St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, St Petersburg, Russia

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DATE: 08 Feb 2016 - 14 Feb 2016
SURFACE: HARD
PRIZE MONEY: $687,900
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://wta.formulatx.com/en/

Players:

Belinda Bencic, Roberta Vinci, Ana Ivanovic, Caroline Woznaicki, A.K. Schmmiedlova, Anastasi Pavlychenkova, Kristina Mladenovic, I-C Begu and Dominika Cibulkova are among the top players scheduled to play St Petersburg.

 

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Strong field in St Petersburg. Personally, hoping for strong tournaments from Dominika, Caro and Ana.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

If Pavs can keep her head together I feel she has a good shot at winning the title.Pavs is one of the cleanest strikers of the ball in the WTA,pity her head gets in the way

 

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The tweet is from last year, but what a great photo of St Petersburg.

 

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A sneak preview of the venue.

 

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The St Petersburg draw has been released:

 

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Caroline Wozniacki will likely meet Dominika Cibulkova in the second round. Probably a draw neither wanted after disappointing AO campaigns. Two of my faves too.

 

[Billie]

Sears was well enough to train with Ana, but I couldn't find anywhere the confirmation that he was with her in Russia.

 

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Tournaments just right after FED CUP could be very tricky .. my favourite is Bencic, however rested Pavlyuchenkova could be hard obstacle to cross.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

One of the reasons I have gone for Pavs to win this tournament is is in indoors and also in Russia
When her game is 'one' it is delightful' as I have said many times Pavs is one of the cleanest striker's of the ball' in the WTA
Also I have interviewed her,she is delightful!

 

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Very tough match for Pavlyuchenkova @MargaretMcAleer, finally coming through in 3 sets, 6-4 4-6 6-4

 

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Wednesday Schedule:

Sibur Arena
Laura Siegemund v Kristina Mladenovic
Patricia Maria Tig v Elena Vesnina
Dominika Cibulkova v Evgeniya Rodina
Kirsten Flipkens v Daria Kasatkina
Margarita Gasparyan/Bojana Jovanovski v Ana Ivanovic
Yanina Wickmayer v Roberta Vinci.

TC Dynamo court
Annika Beck v Lucie Hradecka
+ Doubles matches.

 

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First Round
Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Kristina Mladenovic (7), France, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Annika Beck, Germany, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Patricia Maria Tig, Romania, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-3, 6-0.

Daria Kasatkina, Russia, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

Second Round
Ana Ivanovic (4), Serbia, def. Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, 7-5, 6-2.

Roberta Vinci (2), Italy, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-2, 7-6 (2).

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Sets up a good second clash between Dominika Cibulkova and Caroline Wozniacki.

 

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Thursday Order of Play in St Petersburg

Sibur Arena
Elena Vesnina v Kateryna Kozlova
Kirsten Flipkens/Daria Kasatkina v Laura Siegemund
Belinda Bencic v Annika Beck
Caroline Wozniacki v Dominika Cibulkova
Carina Witthoeft v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

TC Dynamo court
Monica Niculescu v Timea Babos
+Doubles Matches

Match of the Day... Caroline Wozniacki v Dominika Cibulkova

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Dominika beats Caro in the big match of the day 6-4 7-5.