WTA Aug 3-9: Stanford & DCFree Live Video (popup)BOTW Classic, Stanford, CA PREMIER 700 $731,000 28m/16q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: T.com - ESPN - Y! news | WTA Stanford: radar - forecast n5 C Wozniacki, n7 A Radwanska n10 C Suarez Navarro, n12 Ka Pliskova Citi Open Washington, D.C. INTL $250,000 32m/16q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: T.com - ESPN - Y! news | WTA DC Weather Radar - TennisMaryland n11 E Makarova, n21 S Stosur n22 B Bencic, n24 S Kuznetsova |
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On Sunday at Stanford, in the final of the Bank of the West Classic,
the 2014 Stanford finalist (and 2015 champion at Birmingham, Stuttgart & Charleston), 27 year old 5th seeded #13 (career high: #5) Angelique Kerber from Kiel, Germany,
defeated
the 2015 champion at Prague, 23 year old 6th seeded #12 (career high: #12) Karolina Pliskova from Louny, Czech Republic,
6-3, 5-7, 6-4 (photo shown). Angelique's prize is $120,000; Karolina's prize is $64,000. Angelique said: "I want to say well done to Karolina for a great week. We always have tough battles when we play each other." WTA story Angelique now leads Karolina 4-2 in career matches. Their previous meeting was earlier this year on a chlorophyll court in the final at Birmingham, when Angelique defeated Karolina 6(7)-7, 6-3, 7-6(4). Angelique is now 7-9 in WTA singles finals; she has a 37-13 singles match record this season. Karolina is now 4-7 in WTA singles finals. Her singles match record in 2015 is 40-15. Meanwhile at Washington, DC, in the final of the Citi Open, a 2013 Australian Open semifinalist, 22 year old #34 (career high: #12) Sloane Stephens from Coral Springs, Florida, won her first WTA title by defeating the 2013 Monterrey champion, 24 year old #42 (career high: #13) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from Moscow, Russia, 6-1, 6-2 (photo shown). Sloane's prize is $43,000; Anastasia's prize is $21,400. |
Sloane said: "I just went out there and tried to play the best I could. I think I executed my game very well today. It was just a really good day for me." WTA story
Sloane and Anastasia had never before met on the field of combat (pro singles).
Sloane was playing in her first WTA final; she has won one ITF singles title. Her singles match record in 2015 is 27-13. Anastasia is now 7-4 in WTA singles finals; she has a 18-17 singles match record this season.
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WTA SCOREBOARD: Stanford & Washington, DC
The Bank of the West Classic Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Stanford: The main draw for Stanford has 8 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers and 4 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Sunday.
Bank of the West Classic venue address: Taube Family Tennis Stadium, Stanford, CA 94305 2012 is the 42nd year of the tourney that has become the Bank of the West Classic, the longest-running women-only pro tennis tournament. The Bank of the West Classic has been held at Stanford University's Taube Tennis Stadium since 1997. 37,226 people attended the 13 sessions in 2005. The tourney is owned and operated by IMG (International Management Group); Bank of the West has been the tourney's title sponsor since 1992.
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Stanford, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 11am losers' prize: $6,550 US; points: 1 n13 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n40 Daria Gavrilova RUS 6-1, 6-3 Tue n16 s6 Andrea Petkovic GER d n53 Carina Witthoeft GER 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 Mon
n18 s7 Madison Keys USA d n63 Aleksandra Krunic SRB 6-3, 6-0 Mon n20 s8 Elina Svitolina UKR d n106 q Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 Tue
*n168 q Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN d n23 Sabine Lisicki GER 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 Tue *n122 Nicole Gibbs USA d n35 Caroline Garcia FRA 6-4, 7-5 Mon
n45 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n50 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(4) Tue
n58 Alison Riske USA d n65 Tatjana Maria GER 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 Mon n62 Mona Barthel GER d n252 wc Carol Zhao CAN 6-3, 6-0 Mon *n87 Ana Konjuh CRO d n69 Saisai Zheng CHN 6-3, 6-4 Tue n70 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d n92 Vitalia Diatchenko RUS 3-6, 6-0, 6-0 Tue n102 q Misaki Doi JPN d n152 wc CiCi Bellis USA 6-3, 7-6(3) Mon
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Stanford, 2nd Rd, Tue-Thu 11am losers' prize: $10,000 US; points: 55 *n45 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n5 s1 wc Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-4, 6-2 Thu n7 s2 wc Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n102 q Misaki Doi JPN 1-6, 6-2, 6-0 Thu
*n58 Alison Riske USA d n10 s3 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-4, 6-4 Wed n12 s4 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n168 q Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 7-5, 6-2 Thu n13 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n87 Ana Konjuh CRO 6-4, 6-3 Thu
*n62 Mona Barthel GER d n16 s6 Andrea Petkovic GER 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) Wed
*n70 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d n18 s7 Madison Keys USA 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 Wed n20 s8 Elina Svitolina UKR d n122 Nicole Gibbs USA 6-3, 7-6(5) Wed |
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Stanford, QFs, Fri noon losers' prize: $20,000 US; points: 100 *n13 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n7 s2 wc Agnieszka Radwanska POL 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 n12 s4 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n70 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 6-2, 6-4 n20 s8 Elina Svitolina UKR d n58 Alison Riske USA 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
n45 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n62 Mona Barthel GER 6(3)-7, 6-2, 6-3
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Stanford, SFs, Sat noon & 4pm losers' prize: $35,000 US; points: 185 n12 s4 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n45 Varvara Lepchenko USA 6-2, 7-5 n13 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n20 s8 Elina Svitolina UKR 6-3, 6-1
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Stanford, Final, Sun 2pm loser's prize: $64,000 US; points: 305 winner's prize: $120,000 US; points: 470 *n13 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n12 s4 Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
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Stanford, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $20,000 US winners' prize: $38,000 US *Yi-Fan Xu & Saisai Zheng d s2 Anabel Medina Garrigues & Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-1, 6-3 Stanford, Qual Finals, Sun Aug 2 10am losers' prizes: q1 $1,690 1pt; q2 $3,025 13pts; qualifier 25 points n102 Misaki Doi JPN d n218 Julia Boserup USA 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 n106 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR d n136 Petra Martic CRO 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 *n122 Nicole Gibbs USA d n119 Anna Tatishvili USA 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 n168 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN d n219 Gabriela Dabrowski CAN 6-4, 6-1 Stanford, Withdrawals n1 Serena Williams USA right elbow injury n9 Garbine Muguruza ESP n67 Katerina Siniakova CZE
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Citi Open, Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC: The main draw for Washington has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw.
Qualifying (2 rounds) starts on Friday, qualifying finals are on Saturday.
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Washington, D.C., 1st Rnd, Mon-Tue 2pm loser's prize: $2,220 US; points: 1 n11 s1 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n51 Alison van Uytvanck BEL 7-5, 7-5 Tue n21 s2 Samantha Stosur AUS d n36 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-2, 6-2 Tue
n22 s3 Belinda Bencic SUI d n96 Tereza Smitkova CZE 7-5, 6-4 Tue n24 s4 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d n268 q Sanaz Marand USA 6-2, 6-4 Tue n28 s5 Alize Cornet FRA d n99 q An-Sophie Mestach BEL 6-3, 6-3 Mon n29 s6 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU d n44 Madison Brengle USA 6-4, 6-0 Mon *n60 Christina McHale USA d n32 s7 wc CoCo Vandeweghe USA 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Tue *n83 wc Lauren Davis USA d n33 s8 Zarina Diyas KAZ 7-5, 2-1 retired Mon n34 Sloane Stephens USA d n94 Magda Linette POL 6-2, 6-1 Tue n39 Monica Niculescu ROU d n73 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 7-5, 6-4 Mon n42 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n46 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 7-6(2), 7-6(3) Tue *n125 wc Louisa Chirico USA d n54 Heather Watson GBR 6-3, 6-0 Mon
*n71 Yulia Putintseva KAZ d n61 Kurumi Nara JPN 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) Mon *n213 q Naomi Broady GBR d n64 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 6-3, 5-7, 4-4 Tue n72 Polona Hercog SLO d n165 q Julia Glushko ISR 6-2, 7-5 Tue n75 Irina Falconi USA d n167 wc Taylor Townsend USA 6(4)-7, 6-1, 6-3 Mon |
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Washington, D.C., 2nd Round, Wed-Thu 2pm loser's prize: $3,420 US; points: 30 n11 s1 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n213 q Naomi Broady GBR 6-4, 7-6(2) Thu n21 s2 Samantha Stosur AUS d n75 Irina Falconi USA 6-1, 7-5 Wed
*n42 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n22 s3 Belinda Bencic SUI 6-2, 6-4 Thu
*n34 Sloane Stephens USA d n24 s4 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS walkover *n125 wc Louisa Chirico USA d n28 s5 Alize Cornet FRA 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4) Wed
n29 s6 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU d n72 Polona Hercog SLO 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 Wed n39 Monica Niculescu ROU d n83 wc Lauren Davis USA 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 Wed n60 Christina McHale USA d n71 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 Thu |
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Washington, D.C., QFs, Fri 1pm loser's prize: $6,200 US; points: 60 n11 s1 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n29 s6 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 n21 s2 Samantha Stosur AUS d n39 Monica Niculescu ROU 4-0 retired—abdominal strain
n34 Sloane Stephens USA d n125 wc Louisa Chirico USA 6-4, 6-4
n42 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n60 Christina McHale USA 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(5) |
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Washington, D.C., SFs, Sat noon loser's prize: $11,500 US; points: 110 *n42 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n11 s1 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 4-6, 6-3 retired—right leg injury *n34 Sloane Stephens USA d n21 s2 Samantha Stosur AUS 7-6(4), 6-0
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Washington, D.C., Final, Sun 5pm loser's prize: $21,400 US; points: 180 winner's prize: $43,000 US; points: 280 n34 Sloane Stephens USA d n42 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-1, 6-2
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Washington, D.C., Doubles Final, Saturday loser's prize: $6,400 US winner's prize: $12,300 US s4 Belinda Bencic & Kristina Mladenovic d s3 Lara Arruabarrena & Andreja Klepac 7-5, 7-6(7) Washington, D.C., Qual Finals, Sunday Aug 2 10am losers' prizes: q1 $750 1pt; q2 $1,285 12pts; qualifier 18 points n99 An-Sophie Mestach BEL d n242 Tamira Paszek AUT 6-2, 6-1 *n268 Sanaz Marand USA d n104 Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS 7-6(9), 7-6(6) *n213 Naomi Broady GBR d n121 Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR 6-3, 6-3 *n165 Julia Glushko ISR d n148 Anhelina Kalinina UKR 6-2, 6-4 Washington, D.C., Withdrawals n17 Sara Errani ITA n19 Victoria Azarenka BLR shoulder injury n26 Eugenie Bouchard CAN n66 Daniela Hantuchova SVK
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