2015 Korea Open (International), South Korea

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Name: Kia Korea Open
Place: Seoul, Korea
Dates: Sept 21 - Sept 27
Tier: International
Prize Money: $500,000
Surface: Hard
Defending Champion: Karolina Pliskova

Tournament Central
Draw: Singles / Doubles

Seeds:
1. BEGU, Irina-Camelia (30) CHAMPION
2. SCHMIEDLOVA, Anna Karolina (32) (lost in the semifinals)
3. STEPHENS, Sloane (33) (lost in quarterfinals)
4. LEPCHENKO, Varvara (38) (lost in 2nd round)
5. BARTHEL, Mona (48) (lost in quarterfinals)
6. DULGHERU, Alexandra (51) (lost in 1st round)
7. GOERGES, Julia (54) (lost in 2nd round)
8. VAN UYTVANCK, Alison (55) (lost in semifinals)

 

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Order of Play & Scores for Tuesday, September 22:

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12:00 FIRST ROUND [4] VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA) d PAULA BADOSA GIBERT (ESP) 6-2, 6-3
14:00 FIRST ROUND [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA) d NA-LAE HAN (KOR) 6-1, 6-1
16:00 FIRST ROUND KIMIKO DATE-KRUMM (JPN) d AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO) 6-1, 6-2
18:00 FIRST ROUND [1] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU)d KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR) 6-2, 6-4

COURT 2

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11:00 FIRST ROUND KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE) d IRINA FALCONI (USA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0
13:00 FIRST ROUND CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA) d YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ) 6-4, 1-2
15:00 FIRST ROUND ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR) d [6] ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU) 6-3, 6-2
17:00 FIRST ROUND S AOYAMA/M NINOMIYA (JPN/JPN) d J CHOI/S LEE (KOR/KOR) 6-2, 6-3

COURT 13

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11:00 FIRST ROUND ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS) d HEATHER WATSON (GBR) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
12:30 FIRST ROUND JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE) d NICOLE MELICHAR (USA) 6-4, 6-2
14:30 FIRST ROUND [1] L ARRUABARRENA/A KLEPAC (ESP/SLO) d N LERTPITAKSINCHAI/P PLIPUECH (THA/THA) 6-2, 6-1
16:30 FIRST ROUND [2] K BERTENS/J LARSSON (NED/SWE) d I FALCONI/H WATSON (USA/GBR) 6-3, 6-0

 

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Order of Play & Scores for Wednesday, September 23:

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12:00 [5] MONA BARTHEL (GER) d MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL) 6-2, 6-1
14:00 [2] ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK) d CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
16:00 JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE) d [7] JULIA GOERGES (GER) 7-5, 6-4
16:00 KSENIA LYKINA/EMILY WEBLEY-SMITH (RUS/GBR) d NA-LAE HAN/SU JEONG JANG (KOR/KOR) 7-6(4), 6-7, 10-7


COURT 2

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12:30 [8] ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL) d KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(3)
14:30 KRISTYNA PLISKOVA/KATERINA VANKOVA (CZE/CZE) d NICOLE MELICHAR/ANDREEA MITU (USA/ROU) 6-4, 6-3
16:00 [4] KIMIKO DATE-KRUMM/KATERINA SINIAKOVA (JPN/CZE) d CHANG LIU/JIA-JING LU (CHN/CHN) 7-6(4), 6-3

 

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Order of Play & Scores for Thursday, September 24:

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13:00 [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA) d KIMIKO DATE-KRUMM (JPN) 6-3, 6-4
15:00 [1] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU) d POLONA HERCOG (SLO) 6-2, 6-7, 6-2
17:00 [1] LARA ARRUABARRENA/ANDREJA KLEPAC (ESP/SLO) d KSENIA LYKINA/EMILY WEBLEY-SMITH (RUS/GBR) 4-6, 6-3, 10-3
19:00 [3] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU/RALUCA OLARU (ROU/ROU) d KRISTYNA PLISKOVA/KATERINA VANKOVA (CZE/CZE) 6-2, 6-2


COURT 2

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12:00 ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR) d MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK) 6-3, 6-3
14:00 ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS) d [4] VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA) 6-0, 6-2
16:00 [2] KIKI BERTENS/JOHANNA LARSSON (NED/SWE) d NATELA DZALAMIDZE/POLINA MONOVA (RUS/RUS) 6-3, 7-6(2)

 

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Order of Play & Scores for Friday, September 25:

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12:00 QF [2] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) d [5] Mona Barthel (GER) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
14:00 QF [1] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-4, 7-5
16:00 QF Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) d [3] Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-3, 6-2
18:00 Shuko Aoyama/Makoto Ninomiya (JPN/JPN) d [4] Kimiko Date-Krumm/Katerina Siniakova (JPN/CZE) 6-4, 6-4


Court 2

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14:00 QF [8] Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) d Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
16:00 [2] Kiki Bertens/Johanna Larsson (NED/SWE) d [3] Irina-Camelia Begu / Raluca Olaru (ROU/ROU) 6-3, 6-1

 

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Friday's Results!

Quarterfinals
(1) I Begu (ROU) bt J Larsson (SWE) 6-4, 7-5
(2) A Schmiedlova (SVK) bt (5) M Barthel (GER) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
A Sasnovich (BLR) bt (3) S Stephens (USA) 6-3, 6-2
(8) A Van Uytvanck (BEL) bt E Kulichkova (RUS) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2

 

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scone is gone!:clap

 

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Order of Play & Scores for Saturday, September 26:

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12:00 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) d [2] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
14:00 [1] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d [8] Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 6-0, 6-2
16:00 [1] Lara Arruabarrena/Andreja Klepac (ESP/SLO) d Shuko Aoyama/Makoto Ninomiya (JPN/JPN) 6-4, 6-1

 

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Begu easily beats Van Uytvanck 6-0, 6-2, while Sasnovich comes from behind to upset Schmiedlova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the final.

This will be their first meeting. Begu is going for her 2nd career title while the No. 136 Sasnovich is going for her first career title. If Begu wins, she'll be ranked around No. 26, and if Sasnovich wins, she'll wove up to around No. 85.

 

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Order of Play & Scores for Finals Sunday, September 27:

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14:00 [1] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU) vs ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR)
16:00 [1] LARA ARRUABARRENA/ANDREJA KLEPAC (ESP/SLO) vs [2] KIKI BERTENS/JOHANNA LARSSON (NED/SWE)

 

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BEGU VS ON-FIRE QUALIFIER IN SEOUL

 

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Begu defeats Sanovich 6-3, 6-1 to win her 2nd career title.

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU CONQUERS SEOUL

Brackets
Singles / Doubles

All three women's finals were lackluster with Radwanska, Begu and Jankovic losing a total of ten games between them.