Ladies. Results. Rankings and more

Written by: Staff on 11th June 2013

French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros

Ladies. Results. Rankings and more

epa03720381 Mona Barthel of Germany in action during her 1st round match against compatriot Angelique Kerber at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 27 May 2013. EPA/CAROLINE BLUMBERG |

Birmingham

German sixth seed Mona Barthel moved ahead of the pack by booking the first of the third-round places as she beat Serb Vesna Dolonc 7-5, 2-6, 7-5.

But it was the first round where the major excitement took place, with British 14th seed Heather Watson winning her first match in nearly four months with a 6-4, 7-6(0) defeat of Hungarian Melinda Czink. The 54th-ranked Watson has played only three matches since February after being diagnosed with glandular fever in March. She made her comeback at the French Open, losing to Swiss Stephanie Voegele in the first round.

Slovak veteran Daniela Hantuchova beat Aussie Casey Dellacqua 6-1, 7-6(1) while French 12th seed Kristina Mladenovic switched back to singles after playing the Roland Garros mixed final with Canadian Daniel Nestor. The 20-year-old started with a win over unknown Brit Tara Moore 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-4. But Johanna Konta got one back for the Wimbledon host nation over Japan’s Kurumi Nara 6-2, 6-4.

Belgian ninth seed Yanina Wickmayer defeated Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, 6-2, 7-6(5), American Maria Sanchez put out Slovak Jana Cepelova 6-3, 6-2 and Czech Andrea Hlavackova defeated Russian Olga Puchkova 6-2, 6-4. Former French Open winner and 15th seed Francesca Schiavone defeated Anna Tatishvili 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(3).

Nurnberg

German women picked up a victory hat-trick of wins into the second round led by fourth seed Julia Goerges, a winner over Romanian Alexandra Cadantu 6-4, 7-5. No.8 Annika Beck followed suit as she stopped Russia’s Nina Bratchikova 6-2, 6-2 and drawcard Andrea Petkovic won her first match in almost two months as the No. 103 defeated Swede Sofia Arvidsson 6-3, 6-2 with Petkovic confirming she if finally healthy after a run of injuries stretching back several seasons.

Spain’s sixth seed Lourdes Dominguez Lino beat Colombian Mariana Duque-Marino 7-5, 6-3 , fifth seed Lucie Safarova stopped Kazakh Sesil Karatantcheva 6-2, 7-6(9) and French third seed Alize Cornet put out compatriot Pauline Parmentier 6-3, 6-4.

RANKINGS

Estimated WTA Rankings As of June 10, 2013

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1 (1) SWilliams 13615

2 (2) Azarenka 9625

3 (3) Sharapova 9415

4 (4) ARadwanska 6465

5 (5) Errani 5335

6 (6) Li 5155

7 (7) Kerber 4915

8 (8) Kvitova 4435

9 (9) Wozniacki 3565

10 (10) Kirilenko 3436

11 (11) Vinci 3060

12 (12) Ivanovic 2920

13 (13) Petrova 2910

14 (14) Stosur 2905

15 (15) Bartoli 2905

16 (16) JANKOVIC 2760*

17 (17) Stephens 2530

18 (18) Cibulkova 2140

19 (19) Suarez Navarro 2095

20 (20) FLIPKENS 1978*

21 (21) Pavlyuchenkova 1950

22 (24) CIRSTEA 1750*

23 (25) Peng 1685

24 (22) MAKAROVA 1682*

25 (26) LISICKI 1681*

26 (27) Kuznetsova 1662

27 (28) Lepchenko 1566

28 (29) PASZEK 1552

29 (23) CORNET 1545*

30 (30) SAFAROVA 1500*

DRAWS

Birmingham — Week of May 10

1 Flipkens

–bye

Oudin

Tomljanovic (Q)

Cetkovska

Johansson

South (WC)

16 Rybarikova

10 Hsieh

Hampton

Keys

Tsurenko

Dolonc

Koehler

–bye

6 Barthel

3 Cirstea

–bye

Pironkova

Davis

Hlavackova

Puchova

Bouchard

13 Jovanovski

11 Morita

Van Uytvanck (Q)

M Sanchez (Q)

Cepelova

Giorgi

Vekic

–bye

8 U. Radwanska

5 Lisicki

–bye

Vandeweghe

Kr. Pliskova

Lucic-Baroni

Ka. Pliskova

Putintseva

9 Wickmayer

14 Watson

Czink

Kudryavtseva (Q)

Date-Krumm

Keothavong (WC)

Riske (Q)

–bye

4 Paszek

7 Robson

–bye

Dellacqua (Q)

Hantuchova

Nara (Q)

Konta (WC)

T Moore (WC)

12 Mladenovic

15 Schiavone

Tatishvili

N Kichenok (Q)

Babos

Svitolina

Erakovic

–bye

2 Makarova

Nurnberg — Week of May 10

1 Jankovic (WC)

Rus

Larsson

Medina Garrigues

Minella

Pegula

Duque-Marino

6 Dominguez Lino

4 Goerges

Cadantu

Petkovic (WC)

Arvidsson

Knapp

Pfizenmaier (WC)

Bratchikova

8 Beck

7 Halep

Qualifier

Cabeza Candela

Qualifier

Voskoboeva

Parmentier

3 Cornet

5 Safarova

Karatantcheva

Torro-Flor

Pereira

Qualifier

Cohen

Hercog

2 Zakopalova

TUESDAY

Birmingham

Singles – Second Round

(Q) Alison Riske (USA) d. (4) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 26 62 63

(6) Mona Barthel (GER) d. Vesna Dolonc (SRB) 75 26 75

Donna Vekic (CRO) d. (8) Urszula Radwanska (POL) 63 62

Madison Keys (USA) d. Jamie Hampton (USA) 26 63 76(3)

Singles – First Round

(9) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 62 76(5)

(12) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. (WC) Tara Moore (GBR) 57 76(5) 64

(14) Heather Watson (GBR) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 64 76(0)

(15) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 26 63 76(3)

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 61 76(1)

Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) d. Olga Puchkova (RUS) 62 64

(Q) Maria Sanchez (USA) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) 63 62

(WC) Johanna Konta (GBR) d. (Q) Kurumi Nara (JPN) 62 64

Doubles – First Round

(2) Chan/Huber (TPE/USA) d. (WC) Moore/South (GBR/GBR) 57 62 103 (Match TB)

(3) Barty/Dellacqua (AUS/AUS) d. Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) 64 64

Kudryavtseva/Rodionova (RUS/AUS) d. Dabrowski/Falconi (CAN/USA) 64 64

Black/Erakovic (ZIM/NZL) d. Raymond/Robson (USA/GBR) 64 62

Nurnberg

Singles – First Round

(3) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 63 64

(4) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) 64 75

(5) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) 62 76(9)

(6) Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) d. Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL) 75 63

(8) Annika Beck (GER) d. Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 62 62

Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. (LL) Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR) 63 67(3) 75

María-Teresa Torró-Flor (ESP) d. Teliana Pereira (BRA) 46 64 64

Mandy Minella (LUX) d. Jessica Pegula (USA) 75 46 63

Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d. (Q) Alexandra Panova (RUS) 62 62

Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (WC) Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) 26 76(0) 75

Julia Cohen (USA) d. (Q) Tereza Smitkova (CZE) 76(2) 63

(WC) Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 63 62

Suspended due to darkness

(1/WC) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) leads Arantxa Rus (NED) 64

Doubles – First Round

Hrdinova/Irigoyen (CZE/ARG) d. (WC) Siegemund/Zander (GER/GER) 64 76(3)

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