LATEST UPDATE FROM LADIES TENNIS IN WUHAN, VENUS WILLIAMS WINS, MARIA SHARAPOVA SPLITS TIEBREAKS & HURTS WRIST, RESULTS, SCORES, SCHEDULE & MORE

Written by: Staff on 28th September 2015

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Venus rises against Radwanska in Wuhan

Venus Williams got her Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open campaign off to the perfect start with a 6-1 7-6(4) victory over Agnieszka Radwanska in the evening session.

Williams stemmed a Radwanska fightback in the second set to stop last week’s Toray Pan Pacific Open champion from continuing her winning run from Tokyo.

Earlier in the evening, Maria Sharapova retired from her second round match against Barbora Strycova with a left forearm injury with the scoreline at 6-7(1) 7-6(4) 1-2.

“I was really happy to be back on the court,” said Sharapova, who was playing her first match since Wimbledon after recovering from a leg injury. “I’ve gone through the injury and not playing and missing a Grand Slam, going through the rehab, going through training, this is really the moment that you work for. I enjoyed that feeling again.

“That’s why it’s unfortunate to have to stop from that because you always build and you get the rust out and you hope you grow as the tournament goes along, but not in my case this tournament. Of course, it’s not the best way to end for my fans. But I know that this tournament is here for many years and I will still have the opportunity to come back.”

Williams will be back in action on a busy Tuesday in Wuhan, where former World No.1s Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic, two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka, defending champion Petra Kvitova and top seed Simone Halep will all be on court.

Venus Williams

2015 DONGFENG MOTOR WUHAN OPEN – WUHAN, CHINA

$ 2,513,000.00

27 SEPTEMBER – 03 OCTOBER 2015

RESULTS – SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Singles – Second Round

B. Strycova (CZE) d [2] [WC] M. Sharapova (RUS) 67(1) 76(4) 12 Retired

[8] K. Pliskova (CZE) d M. Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 76(4) 57 76(5)

First Round

[9] A. Ivanovic (SRB) d A. Dulgheru (ROU) 61 63

V. Williams (USA) d [10] A. Radwanska (POL) 61 76(4)

[11] B. Bencic (SUI) d [LL] A. Tomljanovic (CRO) 75 75

[14] M. Keys (USA) d M. Rybarikova (SVK) 62 46 76(4)

[15] R. Vinci (ITA) d [Q] D. Kovinic (MNE) 57 61 63

C. Garcia (FRA) d [16] S. Errani (ITA) 67(4) 64 62

I. Begu (ROU) d Z. Diyas (KAZ) 76(5) 76(5)

S. Stephens (USA) d A. Riske (USA) 76(4) 63

M. Brengle (USA) d D. Cibulkova (SVK) 63 64

K. Mladenovic (FRA) d [Q] P. Tig (ROU) 61 64

A. Schmiedlova (SVK) d [Q] M. Duque-Mariño (COL) 64 64

J. Jankovic (SRB) d [Q] H. Watson (GBR) 63 26 63

C. Giorgi (ITA) d T. Pironkova (BUL) 26 62 75

Doubles – First Round

[6] A. Hlavackova (CZE) / L. Hradecka (CZE) d C. Liang (CHN) / Y. Wang (CHN) 62 64

[7] G. Muguruza (ESP) / C. Suárez Navarro (ESP) d J. Husarova (SVK) / I. Olaru (ROU) 36 64 10-6

A. Medina Garrigues (ESP) / A. Parra Santonja (ESP) d [8] C. Chuang (TPE) / S. Hsieh (TPE) 57 63 11-9

G. Dabrowski (CAN) / A. Rosolska (POL) d A. Groenefeld (GER) / C. Vandeweghe (USA) 63 26 10-8

ORDER OF PLAY – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am

[6] A. Kerber (GER) vs J. Jankovic (SRB)

Not Before 1:00 pm

A. Schmiedlova (SVK) vs [4] C. Wozniacki (DEN)

[10] V. Williams (USA) vs [Q] J. Goerges (GER)

Not Before 6:30 pm

[3] P. Kvitova (CZE) vs D. Gavrilova (RUS)

[1] S. Halep (ROU) vs A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

COURT 1 start 11:00 am

M. Brengle (USA) vs [9] A. Ivanovic (SRB)

M. Niculescu (ROU) vs [7] C. Suárez Navarro (ESP)

V. Azarenka (BLR) vs [Q] J. Konta (GBR)

[5] G. Muguruza (ESP) vs S. Stephens (USA)

COURT 3 start 11:00 am

[12] E. Svitolina (UKR) vs V. Lepchenko (USA)

[16] S. Errani (ITA) or C. Garcia (FRA) vs C. Vandeweghe (USA)

Z. Diyas (KAZ) or I. Begu (ROU) vs [15] R. Vinci (ITA)

after suitable rest – I. Begu (ROU) / M. Niculescu (ROU) vs Y. Xu (CHN) / S. Zheng (CHN)

COURT 4 start 11:00 am

K. Jans-Ignacik (POL) / A. Rodionova (AUS) vs C. Chan (TPE) / A. Rodionova (AUS)

X. Han (CHN) / N. Melichar (USA) vs L. Arruabarrena (ESP) / A. Klepac (SLO)

G. Dabrowski (CAN) / A. Rosolska (POL) vs [2] T. Babos (HUN) / K. Mladenovic (FRA)

after suitable rest – D. Hantuchova (SVK) / R. Vinci (ITA) vs J. Goerges (GER) / K. Pliskova (CZE)

COURT 5 start 11:00 am

[14] M. Keys (USA) or M. Rybarikova (SVK) vs K. Mladenovic (FRA)

T. Pironkova (BUL) or C. Giorgi (ITA) vs [LL] A. Tomljanovic (CRO) or [11] B. Bencic (SUI)

TBA 3rd or 4th match – S. Kuznetsova (RUS) / S. Stosur (AUS) vs C. Dellacqua (AUS) / A. Tomljanovic (CRO)

TBA 3rd or 4th match – L. Kichenok (UKR) / N. Kichenok (UKR) vs B. Bencic (SUI) / B. Strycova (CZE)

About the 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open:

Optics Valley International Tennis Centre, Wuhan, China

WTA Premier 5 event

Qualifying Sept. 25 & 26 – Main Draw Sept 27 – Oct 3, 2015

Prize Money: US$ 2,513,000

56 Singles Main Draw, 32 Qualifying Draw, 28 Doubles Draw

Topics: Agnieszka Radwanska, Ana Ivanovic, Barbora Strycova, Caro Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Sports, Tennis News, Venus Williams, Wta, Wuhan Open

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