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n26 E Makarova, n30 A Cornet

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Carlsbad:

#13 Samantha Stosur
5' 7¾" 143lb RH 2H-BH

Washington, DC:

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

On Sunday at La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, California (north of San Diego), in the final of the Southern California Open, the 2011 US Open champion, 29 year old 5th seeded #13 (career high: #4) Samantha Stosur from Gold Coast, Australia, defeated the 2013 Australian Open champion, 23 year old top seeded #3 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-2, 6-3 (Samantha is shown holding the glassware after the match).

Samantha's prize is $125,000; Victoria's prize is $68,200.

Samantha scored on 4 of her 5 break points against Victoria; Vika converted only 1 of her 12 break points against Sam.

Samantha said: "That's something I have to be very happy with, to be able to step up to the line under that pressure and hit the serve where I want to, how I want to, time and time again. I know what it feels like not to be able to break serve when you have opportunities, and it gets pretty frustrating. That was a huge part of that match, and carrying that from the first set to the second set as well." WTA story

Victoria said: "[Samantha] was serving really well today. I just felt like I was fighting and trying to do the same thing that wasn't working today. I kept doing the same idea, and that wasn't very smart for me to do out there. I have to give her credit though. She played a great match today - there's no doubt about that."

It was Sam's first win over Vika in 9 career matches. Their previous meeting was earlier this year on red clay in the quarterfinals at Rome, when Vika defeated Sam 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Samantha is now 4-12 in WTA singles finals, and has a 24-15 singles match record this season.

Victoria is now 16-13 in WTA singles finals, and has a 31-4 singles match record this year, losing only to Ekaterina Makarova, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Samantha.

Meanwhile, at Washington, D.C., in the final of the CitiOpen the 2012 CitiOpen champion, 24 year old 7th seeded #39 (career high: #39) Magdalena Rybarikova from Bratislava, Slovakia, defeated the 2011 champion at Strasbourg, 25 year old #63 (career high: #9, ranking down due to injury) Andrea Petkovic from Darmstadt, Germany, 6-4, 7-6(2) (Magda is also shown holding the glassware after the match).

Magdalena's prize is $40,000; Andrea's prize is $20,000.

Magdalena said: "I played great today. I couldn't be happier. Today there were some really good parts of the match for me. Andrea was playing too well at the beginning so I'm happy I managed to win the first set. And then again at the end she started playing very well again, and I was getting a little tight and my arm was kind of shaking, so I'm really happy I could play a great tie-break there."

"[Andrea] was top 10 and she's had so many injuries, tough injuries, and it's really not easy to come back so well like she has... She's one of the nicest girls on the WTA for sure... I hope she can be a Grand Slam champion someday." WTA story

Andrea may have been tired: because of the rain, the "Saturday's" second semifinal (Petkovic d Cornet) did not begin until 12:32 am on Sunday, and ended at 2:10 am.

Andrea said: "Magda was really stepping up her game, not missing a lot and not giving me many free points. It was a really difficult match but all the credit to her, she really deserved to win the title today."

Magda and Petko had never before met on the field of combat.

Magdalena is now 4-1 in WTA singles finals, and has a 24-15 singles match record in 2013.

Andrea is now 2-5 in WTA singles finals, and has a 20-9 singles match record this year.

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San Diego Open, San Diego (Carlsbad), California

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San Diego: The 28-player main draw for San Diego has 8 seeds & 4 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers & 4 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Sunday.

2013: On Monday, July 19, 2012 tourney champ (and 2013 Stanford champ) Dominika Cibulkova, and Roberta Vinci, were all smiles at La Costa Resort...

San Diego, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 10am
losers' prize: $5,915 US; points: 1
n13 s5 wc Samantha Stosur AUS d n40 Varvara Lepchenko USA 7-5, 6-1 Mon

Samantha driving a forehand

Sam won 72% of her 1st serve points and scored on 5 of the 10 break points she reached against Varvara; Varvara won only 47% of her 1st serve points and converted only 2 of the 8 break points she held against Samantha.

n16 s6 Jelena Jankovic SRB d n76 Mallory Burdette USA 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 Mon

Jelena fielding a backhand

n17 s7 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n25 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Wed

Ana after winning a point

Ana said: "As soon as the draw came out I thought this was one of the toughest first round matches, but I was really happy with my performance today, especially in the last two sets. Since Wimbledon I've been working on consistency and hitting a lot of balls, and I did work out in the gym a lot, trying to get stronger and more stable. This gives me good motivation to keep doing that." WTA story

n19 s8 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n223 q Sachie Ishizu JPN 6-4, 6-3 Tue
*n129 wc Virginie Razzano FRA d n27 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-2, 6-4 Mon
n31 Laura Robson GBR d n51 Ayumi Morita JPN 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 Tue

Ayumi's 2-handed forehand, and Laura's 2-handed backhand

n42 Urszula Radwanska POL d n79 q Marina Erakovic NZL 7-6(3), 6-4 Tue

Urszula waiting to swat a backhand

*n134 q Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ d n43 Julia Goerges GER 6-3, 7-5 Tue

Sesil's backhand drive

n46 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n114 Tamira Paszek AUT 6-0, 6-0 Tue

Daniela driving a backhand

*n54 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA d n49 Monica Puig PUR 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 Mon
n59 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n86 Flavia Pennetta ITA 7-6(4), 6(6)-7, 6-4 Mon
n245 q Coco Vandeweghe USA d n296 wc Allie Kiick USA 6-1, 6-2 Tue

Coco driving a backhand

San Diego, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 11am
loser's prize: $10,700 US; points: 40
n3 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n59 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-2, 6-3 Wed

Vika's backhand drive

Victoria had withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a knee injury. Vika said: "Just going on the court and competing was so much joy for me. I missed playing and I was just happy to be able to do something I've been training for. I enjoyed the time I had to go through rehab and learn so many new things. I was excited to see how I would handle it in the match. It was a good feeling to have that platform, and I'll just try to make it better and better." WTA story

n4 s2 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n46 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-3, 6-3 Thu

Agnieszka said: "I was really happy with my game, especially in the second set. I started to play much better in the second set, and much more aggressively. I'm really happy to win in two sets." WTA story

n7 s3 Petra Kvitova CZE d n31 Laura Robson GBR 6-1, 6-2 Wed

Petra driving a backhand

Petra said: "I didn't know exactly what to expect from myself because the first match after preparing for the US hardcourts is always difficult, plus I lost to [Laura] at the Australian Open. But this is tennis, and every day is different, and that's how I approached the match. I played well and my serve was great today. We practiced very hard on my serve back home after Wimbledon."

n11 s4 Roberta Vinci ITA d n54 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 6-4, 6-2 Wed

Roberta said: "I played a good match today. I played well, consistent and aggressive. She played so-so, but that's probably because I was playing well. It's not so easy, a tough opponent and first match back in Carlsbad, but I'm happy, I'm confident, I'm playing well, and I'm happy with my game right now."

n13 s5 wc Samantha Stosur AUS d n134 q Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 6-4, 6-1 Wed
*n42 Urszula Radwanska POL d n16 s6 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Thu

Urszula and JJ driving backhands

Urszula said: "I had never played Jelena before and it was a very tough match. There were tough conditions today—it was pretty warm out there—so I'm happy that I fought until the very end."

n17 s7 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n245 q Coco Vandeweghe USA 7-6(5), 6-3 Thu

Ana driving a forehand

*n129 wc Virginie Razzano FRA d n19 s8 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-1, 6-4 Thu

On Wednesday night at Carlsbad, Hall-of-Famer Martina Hingis played her first WTA match since 2007,
teaming up with Daniela Hantuchova to defeat Julia Goerges & Darija Jurak in the 1st round of doubles, 6-1, 6-1

San Diego, QFs, Fri noon
loser's prize: $19,300 US; points: 120
n3 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n42 Urszula Radwanska POL 6-1, 6-2

Victoria driving a forehand

*n13 s5 wc Samantha Stosur AUS d n4 s2 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 7-5, 2-6, 6-3

Sam serving

*n129 wc Virginie Razzano FRA d n7 s3 Petra Kvitova CZE 6(6)-7, 7-5, 7-6(8)

Virginie's service toss

Virginie said: "It was a great match. I've worked very hard on my game and physically in the gym too, so that I could come back up the rankings, and the last two or three months I've had some good results recently. Things don't come too quickly for me - I really have to work my way back into form...
"Now I'm back on my favorite surface and I'm very happy to be in the semifinals of a big tournament like this. Day after day and week after week I'm working so hard, and I think I deserved this...
"After the French Open last year I had to stop for six months because of a right hip injury. I didn't play and I didn't defend some of my points, and that's why my ranking was in the 200s three months ago. It's very difficult to come back if you're not playing and defending your points...
"This year in January I couldn't play a lot of tournaments because my ranking was so bad. I didn't even get into the qualies for WTA. And there weren't many ITF tournaments from January to March. But I practiced a lot. I stayed home and just practiced. There's no secret. I took my time, focused on my job, worked on my game, and now I'm back on the court. It's not easy to come back from all of this and all the problems I've had before, but you can't give up. You really just have to keep going." WTA story

*n17 s7 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n11 s4 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-1, 6(1)-7, 6-2

Ana serving

San Diego, SFs, Sat 2pm
loser's prize: $36,535 US; points: 200
n3 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n17 s7 Ana Ivanovic SRB 6-0, 4-6, 6-3

Ana about to slice a backhand, and Vika driving a forehand

Victoria said: "Ana is really a very big shotmaker. She loves to take her opportunities and just bang the ball and find those deep shots. That's what she does, and I was aware of that. For me, it was key to not let her take those shots, and I had to be the one putting the consistent pressure on her." WTA story

Ana said: "I felt like I gave [Victoria] too many easy points, especially at the important moments, like deuces. But again, that's the belief you have to have against these kind of players. If you give them chances, they'll use them. I actually created a lot of chances myself, and if I just managed to convert a couple more of those chances, it could have been a different match."

n13 s5 wc Samantha Stosur AUS d n129 wc Virginie Razzano FRA 7-6(2), 6-3

Samantha driving a backhand

San Diego, Final, Sun 2pm
loser's prize: $68,200 US; points: 320
winner's prize: $125,000 US; points: 470
*n13 s5 wc Samantha Stosur AUS d n3 s1 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-2, 6-3

Samantha serving, Victoria driving a backhand, and Sam's forehand drive

San Diego, Doubles Final, Sun
losers' prize: $21,137 US
winners' prize: $40,000 US
Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears
d Hao-Ching Chan & Janette Husarova 6-4, 6-1

San Diego, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 29 11am
losers' prizes: q1 $1,000 1pt; q2 $1,590 8pts; q3 $2,925 12pts; qualifier 20 points
n79 Marina Erakovic NZL d n191 Nicole Gibbs USA 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
n134 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ d n427 Ivana Lisjak CRO 6(6)-7, 6-3, 6-1
*n245 Coco Vandeweghe USA d n184 Olga Savchuk UKR 7-6(3), 6-3
n223 Sachie Ishizu JPN d n396 Alexandra Stevenson USA walkover

San Diego, Withdrawals
n8 Marion Bartoli FRA right hamstring injury
n14 Kirsten Flipkens BEL right knee injury
n23 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS left ankle injury
n37 Bojana Jovanovski SRB right wrist injury
n38 Kristen Mladenovic FRA left foot injury

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: $2,075 US; points: 1
n9 s1 wc Angelique Kerber GER d n165 q Irina Falconi USA 6-2, 6-3 Tue

Angelique volleying a backhand

*n74 Olga Puchkova RUS d n15 s2 Sloane Stephens USA 7-5, 6-3 Mon

Olga and Sloane launching forehand and backhand

n26 s3 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n55 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 6-4, 6-2 Tue
n30 s4 Alize Cornet FRA d n56 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 6-1, 6-3 Tue
n32 s5 Sorana Cirstea ROU d n61 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 7-5, 1-1 retired Tue
n33 s6 Mona Barthel GER d n50 Stephanie Voegele SUI 6-2, 6-2 Tue
n39 s7 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n94 Christina McHale USA 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 Mon

2012 DC champ Magda after winning a point

n44 s8 Madison Keys USA d n111 q Michelle Larcher de Brito POR 7-5, 6-3 Tue

Michelle and Madison driving backhands

n47 Monica Niculescu ROU d n340 wc Taylor Townsend USA 6-3, 6-0 Tue

Monica about to slice a forehand

n63 Andrea Petkovic GER d n137 q Jessica Pegula USA 6-2, 7-5 Mon
*n75 Jana Cepelova SVK D n67 Kiki Bertens NED 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 Mon
n78 Heather Watson GBR d n532 q Alexandra Mueller USA 6(5)-7, 6-4, 6-3 Tue
n80 Paula Ormaechea ARG d nNR wc Beatrice Capra USA 6-1, 6-1 Mon
n82 Caroline Garcia FRA d n95 Anna Tatishvili GEO 0-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 Tue
n96 wc Alison Riske USA d n116 Vania King USA 6-3, 7-5 Tue
*n139 Melanie Oudin USA d n123 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 7-5, 6-3 Mon

Washington, D.C., 2nd Round, Wed-Thu 2pm
loser's prize: $3,200 US; points: 30
Wednesday: rain stopped play
n9 s1 wc Angelique Kerber GER d n139 Melanie Oudin USA 7-5, 6-0 ppd-Thu

Angelique driving a backhand

n26 s3 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n82 Caroline Garcia FRA 6-2, 6-0 Thu
n30 s4 Alize Cornet FRA d n78 Heather Watson GBR 6-4, 6-4 Thu
n32 s5 Sorana Cirstea ROU d n96 wc Alison Riske USA 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Thu
*n63 Andrea Petkovic GER d n33 s6 Mona Barthel GER 6-2, 6-2 Wed

Petko after match point

Andrea said: "Players like Mona, who play that fast and are unpredictable, can come back at any time, so if I had dropped my intensity for one second it wouldn't have turned out like this. The key to winning today was the first three games. I held my serve after facing break point and then after that I got really comfortable on my serve. I was happy I started off great and then kept it up, too." WTA story

n39 s7 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n75 Jana Cepelova SVK 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 ppd-Thu
n44 s8 Madison Keys USA v n47 Monica Niculescu ROU Thu c1 m3
n80 Paula Ormaechea ARG d n74 Olga Puchkova RUS 3-6, 6-3, 4-1
DEFAULT Puchkova hit a ball in anger; it struck a line judge Wed-rain-Thu

Washington, D.C., QFs, Fri 1pm
loser's prize: $5,800 US; points: 70
*n39 s7 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n9 s1 wc Angelique Kerber GER 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-3
n26 s3 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n47 Monica Niculescu ROU 1-0 retired
n30 s4 Alize Cornet FRA d n32 s5 Sorana Cirstea ROU 7-6(5), 6-2

Alize after match point

n63 Andrea Petkovic GER d n80 Paula Ormaechea ARG 4-6, 6-1, 6-3

Andrea while doing the "Petko Dance" after match point

Washington, D.C., SFs, Sat noon
loser's prize: $10,725 US; points: 130
*n39 s7 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n26 s3 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-2, 6-0

Magda and Kate launching backhand and forehand

Rain interrupted the 1st set when Magda was leading 5-2. Magdalena said: "It wasn't easy with the rain delay and playing so late, but I'm happy I was able to win tonight. I had some amazing matches here last year, winning the title without even losing a set; the first three matches this year were much, much tougher, but I played a very good match from my side tonight and I'm happy I was able to win in straight sets again. It's a great result for me." WTA story

*n63 Andrea Petkovic GER d n30 s4 Alize Cornet FRA 7-5, 6-3

Alize about to slice a backhand, and Andrea driving one

Because of the rain, the second semifinal did not begin until 12:32 am, and ended at 2:10 am.

Andrea said: "I think we can both play much better, but considering the circumstances I think we were playing fine. We were both a little off-rhythm on the serve because we hadn't played under the lights here yet. I was struggling there. But apart from that and a little bit of a slow start, I was moving well and hitting the ball okay. Given everything today, I think I was playing fine."

Washington, D.C., Final, Sun 5:15pm
loser's prize: $20,000 US; points: 200
winner's prize: $40,000 US; points: 280
n39 s7 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n63 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-4, 7-6(2)

Magda and Petko driving forehand and backhand

Washington, D.C., Doubles Final, Saturday
loser's prize: $6,000 US
winner's prize: $11,500 US
s1 Shuko Aoyama & Vera Dushevina d Eugenie Bouchard & Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-3

Washington, D.C., Qual Finals, Saturday Jul 27 10am
losers' prizes: q1 $700 1pt; q2 $1,200 6pts; qualifier 10 points
n111 Michelle Larcher de Brito POR d n298 Victoria Duval USA 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
n137 Jessica Pegula USA d n273 Shuko Aoyama JPN 6-4, 6-2
n165 Irina Falconi USA d n455 Jennifer Elie USA 6-3, 6(3)-7, 6-0
n532 Alexandra Mueller USA d nNR Usue Maitane Arconada USA 6-1, 6-1

Washington, D.C., Withdrawals
n20 Nadia Petrova RUS left hip injury
n22 Simona Halep ROU low back injury
n24 Kaia Kanepi EST low back injury
n45 Romina Oprandi SUI right shoulder injury
n68 Johanna Larsson SWE left abdominal strain
n85 Lauren Davis USA left foot injury
n90 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP right knee injury
n122 Camila Giorgi ITA right shoulder injury

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