WTA Mar 2-8: Monterrey & Kuala Lumpur

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Monterrey Open, Monterrey, MEX
INTL $500,000 32m/32q/16d
outdoor: hard
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n6 A Ivanovic, n12 S Errani
n30 C Garcia, n37 T Bacsinszky

BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur
INTL $250,000
32m/24q/16d outdoor: hard
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n5 C Wozniacki, n13 C Suarez Navarro
n33 Z Diyas, n35 C Dellacqua

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Kuala Lumpur:

#5 Caroline Wozniacki
5' 10" 139lb RH 2H-BH

Monterrey:

#37 Timea Bacsinszky
5' 7" 137lb RH 2H-BH

On Sunday at Kuala Lumpur, in the final of the BMW Malaysia Open, the 2014 champ at Istanbul (and US Open finalist), 24 year old top seeded #5 (and former #1) Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), won her 23rd WTA singles title by defeating the 2009 & 2010 Warsaw champion, 25 year old #94 (career high: #26) Alexandra Dulgheru from Bucharest, Romania, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 (Caroline is shown holding the hardware after the match).

Caroline's prize is $43,000; Alexandra's prize is $21,400.

Caro said: "I think [Alexandra] played well the whole match. She tried to play aggressive and take the ball early. But I knew she had a tough match yesterday, so I just kept playing my game and kept trying to put pressure on her. I think I stepped it up in the second and third sets, and it paid off." WTA story

Caroline now leads Alexandra 3-0 in career matches. Their previous meeting was last week on a Plexipave hardcourt in the 2nd round at Doha. Caroline won 6-1, 3-0 retired when Alexandra was unable to continue due to an upper respiratory infection.

On Sunday in Mexico, in the final of the Abierto Monterrey, last week's champion at Acapulco, 25 year old 5th seeded #36 (previous week, March 2 at #31, March 9th at a career high: #26) Timea Bacsinszky from Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, defeated last week's finalist at Acapulco (and 2014 champion at Bogota), 21 year old 3rd seeded #30 (career high: #30) Caroline Garcia from Lyon, France, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 (Timea is shown befriending the hardware after the match).

Due to a four hour rain delay, the match was not completed until 12:54 AM. Timea's prize is $111,389; Caroline's prize is $55,435.

It was Timea's 10th consecutive match victory. Timea said: "I'm just really happy to play so well at the beginning of the year. I'm going to keep trying to push my limits in the next tournament I'm playing. I hope to keep improving all parts of my game, doesn't matter whether I'm winning or losing. I always just want to be a better tennis player, and be a better person too." WTA story

Caroline and Timea had met only once before, a week ago on a Plexipave hardcourt in the final at Acapulco, when Timea defeated Caroline 6-3, 6-0.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Kuala Lumpur

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

tourney time:

= GMT -6 hours
= US EDT -1 hours
= US PDT +2 hours

Mexico News

Monterrey: The main draw for Monterrey 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.

Sierra Madre Tennis Club, Monterrey, MEX Latitude: 25.644752 Longitude: -100.363042

Venue address: Privada María de los Angeles Nº 617 Colonia del Valle, San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico, 66220

2014: Ana Ivanovic and Donna Vekic were looking good at the Monterrey player party on Sunday...

Monterrey, 1st Rd, Tue 10am, Wed 3pm
loser's prize: $2,774 US; points: 1
Monday: RAINED OUT
n6 s1 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n361 q Nicole Vaidisova CZE 6-1, 7-6(4) Tue

Ana and friend meeting the press after the match

Nicole was playing in her first WTA main draw since she retired in 2010. She began a comeback last year, but had played only in ITF tourneys until this week.

Ana said: "When I saw I was going to play against [Nicole] I knew it would be a tough match because she's a great player. She didn't play for a while, and now she wants to play again, and in the second set she was playing really well and making some really good shots out there. I'm happy I won the tie-break because you never know what will happen in a third set." WTA story

n12 s2 Sara Errani ITA d n55 Lauren Davis USA 6-0, 6-3 Tue
n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA d n57 Karin Knapp ITA 7-5, 7-6(5) Tue
n37 s4 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n85 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 7-6(8), 3-6, 6-4 Tue
n40 s5 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n59 Anna Schmiedlova SVK 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 Tue
*n160 sr Vera Zvonareva RUS d n43 s6 Alison Riske USA 6-4, 6-0 Tue
n45 s7 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n51 Monica Puig PUR 7-6(1), 3-6, 7-5 Tue
n50 s8 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n128 wc Jovana Jaksic SRB 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Tue
n56 Johanna Larsson SWE d n73 Kiki Bertens NED 6-3, 6-2 ppd-Tue
*n68 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n61 Tereza Smitkova CZE 6-4, 6-4 ppd-Tue
*n93 q Timea Babos HUN d n64 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 6-4, 6-3 Tue
n72 wc Francesca Schiavone ITA d n206 q B Mattek-Sands USA 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 Tue
n76 Polona Hercog SLO d n290 wc Ana Sofia Sanchez MEX 6-2, 6-3 ppd-Tue
*n96 Pauline Parmentier FRA d n79 Aleksandra Krunic SRB 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Tue
*n92 Lesia Tsurenko UKR d n80 Shelby Rogers USA 6-2, 6-0 ppd-Tue
*n144 q Urszula Radwanska POL d n87 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ESP 7-6(0), 7-6(3) Tue

Monterrey, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu 3pm
loser's prize: $4,770 US; points: 30
n6 s1 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n96 Pauline Parmentier FRA 6-3, 6-2 Wed
n12 s2 Sara Errani ITA d n93 q Timea Babos HUN 6-3, 6-3 Wed
n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA v n72 wc Francesca Schiavone ITA Thu m4 eve2
n37 s4 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n92 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 Thu
n40 s5 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n56 Johanna Larsson SWE 6-4, 6-4 Thu
*n144 q Urszula Radwanska POL d n45 s7 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-2, 6-4 Thu
n50 s8 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n76 Polona Hercog SLO 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(9) Wed
n68 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n160 sr Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-4, 6-2 Wed

Monterrey, QFs, Fri 3pm
loser's prize: $8,502 US; points: 60
n6 s1 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n68 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-3, 6-2
n12 s2 Sara Errani ITA d n40 s5 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS 7-5, 6-4
n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA d n50 s8 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 7-5 retired
n37 s4 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n144 q Urszula Radwanska POL 6-4, 6-2

Monterrey, SFs, Sat 4pm
loser's prize: $29,270 US; points: 110
*n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA d n6 s1 Ana Ivanovic SRB 6-1, 6-4
*n37 s4 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n12 s2 Sara Errani ITA 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(3)

Monterrey, Final, Sun 6pm
loser's prize: $55,435 US; points: 180
winner's prize: $111,389 US; points: 280
play completed at 12:54AM after rain delay
*n37 s4 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d n30 s3 Caroline Garcia FRA 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Monterrey, Doubles Final, Sun
loser's prize: $9,222 US
winner's prize: $17,724 US
*s4 Gabriela Dabrowski & Alicja Rosolska d s3 Anastasia Rodionova & Arina Rodionova 6-3, 2-6, (10-3)

Monterrey, Qual Finals, Mon Mar 2 11am
losers' prizes: q1 $764 1pt; q2 $1,052 10pts; q3 $1,448 14pts; qualifier 18 points
Monday: RAINED OUT
n93 Timea Babos HUN d n177 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 ppd-Tue
*n206 B Mattek-Sands USA d n102 Irina Falconi USA 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 ppd-Tue
*n144 Urszula Radwanska POL d n125 Richel Hogenkamp NED 6-1, 6-2 ppd-Tue
*n361 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d n246 Arina Rodionova AUS 6-3, 6-2 ppd-Tue

Monterrey, Withdrawals
n7 Eugenie Bouchard CAN right forearm injury
n21 Jelena Jankovic SRB right hip injury
n32 Coco Vandeweghe USA right shoulder injury
n34 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU right shoulder injury
n38 Roberta Vinci ITA right shoulder injury
n41 Sloane Stephens USA
n53 Christina McHale USA right shoulder injury
n62 Monica Niculescu ROU left foot injury
n66 Shuai Zhang CHN left hip injury
n71 Jana Cepelova SVK illness
n70 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO illness

Malaysia Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

tourney time:

= GMT +8 hours
= US ET +13 hours
= US PT +16 hours

Malaysia News

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

Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort Latitude: 3.143237 Longitude: 101.64237

Mslaysia Open venue address: Bukit Kiara Resort Bhd. Jalan Bukit Kiara, Off Jalan Damansara, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2010 was the first year of the Kuala Lumpur tourney. New Straits Times story

2014: Darned good looking healthy young ladies at the Kuala Lumpur players party included top seed Dominika Cibulkova, and Chan Hao-Ching...

Kuala Lumpur, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 2pm
loser's prize: $2,100 US; points: 1
n5 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n157 q Yafan Wang CHN 6-3, 6-1 Tue

Caro driving a backhand

Caro said: "I'm happy to get my first win in Malaysia. The first match of any tournament is always tough and I'm just happy to be through." WTA story

*n94 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d n28 s2 wc Sabine Lisicki GER 6-4, 7-5 Tue

Alexandra said: "[Sabine] was struggling a bit on her serve, which is usually her best shot. Mentally, today I was prepared for her best tennis and stayed focused for every point, because I knew she is capable of hitting winners from nowhere. She showed this at 4-0 down in the second. At that point I just tried to hang in there and I'm really glad I managed to find my rhythm and get through."

*n194 wc Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n34 s3 Casey Dellacqua AUS 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 Tue
n54 s4 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS d n108 Cagla Buyukakcay TUR 7-5, 6-4 Tue

Jarmila launching an overshoulder return

Jarmila said: "Buyukakcay played really well today and she had a solid game. I hit a lot of balls back to make her run and I attached her serve whenever I could as I was bent on playing aggressively to stay ahead. At 5-3 for example, I had 3 set points and I made full use of it. I am looking forward to playing more consistently for a more solid performance on court." tourney story

n58 s5 Klara Koukalova CZE d n136 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 6-1, 6-3 Tue
n60 s6 Kurumi Nara JPN d n103 Stefanie Voegele SUI 6-3, 7-6(4) Mon
*n171 q Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS d n63 s7 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-3, 6-3 Mon
n67 s8 Julia Goerges GER d n115 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-1, 7-6(2) Tue

Julia said: "It was quite hot and humid today. I think I played a solid first set but in the second set Kudryavtseva was a different player as she had more depth on the ball. But during the tie breaker I managed to take advantage and from then on I made sure I didn't let her back into the game."

*n109 Kateryna Kozlova UKR d n77 Saisai Zheng CHN 6-3, 6-4 Mon
*n127 q Magda Linette POL d n82 Qiang Wang CHN 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 Mon
n89 Carina Witthoeft GER d n101 Misaki Doi JPN 7-5, 7-5 Tue
*n134 Misa Eguchi JPN d n107 An-Sophie Mestach BEL 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 Tue
n111 Yulia Putintseva KAZ d nNR wc Jawariah Noordin MAS 6-2, 6-1 Mon
n117 Ying-Ying Duan CHN d n161 q Yi-Fan Xu CHN 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 Mon
n121 Lin Zhu CHN d n152 q Yuliya Beygelzimer UKR 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Tue
n132 Luksika Kumkhum THA d n186 q Junri Namigata JPN 6-3, 7-6(4) Mon

Kuala Lumpur, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 2pm
loser's prize: $3,400 US; points: 30
n5 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n121 Lin Zhu CHN 6-4, 6-1 Thu

Caro fielding a forehand

Caro said: "[Lin] played very aggressively, very flat. But I served very well, ran down a lot of balls and kept fighting. It's always difficult when you play someone for the first time and it took me a while to figure her out. To her credit, she played very well and I had to work hard in the first set." WTA story

n54 s4 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS d n132 Luksika Kumkhum THA 7-5, 6-2 Wed

Jarmila ready to swat a forehand

Jarmila said: "My main goal was to make her run and keep it out of her hitting zone. I think I did this and also played the big points well and I'm delighted to get through...
"It's hot but I don't actually find it too bad, I mean, you sweat a lot, but I'm used to that now. I try to gain an edge and make my opponent work a bit harder and run around more." WTA story

*n89 Carina Witthoeft GER d n58 s5 Klara Koukalova CZE 7-6(3), 6-0 Thu

Carina following a forehand

n60 s6 Kurumi Nara JPN d n127 q Magda Linette POL 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(6) Wed

Kurumi after winning a point

The match lasted 3 hours and 13 minutes. Kurumi said: "I'm used to it; once I had a four hours and a half match at the French Open. I just kept telling myself, 'I want to win, I want to win', and tried to focus on each point. It was a very tough match and I'm very happy to be in the quarterfinals. Hopefully I can go even further."

n67 s8 Julia Goerges GER d n109 Kateryna Kozlova UKR 6-1, 6-2 Wed

Julia said: "I played a good match... I was solid and did not make errors while putting the opponent under pressure. If I could put in a good quality match again, I should be able to reach the semifinals." tourney story

n94 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d n117 Ying-Ying Duan CHN 6-4, 6-1 Wed
*n171 q Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS d n111 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 6-0, 6-2 Wed
*n194 wc Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n134 Misa Eguchi JPN 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 Thu

Su-Wei driving a backhand

Su-Wei said: "I was a little nervous in the second set, trying to push the ball in, and hitting it wider and kept just missing. In the third set, I tried to hit the ball harder and I played much better."

Kuala Lumpur, QFs, Fri 2pm
loser's prize: $6,175 US; points: 60
n5 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n89 Carina Witthoeft GER 6-3, 6-1

Caro following a backhand

Caro said: "We had a lot of tight games early on, but I managed to play well in the important points, and that made the difference. I'm happy about the way I played out there today. I think that was my best match so far in the tournament, and I hope to just keep improving from here." WTA story

n54 s4 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS d n60 s6 Kurumi Nara JPN 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Jarmila about to swat a forehand

Jarmila said: "I had a good first set against a very tough opponent. The rain disrupted the match, stretching it a lot longer than I had expected. This quarterfinal match was the first match I played at night as I played my earlier two matches during the day. After the second set, I got back into my element and I hit a lot tougher and stronger while limiting myself from committing too many unforced errors to beat Nara." WTA story

*n94 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d n67 s8 Julia Goerges GER 7-6(5), 7-5

Alexandra driving a backhand

Alexandra said: "Goerges had a better start and it looked like she would get the better of me, but somehow I managed to pull through by keeping calm and focusing on playing my game." tourney story

*n194 wc Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d n171 q Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-0

After losing the 2nd set, Su-Wei won the next 22 points in a row, running the 3rd set score to 5-0, 30-0. Su-Wei said: "Kulichkova is a very good player and one to watch for the future. She hit hard and made me run all over the court chasing the ball, but luckily for me I still had energy left, and by the time we got to the third set, she was hitting quite a few double faults and unforced errors on the court."

Kuala Lumpur, SFs, Sat 3pm
loser's prize: $11,500 US; points: 110
n5 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n194 wc Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 6-2, 6-2

Caro said: "Su-Wei is a tough opponent. She plays very unorthodox, she has some amazing shots. It's tough to play someone like that because you don't get much rhythm. I just kept my head cool out there and fought until the end." WTA story

*n94 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d n54 s4 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(4)

Alexandra said: "Gajdosova played unbelievably well today and she was a worthy opponent. In the end I found my rhythm in the serve and I started hitting more powerful balls to win points. She was serving great and I knew I had to hang in there because Gajdosova was playing a solid game. I’m really happy I won the match." tourney story

Kuala Lumpur, Final, Sun 6pm
loser's prize: $21,400 US; points: 180
winner's prize: $43,000 US; points: 280
n5 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n94 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

Caro after winning a point

Kuala Lumpur, Doubles Final
loser's prize: $6,400 US
winner's prize: $12,300 US
*Chen Liang & Yafan Wang d s3 Yuliya Beygelzimer & Olga Savchuk 4-6, 6-3, (10-4)

Kuala Lumpur, Qual Finals, Sun Mar 1 3pm
losers' prizes: q1 $600 1pts; q2 $1,020 12pts; qualifier 18 points
*n171 Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS d n112 Daria Gavrilova RUS 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
n127 Magda Linette POL d n170 Fangzhou Liu CHN 6-2, 6-1
n152 Yuliya Beygelzimer UKR d n167 Kai-Lin Zhang CHN 6-4, 7-6(2)
n157 Yafan Wang CHN d n165 Nigina Abduraimova UZB 6-4, 6-2
n161 Yi-Fan Xu CHN d n168 Naomi Broady GBR 7-5, 6-2
n186 Junri Namigata JPN d n204 Lyudmyla Kichenok UKR 7-6(5), 6-0

Kuala Lumpur, Withdrawals
n14 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
n31 Zarina Diyas KAZ right shoulder injury
n74 Marina Erakovic NZL upper respiratory illness
n105 Romina Oprandi SUI right shoulder injury

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