WTA Aug 18-24: New Haven New Haven Open, New Haven, CT PREMIER $690,000 30m/48q/16d outdoor: hard Free Live Video (popup) Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: T.com - ESPN - Y! news | WTA NH Register - Hartford Courant New Haven: radar - forecast n6 Sara Errani ITA n8 Angelique Kerber GER n9 Petra Kvitova CZE n10 Caroline Wozniacki DEN n12 Roberta Vinci ITA n17 Sloane Stephens USA n18 Sabine Lisicki GER n19 Dominika Cibulkova SVK n20 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP n21 Sorana Cirstea ROU n23 Elena Vesnina RUS n24 Ekaterina Makarova RUS n25 Simona Halep ROU

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WTA SCOREBOARD: New Haven s=seed, n=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? The Pilot Pen Open  New Haven, Connecticut   NWS weather radar tourney time:        = GMT -6 hours        = US EDT        = US PDT+3 Connecticut news Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar   click for broader view   Yale University tennis courts, New Haven, CT Lat.: 41.311203 Lon.: -72.959561 goto link for World Wind     New Haven: The main draw for New Haven has 8 seeds, with 2 1st-round byes. There are 6 qualifiers and 4 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Sunday - and main draw play begins on Sunday. Yale University interactive campus map 2013: On Friday, Aug 16 at Yale, Sabine Lisicki did the player rep thing at the New Haven Open main draw ceremony...

New Haven, 1st Rd, Sun-Mon noon loser's prize: $5,225 US; points: 1 Monday: rain delayed play n9 s3 Petra Kvitova CZE d n46 LL Annika Beck GER 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 ppd-Tue n10 s4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n35 Shuai Peng CHN 2-6, 3-1 retired—dizziness Mon     4-time New Haven champ Caroline said: "[Shuai] was hitting so strongly from both sides tonight. She's always a really tough player... I didn't really know anything was wrong with her. I didn't even know she called the physio until the physio ran out onto the court. But she played the doubles final in Cincinnati yesterday and it's obviously tough to go out and play the same day you get off a flight. I really hope she feels better soon." WTA story *n20 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n12 s5 Roberta Vinci ITA 7-5, 6-3 Mon     Carla said: "It was a very good match. Vinci came from Cincinnati and was a little bit tired, I think, but it was still tough. She is playing very good this year. It was a good win for me." WTA story n17 s6 wc Sloane Stephens USA d n107 q Anna Schmiedlova SVK 6-4, 6-4 Mon Sloane serving     Sloane said: "I had some ups and downs but overall I thought I played pretty well. [Anna] obviously is a good player. I'm just happy to get through." n18 s7 Sabine Lisicki GER d n38 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 7-5, 6-1 Sun Sabine driving a backhand *n34 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n19 s8 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Mon Klara driving a forehand *n30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n21 Sorana Cirstea ROU 3-0 retired—abdominal injury Mon n23 Elena Vesnina RUS d n54 q Ayumi Morita JPN 2-0 retired—low back injury Mon n24 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n253 sr Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(5) Mon n25 Simona Halep ROU d n47 wc Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-2, 6-1 Mon Daniela following a forehand, and Simona launching one *n53 q Monica Puig PUR d n42 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 7-6(4), 6-1 Mon n45 wc Julia Goerges GER d n51 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 Mon *n59 q Karin Knapp ITA d n44 LL Elina Svitolina UKR 6-3, 6-4 Mon *n98 q Alison Riske USA d n49 q Stefanie Voegele SUI 7-5, 6-1 Mon

New Haven, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed noon losers' prize: $9,580 US; points: 60 *n24 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n6 s1 Sara Errani ITA 7-5, 6-1 Wed Ekaterina driving a backhand     Ekaterina struck 8 aces in the match, with 2 double faults (Sara: 0 aces, 5 DFs).     Sara said: "[Ekaterina] was hitting the ball well and serving many aces. I knew she would be tough coming in, but there was not much I could do."     Ekaterina said: "In the second set, I felt like I played really good. I'm really happy that this happened today at a big stadium and a good tournament. There's only one way to beat [Sara], and all my shots were working really good." *n23 Elena Vesnina RUS d n8 s2 Angelique Kerber GER 6-2, 6-4 Tue Elena driving a forehand     Elena scored on 6 of the 10 break points she reached against Angelique while totaling 69 points in the match; Angelique also held 10 break points against Elena, but converted only 3 of them, while totaling 53 points.     Elena said: "Going against a top 10 player is always tough because they have a lot of confidence. It was important for me to play my game, take my chances, be consistent and be aggressive." WTA story     Angelique said: "I tried to fight, but [Elena] was playing well and I couldn't find my rhythm. Sometimes you have days like this. I will just try to take the positives from the match and focus on the next event." n9 s3 Petra Kvitova CZE d n98 q Alison Riske USA 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 Wed n10 s4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n59 q Karin Knapp ITA 6-1, 7-5 Wed Caroline after match point     Caro called for the trainer during the 2nd set. Caroline said: "I'm feeling better now. I've had a bit of a cold the whole week and I'm just trying to keep myself healthy. I started to feel a little dizzy out there and just wanted to make sure everything was OK." tourney story n17 s6 wc Sloane Stephens USA d n45 wc Julia Goerges GER 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 Wed *n30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n18 s7 Sabine Lisicki GER 7-5, 6-3 Tue *n25 Simona Halep ROU d n20 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Wed Simona driving a forehand     Simona said: "It was a very difficult match for me because [Carla] is playing so tough... I was more confident, but I started very slow because it was so hot and I didn't feel good. But I changed my tactic to come back by being more aggressive and finishing the point faster." n34 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n53 q Monica Puig PUR 6-4, 6-1 Tue Klara's forehand drive     Klara said: "I feel good today. I played better than yesterday. I was focused from the first point to the last. The first set was very tough. I was 3-1 down, so winning that gave me confidence for the rest of the way."

New Haven, QFs, Thu 1pm losers' prize: $17,850 US; points: 120 Thursday: rain delayed play n9 s3 Petra Kvitova CZE d n30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 Petra driving a forehand     Petra said: "It's important to have matches like these where you have to fight until the end where you're not necessarily playing your best. That's part of tennis. Of course, I prefer shorter, two set matches, but I won the last point and that's the important thing." WTA story n10 s4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n17 s6 wc Sloane Stephens USA 7-6(6), 6-2 *n34 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n23 Elena Vesnina RUS 4-6, 6-0, 6-4     About her semifinal opponent, Petra Kvitova, Klara said: "[Petra and I] are good friends. She won easily when we last played in Indian Wells... She's serving very well, so I have to be ready for that. She's also playing very flat and very fast, so I will have to move very well and fight for every point." *n25 Simona Halep ROU d n24 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-1, 7-6(6) Simona and Katya driving forehand and backhand     Simona said: "I played really well in the first set and [Ekaterina] wasn't playing so well. She made a lot of mistakes first set. But at 1-all in the second set it rained and the match was suspended. I was a little bit nervous after that and it took me a little bit of time to get back into the match afterwards. But I managed to come back from 4-2 down in the second set and did well from there, so I'm happy." WTA story

New Haven, SFs, Fri 1pm & 7pm losers' prize: $33,250 US; points: 200 n9 s3 Petra Kvitova CZE d n34 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-0, 6-1 Klara and Petra driving forehand and backhand     Petra said: "I think the beginning of the match was pretty close. Klara had chances to win the first game and the next game when she was serving. I think that was the turning point. I was saying to myself, 'I need to stay focused in the first set and play really well because I know she can come back anytime and I need to be ready for it.'" WTA story *n25 Simona Halep ROU d n10 s4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-2, 7-5

New Haven, Final, Sat 3pm+ loser's prize: $62,300 US; points: 320 winner's prize: $117,000 US; points: 470 *n25 Simona Halep ROU d n9 s3 Petra Kvitova CZE 6-2, 6-2 Simona about to connect with a forehand, Petra and Simona about to swat backhands, and Simona after match point

New Haven, Doubles Final, Sat losers' prize: $19,490 US winners' prize: $36,500 US Jie Zheng & Sania Mirza d Anabel Medina Garrigues & Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-4 Sania and Jie New Haven, Qualifying Finals, Sun Aug 18 11am losers' prizes: q1 $805 1pt; q2 $1,450 8pts; q3 $2,730 12pts; qualifier 20 points *n107 Anna Schmiedlova SVK d n44 Elina Svitolina UKR 7-6(4), 6-2 *n59 Karin Knapp ITA d n46 Annika Beck GER 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-2 n49 Stefanie Voegele SUI d n73 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-3, 3-6, 2-1 retired n53 Monica Puig PUR d n78 Caroline Garcia FRA 6-2, 6-4 n54 Ayumi Morita JPN d n101 Mariana Duque-Marino COL 6-2, 6-1 *n98 Alison Riske USA d n58 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 6-4, 6-2 New Haven, Withdrawals n31 Laura Robson GBR right wrist injury n33 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK low back injury n36 Urszula Radwanska POL illness n39 Lucie Safarova CZE left elbow injury

    (March 21, 2013) The WTA Dallas tourney has folded and the WTA is seeking a new venue to take over that week on the schedule. Also, the New Haven tourney is seeking to have their prize money reduced from $690,000 to $235,000. Tennis.com story

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