Magdalena Rybarikova, the No. 7 seed from Slovakia, beat the German Andrea Petkovic to win the Citi Open, in Washington, DC, 6-4, 7-6(2). The match lasted just under two hours. It was their first meeting.
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Samantha Stosur Wins the Southern California Open
Samantha Stosur (5), of Australia, beat Victoria Azarenka (1) 6-2, 6-3 at the Southern California Open today, in Carlsbad.
It was Stosur’s first win against Azarenka, and the Australian’s first title since winning the US Open in 2011.
From the beginning, the match was all about Stosur, the last-minute wildcard entrant. She served well, won almost every point when she came to the net, and her groundstrokes were particularly effective.
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Rogers Cup / Canada Premier Women’s Draw
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Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska are set to meet in the semifinal in the top half; Victoria Azarenka and Li Na to meet in semifinal in the bottom half.
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First Quarter
(1) WILLIAMS, Serena
BYESCHEEPERS, Chanelle
SCHIAVONE, FrancescaRISKE, Alison
BERTENS, KikiWILLIAMS, Venus
FLIPKENS, KirstenWOZNIACKI, Caroline
LEPCHENKO, VarvaraRYBARIKOVA, Magdalena
DULGHERU, AlexandraKUZNETSOVA, Svetlana
DAVIS, LaurenBYE
(7) BARTOLI, Marion[divider]
Second Quarter
(3) RADWANSKA, Agnieszka
BYEWICKMAYER, Yanina
ROBSON, LauraZHENG, Jie
BARTHEL, MonaMLADENOVIC, Kristina
STEPHENS, SloaneKIRILENKO, Maria
MARTIC, PetraCORNET, Alize
VESNINA, ElenaZAKOPALOVA, Klara
SAFAROVA, LucieBYE
(5) ERRANI, Sara[divider]
Third Quarter
(8) KERBER, Angelique
BYECEPELOVA, Jana
CIBULKOVA, DominikaRODIONOVA, Anastasia
MAKAROVA, EkaterinaGOERGES, Julia
VINCI, RobertaIVANOVIC, Ana
HSIEH, Su-WeiPENNETTA, Flavia
RADWANSKA, UrszulaZHAO, Carol
PAVLYUCHENKOVA, AnastasiaBYE
(4) LI, Na[divider]
Fourth Quarter
(6) KVITOVA, Petra
BYEBOUCHARD, Eugenie
KLEYBANOVA, AlisaSUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla
HAMPTON, JamieGLUSHKO, Julia
STOSUR, SamanthaJANKOVIC, Jelena
TATISHVILI, AnnaFICHMAN, Sharon
DUBOIS, StephanieCIRSTEA, Sorana
SAVCHUK, OlgaBYE
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Washington DC, Carlsbad: ATP & WTA Results – Saturday, August 3
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Citi Open — Washington DC
(8) John Isner (USA) d Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) — 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-4
(1) J Del Potro (ARG) d (3) Tommy Haas (GER) — 7-6(4), 6-3[divider]
Citi Open — Washington DC
(7) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d (3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) — 6-2, 6-0
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d (4) Alize Cornet (FRA) — 7-5, 6-3[divider]
Southern California Open — Carlsbad
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d (7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) — 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
(5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Virginie Razzano (FRA) — 7-6(2), 6-3 -
Washington DC, Carlsbad, Kitzbuhel: ATP & WTA Results – Friday, August 2
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Citi Open — Washington DC
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d M Matosevic (AUS) — 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4)
(8) John Isner (USA) d (16) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) — 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
(3) Tommy Haas (GER) d (11) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) — 7-6(5), 7-6(3)
(1) J Del Potro (ARG) d (7) Kevin Anderson (RSA) — 7-6(0), 6-3[divider]
Bet-At-Home Cup — Kitzbuhel, Austria
(8) Marcel Granollers (ESP) d Robin Haase (NED) — 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-4
(2) Juan Monaco (ARG) d (7) Albert Montanes (ESP) — 7-6(2), 7-5[divider]
Citi Open — Washington DC
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
(4) Alize Cornet (FRA) d (5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) — 7-6(5), 6-2
(3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d Monica Niculescu (ROU) — 1-0 Ret.
(7) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d (1/W) Angelique Kerber (GER) — 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-3[divider]
Southern California Open — Carlsbad
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d (3) Petra Kvitova (CZE) — 6-7(6), 7-5, 7-6(8)
(7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d (4) Roberta Vinci (ITA) — 6-1, 6-7(1), 6-2
(5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d (2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) — 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Urszula Radwanska (POL) — 6-1, 6-2 -
Martina Hingis Returns in Style
Former World #1, Martina Hingis celebrated returning to the WTA tour for the first time since 2007, with a 6-1, 6-1 doubles victory. The Swiss ace paired up with Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova to defeat Julia Georges and Darija Jurak.
Hingis, who has ruled out returning to singles, has confirmed she will be playing doubles at the US Open, again pairing with Hantuchova.
It’s Martina’s third stint on the WTA Tour. She retired in 2003, returned in 2005, and then retired again in 2007 following a positive test for cocaine use.
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Washington DC, Carlsbad, Kitzbuhel: ATP & WTA Results – Thursday, August 1
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Citi Open — Washington DC
M Matosevic defeats (4) M Raonic — 7-5, 7-6(7)
(1) J Del Potro defeats R Harrison — 6-1, 7-5
(3) T Haas defeats T Smyczek — 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
(2) K Nishikori defeats J Sock — 7-5, 6-2
(7) Kevin Anderson defeats (WC) James Duckworth — 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
(8) John Isner defeats (Q) Somdev Devvarman — 7-5, 7-5
Dmitry Tursunov defeats Radek Stepanek — 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
(7) Kevin Anderson defeats Mardy Fish — 7-6(2), 6-1
(16) Marcos Baghdatis defeats (2) Kei Nishikori — 6-1, 6-2
(11) Grigor Dimitrov defeats (6) Sam Querrey — 6-3, 6-2
(1) Juan Martin Del Potro defeats (14) Bernard Tomic — 6-3, 6-3
(3) Tommy Haas defeats (13) Ivan Dodig — 6-4, 4-6, 7-5[divider]
Bet-At-Home Cup — Kitzbuhel, Austria
(2) J Monaco defeats D Gimeno-Traver — 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
R Haase defeats (3) F Verdasco — 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
(7) A Montanes defeats D Thiem — 6-4, 6-3
(8) M Granollers defeats L Mayer — 6-3, 6-1[divider]
Citi Open — Washington DC
(3) Ekaterina Makarova d Caroline Garcia — 6-2, 6-0
(5) Sorana Cirstea d Alison Riske — 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
(4) Alize Cornet d Heather Watson — 6-4, 6-4
(1/W) Angelique Kerber d Melanie Oudin — 7-5, 6-0
(7) Magdalena Rybarikova d Jana Cepelova — 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
Monica Niculescu d (8) Madison Keys — 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(6)[divider]
Southern California Open — Carlsbad
Virginie Razzano d (8) Carla Suarez Navarro — 6-1, 6-4
Urszula Radwanska d (6) Jelena Jankovic — 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
(2) Agnieszka Radwanska d Daniela Hantuchova — 6-3, 6-3
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US Open Prize Money Hits Record Levels
The US Tennis Association has announced a significant increase to the prize money pool at the US Open, beginning August 26th.
The overall pool jumps to a record $34.3 million, a significant increase on the 2012 figure of $25.5 million. The new five year deal will see prize money escalate year on year, culminating in a $50 million pool by 2017.
The ladies and mens singles champions will both walk away $2.6 million richer – the biggest tournament winning prize in the sport.
Additional bonuses may also be awarded to the overall winner based on pre-US Open hardcourt events.
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The full breakdown is as follows:
- Winners – $2.6 million
- Runners Up – $1.3 million
- Semi-Final Losers – $650,000
- Quarter Final Losers – $325,000
- 4th Round Losers – $165,000
- 3rd Round Losers – $93,000
- 2nd Round Losers – $53,000
- 1st Round Losers – $32,000
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Cibulkova surprises Radwanska to take Stanford title
Dominika Cibulkova defeated Agnieszka Radwanska 3-6 6-4 6-4 to take the Stanford title, reversing a 6-0 6-0 rout to the Polish #4 earlier in the year at Sydney.
“It was big deal for me because I never beat Aga before and she’s a really tough competitor and I had to earn every point. It was really tough physically and mentally. That’s why I am so happy that I won.” stated Cibulkova following the match.
The 24 year old Slovakian dropped the opening set, but recovered to break Radwanska in the second to force a final set championship decider. Radwanska marched out to a 4-2 lead but was quickly broken back.
Cibulkova then took control of the final games, before unleashing a backhand winner to take the match and the championship.
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Teenager Elina Svitolina bags first title
Promising Ukranian teenager Elina Svitolina claimed her first WTA title, defeating Shahar Peer in the final of the Baku Cup.
A brace of service breaks, one in each set gave the 18 year old the edge needed to defeat former world #11 Peer in 1 hour 37 minutes.
After the match, Svitolina said “It was a very tough match today and I had a lot of tough matches throughout the week, but I worked really hard coming into the tournament, and it turned out well for me.”
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