Women’s Tennis Update (6/17)

Written by: on 17th June 2013
French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros
Women's Tennis Update (6/17)

epa03728359 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in action during her fourth round match against Agnieska Radwanska of Poland at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 02 June 2013. EPA/YOAN VALAT  |

Eastbourne

 

Former No.1 Ana Ivanovic sees is pleased with her budding grass court form despite losing in her opening match, going down 2-6. 6-4, 6-3 to Russian Elena Vesnina. The Serb does not have an enviable history at Devonshire park, winning just one match from four played. “Not a very good record,” she admitted.

The 12th-ranked Ivanovic saved two match points in the final game but was unable to overcome the 5-3 lead which Vesnina had built up as the Russian won her first match at the south coast venue. “I really felt I played well in the beginning, and it was just a few points here and there that really decided the match,” she said. “In the second and third set she served a lot better than in the first, it made a difference on the grass. It’s always tough when you play your first match, everything sometimes happens too fast.

“On grass it’s very hard to get rhythm. You don’t get many long rallies and long points. But overall I was pleased with my serving today.”

Unseeded 2011 champion Marion Bartoli began with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Italian Flavia Pennetta while Belgian Yanina Wickmayer reached the second round over American Christina McHale, 6-3, 6-4. Last summer’s Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska heads the women’s field at the joint event which marks the last official tune-up for Wimbledon.

The Pole ranked fourth lost in the Eastbourne first round but went onto face Serena Williams in the title match at the All England club in her first major final. While Radwanska only plants her feet on grass during her few weeks in Britain, she does have an explanation as to why she can feel so immediately comfortable on the surface.

She and he sister Ursula train frequently on synthetic grass at home in Krakow during the off-season, when there is nothing else available. “We don’t have any hard courts in my city, and certainly no real grass. In the winter, synthetic grass is all we have.”

Heather Watson made a winning British start over Varavara Lepchenko of the US 6-3, 6-4 while Yanina Wickmayer beat American Christina McHale 6-3, 6-4.

‘s-Hertogenbosch

 

The “alternative,” non-British, pre-Wimbledon grass event got underway as weather began clearing in Europe just in time for final grand slam preparations. Spain’s third seed Carla Suarez Navarro made a winning debut at the venue as she posted a quick win over Swede Johanna Larsson 6-3, 6-2 while Swiss Stefanie Voegele advanced over Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 7-5, 4-6, 7-5.

Romanian Simona Halep beat Germany’s Annika Beck, at 19 the youngest player in the field, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu took a victory over Belgian An-Sophie Mestach 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4.

American Lauren Davis joined in by defeating Czech Andrea Hlavackova 6-3, 6-4.

RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of June 16, 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 4770*

8 (8) KVITOVA 4435*

9 (9) WOZNIACKI 3565*

10 (10) KIRILENKO 3436*

11 (11) VINCI 3060*

12 (12) IVANOVIC 2920

13 (14) STOSUR 2905*

14 (16) Jankovic 2830

15 (15) BARTOLI 2775*

16 (13) PETROVA 2660*

17 (17) Stephens 2530

18 (18) CIBULKOVA 2140*

19 (19) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2095*

20 (21) Pavlyuchenkova 1900

21 (20) FLIPKENS 1868*

22 (22) CIRSTEA 1760*

23 (23) Lisicki 1750

24 (24) Peng 1685

25 (26) Kuznetsova 1662

26 (27) LEPCHENKO 1566

27 (25) MAKAROVA 1563*

28 (30) CORNET 1545*

29 (28) SAFAROVA 1510*

30 (31) BARTHEL 1500

DRAWS

 

Eastbourne — Week of May 17

 

1 A Radwanska

Qualifier

Konta (WC)

Hsieh

Zakopalova

Safarova

Stosur (WC)

8 Petrova

 

3 Kerber

Cirstea

Qualifier

Makarova

Qualifier

Robson

Paszek

5 Wozniacki

 

6 Kirilenko

Jovanovski

Baltacha (WC)

Qualifier

McHale

Wickmayer

Niculescu

4 Kvitova

 

7 Ivanovic

Vesnina

Lepchenko

Watson

Pennetta

Bartoli

Cornet

2 Li (WC)

‘s-Hertogenbosch — Week of May 17

 

1 Vinci

Kanepi

Beck

Halep

Voegele

Putintseva (Q)

Hantuchova (WC)

[Tsurenko(LL)]

 

3 Suarez Navarro

Larsson

Arvidsson

Morita

Mestach (Q)

Begu

Pironkova

8 Mladenovic

 

7 U Radwanska

Govortsova

Rybarikova

Rus (WC)

Krajicek (WC)

Soler-Espinosa

Schiavone

4 Flipkens

 

5 Barthel

Muguruza (Q)

Hlavackova (Q)

Davis

Bertens

Medina Garrigues

Dominguez Lino

2 Cibulkova

MONDAY

Eastbourne

Singles – First Round

(6) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 76(5) 61

Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 26 64 63

Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 63 62

Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Christina McHale (USA) 63 64

Heather Watson (GBR) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 63 64

Doubles – First Round

(1) Petrova/Srebotnik (RUS/SLO) d. Raymond/Robson (USA/GBR) 46 64 105 (Match TB)

Hsieh/Lucic-Baroni (TPE/CRO) d. (WC) Kvitova/Wickmayer (CZE/BEL) 61 64

Niculescu/Zakopalova (ROU/CZE) d. Babos/Minella (HUN/LUX) 64 63

Singles Qualifying – Final Round

(1) Jamie Hampton (USA) d. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 62 61

Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR) d. (3) Jana Cepelova (SVK) 61 76(4)

Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) d. (7) Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 76(5) 36 63

Olga Puchkova (RUS) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) 75 36 64

‘s-Hertogenbosch

Singles – First Round

(2) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 61 67(5) 76(3)

(3) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 63 62

(Q) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) d. (5) Mona Barthel (GER) 75 16 62

Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. (8) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 64 64

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (WC) Arantxa Rus (NED) 75 62

Simona Halep (ROU) d. Annika Beck (GER) 61 26 63

Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. (Q) Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 75 46 75

Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. (Q) An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) 67(6) 63 64

Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 36 62 64

Lauren Davis (USA) d. (Q) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 63 64

Doubles – First Round

(2) Begu/Medina Garrigues (ROU/ESP) d. Bertens/Krajicek (NED/NED) 76(2) 57 107 (Match TB)

(3) Aoyama/Moulton-Levy (JPN/USA) d. Frankova/Kondratieva (CZE/RUS) 75 62

(WC) Schuurs/Van Der Meet (NED/NED) d. Melnikova/Pekhova (RUS/BLR) 63 63








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