Shenzhen Open - International Tier

[Moxie]

DATE: 1-7 January, 2016
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $626,750
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Agnieszka Radwanska

Seeds:

1. RADWANSKA, Agnieszka
2. HALEP, Simona
3. KONTA, Johanna
4. BACSINSZKY, Timea
5. BABOS, Timea
6. SEVASTOVA, Anastasija
7. NICULESCU, Monica
8. RISKE, Alison

The Tournament:

Shenzhen is a new tournament, having debuted in 2013.

About Shenzen

Shenzhen is both ancient, dating back to 5000 B.C., and thoroughly modern. Bordering Hong Kong to the south, Shenzhen is a major financial center in southern China. The city is home to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as well as the headquarters of numerous high-tech companies. It also has one of the busiest container ports in the world.

Tourism Guide:

 

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The Draw:

 

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Round 1:

Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d Kristina Kucova (SVK) | 6 - 3 | 4 - 6 | 6 - 4
[8] Alison Riske (USA) d [WC] Lin Zhu (CHN) | 7 - 6 (5) | 7 - 6 (5)
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) | 6 - 4 | 5 - 7 | 6 - 3
[7] Monica Niculescu (ROU) d [WC] Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN) | 5 - 7 | 6 - 1 | 6 - 3
Qiang Wang (CHN) d Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 3

 

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Results from the Shenzhen Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday

1-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Duan Yingying (China) 6-2 6-7(4) 7-5
Nina Stojanovic (Serbia) beat 5-Timea Babos (Hungary) 1-6 7-5 6-2
Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) beat Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) 6-0 6-2
Camila Giorgi (Italy) beat Ana Bogdan (Romania) 1-6 7-6(5) 6-3
Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) beat Peng Shuai (China) 6-3 7-5
Chang Kai-Chen (Taiwan) beat Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) 7-6(4) 6-1
2-Simona Halep (Romania) beat Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6-1 3-6 6-3
Zheng Saisai (China) beat Liu Fangzhou (China) 6-7(6) 6-0 6-3
Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat 6-Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 1-6 6-3 7-6(6)
3-Johanna Konta (Britain) beat Cagla Buyukakcay (Turkey) 6-2 6-0

 

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Results from the Shenzhen Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Tuesday

8-Alison Riske (U.S.) beat Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) 6-1 6-1
1-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 6-0 6-3
3-Johanna Konta (Britain) beat Vania King (U.S.) 1-6 6-3 6-2
Wang Qiang (China) beat 7-Monica Niculescu (Romania) 7-6(1) 6-4

 

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3-Johanna Konta (Britain) beat Vania King (U.S.) 1-6 6-3 6-2

Hot Shot!

 

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1-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 6-0 6-3

Hot Shot!

 

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Results from the Shenzhen Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday

Camila Giorgi (Italy) beat Zheng Saisai (China) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4
Nina Stojanovic (Serbia) beat Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 4-6 6-3 6-3
Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) beat 2-Simona Halep (Romania) 6-3 4-6 7-5
Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Chang Kai-Chen (Taiwan) 6-1 6-2

 

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Results from the Shenzhen Open Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday

3-Johanna Konta (Britain) beat Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-7(11) 6-3

 

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Results from the Shenzhen Open Women's Singles Semifinal matches on Friday

8-Alison Riske (U.S.) beat Camila Giorgi (Italy) 6-3 6-3
Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) beat 3-Johanna Konta (Britain) 1-6 6-4 6-4

 

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Alison Riske to take on Katerina Siniakova in another surprise final.

 

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Shenzen Final

Katerina Siniakova d Alison Riske 6-3 6-4