Women’s Tennis Results, Order of Play and More

Written by: Staff on 15th October 2013

Women's Tennis Results, Order of Play and More

epa03892767 Sabine Lisicki of Germany returns a forehand to Na Li of China at the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, 02 October 2013. EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW |

****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******

* Cibulkova first seed to lose in Moscow, will fall to #23 or lower

* Hantuchova wins opener but needs more to stay above #35

* Vesnina starts strong, closes in on year-end Top 25 spot

* Suarez Navarro has Top Fifteen chance after win over Dushevina

* Arvidsson beats Voskoboeva to keep alive hopes for direct Australian Open entry

* Upsets plague Luxembourg: Wozniacki, Stephens win, but Flipkens, Barthel fall

* Flipkens will end year in Top Twenty, but just barely; Barthel around #35

* Lisicki overcomes slow start to top Vekic

****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******

Luxembourg

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki beat hometown player Mandy Minella 6-3, 7-6(2) to lead the tournament elite into the second round. Second-seeded American Sloane Stephens put out former champion Timea Bacsinszky 6-3, 6-3 while Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki, seeded third, beat young London-based Croatian Donna Vekic 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Noted tweeter Wozniacki has had to spend energy denying that she and golfer boyfriend Rory McIlroy are finished, saying she will now keep her private life private and off of social media.

Stephens lost a 3-1 lead in the opening set and also dropped eight straight games in the second before pulling out victory against 256th ranked Swiss who once regularly played at the WTA level before injuries set in. “It was tough – obviously playing a player I had never played before, or even seen play, was a little bit tricky,” said Stephens. “But I thought I played pretty good overall, so I was happy to get the win.”

Bacsinszky won Luxembourg in 2009 and once ranked 37th on the WTA; she was playing her first main draw match in a year. Stephens next faces Austrian Yvonne Meusburger, a winner over Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4, 6-2. Poland’s Katarzyna Piter upset fourth seed Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 6-2 while Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland knocked out sixth seed Mona Barthel in a 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) comeback. There were wins for Czech Karolina Pliskova and Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei.

Moscow

Russians split the difference as Elena Vesnina reached the second round over Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova 6-1, 6-2 while fifth seed Carla Suarez Navarro stopped Moscow’s Vera Dushevina 6-4, 6-3. Daniela Hantuchova moved through over Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-1, 6-2. Swede Sofia Arvidsson took a victory as did Serb Vesna Dolonc, who upset ninth seeded Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Czech Klara Zakopalova beat Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-4, 6-3 and Magdalena Rybarikova defeated Ksenia Pervak 7-5, 6-2.

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

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

Moscow (Premier/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Caroline Wozniacki

Luxembourg (International/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Venus Williams

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Istanbul (Championships/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Serena Williams

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

**RANKINGS

Estimated WTA Rankings As of October 15, 2013

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1 (1) SWilliams 12040

2 (2) Azarenka 7676

3 (3) Sharapova 5891

4 (4) ARadwanska 5890

5 (5) Li 5120

6 (7) Kvitova 4315

7 (6) Errani 4190

8 (8) Jankovic 3860

9 (10) Kerber 3715

10 (9) WOZNIACKI 3350*

11 (12) STEPHENS 3185*

12 (13) Bartoli 3172

13 (11) VINCI 3170*

14 (15) LISICKI 2830*

15 (17) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2735*

16 (18) Halep 2685

17 (14) IVANOVIC 2675*

18 (16) KIRILENKO 2611*

19 (20) FLIPKENS 2495

20 (19) STOSUR 2261*

21 (23) KUZNETSOVA 2201*

22 (22) Cirstea 2170

23 (21) CIBULKOVA 2076

24 (24) Makarova 2066

25 (25) VESNINA 1960*

26 (26) CORNET 1790*

27 (27) Hampton 1781

28 (28) SAFAROVA 1775*

29 (29) Kanepi 1751

30 (30) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1750*

**DRAWS

Moscow — Week of October 14

1 Kerber

–bye

Pavlyuchenkova

Garcia

Qualifier

Hantuchova

Cibulkova

5 Halep

3 Kirilenko

–bye

Rybarikova

Pervak (WC)

Lepchenko

Kleybanova (WC)

Qualifier

6 Suarez Navarro

7 Stosur

Kanepi

Svitolina

Cornet

Qualifier

Zakopalova

–bye

4 Ivanovic

8 Kuznetsova

Tsurenko

Qualifier

Voskoboeva

Vesnina

Shvedova

–bye

2 Vinci

Luxembourg — Week of October 14

1 Wozniacki

Minella (WC)

Cadantu

Niculescu

Hsieh

Qualifier

Schiavone

8 Jovanovski

3 Lisicki

Vekic

Mladenovic

Qualifier

Knapp

Qualifier

Petkovic

7 Bouchard

5 Safarova

Peng

Pironkova

Beck

Watson (WC)

Wickmayer

Qualifier

4 Flipkens

6 Barthel

Voegele

Dominguez Lino

Ka. Pliskova

Meusburger

Begu

Bacsinszky (WC)

2 Stephens

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

TUESDAY

Luxembourg

Singles – First Round

(1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (WC) Mandy Minella (LUX) 63 76(2)

(2) Sloane Stephens (USA) d. (WC) Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 63 63

(3) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) 26 63 60

(Q) Katarzyna Piter (POL) d. (4) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 64 62

Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. (6) Mona Barthel (GER) 16 64 76(3) (saved 1mp)

Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (Q) Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) 46 63 63

Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 64 62

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 57 75 61

Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) d. (Q) Kristina Kucova (SVK) 46 76(2) 63

Doubles – First Round

Vogt/Wickmayer (LIE/BEL) d. (3) Domínguez Lino/Niculescu (ESP/ROU) 63 46 1210 (Match TB)

Barrois/Thorpe (GER/FRA) d. (4) Jurak/Voracova (CROCZE) 67(5) 64 107 (Match TB)

Moscow

Singles – First Round

(6) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (LL) Vera Dushevina (RUS) 64 63

(Q) Vesna Dolonc (SRB) d. (9) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 36 75 63

Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 61 62

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 61 62

Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. [Q] Danka Kovinic (MNE) 64 63

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (WC) Ksenia Pervak (RUS) 75 62

(Q) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 06 61 63

Doubles – First Round

(2) Kudryavtseva/Rodionova (RUS/AUS) d. Panova/Solovyeva (RUS/RUS) 62 63

Kuznetsova/Stosur (RUS/AUS) d. Camerin/Kania (ITA/POL) 64 75

Olaru/Savchuk (ROU/UKR) d. King/Lepchenko (USA/USA) 76(5) 36 106 (Match TB)

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