WTA Sep 26-Oct 3: Wuhan & TashkentFree Live Video (popup)Wuhan Open, Wuhan, Hubei, CHN PREMIER 5 $2,513,000 56m/32q/28d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP photos: T.com - ESPN - Y! | WTA China News & Links China: weather radar n2 S Halep, n3 M Sharapova n4 P Kvitova, n6 C Wozniacki Tashkent Open, UZB INTL $250,000 32m/16q/16d outdoor: hard Plexipave Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP photos: WTA | Uzbekistan News n43 A Beck, n55 C Witthoeft n60 P Hercog, n62 J Larsson |
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On Saturday at Wuhan, China, in the final of the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open,
the 2015 champ at Auckland, 35 year old #24 (and former #1) Venus Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida,
defeated
the 2015 Wimbledon finalist (and the 2014 champion at Hobart, Tasmania), 21 year old 5th seeded #8 (career high: #8) Garbine Muguruza from Barcelona, Spain,
6-3, 3-0 retired when Garbine could not continue due to a left ankle injury (Venus is shown holding the hardware after the match). Venus's prize is $456,000; Garbine's prize is $227,700. Venus said: "Congratulations Garbine for making the final. I know you had a tough match yesterday. It's not easy when you don't play your best, and I probably didn't have a chance if you felt well." WTA story Garbi said: "I'm very sorry I had to retire today... I really want to congratulate Venus. She's always such a tough player and she had an amazing week, as well." Venus now leads Garbi 3-0 in career matches. Their previous meeting was last year on a Plexicushion hardcourt in the quarterfinals at Auckland, when Venus defeated Garbine 6-3, 6-3. Venus is now 47-30 in WTA singles finals; she has a 34-11 singles match record this season. Garbine is now 1-3 in WTA singles finals. Her singles record in 2015 is 33-18. |
On Saturday in Uzbekistan, in the final of the Tashkent Open, 20 year old #119 (career high: #117) Nao Hibino of Japan defeated the 2014 champion at Kuala Lumpur, 19 year old #131 (career high: #62) Donna Vekic of Croatia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-2, 6-2 (photo shown).
Nao's prize is $43,000; Donna's prize is $21,400.
Nao said: "I didn't expect this result at the beginning of the week. I can't believe it. I was just focusing on my service games against all of my opponents, and trying not to get broken, playing aggressive and not changing my game from the first round to here, so I'm just really happy with the result." WTA story
Donna said: "I couldn't do anything, [Nao] was just playing really well. She was very solid and getting all the balls back. I tried to break her rhythm, but I couldn't. She played a great match."
Nao and Donna had never before met on the field of combat (pro singles).
Nao was playing in her first WTA singles final; she has won 7 ITF singles titles. Nao now has a 48-20 singles match record this season. Donna is now 1-3 in WTA singles finals. Her singles match record in 2015 is 20-23.
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WTA SCOREBOARD: Wuhan & Tashkent
Wuhan Open, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Wuhan Open venue address: 666 Gaoxin Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei, China - Telephone 027-87870650 The Wuhan Open, a new tourney in 2014, has taken over the "Premier 5" WTA tournament franchise previously held by the Tokyo Pan Pacific Open. A new venue, the Wuhan Optics Valley International Tennis Center, has been built for the tournament. Wuhan, China, the capital of Hubei province, is the largest city in central China, with over 9 million residents in the urban area. Wuhan is the birthplace of WTA player Li Na, and other notables such as actress Crystal Liu Yifei, who starred in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
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Wuhan, 1st Rd, Sun-Mon 11am loser's prize: $6,855 US; points: 1 n12 s9 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n54 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 6-1, 6-3 Mon
*n24 Venus Williams USA d n13 s10 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 6-1, 7-6(4) Mon
n15 s11 Belinda Bencic SUI d n53 LL Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 7-5, 7-5 Mon n16 s12 Elina Svitolina UKR d n79 wc D Hantuchova SVK 6-4, 6-4 Sun
*n63 q Johanna Konta GBR d n17 s13 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-4, 7-5 Sun n18 s14 Madison Keys USA d n73 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4) Mon n19 s15 Roberta Vinci ITA d n75 q Danka Kovinic MNE 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 Mon *n35 Caroline Garcia FRA d n21 s16 Sara Errani ITA 6(4)-7, 6-2, 6-2 Mon *n85 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO d n22 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-2, 6-1 Sun n23 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n72 q Lauren Davis USA 6-2, 7-6(4) Sun
n25 Jelena Jankovic SRB d n59 q Heather Watson GBR 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Mon n28 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n115 q Patricia Maria Tig ROU 6-1, 6-4 Mon n29 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU d n41 Zarina Diyas KAZ 7-6(5), 7-6(5) Mon *n33 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n30 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-0, 6-1 Sun n31 Anna K Schmiedlova SVK d n81 q Mariana Duque-Marino COL 6-4, 6-4 Mon n32 Sloane Stephens USA d n51 Alison Riske USA 7-6(4), 6-3 Mon
*n57 q Julia Goerges GER d n34 Alize Cornet FRA 6-3, 6-3 Sun
n36 Camila Giorgi ITA d n44 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 Mon n37 Madison Brengle USA d n48 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6-3, 6-4 Mon *n45 Coco Vandeweghe USA d n38 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 Sun n39 Daria Gavrilova RUS d n50 Teliana Pereira BRA 6-2, 7-6(7) Sun n40 Barbora Strycova CZE d n76 q Timea Babos HUN 7-6(9), 6-2 Sun n46 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n66 Saisai Zheng CHN 6-4, 6-0 Sun n49 Monica Niculescu ROU d n159 wc Fangzhou Liu CHN 6-1, 6-1 Sun |
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Wuhan, 2nd Rd, Mon-Tue 11am losers' prize: $13,335 US; points: 60 n2 s1 Simona Halep ROU d n33 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-2, 6-1 Tue
*n40 Barbora Strycova CZE d n3 s2 wc Maria Sharapova RUS 6(1)-7, 7-6(4), 1-2 retired—left forearm injury Mon
n4 s3 Petra Kvitova CZE d n39 Daria Gavrilova RUS 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 Tue
*n31 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova SVK d n6 s4 C Wozniacki DEN 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) Tue
n8 s5 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n32 Sloane Stephens USA 6-2, 6-0 Tue
n9 s6 Angelique Kerber GER d n25 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 Tue
n10 s7 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n49 M Niculescu ROU 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 Tue n11 s8 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n85 M Lucic-Baroni CRO 7-6(4), 5-7, 7-6(5) Mon n12 s9 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n37 Madison Brengle USA 6-0, 6-3 Tue
*n36 Camila Giorgi ITA d n15 s11 Belinda Bencic SUI 6-2 retired—left leg injury Tue n16 s12 Elina Svitolina UKR d n46 Varvara Lepchenko USA 6-4, 6-2 Tue *n28 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n18 s14 Madison Keys USA 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 Tue n19 s15 Roberta Vinci ITA d n29 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 6-4, 6-3 Tue *n63 q Johanna Konta GBR d n23 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-4, 1-0 retired Tue n24 Venus Williams USA d n57 q Julia Goerges GER 6-4, 6-3 Tue
*n45 Coco Vandeweghe USA d n35 Caroline Garcia FRA 6-3, 6(4)-7, 7-6(6) Tue |
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Wuhan, 3rd Rd, Wed 11am losers' prize: $26,000 US; points: 105 *n63 q Johanna Konta GBR d n2 s1 Simona Halep ROU 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
*n19 s15 Roberta Vinci ITA d n4 s3 Petra Kvitova CZE 7-6(3), 6-2
n8 s5 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n12 s9 Ana Ivanovic SRB 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
n9 s6 Angelique Kerber GER d n36 Camila Giorgi ITA 6-2, 6-4 *n24 Venus Williams USA d n10 s7 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-3, 6-4
n11 s8 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n16 s12 Elina Svitolina UKR 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 *n31 Anna K Schmiedlova SVK d n28 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-4, 6-2
*n45 Coco Vandeweghe USA d n40 Barbora Strycova CZE 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(3) |
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Wuhan, QFs, Thu 11am losers' prize: $52,430 US; points: 190 n8 s5 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n31 Anna K Schmiedlova SVK 6-2, 6-2
n9 s6 Angelique Kerber GER d n45 Coco Vandeweghe USA 6-1, 3-1 retired—left ankle injury
*n19 s15 Roberta Vinci ITA d n11 s8 Karolina Pliskova CZE 7-6(2), 6-3
n24 Venus Williams USA d n63 q Johanna Konta GBR 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
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Wuhan, SFs, Fri 12:30pm loser's prize: $113,860 US; points: 350 n8 s5 Garbine Muguruza ESP d n9 s6 Angelique Kerber GER 6-4, 7-6(5)
n24 Venus Williams USA d n19 s15 Roberta Vinci ITA 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4)
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Wuhan, Final, Sat 3pm loser's prize: $227,700 US; points: 585 winner's prize: $456,000 US; points: 900 *n24 Venus Williams USA d n8 s5 Garbine Muguruza ESP 6-3, 3-0 retired
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Wuhan, Doubles Final, Sat losers' prize: $63,750 US winners' prize: $126,000 US s1 Martina Hingis & Sania Mirza d Irina-Camelia Begu & Monica Niculescu 6-2, 6-3 Wuhan, Qual Finals, Sat Sep 26 11am losers' prizes: q1 $1,970 1pt; q2 $3,825 20pts; qualifier 30 points *n76 Timea Babos HUN d n53 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 7-6(1), 6(2)-7, 6-2 n57 Julia Goerges GER d n68 Ana Konjuh CRO 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 n59 Heather Watson GBR d n78 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 6-2, 6-4 *n81 Mariana Duque-Marino COL d n61 Christina McHale USA 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 n63 Johanna Konta GBR d n70 Irina Falconi USA 6-2, 6-1 *n72 Lauren Davis USA d n64 Magda Linette POL 6-4, 7-6(4) n75 Danka Kovinic MNE d n148 Yafan Wang CHN 6-4, 7-6(4) n115 Patricia Maria Tig ROU d n200 Yi-Fan Xu CHN 6-2, 6-3 Wuhan, Withdrawals n5 Lucie Safarova CZE bacterial infection n7 Flavia Pennetta ITA right foot injury n14 Timea Bacsinszky SUI injury n20 Ekaterina Makarova RUS right lower leg injury n26 Eugenie Bouchard CAN concussion n42 Karin Knapp ITA right knee injury
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Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tashkent Open venue address: massiv Yalangoch, Tashekent, UZB
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Tashkent, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 10am loser's prize: $2,220 US; points: 1 n43 s1 Annika Beck GER d n102 Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS 6-3, 6-1 Tue n55 s2 Carina Witthoeft GER d n120 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Mon *n136 Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR d n60 s3 Polona Hercog GER 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Tue n62 s4 Johanna Larsson SWE d n137 q Stefanie Voegele SUI 6-3, 6-3 Tue n69 s5 Katerina Siniakova CZE d n138 q Paula Kania POL 6-2, 7-6(5) Tue n71 s6 Margarita Gasparyan RUS d n129 Alexandra Panova RUS 7-6(2), 6-1 Mon *n113 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n77 s7 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 Tue *n89 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n84 s8 Andreea Mitu ROU 7-5, 6-3 Tue n90 Evgeniya Rodina RUS d n91 Urszula Radwanska POL 6-2, 6-4 Tue *n131 Donna Vekic CRO d n94 Kiki Bertens NED 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 Tue n100 Aleksandra Krunic SRB d n98 q Anett Kontaveit EST 6-2, 6-4 Tue *n203 q Kateryna Kozlova UKR d n103 Klara Koukalova CZE 6-4, 6-0 Tue n108 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER d n117 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 Mon n119 Nao Hibino JPN d n156 wc Anhelina Kalinina UKR 6-4, 6-4 Mon *n224 wc Nigina Abduraimova UZB d n128 LL Petra Martic CRO 6-4, 6-0 Tue n142 Jana Cepelova SVK d n201 wc Sabina Sharipova UZB 6-2, 6-1 Tue |
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Tashkent, 2nd Rd, Wed 11am loser's prize: $3,420 US; points: 30 n43 s1 Annika Beck GER d n142 Jana Cepelova SVK 6-4, 6-4 *n131 Donna Vekic CRO d n55 s2 Carina Witthoeft GER 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 n62 s4 Johanna Larsson SWE d n224 wc Nigina Abduraimova UZB 6-2, 6-2 *n203 q Kateryna Kozlova UKR d n69 s5 Katerina Siniakova CZE 7-6(4), 6-3 *n108 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER d n71 s6 Margarita Gasparyan RUS 6-3, 6-4 *n90 Evgeniya Rodina RUS d n89 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-4, 7-6(4) *n113 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n100 Aleksandra Krunic SRB 6-4, 6-3 n119 Nao Hibino JPN d n136 Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR walkover |
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Tashkent, QFs, Thu 11am loser's prize: $6,200 US; points: 60 *n113 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n43 s1 Annika Beck GER 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 *n90 Evgeniya Rodina RUS d n62 s4 Johanna Larsson SWE 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 *n131 Donna Vekic CRO d n108 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 n119 Nao Hibino JPN d n203 q Kateryna Kozlova UKR 6-3, 6-3 |
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Tashkent, SFs, Fri 11am loser's prize: $11,500 US; points: 110 *n131 Donna Vekic CRO d n90 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 7-5, 6-1
*n119 Nao Hibino JPN d n113 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-3, 6-4
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Tashkent, Final, Sat 2pm loser's prize: $21,400 US; points: 180 winner's prize: $43,000 US; points: 280 n119 Nao Hibino JPN d n131 Donna Vekic CRO 6-2, 6-2
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Tashkent, Doubles Final Sat loser's prize: $6,400 US winner's prize: $12,300 US s2 Margarita Gasparyan & Alexandra Panova d Vera Dushevina & Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 3-6 (10-3) Tashkent, Qual Finals, Sun Sep 27 11am losers' prizes: q1 $750 1pts; q2 $1,285 12pts; qualifier 18 points n98 Anett Kontaveit EST d n196 Katarzyna Piter POL 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-3 *n203 Kateryna Kozlova UKR d n128 Petra Martic CRO 6-1, 6-3 n137 Stefanie Voegele SUI d n202 Ekaterina Bychkova RUS 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 n138 Paula Kania POL d n141 Maryna Zanevska UKR walkover Tashkent, Withdrawals n56 Yanina Wickmayer BEL n67 Tatjana Maria GER right shoulder injury n74 Denisa Allertova CZE n80 Kurumi Nara JPN left thigh injury n88 Tereza Smitkova CZE leg injury n92 Kirsten Flipkens BEL wrist injury n101 Vitalia Diatchenko RUS left ankle injury n118 Marina Erakovic NZL right shoulder injury
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(September 19, 2014) Australian Open champion and former WTA #2 Li Na has retired from professional tennis due to knee problems that have troubled her intermittently for years. Na said: "After four knee surgeries and hundreds of shots injected into my knee weekly to alleviate swelling and pain, my body is begging me to stop the pounding. My previous three surgeries were on my right knee. My most recent knee surgery took place this July and was on my left knee. After a few weeks of post-surgery recovery, I tried to go through all the necessary steps to get back on the court. While I've come back from surgery in the past, this time it felt different. One of my goals was to recover as fast as I could in order to be ready for the first WTA tournament in my hometown of Wuhan. As hard as I tried to get back to being 100%, my body kept telling me that, at 32, I will not be able to compete at the top level ever again. The sport is just too competitive, too good, to not be 100%."
Na finishes her career with 9 WTA singles titles, a 503-188 career singles match record, and $16,709,074 in prize money. Open Letter from Li Na Announcing her Retirement - Li Na at Facebook
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