WOMEN’S TENNIS RESULTS FROM AUCKLAND & SHENZHEN – VENUS FIGHTS BACK TO BEAT WOZNIACKI / HALEP WINS NINTH CAREER TITLE IN SHENZHEN

Written by: Staff on 10th January 2015

WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS FROM AUCKLAND & SHENZHEN - VENUS FIGHTS BACK TO BEAT WOZNIACKI / HALEP WINS NINTH CAREER TITLE IN SHENZHEN |

“Venus Williams wins the title in Auckland WTA Auckland V.Williams(USA)-Wozniacki(DEN)-2/6 6/3 6/3″ – Photo by @live_tennis_results via Instagram

ASB CLASSIC 2015 – AUCKLAND, NZL

$ 250,000

5-10 JANUARY 2015

RESULTS – JANUARY 10, 2015

Singles – Finals

[3] V Williams (USA) d [1] C Wozniacki (DEN) 26 63 63

Women’s

Doubles – Finals

[1] S Errani (ITA) / R Vinci (ITA) d [4] S Aoyama (JPN) / R Voracova (CZE) 62 61

TOURNEY TIDBITS :

– Williams wins her 46th WTA title and first since Dubai, last February.

– Williams’ win-loss record in WTA finals now stands at 46-29; she second only to sister Serena (64) on the list of active title winners.

– Wozniacki falls to 22-16 in WTA finals; 29 of her final appearances have now come on hard courts.

– Williams improves her head-to-head record against Wozniacki to 6-0; Wozniacki had never won a set in their previous five matches.

– Errani and Vinci win their 22nd WTA title together; Errani now has 25 career titles to her name, while Vinci also has 25.

Final Quotes

Venus Williams: “The first set went fast. After that I was like, ‘All right, time to take it to three.’ But of course with her playing that well, I had to find a way just to get it to three. In the first set she was serving so well. She had an amazing first serve percentage, all those amazing passing shots, even her mis-hits were too good. But I just tried to stay level-headed in the second set and focus on holding, and cut down on my unforced errors too, and it worked for me today.”

Caroline Wozniacki: “Venus played really well. She’s had a great week. I served really well at the start, and I was putting a lot of pressure on her, but she played better and better as the match went on.”

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SHENZHEN OPEN – SHENZHEN, CHINA

$ 500,000

3-10 JAN, 2015

RESULTS – JANUARY 10, 2015

Singles – Finals

[1] S Halep (ROU) d [8] T Bacsinszky (SUI) 62 62

Doubles – Finals

L Kichenok (UKR) / N Kichenok (UKR) d C Liang (CHN) / Y Wang (CHN) 64 76(6)

TOURNEY TIDBITS :

– Halep wins her ninth WTA title and first since Bucharest, last July.

– Halep’s win-loss record in WTA finals now stands at 9-6; five of these titles have come on hard.

– Halep lost just one set all week, against Beck in the opening round. In her next four matches, she did not drop more than three games in a single set.

– Bacsinszky falls to 1-2 in WTA finals; she won Luxembourg, in 2009, and finished runner-up in Bad Gastein, in 2010.

– Halep improves her head-to-head record against Bacsinszky to 2-0.

– Lyudmyla and Nadia Kichenok win their first WTA title together; they are the second twins, after Kristyna and Karolina Pliskova, to win a WTA doubles title.

Final Quotes

Simona Halep: “I wasn’t feeling very well before the match – I was a little bit sick – so I told myself I have nothing to lose, just go on court, be relaxed, stay focused and fight for every point. It worked, and I felt really relaxed today. I’m happy I could play better day by day and match by match here. I’m looking forward to playing like today in the next tournament, maybe even better. But I don’t want to put any pressure on myself for the Australian Open. I have to be focused there, and I hope to win many matches there, but it’ll be tough. I’ll just try to do everything I did here.”

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.shenzhenopentennis.com

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twitter.com/WTA

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Topics: Asb Classic, Auckland, Brisbane, Caro Wozniacki, tennis 2015, Venus Williams, Wta

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