Ladies results from Paris – June 3

Roland Garros

Singles – Fourth Round: (1) Serena Williams def. (15) Roberta Vinci 6-1 6-3

We’ll assume you aren’t surprised by this result, and simply tell you that this means no Top Ten spot for Roberta Vinci; she will be within one spot of #12. Given the next result, #11 is a good bet.

 

Singles – Fourth Round: (4) Agnieszka Radwanska def. (14) Ana Ivanovic 6-2 6-4

Agnieszka Radwanska needed to be efficient here; this started very late, and she certainly didn’t want to have the match suspended. She made it with not much time to spare. Radwanska has clinched the #4 ranking; Ivanovic will likely be #12.

 

Singles – Fourth Round: (5) Sara Errani def. (20) Carla Suarez Navarro 5-7 6-4 6-3

Sara Errani has been busy lately — she’s in the singles, plus she’s been playing backed-up doubles matches — and she was having pains when breathing. It cost her the first set; she needed the trainer and some painkillers early on. Apparently it worked, since she kept getting stronger as the match proceeded. That is enough to move her from #7 to #6 in safe points; one more win would let her keep the #5 ranking. Carla Suarez Navarro will have to settle for #19.

 

Singles – Fourth Round: Svetlana Kuznetsova def. (8) Angelique Kerber 6-4 4-6 6-3

Finally, after almost half a year, Svetlana Kuznetsova starts to go deep in a tournament! It appears this will put her back in the Top Thirty. Angelique Kerber will gain at least one ranking spot, but she loses her Top Five chance.

 

Doubles – First Round: (7) Mattek-Sands/Mirza def. Cornet/Razzano 6-3 6-4

Mark down Bethanie Mattek-Sands as another with a legitimate gripe about the schedule here. She’s in the singles and the doubles, and she doesn’t play her first doubles match until Sunday?

 

Doubles – Second Round: Black/Erakovic def. (9) Groenefeld/Peschke 6-3 6-4

The only thing that makes this even slightly surprising is that it happened on clay, which isn’t a surface Cara Black likes much. But, right now, she seems to be a better player than either Groenefeld or Peschke. This means that neither Groenefeld nor Peschke will be Top Fifteen next week.

 

Doubles – Second Round: Husarova/Lisicki def. (15) H Chan/Jurak 6-0 5-7 6-1

Despite the seedings, we wouldn’t call this an upset; Husarova/Lisicki have a big edge in experience.

 

Doubles – Second Round: Schiavone/Stosur def. Date-Krumm/Parra Santonja 2-6 7-5 6-2

 

Doubles – Third Round: (3) Petrova/Srebotnik def. King/Niculescu 6-3 6-1

Nadia Petrova still looks like a woman who wants the #1 doubles rankings. Of course, it’s still the early rounds, before she has had time to get nervous.

 

Doubles – Third Round: (4) Makarova/Vesnina def. Jankovic/Lucic-Baroni 7-6(7-3) 6-4

Makarova and Vesnina defend their points; they now appear to have clinched their Top Ten spots. We currently show the Top Ten as follows:

1..(1) ERRANI ………….8455*

1..(1) VINCI …………. 8455*

3..(3) PETROVA ……….. 7075*

4..(4) HLAVACKOVA ………6720*

5..(5) HRADECKA ………..6166*

6..(6) SREBOTNIK ……… 5975*

7..(7) MAKAROVA ………..5500*

8..(9) VESNINA ……….. 5152*

9.(11) RAYMOND ……….. 4775*

10.(12) HUBER …………. 4425

 

Mixed Doubles – First Round: Jankovic/Paes def. Voskoboeva/Bracciali 7-5 6-3

What’s that old proverb again? “Old players never die, they just become mixed doubles specialists”? Leander Paes’s doubles ranking is going down fast, but he’s still the #1 man in mixed….

 

Mixed Doubles – Second Round: (3) Srebotnik/Zimonjic def. Lim/Chardy 6-3 7-6(7-5)

 

Mixed Doubles – Second Round: (4) Raymond/Soares def. Hlavackova/Dlouhy 6-2 4-6 14-12

 

Mixed Doubles – Second Round: (5) Mladenovic/Nestor def. Zhang/Knowle 6-3 7-5

Daniel Nestor’s men’s doubles career is in pretty sad shape right now, but like Leander Paes, at least he can still play mixed….

 

Mixed Doubles – Second Round: Grandin/Polasek def. (6) Groenefeld/Tecau 1-6 6-0 10-7

Mixed rankings said that Groenefeld/Tecau should have been unseeded — although, with a scoreline like that, it’s hard to know who “should” have been anything in this match….

 

Mixed Doubles – Second Round: Black/Qureshi def. Hsieh/Nielsen 6-4 6-0

Mixed rankings would have left Black/Qureshi just short of a seed; little wonder they did well.

 

Mixed Doubles – Second Round: Hradecka/Cermak def. Hantuchova/Rojer 7-6(7-5) 6-2

 

Mixed Doubles – Second Round: Petrova/Cabal def. Rodionova/S Gonzalez 6-3 6-2

Not even a weak partner is slowing down Nadia Petrova so far. Makes you wonder what happened to her in singles that she lost so early.

 

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

 

KEYWORDS: No Feature Today

 

******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

 

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

Roland Garros (Slam/Clay). Defending Champion: Maria Sharapova

 

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Birmingham (International/Grass). Defending Champion: Melanie Oudin

Nurnberg (International/Clay). Defending Champion: New Event (Cornet won Bad Gastein in this slot)

 

************ STATS AND FACTS ************

 

**RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of June 2, 2013

 

 

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1..(1) SWILLIAMS ……… 12115*

2..(3) AZARENKA ………..9005*

3..(2) SHARAPOVA ……… 8295*

4..(4) ARADWANSKA ………6465*

5..(6) LI ……………..5155

6..(5) ERRANI ………….4935*

7..(8) KERBER ………….4915

8..(7) KVITOVA ……….. 4555

9.(10) WOZNIACKI ……… 3565

10.(12) KIRILENKO ……… 3216*

11.(15) VINCI …………. 3060

12.(14) IVANOVIC ………..2920

13.(11) PETROVA ……….. 2910

14..(9) STOSUR ………….2905

15.(13) BARTOLI ……….. 2905

16.(18) JANKOVIC ………..2680*

17.(17) STEPHENS ………..2530*

18.(16) CIBULKOVA ……… 2140

19.(20) SUAREZ NAVARRO …..2095

20.(21) FLIPKENS ………..1978

21.(19) PAVLYUCHENKOVA …..1950

22.(22) MAKAROVA ………..1811

23.(27) CORNET ………….1765

24.(30) CIRSTEA ……….. 1750

25.(23) PENG ……………1685

26.(34) LISICKI ……….. 1681

27.(39) KUZNETSOVA ………1662*

28.(25) LEPCHENKO ……… 1566

29.(33) PASZEK ………….1539

30.(29) SAFAROVA ………..1500

31.(35) BARTHEL ……….. 1500

 

**DRAWS

 

Roland Garros — Week of May 26

 

 

…………………3R………………..4R…………….QF

1 S Williams………(1)S.Williams………S.Williams……..Williams

26 Cirstea………..(26)Cirstea

19 Pavlyuchenkova….Cetkovska

15 Vinci………….(15)Vinci………….Vinci

 

10 Wozniacki………Jovanovski

22 Makarova……….Kuznetsova…………Kuznetsova……..Kuznetsova

29 Lepchenko………(29)Lepchenko

8 Kerber………….(8)Kerber………….Kerber

 

4 A Radwanska……..(4)A.Radwanska……..Radwanska………Radwanska

30 V Williams……..Pfizenmaier(Q)

24 Goerges………..Razzano(WC)

14 Ivanovic……….(14)Ivanovic……….Ivanovic

 

11 Petrova………..Puig

20 Suarez Navarro….(20)Suarez Navarro….Suarez Navarro

32 Lisicki………..(32)Lisicki

5 Errani………….(5)Errani………….Errani…………Errani

 

6 Li……………..Mattek-Sands……….Mattek-Sands

27 Shvedova……….Ormaechea(Q)

23 Zakopalova……..Voegele

12 Kirilenko………(12)Kirilenko………Kirilenko

 

13 Bartoli………..(13)Bartoli

21 Flipkens……….Schiavone………….Schiavone

31 Cornet…………(31)Cornet

3 Azarenka………..(3)Azarenka………..Azarenka

 

7 Kvitova…………(7)Kvitova

25 Safarova……….Hampton……………Hampton

18 Jankovic……….(18)Jankovic……….Jankovic

9 Stosur………….(9)Stosur

 

16 Cibulkova………Erakovic

17 Stephens……….(17)Stephens……….Stephens

28 Paszek…………Zheng

2 Sharapova……….(2)Sharapova……….Sharapova

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 S Williams

2 Sharapova

3 Azarenka

4 A Radwanska

5 Errani

6 Li…………….lost 2R (Mattek-Sands)

7 Kvitova………..lost 3R (Hampton)

8 Kerber…………lost 4R (Kuznetsova)

9 Stosur…………lost 3r (Jankovic)

10 Wozniacki……..lost 2R (Jovanovski)

11 Petrova……….lost 1R (Puig)

12 Kirilenko

13 Bartoli……….lost 3R (Schiavone)

14 Ivanovic………lost 4R (A. Radwanska)

15 Vinci…………lost 4R (S. Williams)

16 Cibulkova……..lost 2R (Erakovic)

17 Stephens

18 Jankovic

19 Pavlyuchenkova…lost 2R (Cetkovska)

20 Suarez Navarro…lost 4R (Errani)

21 Flipkens………lost 2R (Schiavone)

22 Makarova………lost 1R (Kuznetsova)

23 Zakopalova…….lost 1R (Kanepi)

24 Goerges……….lost 1R (Z Kucova)

25 Safarova………lost 1R (Hampton)

26 Cirstea……….lost 3R (S. Williams)

27 Shvedova………lost 2R (Ormaechea)

28 Paszek………..lost 1R (Oudin)

29 Lepchenko……..lost 3R (Kerber)

30 V Williams…….lost 1R (U. Radwanska)

31 Cornet………..lost 3R (Azarenka)

32 Lisicki……….lost 3R (Errani)

 

******** SCORES ********

 

 

SUNDAY

 

Roland Garros

Singles – Fourth Round

(1) Serena Williams def. (15) Roberta Vinci 6-1 6-3

(4) Agnieszka Radwanska def. (14) Ana Ivanovic 6-2 6-4

(5) Sara Errani def. (20) Carla Suarez Navarro 5-7 6-4 6-3

Svetlana Kuznetsova def. (8) Angelique Kerber 6-4 4-6 6-3

Doubles – First Round

(7) Mattek-Sands/Mirza def. Cornet/Razzano 6-3 6-4

Doubles – Second Round

Black/Erakovic def. (9) Groenefeld/Peschke 6-3 6-4

Husarova/Lisicki def. (15) H Chan/Jurak 6-0 5-7 6-1

Schiavone/Stosur def. Date-Krumm/Parra Santonja 2-6 7-5 6-2

Doubles – Third Round

(3) Petrova/Srebotnik def. King/Niculescu 6-3 6-1

(4) Makarova/Vesnina def. Jankovic/Lucic-Baroni 7-6(7-3) 6-4

Mixed Doubles – First Round

Jankovic/Paes def. Voskoboeva/Bracciali 7-5 6-3

Mixed Doubles – Second Round

(3) Srebotnik/Zimonjic def. Lim/Chardy 6-3 7-6(7-5)

(4) Raymond/Soares def. Hlavackova/Dlouhy 6-2 4-6 14-12

(5) Mladenovic/Nestor def. Zhang/Knowle 6-3 7-5

Grandin/Polasek def. (6) Groenefeld/Tecau 1-6 6-0 10-7

Black/Qureshi def. Hsieh/Nielsen 6-4 6-0

Hradecka/Cermak def. Hantuchova/Rojer 7-6(7-5) 6-2

Petrova/Cabal def. Rodionova/S Gonzalez 6-3 6-2

©Daily Tennis News Wire

Topics: Agnieszka Radwanska, Roland Garros, Sara Errani, Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Wta

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