WTA Feb 27-Mar 5: Acapulco & KLAbierto Mexicano, Acapulco, MEXINTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Free Live Video (popup) Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP .html: QD - MD - oop pics: DL - Y!: sports - news | WTA Acapulco: weather radar - forecast n23 R Vinci, n28 F Pennetta n36 S Errani, n51 I-C Begu BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Free Live Video (popup) Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: DL - Y!: sports - news - WTA Kuala Lumpur: forecast n6 A Radwanska, n14 J Jankovic n17 S Peng, n43 J Gajdosova |
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On Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, in the final of the BMW Malaysian Open,
26 year old qualifier #124 (career high: #78) Su-Wei Hsieh from Taipei, Taiwan,
defeated
21 year old 5th seeded #66 (career high: #54) Petra Martic from Split, Croatia,
2-6, 7-5, 4-1 retired (Su-Wei is shown with the trophy after the match). Petra had played a very long match earlier on Sunday, defeating 2nd seeded #14 Jelena Jankovic in a rain-postponed semifinal which lasted over three hours, 6(5)-7, 7-5, 7-6(5). Su-Wei's prize is $37,000; Petra's prize is $19,000. Su-Wei said: "In a way I was lucky, but I'll cherish this for as long as I can remember. I never expected to win this title. It wasn't easy for me but I tried so hard to win." WTA story Su-Wei was playing in her first WTA singles final. She has won 20 ITF singles titles, 8 WTA doubles titles and 19 ITF doubles titles. Su-Wei now has a 13-2 singles match record in 2012, the best start of her career. Getting To Know... Hsieh Su-Wei Petra was also playing in her first WTA singles final. She has won 2 ITF singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles. Petra has a 8-5 singles match record for the year. On Saturday in Acapulco, in the final of the Abierto Mexicano, the 2008 Palermo champion, 24 year old 3rd seeded #36 (career high: #31) Sara Errani from Bologna, Italy. defeated her compatriot, the 2005 and 2008 Acapulco champion, 30 year old 2nd seeded #28 (career high: #10) Flavia Pennetta of Italy (residence: Verbier, Switzerland), 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-0 (Sara is also shown holding the hardware after the match). Sara's prize is $37,000; Flavia's prize is $19,000. |
Sara said: "It was such a tough final against Flavia. I had to run a lot and try to play my game and be aggressive in the important moments. It's never easy playing an Italian but I played really well, especially in the third set.
"I can take a lot of confidence from this going into Indian Wells, but I always want more." WTA story
Flavia said: "We both played well tonight, but Sara played really well in the important moments. I made a lot of mistakes in the tie-break and in the third set I was tired physically and it went really fast."
Sara is now 3-3 in WTA singles finals. She won her other two titles at Palermo and Portoroz, both in 2008. She reached the Pattaya City final last year. Sara has a 16-5 singles match record this season.
Flavia is now 9-13 in WTA singles finals. Flavia has a 32-6 career record in Acapluco. She won the tourney in 2005 and 2008, and also reached the final in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009. Flavia is 10-5 in singles matches this year.
Flavia still leads Sara 3-2 in career matches. Their previous meeting was in 2010 on red clay in the semifinals at Marbella, when Flavia defeated Sara 6-1, 6-1.
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WTA SCOREBOARD: Acapulco & Kuala Lumpur
Abierto Mexicano, Acapulco, Mexico
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Acapulco, 1st Rd, Mon 3pm-Tue 11am Mon WTA story loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 n23 s1 Roberta Vinci ITA d n71 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 6-2, 7-6(5) Tue
n28 s2 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n114 Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP 6-4, 6-2 Tue n36 s3 Sara Errani ITA d n101 Irina Falconi USA 6-1, 6-1 Tue
n51 s4 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU d n318 sr Timea Bacsinszky SUI 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4 Mon
*n91 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n56 s5 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(3) Tue n61 s6 Johanna Larsson SWE d n132 q Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 Tue n67 s8 Alberta Brianti ITA d n117 Alize Cornet FRA 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Mon *n99 q Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU d n68 Greta Arn HUN 7-5, 7-5Tue n72 Sofia Arvidsson SWE d n163 q Petra Rampre CRO 6-2, 6-4 Tue n75 Anna Tatishvili GEO d n109 Eva Birnerova CZE 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Tue n82 Michaella Krajicek NED d n110 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Tue *n131 Melinda Czink HUN d n87 Stephanie Dubois CAN 7-6(6), 6-3 Mon n92 Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA d n97 Mathilde Johansson FRA 6-4, 7-6(5) Mon *n382 wc Ximena Hermoso MEX d n103 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 7-5, 6-3 Mon
*n159 LL Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP d n112 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 6-4, 6-4 Tue
n166 q Mariana Duque Marino COL d n564 wc Nadia Abdala MEX 6-1, 6-0 Tue |
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Acapulco, 2nd Round, Wed 3pm WTA story loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 n23 s1 Roberta Vinci ITA d n92 Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA 7-5, 6-4
n28 s2 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n72 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-1
n36 s3 Sara Errani ITA d n99 q Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU 6-4, 6-1
n51 s4 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU d n75 Anna Tatishvili GEO 6-3, 6-1 *n166 q Mariana Duque Marino COL d n61 s6 Johanna Larsson SWE 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 *n82 Michaella Krajicek NED d n67 s8 Alberta Brianti ITA 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(2) n91 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n382 wc Ximena Hermoso MEX 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
*n159 LL Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP d n131 Melinda Czink HUN 6-4, 7-6(5)
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Acapulco, QFs, Thu 3pm WTA story loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 n23 s1 Roberta Vinci ITA d n82 Michaella Krajicek NED 6-2, 6-0
n28 s2 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n166 q Mariana Duque Marino COL 6-0, 6-4
n36 s3 Sara Errani ITA d n159 LL Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP 6-4, 6-3
n51 s4 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU d n91 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-1, 6-2 |
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Acapulco, SFs, Fri 3pm WTA story loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 *n36 s3 Sara Errani ITA d n23 s1 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-4, 6-1
n28 s2 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n51 s4 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 6-2, 6-2
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Acapulco, Final, Sat 6:30pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 *n36 s3 Sara Errani ITA d n28 s2 Flavia Pennetta ITA 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-0
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Acapulco, Doubles Final, Sat 8pm loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US s1 Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci d s2 Lourdes Dominguez Lino & Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-2, 6-1 Acapulco, Qual Finals, Mon Feb 27 3pm losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points n99 Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU d n170 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 4-6, 6-1 retired n132 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ d n206 Maria Joao Koehler POR 2-6, 6-4,6-2 *n163 Petra Rampre CRO d n159 Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP 6-3, 6-4 n166 Mariana Duque Marino COL d n289 Catalina Castano COL 6-1, 6-3 Acapulco, Withdrawals n41 Ksenia Pervak KAZ illness n54 Marina Erakovic NZL n55 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE right shoulder injury n59 Pauline Parmentier FRA right wrist injury n62 Romina Oprandi SUI right knee injury n64 s7 Gisela Dulko ARG gastrointestinal illness n84 Laura Pous-Tio ESP left knee injury
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Malaysia Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mslaysia Open venue address: Bukit Kiara Resort Bhd. Jalan Bukit Kiara, Off Jalan Damansara, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2010 was the first year of the Kuala Lumpur tourney. New Straits Times story
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Kuala Lumpur, 1st Rd, Mon 1pm, Tue 10am Mon WTA story - Tue WTA story loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 Tue: play resumed after rain delay n6 s1 wc Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n119 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 6-2, 6-4 rain ppd-Wed-rain-Thu n14 s2 wc Jelena Jankovic SRB d n142 Caroline Garcia FRA 7-6(7), 4-6, 7-6(2) Tue
n17 s3 Shuai Peng CHN d n133 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 Tue n43 s4 wc Jarmila Gajdosova AUS v n184 Kathrin Woerle GER 1-6, 7-6(2), 7-5 Tue n66 s5 Petra Martic CRO d n139 Erika Sema JPN 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 Mon n69 s6 Ayumi Morita JPN d n306 q Nudnida Luangnam THA 6-4, 6-0 Tue
n74 s7 Jelena Dokic AUS d n160 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-3, 6-1 Mon
*n124 q Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n77 s8 Anne Keothavong GBR 6-4, 7-5 Tue n79 Eleni Daniilidou GRE d n113 Sania Mirza IND 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 Tue *n162 q Kristyna Pliskova CZE d n93 Iryna Bremond FRA 6-0, 6-2 Tue *n140 q Karolina Pliskova CZE d n100 Kai-Chen Chang CHN 6-3, 6-2 Tue n102 Casey Dellacqua AUS d n108 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-0, 6-2 Tue n127 Misaki Doi JPN d n189 wc Olga Puchkova RUS 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Mon n130 Olivia Rogowska AUS d n148 Elitsa Kostova BUL 6-4, 6-0 Mon n144 Kurumi Nara JPN d n181 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA 6-4, 6-3 Mon n147 Jill Craybas USA d n164 Yurika Sema JPN 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 Tue |
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Kuala Lumpur, 2nd Rd, Wed 1pm, Thu noon loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 Wednesday—rain stopped play n6 s1 wc Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n140 q Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-4, 6-4 Thu n14 s2 wc Jelena Jankovic SRB d n147 Jill Craybas USA 6-2, 6-0 Thu n17 s3 Shuai Peng CHN d n162 q Kristyna Pliskova CZE 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 Thu *n79 Eleni Daniilidou GRE d n43 s4 wc Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 6-4, 6-0 Thu n66 s5 Petra Martic CRO d n144 Kurumi Nara JPN 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 Wed n69 s6 Ayumi Morita JPN d n127 Misaki Doi JPN 7-6(6), 6-2 ppd-Thu *n130 Olivia Rogowska AUS d n74 s7 Jelena Dokic AUS 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2) ppd-Thu *n124 q Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n102 Casey Dellacqua AUS 6-1, 7-5 Wed |
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Kuala Lumpur, QFs, Fri 2pm WTA story loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 rain stopped play *n124 q Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n6 s1 wc Agnieszka Radwanska POL walkover—right elbow injury n14 s2 wc Jelena Jankovic SRB s n69 s6 Ayumi Morita JPN walkover—right shoulder injury *n66 s5 Petra Martic CRO d n17 s3 Shuai Peng CHN 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4
n79 Eleni Daniilidou GRE d n130 Olivia Rogowska AUS 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 Fri-rain-Sat |
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Kuala Lumpur, SFs, Sat 4pm & 6pm WTA story loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 rain stopped play *n66 s5 Petra Martic CRO d n14 s2 wc Jelena Jankovic SRB 6(5)-7, 7-5, 7-6(5) ppd-Sun
n124 q Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n79 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
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Kuala Lumpur, Final, Sun 6pm+ loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 *n124 q Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n66 s5 Petra Martic CRO 2-6, 7-5, 4-1 retired—heat illness
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Kuala Lumpur, Doubles Final loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US *Kai-Chen Chang & Chia-Jung Chuang d s3 Rika Fujiwara & Hao-Ching Chan 7-5, 6-4 Kuala Lumpur, Qual Finals, Mon Feb 27 1pm losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points n124 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n223 Ayu Fani Damayanti INA 7-6(6), 6-0 n140 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n205 Elena Bogdan ROU 6-1, 7-5 n162 Kristyna Pliskova CZE d n282 Luksika Kumkhum THA 6-3, 6-4 *n306 Nudnida Luangnam THA d n297 Elena Bovina RUS 6-2, 6-4 Kuala Lumpur, Withdrawals n7 Marion Bartoli FRA right lower leg injury n80 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN right foot injury n85 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA illness n106 Nina Bratchikova RUS n121 Laura Robson GBR illness n135 Venus Williams USA Sjögren's Syndrome
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