Women’s Tennis Update (5/15) – Rome
Women's Tennis Update (5/15) - Rome
Rome
Serb Bojana Jovanovski won her first match since January as she upset former No.1 Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). It was the Dane’s fourth consecutive loss on clay and leaves her without a spring victory on the surface heading into the May 26 start of the French Open.
With golfer boyfriend Rory McIlroy in the stands, Wozniacki struck six double-faults and lost serve seven times in a three-hour epic.
In the first round, there was a loss for Russian 11th seed Nadai Petrova, who lost to Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
Russian 12th seed Maria Kirilenko beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-3, while Italy’s No. 13 Roberta Vinci needed almost three hours to go past Elena Vesnina 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-4. Dominika Cibulkova, the No. 14, beat Kristina Mladenovic 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Ursula Radwanska upset 15th seed Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
American Sloane Stephens, seeded 16th, steadied after her post-Australian open slump, beating Italy’s Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-3
Top seed and Madrid champion Serena Williams reached the third round as she hammered Laura Robson 6-2, 6-2 while 2011 Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova beat Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 and Simona Halep upset fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 6-2.
RANKINGS
Estimated WTA Rankings As of May 12, 2013
Rank &
Prior
Rank….Name…………..Points
1 (1) SWILLIAMS 10945*
2 (2) SHARAPOVA 9795*
3 (3) AZARENKA 8390*
4 (4) ARADWANSKA 6475
5 (6) ERRANI 5640*
6 (5) LI 5335*
7 (7) KERBER 5310*
8 (8) KVITOVA 5175*
9 (9) WOZNIACKI 3625
10 (10) STOSUR 3540*
11 (11) PETROVA 3065
12 (12) KIRILENKO 2981*
13 (14) Bartoli 2845
14 (13) IVANOVIC 2800
15 (15) VINCI 2730*
16 (16) CIBULKOVA 2535*
17 (17) STEPHENS 2485*
18 (18) JANKOVIC 2345*
19 (19) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2010
20 (21) FLIPKENS 1872
21 (22) SUAREZ NAVARRO 1820*
22 (20) MAKAROVA 1815
23 (23) Zakopalova 1745
24 (25) GOERGES 1605*
25 (26) CIRSTEA 1595
26 (28) Shvedova 1572
27 (29) Paszek 1568
28 (31) LEPCHENKO 1567*
29 (24) VWILLIAMS 1550
30 (30) CORNET 1530
DRAWS
Rome — Week of May 13
1 S Williams
–bye
V Williams
Robson
Makarova
Oudin (Q)
Mladenovic
14 Cibulkova
11 Petrova
Suarez Navarro
Pavlyuchenkova
Oprandi
Flipkens
Wickmayer
–bye
6 Kerber
4 A Radwanska
–bye
Kuznetsova
Halep (Q)
Burnett (WC)
Cornet
Vesnina
13 Vinci
10 Wozniacki
Jovanovski
Jankovic
Pironkova
Zheng
Rybarikova
–bye
5 Li
8 Kvitova
–bye
Lisicki
Burdette (Q)
Niculescu
Peng
Hsieh
9 Stosur
15 Ivanovic
U. Radwanska
Cirstea
Morita
Goerges
Hlavackova (Q)
–bye
3 Azarenka
7 Errani
–bye
Knapp (WC)
McHale
Tsurenko (Q)
Lepchenko
Medina Garrigues (Q)
12 Kirilenko
16 Stephens
Pennetta (WC)
Schiavone
Bertens
Muguruza (Q)
Johansson (Q)
–bye
2 Sharapova
TUESDAY
Rome
Singles – Second Round
(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. Laura Robson (GBR) 62 62
(Q) Simona Halep (ROU) d. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 67(2) 61 62
(8) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 64 06 75
Singles – First Round
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. (10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 26 64 76(5)
Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (11) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 36 62 76(1) (saved 2mp)
(12) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (Q) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 63 63
(13) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 67(2) 75 64
(14) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 16 62 62
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (15) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 63 26 62
(16) Sloane Stephens (USA) d. (WC) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 63 63
Julia Goerges (GER) d. (Q) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 26 64 64
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d. (Q) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 64 62
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 64 60
Romina Oprandi (SUI) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 62 60
Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 76(0) 63
Christina McHale (USA) d. (WC) Karin Knapp (ITA) 75 62
Doubles – First Round
(6) Mattek-Sands/Mirza (USA/IND) d. Aoyama/Dekmeijere (JPN/LAT) 61 63
(7) Groenefeld/Peschke (GER/CZE) d. Kalashnikova/Rosolska (GEO/POL) 61 61
Mladenovic/Voskoboeva (FRA/KAZ) d. Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) 61 62
Schiavone/Stosur (ITA/AUS) d. Hantuchova/Medina Garrigues (SVK/ESP) 63 61
Hsieh/Peng (TPE/CHN) d. (WC) Camerin/Knapp (ITA/ITA) 75 64
(WC) Jankovic/Lucic-Baroni (SRB/CRO) d. Goerges/Minella (GER/LUX) 64 61
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