Women Tennis Update – Oeiras

Written by: Staff on 2nd May 2013

Women Tennis Update - Oeiras

epa03684952 Russian tennis player Elena Vesnina returns the ball to her compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova during their quarter final match of the Portugal Open tennis tournament at Jamor complex in Oeiras, Portugal, 02 May 2013. EPA/JOSE SENA GOULAO |

Oeiras

Singles – Quarterfinal: (3) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. (7) Elena Vesnina 6-3 6-7(3-7) 7-6(7-3)
This was every bit as tough as it looked — and extremely disappointing for Elena Vesnina, who led 2-0 to start the third set. She was defending finalist points, so she is out of the Top Thirty; her Roland Garros seed is in grave danger. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will be #19 no matter what happens after this — and, of course, she will be very tired.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (4) Carla Suarez Navarro def. Monica Puig 6-2 6-4
Carla Suarez Navarro still has points to defend, but with this, her Top 25 spot is secure.

Singles – Quarterfinal: Romina Oprandi def. Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6-2
Svetlana Kuznetsova has shown in her comeback that she can still beat almost anyone — but she really does seem to have developed a problem with stamina. Or, at least, with late rounds. She remains stuck around #40; Romina Oprandi has now clinched a Top Fifty spot.

Singles – Quarterfinal: Kaia Kanepi def. Ayumi Morita 6-4 6-3
Somehow, Kaia Kanepi keeps winning here. One more victory and she will stay Top Fifty. And she faces an exhausted Pavlyuchenkova next.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (2) H Chan/Mladenovic def. Bratchikova/Lepchenko 6-2 6-1

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Kudryavtseva/Rodionova def. Klemenschits/Piter 6-0 7-5

Doubles – Semifinal: (4) Jurak/Marosi def. (1) Kops-Jones/Spears 3-6 6-1 10-8
The clay was probably the biggest factor in this, but Kops-Jones/Spears are having trouble keeping up their form of last year.

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Estimated WTA Rankings As of May 2, 2013

Rank & Prior Rank....Name..............Points 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 .....1935* 20.(20) Zakopalova .........1860 21.(21) VWilliams ......... 1850 22.(22) Flipkens ...........1816 23.(24) Makarova ...........1770 24.(23) SUAREZ NAVARRO .....1735* 25.(25) Safarova ...........1730 26.(26) CIRSTEA ........... 1660 27.(27) LEPCHENKO ......... 1657 28.(29) GOERGES ........... 1585 29.(30) Barthel ........... 1575 30.(31) PASZEK .............1573