WTA LADIES TENNIS RESULTS AND ORDER OF PLAY FROM THE WUHAN OPEN – KERBER SETS UP KVITOVA CLASH

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WTA LADIES TENNIS RESULTS AND ORDER OF PLAY FROM THE WUHAN OPEN - KERBER SETS UP KVITOVA CLASH

epa05534280 Angelique Kerber of Germany hits a return to Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during the women's final on the thirteenth day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 10 September 2016. The US Open runs through September 11. EPA/JUSTIN LANE  |

Angelique Kerber got her reign as World No.1 off to the perfect start at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open on Tuesday, battling past Kristina Mladenovic in three sets to set up a mouthwatering third round clash with two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova.

 

“It’s always a tough battle against Petra. But I’m looking forward. I mean, here we have a new tournament, a new day tomorrow. So, yeah, I have to play better than today, for sure,” said Kerber.

 

Kerber versus Kvitova forms the first part of a stellar night session on Wednesday in Wuhan, with in-form Caroline Wozniacki also aiming to keep her winning streak alive against old friend and old foe Agnieszka Radwanska.

 

This will be the second time in a week that Wozniacki and Radwanska have played each other after Wozniacki beat Radwanska in semi-finals of the Pan Pacific Tokyo Open en route to winning the title there.

 

“We’ve known each other for 15 years or something, so I’m pretty sure we know each other’s game by now. If we don’t, then we have a problem,” said Wozniacki, with a smile. “I think we know what to expect. It’s just who can execute best.”

 

Defending Wuhan Open champion Venus Williams faces a tricky third round encounter with two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Great Britain’s Johanna Konta is up against Carla Suarez Navarro. Madison Keys, Karolina Pliskova, Simona Halep and Jelena Jankovic are all also in third round action.

Venus Williams of the US hits a return to Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic on the eighth day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 05 September 2016. The US Open runs through September 11. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO

 

Konta ended the hopes of home favourite Shuai Zhang in Tuesday’s evening session, while Jankovic knocked out last year’s Wuhan Open runner-up Garbine Muguruza.

 

2016 DONGFENG MOTOR WUHAN OPEN – WUHAN, CHN


$2,589,000

25 SEPTEMBER-01 OCTOBER 2016

 

RESULTS – SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Women’s
 Singles – Second Round

[1] A. Kerber (GER) d K. Mladenovic (FRA) 67(4) 61 64

J. Jankovic (SRB) d [2] G. Muguruza (ESP) 64 76(2)

[3] A. Radwanska (POL) d E. Makarova (RUS) 64 61

[6] V. Williams (USA) d Y. Putintseva (KAZ) 63 62

[8] M. Keys (USA) d C. Garcia (FRA) 63 64

[9] S. Kuznetsova (RUS) d M. Brengle (USA) 60 64

[10] D. Cibulkova (SVK) d L. Siegemund (GER) 26 63 64

[11] J. Konta (GBR) d S. Zhang (CHN) 63 63

Y. Shvedova (KAZ) d [13] R. Vinci (ITA) 75 62

[14] P. Kvitova (CZE) d E. Svitolina (UKR) 63 61

[Q] D. Kasatkina (RUS) d [Q] L. Chirico (USA) 61 61

C. Wozniacki (DEN) d [Q] K. Siniakova (CZE) 64 64

B. Strycova (CZE) d M. Doi (JPN) 57 60 62

 

Women’s Doubles – Second Round

[3] S. Mirza (IND) / B. Strycova (CZE) d G. Dabrowski (CAN) / M. Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 36 63 10-5

R. Atawo (USA) / A. Spears (USA) d [8] J. Goerges (GER) / K. Pliskova (CZE) 63 26 10-8

 

First Round

[5] B. Mattek-Sands (USA) / L. Safarova (CZE) d [WC] S. Halep (ROU) / J. Ostapenko (LAT) 31 Retired

[7] A. Hlavackova (CZE) / L. Hradecka (CZE) d O. Savchuk (UKR) / Y. Wang (CHN) 46 62 10-4

K. Bondarenko (UKR) / C. Chuang (TPE) d C. Liang (CHN) / Z. Yang (CHN) 64 75

[WC] T. Bacsinszky (SUI) / S. Kuznetsova (RUS) d L. Arruabarrena (ESP) / O. Kalashnikova (GEO) 63 62

 

ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

CENTRE COURT start 12:00 noon

[4] S. Halep (ROU) vs Y. Shvedova (KAZ)

 

Not Before 2:00 pm

[6] V. Williams (USA) vs [9] S. Kuznetsova (RUS)

[11] J. Konta (GBR) vs [7] C. Suárez Navarro (ESP)

 

Not Before 7:00 pm

[1] A. Kerber (GER) vs [14] P. Kvitova (CZE)

C. Wozniacki (DEN) vs [3] A. Radwanska (POL)

COURT 1 start 12:00 noon

[Q] D. Kasatkina (RUS) vs [8] M. Keys (USA)

 

Not Before 1:30 pm

[5] K. Pliskova (CZE) vs [10] D. Cibulkova (SVK)

B. Strycova (CZE) vs J. Jankovic (SRB)

 

Not Before 5:30 pm

[1] C. Garcia (FRA) / K. Mladenovic (FRA) vs C. Mchale (USA) / S. Peng (CHN)

COURT 2 start 1:00 pm

A. Klepac (SLO) / K. Srebotnik (SLO) vs [2] H. Chan (TPE) / Y. Chan (TPE)

[WC] X. Han (CHN) / L. Zhu (CHN) vs [5] B. Mattek-Sands (USA) / L. Safarova (CZE)

 

Not Before 4:00 pm

after suitable rest – [6] T. Babos (HUN) / Y. Shvedova (KAZ) vs [WC] T. Bacsinszky (SUI) / S. Kuznetsova (RUS)

COURT 4 start 1:00 pm

K. Bondarenko (UKR) / C. Chuang (TPE) vs [7] A. Hlavackova (CZE) / L. Hradecka (CZE)

[4] M. Hingis (SUI) / C. Vandeweghe (USA) vs A. Krunic (SRB) / K. Siniakova (CZE)

 

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

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