WTA Feb 23-Mar 1: Doha & AcapulcoFree Live Video (popup)Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar PREMIER 700 $731,000 28/32q/16d outdoor: hard Plexipave Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: T.com - ESPN - Y! news - WTA n3 P Kvitova, n5 C Wozniacki n8 A Radwanska, n9 E Makarova Abierto Mexicano, Acapulco, MEX INTL $250,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: Plexipave Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP .html: QD - MD Acapulco radar pics: T.com - ESPN - Y!: news | WTA n2 M Sharapova, n16 S Errani n30 C Garcia, n34 I-C Begu |
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On Saturday at Doha, in the final of the Qatar Total Open,
the 2013 Quebec City champ, 28 year old #15 (career high: #14) Lucie Safarova from Brno, Czech Republic,
defeated
the 2013 & 2012 Doha champion (and 2013 & 2012 Australian Open champ), 25 year old wild card #50 (and former #1) Victoria Azarenka of Belarus (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco),
6-4, 6-3 (Lucie is shown holding the gold falcon of the Qatar Tennis Federation after the match). Lucie's prize is $124,000; Vika's prize is $66,400. It was Lucie's 6th WTA singles title, and her first Premier level title. Lucie said: "It took me quite a few years to get to this point. I hope it's not a finish point and I can still improve. My game improved a lot the last couple of years. I think me and my coach, Rob Steckley, have been doing a great job together. It's just hard work and also maturing a little bit - I think it's just everything coming together right now." WTA story Vika was troubled by injury for most of last season; this was the first final she had reached since January of 2014 at Brisbane. Victoria said: "There's been a lot of progress this week. A lot of good things happened, a lot of great matches. There are a lot of things I can take with me and can keep working on. I'm still really motivated. I'm obviously disappointed for losing the final today, but I just have to move on from this quickly." |
Vika still leads Lucie 6-1 in career matches. They had not met since 2011, when, on red clay in the quarterfinals at Madrid, when Victoria defeated Lucie 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
On Saturday at Acapulco, in the final of the Abierto Mexicano, the 2009 champion at Luxembourg, 25 year old 5th seeded #36 (career high: #36) Timea Bacsinszky from Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, won her 2nd WTA singles title by defeating the 2014 champion at Bogota, 21 year old 3rd seeded #30 (career high: #30) Caroline Garcia from Lyon, France, 6-3, 6-0 (Timea is shown with hardware & headware after the match).
Timea's prize is $43,000; Caroline's prize is $21,400. Timea and Caroline had never before met on the field of combat (pro singles). Timea advanced to the final by defeating #155 Sesil Karatantcheva; Caroline advanced by a walkover when top seeded #2 Maria Sharapova was unable to play their semi due to gastrointestinal illness.
Timea said: "I almost stopped playing in 2013. When I decided to play again, at the French Open in 2013, I got a new team around me - new coach, new fitness coach, I've been working a lot with Swiss tennis. The road was long, and it'll still be long, but I've been working hard. I wasn't just expecting the results to come right away, I was patient. I knew I needed time to build everything up." WTA story
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WTA SCOREBOARD: Doha & Acapulco
Qatar Open, Doha, Qatar
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Doha, 1st Rd, Mon 3:30pm-Tue 2:30pm losers' prize: $6,500; points: 1 n10 s6 Andrea Petkovic GER d n59 q Kirsten Flipkens BEL 6(5)-7, 6-3, 6-2 Tue
n11 s7 Venus Williams USA d n35 Casey Dellacqua AUS 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Mon
*n50 wc Victoria Azarenka BLR d n12 s8 Angelique Kerber GER 6-0, 6-3 Mon n13 s9 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n24 Garbine Muguruza ESP 6-5 retired—illness Tue n14 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n27 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Mon n15 Lucie Safarova CZE d n25 Samantha Stosur AUS 7-6(3), 6-4 Mon n18 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n103 q Stefanie Voegele SUI 7-6(4), 6-4 Tue *n97 q Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d n19 Alize Cornet FRA 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Tue n21 Jelena Jankovic SRB d n76 LL Saisai Zheng CHN 6-0, 6-2 Tue n22 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n28 Sabine Lisicki GER 7-5, 6-4 Mon n26 Elina Svitolina UKR d n111 q Daria Gavrilova RUS 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 Tue n33 Zarina Diyas KAZ d n130 wc Ons Jabeur TUN 6-3, 6-2 Tue |
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Doha, 2nd Rd, Tue, Wed 3:30pm losers' prize: $10,240; points: 55 n3 s1 Petra Kvitova CZE d n21 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-3, 1-1 retired—right hip injury Wed n5 s3 wc Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n97 q Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 6-1, 3-0 retired—respiratory illness Wed n8 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n14 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-1, 6-1 Wed
*n15 Lucie Safarova CZE d n9 s5 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-2, 6(5)-7, 6-3 Wed n10 s6 Andrea Petkovic GER d n33 Zarina Diyas KAZ 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 Wed n11 s7 Venus Williams USA d n22 B Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(5) Tue n13 s9 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n18 Karolina Pliskova CZE 7-6(2), 6-4 Wed *n50 wc Victoria Azarenka BLR d n26 Elina Svitolina UKR 6-3, 6(4)-7, 6-1 Wed |
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Doha, QFs, Thu 3:30pm losers' prize: $19,065; points: 100 *n13 s9 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n3 s1 Petra Kvitova CZE 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 *n50 wc Victoria Azarenka BLR d n5 s3 wc Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-3, 6-1
*n11 s7 Venus Williams USA d n8 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
*n15 Lucie Safarova CZE d n10 s6 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-2, 6-1 |
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Doha, SFs, Sat 4:30pm losers' prize: $35,465; points: 185 *n50 wc Victoria Azarenka BLR d n11 s7 Venus Williams USA 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 *n50 wc Victoria Azarenka BLR d n5 s3 wc Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-3, 6-1
*n15 Lucie Safarova CZE d n13 s9 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-3, 6-2
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Doha, Final, Sun 6pm loser's prize: $66,400; points: 305 winner's prize: $124,000; points: 470 n15 Lucie Safarova CZE d n50 wc Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-4, 6-3
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Doha, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $20,000 US winners' prize: $38,000 US *s4 Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears d s1 Su-Wei Hsieh & Sania Mirza 6-4, 6-4 Doha, Qual Finals Mon Feb 23 3:30pm losers' prizes: q1 $860 1pt; q2 $1,550 13pts; q3 $2,900 18pts; qualifier 25 points n59 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n132 Kateryna Kozlova UKR 6-3, 6-4 *n97 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d n76 Saisai Zheng CHN 6-1, 6-0 n103 Stefanie Voegele SUI d n110 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 n111 Daria Gavrilova RUS d n193 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Doha, Withdrawals n4 s2 Simona Halep ROU left rib injury n17 Dominika Cibulkova SVK achilles injury n23 Shuai Peng CHN
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Abierto Mexicano, Acapulco, Mexico
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Acapulco, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 4pm loser's prize: $1,925 US; points: 1 n2 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n80 Shelby Rogers USA 6-4, 6-1 Mon
n16 s2 Sara Errani ITA d n125 q Lucie Hradecka CZE 6-1, 6-3 Tue n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA d n77 Polona Hercog SLO 6-4, 6-1 Tue n36 s5 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n128 q Richel Hogenkamp NED 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tue *n67 Kiki Bertens NED d n38 s6 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-5 retired Tue *n69 Johanna Larsson SWE d n41 s7 Sloane Stephens USA 6-3, 6-3 Tue *n87 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ESP d n45 s8 Madison Brengle USA 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 Mon *n51 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n49 s10 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 6-3, 6-4 Tue n52 Monica Puig PUR d n60 Tereza Smitkova CZE 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Mon *n528 q Elena Bogdan ROU d n56 Lauren Davis USA 6-4, 7-6(3) Tue n73 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO d n84 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 6-3, 6-3 Mon *n79 Aleksandra Krunic SRB d n75 Anna Schmiedlova SVK 6-2, 6-1 Tue n91 Lesia Tsurenko UKR d n291 wc Ana Sofia Sanchez MEX 6-2, 6-0 Tue n136 LL Mariana Duque Marino COL d n148 q Louisa Chirico USA 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 Tue n155 LL Sesil Karatantcheva BUL d n463 wc Marie Bouzkova CZE 6-4, 6-3 Tue n214 sr B Mattek-Sands USA d n314 wc Marcela Zacarias MEX 6-2, 6-1 Mon |
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Acapulco, 2nd Round, Wed 4pm loser's prize: $3,310 US; points: 30 n2 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n136 LL Mariana Duque Marino COL 6-1, 6-2 *n52 Monica Puig PUR d n16 s2 Sara Errani ITA 6-1, 6-1 n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA d n214 sr B Mattek-Sands USA 6-2, 6-3 n36 s5 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n91 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 6-2, 7-6(4) n51 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n528 q Elena Bogdan ROU 6-0, 6-2 *n155 LL Sesil Karatantcheva BUL d n67 Kiki Bertens NED 6-1, 6-4 n69 Johanna Larsson SWE d n79 Aleksandra Krunic SRB 6-1, 6-2 n73 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO d n87 M-T Torro-Flor ESP 6(5)-7, 6-3, 7-5 |
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Acapulco, QFs, Thu 3pm loser's prize: $5,900 US; points: 60 n2 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d n51 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA d n73 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 6-2, 2-1 retired n36 s5 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n69 Johanna Larsson SWE 6-3, 6-3 *n155 LL Sesil Karatantcheva BUL d n52 Monica Puig PUR 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 |
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Acapulco, SFs, Fri 4pm loser's prize: $11,300 US; points: 110 *n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA d n2 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS walkover—gastrointestinal illness n36 s5 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n155 LL Sesil Karatantcheva BUL 6-2, 6-4 |
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Acapulco, Final, Sat 6:30pm loser's prize: $21,400 US; points: 180 winner's prize: $43,000 US; points: 280 *n36 s5 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA 6-3, 6-0
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Acapulco, Doubles Final, Sat loser's prize: $6,400 US winner's prize: $12,300 US s2 Lara Arruabarrena & Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor d s1 Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka 7-6(2), 5-7, (13-11) Acapulco, Qual Finals, Mon Feb 23 4pm losers' prizes: q1 $530 1pt; q2 $730 10pts; q3 $1,005 14pts; qualifier 18 points n125 Lucie Hradecka CZE d n155 Sesil Karatantcheva BUL 6-3, 6-3 n128 Richel Hogenkamp NED d n624 Makoto Ninomiya JPN 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) *n528 Elena Bogdan ROU d n136 Mariana Duque Marino COL 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(1) n148 Louisa Chirico USA d n175 Risa Ozaki JPN 6-2, 6-3 Acapulco, Withdrawals n20 Madison Keys USA n34 s4 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU right rib injury n44 Alison Riske USA n47 s9 Daniela Hantuchova SVK right foot injury n54 Christina McHale USA n58 Karin Knapp ITA n61 Monica Niculescu ROU n63 Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP n64 Shuai Zhang CHN n70 Jana Cepelova SVK
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