Oeiras
Top seed Marion Bartoli lost her opening clay match of the season, taken out by 2010 semi-finalist Peng Shuai 6-0, 1-6, 6-4. The 34th-ranked Chinese had barely a week of training on the surface in Germany, her destination after returning to Tianjin for treatment of a Miami shoulder injury.
Bartoli has lost her last four WTA matches. “It was a very difficult draw, but I think it is better for me to have those kind of matches early in the clay court season and try to improve for the big events coming up,” said the 2007 Wimbledon finalist.
“The first match on clay is always tough for me. I had a lot of trouble finding my game and my feet on the court.”
Peng was happy to go through on another day of demanding conditions including wind and unseasonable cold. She won ins an hour and three-quarters thanks in part to eight Bartoli double-faults and next plays Swiss Romina Oprandi, who defeated Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens 6-3, 6-3.
There was another upset as Ursula Radwanska fought form a set down to beat Dominika Cibulkova 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Third seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova established order with he defeat of Israeli qualifier Shahar Peer 6-4, 6-4.
No. 8 German Julia Goerges fell 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 to Monica Puig. Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan beat Swede Sofia Arvidsson 6-3, 6-4 while Austrian Tamira Paszek lost her seventh straight match of the season, 6-1, 6-3, against Romanian Monica Niculescu. 2010 French Open winner Francesca Schiavone, ranked 37th, won her opening match over Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
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******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:
Oeiras (International/Clay). Defending Champion: Kaia Kanepi (at Estoril)
NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:
Madrid (Premier Mandatory/Clay). Defending Champion: Serena Williams
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**RANKINGS
Estimated WTA Rankings As of April 29, 2013
Rank &
Prior
1 (1) SWilliams 11115
2 (2) Sharapova 10240
3 (3) Azarenka 9130
4 (4) ARadwanska 6845
5 (5) Li 6000
6 (6) Kerber 5420
7 (7) Errani 5270
8 (8) Kvitova 5225
9 (9) Stosur 3790
10 (10) Wozniacki 3760
11 (11) Petrova 3075
12 (13) Kirilenko 2911
13 (12) Vinci 2865
14 (14) BARTOLI 2710
15 (15) CIBULKOVA 2615
16 (16) Ivanovic 2585
17 (17) Stephens 2511
18 (18) Jankovic 2335
19 (19) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1875*
20 (20) Zakopalova 1860
21 (21) VWilliams 1850
22 (22) Flipkens 1816
23 (24) Makarova 1770
24 (25) Safarova 1730
25 (26) CIRSTEA 1660*
26 (27) LEPCHENKO 1657
27 (23) SUAREZ NAVARRO 1635*
28 (29) GOERGES 1585
29 (30) Barthel 1575
30 (31) PASZEK 1573
**DRAWS
Oeiras — Week of April 29
1 Bartoli
Peng
Bertens
Oprandi
Arvidsson
Qualifier
Kuznetsova (WC)
6 Lepchenko
3 Pavlyuchenkova
Qualifier
Qualifier
Qualifier
Niculescu
Paszek
Koelher (WC)
7 Vesnina
8 Goerges (WC)
Qualifier
Schiavone
Dominguez Lino
Wickmayer
Tatishvili
Erakovic
4 Suarez Navarro
5 Cirstea
Medina Garrigues
Kanepi
Mladenovic
Robson
Morita
U Radwanska
2 Cibulkova (WC)
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MONDAY
Oeiras
Singles – First Round
Peng Shuai (CHN) d. (1) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 60 16 64
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (2/WC) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 26 64 64
(3) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (Q) Shahar Peer (ISR) 64 64
(LL) Monica Puig (PUR) d. (8/WC) Julia Goerges (GER) 76(3) 62
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 62 46 63
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 64 63
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 61 63
Romina Oprandi (SUI) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) 63 63
(Q) Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 63 64
(Q) Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) d. (Q) Aravane Rezai (FRA) 57 61 63
Doubles – First Round
(1) Kops-Jones/Spears (USA/USA) d. Black/Castano (ZIM/COL) 75 63
(4) Jurak/Marosi (CRO/HUN) d. King/Niculescu (USA/ROU) 26 75 1311 (Match TB)
Foretz Gacon/Hrdinova (FRA/CZE) d. Erakovic/Robson (NZL/GBR) 63 63
Paszek/Tatishvili (AUT/GEO) d. Moulton-Levy/Rosolska (USA/POL) 57 64 106 (Match TB)
Bratchikova/Lepchenko (RUS/USA) d. (WC) Araujo/Vale Costa (POR/POR) 62 62
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