WTA July 21-27: BakuFree Live Video (popup)Baku Cup, Azerbaijan INTL $250,000 32m/24q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: T.com - ESPN - Y! news | WTA Azerbaijan news n29 Sorana Cirstea ROU n35 Elina Svitolina UKR n37 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK n38 Kurumi Nara JPN n40 Bojana Jovanovski SRB n42 Yvonne Meusburger AUT n57 Heather Watson GBR n71 Jana Cepelova SVK n72 Stefanie Voegele SUI n74 Donna Vekic CRO |
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On Sunday in Azerbaijan, in the final of the Baku Cup,
the 2013 Baku champion, 19 year old 2nd seeded #35 (career high #33) Elina Svitolina from Kharkiv, Ukraine,
defeated
the 2012 Baku champion (and 2013 champ at Tashkent), 22 year old 5th seeded #40 (career high: #34) Bojana Jovanovski from Belgrade, Serbia,
6-1, 7-6(2) (Bojana is shown during her quarterfinal victory; Elina is shown holding the glassware after the match). Elina's prize is $43,000; Bojana's prize is $21,400. After Elina won the 1st set easily, both players held serve throughout the 2nd set. But Elina again dominated in the 2nd set tiebreak. Elina said: "I think we were both nervous at the start of the match, but I handled it really well. In the second set [Bojana] was trying to fight, and she's not the type of person who gives up. I've watched her fighting for every ball and for every set before and I was actually expecting this fightback. "But I was playing really well here and I'm happy I could defend my title. I'm really happy with the way I'm playing and I'm enjoying myself. I'm feeling really confident with my game right now." WTA story Bojana said: "In the first set I couldn't find any rhythm. In the second set I tried to come back and it was a little bit better, but it still wasn't enough to win the set. I had a few chances to break but didn't use my opportunities. But [Elina] played really well today and definitely deserved to win." |
Elina and Bojana had never before met on the field of combat (pro singles). Elina is now 2-0 in WTA singles finals, and has a 25-17 singles match record in 2014. Bojana is now 2-1 in WTA singles finals, and has a 14-18 singles match record this year.
In the Baku doubles final on Sunday, Heather Watson and Alexandra Panova defeated 3rd seeded Raluca Olaru and Shahar Peer, 6-2, 7-6(3).
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WTA SCOREBOARD: Baku
Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku Cup venue address: Baku Tennis Academy, 3158/3156 Ibrahim Dadashov Street, AZ1000 BAKU | phone: 5115408 In 2010, Baku replaced the Portoroz, Slovenia, tourney, which had been held for six years.
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Baku, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 10am loser's prize: $2,100 US; points: 1 n29 s1 Sorana Cirstea ROU d n160 wc Ons Jabeur TUN 6-3, 6-3 Tue
n35 s2 Elina Svitolina UKR d n193 q Nigina Abduraimova UZB 6-2, 6-4 Tue
*n185 q Misa Eguchi JPN d n37 s3 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-4, 7-6(7) Tue *n75 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n38 s4 Kurumi Nara JPN 6-2, 6-2 Tue n40 s5 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n77 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 Mon
*n97 Shahar Peer ISR d n42 s6 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 6-2, 6-4 Mon *n102 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n57 s7 Heather Watson GBR 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 Tue n71 s8 Jana Cepelova SVK d nNR wc Nazrin Jafarova AZE 6-1, 6-0 Tue n72 Stefanie Voegele SUI d n125 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 6-1, 6-4 Mon
n74 Donna Vekic CRO d n217 q Olga Savchuk UKR 7-6(6), 6-0 Tue *n120 Urszula Radwanska POL d n80 A van Uytvanck BEL 6-1 retired Mon
n84 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP d n116 q Danke Kovinic MNE 6-2, 6-4 Tue *n101 Katarzyna Piter POL d n93 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 6(4)-7, 6-3, 6-4 Mon n95 Pauline Parmentier FRA d n99 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 6-4, 6-1 Mon n103 Julia Glushko ISR d n809 q Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 Tue n165 q Vesna Dolonc SRB d n1046 wc Ksenia Gaydarzhi RUS 6-0, 6-2 Tue |
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Baku, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 11am loser's prize: $3,400 US; points: 30 *n72 Stefanie Voegele SUI d n29 s1 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-1, 6-1 Thu n35 s2 Elina Svitolina UKR d n84 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 7-5, 6-2 Thu
n40 s5 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n101 Katarzyna Piter POL 6-3, 6-1 Wed
*n95 Pauline Parmentier FRA d n71 s8 Jana Cepelova SVK 7-6(2), 6-4 Wed
*n102 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n74 Donna Vekic CRO 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 Thu n75 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n103 Julia Glushko ISR 6-2, 7-6(2) Thu n97 Shahar Peer ISR d n165 q Vesna Dolonc SRB 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Wed
*n185 q Misa Eguchi JPN d n120 Urszula Radwanska POL 6-2, 6-1 Wed
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Baku, QFs, Fri 10am loser's prize: $6,175 US; points: 60 n35 s2 Elina Svitolina UKR d n95 Pauline Parmentier FRA 6-4, 6-4
n40 s5 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n185 q Misa Eguchi JPN 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
n72 Stefanie Voegele SUI d n97 Shahar Peer ISR 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
n75 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n102 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
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Baku, SFs, Sat noon loser's prize: $11,500 US; points: 110 n35 s2 Elina Svitolina UKR d n75 Francesca Schiavone ITA 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
n40 s5 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n72 Stefanie Voegele SUI 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
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Baku, Final, Sun noon loser's prize: $21,400 US; points: 180 winner's prize: $43,000 US; points: 280 n35 s2 Elina Svitolina UKR d n40 s5 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-1, 7-6(2) |
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Baku, Doubles Final, Sun loser's prize: $6,400 US winner's prize: $12,300 US Heather Watson & Alexandra Panova d s3 Raluca Olaru & Shahar Peer 6-2, 7-6(3) Baku, Qualifying Finals, Mon Jul 21 10am losers' prizes: q1 $600 1pts; q2 $1,020 12pts; qualifier 18 points n116 Danke Kovinic MNE d n137 Alexandra Panova RUS 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 *n809 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR d n123 Jovana Jaksic SRB 6-3, 6-3 *n165 Vesna Dolonc SRB d n135 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-2, 6-3 *n217 Olga Savchuk UKR d n141 Ksenia Pervak RUS 0-6, 7-6(2), 6-0 n185 Misa Eguchi JPN v n199 Amandine Hesse FRA 6-2, 6-3 n193 Nigina Abduraimova UZB d n136 Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 Baku, Withdrawals n33 Klara Koukalova CZE left ankle injury n34 Shuai Zhang CHN right shoulder injury n61 Mona Barthel GER
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