2014 WTA Acapulco Abierto Mexicano & Florianopolis Brasil Tennis Cup Women's Singles Tennis Results (Sports - WTA Tennis)        

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  WTA Feb 24-Mar 2: Acapulco & Florianopolis

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Abierto Mexicano, Acapulco, MEX
INTL $250,000
32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay
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n13 D Cibulkova, n19 E Bouchard
n25 K Kanepi, n31 D Hantuchova

Brasil Tennis Cup Florianopolis, BRA
INTL $250,000
32m/24q/16d outdoor: red clay
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n16 C Suarez Navarro, n34 G Muguruza
n35 K Zakopalova, n43 F Schiavone

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Acapulco:

#13 Dominika Cibulkova
5'3" 121lb RH 2H-BH
Florianopolis:

#35 Klara Zakopalova
5' 5¼" 110lb RH 2H-BH


    On Saturday at Florianopolis, in the final of the Brasil Tennis Cup, last week's finalist at Rio (and 2005 champ at Portoroz & 's-Hertogenbosch), 32 year old 3rd seeded #35 (career high: #21) Klara (Koukalova) Zakopalova from Prague, Czech Republic, defeated the 2014 champion at Hobart, Tasmania, 20 year old 2nd seeded #34 (career high: #38) Garbine Muguruza from Barcelona, Spain 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 (Klara is shown holding the glassware after the match).

    Klara's prize is $43,000; Garbine's prize is $21,400.

    It is Klara's first title since 2005. Klara said: "I was playing well in the first set but [Garbine] was just playing a little bit better, but in the second set she was just playing amazing. But then maybe she started making a few mistakes and I was a little bit more patient. After I won the second set I told myself that anything could happen.
    "I was losing the whole match, but anything can happen in a final. I think I got a little bit lucky here and there and I'm very happy I could make it through and win the third set, and win the title." WTA story

    Klara now leads Garbine 2-1 in career matches. Their previous meeting was early this year on a Plexicushion hardcourt in the final at Hobart, Tasmania, when Garbine defeated Klara 6-4, 6-0.

    Klara is now 3-12 in WTA singles finals. She has a 18-7 singles match record this season.

    Garbine is now 1-1 in WTA singles finals. She has a 17-4 singles match record in 2014.

    On Saturday at Acapulco, in the final of the Abierto Mexicano, the 2014 Australian Open finalist (and 2013 champion at Stanford), 24 year old top seeded #13 (career high: #12) Dominika Cibulkova from Bratislava, Slovakia, defeated 21 year old #71 (career high: #24) Christina McHale from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 (Domi is shown en sombrero, holding the ballware after the match).

    Dominika's prize is $43,000; Christina's prize is $21,400.

    Dominika said: "I expected a really tough match and this was over my expectations. I have to say, it was an extremely tough match. [Christina's] defense was amazing today. We had so many long rallies and the match was so up and down, but I was fighting for every point and I'm really happy I could win this." WTA story

    Christina said: "I was happy with the way I fought today. I think Dominika played really well today. I was just trying to stay with her. But hopefully there will be more finals to come for me."

    Domi leads Christina 3-0 in career matches. Their previous meeting was in 2012 on red clay in the 1st round at Brussels, when Domi defeated Christina 7-6(1), 6-1.

    Dominika is now 4-6 in WTA singles finals. She has a 13-6 singles match record this year.

    Christina was playing in her first WTA singles final. She has won 1 ITF singles title and 3 ITF doubles titles. Christina has a 9-5 singles match record in 2014.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Acapulco & Florianopolis

s=seed, n=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser
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Abierto Mexicano,  Acapulco, Mexico

 
tourney time:
       = GMT -6 hours
       = US ET -1 hours
       = US PT +2 hours

Mexico News


    Acapulco: The main draw for Acapulco 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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Latitude: 16.788035 Longitude: -99.811703 goto link for World Wind

2014: Genie Bouchard met a robot at the Acapulco players party, and took a helicopter ride to play some waterborne exhibition tennis...
Acapulco, 1st Rd, Mon 4pm-Tue 11am
loser's prize: $1,925 US; points: 1
n13 s1 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n55 Urszula Radwanska POL 6-3, 6-4 Tue

Domi about to connect with a forehand

n19 s2 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n84 Shahar Peer ISR 6-2, 6-2 Tue

Eugenie after match point

n25 s3 Kaia Kanepi EST d n67 Jana Cepelova SVK 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 Tue
*n75 Ajla Tomljanovic SRB d n32 s4 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-1, 6-3 Mon
*n49 s8 Shuai Zhang CHN d n37 q Madison Keys USA 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 Tue
*n105 q Sharon Fichman CAN d n39 s5 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 6-1, 6-3 Tue
n42 s6 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n931 wc Tornado Alicia Black USA 6-4, 7-5 Mon
*n97 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN d n45 s7 Stefanie Voegele SUI 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 Mon
n52 Marina Erakovic NZL d n320 wc Ana Sofia Sanchez MEX 6-2, 6-2 Mon
n58 Yanina Wickmayer BEL d n134 LL Lesia Tsurenko UKR 7-6(4), 6-4 Tue
*n126 q Lara Arruabarrena ESP d n61 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 6-2, 6-4 Tue
*n89 Caroline Garcia FRA d n70 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP 6-4, 7-6(6) Tue

Caroline driving a forehand

n71 Christina McHale USA d n72 Kristen Mladenovic FRA 6-4, 6-2 Mon
n87 Julia Goerges GER d n365 wc Marcela Zacarias MEX 6-0, 6-1 Tue
n144 q Victoria Duval USA d nNR sr Iveta (Benesova) Melzer CZE 6-2, 6-4 Tue
*n270 sr Aleksandra Wozniak CAN d n155 q Ashleigh Barty AUS 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2 Tue

Acapulco, 2nd Round, Wed 4pm
loser's prize: $3,310 US; points: 30
n13 s1 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n58 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 7-5, 6-2

Domi driving a backhand

n19 s2 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n126 q Lara Arruabarrena ESP 7-5, 6-2
n25 s3 Kaia Kanepi EST d n87 Julia Goerges GER 6(4)-7, 6-4, 7-6(6)
*n52 Marina Erakovic NZL d n42 s6 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-1, 6-4
n49 s8 Shuai Zhang CHN d n270 sr Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 6-1, 6-4
n71 Christina McHale USA d n97 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 7-5, 6-1
n75 Ajla Tomljanovic SRB d n144 q Victoria Duval USA 6-3, 6-0
n89 Caroline Garcia FRA d n105 q Sharon Fichman CAN 6-2, 7-5

Acapulco, QFs, Thu 4pm
loser's prize: $5,900 US; points: 60
n13 s1 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n52 Marina Erakovic NZL 6-4, 7-5
*n89 Caroline Garcia FRA d n19 s2 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
*n71 Christina McHale USA d n25 s3 Kaia Kanepi EST 6-1, 2-6, 6-4

Christina driving a forehand

n49 s8 Shuai Zhang CHN d n75 Ajla Tomljanovic SRB 6-1, 5-7, 6-2

Acapulco, SFs, Fri 4pm
loser's prize: $11,300 US; points: 110
n13 s1 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n49 s8 Shuai Zhang CHN 4-2 retired—right arm injury

Dominika serving

n71 Christina McHale USA d n89 Caroline Garcia FRA 3-6, 6-2, 7-5

Acapulco, Final, Sat 6:30pm
loser's prize: $21,400 US; points: 180
winner's prize: $43,000 US; points: 280
n13 s1 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n71 Christina McHale USA 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4

 
Christina and Domi driving forehands

Acapulco, Doubles Final, Sat 6pm
loser's prize: $6,400 US
winner's prize: $12,300 US
Galina Voskoboeva & Kristina Mladenovic d Petra Cetkovska & Iveta Melzer 6-3, 2-6, (10-5)

Acapulco, Qual Finals, Mon Feb 24 4pm
losers' prizes: q1 $530 1pt; q2 $730 10pts; q3 $1,005 14pts; qualifier 18 points
n37 Madison Keys USA d n126 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 6-1, 6-0
n105 Sharon Fichman CAN d n167 Allie Kiick USA 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
*n155 Ashleigh Barty AUS d n134 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 6-0, 6-2
*n144 Victoria Duval USA d n146 Belinda Bencic SUI 6(8)-7, 6-0, 7-6(5)

Acapulco, Withdrawals
n31 Daniela Hantuchova SVK right knee injury
n57 Laura Robson GBR left wrist injury
n62 Kurumi Nara JPN
n107 Romina Oprandi SUI

 
 Florianopolis, Brazil

 
tourney time:
       = GMT -2 hours
       = US ET +3 hours
       = US PT +6 hours

Brazil News


    Florianopolis: The 32-player main draw for Florianopolis has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 6 qualifiers in the main draw. Qualifying (2 rounds) starts on Saturday, qualifying finals are on Sunday.
 

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Latitude: -27.573265 Longitude: -48.536299 goto link for World Wind

2014: Garbine Muguruza prepared for the Brazilian sun by applying a little sunscreen...
Florianopolis, 1st Rd, Sun-Tue 11am, 1030am
loser's prize: $2,100 US; points: 1
Sunday: rain stopped play
n16 s1 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n92 Timea Babos HUN 6-2, 6-2 Mon
n34 s2 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n69 Vania King USA 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 Mon

Garbine following a backhand (this photo might be from the 1st round; the WTA posted it with their 2nd round story)

    Garbine said: "We both had a nervous start to the match. Then I started to play much better and didn't give her many chances. I'm just glad I was able to win before the rain came so I don't have to play tomorrow." WTA story

n35 s3 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n103 Donna Vekic CRO 6-3, 6-3 Tue

    Klara played in the final at Rio on Sunday, losing in 3 sets to Kurumi Nara. Klara said: "I feel a little bit tired, of course. I'm very happy that I beat Donna because she's a very good and talented player. It's a good win and I'm looking forward to the next match."

*n68 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n43 s4 F Schiavone ITA 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 Mon
n53 s5 Monica Niculescu ROU d n73 Anna Schmiedlova SVK 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 Mon
n60 s6 Alexandra Cadantu ROU d n298 wc Gabriela Ce BRA 6-1, 6-3 ppd-Mon
*n98 Teliana Pereira BRA d n63 s7 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ESP 6-4, 6-3 Tue
n65 s8 Paula Ormaechea ARG d n287 wc B Haddad Maia BRA 6-1, 6-2 Mon
*n79 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n77 S Soler Espinosa ESP 7-6(1), 7-6(1) ppd-Mon
n78 Chanelle Scheepers RSA d n90 Julia Glushko ISR 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 Mon
*n88 Diane Pfizenmaier GER d n81 P Mayr-Achleitner AUT 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 ppd-Mon
*n153 q Alize Lim FRA d n83 Johanna Larsson SWE 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-4 Tue
*n112 q Alison van Uytvanck BEL d n96 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 6-3, 6-2 Tue
*n142 q Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d n108 q Mariana Duque-Marino COL 6-1, 7-6(5) Tue
n125 Kiki Bertens NED d n158 q Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 Tue
n161 q Danka Kovinic MNE d n309 wc Paula Cristina Goncalves BRA 6-3, 6-1 Tue

Florianopolis, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed 11am
loser's prize: $3,400 US; points: 30
n16 s1 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n125 Kiki Bertens NED 6-3, 7-6(2)
n34 s2 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n78 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 6-2, 6-1 Tue
n35 s3 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n153 q Alize Lim FRA 6-3, 6-3

Klara's forehand drive

n53 s5 Monica Niculescu ROU d n161 q Danka Kovinic MNE 6-3, 6-1
n60 s6 Alexandra Cadantu ROU d n88 Diane Pfizenmaier GER 6-2, 6-3 Tue
*n112 q Alison van Uytvanck BEL d n65 s8 Paula Ormaechea ARG 6-2, 6-2
*n79 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n68 B Zahlavova Strycova CZE 6-2, 7-5 Tue
*n142 q Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d n98 Teliana Pereira BRA 7-5, 6-2

Florianopolis, QFs, Thu 3pm
loser's prize: $6,175 US; points: 60
n16 s1 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n53 s5 Monica Niculescu ROU 4-6, 6-0, 4-1 retired—right foot injury
n34 s2 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n112 q Alison van Uytvanck BEL 6-2, 6(1)-7, 6-3
n35 s3 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n142 q Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 6-3, 5-2 retired—low back injury

Klara driving a backhand

*n79 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n60 s6 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 6-3, 6-3

Florianopolis, SFs, Fri 2:30pm
loser's prize: $11,500 US; points: 110
*n35 s3 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n16 s1 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-3, 3-6, 6-2

    About the final Klara said: "Garbine is an incredible player, and improving a lot, so I really have to play 100%."

n34 s2 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n79 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-2, 6-3

Garbine alerting the media after the match

    Garbine said: "I played very, very well today - I played much better than the other days. I was much more consistent today and that helped me so much. [Yaroslava] was playing well today, staying positive and being aggressive." WTA story

Florianopolis, Final, Sat 11am
loser's prize: $21,400 US; points: 180
winner's prize: $43,000 US; points: 280
n35 s3 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n34 s2 Garbine Muguruza ESP 4-6, 7-5, 6-0

   
Garbine and Klara driving backhands, and Klara after match point

Florianopolis, Doubles Final, Fri
loser's prize: $6,400 US
winner's prize: $12,300 US
s3 Anabel Medina Garrigues & Yaroslava Shvedova d Francesca Schiavone & Silvia Soler-Espinosa 7-6(1), 2-6, (10-3)

Florianopolis, Qual Finals, Mon Feb 24 1030am
losers' prizes: q1 $600 1pts; q2 $1,020 12pts; qualifier 18 points
Sunday: rain stopped play
*n161 Danka Kovinic MNE d n104 Nadiya Kichenok UKR 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
n108 Mariana Duque-Marino COL d n124 An-Sophie Mestach BEL 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
*n142 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d n110 K Piter POL 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 Sun-rain-Mon
n112 Alison van Uytvanck BEL d n145 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 6-1, 7-6(6) ppd-Mon
*n158 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ d n141 Alexandra Panova RUS 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(7)
n153 Alize Lim FRA d n171 Maria Irigoyen ARG 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 ppd-Mon

Florianopolis, Withdrawals
none


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