2014 WTA Brisbane International, Auckland ASB Classic, Shenzhen Open, Hopman Cup Women's Singles Tennis Results (Sports - WTA Tennis)

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Brisbane International, AUS PREMIER
$1,000,000 30m/32q/16d outdoor: hard
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n1 Serena Williams, n2 Victoria Azarenka
n4 Maria Sharapova, n8 Jelena Jankovic
ASB Classic, Auckland, NZL
INTL $250,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard
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n14 Roberta Vinci, n16 Ana Ivanovic
n20 Kirsten Flipkens, n22 Sorana Cirstea
Shenzhen Open CHN
INTL $500,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard
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n3 Na Li, n7 Sara Errani
n35 K Zakopalova, n36 B Jovanovski
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     On Saturday in Australia, in the final of the Brisbane International, the 2013 champ at Istanbul, Beijing, Flushing Meadows, Toronto, Bastad, Roland Garros, Rome, Madrid, Charleston, Miami & Brisbane, 32 year old top seeded #1 Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, FL, defeated the 2013 Australian Open, Doha & Cincinnati champion, 24 year old 2nd seeded #2 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-4, 7-5 (Serena is shown holding the hardware after the match).

    On court after the match, Vika said: "I want to congratulate Serena on a great week and a great match today. I always enjoy playing you and I hope to meet you again in Melbourne."

    Serena said: "I want to congratulate Vika for being a great player and a great champion, and just someone I enjoy playing against and seeing around. And I hope we do play in Melbourne because that would mean we would make it far." WTA story

    Serena now leads Victoria 14-3 in career matches.. Their previous meeting was last year on a Deco-Turf hardcourt in the final at Flushing Meadows, when Serena defeated Victoria 7-5, 6(8)-7, 6-1.

    Serena is now 58-17 in WTA singles finals, and had a 78-4 singles match record in 2013, losing only to Victoria Azarenka (twice), Sabine Lisicki, and Sloane Stephens.

    Victoria is now 17-7 in WTA singles finals.

    On Saturday at Auckland, New Zealand, in the final of the ASB Classic, the 2010 & 2011 champ at Bali (and 2008 French Open champion), 26 year old 2nd seeded #16 (and former #1) Ana Ivanovic of Serbia (residence: Basel, SUI), defeated the 5-time Wimbledon champion, 33 year old #47 (and former #1) Venus Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 (Ana is shown holding the hardware after the match).

    Ana said: "Coming into this week I didn't really have any expectations. I didn't even think about making the finals or winning it. I just tried my best, and I felt very comfortable here.
    "Today was a great match. Venus is always very tough. She's a great champion and showed that again today. I'm just happy that after losing that second set I managed to stay calm and close it out." WTA story

    Venus said: "I fought as hard as I could no matter what the score was, but I just ran into a better player today."

    Venus still leads Ana 8-2 in career matches.. Their previous meeting was in 2012 on a Laykold hardcourt in the 4th round at Miami, when Venus defeated Ana 6(7)-7, 6-2, 6-2.

    Ana is now 12-5 in WTA singles finals. Venus is now 44-28 in WTA singles finals.

    On Saturday at Shenzhen, China, in the final of the Shenzhen Open, the 2013 champion at Shenzhen (and 2011 French Open champ), 31 year old top seeded #3 (career high: #3) Na Li from Wuhan, Hubei, China, defeated her compatriot, the 2013 Brussels finalist, 27 year old 5th seeded #42 (career high: #14) Shuai Peng from Tian Jin, China, 6-4, 7-5 (Na is shown holding the glassware after the match).

    Na said: "I'm very happy to be able to defend my title for the first time. I'm also very happy because I proved I could do it. Everything is really moving forward in the right direction." WTA story

    Na now leads Shuai 6-1 in career matches.. Their previous meeting was a year ago on the same hardcourt in the semifinals at Shenzhen, when Na defeated Shuai 6-4, 6-0.

    Na is now 8-11 in WTA singles finals. Shuai is now 0-6 in WTA singles finals.

SCOREBOARD: WTA Brisbane, Auckland & Shenzhen; ITF Perth

 s=seed, n=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser
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Brisbane International, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

 
tourney time:
       = GMT +10 hours
       = US EDT +15 hours
       = US PDT +18 hours

Australia News


    Brisbane: The main draw for Brisbane has 8 seeds, with 2 1st-round byes.
    There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw.
    Qualifying (3 rounds) begins on Friday, qualifying finals are on Sunday.
  

click for broader view   Site of Queensland State Tennis Centre,
Softstone St, Tennyson, Australia   directions
Latitude: -27.525237 Longitude: 153.007396

    The Brisbane International was formerly known as the Australian Women's Hardcourts, and was held at nearby Gold Coast. In 2009 the tourney was moved to the newly-constructed Queensland State Tennis Centre at Tennyson, a Brisbane suburb. The $AUD 82 million Tennyson facility has 23 courts, including four clay, two natural grass and 17 hardcourts. Centre court, named Rafter Arena after Aussie Patrick Rafter, a 2-time US Open champ, seats 5,500.

    Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory do not observe daylight savings time (other Aussie provinces do; as in Britain, it is called Summer Time rather than daylight savings). Thus the time in Brisbane during the summer months is 1 hour earlier than the time in Sydney and Melbourne.
2014: 2013 tourney champ Serena Williams played Meet the Press Brisbane on Sunday, December 29...
Brisbane, 1st Round, Sun-Mon 10:30am
loser's prize: $6,371 US; points: 1
n4 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS d n73 Caroline Garcia FRA 6-3, 6-0 Mon

Maria's forehand drive

    Maria had not played since August due to a right shoulder injury.

    Maria said: "I think I was just really determined to get back on the court. It's been a while. I think the whole team was really ready to go out. I knew I was going to play Monday night a little bit ago already. I got goosebumps when I heard because I was looking forward to today even a week ago. It's those days you work for. It was a big step to come and a big step to play out there tonight." WTA story

n8 s4 Jelena Jankovic SRB d n39 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-2, 7-6(6) Mon

Jelena after match point

n9 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n55 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-2, 6-2 Mon
n15 s7 Sabine Lisicki GER d n37 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-3, 6-4 Sun

Sabine driving a forehand

n17 s8 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n86 LL Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 6-2, 6-1 Mon
n23 s9 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n121 q Heather Watson GBR 6-4, 6-3 Mon
n26 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n170 q Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3 Mon
n30 Kaia Kanepi EST d n135 q Alexandra Panova RUS 6-3, 6(8)-7, 6-2 Mon
*n189 q Ashleigh Barty AUS d n33 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-3, 7-5 Mon

Ashleigh serving

*n50 Stefanie Voegele SUI d n38 Madison Keys USA 6-4, 6-3 Sun
n43 Andrea Petkovic GER d n48 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 6-4, 7-5 Sun

Andrea following a backhand

n45 Elina Svitolina UKR d n54 Varvara Lepchenko USA 6-3, 6-3 Sun
n74 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN d n174 wc Olivia Rogowska AUS 6-3, 7-5 Sun

   
Olivia and Kimiko driving forehand and backhand

*n142 wc Casey Dellacqua AUS dn67 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Mon

Casey after match point
Brisbane, 2nd Round, Tue-Wed 10:30am
loser's prize: $11,681 US; points: 55
n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n43 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-4, 6-4 Tue

   
Andrea and Serena driving forehand and backhand

    Serena said: "It was an intense match, which was really good. [Andrea is] a good player. She's been in the top 10 before and she was on her way to being even better. So it was a really good match for me. I usually have a lot of nerves, but when I realized who I was playing I felt like it was a really good opportunity for me to have a tough match early on. That kind of made me more calm than anything." WTA story

n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n142 wc Casey Dellacqua AUS 6-3, 6-1 Wed

Victoria delivering a forehand

    Victoria said: "It's great to just finally be out there. It was a long wait. I couldn't wait to go out there... I was still getting into it towards the end of the second set.
    "I think towards the end it's important to just be the same way as you started the match and to keep that pressure, because in the end anybody can come back. They're loose. They have nothing to lose." WTA story

n4 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS d n189 q Ashleigh Barty AUS walkover—left adductor injury Wed
n8 s4 Jelena Jankovic SRB d n45 Elina Svitolina UKR 6-1, 6-3 Tue

Jelena following a forehand

n9 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n26 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-2, 4-3 retired—left thigh injury Wed

Angelique following a backhand

    Angelique said: "I saw that Anastasia had something on her leg and couldn't run at the end. It's not easy to play against someone like that because you know the other one can't run, but you need to try just focusing on your game as though she is still fit. You need to do that and just focus on yourself."

*n50 Stefanie Voegele SUI d n15 s7 Sabine Lisicki GER walkover—gastrointestinal illness
*n30 Kaia Kanepi EST d n17 s8 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-2, 6-2 Tue
n23 s9 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n74 K Date-Krumm JPN 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 Tue

Domi driving a forehand
Brisbane, QFs, Thu 10:30am
loser's prize: $21,780 US; points: 100
n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n23 s9 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6-3, 6-3

Serena driving a forehand

    Serena had a good day serving, delivering 12 aces. Serena said: "[Domi] was returning really well. She stays so low to the ground and does so many good things, especially off the ground. She's so powerful. So of all opponents, I definitely wouldn't have expected to do so well on serve against her. But I was able to serve really well today." WTA story

n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n50 Stefanie Voegele SUI 6-4, 6(7)-7, 6-1

Vika driving a backhand

n4 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS d n30 Kaia Kanepi EST 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Maria's forehand drive

    Maria said: "[Kaia is] a really tough opponent. I've had fairly good success against her in the past, but she's had her bit of success. She's won this tournament before, so I knew that she would be able to play on this court and she enjoys it. For me it was a slow start. I wasn't very sharp in the beginning. I'm happy I pulled it through, and at this stage it's a good match for me to get through."

    Maria will play Serena Williams in the semifinals. Serena leads Maria 14-2 in career matches.. Their most recent meeting was last year on red clay in the final at Roland Garros, when Serena defeated Maria 6-4, 6-4.

    Maria said: "I haven't had a lot of success against [Serena] in the past. But it's the first tournament of the year. I came here wanting to play as many matches as I could and wanting to play the best. There's no substitute for getting ready for a Grand Slam than competing against the best... You always hope that you can go out and give yourself a chance to do better next time."

n8 s4 Jelena Jankovic SRB d n9 s5 Angelique Kerber GER 6(8)-7, 6-3, 6-1

Jelena driving a forehand
Brisbane, SFs, Fri 1130am
loser's prize: $56,298 US; points: 185
n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n4 s3 Maria Sharapova RUS 6-2, 7-6(7)

   
Maria and Serena driving forehand and backhand

    Serena said: "The quality of the match was very high, especially from Maria's end, so it was good for me to come up with a win in that match," Williams said. "We're both very strong returners, and personally I couldn't get a first serve in today. My first serve percentage was really low... But it was fun. Some of those points were really long and the intensity was so high. Maria was hitting extremely hard and I was retrieving a lot. So was she. My gosh, she was getting so many balls back." WTA story

    Maria was pleased with her progress in returning from a right shoulder injury. Maria said: "I had a few missed chances. It was tough being a small break up in that tie-breaker and also missing that forehand just a little bit wide. But overall I was happy I could compete at this level in my third match back. I really have to take the positives out of this, because I have been struggling for a few months. This was a good sign for me. It was definitely a good week and good test for me."

    About playing Victoria Azarenka in the final, Serena said: "It's a good rivalry. She's so intense on court, and off court she's so cool. So that's what makes the rivalry the best, is because when you step on the court I don't know her and she doesn't know me, and we fight like crazy. When it's over, it's over. There's a lot of mutual respect there."

n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n8 s4 Jelena Jankovic SRB 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

   
JJ and Vika driving forehands

    Victoria said: "Jelena played really, really well in the first set. I felt that I could have done better, but it's just the matter of getting that timing and really fighting through it.
    "I was able to change it around in the second set. I really tried to apply the game I wanted to apply, whereas in the first set it was a little bit out, a little bit short. So I had to get into that timing because I felt I was doing the right thing. It wasn't the best execution, but she was playing some really good tennis out there today."

    Jelena said: "As the match went on she was getting on top of me and I was going down. It was close until the end. Even in the third set, when I was 5-1 down and came back to 5-4 and just missed a couple of bad returns. I was stuck, I don't know why.
    "But so far so good. I played a good tournament. You never know what to expect from yourself after such a long break, but I think I did pretty well here."
Brisbane, Final, Sat 7pm+
loser's prize: $104,890 US; points: 305
winner's prize: $196,670 US; points: 470
n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n2 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-4, 7-5

   
Vika driving a forehand, and Serena fielding one
Brisbane, Doubles Final, Sat
loser's prize: $23,597 US
winner's prize: $44,835 US
Anastasia Rodionova & Alla Kudryavtseva d Galina Voskoboeva & Kristen Mladenovic 6-3, 6-1
Brisbane, Qual Finals, Sun Dec 29, 1030am
losers' prizes: q1 $1,003 1pt; q2 $1,770 13pts; q3 $3,327 18pts; qualifier 25 points
*n135 Alexandra Panova RUS d n86 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
*n189 Ashleigh Barty AUS d n87 Kiki Bertens NED 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
n121 Heather Watson GBR d n238 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 6-4, 6-4
*n170 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d n162 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 6-4, 6-3
Brisbane, Withdrawals
n10 s6 Caroline Wozniacki DEN right shoulder injury
 
ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand

 
tourney time:
       = GMT +13 hours
       = US EDT +18 hours
       = US PDT +21 hours

New Zealand News


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

click for broader view   ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland
Latitude: -36.853767 Longitude: 174.773394

    The ASB Tennis Centre has 7 outdoor Plexicushion courts, 2 indoor Astrograss courts, and 3 indoor hard courts, all lit.
           
2014: On Saturday, December 28 at Auckland, Venus Williams & Marina Erakovic put on a tourney promotional exhibition, Julia Goerges did the main draw player rep thing, and Ana Ivanovic, Tamira Paszek & Sorana Cirstea were among the darned good looking healthy young ladies at the player party...
Auckland, 1st Round, Mon-Tue noon
loser's prize: $1,925 US; points: 1
*n259 wc Ana Konjuh CRO d n14 s1 Roberta Vinci ITA 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Tue
n16 s2 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n57 Alison Riske USA 7-5, 7-6(2) Tue

Ana driving a backhand

    Ana said: "[Alison] played really well and really aggressive today. I'm happy with the way I played in the second set. I kept fighting and managed to win in two sets, which was really good for me." WTA story

n20 s3 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n56 Monica Puig PUR 6-4, 7-5 Tue
*n116 q Sharon Fichman CAN d n22 s4 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-1, 6-4 Tue
n28 s5 Jamie Hampton USA d n170 wc Tamira Paszek AUT 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 Mon

    Jamie had been sidelined by a foot injury for four months. Jamie said: "It was the first match of the season, Tamira and I are both coming off injuries and the conditions were windy. So overall it was really tough conditions for both of us out there. I'm happy that I pulled through in the end and got the W today, but I'm hoping to improve for the next round.
    "The first set was probably one of the worst sets of tennis I've played in a while. But I was really nervous. I hadn't played a match since the US Open, so nerves, conditions, all of it put together." WTA story

*n60 Ayumi Morita JPN d n29 s6 Lucie Safarova CZE 7-6(2), 6-3 Tue
*n49 Yvonne Meusburger AUT d n34 s7 Mona Barthel GER 6-4, 6-3 Mon
*n72 Julia Goerges GER d n41 s8 Karin Knapp ITA 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(2) Tue
*n70 Lauren Davis USA d n46 Marina Erakovic NZL 6-1, 6-4 Tue
n47 Venus Williams USA d n134 wc Andrea Hlavackova CZE 6-3, 7-6(1) Mon

Venus running down a backhand

    Venus said: "I'd never played [Andrea] in singles but I've played her many times in doubles. I knew how determined she is and that I had to play really well. The first match you don't always know exactly what's going to happen and that you just have to fight and try hard, and that's really what I did today. It was a great first match, and I'm looking forward to putting better points together with every game."

*n130 q Kristyna Pliskova CZE d n51 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 7-6(3), 6-0 Tue
*n81 Kurumi Nara JPN d n61 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 6-1, 4-0 retired Mon
*n71 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n62 Paula Ormaechea ARG 7-6(2), 6-1 Mon
n63 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n66 Christina McHale USA 6-4, 6-3 Mon
*n84 Johanna Larsson SWE d n69 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP 7-5, 6-0 Mon
n203 q Sachie Ishizu JPN d n249 q Anett Kontaveit EST 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 Tue
Auckland, 2nd Round, Wed noon
loser's prize: $3,310 US; points: 30
n16 s2 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n84 Johanna Larsson SWE 6-1, 6-1
n20 s3 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n71 Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-4, 6-3
n28 s5 Jamie Hampton USA d n130 q Kristyna Pliskova CZE 6-3, 6-4
n47 Venus Williams USA d n49 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

    Venus said: "[Yvonne] has been playing some of the best tennis of her career. She was a totally different player than my first round opponent. She's a counterpuncher, really consistent and runs down balls, so it took me a little while to get that in my head and kind of change my strategy." WTA story

*n81 Kurumi Nara JPN d n60 Ayumi Morita JPN 6-0, 6-1
n63 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n116 q Sharon Fichman CAN 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
n70 Lauren Davis USA d n259 wc Ana Konjuh CRO 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
*n203 q Sachie Ishizu JPN d n72 Julia Goerges GER 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
Auckland, QFs, Thu noon
loser's prize: $5,900 US; points: 60
n16 s2 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n81 Kurumi Nara JPN 6-2, 6-3

    Ana said: "It was a really tough match. The score doesn't really indicate how close it was. I was really surprised by [Kurumi's] game. She played really well today, I thought. But I was really happy I managed to close it out in straight sets." WTA story

n20 s3 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n203 q Sachie Ishizu JPN 6-4, 7-5
n28 s5 Jamie Hampton USA d n70 Lauren Davis USA 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
n47 Venus Williams USA d n63 Garbine Muguruza ESP 6-3, 6-3
Auckland, SFs, Fri 3pm
loser's prize: $11,300 US; points: 110
n16 s2 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n20 s3 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 6-0, 7-6(3)

Ana leaving the court after the match

    About the final, Ana said: "We all know what Venus is capable of, and she's been showing some good form this week too... There's no doubt it'll be a very, very tough match, but it's a matter of still doing the things I've worked on." WTA story

*n47 Venus Williams USA d n28 s5 Jamie Hampton USA walkover—right hip injury
Auckland, Final, Sat 2:30pm
loser's prize: $21,400 US; points: 180
winner's prize: $43,000 US; points: 280
n16 s2 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n47 Venus Williams USA 6-2, 5-7, 6-4

   
Venus following a forehand, and Ana launching one on the run
Auckland, Doubles Final, Sat
loser's prize: $6,400 US
winner's prize: $12,300 US
*Sharon Fichman & Maria Sanchez d s3 Michaella Krajicek & Lucie Hradecka 2-6, 6-0, (10-4)

Auckland, Qual Finals, Mon Dec 30 10am
losers' prizes: q1 $530 1pt; q2 $730 10pts; q3 $1,005 14pts; qualifier 18 points
*n130 Kristyna Pliskova CZE d n113 Coco Vandegeghe USA 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
n116 Sharon Fichman CAN d n212 Richel Hogenkamp NED 7-5, 6-2
*n249 Anett Kontaveit EST d n144 Irina Falconi USA 6-3, 7-6(8)
*n203 Sachie Ishizu JPN d n153 Grace Min USA 6-2, 6-4
Auckland, Withdrawals
n25 Elena Vesnina RUS
n44 Laura Robson GBR left wrist injury
nNR sr Iveta Benesova CZE
 
Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China

 
tourney time:
       = GMT +8 hours
       = US EDT +13 hours
       = US PDT +16 hours

China News


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

click for broader view   Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Latitude: 22.561787 Longitude: 114.082546
2014: Back after a year off due to injury, Vera Zvonareva signed autographs in Shenzhen on Saturday, December 28...
Shenzhen, 1st Round, Sun-Tue 11am
loser's prize: $3,199 US; points: 1
n3 s1 Na Li CHN d nNR wc Vera Zvonareva RUS 7-5, 6-3 Tue

Na driving a forehand

    Former WTA #2 Vera had not played for 17 months due to illness followed by a shoulder injury & surgery.

    Vera said: "It felt great. I enjoyed the atmosphere on the court today. That's what I've been missing for a very long time. It was an excellent opportunity to get that feeling back.
    "I was actually very happy that I got the chance to play Li Na in the first round. It gave me an opportunity to play on center court in front of a big crowd, and I really enjoyed the moment. I got some really great experience out there today. I also know what I have to work on and improve, and hopefully I'll do a little bit better next time." WTA story

n7 s2 Sara Errani ITA d n145 wc Saisai Zheng CHN 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(3) Mon
n35 s3 Klara Zakopalova CZE d n96 Donna Vekic CRO 6-3, 7-5 Mon
*n122 q Anna-Lena Friedsam GER d n36 s4 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-1, 7-5 Mon
n42 s5 Shuai Peng CHN d n310 wc Fangzhou Liu CHN 6-1, 6-3 Sun

Shuai about to swat a forehand

*n257 sr Yung-Jan Chan TPE d n52 s6 Shuai Zhang CHN 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Tue
n53 s7 Jie Zheng CHN d n76 Shahar Peer ISR 6-0, 6-3 Mon

Jie ready to serve

n58 s8 Annika Beck GER d n77 Ajla Tomljanovic SRB 6-3, 6-4 Mon
n59 Monica Niculescu ROU d n83 Anna Schmiedlova SVK 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tue
*n82 S Soler Espinosa ESP d n68 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 6-4, 7-6(1) Sun
n75 Jana Cepelova SVK d n196 q Lyudmyla Kichenok UKR 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 Mon
n85 Vania King USA d n107 Petra Martic CRO 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Mon
*n101 Nadiya Kichenok UKR d n88 Timea Babos HUN 6-0, 2-0 Tue
n92 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT d n192 q Risa Ozaki JPN 6-2, 6-1 Mon
*n94 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n93 Olga Govortsova BLR 7-5, 6-3 Mon
n194 q Viktorija Golubic SUI d n285 sr Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 Mon
Shenzhen, 2nd Round, Tue-Wed
loser's prize: $4,928 US; points: 30
n3 s1 Na Li CHN d n101 Nadiya Kichenok UKR 6-1, 6-4 Wed
*n85 Vania King USA d n7 s2 Sara Errani ITA 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-3 Wed
*n92 P Mayr-Achleitner AUT d n35 s3 Klara Zakopalova CZE 76(2), 6-4 Wed
n42 s5 Shuai Peng CHN d n82 S Soler Espinosa ESP 6-3, 6-3 Tue
*n94 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n53 s7 Jie Zheng CHN 6-0, 7-6(6) Wed
n58 s8 Annika Beck GER d n194 q Viktorija Golubic SUI 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 Wed
n59 Monica Niculescu ROU d n257 sr Yung-Jan Chan TPE 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 Wed
n75 Jana Cepelova SVK d n122 q Anna-Lena Friedsam GER 6-4, 6-1 Wed
Shenzhen, QFs, Thu 2pm
loser's prize: $8,934 US; points: 60
n3 s1 Na Li CHN d n59 Monica Niculescu ROU 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

Na volleying a forehand

n42 s5 Shuai Peng CHN d n75 Jana Cepelova SVK 6-3, 6-2

Shuai's 2-handed forehand with backhand grip

n58 s8 Annika Beck GER d n92 P Mayr-Achleitner AUT 3-6, 6-3, 6-1

Annika driving a backhand

n85 Vania King USA d n94 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 6-2, 6-4
Shenzhen, SFs, Fri noon
loser's prize: $29,730 US; points: 110
n3 s1 Na Li CHN d n58 s8 Annika Beck GER 6-1, 6-3

Na kicking another field goal

    About the final, Na said: "It'll be a tough match tomorrow. [Shuai and I are] quite familiar with each other and have improved a lot over the last year. But no matter what, I'm quite looking forward to the final." WTA story

n42 s5 Shuai Peng CHN d n85 Vania King USA walkover—right thigh injury
Shenzhen, Final, Sat 2pm
loser's prize: $55,323 US; points: 180
winner's prize: $111,163 US; points: 280
n3 s1 Na Li CHN d n42 s5 Shuai Peng CHN 6-4, 7-5

Na after winning a point
Shenzhen, Doubles Final, Sat
loser's prize: $9,222 US
winner's prize: $17,724 US
Klara Zakopalova & Monica Niculescu d Lyudmyla Kichenok & Nadiya Kichenok 6-3, 6-4

Shenzhen, Qual Finals, Sun Dec 29
losers' prizes: q1 $1,081 1pt; q2 $1,852 12pts; qualifier 18 points
*n122 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER d n89 Luksika Kumkhum THA 6-1, 6-3
*n194 Viktorija Golubic SUI d n108 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 6-4, 6-3
*n192 Risa Ozaki JPN d n115 Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
n196 Lyudmyla Kichenok UKR d n710 Shilin Xu CHN 6-0, 6-3
Shenzhen, Withdrawals
n64 Maria Teresa Torro Flor ESP
n95 Dinah Pfizenmaier GER
 
ITF Hopman Cup, Perth, Western Australia

 
tourney time:
       = GMT +8 hours
       = US EDT +13 hours
       = US PDT +16 hours

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    Perth: The Hopman Cup is not a WTA-sanctioned event, but an ITF event featuring WTA & ATP pairs from 8 nations competing as teams.
    As you might expect, each international "tie" consists of 3 "rubbers," 2 singles and 1 doubles.
  

click for broader view   Burswood Dome, Perth
Latitude: -31.960164 Longitude: 115.896567
    The eight competing teams are divided into two groups, A and B, which play round robin preliminaries. The two group winners play in the final.

2014 Hopman Cup Teams
Group A		"Ties"
W-L		Matches
W-L
s1 Poland n5 Agnieszka Radwanska Grzegorz Panfil 3-0 7-2
s4 Canada n32 Eugenie Bouchard Milos Raonic 2-16-3
s6 Italy n31 Flavia Pennetta Andreas Seppi 1-22-7
s7 Australia n18 Samantha Stosur Bernard Tomic 0-33-6
Group B
s3 France n27 Alize Cornet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-07-2
s5 Czech Republic n6 Petra Kvitova Radek Stepanek 2-17-2
s2 USA n12 Sloane Stephens John Isner 1-24-5
s8 Spain n100 A Medina Garrigues D Munoz-De La Nava 0-3 0-9
Perth, Hopman Cup, Saturday, Dec 28, 10am & 5:45pm
n5 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n31 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-2, 6-2
*n32 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n18 Samantha Stosur 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Perth, Hopman Cup, Sunday, Dec 29, 10am & 5:45pm
n6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n100 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-1, 6-0
*n32 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n18 Samantha Stosur 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Perth, Hopman Cup, Monday, Dec 30, 10am
n12 Sloane Stephens USA d n100 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-3, 6-1
n6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n27 Alize Cornet FRA 6-1, 3-6, 7-5

Perth, Hopman Cup, Tuesday, Dec 31, 5:45pm
n31 Flavia Pennetta ITA v n18 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-4, 6-4

Perth, Hopman Cup, Wednesday, Jan 1, 10am & 5:45pm
n12 Sloane Stephens USA d n27 Alize Cornet FRA 7-5, 6-0

Perth, Hopman Cup, Thursday, Jan 2, 10am & 5:45pm
*n32 Eugenie Bouchard CAN d n31 Flavia Pennetta ITA 4-0 retired
n5 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n18 Samantha Stosur AUS 3-6 ,6-4, 6-3

Perth, Hopman Cup, Friday, Jan 3, 10am & 5:45pm
n6 Petra Kvitova CZE d n12 Sloane Stephens USA 6-3 retired
n27 Alize Cornet FRA d n100 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-2, 6-2

Perth, Hopman Cup Final, Saturday, Jan 4, 5:45pm
Poland d France 2-1
n5 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n27 Alize Cornet FRA 6-3, 6-7, 6-2
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA d Grzegorz Panfil POL 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Alize Cornet & Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA d Agnieszka Radwanska & Grzegorz Panfil POL 6-0, 6-2

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