WTA Apr 22-28: Stuttgart & MarrakechPorsche Tennis Grand PrixStuttgart, GER PREMIER 700 $795,707 28m/32q/16d indoor: red clay | tourney: videos - m draw Free Live Video (popup) Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: T.com - ESPN - Y! news | WTA Stuttgart: radar - map n2 M Sharapova, n5 Na Li n6 A Kerber, n7 S Errani GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Marrakech, MAR INTL $235,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Free Live Video (popup) Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: WTA Morocco news n26 S Cirstea, n33 A Cornet n40 K Kanepi, n41 K Bertens |
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On Sunday at Stuttgart, in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix,
the 2013 champion at Indian Wells (and 2012 champ at Stuttgart, Roland Garros and Rome), 26 year old top seeded #2 (and former #1) Maria Sharapova of Russia (residences: Manhattan Beach, California and Bradenton, Florida),
defeated
this year's champion at Shenzhen (and the 2011 French Open champ), 31 year old 2nd seeded #5 (career high: #4) Na Li from Wuhan, Hubei, China,
6-4, 6-3 (Na is shown during the match; Maria is shown handling the wheelware afterward). Maria's prize is €100,806 (about $131,262 US), and a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet worth over $117,530; Na's prize is €55,000. Maria fired 2 aces, with 3 double faults, while scoring on 4 of the 9 break points she reached against Na and totaling 68 points in the match. Na also hit 2 aces, with 3 DFs, while converting 1 of the 2 break points she held against Maria, and totaling 54 points. Maria's victory was also a win for Porsche marketing: Maria signed a 3-year endorsement contract with the carmaker at the start of the week. Maria's first three matches in Stuttgart this year all were three-setters. Maria said: "I really tried to do the right things from the beginning to the end and not have a letdown like I did in the other matches - there were some struggles in those. But I kept giving myself chances to go to the next round, and I think I really played my best tennis of the week today." WTA story Na said: "Today [Maria] was the better one. Of course it's sad when you lose in the final, but looking back at the whole week, it was the first clay court tournament of the year for me, so I'm happy to have reached the final here." |
Maria now leads Na 9-5 in career matches. Their previous meeting was early this year on a Plexicushion hardcourt in the semifinals of the Australian Open, when Na defeated Maria 6-2, 6-2. Maria leads Na 4-1 in matches on clay; their previous dirtcourt encounter was last year in the final at Rome, when Maria defeated Na 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5).
Maria "Claypova," who once referred to herself on dirt courts as a "cow on ice," has now won 16 consecutive (and 23 of her last 24) matches on clay.
4-time Grand Slam champion Maria is now 29-20 in WTA singles finals. Maria has a 23-3 singles match record in 2013, losing only to Serena Williams (twice) and Na.
2011 French Open champion Na is now 7-10 in WTA singles finals. Na has a 20-4 singles match record this year, losing only to Maria, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, and Agnieszka Radwanska.
On Sunday in Marrakech, Morocco, in the final of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, the 2010 French Open champion, 32 year old 6th seeded #48 (career high: #4) Francesca Schiavone from Milan, Italy, defeated the 2011 champ at Bogota, 32 year old #59 (career high: #40) Lourdes Dominguez Lino from Barcelona, Spain, 6-1, 6-3.
Francesca's prize is $40,000; Lourdes' prize is $20,000.
Francesca had a 5-9 record this season prior to this week. Francesca said: "This was a great week for me after a long, very difficult period. I think my two toughest matches of the week were my first match against Martic, a very talented young player, and of course today against Lourdes. I played a really complete game today. It's never easy to play her. To win here is a great start to the clay court season for me and inspires me to keep working hard." WTA story
Lourdes said: "I am really pleased with my result. All credit to Francesca."
Francesca leads Lourdes 4-1 in career matches, and 3-1 on clay courts. Their previous meeting was in 2011 on a Laykold hardcourt in the 3rd round at Miami, when Francesca defeated Lourdes 6-4, 7-6(2).
2010 Roland Garros champ Francesca is now 6-11 in WTA singles finals. Francesca has a 10-9 singles match record this season.
Lourdes is now 2-1 in WTA singles finals, and has a 10-10 singles match record for the year.
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WTA SCOREBOARD: Stuttgart & Marrakech
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany
Porsche Grand Prix of Tennis venue address: Schleyer Halle/Porsche Arena, Mercedesstrase 69, 70372 Stuttgart
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Stuttgart, 1st Rd Tue-Wed noon losers' prize: €4,770; points: 1 n8 s5 Petra Kvitova CZE d n60 wc Annika Beck GER 7-5, 6(0)-7, 6-3 Wed
*n18 Jelena Jankovic SRB d n9 s6 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-4, 6-4 Wed
*n23 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n10 s7 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 7-6(6), 6-1 Wed n11 s8 Nadia Petrova RUS d n146 q Dinah Pfizenmaier GER 7-6(2), 6-4 Tue *n37 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n12 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-4, 6-2 Wed n17 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n128 wc Andrea Petkovic GER 6-3, 6-2 Tue
n19 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n24 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6(5)-7, 7-5, 6-4 Wed *n30 Julia Goerges GER d n22 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 6-2, 2-1 retired Wed n25 Lucie Safarova CZE d n28 Mona Barthel GER 6-4, 6-1 Wed
*n102 q Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO d n29 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-0, 6-4 Tue *n104 q Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA d n35 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 6-2, 6-1 Wed n47 wc Sabine Lisicki GER d n145 q Natassja Burnett ITA 6-3, 6-4 Tue
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Stuttgart, 2nd Rd, Thu noon losers' prize: €8,629; points: 60 n2 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n25 Lucie Safarova CZE 6-4, 6(3)-7, 6-3
n5 s2 Na Li CHN d n102 q Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 6-1, 6-2
n6 s3 Angelique Kerber GER d n19 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-0, 6-4
*n104 q Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA d n7 s4 Sara Errani ITA 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 n8 s5 Petra Kvitova CZE d n30 Julia Goerges GER 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-2
*n17 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n11 s8 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-4, 6-3 *n47 wc Sabine Lisicki GER d n18 Jelena Jankovic SRB 7-6(3), 7-5 *n37 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n23 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 7-5, 6-4 |
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Stuttgart, QFs, Fri 2pm losers' prize: €15,565; points: 120 n2 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n17 Ana Ivanovic SRB 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
n5 s2 Na Li CHN d n8 s5 Petra Kvitova CZE 6-3, 7-5 n6 s3 Angelique Kerber GER d n37 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-3, 7-6(2)
*n104 q Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA d n47 wc Sabine Lisicki GER 6-4, 6-2 |
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Stuttgart, SFs, Sat 2pm losers' prize: €29,464; points: 200 n2 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n6 s3 Angelique Kerber GER 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
n5 s2 Na Li CHN d n104 q Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 6-4, 6-3
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Stuttgart, Final, Sun 2pm loser's prize: €55,000; points: 320 winner's prize: €100,806 (AND a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet) points: 470 n2 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n5 s2 Na Li CHN 6-4, 6-3
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Stuttgart, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: €17,046 winners' prize: €32,258 Sabine Lisicki & Mona Barthel d Sania Mirza & Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 7-5 Stuttgart, Qual Finals, Mon Apr 22 noon losers' prizes: q1 €806 1pt; q2 €1,282 8pts; q3 €2,359 12pts; qualifier 20 points *n145 Natassja Burnett ITA d n79 Garbine Muguruza ESP 6-4, 7-5 n102 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO d n107 Shahar Peer ISR 6-3, 6-1 n104 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA d n178 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER 6-3, 6-4 n146 Dinah Pfizenmaier GER d n177 Catalina Castano COL 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2 Stuttgart, Withdrawals n20 Klara Zakopalova CZE allergy n31 Tamira Paszek AUT neck injury
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Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Marrakech, Morocco
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Marrakech, 1st Round, Mon-Wed 11am loser's prize: $1,800 US; points: 1 *n70 Chanelle Scheepers RSA d n26 s2 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-3, 6-1 Mon n33 s3 Alize Cornet FRA d n1135 wc Fatima Zahrae El Allami MAR 6-1, 6-1 Tue n40 s4 Kaia Kanepi EST d n61 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Tue n41 s5 Kiki Bertens NED d n114 q Timea Babos HUN 7-5, 6-2 Tue n48 s6 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n100 Petra Martic CRO 7-6(8), 6-4 Wed
n51 s7 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n95 LL Alexandra Cadantu ROU 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Tue n53 s9 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL d n76 Karolina Pliskova CZE 7-5, 6-1 Tue n58 Simona Halep ROU d n110 LL Nina Bratchikova RUS 6-1, 6-3 Tue n59 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP d n89 Misaki Doi JPN 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 Tue n65 Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP d n293 q Michaela Honcova SVK 7-6(4), 6-2 Tue *n78 Olga Puchkova RUS d n75 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 Wed
*n96 Yulia Putintseva KAZ d n80 Mathilde Johansson FRA 6-3, 6-4 Wed n84 Maria Teresa Torro Flor ESP d n86 Arantxa Rus NED 6-1, 6-1 Mon n92 Mandy Minella LUX d n111 q Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-5 Tue n98 q Karin Knapp ITA d nNR wc Lina Qostal MAR 6-0, 6-1 Tue *n113 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n101 Melinda Czink HUN 6-1, 7-6(2) Wed |
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Marrakech, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu 11am loser's prize: $3,100 US; points: 30 n33 s3 Alize Cornet FRA d n98 q Karin Knapp ITA 1-6, 7-5, 6-0 Wed *n92 Mandy Minella LUX d n40 s4 Kaia Kanepi EST 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 Thu n41 s5 Kiki Bertens NED d n113 Flavia Pennetta ITA 7-6(0), 6-4, 6-4 Thu n48 s6 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n58 Simona Halep ROU 6-3, 6-2 Thu 51 s7 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n96 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 6-3, 6-3 Thu *n59 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP d n53 s9 T Pironkova BUL 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 Thu n65 Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP d n78 Olga Puchkova RUS 6-0, 6-3 Thu n70 Chanelle Scheepers RSA d n84 Maria Teresa Torro Flor ESP 6-2, 6-1 Wed |
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Marrakech, QFs, Fri 11am loser's prize: $5,500 US; points: 70 *n48 s6 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n33 s3 Alize Cornet FRA 6-4, 6-4 *n59 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP d n41 s5 Kiki Bertens NED 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 *n70 Chanelle Scheepers RSA d n51 s7 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-1, 6-2 *n92 Mandy Minella LUX d n65 Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 |
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Marrakech, SFs, Sat 12:30pm loser's prize: $10,425 US; points: 130 n48 s6 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n70 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 7-6(4), 6-1
n59 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP d n92 Mandy Minella LUX 2-6, 6-0, 6-1
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Marrakech, Final, Sun 3pm loser's prize: $20,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $40,000 US; points: 280 n48 s6 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n59 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP 6-1, 6-3 |
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Marrakech, Doubles Final loser's prize: $6,000 US winner's prize: $11,500 US s3 Mandy Minella & Timea Babos d s4 Petra Martic & Kristen Mladenovic 6-3, 6-1 Marrakech, Qual Finals, Mon Apr 22 11am losers' prizes: q1 $500 1pt; q2 $700 6pts; q3 $950 10pts; qualifier 16 points *n114 Timea Babos HUN d n95 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 6-2, 6-2 n98 Karin Knapp ITA d n120 Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA 6-0, 6-1 *n111 Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP d n110 Nina Bratchikova RUS 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 *n293 Michaela Honcova SVK d n118 Teliana Pereira BRA 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 Marrakech, Withdrawals n15 s1 wc Dominika Cibulkova SVK n50 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU right shoulder injury n52 s8 Romina Oprandi SUI n73 Lara Arruabarrena ESP illness n127 Polona Hercog SLO right wrist injury |
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