WTA TENNIS NEWS – WUHAN OPEN UPDATE AS THE PLAYERS ARE READY TO PLAY IN CHINA – ORDER OF PLAY

Written by: Staff on 23rd September 2016

WTA TENNIS NEWS - WUHAN OPEN UPDATE AS THE PLAYERS ARE READY TO PLAY IN CHINA - ORDER OF PLAY |

One month to go before we’re back in this truly spectacular setting in #Wuhan for the @WTA Premier 5 event – Photo by @wuhanopentennis via Twitter.

Kerber and company ready to wow in Wuhan

Newly-crowned US Open champion Angelique Kerber will be in good company at this week’s Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open as she begins her first tournament since winning her second grand slam title and rising to No.1 in the world rankings.

The 28-year-old German will be top seed in Wuhan and is expected to face tough competition for the WTA Premier 5 title at what promises to be one of the most hotly-contested WTA Tour events of the season. Two time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, who won Wuhan in 2014, its inaugural year, is in the same half of the draw is Kerber, along with fourth seed Simona Halep, Carla Suarez Navarro and rising US star Madison Keys.

Former Wimbledon runner-up Garbine Muguruza anchors the bottom half of the draw as second seed, with Agnieszka Radwanska, US Open finalist Karolina Pliskova and defending Wuhan Open champion Venus Williams all drawn in the same strong section.

Wuhan boasts a total prizemoney purse of US$2,589,000 and there are 900 ranking points on offer for the singles champion, so it could be a crucial week for those in contention for qualification for the eight-player field at the year-end BNP Paribas WTA Finals in Singapore.

Keys and Great Britain’s Johanna Konta stand at ninth and tenth respectively in the Race to Singapore, with Suarez Navarro and Wimbledon quarter-finalist Dominika Cibulkova currently standing ahead of them.

2016 DONGFENG MOTOR WUHAN OPEN – WUHAN, CHN 

$2,589,000 25 September-01 October 2016

Women’s Singles  – Main draw

First Round

[1] A. Kerber (GER) – Bye

C. Vandeweghe (USA) vs. K. Mladenovic (FRA)

Qualifier vs. E. Svitolina (UKR)

J. Ostapenko (LAT) vs. [14] P. Kvitova (CZE)

[11] J. Konta (GBR) vs. A. Beck (GER)

[WC] S. Peng (CHN) vs. S. Zhang (CHN)

Y. Wickmayer (BEL) vs. S. Rogers (USA)

[7] C. Suárez Navarro (ESP) – Bye

[4] S. Halep (ROU) – Bye

I. Begu (ROU) vs. Qualifier

[WC] S. Zheng (CHN) vs. Y. Shvedova (KAZ)

M. Puig (PUR) vs. [13] R. Vinci (ITA)

[12] T. Bacsinszky (SUI) vs. Qualifier

Qualifier vs. Qualifier

M. Lucic-Baroni (CRO) vs. C. Garcia (FRA)

[8] M. Keys (USA) – Bye

[6] V. Williams (USA) – Bye

Y. Putintseva (KAZ) vs. A. Sevastova (LAT)

Qualifier vs. M. Brengle (USA)

B. Bencic (SUI) vs. [9] S. Kuznetsova (RUS)

[16] S. Stosur (AUS) vs. C. Wozniacki (DEN)

Qualifier vs. T. Babos (HUN)

[WC] S. Lisicki (GER) vs. E. Makarova (RUS)

[3] A. Radwanska (POL) – Bye

[5] K. Pliskova (CZE) – Bye

V. Lepchenko (USA) vs. L. Safarova (CZE)

D. Kovinic (MNE) vs. L. Siegemund (GER)

Qualifier vs. [10] D. Cibulkova (SVK)

[15] A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs. M. Doi (JPN)

S. Errani (ITA) vs. B. Strycova (CZE)

J. Jankovic (SRB) vs. D. Gavrilova (AUS)

[2] G. Muguruza (ESP) – Bye

ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

COURT 2 start 11:00 am

Qualifying – [3] K. Siniakova (CZE) vs [16] Y. Duan (CHN)

Qualifying – [1] D. Kasatkina (RUS) vs [12] P. Parmentier (FRA)

Qualifying – [6] A. Cornet (FRA) vs [10] K. Bondarenko (UKR)

Not Before 3:30 pm

after suitable rest – Qualifying – [4] A. Konjuh (CRO) or G. Min (USA) vs B. Mattek-Sands (USA)

COURT 3 start 11:00 am

Qualifying – [2] C. Mchale (USA) vs [15] L. Chirico (USA)

Not Before 12:00 noon

Qualifying – [4] A. Konjuh (CRO) vs G. Min (USA)

Qualifying – [7] A. Riske (USA) or [Alt] A. Rodionova (AUS) vs E. Kulichkova (RUS)

Not Before 3:30 pm

after suitable rest – Qualifying – [8] J. Goerges (GER) or [Alt] A. Krunic (SRB) vs [11] Q. Wang (CHN)

COURT 4 start 12:00 noon

Qualifying – [WC] C. Liu (CHN) vs [14] H. Watson (GBR)

Not Before 3:30 pm

after suitable rest – Qualifying – [Alt] A. Klepac (SLO) or S. Crawford (USA) vs [WC] C. Liu (CHN) or [14] H. Watson (GBR)

COURT 5 start 12:00 noon

Qualifying – [8] J. Goerges (GER) vs [Alt] A. Krunic (SRB)

RESULTS – SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Women’s

Qualifying Singles – First Round

Qualifying – [1] D. Kasatkina (RUS) d [Alt] L. Hradecka (CZE) 64 46 75

Qualifying – [2] C. Mchale (USA) d L. Zhu (CHN) 60 62

Qualifying – [3] K. Siniakova (CZE) d X. Han (CHN) 64 60

Qualifying – [6] A. Cornet (FRA) d J. Brady (USA) 75 76(4)

Qualifying – [7] A. Riske (USA) d [Alt] A. Rodionova (AUS) 60 16 64

Qualifying – [10] K. Bondarenko (UKR) d T. Maria (GER) 57 63 63

Qualifying – [11] Q. Wang (CHN) d [WC] Y. Wang (CHN) 63 75

Qualifying – [12] P. Parmentier (FRA) d T. Paszek (AUT) 61 31 Retired

Qualifying – E. Kulichkova (RUS) d [13] N. Gibbs (USA) 57 76(6) 62

Qualifying – [15] L. Chirico (USA) d M. Erakovic (NZL) 46 76(6) 63

Qualifying – [16] Y. Duan (CHN) d [Alt] C. Ferrando (ITA) 62 61

Qualifying – B. Mattek-Sands (USA) d [17] K. Zhang (CHN) 61 63

Qualifying – S. Crawford (USA) d [Alt] A. Klepac (SLO) 62 61

The Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open takes place between 23 September and 01 October 2016. For more information and to buy tickets visit: www.wuhanopen.org

The official websites for ticket sales www.wuhanopen.org and www.4008702014.com or call +86 400 870 2014

About the 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open:

Optics Valley International Tennis Centre, Wuhan, China

WTA Premier 5 event

September 23 – 01 October 2016

Prize Money: US$ 2,589,000

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

Volunteers pose on the steps of the Optics Valley Tennis Centre during the @ITF_Tennis women’s circuit event #tennis – Photo by @wuhanopentennis via Twitter.

Topics: Agniezska Radwanska, Angelique Kerber, Carla Suarez Navarro, Karolina Pliskova, Ladies tennis, Madison Keys, Simona Halep, Sports, Tennis News, Venus Williams, Wta, Wuhan Open

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