Ladies tennis results

Written by: on 2nd August 2013
Bank of the West Tennis Classic
Ladies tennis results

epa03803045 Urszula Radwanska of Poland sets up for a backhand against Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia during their match at the Bank of the West Tennis Classic at Stanford, California, USA, 26 July 2013. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO  |

Carlsbad

 

Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska moved into the quarter-finals, with second-seeded elder sister Agnieszka, a finalist last weekend in Stanford, starting the hardcourt build-up with a defeat of Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 6-3. The Pole came back from a break down in the second set and ran out the winner in 80 minutes to take a 6-2 lead in the series with the Slovak.

Radwanska will next face Australian fifth seed Samantha Stosur for a place in the semi-finals. Sibling Urszula, at 22 just two years younger than her sister, knocked out former No. 1`and sixth seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

The grinding win took nearly two and a half hours but gave Radwanska a huge boost. “I’m very happy with the match,” said the No. 39 Urszula. “I’m playing with a lot more confidence. “This is a big step for me. She was top-ranked once and I was facing her for the first time. I knew it would be tough. She’s always been a great fighter.”

The younger Radwanska will play on Friday against top seed Victoria Azarenka, making her return after nearly six weeks out due to a knee injury which forced her to forfeit her second-round Wimbledon match in June.

France’s Virginie Razzano belied her number 131 WTA status as she upset Spanish eighth seed Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 6-4, breaking four times in the victory. Seventh seed Ana Ivanovic put out local Coco Vandeweghe 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.

Washington DC

 

One seed went down in the second round, with No. 8 American Madison Keys losing to Monica Niculescu 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(6). But it was smooth sailing for the rest led by No. 1 German Angelique Kerber, who beat Melanie Oudin of the US 7-5, 6-0. Third-seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova put out France’s Caroline Garcia 6-2, 6-0 while fourth seed Alize Cornet took a French win at the expense of Britain’s Heather Watson 6-4, 6-4.

Romanian fifth seed Sorana Cirstea defeated American Alison Riske 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 and seventh seed Magdalena Rybarikova got past Jana Cepelova 7-5, 5-7, 7-5.

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of July 28, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1..(1) SWilliams ……… 11705

2..(2) Sharapova ……… 9235

3..(3) Azarenka ………..8825

4..(4) ARADWANSKA ………6045*

5..(5) Li ……………..5555

6..(6) Errani ………….5100

7..(7) Kvitova ……….. 4435

8..(8) Bartoli ……….. 4365

9..(9) Kerber ………….3970

10.(10) Wozniacki ……… 3660

11.(11) Vinci …………. 3220

12.(12) Kirilenko ……… 2976

13.(13) STOSUR ………….2965

14.(14) Flipkens ………..2886

15.(15) Stephens ………..2870

16.(16) Jankovic ………..2865

17.(17) Ivanovic ………..2740

18.(18) Lisicki ……….. 2650

19.(19) Suarez Navarro …..2430

20.(20) Petrova ……….. 2306

21.(25) CIBULKOVA ……… 2095*

22.(21) Vesnina ……….. 1889

23.(22) Halep …………. 1885

24.(29) HAMPTON ……….. 1826*

25.(23) Pavlyuchenkova …..1795

26.(24) Kanepi ………….1781

27.(26) Makarova ………..1742

28.(32) CIRSTEA ……….. 1700

29.(27) Kuznetsova ………1657

30.(28) Safarova ………..1655

 

DRAWS

 

Carlsbad — Week of July 29

 

1 Azarenka

–bye

Pennetta

Schiavone

U Radwanska

Qualifier

Burdette

6 Jankovic

 

4 Vinci

–bye

Puig

Mattek-Sands

Qualifier

Kiick (WC)

Cibulkova

7 Ivanovic

 

8 Suarez Navarro

Qualifier

Kuznetsova

Razzano (WC)

Robson

Morita

–bye

3 Kvitova

 

5 Stosur (WC)

Lepchenko

Goerges

Qualifier

Hantuchova

Paszek

–bye

2 A Radwanska

Washington — Week of July 29

 

1 Kerber (WC)

Qualifier

Oudin

An. Rodionova

Cepelova

Bertens

McHale

7 Rybarikova

 

3 Makarova

Bouchard

Garcia

Tatishvili

Townsend (WC)

Niculescu

Qualifier

8 Keys

 

5 Cirstea

Tsurenko

King

Riske

Qualifier

Watson

Wickmayer

4 Cornet

 

6 Barthel

Voegele

Qualifier

Petkovic

Ormaechea

Capra (WC)

Puchkova

2 Stephens

THURSDAY

Carlsbad

Singles – Second Round

(2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 63 63

Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (6) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 62 46 63

(7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (Q) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 76(5) 63

(WC) Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (8) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 61 64

Doubles – Quarterfinals

Chan/Husarova (TPE/SVK) d. (1) Groenefeld/Peschke (GER/CZE) 75 67(5) 106 (Match TB)

(4) Jankovic/Srebotnik (SRB/SLO) d. Mirza/Pennetta (IND/ITA) 76(2) 64

 

Washington DC

Singles – Second Round

(1/WC) Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) 75 60

(3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 62 60

(4) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 64 64

(5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Alison Riske (USA) 36 62 63

(7) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) 75 57 75

Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. (8) M Keys (USA) 61 26 76(6) (saved 2mp)

Paula Ormaechea (ARG) d. Olga Puchkova (RUS) 36 63 41 def.

Doubles – Quarterfinals

(1) Aoyama/Dushevina (JPN/RUS) d. Mueller/Pérez (USA/VEN) 61 64

(2) Falconi/Hrdinova (USA/CZE) d. Garcia/McHale (FRA/USA) 26 75 119 (Match TB)

Bouchard/Townsend (CAN/USA) d. (3) Tatishvili/Watson (GEO/GBR) 64 64

Álvarez Terán/Wong (BOL/USA) d. (4) Castaño/Pegula (COL/USA) 64 67(7) 106 (Match TB)








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