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Deep @CincyTennis Qualifying Has Six 2021 Tournament Champions…and One @Sloanestephens

Posted by Admin on July 29, 2021
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Deep @CincyTennis Qualifying Has Six 2021 Tournament Champions…and One @Sloanestephens

CINCINNATI, Ohio (July 28, 2021) – Six players who have won tour titles this season highlight the qualifying field entrants for the 2021 Western & Southern Open. 

The qualifying tournament occurs during Opening Weekend, presented by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Aug. 14-15. Fifteen players – seven women and eight men – will advance out of the two-round qualifying tournament into the 56-player main draw fields for the Western & Southern Open. 

Four players who have won WTA titles in 2021 highlight the women’s qualifying field, including Sara Sorribes Tormo (Guadalajara), Liudmila Samsonova (Berlin), 18-year-old Leylah Fernandez (Monterrey) and 19-year-old Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (Bogota).

The field also includes Olympic quarterfinalist Camila Giorgi, who is fresh off two singles wins over opponents ranked in the top 15. Former US Open champion and 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year Sloane Stephens has also entered the qualifying field. 

Carlos Alcaraz and Sebastian Korda have claimed titles on the ATP tour in 2021, with Alcaraz, 18, winning in Umag and Korda conquering the championship in Parma. The 21-year-old Korda is the son of two-time Western & Southern Open quarterfinalist Petr Korda.
The men’s qualifying field also features players who went deep in previous Western & Southern Opens, including Jan-Lennard Struff (2020 Quarterfinals), Richard Gasquet (2019 Semifinals) and Yoshihito Nishioka (2019 Quarterfinals). 
An additional four players will be awarded wild cards for each qualifying field while an additional three players may join the ATP field through a special exemption. 

Dominic Thiem and Stan Wawrinka have both withdrawn from the ATP main draw entry list due to injuries. Alternates John Millman and Dusan Lajovic will now join the field. 

While the qualifying matches take place over opening weekend, many main draw players will also be on the grounds practicing. The main draw action begins Sunday for the ATP with a full slate of main draw play on top from Monday, Aug. 16. The full schedule is available here.

All tickets, including full series, mini-plans, single session and hospitality packages, are now on sale and information about available tickets can be found here. 

The Western & Southern Open will be held Aug. 14-22, with first serve taking place at 10 a.m. on Aug. 14 for the qualifying tournament. The men’s and women’s singles finals will take place on Sunday, Aug. 22.
The schedule is available here.

The Western & Southern Open, an ATP Masters 1000 and a WTA 1000, is part of the US Open Series and is held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
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Wacky Wednesday @FamilyCircleCup; Thursday’s Order of Play #FCC2015

Posted by Admin on April 9, 2015
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Wacky Wednesday @FamilyCircleCup; Thursday’s Order of Play #FCC2015
Kristi Tredway for Tennis Atlantic

Danka Kovinic

Danka Kovinic

After play on Wednesday, only half of the seeds remain at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, heading into the third round.

Ekaterina Makarova, the #2 seed, began today’s play with a win over Shuai Zhang, 5-7 6-3 6-2; however, a gastrointestinal illness forced her to withdraw providing a walkover for Irina-Camella Begu, the #13 seed, who beat Yaroslava Shvedova today 6-0 6-7(4) 6-4. Begu is the first player into the quarterfinals with the walkover.

In a shock, Lara Arruabarrena beat fan-favorite Sam Stosur today, 6-3 3-6 6-4. Arruaberrena will play Angelique Kerber, the #5 seed, who won yesterday. The winner of this match will play Begu in the quarterfinals.

American Madison Brengle had an excellent win today over Donna Vekic 6-1 6-3. Vekic had knocked out Heather Watson, the #16 seed, in the first round. Brengle next faces Andrea Petkovic, the defending champion and #3 seed, in the third round.

A surprise in the third round is Danka Kovinic. She beat Belinda Bencic, the #12 seed, 4-6 6-3 6-2, and will face her idol and Jelena Jankovic, the #6 seed.

As expected, Caroline Garcia, the #8 seed, is into the third round and will face the surprise qualifier, Lucie Hradecka.

SST

SST


Sara Sorribes Tormo, also a qualifier, has made it to the third round and will face Sara Errani, the #4 seed who beat Jana Cepelova, last year’s finalist, today 6-3 7-6(5).

The one seed to have a seemingly easy time getting to the third round is Madison Keys, the #7 seed. She beat Kateryna Bondarenko, a qualifier, today 6-2 6-1. Keys next faces Andreea Mitu.

Mona Barthel, the #15 seed, beat fan-favorite Sloane Stephens today 6-3 7-6(2). She next faces Lauren Davis who knocked out the #1 seed Eugenie Bouchard today 6-3 6-1.

RESULTS – APRIL 08, 2015
Women’s
Singles – Second Round
L. Davis (USA) d [1] [WC] E. Bouchard (CAN) 63 61
[2] E. Makarova (RUS) d S. Zhang (CHN) 57 63 62
[4] S. Errani (ITA) d J. Cepelova (SVK) 63 76(5)
[7] M. Keys (USA) d [Q] K. Bondarenko (UKR) 62 61
L. Arruabarrena (ESP) d [9] S. Stosur (AUS) 63 36 64
[Q] D. Kovinic (MNE) d [12] B. Bencic (SUI) 46 63 62
[13] I. Begu (ROU) d Y. Shvedova (KAZ) 60 67(4) 64
[15] M. Barthel (GER) d S. Stephens (USA) 63 76(2)
A. Mitu (ROU) d A. Tomljanovic (CRO) 62 62
[Q] S. Sorribes Tormo (ESP) d S. Rogers (USA) 75 61
M. Brengle (USA) d D. Vekic (CRO) 61 63

Women’s
Doubles – First Round
[1] M. Hingis (SUI) / S. Mirza (IND) d A. Rodionova (AUS) / A. Rodionova (AUS) 67(7) 63 10-5
M. Erakovic (NZL) / A. Petkovic (GER) d [WC] A. Riske (USA) / S. Rogers (USA) 64 62

ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, APRIL 09, 2015
FAMILY CIRCLE STADIUM start 11:00 am
[Q] L. Hradecka (CZE) vs [8] C. Garcia (FRA)

Not Before 1:00 pm
M. Brengle (USA) vs [3] A. Petkovic (GER)
A. Mitu (ROU) vs [7] M. Keys (USA)
M. Erakovic (NZL) / A. Petkovic (GER) vs [4] T. Babos (HUN) / A. Groenefeld (GER)

Not Before 7:00 pm
[6] J. Jankovic (SRB) vs [Q] D. Kovinic (MNE)
B. Mattek-Sands (USA) / A. Tomljanovic (CRO) vs A. Kudryavtseva (RUS) / A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

ALTHEA GIBSON CLUB COURT start 11:00 am
[5] A. Kerber (GER) vs L. Arruabarrena (ESP)

Not Before 12:30 pm
L. Davis (USA) vs [15] M. Barthel (GER)
[4] S. Errani (ITA) vs [Q] S. Sorribes Tormo (ESP)

Qualifiers Set @FamilyCircleCup, Monday Order of Play

Posted by Admin on April 5, 2015
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Qualifiers Set @FamilyCircleCup, Monday Order of Play
Steve Fogleman, Tennis Atlantic

Jessica Pegula (Photo: TennisAtlantic.com)

Jessica Pegula (Photo: TennisAtlantic.com)


It’s Easter Sunday at Family Circle Cup in Charleston and that means the annual Easter Egg Hunt. It also means lots of kids on the grounds. My favorite kid was the one who was apparently intrigued by a foot fault call, because he ran around the rest of the afternoon screaming “Foot Fault!” to various startled fans. A big psych to you, tennis fans. Way to go, kid!

No Easter Eggs for 44-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm but a bagel and a breadstick instead as German Laura Stiegemund breezed past Date-Krumm at 0&1.

Sara Sorribes Tormo probably had the second easiest day. The Spaniard took out Jovana Jaksic 6-2, 6-2. Sorribes is one loud and animated customer and she got the job done this weekend.

American Jessica Pegula, who trains at the Family Cup Tennis Center, used the home court advantage to pull away from Lesley Kerkhove in the second set, 7-6(5), 6-3. Thank you, Jessica.

Kateryna Bondarenko, with husband Denis pacing the stands, were both relieved to escape a tough out in Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4, 7-6(10). Match point was a bad call from my spot behind the baseline, but the call was upheld after a challenge, sending the 27 year old Ukrainian back into the main draw in Charleston. A nice effort and a decent weekend for Haddad nonetheless.

Kateryna Bondarenko & Denis Volodkov (Photo: TennisAtlantic.com)

Kateryna Bondarenko & Denis Volodkov (Photo: TennisAtlantic.com)

Beatriz Haddad Maia (Photo: TennisAtlantic.com)

Beatriz Haddad Maia (Photo: TennisAtlantic.com)

Another great effort that fell short but was ultimately impressive on the weekend belonged to Maria Sanchez, who lost to Kristina Kucova on Althea Gibson Court 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.

The match of the weekend for me was Danka Kovinic’s 3-set nail-biting win against Naomi Osaka. 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(8) was the final score. This match could have easily gone Osaka’s way several times. Credit to Kovinic for persevering.

On the final match of the day on Court 3, top qualifying seed Lucie Hradecka survived a first tough set with Czech compatriot Barbora Krejcikova to advance to the main draw, 7-6(3), 6-4.

And the final match of qualifying weekend 2015 found Louisa Chirico with a three set loss against Sesil Karatantcheva, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.

The 8 Americans went 1-7 in qualifying, with only Jesse Pegula advancing. She’ll play Sachia Vickery tomorrow.

The qualifiers are slotted.

Pegula gets Vickery (and a win, I predict)
Kovinic gets McHale (tricky)
Bondarenko draws Riske (not fair, but Riske should prevail)
Hradecka faces Diyas (Diyas looks good in practice)
Kucova gets Lucic-Baroni (meh)
Siegemund sees Cabu (the German is on fire)
Sorribes squares off against Pavlyuchenkova (could happen)
and Karatantcheva drew Stosur (nope)

ORDER OF PLAY – MONDAY, APRIL 06, 2015
FAMILY CIRCLE STADIUM start 10:00 am
[16] H. Watson (GBR) vs D. Vekic (CRO)
S. Rogers (USA) vs S. Soler-Espinosa (ESP)
T. Babos (HUN) vs [15] M. Barthel (GER)
N. Gibbs (USA) vs S. Zhang (CHN)

ALTHEA GIBSON CLUB COURT start 10:00 am
T. Maria (GER) vs I. Falconi (USA)
G. Min (USA) vs L. Davis (USA)
[Q] J. Pegula (USA) vs [WC] S. Vickery (USA)
[Q] D. Kovinic (MNE) vs C. Mchale (USA)
[Q] K. Bondarenko (UKR) vs A. Riske (USA)

COURT 3 start 10:00 am
S. Voegele (SUI) vs Y. Shvedova (KAZ)
A. Tomljanovic (CRO) vs A. Dulgheru (ROU)
[13] I. Begu (ROU) vs [Q] L. Siegemund (GER)
[11] Z. Diyas (KAZ) vs [Q] L. Hradecka (CZE)

COURT 4 start 10:00 am
M. Erakovic (NZL) vs C. Scheepers (RSA)
Y. Putintseva (KAZ) vs E. Rodina (RUS)
M. Lucic-Baroni (CRO) vs [Q] K. Kucova (SVK)
G. Dabrowski (CAN) / A. Rosolska (POL) vs A. Kudryavtseva (RUS) / A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Americans Sanchez, Pegula, Chirico Advance @FamilyCircleCup Qualifying; Today’s Order of Play

Posted by Admin on April 5, 2015
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Americans Sanchez, Pegula, Chirico Advance @FamilyCircleCup Qualifying; Today’s Order of Play
Stephan Fogleman, Tennis Atlantic

Maria Sanchez, Charleston

It wasn’t an  American sweep, but Maria Sanchez, Jessica Pegula and Louisa Chirico advanced in qualifying on Saturday at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston. Sanchez won a tough first set tiebreak against Arina Rodionova before cruising in the second, 7-6(5), 6-2.  Pegula ousted Lin Zhu 6-3, 7-6(4) and in the last match of the day, Chirico breezed past Gabriela Dobrowski 6-2, 6-4.

Today, all remaining Americans are featured on Althea Gibson Court, the Stadium of Qualifying, if you will.  Sanchez opens with Kristina Kucova, followed by Pegula vs. Lesley Kerkhove of the Netherlands. Finishing on Althea Gibson will be Louisa Chirico against Sesil Karatantcheva, the #3 qualifying seed.

 

Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula

Jovanna Jaksic

Jovanna Jaksic

On court 3, Danka Kovinic fights for a spot in the main draw against Naomi Osaka, Kimiko Date-Krumm takes on Germany’s Laura Siegemund, while top seed Lucie Hradecks looks to advance against Barbara Kriecikova.

Court 4 action includes Sara Sorrbes Tormo (SST) vs. Jovana Jaksic (pictured) and Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia against Kateryna Bondarenko.

Qualifying Singles – First Round
Qualifying – [1] L. Hradecka (CZE) d [WC] E. Halbauer (USA) 62 64
Qualifying – [WC] J. Pegula (USA) d [2] L. Zhu (CHN) 63 76(4)
Qualifying – [3] S. Karatantcheva (BUL) d A. Rus (NED) 62 61
Qualifying – S. Sorribes Tormo (ESP) d [4] A. Kudryavtseva (RUS) 61 64
Qualifying – [5] K. Date-Krumm (JPN) d J. Boserup (USA) 61 61
Qualifying – B. Haddad Maia (BRA) d [6] M. Larcher de Brito (POR) 76(5) 46 62
Qualifying – [7] K. Kucova (SVK) d [WC] S. Crawford (USA) 76(3) 64
Qualifying – [8] D. Kovinic (MNE) d A. Kiick (USA) 60 60
Qualifying – L. Kerkhove (NED) d [9] M. Zanevska (UKR) 75 63
Qualifying – [10] L. Chirico (USA) d G. Dabrowski (CAN) 62 64
Qualifying – [11] J. Jaksic (SRB) d K. Piter (POL) 62 67(1) 62
Qualifying – [12] B. Krejcikova (CZE) d O. Rogowska (AUS) 75 64
Qualifying – [13] L. Siegemund (GER) d [WC] F. Abanda (CAN) 61 75
Qualifying – N. Osaka (JPN) d [14] P. Kania (POL) 63 61
Qualifying – [15] K. Bondarenko (UKR) d C. Bellis (USA) 64 62
Qualifying – M. Sanchez (USA) d [16] An. Rodionova (AUS) 76(5) 62
ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, APRIL 05, 2015
ALTHEA GIBSON CLUB COURT start 11:00 am
Qualifying – [7] K. Kucova (SVK) vs M. Sanchez (USA)
Qualifying – [WC] J. Pegula (USA) vs L. Kerkhove (NED)
Qualifying – [3] S. Karatantcheva (BUL) vs [10] L. Chirico (USA)

COURT 3 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – [8] D. Kovinic (MNE) vs N. Osaka (JPN)
Qualifying – [5] K. Date-Krumm (JPN) vs [13] L. Siegemund (GER)
Qualifying – [1] L. Hradecka (CZE) vs [12] B. Krejcikova (CZE)

COURT 4 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – S. Sorribes Tormo (ESP) vs [11] J. Jaksic (SRB)
Qualifying – B. Haddad Maia (BRA) vs [15] K. Bondarenko (UKR)