BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY SUNCORP – BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
USD 1,000,000
4 – 11 JANUARY 2015
RESULTS – JANUARY 10, 2015
Singles – Finals
[1] M Sharapova (RUS) d [2] A Ivanovic (SRB) 67(4) 63 63
Doubles – Finals
M Hingis (SUI) / S Lisicki (GER) d [4] C Garcia (FRA) / K Srebotnik (SLO) 62 75
TOURNEY TIDBITS :
– Sharapova wins her 34th WTA title; she is behind only Serena (64) and Venus Williams (46) on the list of active title winners.
– Sharapova’s win-loss record in WTA finals now stands at 34-22; Brisbane is the 24th different event she has triumphed at.
– Sharapova has now won at least one title for 13 consecutive seasons; only three players (Navratilova, Evert and Graf) have enjoyed longer streaks.
– Sharapova won her opening three matches for the loss of nine games; Ivanovic was the only player to take a set from her.
– Ivanovic falls to 15-8 in WTA finals; 17 of her final appearances have now come on hard courts.
– Sharapova improves her head-to-head record against Ivanovic to 10-4.
– Sharapova will remain at No.2 in the rankings – 681 points behind No.1 Williams – while Ivanovic rises to No.5.
– Hingis and Lisicki win their second WTA title together; Hingis now has 41 career doubles titles to her name, while Lisicki has four.
Final Quotes
Maria Sharapova: “She was doing a lot of things better in the first set, and she deserved to win the first set, but I hung in there. It was important to get that break, and the third set came down to a few points, really. I’m just happy that I managed to get it in three.”
Ana Ivanovic: “She had some great comebacks. She got back the balls that I thought weren’t coming over the net. That’s why she’s where she is, and that’s why she’s such a great champion.”
Topics: Ana Ivanovic, Brisbane International, Maria Sharapova, Sven, Tennis, Wta
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