 63

[WC] J Gajdosova (AUS) d S Zhang (CHN) 64 61

ORDER OF PLAY – TUESDAY, JANUARY 06, 2015

PAT RAFTER ARENA start 11:00 am

WTA – [3] A Kerber (GER) vs [Q] D Gavrilova (RUS)

ATP – M Matosevic (AUS) vs S Johnson (USA)

Not Before 2:00 pm

WTA – E Svitolina (UKR) vs [WC] A Tomljanovic (CRO)

Not Before 7:00 pm

WTA – [1] M Sharapova (RUS) vs [Q] Y Shvedova (KAZ)

ATP – S Groth (AUS) vs L Hewitt (AUS)

SHOW COURT 1 start 11:00 am

ATP – [5] K Anderson (RSA) vs [Q] L Kubot (POL)

Not Before 12:30 pm

WTA – V Lepchenko (USA) vs M Keys (USA)

ATP – [Q] R Williams (USA) vs [WC] J Millman (AUS)

ATP – [WC] G Dimitrov (BUL) / T Kokkinakis (AUS) vs J Chardy (FRA) / L Kubot (POL)

WTA – M Hingis (SUI) / S Lisicki (GER) vs [WC] D Gavrilova (RUS) / S Sanders (AUS)

SHOW COURT 2 start 11:00 am

ATP – [Q] M Copil (ROU) vs M Kukushkin (KAZ)

ATP – [Q] D Kudla (USA) vs J Nieminen (FIN)

ATP – C Berlocq (ARG) vs [7] A Dolgopolov (UKR)

ATP – M Raonic (CAN) / B Tomic (AUS) vs P Herbert (FRA) / N Mahut (FRA)

COURT 6 start 11:00 am

WTA – J Jankovic (SRB) / A Parra Santonja (ESP) vs I Olaru (ROU) / S Zhang (CHN)

WTA – A Kudryavtseva (RUS) / A Panova (RUS) vs [2] R Kops-Jones (USA) / A Spears (USA)

Not Before 2:00 pm

ATP – M Klizan (SVK) vs [PR] J Melzer (AUT)

COURT 14 start 11:00 am

ATP – M Fyrstenberg (POL) / S Gonzalez (MEX) vs [3] R Lindstedt (SWE) / M Matkowski (POL)

WTA – A Rodionova (AUS) / A Rodionova (AUS) vs [WC] M Lucic-Baroni (CRO) / L Raymond (USA)

WTA – [4] C Garcia (FRA) / K Srebotnik (SLO) vs A Petkovic (GER) / M Rybarikova (SVK)

WTA – [1] S Hsieh (TPE) / S Mirza (IND) vs J Gajdosova (AUS) / A Tomljanovic (CRO)

For Results

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

For Draws

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

For Match Notes/Head-to-Heads/Player List

http://www.wtatennis.com/press-center

For Mobile Site/Chinese Site/Spanish Site

http://m.wtatennis.com/

www.wta.cn

www.es.wtatennis.com

Tournament Website

www.brisbaneinternational.com.au

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January 5, 2015 at 6:58 pm

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