WTA Jul 28-Aug 5: London Olympics & DC

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n1 V Azarenka, n2 A Radwanska
n3 M Sharapova, n4 S Williams
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n28 A Pavlyuchenkova, n42 C Scheepers
n52 S Stephens, n56 V King

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Wimbledon:

Maria Sharapova Serena Williams Victoria Azarenka
Silver Gold Bronze

Washington:

#114 Magdalena Rybarikova
5'11" 143lb RH 2H-BH

On Saturday at Wimbledon, in the women's singles tennis final of the 2012 London Olympics, the 2012 champion at Stanford, Wimbledon, Charleston & Madrid, 30 year old 4th seeded #4 (and former #1) Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, won the gold medal by defeating this year's French Open champion (and the 2004 Wimbledon champ), 25 year old 3rd seeded #3 (and former #1) Maria Sharapova of Russia (residences: Manhattan Beach, CA & Bradenton, FL), 6-0, 6-1 (the medal winners are shown on the podium after the award ceremony).

Serena struck 24 winners (including 10 aces) with 7 unforced errors (including 2 double faults) and scored on 5 of the 7 break points she reached against Maria while totaling 56 points in the match. Maria hit 6 winners (1 ace) with 10 errors (5 DFs) and failed convert two break points against Serena while scoring 25 points.

Serena said: "I've never played better. Playing against Maria you have to be at your best. I knew that. She won the French Open, she never loses this year. She's playing the finals of everything so I knew it was going to be tough." WTA story

Maria said: "Serena was playing incredibly confident tennis today, particularly considering how windy it was... There are always things you think you could have done better, but my opponent just played too well today... A silver medal means a lot to me, though. It's always disappointing to lose in the final, but it's great to get a medal in my first Olympic Games."

Serena leads Maria 9-2 in career matches.. Maria's two wins were in 2004, in the finals at Wimbledon and at the WTA Championships. Serena has defeated Maria 8 straight times since then. Their previous meeting was in May on red clay in the quarterfinals at Madrid, when Serena defeated Maria 6-1, 6-3.

14 time Grand Slam singles champion Serena is now 44-15 in WTA singles finals. Serena won the 2010 Australian Open and Wimbledon titles, then stepped on broken glass at a restaurant after Wimbledon and was sidelined for about 11 months, during which she also suffered from a pulmonary embolism. Upon returning to play last year Serena won the Stanford and Toronto titles; this year she has won at Stanford, Wimbledon, Charleston and Madrid.
Serena has a 44-3 singles match record this year, with losses to Ekaterina Makarova, Caroline Wozniacki, and Virginie Razzano.

2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, 2008 Australian Open and 2012 French Open champion Maria is 27-17 in WTA singles finals; she won this year at Roland Garros, Stuttgart and Rome, and last year at Rome and Cincinnati. Due to right shoulder rotator cuff tendon tears, Maria played only one match (a doubles match) between August, 2008, and May, 2009.
Maria is 44-7 in 2012, losing only to Serena Williams (twice), Victoria Azarenka (twice), Agnieszka Radwanska, Angelique Kerber, and Sabine Lisicki.

Also on Saturday at Wimbledon, in the bronze medal match, this year's Australian Open, Indian Wells, Sydney and Doha champion, 21 year old top seeded #1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), won her first Olympic medal by defeating the 2008 champion at Estoril, Barcelona, and Seoul, 25 year old 14th seeded #15 (career high: #14) Maria Kirilenko from Moscow, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Vika now leads Maria 3-2 in career matches. Their previous meeting was in 2010 on an indoor hardcourt in the final at Moscow, when Vika defeated Maria 6-3, 6-4.

On Saturday in Washington, D.C., in the final of the CitiOpen the 2011 champ in Memphis, 23 year old unseeded #114 (career high: #40) Magdalena Rybarikova from Bratislava, Slovakia, defeated the 2011 Monterrey champion, 20 year old top seeded #28 (career high: #13) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from Moscow, Russia, 6-1, 6-1 (Magdalena is shown holding the glassware after the match).

Magda's prize is $37,000; Anastasia's prize is $19,000.

Magda said: "I think I played very well today. I was trying not to think about this being a final, and I was also trying not to think about playing such a good player. I was very relaxed. If I'm not relaxed, it's tough to play my game." WTA story

Magdalena is now 3-1 in WTA singles finals; last year she won at Memphis and lost at Guangzhou, and she won at Birmingham in 2009. Magda now has a 20-15 singles match record this season.

Anastasia is now 3-1 in WTA singles finals; she won at Monterrey in 2011 & 2010, and at Istanbul in 2010. Anastasia's 2012 singles match record is 16-19.

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The 64-player draw for the London Olympics has 16 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. 56 entries are determined by WTA rankings, with up to 4 players per nation in the draw. 8 entries are selected by the ITF, IOC, & National Olympic Committees.

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London Olympics 2012: On Thursday, July 26, Su-Wei Hsieh and Alize Cornet were among the players
practicing before the Olympic Games... On Friday, Jelena Jankovic paused for a pic at the Olynpic Village...

London Olympics, 1st Round, Sat-Sun Sat WTA story - Mon WTA story
loser's points: 1
Sunday: rain delays (except Centre Court)
n1 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n79 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 ppd-Mon

Victoria driving a forehand

Victoria said: "It was a long wait for me. I was going to play yesterday but it got cancelled. In your first match on Centre Court there are always nerves and today I couldn't get into the match in the second set. There were too many mistakes. I'm glad I could turn things around and finish as strong as I started."

*n24 Julia Goerges GER d n2 s2 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 7-5, 6(5)-7, 6-4 Sun

Agnieszka driving a forehand, and Julia serving

Julia struck 56 winners (including 20 aces) with 25 unforced errors (including 2 double faults); Agnieszka hit 24 winners (8 aces) with 21 errors (1 DF).

Julia said: "I played aggressively and served well. I was pretty close to beating [Agnieszka] last time we played in Dubai, so I expected maybe I could turn it around this time—and I know if I play well it's dangerous for anyone." WTA story

Agnieszka said: "It's always tough to lose in the first round... I didn't play my best tennis in a couple of important moments, and that's why the score is like it is. It was a really tough match. [Julia] played very well."

n3 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS d n49 Shahar Peer ISR 6-2, 6-0 Sun

Maria serving, Shahar launching a forehand, and Maria following a backhand

Maria struck 22 winners (including 1 ace) with 17 unforced errors (including 2 double faults); Shahar hit 2 winners (no aces) with 16 errors (5 DFs).

n4 s4 Serena Williams USA d n20 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-3, 6-1 Sat

Serena and Jelena driving forehand and backhand

Serena said: "I was a little nervous in the first set, but once I got relaxed I played a little better. I actually think I played solid today. I felt the ball well. I missed a few shots, but at least I was going forward."

*n45 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n5 s5 Samantha Stosur AUS 3-6, 7-5, 10-8 Sat

Samantha and Carla driving forehands

n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n94 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 Sat

Petra's backhand volley

n7 s7 Angelique Kerber GER d n32 Petra Cetkovska CZE 6-1, 3-0 retired—ankle injury ppd-Mon
n8 s8 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n76 Anne Keothavong GBR 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Sat

Caroline driving a forehand, and Anne launching one on the run

*n69 Venus Williams USA d n9 s9 Sara Errani ITA 6-3, 6-1 ppd-Mon

Venus said: "Oh my gosh, it was really great. There were definitely nerves, but grass is my favorite surface and I felt great out there. It's never easy to draw a top seed. I'm unseeded here, and now I feel like I'm the No.9 seed, and hopefully I'll meet another seed and become their number too. So, one by one..."

*n33 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n11 s10 Na Li CHN 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Sat

Na serving, and Daniela driving a backhand

n12 s11 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n26 Christina McHale USA 6-4, 7-5 Sat

Ana about to slice a backhand, Christina driving a forehand, and Ana's backhand drive

*n57 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL d n13 s12 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 7-6(4), 6-2 Sat
n14 s13 Vera Zvonareva RUS d n51 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 7-6(3), 6-4 Sat
n15 s14 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n117 Mariana Duque-Marino COL 6-0, 1-1 retired ppd-Mon
n17 s15 Sabine Lisicki GER d n297 Ons Jabeur TUN 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 Sun-Mon
n19 s16 Nadia Petrova RUS d n25 Jie Zheng CHN 6-4, 7-6(7) ppd-Mon

Nadia said: "I'm quite exhausted... I had to fight for every single point today, but I'm pleased to win."

Jie said: "Today [Nadia] played great and had a big serve. I had chances, two set points for the second set, but I couldn't control it. It's a little bit of bad luck and I'm disappointed. It's the Olympics and you really want to win.
"But it's still exciting to be here. I have doubles and I'm looking forward to it, because I won a bronze medal in Beijing in doubles, so I'll try again in London."

n21 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n39 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 Sat

Flavia ready to slice a backhand, and Sorana driving one

n22 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n30 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Sat
*n96 Laura Robson GBR d n23 Lucie Safarova CZE 7-6(4), 6-4 ppd-Mon

Laura doing the "worry-free" thing during pre-match warmups

Laura struck 24 winners (including 7 aces) with 17 unforced errors (including 7 double faults); Lucie hit 19 winners (8 aces) with 12 errors (4 DFs).

Laura will play Maria Sharapova in the 2nd round. Laura and Maria have met only once before, last year on Centre Court in the 2nd round at Wimbledon, when Maria defeated Laura 7-6(4), 6-3.

Laura said: "I'm moving better now than I was last year. My serve is a lot faster when it goes in, which hopefully will be quite often tomorrow. I've worked really hard on improving everything, and I think I've done that. But [Maria is] playing some of the best tennis of her life. I've got nothing to lose going into it, so all I can do is fight as hard as I can and try and play as well as I can." BBC story

*n36 Kim Clijsters BEL d n27 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-1, 6-4 Sat

Kim driving a backhand

Kim said: "I still feel whenever I step out onto the court and feel good physically, if I play good tennis, I can beat a lot of good players. With that attitude, I'll go until I play my last match. For me it's a good attitude to have."

n29 Shuai Peng CHN d n55 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 6-3, 6(3)-7, 7-5 Sat

Su-Wei following a forehand, and Shuai fielding one

n31 Yanina Wickmayer BEL d n35 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 Sat
*n48 Alizé Cornet FRA d n37 Tamira Paszek AUT 7-6(4), 6-4 Sat
*n44 Urszula Radwanska POL d n38 Mona Barthel GER 6-4, 6-3 Sat

Urszula's backhand drive

n41 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n188 d Veronica Cepede Royg PAR 7-5, 6(6)-7, 6-2 Sun-Mon

Varvara following a forehand

*54 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN d n46 Marina Erakovic NZL 6-2, 6-1 ppd-Mon

Aleksandra driving a backhand

n47 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n50 Simona Halep ROU 6-4, 6-2 Sun
*n66 Timea Babos HUN d n58 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 6-4, 6-2 Sun
*n90 MJ Martínez Sánchez ESP d n62 Polona Hercog SLO 6-2, 6-4 ppd-Mon
*n67 Heather Watson GBR d n63 Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP 6-2, 6-2 ppd-Mon

Heather's backhand drive

Heather said: "I'm very pleased with that win, I knew it wasn't going to be easy. I'd never played her before but I knew she is a great player and wasn't going to give me any free points. I played well today."

n84 Anna Tatishvili GEO d n233 Stephanie Vogt LIE 6-2, 6-0 Sun
n102 Elena Baltacha GBR d nNR sr Agnes Szavay HUN 6-3, 6-3 Sat

Agnes and Elena driving backhands

London Olympics, 2nd Round, Mon-Tue 11:30am & Noon Tue WTA story
loser's points: 55
Tuesday: rain delayed play
n1 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n90 MJ Martínez Sánchez ESP 6-1, 6-2 Tue

Vika at ready

n3 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS d n96 Laura Robson GBR 7-6(5), 6-3 Tue

Maria serving, Laura driving a forehand, and Maria's backhand drive

Maria struck 31 winners (including 10 aces) with 21 unforced errors (including 7 double faults); Laura hit 18 winners (5 aces) with 20 errors (8 DFs).

Maria said: "[Laura has] certainly improved from the last time I played her... I'm sure she has a bright future ahead of her."

n4 s4 Serena Williams USA d n44 Urszula Radwanska POL 6-2, 6-3 Mon

Serena driving a forehand

Serena struck 26 winners (including 8 aces) with 16 unforced errors (including 1 double fault); Urszula hit 8 winners (1 ace) with 9 errors (2 DFs).

n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n29 Shuai Peng CHN 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 Mon
n7 s7 Angelique Kerber GER d n66 Timea Babos HUN 6-1, 6-1 Tue

Angelique driving a backhand

n8 s8 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n31 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Mon

Caro serving

n12 s11 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n102 Elena Baltacha GBR 6-4, 7-6(5) Mon

Ana and Elena driving forehand and backhand, and Ana after match point

n14 s13 Vera Zvonareva RUS d n22 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-3, 6-3 Mon
n15 s14 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n67 Heather Watson GBR 6-3, 6-2 Tue

Maria and Heather driving forehand and backhand, and Maria after winning the first set

n17 s15 Sabine Lisicki GER d n47 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 Tue

Sabine's forehand drive

Sabine said: "I was surprised we got to play the match. The rain stayed away, which was nice. It was a hard match. I mean, Shvedova plays great, and she played fabulously here. I knew it would be tough, and I'm just happy to win."

n19 s16 Nadia Petrova RUS d n84 Anna Tatishvili GEO 6-3, 6(5)-7, 6-2 Tue
n21 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n57 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 5-7, 6-1 Mon
n24 Julia Goerges GER d n41 Varvara Lepchenko USA 6-3, 6-5 Tue

Julia said: "I'm pretty happy. I was serving well, playing aggressively and just kept fighting. [Varvara] was fighting too. I expected a tough match and I got it."

n33 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n48 Alizé Cornet FRA 6-3, 6-0 Mon
n36 Kim Clijsters BEL d n45 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 6-3, 6-3 Mon
*n69 Venus Williams USA d n54 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 6-1, 6-3 Tue

Aleksandra and Venus driving forehands, and Venus after match point

Venus struck 32 winners (including 5 aces) with 14 unforced errors (including 1 double fault); Aleksandra hit 7 winners (2 aces) with 15 errors (5 DFs).

Venus said: "I think this surface and my experience helped me a lot. I've had so much success here."

London Olympics, 3rd Round, Wed WTA story 1 - WTA story 2
loser's points: 95
Wednesday: rain delays
n1 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n19 s16 Nadia Petrova RUS 7-6(6), 6-4

Nadia and Victoria driving backhands, and Vika after match point

Vika said: "I was down 6-3 in the tie-break and it didn't look really good for me, but I tried to stay tough and take it one by one and get even, and when I got my opportunity, I took it. It was a tough one. We were really toe-to-toe out there. The difference was a few balls and opportunities."

n3 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS d n17 s15 Sabine Lisicki GER 6(8)-7, 6-4, 6-3

Maria driving a forehand, Sabine and Maria driving backhands, and Maria after match point

Maria struck 44 winners (including 9 aces) with 39 unforced errors (including 10 double faults); Sabine hit 20 winners (5 aces) with 31 errors (9 DFs).

Maria is now 10-0 in 3-set matches this season. Sabine had won their previous match, four weeks ago in the 4th round of The Championships at Wimbledon, 6-4, 6-3. It was Sabine's only win over Maria in 5 meetings.

Maria said: "Even though I didn't play my best tennis today exactly, I was really happy I stepped it up when I had to and got through it. I tried to create my opportunities and then take them."

About her quarterfinal opponent, Kim Clijsters, Maria said: "We know each other's games quite well. It's our first meeting on grass. [Kim] has so many great qualities as a tennis champion and she's so tough. It's always nice to face her, especially at this stage of an event like the Olympics."

n4 s4 Serena Williams USA d n14 s13 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-1, 6-0

Vera following a backhand, Serena driving one, and after match point

Serena struck 32 winners (including 12 aces) with 8 unforced errors (including no double faults); Vera hit 3 winners (no aces) with 10 errors (3 DFs).

The match was played on Centre Court with the roof closed due to rain. Serena said: "Indoors, grass, it doesn't get better than this. Grass is a dream court, but then to play indoors on grass? Oh my God, it's crazy.
"I think I played better today, and even in my second round, than any match I played at [the Championships at] Wimbledon. I was playing unbelievable. I felt good. I was relaxed. I felt no pressure out there."

Vera said: "[Serena is] always focused and she's always there to fight and I don't expect anything else from her. I'm disappointed but I really did the best I could out there."

n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n21 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-3, 6-0

Flavia congratulating Petra after match point

Petra said: "It was really tough out there compared to what the score suggests. I think Pennetta played well, and we had tough games."

n7 s7 Angelique Kerber GER d n69 Venus Williams USA 7-6(5), 7-6(5)

Angelique serving, Venus driving a backhand, and Angelique's forehand drive

Angelique said: "Venus was playing very well today, but I just tried to be tough and play my game. I'm very excited to be in the quarterfinals here."

Venus said: "I was disappointed to lose the first set; I still tried hard in the second set but [Angelique] had a lot of answers. She has had a great year this year and I have to give her credit for playing well today."

n8 s8 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n33 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-4, 6-2

Caro after match point

About her quarterfinal opponent, Serena Williams, Caroline said: "Serena is playing really well. She played unbelievable today. You definitely have to go out and play your best tennis to beat her."

*n36 Kim Clijsters BEL d n12 s11 Ana Ivanovic SRB 6-3, 6-4

Kim about to slice a backhand, and Ana volleying one

Kim said: "I felt like I was doing a lot of good things out there today, and served a little bit better during the important points. So overall I'm very pleased with the match."

n15 s14 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n24 Julia Goerges GER 7-6(5), 6-3

Julia and Maria driving forehand and backhand

Maria said: "I am so happy to win every match here. It's still just a privilege to be here."

London Olympics, QFs, Thu WTA story 1 - WTA story 2
loser's points: 175
n1 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n7 s7 Angelique Kerber GER 6-4, 7-5

Angelique and Victoria driving backhands, and Vika after match point

Victoria said: "We had the longest rallies. At one point I just couldn't believe when it was going to be over during the point. It was a really tough one, a very good match from both of us."

Angelique said: "Vika was playing very well. I tried to make my game plan work, but in the important moments she was better... It was very close. It was a very good match today."

n3 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS d n36 Kim Clijsters BEL 6-2, 7-5

Maria driving a forehand, Kim delivering one on the run, Maria about to swat a backhand, and after winning a point

Maria struck 25 winners (including 4 aces) with 20 unforced errors (including 2 double faults); Kim hit 8 winners (1 ace) with 20 errors (4 DFs).

Maria said: "I knew I had to step it up today and stay extra focused. Kim is such a tough competitor. Obviously she has won so many Grand Slams. She has endless experience. We've always had difficult matches, and I was really happy I was able to step it up today, compared to my previous matches here. An opponent like Kim can obviously turn the match around at any time."

Kim, who returned from retirement to try for an Olympic gold medal, will make her final pro tour appearance at this year's US Open.

Kim said: "Of all the matches I've played against [Maria] in my career, this is the best she has ever served. On grass it's going to be tough to beat her."

n4 s4 Serena Williams USA d n8 s8 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-0, 6-3

Serena serving, Caroline launching a backhand on the fly, Serena driving one, and after match point

Serena struck 30 winners (including 6 aces) with 17 unforced errors (including 1 double fault); Caroline hit 7 winners (1 ace) with 12 errors (4 DFs).

Serena said: "It wasn't a quick first set. It was 32 minutes, it's not as if it was 15 minutes. She was playing really tough. But I know I can rally up to a hundred balls if necessary, and when you're playing Caroline you have to be ready to do that. She's so consistent. She was #1 for a reason...
"I'm in a medal round now so I'm very excited... I love playing Victoria [Azarenka]. I have nothing to lose. She is World #1. That's what I love, playing when there's no pressure. It will be fun."

*s14 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n6 s6 Petra Kvitova CZE 7-6(3), 6-3

Petra and Maria driving backhands

Maria said: "It's a dream. I had some tactics to play today, and I did everything I planned and it went well. I'm so happy with this result."

Petra said: "Maria played better today. She was faster and served well. It was windy, and I think I could have played better, but all the credit to her."

London Olympics, SFs, Fri noon WTA story
loser's points: 260
*n4 s4 Serena Williams USA d n1 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-1, 6-2

Serena and Victoria driving forehands, Serena driving a backhand, and after match point

Serena struck 33 winners (including 16 aces) with 5 unforced errors (including no double faults) and scored on 4 of the 8 break points she reached against Victoria while totaling 59 points in the match. Vika hit 12 winners (3 aces) with 14 errors (2 DFs) and did not reach a break point against Serena while scoring 35 points.

Serena said: "When you play the best in the world, you have to play better. That's what I did."

About the final, Serena said "I really look forward to playing Maria. I haven't played her in a while. We always have good matches. She has improved so much. It will be interesting. She's ranked higher than I am so, again, I have nothing to lose."

n3 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS d n15 s14 Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-2, 6-3

Maria S serving, Maria K fielding a forehand, Maria S driving one, and after match point

Maria Sharapova struck 35 winners (including 6 aces) with 19 unforced errors (including 4 double faults) and scored on 4 of the 5 break points she reached against Maria Kirilenko while totaling 63 points in the match. L'il Masha hit 7 winners (2 aces) with 5 errors (1 DF) and converted 1 of the 4 break points she reached against big Maria while scoring 45 points.

Maria Sharapova said: "I knew this was going to be a really tough match. My previous meeting against Maria was really tough. She had so many chances to win that match. And she has been having such a great grass court season, getting to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon."

Maria Kirilenko said: "It's always tough to lose, but I can just take positives from this tournament. I'm still in with a chance to compete for a medal. And she played great today—it was difficult to do anything, but I tried my best."

London Olympics, Final, Sat
silver points: 470
gold points: 685
*n4 s4 Serena Williams USA d n3 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS 6-0, 6-1

Serena serving, Maria running down a forehand, Serena driving a backhand, and after match point

London Olympics, Bronze Medal, Sat
loser's points: 260
bronze points: 340
n1 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n15 s14 Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-3, 6-4

London Olympics, Doubles Final, Sun
Serena Williams & Venus Williams USA d s4 Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka CZE 6-4, 6-4

London Olympics, Doubles Bronze Medal, Sun
s3 Maria Kirilenko & Nadia Petrova RUS d s1 Lisa Raymond & Liezel Huber USA 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

London Olympics, Mixed Doubles Final, Sun
s1 Victoria Azarenka & Max Mirnyi BLR d Laura Robson & Andy Murray GBR 2-6, 6-3, (10-8)

London Olympics, Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal, Sun
s3 Lisa Raymond & Mike Bryan USA d Sabine Lisicki & Christopher Kas GER 6-3, 4-6, (10-4)

London Olympics, Withdrawals
n16 Kaia Kanepi EST bilateral achilles injury
n18 Andrea Petkovic GER right ankle injury
n34 Monica Niculescu ROU left wrist injury
n53 Petra Martic CRO
n338 sr Timea Bacsinszky SUI
n367 Alona Bondarenko UKR

Mid-Atlantic Women's Tennis Championships, Washington, D.C.

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Washington, DC: The main draw for Washington has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw.
Qualifying (2 rounds) starts on Friday, qualifying finals are on Saturday.

Washington, D.C., 2012: On Friday, July 27, Michelle Larcher de Brito was looking good after winning her first round qualifying match...

Washington, D.C., 1st Rnd, Sun 2pm Mon-Tue 4pm
loser's prize: $1,825 US; points: 1
n28 s1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n97 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-4, 6-3 Tue
*n114 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n42 s2 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 6-2, 6-1 Mon
n52 s3 Sloane Stephens USA d n106 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 Mon
n56 s4 Vania King USA d n350 q Jennifer Elie USA 6-3, 6-4 Tue
*n143 Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU d n60 s5 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Mon
*n119 Kai-Chen Chang TPE d n61 s6 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-3, 6-2 Sun
n70 s7 Coco Vandeweghe USA d n126 Erika Sema JPN 6-4, 6-1 Mon
n81 s8 Olga Govortsova BLR d n112 Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-2, 6-2 Mon
n86 Irina Falconi USA d n91 Camila Giorgi ITA 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 Mon
n87 Melinda Czink HUN d n309 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 7-6(4), 6-2 Mon
n92 Johanna Larsson SWE d n151 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 6-1, 6-3 Mon
*n113 Eleni Daniilidou GRE d n98 Vera Dushevina RUS 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 Mon
*n130 q Michelle Larcher de Brito POR d n100 Mirjana Lucic CRO 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 Sun

Michelle about to swat a forehand

Michelle said: "[Mirjana] started picking up her game in the second set, and I kind of slowed down a little bit. Then we had that 10-minute break and I managed to regain my composure, cool down a little bit and stay strong in the third. I'm used to the heat because I live in Florida.
"My first serve for some reason didn't want to work today. If I want to keep advancing, I have to stay strong on my second serve." WTA story

*n129 q Aravane Rezai FRA d n109 Melanie Oudin USA 6-4, 6(2)-7, 7-6(5) Mon
*n314 wc Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n123 Karin Knapp ITA 6-2, 7-6(4) Sun
*n140 q Jana Cepelova SVK d n127 Misaki Doi JPN 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Mon

Washington, D.C., 2nd Round, Tue-Wed 4pm
loser's prize: $3,100 US; points: 30
n28 s1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n87 Melinda Czink HUN 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
n52 s3 Sloane Stephens USA d n130 q Michelle Larcher de Brito POR 6-2, 0-6, 6-1 Tue

Michelle and Sloane driving forehands

Both players scored 65 points in the 3-set match which took only 80 minutes. About the 0-6 2nd set, Sloane said: "I'm happy with that. It's crazy, but you just have to work through it." WTA story

n56 s4 Vania King USA d n86 Irina Falconi USA 6-2, 7-6(5)
n70 s7 Coco Vandeweghe USA d n129 q Aravane Rezai FRA 6-2, 6-2
*n314 wc Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n81 s8 Olga Govortsova BLR 1-6, 6-0, 6-3
*n119 Kai-Chen Chang TPE d n92 Johanna Larsson SWE 7-5, 6-4 Tue
*n114 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n113 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 6-3, 7-5
n140 q Jana Cepelova SVK d n143 Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU 6-3, 6-4

Washington, D.C., QFs, Thu 4pm
loser's prize: $5,625 US; points: 70
n28 s1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n119 Kai-Chen Chang TPE 6-4, 6-4
n52 s3 Sloane Stephens USA d n314 wc Eugenie Bouchard CAN 6-4, 6-4
n56 s4 Vania King USA d n70 s7 Coco Vandeweghe USA 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
n114 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n140 q Jana Cepelova SVK 6-2, 6-4

Washington, D.C., SFs, Fri 4pm
loser's prize: $10,400 US; points: 130
n28 s1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n56 s4 Vania King USA 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
*n114 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n52 s3 Sloane Stephens USA 6-3, 6-3

Washington, D.C., Final, Sat 9pm
loser's prize: $19,100 US; points: 200
winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280
*n114 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n28 s1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-1, 6-1

Magda driving a forehand

Washington, D.C., Doubles Final, Fri
loser's prize: $5,750 US
winner's prize: $11,000 US
Kai-Chen Chang & Shuko Ayoama d Chanelle Scheepers & Irina Falconi 7-5, 6-2

Washington, D.C., Qual Finals, Saturday Jul 28 10am
losers' prizes: q1 $440 1pt; q2 $850 6pts; qualifier 10 points
n129 Aravane Rezai FRA d n363 Chieh-Yu Hsu USA 6-2, 6-3
n130 Michelle Larcher de Brito POR d n272 Gabriela Paz VEN 6-2, 6-4
n140 Jana Cepelova SVK d n163 Alison Riske USA 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
*n350 Jennifer Elie USA d n145 Lauren Davis USA 5-7, 6-3, 6-4

Washington, D.C., Withdrawals
n38 Mona Barthel GER Olympics
n59 Romina Oprandi SUI fatigue
n66 Timea Babos HUN Olympics
n71 Ayumi Morita JPN low back injury
n101 Nina Bratchikova RUS
n103 Virginie Razzano FRA right hip injury

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