WOMEN’S TENNIS FROM MELBOURNE READ THE LATEST RESULTS

Written by: Staff on 20th January 2015

WOMEN'S TENNIS FROM MELBOURNE READ THE LATEST RESULTS

epa04572204 Maria Sharapova of Russia in action against Alexandra Panova, also of Russia, during their second round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 21 January 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament goes from 19 January until 01 February 2015. EPA/Narendra Shrestha |

PRO TOUR NEWS – WOMEN

TIDBITS

* 2014 Luxembourg surprise Denisa Allertova is first to win on day two; should hit Top Hundred; faces Cornet next

* Serena finally looks solid; loses only four games; will face Zvonareva

* Venus likely to hit Top Fifteen after win over Torro-Flor

* Upset rate falls, but Pennetta, Petkovic, Jankovic eliminated

* Jankovic out of Top Fifteen; Pennetta to fall to no better than #13; Petkovic still has Top Ten chance

* Cibulkova survives scare from Flipkens, still needs more to stay Top Twenty

* Azarenka drops Stephens out of Top Forty

* Azarenka to face Wozniacki next; must win to have any chance of staying Top Fifty

* Efficient Stosur drops Niculescu out of Top Fifty

* Erakovic below #80 after loss to Muguruza

* Hantuchova beats Zheng Saisai but needs more to stay above #65

* Zheng Jie out of Top Hundred after loss to wildcard Chang

* Pironkova ends Watson’s winning streak, should return to Top Fifty

* Dellacqua ends Meusburger’s career — this time for real

* Zahlavova Strycova beats Babos to defend points, close in on Top Twenty

* Vandeweghe hands Schiavone yet another loss, moves close to Top Thirty

* Brengle bounces back from Hobart loss to approach Top Sixty after win over Petkovic

TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS

Australian Open

Top seed Serena Williams began with a win over Alison Van Uytvanck 6-0, 6-4 as double Wimbledon winner and fourth seed Petra Kvitova rolled over Richel Hogenkamp 6-1, 6-4.

Number six Agnieszka Radwanska advanced over Kurumi Nara of with the loss of three games while eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki defeated American Taylor Townsend 7-6 (7-1), 6-2.

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in action against Kurumi Nara of Japan during their first round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 20 January 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament goes from 19 January until 01 February 2015. EPA/Barbara Walton

2014 finalist Dominika Cibulkova, seeded 11th, started with a victory over Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Spain’s Garbine Muguruza put out New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic 7-5, 6-0.

Three seeds lost, with Camila Giorgi beating fellow Italian and number 12 Flavia Pennetta 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Number 13 Andrea Petkovic and 15th seed Jelena Jankovic were beaten.

Australian Casey Dellacqua ended the career of retiring Austrian Yvonne Meusburger 6-2, 6-0.

Casey Dellacqua of Australia plays Yvonne Meusburger of Austria on Margaret Court Arena in their first round match during the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 20 January 2015. EPA/JULIAN SMITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

STATS AND FACTS

Rankings

Estimated WTA Rankings As of January 20, 2015

Rank &

Prior

Rank Name Points

1 (1) SWILLIAMS 7846*

2 (2) SHARAPOVA 6980*

3 (4) KVITOVA 6420*

4 (3) HALEP 6211*

5 (8) WOZNIACKI 4565*

6 (5) IVANOVIC 4425

7 (6) ARADWANSKA 4100*

8 (7) BOUCHARD 4005*

9 (9) KERBER 3090

10 (13) PETKOVIC 2735

11 (11) MAKAROVA 2575*

12 (14) ERRANI 2490*

13 (12) PENNETTA 2441

14 (18) VWILLIAMS 2430*

15 (16) SAFAROVA 2425

16 (15) JANKOVIC 2360

17 (17) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2295

18 (19) CORNET 2065*

19 (20) KAPLISKOVA 1955*

20 (22) PENG 1910*

21 (23) ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA 1870*

22 (21) STOSUR 1835*

23 (10) CIBULKOVA 1777*

24 (27) KUZNETSOVA 1701

25 (26) SVITOLINA 1680*

26 (24) MUGURUZA 1675*

27 (28) LISICKI 1592

28 (30) LEPCHENKO 1480*

29 (36) GARCIA 1401*

30 (33) GIORGI 1395*

Draws

Australian Open — Week of January 19

1 S Williams

26 Svitolina

24 Muguruza

15 Jankovic

11 Cibulkova

19 Cornet

25 Zahlavova Strycova

8 Wozniacki

4 Kvitova

29 Dellacqua

20 Stosur

13 Petkovic

12 Pennetta

18 V Williams

30 Lepchenko

6 A Radwanska

5 Ivanovic

32 Bencic

22 Ka Pliskova

10 Makarova

14 Errani

23 Pavlyuchenkova

28 Lisicki

3 Halep

7 Bouchard

27 Kuznetsova

17 Suarez Navarro

9 Kerber

16 Safarova

21 Peng

31 Diyas

2 Sharapova

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 S Williams

2 Sharapova

3 Halep

4 Kvitova

5 Ivanovic………….lost 1R (Hradecka)

6 A Radwanska

7 Bouchard

8 Wozniacki

9 Kerber……………lost 1R (Begu)

10 Makarova

11 Cibulkova

12 Pennetta………….lost 1R (Giorgi)

13 Petkovic………….lost 1R (Brengle)

14 Errani

15 Jankovic………….lost 1R (Bacsinszky)

16 Safarova………….lost 1R (Shvedova)

17 Suarez Navarro…….lost 1R (Witthoeft)

18 V Williams

19 Cornet

20 Stosur

21 Peng

22 Ka Pliskova

23 Pavlyuchenkova…….lost 1R (Wickmayer)

24 Muguruza

25 Zahlavova Strycova

26 Svitolina

27 Kuznetsova………..lost 1R (Garcia)

28 Lisicki…………..lost 1R (Mladenovic)

29 Dellacqua

30 Lepchenko

31 Diyas

32 Bencic……………lost 1R (Goerges)

SCORES /Results

TUESDAY

Australian Open

Singles – First Round

(2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (Q) Petra Martic (CRO) 64 61

(3) Simona Halep (ROU) d. Karin Knapp (ITA) 63 62

(Q) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. (5) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 16 63 62

(7) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 62 64

Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. (9) Angelique Kerber (GER) 64 06 61

(10) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) 62 62

(14) Sara Errani (ITA) d. Grace Min (USA) 61 60

Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. (16) Lucie Safarova (CZE) 64 26 86

Carina Witthoeft (GER) d. (17) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)63 61

(21) Peng Shuai (CHN) d. (Q) Tatjana Maria (GER) 64 75

(22) Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. (Q) Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 75 61

Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (23) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 46 63 63

Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. (27) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 64 62

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. (28) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 46 64 62

(31) Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d. (Q) Urszula Radwanska (POL) 36 64 62

Julia Goerges (GER) d. (32) Belinda Bencic (SUI) 62 61

Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 75 61

Klara Koukalova (CZE) d. (WC) Storm Sanders (AUS) 75 64

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Ana Konjuh (CRO) 64 64

Christina McHale (USA) d. (Q) Stéphanie Foretz (FRA) 64 16 1210

Monica Puig (PUR) d. (WC) Arina Rodionova (AUS) 60 63

Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) d. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 63 64

Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. Annika Beck (GER) 75 64

Kiki Bertens (NED) d. (WC) Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 76(8) 57 62

Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 64 46 62

Katerina Siniakova (CZE) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 62 75

Polona Hercog (SLO) d. Wang Qiang (CHN) 36 63 62

Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) d. (Q) Renata Voracova (CZE) 61 62

Stefanie Voegele (SUI d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 61 36 62

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. (WC) Duan Ying-Ying (CHN) 64 36 63

(Q) Alexandra Panova (RUS) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 75 60

(WC) Oceane Dodin (FRA) d. Alison Riske (USA) 76(5) 36 63

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