WTA Apr 18-24: Stuttgart & FèsPorsche Tennis Grand PrixStuttgart, GER PREMIER 700 $721,000 28m/32q/16d indoor: red clay | tourney: videos - m draw Free Live Video (popup) Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: DL - Y!: sports - news | WTA Stuttgart: radar - forecast - map #1 C Wozniacki, #3 V Zvonareva #4 F Schiavone, #5 V Azarenka GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fès, MAR INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Free Live Video (popup) Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: WTA Fès: weather forecast #24 A Rezai, #46 Y Shvedova #47 L Dominguez, #52 G Arn |
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On Sunday in Stuttgart, in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix,
the 2010 champ at Bad Gastein, Austria, 22-year-old unseeded #34 (career-high: #34) Julia Goerges from Bad Oldesloe, Germany,
finished the best week of her career with her biggest victory, defeating
this year's champion at Dubai, Indian Wells and Charleston, 20-year-old top seeded #1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco),
7-6(3), 6-3 (Julia is shown after match point, and with the Porsche roadware after the match). Julia's prize is $111,000 plus a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet valued at $112,900; Caroline's prize is $60,700. There was only one break of serve in the 1 hour, 39 minute match, but it was all Julia needed to win. Julia fired 2 aces with no double faults, scored on 1 of 2 break points against Caroline, and totaled 78 points. Caroline had no aces, with 1 DF, was unable to score on any of her 5 break points against Julia, and won 65 points in the match. Julia won 72% of her 1st serve points, and 65% of her 2nd serve points (Caroline: 67% & 33%). Julia said: "I had goose pimples on match point. It was an unbelievable feeling playing the final with so many people watching. Everything was going so well but you can never be sure against Caroline. She never gives up and has turned lots of matches around when nobody expected her to. She’s only beaten when the last point is over." tourney story Caroline said: "I played well, but Julia was simply better. I’d like to congratulate her on her win. At the start of both sets I had a few break chances but I couldn’t take them. But I had a good tournament. Of course I’d love to have won the Porsche. I’ll just have to try again next year." Julia and Caroline had met twice before. In January of last year, on a Plexipave hardcourt in the 2nd round of the Australian Open, Caroline handily defeated Julia 6-3, 6-1. |
But in August, on an indoor hardcourt in the quarterfinals of Caroline's home tourney in Copenhagen, the score was much closer, Caro defeating Julia 3-6, 6-0, 7-6(3). After that match, Caroline said: "Julia played really well tonight; I was close to losing. I pulled it through, and that's great. There was a great atmosphere, a lot of people. It's really great to play in front of the home crowd." WTA story
Julia is now 2-1 in WTA singles finals; she won last year at Bad Gastein, but lost at Luxembourg. Julia has a 18-9 singles match record this season. The win on Sunday raised Julia to a career high #27 in Monday's WTA singles rankings.
2009 US Open finalist Caroline is now 15-10 in WTA singles finals; she won in February at Dubai, in March at Indian Wells, in April at Charleston, and last year at Beijing, Tokyo, New Haven, Montreal, Copenhagen, and Ponte Vedra Beach. Caroline has a 29-5 singles match record this season.
After her semifinal on Saturday, Julia said: "I’ve walked past the [tourney prize] car so often this week but I haven’t looked at it closely. If somebody had told me at the start of the week that I would be in the final here, there’s no way I would have believed them... I haven't driven a car for three months now, maybe if I win, I should try to drive again with a normal car first." AFP story
In Fès, Morocco on Sunday, in the final of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, 31-year-old #96 Alberta Brianti from Fontanellato, Italy, won her first WTA singles title by defeating last year's Fès finalist, 19-year-old 7th seeded #66 (career high: #61) Simona Halep from Constantza, Romania, 6-4, 6-3.
Alberta's prize is $37,000; Simona's prize is $19,000. Alberta and Simona had met only once before, on a Deco-Turf hardcourt in the 1st round of qualifying in Montreal last year, when Simona defeated Alberta 6-1, 6-1.
Alberta said: "It was a very tough match. Simona is a talented player. We had to stop for the rain but I was able to keep concentrating and win. I was playing good tennis all week, including today. I'm very happy to win my first title." WTA story
Alberta is now 1-1 in WTA singles finals; she has won 9 ITF singles titles, 1 WTA doubles title, and 11 ITF doubles titles. Alberta has a 14-11 singles match record this season.
Simona is now 0-2 in WTA singles finals; she has won 6 ITF singles titles and 4 ITF doubles titles. Simona has a 12-9 singles match record this season.
WTA SCOREBOARD: Stuttgart & Fès
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany
Porsche Grand Prix of Tennis venue address: Schleyer Halle/Porsche Arena, Mercedesstrase 69, 70372 Stuttgart |
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Stuttgart, 1st Rd, Mon 1pm & noon, Tue 10:30am losers' prize: $5,200 US; points: 1 #6 s5 Samantha Stosur AUS d #33 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 7-5, 6-1 Tue #7 s6 Na Li CHN d #38 Anastasija Sevastova LAT 6-2, 6-3 Mon #8 s7 Jelena Jankovic SRB d #182 LL Beatriz Garcia Vidagany ESP 6-1, 6-2 Tue #12 s8 Marion Bartoli FRA d #36 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 6-4, 6-1 Mon #14 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d #116 q Jamie Hampton USA 6-0, 6-1 Tue #19 Andrea Petkovic GER d #90 q Tamira Paszek AUT 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Tue #21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d #37 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-3, 6-4 Tue *#32 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #26 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 7-5, 6-3 Tue *#156 wc Sabine Lisicki GER d #28 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 7-5, 7-6(2) Tue *#80 wc Kristina Barrois GER d #31 Lucie Safarova CZE 6-1, 6-4 Mon #34 Julia Goerges GER d #136 q Michaella Krajicek NED 6-3, 6-1 Tue *#133 LL Zuzana Kucova SVK d #50 q Anna Chakvetadze RUS 1-6, 7-5, 4-4 retired—dizziness Tue |
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Stuttgart, 2nd Rd, Wed 10:30am WTA story losers' prize: $9,525 US; points: 60 #1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #133 LL Zuzana Kucova SVK 6-1, 6-2
#3 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 *#14 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d #4 s3 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-1, 6-3 *#34 Julia Goerges GER d #5 s4 Victoria Azarenka BLR 4-6 retired—right shoulder injury
#6 s5 Samantha Stosur AUS d #32 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
*#156 wc Sabine Lisicki GER d #7 s6 Na Li CHN 6-4, 7-5
*#19 Andrea Petkovic GER d #8 s7 Jelena Jankovic SRB 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
*#80 wc Kristina Barrois GER d #12 s8 Marion Bartoli FRA 6-4, 6-2
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Stuttgart, QFs, Thu 2pm losers' prize: $17,300 US; points: 120 no play is scheduled for Friday (Good Friday) #1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #19 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-4, 6-1
*#6 s5 Samantha Stosur AUS d #3 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)
#14 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d #80 wc Kristina Barrois GER 7-5, 6-3 #34 Julia Goerges GER d #156 wc Sabine Lisicki GER 6-4, 6-4
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Stuttgart, SFs, Sat 2pm losers' prize: $32,500 US; points: 200 #1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #14 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 7-5, 6-3
*#34 Julia Goerges GER d #6 s5 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
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Stuttgart, Final, Sun 4pm loser's prize: $60,700 US; points: 320 winner's prize: $111,000 US (AND a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet) points: 470 #34 Julia Goerges GER d #1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 7-6(3), 6-3 |
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Stuttgart, Doubles Final 1pm losers' prize: $17,800 US winners' prize: $34,000 US Sabine Lisicki & Samantha Stosur d Kristina Barrois & Jasmin Woehr 6-1, 7-6(5) Stuttgart, Qual Finals, Mon Apr 18 noon losers' prizes: q1 $750 1pt; q2 $1,365 8pts; q3 $2,530 12pts; qualifier 20 points #50 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #190 Mariya Koryttseva UKR 6(3)-7, 7-5, 6-4 #90 Tamira Paszek AUT d #133 Zuzana Kucova SVK 7-6(3), 6-2 #116 Jamie Hampton USA d #207 Ana Vrlic CRO 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 #136 Michaella Krajicek NED d #182 Beatriz Garcia Vidagany ESP 6-0, 6-4 Stuttgart, Withdrawals #18 Petra Kvitova CZE lower back injury #16 Kaia Kanepi EST achilles tendonitis #20 Flavia Pennetta ITA right shoulder injury #23 Yanina Wickmayer BEL knee injury #35 Klara Zakopalova CZE |
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Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fès [Fez], Morocco
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem venue address: Complex Sportif de Fès, Boulevard Arrahma Narjiss, Fez (Fès), Morocco
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Fès, 1st Round, Mon-Tue 11am & noon loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #24 s1 Aravane Rezai FRA d #100 Arantxa Rus NED 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 Tue #46 s2 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d #97 q Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 6-3, 6-2 Tue *#81 Melanie Oudin USA d #47 s3 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 ppd-Wed #52 s4 Greta Arn HUN d #94 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 6-0, 1-0 retired Mon *#87 Ksenia Pervak RUS d #60 s5 Angelique Kerber GER 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 Mon #66 s7 Simona Halep ROU d #98 Anastasiya Yakimova BLR 6-2, 6-0 Mon #67 s8 Alize Cornet FRA d #93 Andrea Hlavackova CZE 6-3, 6-3 Tue-dark-Wed #68 Polona Hercog SLO d #77 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 6(6)-7, 7-6(1), 6-2 ppd-Wed #75 Dinara Safina RUS d #107 Jill Craybas USA 6-1, 6-0 Tue #78 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #132 Nina Bratchikova RUS 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 Mon *#96 Alberta Brianti ITA d #86 Laura Pous-Tio ESP 7-5, 6-2 Tue *#209 q Kristyna Pliskova CZE d #92 Renata Voracova CZE 6(5)-7, 7-5, 6-3 Tue #106 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d #164 q Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 6-3, 6-3 Tue #118 Anastasia Pivovarova RUS d #438 wc Fatima Zahrae El Allami MAR 6-3, 7-6(2) Tue
*#499 wc Nadia Lalami MAR d #123 Misaki Doi JPN 6-2, 7-5 Tue *#171 LL Eleni Daniilidou GRE d #142 q Urszula Radwanska POL 2-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 Tue |
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Fès, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu 11am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 *#499 wc Nadia Lalami MAR d #24 s1 Aravane Rezai FRA 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 Wed
*#118 Anastasia Pivovarova RUS d #46 s2 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-2, 7-6(5) Thu
#52 s4 Greta Arn HUN d #209 q Kristyna Pliskova CZE 6-4, 6-4 Wed #66 s7 Simona Halep ROU d #78 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-2, 6-4 Wed *#75 Dinara Safina RUS d #67 s8 Alize Cornet FRA 6-1, 6-3 Thu *#81 Melanie Oudin USA d #68 Polona Hercog SLO walkover—right ankle injury Thu *#96 Alberta Brianti ITA d #87 Ksenia Pervak RUS 7-5, 6-2 Thu #106 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d #171 LL Eleni Daniilidou GRE 6-4, 7-5 Wed |
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Fès, QFs, Fri 11am loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 Friday: rain stopped play, play resumed *#66 s7 Simona Halep ROU d #52 s4 Greta Arn HUN 6-2, 6-1 #75 Dinara Safina RUS d #118 Anastasia Pivovarova RUS 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
*#96 Alberta Brianti ITA d #81 Melanie Oudin USA 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 #106 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d #499 wc Nadia Lalami MAR 6-0, 6-1 |
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Fès, SFs, Sat 1pm loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 #66 s7 Simona Halep ROU d #106 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 7-5, 6-4 #96 Alberta Brianti ITA d #75 Dinara Safina RUS walkover—illness
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Fès, Final, Sun 3pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 #96 Alberta Brianti ITA d #66 s7 Simona Halep ROU 6-4, 6-3 |
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Fès, Doubles Final Sun 1pm loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Andrea Hlavackova & Renata Voracova d Nina Bratchikova & Sandra Klemenschits 6-3, 6-4 Fès, Qual Finals, Mon Apr 18 11am & noon losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points #97 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU d #172 Sloane Stephens USA 7-6(4), 6-2 #142 Urszula Radwanska POL d #199 Catalina Castano COL 7-5, 7-6(3) #164 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP d #171 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 6-0, 6-4 #209 Kristyna Pliskova CZE d #223 Severine Beltrame FRA 6-4, 7-6(7) Fès, Withdrawals #43 Sara Errani ITA #44 Agnes Szavay HUN back injury #45 Elena Vesnina RUS right wrist injury #62 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP #63 s6 Jelena Dokic AUS illness #64 Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP right shoulder injury #70 Mathilde Johansson FRA #88 Romina Oprandi ITA right knee injury |
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