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Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Women's Qualifying Singles. Mostrar todas las entradas

miércoles, 7 de marzo de 2018

Bnp Paribas open 2018. Women's qualifying singles

Among those advancing to a final round of qualifying Tuesday were Vera Zvonareva roberta vinci Yanina Wickmayer and roberta vinci  while Francesca Schiavone and Sabine Lisicki were eliminated.

Schiavone, who became the first Italian woman and the oldest woman in the Open era to win a Grand Slam title with her victory over Sam Stosur in the 2010 French Open final, lost 6-1 in the third to Jil teichman. Lisicki, whose epic fourth-round Wimbledon upset of Serena Williams in 2013 preceded an eventual straight-set loss to marion bartoli in the final, lost to American Sofia Kenin.


jueves, 21 de mayo de 2015

News Women's Qualifying Singles. Roland Garros 2015. 21 May.


Teliana Pereira may not be a household name even in her native Brazil, but she lived up to her No.1 seeding and world No.77 ranking in seeing off French veteran Stefanie Foretz 7-5, 6-1. Ditto Mariana Duque Marino (No.2 / No.102) of Colombia who defeated Nigina Abduraimova for the loss of just three games, and Sesil Karatatancheva (No.3 / No.104), who bested Elitsa Kostova in three in the battle of the Bulgarians. 
 The biggest seed to fall was Zhu Lin (No.4 / No.107) who was thrashed 1 & 2 by Italy's Nastassja Burnett, despite a ranking disparity of over 600 places between the two. 

 Americans in Paris 

 Maria Sanchez (No.187) had far too much power for Risa Osaki, winning 1&1, and she is joined in the second round by Alexa Glatch (No.184), who ousted No.8 seed Olga Govortsova 8-6 in the decider, and Jessica Pegula (No.381), who was similarly clinical against Yulia Beygelzimer. It was the end of the road however for CiCi Bellis, Katerina Stewart and Sachia Vickery. 
 British interest was kept alive by Johanna Konta, with the Australian-born six-footer seeing off Jovana Jaksic with the minimum of fuss. 

 Best name in tennis 

 Remember this name - Tessah Andrianjafitrimo. Come on, it's not that hard... The French 15-16 age group junior champion was given a wild card into qualifying and lived up to her billing, sweeping aside the vastly experienced Austrian Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6-2, 6-4. And as she told reporters afterwards, she "wasn't even nervous" and "just wanted to have fun". Ah, the exuberance and insouciance of youth... And for those of you struggling with her name, then she has two nicknames. "Tessouille" is probably no help to non-French speakers but "Turbo" sounds fair enough. Austrian supporters will still have Tamira Paszek to cheer on however after the 24-year-old continued her comeback from multiple injuries with a very impressive 6-4, 6-4 win over No.21 seed Hsieh Su-Wei. In other French news, Clothilde De Benardi overcame rain, wind, occasional dazzling sunshine and most importantly Portugal's former rising star Michelle Larcher De Brito to make the second round. The French world No.315 is another wild card beneficiary proving that she is a worthy recipient, knocking out the No.17 seed 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Like Laurent Lokoli, De Benardi is from Corsica, and like Lokoli last year, she will be looking to sweep through qualifying and into the main draw.

miércoles, 20 de mayo de 2015

News Roland Garros 2015. Women's Qualifying Singles


Sorana Cirstea, the French Open fan In 2009, Simona Halep was merely the previous year’s girls’ singles champion – the rising star coming out Romanian tennis at the time was Sorana Cirstea. With her ready smile and outrageous forehand, she made it all the way to the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros at just 19, defeating Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Jankovic en route to the second week. Unfortunately for her, she maintained the kind of inconsistency expected in teenagers well into her 20s. Six years on, and Cirstea still only has one WTA title to her name, which she picked up in Tashkent back in 2008. The memory of her thrilling run at the French Open in 2009 seems to inspire her every year upon her return however, and she has reached the third round in Paris on three separate occasions since then (in 2011, 2013 and 2014). So even though she is languishing at No.145 in the world, Cirstea has a reputation to maintain here – particularly since the only players ever to beat her here are either Grand Slam winners and/or world No.1s. Victoria Azarenka, Samantha Stosur, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Li Na, Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic – that’s quite a list that Cirstea has made for herself! 


 Krystina Pliskova, the forgotten twin Meet the Pliskovas and you think you are seeing double. Not only are Karolina and Krystina twins, but they had almost identical junior careers. Karolina, the righty, was junior world No.1 in 2010 after winning the Australian Open. Krystina, the lefty, was also junior world No.1 in 2010 after winning Wimbledon. But while the former is now No.12 in the WTA rankings and knocking on the door of fame and fortune, the latter is having a harder time of things, struggling at No.111 and never having risen above No.86. Her 2015 form thus far, with three ITF titles and another final, should see her into the top 50 sooner rather than later. And who would bet against them taking on the world at doubles – another set of twins, after all, have had a fair deal of success in the men’s game...

sábado, 24 de mayo de 2014

News Women's Qualifying Singles. Roland Garros 2014. 24 May 2014

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The final round of women’s qualifying at Roland Garros on Saturday had it all – the shock upsets of high seeds, the smooth progress of others, the arrival of new faces and the welcome return of some tour veterans. In the end, after a one-day delay thanks to Friday's rain, nine women secured their place in the main draw of the tournament, joining the three – Maryna Zanevska, Yuliya Beygelzimer and Danka Kovinic – who progressed late on Friday afternoon. Possibly the most notable result was young American Grace Min’s rout of top seed Irina-Camelia Begu. Min, who just a few weeks ago turned 20, came through a tough opening set in 40 minutes, before romping through the second set to post a 6-4, 6-0 victory. 

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The out-of-sorts Begu, who a day earlier had posted her own comprehensive victory to advance to the final round, looked set to get on the board in the sixth game of the second set only to dissolve into errors; a poorly-executed drop shot on match point handed Min the win. 
 As Begu struggled, second seed Heather Watson flourished. The Brit, who yesterday was stretched to 7-5 in the third set against Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine, today had no such trouble, breezing to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit in just 48 minutes. It was a similarly comfortable day at the office for Tamira Paszek; the Austrian demolished Carina Witthoeft of Germany 6-0 6-1 in less than an hour. Paszek, a former world No.26 and twice a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon, will contest the main draw at Roland Garros for the seventh time, and will have a chance to go past the first round in Paris for the first time since her debut in 2007. Another former top 30 star, Aleksandra Wozniak, also advanced to the main draw after a tough final-round clash with Cagla Buyukakcay of Turkey. 

H. WATSON
Wozniak ultimately triumphed 6-4, 6-4, but not before some dicey moments in the second set; Buyukakcay held break point in the eighth game, but a laser-like backhand winner from the Canadian erased that opportunity, helping the former world No.21 eventually level scores at 4-4, and run away with the match in one hour and 26 minutes. As the weather became greyer and rainier at Roland Garros, Michelle Larcher de Brito recovered to win in two tight sets. Something of a qualifying stalwart, the Portuguese player has been forced to contest the qualifying draw at her last 10 Grand Slam events, but by qualifying today, she has successfully done so at four of the past five. Down 4-2 in the second set, the 21-year-old gritted her way out of trouble to post a 7-5, 7-5 victory in one hour and 43 minutes. 
 Over on Court 11, Sofia Shapatava returned from the brink to beat Australian No.16 seed Olivia Rogowska. Rogowska built a 6-3, 5-3 lead and served for the match in the 10th game only for the Georgian to come storming back to win a second-set tiebreak. Shapatava’s early service break in the third set was a buffer she would maintain for the remainder of the match; she ran out a 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 victor.