Daily Women Update – Results (Barcelona and Copenhagen ) and Rankings

Written by: Staff on 10th April 2012

Daily Women Update - Results (Barcelona and Copenhagen ) and Rankings

Petra Cetkovska of Czech Republic hits a return in her women's second round match against Mona Barthel of Germany at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 18 January 2012. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG |

Barcelona

It wasn’t exactly a big name list of qualifiers. The cutoff for direct entry here was below #100, and even so, the top two qualifying seeds couldn’t make the final. In fact, only one qualifying seed — #3 Aravane Rezai — made the main draw. The other qualifiers are Laura Thorpe, Yuliya Beygelzimer, and Annalisa Bona (about whom we know absolutely nothing).

Singles – First Round: (4) Roberta Vinci def. Mathilde Johansson 1-6 6-1 6-1

Even if Roberta Vinci can play better than she did in the first set of this match, she’ll have a hard time moving in the rankings here; she has a rather large sixteenth even score and the gap between #17 and Vinci’s #18 is substantial.

Singles – First Round: (6) Petra Cetkovska def. Shahar Peer 6-1 5-7 7-5

Petra Cetkovska was defending fairly big Challenger points. But she looks certain to stay Top Thirty.

Singles – First Round: (7) Sara Errani def. Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6(7-5) 6-4

Irina-Camelia Begu just fell out of the Top Fifty, and this means she won’t be making it back in. For Sara Errani, the points don’t count yet.

Singles – First Round: Simona Halep def. Sloane Stephens 6-4 6-4

Simona Halep matches her sixteenth event score. If she can win any more matches, she could climb significantly.

Singles – First Round: (WC) Garbine Muguruza Blanco def. (WC) Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-3 6-3

A nice follow-up to Garbine Muguruza Blanco’s Miami result. We’d guess this will take her above #140.

Doubles – First Round: Pennetta/Schiavone def. Cirstea/Zakopalova 7-5 4-6 10-6 (Match TB)

Doubles – First Round: Begu/Dominguez Lino def. Bogdan/Cadantu 5-7 6-3 10-6 (Match TB)

Doubles – First Round: (WC) Soler-Espinosa/Suarez Navarro def. (WC) Cabeza Candela/Ferrer Suarez 3-6 6-1 10-2 (Match TB)

Copenhagen

Barcelona featured mostly small names in qualifying. Copenhagen, by contrast, had an amazingly big one. Anna Chakvetadze was in the draw — unseeded. At least she was able to take advantage, upsetting top qualifying seed Lesia Tsurenko 5-7 6-4 6-2. #2 qualifying seed Melinda Czink managed to qualify, but the other two qualifiers, Annika Beck and Johanna Konta, were unseeded.

Singles – First Round: Alberta Brianti def. Kristina Barrois 6-2 3-6 6-4

Kristina Barrois remains stuck below #100.

Singles – First Round: Timea Babos def. Kimiko Date-Krumm 1-6 7-6(7-4) 7-5

This won’t put Timea Babos in the Top Fifty, but it looks as if it could happen soon.

Singles – First Round: (WC) Yulia Putintseva def. (WC) Karen Barbat 6-4 7-5

Both players in this match are wildcards, but Yulia Putintseva — although incredibly inconsistent — has had some pretty good Challenger results. This is no surprise.

Doubles – First Round: Cornet/Parmentier def. (1) Groenefeld/Martic 6-4 6-3

Doubles – First Round: (2) Rodionova/Rodionova def. Marosi/Woerle 6-2 2-6 11-9 (Match TB)

Doubles – First Round: Arvidsson/Kanepi def. Abramovic/Jeflea 6-4 6-2

Doubles – First Round: Dekmeijere/Kondratieva def. Keothavong/Savinykh 0-6 6-4 11-9 (Match TB)

Doubles – First Round: Larsson/Woehr def. (WC) Ejdesgaard/Wozniacki 6-2 6-4

It seems pretty safe to say that Denmark won’t be winning any Olympic medals in doubles….

OFFICIAL WTA SINGLES RANKINGS As of April 8, 2012

Rank &
Prior___NAME_________________COUNTRY___PTS___TRNS
1.(1) .AZARENKA, VICTORIA……BLR…8980….20
2.(2) .SHARAPOVA, MARIA……..RUS…7930….16
3.(3) .KVITOVA, PETRA……….CZE…7095….18
4.(4) .RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA….POL…6710….22
5.(5) .STOSUR, SAMANTHA……..AUS…5825….22
6.(6) .WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE…..DEN…5450….21
7.(7) .BARTOLI, MARION………FRA…5020….28
8.(8) .LI, NA………………CHN…4880….18
9.(10) WILLIAMS, SERENA……..USA…4300….15
10.(9) .ZVONAREVA, VERA………RUS…3895….22
11.(11) PETKOVIC, ANDREA……..GER…3410….17
12.(12) SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA….ITA…3380….22
13.(13) LISICKI, SABINE………GER…3251….21
14.(14) IVANOVIC, ANA………..SRB…2785….22
15.(16) KERBER, ANGELIQUE…….GER…2775….20
16.(15) GOERGES, JULIA……….GER…2735….25
17.(18) CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA…..SVK…2545….22
18.(19) VINCI, ROBERTA……….ITA…2470….26
19.(20) HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA…..SVK…2450….26
20.(17) JANKOVIC, JELENA……..SRB…2430….23
21.(21) KIRILENKO, MARIA……..RUS…2410….23
22.(22) PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIRUS…2305….23
23.(26) SAFAROVA, LUCIE………CZE…2255….24
24.(24) PENNETTA, FLAVIA……..ITA…2155….23
25.(23) PENG, SHUAI………….CHN…2050….22
26.(27) MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABELESP…1940….25
27.(25) KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA….RUS…1902….18
28.(28) CETKOVSKA, PETRA……..CZE…1860….21
29.(29) NICULESCU, MONICA…….ROU…1840….22
30.(30) WICKMAYER, YANINA…….BEL…1745….19
31.(32) ZHENG, JIE…………..CHN…1720….25
32.(35) PETROVA, NADIA……….RUS…1706….19
33.(31) ERRANI, SARA…………ITA…1690….24
34.(34) KANEPI, KAIA…………EST…1651….17
35.(33) MCHALE, CHRISTINA…….USA…1621….22
36.(38) HERCOG, POLONA……….SLO…1605….28
37.(36) BARTHEL, MONA………..GER…1590….24
38.(37) PERVAK, KSENIA……….KAZ…1440….24
39.(39) MAKAROVA, EKATERINA…..RUS…1387….21
40.(41) CLIJSTERS, KIM……….BEL…1311….13
41.(42) PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA…..BUL…1282….21
42.(40) SCHEEPERS, CHANELLE…..RSA…1281….25
43.(45) ERAKOVIC, MARINA……..NZL…1275….22
44.(44) BENESOVA, IVETA………CZE…1265….25
45.(50) VOSKOBOEVA, GALINA……KAZ…1265….20
46.(46) HALEP, SIMONA………..ROU…1260….26
47.(48) CIRSTEA, SORANA………ROU…1251….26
48.(47) ZAKOPALOVA, KLARA…….CZE…1250….26
49.(49) MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, MARIA ESP…1229….19
50.(52) GAJDOSOVA, JARMILA……AUS…1196….24

OFFICIAL WTA DOUBLES RANKINGS As of April 8, 2012

Rank &
Prior___NAME_________________COUNTRY___PTS___TRNS
1.(1) .HUBER, LIEZEL………..USA..10040….24
2.(2) .RAYMOND, LISA………..USA..10040….23
3.(3) .PESCHKE, KVETA……….CZE…7950….19
4.(4) .SREBOTNIK, KATARINA…..SLO…7950….18
5.(5) .KING, VANIA………….USA…7225….16
6.(6) .SHVEDOVA, YAROSLAVA…..KAZ…7095….18
7.(8) .KIRILENKO, MARIA……..RUS…5815….16
8.(10) HLAVACKOVA, ANDREA……CZE…5625….19
9.(7) .MIRZA, SANIA…………IND…5560….18
10.(11) HRADECKA, LUCIE………CZE…5455….22
11.(9) .VESNINA, ELENA……….RUS…5400….18
12.(12) ERRANI, SARA…………ITA…4795….20
13.(13) VINCI, ROBERTA……….ITA…4795….20
14.(14) DULKO, GISELA………..ARG…4640….18
15.(15) PENNETTA, FLAVIA……..ITA…4415….20
16.(16) PETROVA, NADIA……….RUS…4240….14
17.(17) ZHENG, JIE…………..CHN…3370….17
18.(18) AZARENKA, VICTORIA……BLR…3153…..7
19.(20) RODIONOVA, ANASTASIA….AUS…3075….27
20.(19) LLAGOSTERA VIVES, NURIA.ESP…2980….19