2013 Paris Indoor & Pattaya WTA Singles Results

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  WTA Jan 28-Feb 3: Paris Indoor & Pattaya

GDF Suez Open, Paris, FRA
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n7 S Errani, n8 P Kvitova
n11 M Bartoli, n14 D Cibulkova

Pattaya Women's Open, THA
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n13 A Ivanovic, n15 M Kirilenko
n27 S-W Hsieh, n29 S Cirstea
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Paris:
#38 Mona Barthel
6'1" 154lb RH 2H-BH
Pattaya:
#15 Maria Kirilenko
5' 8" 127lb RH 2H-BH


    On Sunday in Paris, in the final of the GDF Suez Open, the 2012 champion at Hobart, Tasmania, 22 year old #38 (career high: #31) Mona Barthel from Neumunster, Germany, defeated the 2012 champ at Barcelona, 25 year old 5th seeded #6 (high: #6) Sara Errani from Bologna, Italy, 7-5, 7-6(4) (Mona is shown holding the hardware after the match).

    Mona's prize is $117,000; Sara's prize is $62,300.

    Mona led 5-2 in the 2nd set, but Sara won the next three games. Mona said: "Even though I was up a set and 5-2, I knew she's a fighter and doesn't give any points away. I was a little bit nervous. It was my first final in such a big tournament and she was making it so difficult for me in the end. But I just tried to keep stepping in and going for my shots, and I had to keep telling myself I was still in a position to win the match despite all of those things." WTA story

    Sara said: "Mona serves so well, plays so well from the baseline and physically moves so well... I usually like to have more time to place the ball where I want but I was on a limit today, particularly on my serve. I tried my best, but she was just unbeatable today."

    Mona and Sara had never before met on the field of combat.

    Mona is now 2-1 in WTA singles finals, and has a 12-3 singles match record for the year.

    Sara is now 6-5 in WTA singles finals, and has a 6-4 singles match record in 2013.

    Meanwhile at Pattaya City, Thailand, in the final of the Pattaya Women's Open, the 2012 finalist at Pattaya City (and 2008 champion at Estoril, Barcelona, and Seoul), 26 year old 2nd seeded #15 (career high: #12) Maria Kirilenko from Moscow, Russia, defeated the 2011 champ at Birmingham and Dallas, 23 year old 5th seeded #36 (career high #13) Sabine Lisicki of Germany (residence: Bradenton, Florida), 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(1) (Maria is shown holding the ceramicware after the match).

    Maria's prize is $40,000; Sabine's prize is $20,000.

    Maria said: "I feel great. To win a title is always special, but it's even more pleasure when you win such a tough one. It was tough. Sabine played very well. I'm very happy to win this title...
    "What worked best for me today was my forehand. And my return was really helping today too. I think I hit it very well." WTA story

    Sabine said: "I hadn't been in a final in a while, so even though it's a tough one to lose, I still feel very good about my week. I played some good tennis here. I was working so hard in the off-season and it's nice to see it's already paying off, especially since we're just at the start of the year right now... It was such a close match and I had chances to win, but I just didn't take them. I'll learn a lot though."

    Maria now leads Sabine 3-0 in career matches. They had not met since 2008, when, on a Deco-Turf hardcourt in the quarterfinals at Cincinnati, Maria defeated Sabine 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.

    Maria is now 6-6 in WTA singles finals, and has a 9-2 singles match record this season.

    Sabine is now 3-3 in WTA singles finals, and has a 5-3 singles match record this year.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Paris Indoor & Pattaya

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GDF Suez Open,  Paris, France

 
tourney time:
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       = US EDT +6 hours
       = US PDT +9 hours

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    Paris: The main draw for Paris has 8 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes.
    There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw.
    Qualifying (3 rounds) starts on Saturday, qualifying finals are on Monday.
 

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2013: French #1 Marion Bartoli met the press in Paris on Tuesday
Paris, 1st Rd Mon-Wed 11am
losers' prize: $6,090 US; points: 1
n16 s5 Roberta Vinci ITA d n45 Simona Halep ROU 6-0, 6-3 Tue

Simona congratulating Roberta after match point

n17 s6 wc Lucie Safarova CZE d n46 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 Wed
*n98 wc Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n18 s7 Julia Goerges GER 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(4) Tue

Kristina serving

n22 s8 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n52 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 Mon

Anabel congratulating Klara after match point

    Klara said: "[Anabel] started very well. I was totally out of rhythm and I told myself to fight every point because everything can change really fast. I won the second set 75, and in the third set I really found my rhythm and played really well." WTA story

*n24 Yanina Wickmayer BEL d n23 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-3 Wed

Yanina driving a forehand

*n60 LL Kiki Bertens NED d n30 Tamira Paszek AUT 6-4, 7-5 Wed
*n38 Mona Barthel GER d n31 Urszula Radwanska POL 7-6(1), 6-0 Mon

    Mona said: "It was a tough first set and [Urszula] played really well. She was serving for the set at 6-5 and I think it was 30-0. At that stage I won a lot of points in a row; I started playing really good shots, stepping into the court, not making too many unforced errors and playing well when I had to. I won the first set tie-break 7-1 and after that I was just more comfortable on the court and I won the second set quite easily."

n33 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n49 q Monica Niculescu ROU 6-3, 7-6(3) Tue
n35 Christina McHale USA d n67 wc Pauline Parmentier FRA 6-4, 6-1 Mon
*n89 q Stephanie Voegele SUI d n37 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 6-4, 6-2 Tue
*n41 Alize Cornet FRA d n39 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 Tue

Alize serving

n64 q Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n161 q Virginie Razzano FRA 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Wed

Paris, 2nd Rd Wed-Thu 11am
losers' prize: $9,580 US; points: 60
n7 s1 Sara Errani ITA d n64 q Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 4-0 retired Thu
n8 s2 wc Petra Kvitova CZE d n89 q Stephanie Voegele SUI 7-6(5), 6-3 Wed
n11 s3 Marion Bartoli FRA d n35 Christina McHale USA 7-5, 6-1 Wed
*n60 LL Kiki Bertens NED d n14 s4 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 7-5, 6-4 Thu

Kiki after match point

*n38 Mona Barthel GER d n16 s5 Roberta Vinci ITA 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 Wed
n17 s6 wc Lucie Safarova CZE d n41 Alize Cornet FRA 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 Thu
*n33 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n22 s8 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-4, 6-3 Thu
*n98 wc Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n24 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 6-4, 6-4 Thu

Paris, QFs Fri noon
losers' prize: $17,850 US; points: 120
n7 s1 Sara Errani ITA d n33 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
*n98 wc Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n8 s2 wc Petra Kvitova CZE
*n38 Mona Barthel GER d n11 s3 Marion Bartoli FRA 7-6(7), 6-4
*n60 LL Kiki Bertens NED d n17 s6 wc Lucie Safarova CZE 6-1, 7-5

Paris, SFs Sat 3pm
losers' prize: $33,250 US; points: 200
n7 s1 Sara Errani ITA d n60 LL Kiki Bertens NED 5-0 retired—back injury

Sara driving a backhand

n38 Mona Barthel GER d n98 wc Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-1, 6-4

 
Mona and Kristina driving forehand and backhand

    Mona said: "[Kristina] beat so many great players this week and was playing great tennis, so I knew I had to serve well and play my best. I wasn't focusing on winning, I was just focusing on my strokes and going for my shots, and it went well for me today." WTA story

Paris, Final Sun 2pm
loser's prize: $62,300 US; points: 320
winner's prize: $117,000 US; points: 470
*n38 Mona Barthel GER d n7 s1 Sara Errani ITA 7-5, 7-6(4)

   
Mona serving, and Sara and Mona driving backhands

Paris, Doubles Final Sun
losers' prize: $19,480 US
winners' prize: $36,500 US
s1 Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci d s2 Andrea Hlavackova & Liezel Huber 6-1, 6-1

Paris, Qual Finals, Mon Jan 28 noon
losers' prizes: q1 $810 1pt; q2 $1,450 8pts; q3 $2,730 12pts; qualifier 20 points
n49 Monica Niculescu ROU d n120 Vesna Dolonc SRB 6-3, 6-4
*n161 Virginie Razzano FRA d n60 Kiki Bertens NED 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
n64 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n163 Caroline Garcia FRA 7-6(4), 6-1
n89 Stephanie Voegele SUI d n109 Monica Puig PUR 6-2, 6-2

Paris, Withdrawals
n26 Venus Williams USA back injury
n34 Kaia Kanepi EST heel injury
n51 Lucie Hradecka CZE

 
Pattaya Women's Open,  Pattaya City, Thailand

 
tourney time:
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       = US PDT +15 hours

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    Pattaya: The main draw for Pattaya has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes.
    There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw.
    Qualifying (3 rounds) starts on Saturday, qualifying finals are on Monday.
 

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    Pattaya is about 50 kilometers south of Chonburi (Chon Buri), or a 2 hour drive from Bangkok.


2013: Ana Ivanovic, Maria Kirilenko and Sorana Cirstea posed for a pic at the Pattaya draw ceremony... Darned good looking healthy young ladies at the Pattaya player party included Ana, Sabine Lisicki,   row 2: Heather Watson,
Chan Hao-Ching and sister Chan Yung-Jan, and Hsieh Shu-Ying with the 2012 Pattaya champ, her sister Hsie Su-Wei...

Pattaya, 1st Rd Mon 3pm, Tue 2pm
loser's prize: $2,075 US; points: 1
Wednesday: rained out, no matches played
*n72 Ayumi Morita JPN d n13 s1 Ana Ivanovic SRB 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 Tue-rain-Thu
n15 s2 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n199 q Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 6-3, 7-5 Tue

    Maria said: "The first match is always difficult, especially with these humid conditions. But I'm happy with my game." WTA story

*n68 Marina Erakovic NZL d n27 s3 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 6-2, 6-2 Mon
n29 s4 Sorana Cirstea ROU d n175 q Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 6-1, 6-3 Tue
n36 s5 Sabine Lisicki GER d n116 Tatjana Malek GER 6-2, 6-3 Tue
n44 s6 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n107 Olga Puchkova RUS 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 ppd-Thu
n47 s7 Elena Vesnina RUS d n94 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 Tue-rain-Thu
n50 s8 Heather Watson GBR d n73 Timea Babos HUN 6-1, 3-0 retired Tue
*n93 Alexandra Panova RUS d n55 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 7-6(6), 3-2 ret Mon
*n100 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN d n65 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 7-5, 6-1 Tue
*n252 wc Varatchaya Wongteanchai THA d n71 Annika Beck GER 6-3, 6-3 Mon
*n140 q Anastasia Rodionova AUS d n76 Vania King USA 6-4, 6-4 Tue
*n88 Mathilde Johansson FRA d n86 Kai-Chen Chang TPE 6-4, 6-3 Mon
n87 Nina Bratchikova RUS d n90 Shahar Peer ISR 6-3, 6-3 Tue
*n178 q Anastasija Sevastova LAT d n92 Misaki Doi JPN 6-4, 6-2 Tue
*n201 wc Luksika Kumkhum THA d n102 Casey Dellacqua AUS 6-2, 6-2 Tue

Pattaya, 2nd Rd Wed-Thu 3pm
loser's prize: $3,200 US; points: 30
n15 s2 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n201 wc Luksika Kumkhum THA 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 Thu
n29 s4 Sorana Cirstea ROU d n140 q Anastasia Rodionova AUS 6-0, 7-6(3) Thu
n36 s5 Sabine Lisicki GER d n93 Alexandra Panova RUS 7-5, 6-2 ppd-Thu
*n87 Nina Bratchikova RUS d n44 s6 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-2, 3-0 retired Thu
n47 s7 Elena Vesnina RUS d n88 Mathilde Johansson FRA 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 Thu
*n178 q Anastasija Sevastova LAT d n50 s8 H Watson GBR 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-2 Thu
n68 Marina Erakovic NZL d n252 wc V Wongteanchai THA 6-3, 7-6(4) ppd-Thu
n72 Ayumi Morita JPN d n100 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 Thu

Pattaya, QFs Fri 3pm
loser's prize: $5,800 US; points: 70
n15 s2 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n47 s7 Elena Vesnina RUS 7-6(6), 6-3

    Maria said: "Elena has improved a lot this year. It seems she has been working very hard. Now she looks like a top 20 player. It was a difficult match. The first set was very tight, almost one-and-a-half hours. The second set I definitely played better. I'm just happy I was able to get through such a tough match." WTA story

    Elena said: "It was a great match against Maria. I was just a little bit unlucky in the first set tie-break, with one or two balls making the difference. I tried to come back in the second set, but I just didn't have the energy. It feels like I played two tournaments this week with the conditions and all the rain. But no excuses, Maria is a great Top 20 player, a fighter."

n29 s4 Sorana Cirstea ROU d n178 q Anastasija Sevastova LAT 6-3, 6-0

    Sorana said: "At the beginning it was very tight but then I broke her at 4-3 and I started to play better. I'm very happy with how I've been playing the whole tournament. I really like this tournament. I think maybe that's why I'm playing so well here."

n36 s5 Sabine Lisicki GER d n68 Marina Erakovic NZL 5-7, 6-3, 6-2

    Sabine said: "I didn't serve perfectly. My service games were always close, but I was also almost always holding. That gave me a lot of confidence later when I was a break point down or at 15-30, that I could serve my way out of it. Sometimes the negative, you can turn into a positive."

*n87 Nina Bratchikova RUS d n72 Ayumi Morita JPN 6-1, 3-6, 6-1

Pattaya, SFs Sat 2pm
loser's prize: $10,725 US; points: 130
n15 s2 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n29 s4 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-0, 6-2

Maria launching a forehand

n36 s5 Sabine Lisicki GER d n87 Nina Bratchikova RUS 7-5, 6-3

Sabine's forehand drive

    Sabine said: "I didn't have the rhythm on my serve in the first set, but in the second set I found it again. Nina hit some big serves today too. Sometimes it was also skipping off the line, not much you can do there. But I did a pretty good job to win and play well in the important moments in the match." WTA story

Pattaya, Final Sun 4pm
loser's prize: $20,000 US; points: 200
winner's prize: $40,000 US; points: 280
n15 s2 Maria Kirilenko RUS d n36 s5 Sabine Lisicki GER 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(1)

   
Sabine and Maria driving forehand and backhand, and Maria after match point

Pattaya, Doubles Final Sun
loser's prize: $6,000 US
winner's prize: $11,500 US
Kimiko Date-Krumm & Casey Dellacqua d Akgul Amanmuradova & Alexandra Panova 6-3, 6-2


Pattaya, Qual Finals, Mon Jan 28 3pm
losers' prizes: q1 $700 6pts; q2 $1,200 10pts; qualifier 16 points
*n175 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA d n130 Ying-Ying Duan CHN 6-2, 6-2
n140 Anastasia Rodionova AUS d n262 Zarina Diyas KAZ 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
n178 Anastasija Sevastova LAT d n190 Alison Riske USA 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(6)
*n199 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB dn193 Qiang Wang CHN 6-3, 6-0

Pattaya, Withdrawals
n53 Laura Robson GBR
n61 Romina Oprandi SUI
n79 Polona Hercog SLO
n97 Melinda Czink HUN


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