WTA – DUBAI LADIES TENNIS REPORT: PENNETTA SURVIVES FIRST ROUND SCARE, BUT FLIPKENS LOSES IN THREE

Written by: Staff on 15th February 2015

WTA - DUBAI LADIES TENNIS REPORT: PENNETTA SURVIVES FIRST ROUND SCARE, BUT FLIPKENS LOSES IN THREE

epa04621459 Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in action against Alize Cornet of France during their first round match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis WTA Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 15 February 2015. EPA/ALI HAIDER |

DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – DUBAI, UAE

$2,513,000

15-21 FEBRUARY 2015

RESULTS – FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Singles – First Round

[10] [WC] F. Pennetta (ITA) d [LL] J. Goerges (GER) 26 76(3) 64 (saved 4mp)

[12] J. Jankovic (SRB) d [Q] T. Babos (HUN) 63 46 61

[15] A. Cornet (FRA) d K. Flipkens (BEL) 60 67(6) 63

T. Pironkova (BUL) d K. Koukalova (CZE) 63 46 63

Z. Diyas (KAZ) d A. Beck (GER) 62 62

S. Stosur (AUS) d [Q] M. Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 63 61

S. Kuznetsova (RUS) d K. Kanepi (EST) 41 ret. (lower back injury)

B. Bencic (SUI) d K. Knapp (ITA) 64 64

[WC] C. Dellacqua (AUS) d [LL] K. Siniakova (CZE) 63 64

S. Lisicki (GER) d M. Niculescu (ROU) 63 64

C. Garcia (FRA) d [Q] Ar. Rodionova (AUS) 63 62

Flavia Pennetta of Italy in action against Julia Goerges of Germany during their first round match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis WTA Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 15 February 2015. EPA/ALI HAIDER

Doubles – First Round

A Kudryavtseva (RUS) / A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d G Dabrowski (CAN) / A Rosolska (POL) 64 75

[WC] F Al Nabhani (OMA) / M Barthel (GER) d Y Beygelzimer (UKR) / K Kozlova (UKR) 62 57 10-6

ORDER OF PLAY – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015

CENTRE COURT start 12:00 pm

[LL] E. Vesnina (RUS) vs [16] S. Peng (CHN)

H. Watson (GBR) vs [Q] K. Kozlova (UKR)

[17] K. Pliskova (CZE) vs A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Not Before 7:00 pm

M. Barthel (GER) vs [WC] D. Hantuchova (SVK)

[8] V. Williams (USA) vs B. Bencic (SUI)

COURT 1 start 12:00 pm

[Q] J. Gajdosova (AUS) vs G. Muguruza (ESP)

V. Zvonareva (RUS) vs C. Giorgi (ITA)

C. Vandeweghe (USA) vs E. Svitolina (UKR)

M. Puig (PUR) vs [11] L. Safarova (CZE)

COURT 2 start 1:00 pm

J Goerges (GER) / A Groenefeld (GER) vs [5] R Kops-Jones (USA) / A Spears (USA)

K Jans-Ignacik (POL) / A Klepac (SLO) vs A Rodionova (AUS) / A Rodionova (AUS)

C Dellacqua (AUS) / S Stosur (AUS) vs J Gajdosova (AUS) / S Lisicki (GER)

COURT 3 start 12:00 pm

[Q] Q. Wang (CHN) vs K. Nara (JPN)

[Q] G. Dabrowski (CAN) vs [WC] C. Buyukakcay (TUR)

B. Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) vs [Q] Y. Beygelzimer (UKR)

For Results

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

For Draws

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

Topics: Dubai, Flavia Pennetta, Kirsten Flipkens, Tennis, Wta

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February 15, 2015 at 7:17 pm

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