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No surprise here, surely, and it won't be any surprise if Agnieszka Radwanska wins this event. Even if she doesn't, this win assures that she will rise to #3 (behind #1 Serena Williams and #2 Li Na); Victoria Azarenka, #2 coming in, will slip all the way to #4.
Serena Williams has decided not to play the 2014 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells again after very briefly flirting with the idea, and Venus Williams says she has not thought about it recently, even though the issue has been very much in the news.
Sorana Cirstea was hurting in Fed Cup. It was a bit of a surprise she did so well in the first round. But it appears it caught up to her. Which means she will stay below the Top 25.
Ana Ivanovic emerged as the only winning seed on the day as the No. 9 advanced into the second round when Daniela Hantuchova retired injured trailing 7-5, 1-0. A similar fate befell Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova as the tenth seed was unable to continue at 5-5 against Russian cancer survivor Alisa Kleybanova.
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Venus Williams saved face for the American sisters after the Doha pullout of world No. 1 Serena, powering into the second round over Petra Martic 6-2, 6-2. The elder sibling next faces fellow former Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, with the Czech making her first appearance since a first-round Australian Open loss following a recovery from a virus.
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive live coverage of the U.S. Fed Cup team's first-round competition against Italy in Cleveland this weekend, with comprehensive telecasts Saturday, Feb. 8, and Sunday, Feb. 9.
The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the 2014 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties taking place on February 8-9.
Almost all of the Russian women were unavailable for the tie, with Maria Sharapova most notably doing TV color work at the Sochi Olympics. Also playing for the visitors: No.650 Veronika Kudermetova and 259th-ranked Valeria Solovyeva.
Teams are already moving into place for the season start of Fed Cup play at the weekend. In the first round, Italy will play the US without any household names, Australia will face Russia in Tasmania, the Czech Republic take on Spain and Germany play the Slovaks.
Sara Errani reasserts her place as Italy's #1, but she still has a lot of points to defend; she still needs more than this to keep the #7 ranking. The good news is, she's the only seed left in the bottom half. Karin Knapp will probably hit the Top Forty, but she is a mere #40 in safe points, so it isn't sure yet.
Paris is a Premier event, but it suffers from the fact that it's a week after, half a world away from, and on a different surface than, the Australian Open. But it certainly has one interesting player: Nadia Petrova, who has been out for so many months, has decided to make a comeback...
Dominika Cibulkova has reached her first Grand Slam event final at the Australian Open and while there were technical and physical issues she had to address during the off-season, the Slovak needed a mental boost too.
Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum produced the first major upset of the fortnight with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 first-round knockout of of former Wimbledon winner and sixth seed Petra Kvitova. The 21-year-old Asian pulled off the opening-day surprise of the tournament in nervy style.
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