2015 WTA Antwerp Diamond Games & Pattaya Women's Open Women's Singles Tennis Results (Sports - WTA Tennis)

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  WTA Feb 9-15: Antwerp & Pattaya

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Diamond Games, Antwerp, BEL
PREMIER 700 $731,000 28m/32q/16d
indoor: hard
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draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP
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n7 E Bouchard, n10 A Kerber
n12 A Petkovic, n15 L Safarova

Pattaya Women's Open, THA
INTL $250,000 32m/16q/16d
outdoor: hard
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draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP
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Bangkok Post: Sports
n21 S Peng, n33 Z Diyas
n44 K Nara, n54 J Gajdosova
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Pattaya:

#73 Daniela Hantuchova
5'11¼" 123lb RH 2H-BH		 Antwerp:

#12 Andrea Petkovic
5' 11" 152lb RH 2H-BH


    On Sunday at Pattaya City, Thailand, in the final of the Pattaya Women's Open, the 2012 & 2007 PWO champion (and the 2002 & '07 Indian Wells champ), 31 year old #73 (career high: #5) Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), won her 3rd Pattaya title (and 7th WTA singles title) by defeating 21 year old #68 (career high: #55) Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia (residence: Boca Raton, Florida),
6-3, 3-6, 6-4 (Daniela is shown after match point).

    Daniela's prize is $43,000; Ajla's prize is $21,400.

    Daniela now leads Ajla 2-1 in career matches. Their previous meeting was last year on a Plexicushion hardcourt in the 3rd round of the Australian Open, when Ajla defeated Daniela 6-4, 7-5.

    Dani said: "Today was very tough because Ajla was playing some great tennis. I had to really fight for it. At the end I felt maybe I was fresher and sharper, and that decided the match.
    "But Ajla has a great future ahead of her. She's also a very nice girl. It's nice to have somebody like her in the game. Like I said on the court, I'm sure she'll have many more finals to come." WTA story

    Meanwhile at Antwerp, Belgium, in the final of the Antwerp Diamond Games, the 2014 champion at Charleston & Sofia, 27 year old 3rd seeded #12 (career high: #9) Andrea Petkovic from Darmstadt, Germany, defeated the 2014 Oeiras champ, 26 year old 5th seeded #17 (career-high: #14) Carla Suarez Navarro from Barcelona, Spain, by a walkover, when Carla could not play due to a neck injury (Andrea is shown holding the hardware after the match). It was Petko's 6th WTA singles title.

    Andrea's prize is €100,000; Carla's prize is €53,548.

    Petko played Antwerp Tournament Director Kim Clijsters in a 1 set exhibition in lieu of the final.

    Andrea said: "Right before we went on court I was warming up and they told me the news. At first I was very shocked because I didn't know anything about her physical pain and the blockage. But secondly I was sad. I really like Carla - she's a great person and always friendly and positive, and she has a tremendous amount of talent. Also, you can never really enjoy the win when you don't fight for it. So I'm happy I had a great week and I'm leaving as the champion, but definitely mixed emotions." WTA story

    Carla said: "I woke up in the morning and just felt this pain in my neck. I went to the physio to get treatment and tried to play at 11:30, then had physio again and tried to play again at 2:15, and I just couldn't serve. I couldn't play like I wanted. So I had to pull out of this final. I'm really sorry. I love this tournament and I had a great week. I really tried today."

    Petko and Carla remain tied at 2-2 in career matches. Their most recent meeting was last year on an indoor hardcourt in the round robin at the Sofia Tournament of Champions, when Carla defeated eventual champion Andrea 6-0, 6-4.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Antwerp & Pattaya

 s=seed, n=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser
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Antwerp Diamond Games,  Antwerp, Belgium

 
tourney time:
       = GMT +1 hour
       = US EDT +6 hours
       = US PDT +9 hours

Belgium News


    Antwerp: The main draw for Antwerp has 8 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes.

    There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw.

    Qualifying (3 rounds) starts on Saturday, qualifying finals are on Monday.
  
    Antwerps Sportpaleis Latitude: 51.231122 Longitude: 4.441029
   
2015: Lucie Safarova and Alize Cornet were among the young ladies looking good at the Antwerp player party on Monday night...
Antwerp, 1st Rd Tue-Wed noon
losers' prize: €5,242 points: 1
n17 s5 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n31 Camila Giorgi ITA 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 Wed
n18 s6 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n194 q Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 6-1, 6-2 Wed

    Domi said: "Today, it was quite a good performance from my side. I went into the match not expecting too much of myself. It was my first match in a few weeks and totally different conditions than Melbourne. I practiced here for four days and my coach just told me to do my best and everything I did out there was really working. Of course I could have served better or done some other things better, but overall I'm very pleased with how I played. I stayed strong in the important points and that's what made the result look so easy, even though it wasn't." WTA story

n19 s7 Alize Cornet FRA d n37 Belinda Bencic SUI 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 Tue
n22 s8 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n56 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 6-4, 7-6(5) Wed
n23 B Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n66 wc Y Wickmayer BEL 6-2, 6-2 Tue
n42 Mona Barthel GER d n332 q Klaartje Liebens BEL 6-2, 6-0 Tue
*n81 q Francesca Schiavone ITA d n43 Klara Koukalova CZE 6-3, 6-1 Tue
*n102 wc Alison van Uytvanck BEL d n47 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-2, 6-3 Tue
*n246 q Indy de Vroome NED d n50 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Wed

Indy driving a forehand

*n63 Annika Beck GER d n53 Karin Knapp ITA 6-3, 6-1 Tue
n57 Monica Niculescu ROU d n59 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 6-3, 6-2 Wed
*n74 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n67 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 6-2, 1-0 retired Wed
Antwerp, 2nd Rd Wed-Thu noon
losers' prize: €8,258 points: 55
*n42 Mona Barthel GER d n7 s1 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Thu
*n81 q Francesca Schiavone ITA d n10 s2 Angelique Kerber GER 6-1, 6-1 Thu
n12 s3 Andrea Petkovic GER d n102 wc van Uytvanck BEL 6(7)-7, 7-6(5), 6-2 Wed

Andrea reaching for a backhand

n15 s4 Lucie Safarova CZE d n74 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-4, 6-1 Thu
n17 s5 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n57 Monica Niculescu ROU 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 Thu
n18 s6 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d #246 q Indy de Vroome NED 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Thu

Domi about to swat a backhand

*n23 B Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n19 s7 Alize Cornet FRA 6-4, 6-2 Thu
n22 s8 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n63 Annika Beck GER 6-3, 6-3 Thu
Antwerp, QFs Fri noon
losers' prize: €15,375 points: 100
n12 s3 Andrea Petkovic GER d n18 s6 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 7-6(2), 6-0
*n22 s8 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n15 s4 Lucie Safarova CZE 7-6(5), 6-3

    Karolina said: "I felt that whoever won the first set today would win the second set. I think she was actually better in the first set - she had more break points and served better than me. But in the end of the first set I played two good games, and I think that made the difference, especially in the second set." WTA story

n17 s5 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n81 q Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-3, 6-2

    Carla said: "Francesca played really, really aggressive in the beginning. It's always a difficult match for me when I play against her, and early in the match it looked like another one. After being down I'm really happy I was able to win this match in two sets."

n23 B Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n42 Mona Barthel GER 6-2, 6-2
Antwerp, SFs Sat 1pm
losers' prize: €28,601 points: 185
n12 s3 Andrea Petkovic GER d n23 B Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-6(2), 7-6(6)

Andrea driving a backhand

n17 s5 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n22 s8 Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-2, 6-2
Antwerp, Final Sun
loser's prize: €53,548 points: 305
winner's prize: €100,000 points: 470
n12 s3 Andrea Petkovic GER d n17 s5 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP walkover—neck injury
Antwerp, Doubles Final Sun
losers' prize: $20,000 US
winners' prize: $38,000 US
Anabel Medina Garrigues & Arantxa Parra Santonja d An-Sophie Mestach & Alison van Uytvanck 3-6, 7-6(6), (15-13)
Antwerp, Qual Finals, Mon Feb 9 10am
losers' prizes: q1 €694 1pt; q2 €1,250 13pts; q3 €2,339 18pts; qualifier 25 points
n246 Indy de Vroome NED d n79 Katerina Siniakova CZE 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(2)
n81 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n97 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER 7-5, 6-2
*n194 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR d n144 Dinah Pfizenmaier GER 6-1, 6-1
*n332 Klaartje Liebens BEL d n200 Ysaline Bonaventure BEL 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(3)
Antwerp, Withdrawals
 
Pattaya Women's Open,  Pattaya City, Thailand

 
tourney time:
       = GMT +7 hours
       = US EDT +12 hours
       = US PDT +15 hours

Thailand News


    Pattaya: The main draw for Pattaya 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.
  

click for broader view     Dusit Resort (courts at upper left)
Latitude: 12.950763 Longitude: 100.8842 - Pattaya Beach Road Area Map

    Pattaya is about 50 kilometers south of Chonburi (Chon Buri), or a 2 hour drive from Bangkok.

2013: Ana Ivanovic, Maria Kirilenko and Sorana Cirstea posed for a pic at the Pattaya draw ceremony... Darned good looking healthy young ladies at the Pattaya player party included Ana, Sabine Lisicki,   row 2: Heather Watson,
Chan Hao-Ching and sister Chan Yung-Jan, and Hsieh Shu-Ying with the 2012 Pattaya champ, her sister Hsieh Su-Wei...
Pattaya, 1st Rd Mon 3pm, Tue 2pm
loser's prize: $2,220 US; points: 1
n21 s1 Shuai Peng CHN d n106 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-3, 6-2 Tue
*#164 LL Yuliya Beygelzimer UKR d n104 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-2 Tue
*n73 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n33 s3 Zarina Diyas KAZ 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 Tue

Daniela about to swat a forehand

n44 s4 Kurumi Nara JPN d n437 wc Nicha Lertpitaksinchai THA 6-2, 6-1 Tue
n54 s6 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS d #138 q Misa Eguchi JPN 6-3, 7-6(1) Tue
n60 s7 Monica Puig PUR d n94 Stefanie Voegele SUI 6-2, 7-6(4) Mon

Monica fielding a forehand

n64 s8 Shuai Zhang CHN d n84 Donna Vekic CRO 6-2, 6-0 Tue
n68 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d #177 q Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS 6-3, 7-6(4) Tue

Ajla at ready

*n112 Romina Oprandi SUI d n72 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-3, 6-3 Mon
n80 Saisai Zheng CHN d #171 q Yi-Fan Xu CHN 6-4, 6-2 Tue
n85 Marina Erakovic NZL d n131 Luksika Kumkhum THA 6-2, 6-2 Tue
*n190 wc Vera Zvonareva RUS d n98 Qiang Wang CHN 6-3, 6-3 Mon

Vera's forehand drive

n103 Misaki Doi JPN d n247 wc Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 7-6(2), 6-0 Tue
*n108 Evgeniya Rodina RUS d n111 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 7-6(2), 6-4 Mon
*#126 LL Lin Zhu CHN d n113 Shahar Peer ISR 7-6(5), 6-1 Tue
n128 Ying-Ying Duan CHN d #180 q Yung-Jan Chan TPE 7-6(4), 7-5 Mon
Pattaya, 2nd Rd Wed-Thu 3pm
loser's prize: $3,420 US; points: 30
*n103 Misaki Doi JPN d n21 s1 Shuai Peng CHN 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 Wed

Misaki driving a backhand

    Misaki said: "She's a very strong player. She's No.1 seed, so it was always going to be difficult for me, but I just tried to go out and enjoy the match and luckily I played well." WTA story

*n108 Evgeniya Rodina RUS d n44 s4 Kurumi Nara JPN 6-2, 6-4 Thu
*n68 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d n54 s6 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 7-6(3), 6-3 Thu
n60 s7 Monica Puig PUR d n112 Romina Oprandi SUI 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 Wed
*n190 Vera Zvonareva RUS d n64 s8 Shuai Zhang CHN 7-6(3), 6-3 Wed

Vera driving a forehand

    Vera said: "I felt pretty good. It was a very tough match, and we had a very close first set. She's a very good player and has had some great results over the past three years while I was away. It was a great opportunity for me to test myself and I'm very pleased with how I played and that I fought very hard."

n73 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n80 Saisai Zheng CHN 7-6(5), 6-2 Thu

Daniela serving

n85 Marina Erakovic NZL d #164 LL Yuliya Beygelzimer UKR 6-1, 6-1 Wed
*n128 Ying-Ying Duan CHN d #126 LL Lin Zhu CHN 6-1 retired Thu
Pattaya, QFs Fri 3pm
loser's prize: $6,200 US; points: 60
n60 s7 Monica Puig PUR d n103 Misaki Doi JPN 6-4, 6-2

    Monica said: "I was a bit nervous at the start because I hadn't been in a WTA quarterfinal in a long time, and she was playing really well. but I knew I just had to stay focused, and I played well throughout the whole match."

n85 Marina Erakovic NZL d n190 Vera Zvonareva RUS 2-6, 7-6(6), 7-5

    Marina said: "I just kept fighting the whole way and in the end it was just about a few points. I didn't get down on myself or anything and just worked through it, so I'm very happy."

n68 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d n108 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 7-6(4), 6-2
n73 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n128 Ying-Ying Duan CHN 6-3, 6-0

    Dani said: "It's nice to be in another semifinal. Obviously I always enjoy playing here!" WTA story
Pattaya, SFs Sat 4pm
loser's prize: $11,500 US; points: 110
*n68 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d n60 s7 Monica Puig PUR 7-6(4), 5-7, 7-6(7)

    Ajla said: "I think it was overall a really high quality match from both me and her. I was a bit too emotional at times. I had so many chances to close it out, but I got tight and nervous at crucial points in the match. And if you back off against players like this, they will take advantage. At the end I couldn't believe it was over, because I thought in my head it was over so many times before it actually was."

*n73 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n85 Marina Erakovic NZL 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)

    Dani said: "I'm just really, really happy to turn a match like this around. I was one or two match points down, and it's always special to be able to fight through those matches. I think I just had the edge, physically, towards the end of the match. That's very important to me. But she was playing unbelievable today. It was really great tennis from both of us." WTA story
Pattaya, Final Sun 4pm
loser's prize: $21,400 US; points: 180
winner's prize: $43,000 US; points: 280
*n73 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n68 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Pattaya, Doubles Final Sun
loser's prize: $6,400 US
winner's prize: $12,300 US
s1 Yung-Jan Chan & Hao-Ching Chan d Shuko Aoyama & Tamarine Tanasugarn 2-6, 6-4, (10-3)
Pattaya, Qual Finals, Mon Feb 9 3pm
losers' prizes: q1 $750 1pt; q2 $1,285 12pts; qualifier 18 points
*#177 Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS d #126 Lin Zhu CHN 7-5, 6-2
#138 Misa Eguchi JPN d #175 Fangzhou Liu CHN 6-2, 6-1
*#180 Yung-Jan Chan TPE d #164 Yuliya Beygelzimer UKR 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
#171 Yi-Fan Xu CHN d #270 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 6-1, 6-3
Pattaya, Withdrawals
n26 s2 Elina Svitolina UKR personal reasons
n51 s5 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ left wrist injury
n62 Tereza Smitkova CZE
n91 Denisa Allertova CZE

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