Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2015

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Tournament Info
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $2,513,000
Surface: Hard
Director: Salah Tahlak

The draw is out - still not quite complete - missing 4 TBA. Serena is not taking part.

REVISED 2

1 HALEP, Simona ROU
2 BYE
3 BARTHEL, Mona GER
4 HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK
5 PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana BUL
6 KOUKALOVA, Klara CZE
7 LL Vesnina, Elena RUS
8 PENG, Shuai CHN

9 PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
10 BYE
11 DIYAS, Zarina KAZ
12 BECK, Annika GER
13 WATSON, Heather GBR
14 Q Kozlova, Kateryna UKR
15 BYE
16 MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS

17 WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN
18 BYE
19 Q Lucic-Baroni, Mirjana CRO
20 STOSUR, Samantha AUS
21 Q Dabrowski, Gabriela CAN
22 BUYUKAKCAY, Cagla TUR
23 FLIPKENS, Kirsten BEL
24 CORNET, Alizé FRA

25 PENNETTA, Flavia ITA
26 LL Goerges, Julia GER
27 Q Wang, Quang CHN
28 NARA, Kurumi JPN
29 KANEPI, Kaia EST
30 KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS
31 BYE
32 KERBER, Angelique GER

33 WILLIAMS, Venus USA
34 BYE
35 BENCIC, Belinda SUI
36 KNAPP, Karin ITA
37 LL Siniakova, Katerina CZE
38 DELLACQUA, Casey AUS
39 PUIG, Monica PUR
40 SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE

41 Karolina, Pliskova CZE
42 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS
43 ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE
44 BEYGELZIMER, Yuliya UKR
45 LISICKI, Sabine GER
46 NICULESCU, Monica ROU
47 BYE
48 IVANOVIC, Ana SRB

49 RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL
50 BYE
51 GARCIA, Caroline FRA
52 Q Rodionova, Anna AUS
53 Q Gajdosova, Jarmia AUS
54 MUGURUZA, Garbiñe ESP
55 Q Babos, Tamea HUN
56 JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB

57 SUÁREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP - doubt she turns up with backpain.
58 BYE
59 ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS
60 GIORGI, Camila ITA
61 VANDEWEGHE, CoCo USA
62 SVITOLINA, Elina UKR
63 BYE
64 KVITOVA, Petra CZE

 

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Seeded Players
1 HALEP, Simona
2 KVITOVA, Petra
3 WOZNIACKI, Caroline
4 IVANOVIC, Ana
5 RADWANSKA, A
6 MAKAROVA, Ekaterina
7 KERBER, Angelique
8 WILLIAMS, Venus
9 PETKOVIC, Andrea
10 PENNETTA, Flavia
11 SAFAROVA, Lucie
12 JANKOVIC, Jelena
13 SUÁREZ NAVARRO, Carla
14 CIBULKOVA, Dominika
15 CORNET, Alizé
16 PENG, Shuai

Pts.Prize Money
Winner
900 $456,000
Finalists
585 $227,860
Semi-Finalists
350 $113,850
Quarter Finalists
190 $52,430
3rd Round
105 $26,000
2nd Round
60 $13,340
1st Round
1 $7,474

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Bouchard received a w/card into Dubai...withdrawl due to arm injury
Cibulkova withdrew due to a Achilles problem

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

I can't wait to follow this one...
Where are Serena and Masha?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I can't wait to follow this one...
Where are Serena and Masha?

Serena withdrew citing illness,I think she isnt over the viral illness she had at the Australian Open,she also was sick at the Fed Cup just recently

Masha?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Maria Sharapova wasn't scheduled to play Dubai.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Seeing that the court surface in Dubai is fast,I will make a early predication...Petra Kvitova....in saying that I have just probably jinxed her.......

 

[kskate2]

Petra or Venus both are faves on the fast HC.

 

[kskate2]

Where is Vika?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Where is Vika?

Vika is scheduled to play in Doha

 

[kskate2]

So, will Venus defend her title in Doha or is she foregoing that this year?

 

[faradubii]

So, will Venus defend her title in Doha or is she foregoing that this year?

Venus is defending the Dubai title. Halep won Doha. These 2 tournaments switched category Premier 5 to Premier.

 

[Hoergren]

Wonder who the last 4 TBA are known and is Petkovic and Navarro coming to Dubai? - I doubt that. Order of play Sunday 15.2.2015

Centre Court
12:00
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) vs Samantha Stosur (AUS) 36 16
Kaia Kanepi (EST) vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 14 ret
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) vs Julia Goerges (GER) 26 76 64
Not Before 19:00
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) vs Alizé Cornet (FRA) 06 76 36 3h 11m
Timea Babos (HUN) vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 36 64 16

Court 1
12:00
Belinda Bencic (SUI) vs Karin Knapp (ITA) 64 64
Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs Monica Niculescu (ROU) 63 64
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) vs Annika Beck (GER) 62 62
Caroline Garcia (FRA) vs Arina Rodionova (AUS) 63 62

Court 3
12:00
Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL) vs Klara Koukalova (CZE) 63 46 63
Katerina Siniakova (CZE)vs Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 36 46
Yuliya Beygelzimer(UKR)/Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) vs Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA)/Mona Barthel (GER) 26 75 6-10
Gabriela Dabrowski(CAN)/Alicja Rosolska(POL) vs Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 46 57

 

[faradubii]

The 4 TBAs are paired with the girls in the Antwerp semis. Maybe they will get byes. BZS, CSN, Pliskova and Petkovic could get directly in round 2?

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFZD9undyCM[/video]

 

[junren65]

I guess Caroline will play Stosur on Monday. I hope she gets by her.

 

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Order of play Monday 16.2.2015 - all times are local

CENTRE COURT Starting at: 12:00 pm
[LL] Elena VESNINA (RUS) vs Shuai PENG (CHN) [16] 57 16
Heather WATSON (GBR) vs [Q] Kateryna KOZLOVA (UKR) 46 57
Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [17] vs Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) 62 64
Not Before 19:00
Mona BARTHEL (GER) vs [WC] Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) 67 63 36
Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [8] vs Belinda BENCIC (SUI) 61 62

COURT 1 Starting at: 12:00 pm
[Q] Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (AUS) vs Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP) 63 16 26
Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS) vs Camila GIORGI (ITA) 46 26
CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) vs Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) 13 ret.
Monica PUIG (PUR) vs Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [11] 16 46

COURT 2 Starting at: 1:00 pm
Julia GOERGES (GER)/Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) vs Raquel KOPS-JONES (USA)/Abigail SPEARS (USA) [5] 76 62
Klaudia JANS-IGNACIK (POL)/Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) vs Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS)/Arina RODIONOVA (AUS) 26 16
Casey DELLACQUA (AUS)/Samantha STOSUR (AUS) vs Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (AUS)/Sabine LISICKI (GER) 63 64

COURT 3 Starting at: 12:00 pm
[Q] Qiang WANG (CHN) vs Kurumi NARA (JPN) 57 61 75
[Q] Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN) vs [WC] Cagla BUYUKAKCAY (TUR) 26 76 46
Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE) vs [Q] Yuliya BEYGELZIMER (UKR) 64 62

 

[Hoergren]

I really hope others than me are watching a highly dramatic match between Cornet and Flipkens. First set was over in 20 minutes with 60 to Cornet and second set lasted almost 100 minutes and went to Flipkens 76 but Cornet was unlucky having used all her challenges and 3 of her wild protests would have been in her favor if she had had any !! Now third set.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I really hope others than me are watching a highly dramatic match between Cornet and Flipkens. First set was over in 20 minutes with 60 to Cornet and second set lasted almost 100 minutes and went to Flipkens 76 but Cornet was unlucky having used all her challenges and 3 of her wild protests would have been in her favor if she had had any !! Now third set.

Cornet always the 'drama queen' on court,I thought she had cut this out,apparently not.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Phew what a 'drama filled' match it had everything...Cornet finally prevailing 63 3rd set to win the match