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Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 5 – Order of Play & Scores

Round-robin action concludes on Day 5 of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals. Up first are Maria Sharapova (2) and Agnieszka Radwanska (6), followed by Petra Kvitova (3) and Caroline Wozniacki (8). The night session features Simona Halep (4) and Ana Ivanovic (7).

[Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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Center Court — 1:30 P.M.

Maria Sharapova (2) (RUS) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (6) (POL) — 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-2
Caroline Wozniacki (8) (DEN) d. Petra Kvitova (3) (CZE) — 6-2, 6-3

Not Before 7:30 P.M.

Ana Ivanovic (7) (SRB) d. Simona Halep (4) (ROU) — 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-3
Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik d. Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (1) — 2-1 (Ret.)

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October 23, 2014
Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 4 – Order of Play & Scores

Action on the fourth day of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals kicks off with Agnieszka Radwanska (6) taking on Caroline Wozniacki (8). They’re followed by Maria Sharapova (2) and Petra Kvitova (3). The evening session features Serena Williams (1) and Eugenie Bouchard (5).

[Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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Center Court — 1:30 P.M.

Caroline Wozniacki (8) (DEN) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (6) (POL) — 7-5, 6-3

Petra Kvitova (3) (CZE) d. Maria Sharapova (2) (RUS) — 6-3, 6-2

Not Before 7:30 P.M.

Serena Williams (1) (USA) d. Eugenie Bouchard (5) (CAN) — 6-1, 6-1

Cara Black/Sania Mirza (3) d. Raquel Kop-Jones/Abigail Spears — 6-3, 2-6, 12-10

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October 22, 2014
Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 3 – Order of Play & Scores

Day 3 of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals features Serena Williams (1) playing Simona Halep (4), followed by Eugenie Bouchard (5), facing Ana Ivanovic (7).

[Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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1:30 P.M.

Alla Kudryavtseva/Anastasia Rodionova d. Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (4) — 4-6, 6-2, 10-6

Not Before 4:00 P.M.

Simona Halep (4) (ROU) d. Serena Williams (1) (USA) — 6-0, 6-2

Not Before 7:30 P.M.

Ana Ivanovic (7) (SRB) d. Eugenie Bouchard (5) (CAN) — 6-1, 6-3

Shuai Peng/Su-Wei Hsieh (2) d. Garbine Muguruza/Carla Suarez-Navarro — 6-4, 6-1

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October 21, 2014
Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 2 – Order of Play & Scores

Second day action at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals features the players in the White Group: Caroline Wozniacki will take on Maria Sharapova, and Petra Kvitova will play Agnieszka Radwanska.

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7:30 P.M.:

(8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) — 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-2

(6) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (3) Petra Kvitova (CZE) — 6-2, 6-3

[Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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October 20, 2014
Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Day 1 – Order of Play & Scores

Day 1 of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals, in Singapore, features world No. 1 Serena Williams playing Ana Ivanovic, of Serbia. They will be followed by the Romanian Simona Halep, who faces Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada.

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7:30 P.M.:

(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. (7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) — 6-4, 6-4

Not Before 9:30 P.M.:

(4) Simona Halep (ROU) d. (5) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) — 6-2, 6-3

[Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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October 19, 2014
Draw Set for Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals

The draw for the two round-robin teams for the 2014 BNP Paribas WTA Finals, in Singapore, has been set.

White Group:

Maria Sharapova
Petra Kvitova
Agnieszka Radwanska
Caroline Wozniacki

Red Group:

Serena Williams
Simona Halep
Eugenie Bouchard
Ana Ivanovic

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October 18, 2014
Sharapova Bests Beijing

Injuries were the early news of the last Premier mandatory event of 2014: the top two seeds both pulled out after quarterfinal match wins due to injuries, but the other two top seeds delivered.

In a final that featured the top Russian against the top Czech, Maria Sharapova defeated Petra Kvitova in a three set victory. Final score: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

This was Maria’s first Beijing title. It was also her first win on hard courts since 2013 in Indian Wells. She now has four titles for 2014, which ties her with Petra, and only trailing Serena Williams, who has six. The win also boosts Maria’s ranking to No. 2, the highest for the year, and ahead of Kvitova and Halep.

In a match that featured lots of power hitting, but not many rallies, both players committed more unforced errors than they scored winners, both had five break of serves. Sharapova only scored three more points than Kvitova in a contest that took 2 hours and 28 minutes.

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Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Marianne Bevis

October 5, 2014
Kvitova Wondrous in Wuhan

The inaugural Premier 5 event in Wuhan ended with a rematch of this year’s Wimbledon final: third seeded Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, defeated sixth seeded Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada, in straight sets — 6-3 6-4. The match lasted one hour and twenty minutes.

This was Kvitova’s third title of the year and the fourteenth of her career. The win not only earned her $441,000 in prize money, but also 900 ranking points to gain her a spot in the year end championship. Kvitova is the fourth to qualify in the Race to Singapore. She follows Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Simona Halep. There are four more spots yet to be filled.

Bouchard had no answers for Kvitova’s big lefty serve and forehand. Broken early at the beginning of each set, the Canadian was broken a total of three times, yet was only able to break the Czech’s serve once. This is the third straight loss of her career to Kvitova. However, on the strength of her appearance in the final of the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, Bouchard will advance to No. 7 in the WTA rankings, bringing her one step closer to Singapore. The year end appearance will be the first for the 20-year-old, who is currently the youngest in the Top 10.

Click here to read about Wuhan 2014 in our discussion forum, which includes a complete list of daily scores.

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Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Kiu Kaffi

September 27, 2014
Ivanovic Takes Tokyo Title

In a battle between two former number one ranked players, third seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia defeated No. 2 seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in a straight set match that took 1 hour and 40 minutes. The final score: 6-2, 7-6(2).

Caroline, a former winner here in 2010 and a finalist in this year’s US Open, got ahead twice in the second set only to lose the lead and ultimately lose the match in a second set tiebreak.

Ivanovic, the 2008 French Open champion, added to her 51 match record win, a career best for her, by winning the WTA premier tournament, in which she did not drop a set. This is career title No. 15 for Ivanovic, and her fourth of the year. The win puts her ahead of Jelena Jankovic as the top Serbian player.

The result puts both Ivanovic and Wozniacki ahead of Angelique Kerber in the race to the year end championship in Singapore, with the Serb occupying the sixth place in that race.

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Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Christian Mesiano

September 21, 2014
Li Na Announces Retirement

Li Na, this year’s Australian Open champion and the winner of the 2011 French Open, announced her retirement on Friday via a post on her Facebook page. The 32-year-old, who was the first Chinese player to win a Major, cited worsening knee injuries as the reason for her decision.

“After four knee surgeries and hundreds of shots injected into my knee weekly to alleviate swelling and pain, my body is begging me to stop the pounding. My previous three surgeries were on my right knee. My most recent knee surgery took place this July and was on my left knee. After a few weeks of post-surgery recovery, I tried to go through all the necessary steps to get back on the court. While I’ve come back from surgery in the past, this time it felt different. One of my goals was to recover as fast as I could in order to be ready for the first WTA tournament in my hometown of Wuhan. As hard as I tried to get back to being 100%, my body kept telling me that, at 32, I will not be able to compete at the top level ever again. The sport is just too competitive, too good, to not be 100%,” she wrote.

Li had not played since her third-round loss at Wimbledon, and more recently pulled out of the US Open.

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Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Kulitat

September 18, 2014