Wimbledon Ladies report
Wimbledon Ladies report
Wimbledon
Serena Williams mowed down Mandy Minella 6-1, 6-3, with the top-seeded holder needing just 19 minutes to sweep the Luxembourg challenger ranked 92 and without a win from two main-draw matches played at the All England club.
But Williams had a weak moment when – after failing to lose a point on serve in the opening set – lost her first service game of the second before quickly putting things in order with the win into the second round.
As usual, Williams came into the event without any grass-court play, preferring to return to Florida after winning the French Open. But she knows what she need to do to win consistently on the surface: “You have to definitely adapt to the bounce. You have to adapt to the games going really fast, the match moving really fast, points are fast. Also they’re really low. You have to really bend your knees, get low, stay low, be really dedicated to that.”
2012 finalist Agnieszka Radwanska, seeded fourth, beat Austrian Yvonne Meusburger 6-1, 6-1. China’s sixth seed Li Na was equally ruthless with Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-1 while former US Open winner Samantha Stosur, seeded 14th, earned a confidence-building victory over Slovak Anna Schmiedlova 6-1, 6-3.
German seventh seed Angelique Kerber advanced over Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who had her hair dyed Wimbledon green-and-purple, 6-3, 6-4, Laura Robson booked a win for the home side as she upset Russian tenth seed Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-4 while Italian No. 11 Roberta Vinci beat South African Chanelle Scheepers 6-2, 6-1. Czech Karolina Pliskova sprung another upset, beating 12th seed Nadia Petrova 6-3, 6-2.
China’s sixth seed Li Na was equally ruthless with Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-1 while former US open winner Samantha Stosur, seeded 14th, earned a confidence-building victory over Slovak Anna Schmiedlova 6-1, 6-3.
Li and Stosur had poor buildup weeks on British grass at Eastbourne and were both pleased to have adjusted their games. “It was a pretty good start for Wimbledon, over the last two years I didn’t do on the grass court,” said Li. “I have to get used to play on the grass. But I was feeling pretty happy today.
Stosur, who has only once reached the third round (2009) was equally pleased. “This was probably one of my better matches on grass, it’s obviously a good feeling. Hopefully a good sign,” said the 29-year-old. “Even before today I felt like I was playing well.
“I felt I’ve been moving better, I obviously don’t know what that’s going to equate to, but hopefully it’s going to mean a decent tournament for me, because I do feel like I’ve been playing a lot more confidently on the grass at the moment this time around.”
Japan’s Kimiko Date-Krumm, aged 42, beat a German teenager well under half her age as she put out Carina Witthoeft 6-0, 6-2. American Madison Keys continued the rout of British women with her defeat of Heather Watson 6-3, 7-5
RANKINGS
Estimated WTA Rankings As of June 26, 2013
Rank &
Prior
Rank….Name…………..Points
1 (1) SWILLIAMS 11715*
2 (3) SHARAPOVA 9235*
3 (2) AZARENKA 8825*
4 (5) ERRANI 5180
5 (4) ARADWANSKA 5165*
6 (6) LI 5155*
7 (8) KVITOVA 4035*
8 (7) KERBER 3970*
9 (9) WOZNIACKI 3660*
10 (10) KIRILENKO 2976
11 (14) JANKOVIC 2925*
12 (13) STOSUR 2905*
13 (11) VINCI 2880*
14 (15) BARTOLI 2775*
15 (12) IVANOVIC 2740*
16 (16) PETROVA 2505
17 (17) STEPHENS 2470*
18 (18) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2260*
19 (19) CIBULKOVA 2235*
20 (20) FLIPKENS 2106*
21 (22) VESNINA 1889*
22 (21) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1805
23 (23) CIRSTEA 1700*
24 (27) MAKAROVA 1682*
25 (28) Kuznetsova 1657
26 (30) SAFAROVA 1655*
27 (32) HALEP 1635*
28 (25) HAMPTON 1627
29 (33) BARTHEL 1595*
30 (31) CORNET 1545*
DRAWS
Wimbledon — Week of May 24
1 S Williams
28 Paszek
23 Lisicki
14 Stosur
10 Kirilenko
24 Peng
31 Oprandi
7 Kerber
4 A Radwanska
30 Barthel
21 Pavlyuchenkova
13 Petrova
11 Vinci
18 Cibulkova
32 Zakopalova
6 Li
5 Errani
26 Lepchenko
17 Stephens
9 Wozniacki
15 Bartoli
22 Cirstea
27 Safarova
3 Sharapova
8 Kvitova
25 Makarova
19 Suarez Navarro
12 Ivanovic
16 Jankovic
20 Flipkens
29 Cornet
2 Azarenka
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 S Williams
2 Azarenka
3 Sharapova
4 A Radwanska
5 Errani
6 Li
7 Kerber
8 Kvitova
9 Wozniacki
10 Kirilenko
11 Vinci
12 Ivanovic
13 Petrova
14 Stosur
15 Bartoli
16 Jankovic
17 Stephens
18 Cibulkova
19 Suarez Navarro
20 Flipkens
21 Pavlyuchenkova
22 Cirstea
23 Lisicki
24 Peng
25 Makarova
26 Lepchenko
27 Safarova
28 Paszek
29 Cornet
30 Barthel
31 Oprandi
32 Zakopalova
TUESDAY
Wimbledon
Singles – First Round
(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. Mandy Minella (LUX) 61 63
(4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (Q) Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 61 61
(6) Li Na (CHN) d. Michaella Krajicek (NED) 61 61
(7) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 63 64
Laura Robson (GBR) d. (10) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 63 64
(11) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 62 61
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. (13) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 62
(14) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (LL) Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) 61 63
(18) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. (Q) Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 64 46 64
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. (21) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 60 61
(23) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 61 62
(24) Peng Shuai (CHN) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 63 62
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. (28) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 62 75
(30) Mona Barthel (GER) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 63 46 75
(WC) Alison Riske (USA) d. (31) Romina Oprandi (SUI) 67(5) 75 31 ret. (right forearm injury)
(32) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 64 63
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 62 75
Simona Halep (ROU) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 62 36 63
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Mallory Burdette (USA) 76(3) 46 62
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (WC) Tara Moore (GBR) 75 57 75
Madison Keys (USA) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 63 75
Annika Beck (GER) d. Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 63 62
Jana Cepelova (SVK) d. Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 64 61
Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 46 60 75
María-Teresa Torró-Flor (ESP) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 63 64
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (Q) Carina Witthoeft (GER) 60 62
Olga Puchkova (RUS) d. Arantxa Rus (NED) 64 62
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) d. Timea Babos (HUN) 46 61 63
Petra Martic (CRO) d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 61 16 63
(Q) Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Zheng Jie (CHN) 63 64
(Q) Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 64 67(3) 75
(Q) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 57 60 61
Doubles – First Round
(10) Mladenovic/Voskoboeva (FRA/KAZ) d. Arvidsson/Larsson (SWE/SWE) 62 60
Lepchenko/Zheng (USA/CHN) d. Birnerova/Voegele (CZE/SUI) 62 62
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