Aegon Intl. Eastbourne 2016

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Tournament Info
Surface: Grass Director: Gavin Fletcher Tier: Premier Prize Money: $711,778

The story of the Aegon International at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne could not be told without Martina Navratilova. She captured the tournament an astonishing 11 times, the second-most times any player has won a WTA event behind Navratilova's 12 titles in Chicago. She also was victorious in the Eastbourne doubles six times with Pam Shriver. Other all-time greats who took the title here include Tracy Austin, Kim Clijsters, Lindsay Davenport, Chris Evert, Justine Henin, Monica Seles and Virginia Wade.

Devonshire Park is Eastbourne's oldest park and has hosted lawn tennis since the 1870s. It has been used as a local tennis facility, venue for a number of Davis Cup ties and facility for the AEGON International since the event's inception in 1974.

Situated in the heart of Eastbourne among trees and gardens, the park is only minutes away from the town center and seafront, making it an ideal summer setting for the event. For many players, it serves as the final tune-up for Wimbledon, which gets underway the following week and is about a two-hour drive away.

The draw is out - here it is

 

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Order of play Sunday, June 19, 2016

Centre Court
11:00 - [4] Madison Brengle (USA) V Laura Robson (GBR) 64 10 ret.
13:00 - Alizé Cornet (FRA) V Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 16 36 :clap
15:00 - Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) V Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 67 46
17:00 - [3] Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (RUS / RUS) V Svetlana Kuznetsova / Roberta Vinci (RUS / ITA) 63 64

Court 1
11:00 - [3] Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) V Olga Savchuk (UKR) 62 62
12:00 - [8] Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) V Anett Kontaveit (EST) 75 16 64
14:00 - Timea Babos (HUN) V Camila Giorgi (ITA) 64 76
16:00 - Daria Kasatkina (RUS) V Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 64 26 36

Court 2
11:00 - [7] Varvara Lepchenko (USA) V [14] Saisai Zheng (CHN) 61 16 60
12:30 - Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) V Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 76 64
14:30 - [1] Monica Puig (PUR) V [16] Denisa Allertova (CZE) 63 46 62

Court 3
11:00 - Maria Sanchez (USA) V Polona Hercog (SLO) 26 46
12:30 - [6] Shuai Zhang (CHN) V Ana Konjuh (CRO) 67 36

 

[GameSetAndMath]

All tourneys are called Aegon; very confusing! uzzled

 

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All tourneys are called Aegon; very confusing! uzzled

As BNP is a big sponsor of tennis this is a sponsor for British tennis. Here is a little about Aegon:

At a glance

Aegon is one of the world's leading providers of life insurance, pensions and asset management. Their Dutch roots date back to 1844. Today, they have operations in over 20 countries, including the USA where we're known as Transamerica.

Aegon's History

Aegon's history dates back over 170 years, however Aegon as we know it today was founded in 1983 following the merger of two Dutch insurance companies, AGO and Ennia. Today, Aegon is one of the top-10 largest insurance companies in the world.

 

[Hoergren]

Seems Caroline is on the right track although I didn't watch the match as Tennis TV had decided to show a qualifying match on court 1 - have they lost their mind :laydownlaughing

Some stats from the match

A.Cornet ---- C.Wozniacki
0 ----- Aces ----- 0
6 -- Double Faults -- 1
42 of 70 = 60% -- 1st Serve % -- 35 of 49 = 71%
1 of 4 = 25% --- Break Point Conversions --- 5 of 10 = 50%
22 of 42 = 52% --- 1st Serve Total Points Won ----25 of 35 = 71%
10 of 28 = 36% --- 2nd Serve Total Points Won ---- 9 of 14 = 64%
47 --- Total Points Won --- 72

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Are the stats real? It says both players had 0 UFE. I have never seen any match in which neither player makes an unforced error, much less on the WTA tour.

I am sure there is something wrong here.

 

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Order of play Monday, June 20, 2016 REDUCED SCHEDULE because of bad weather

Centre Court
11:00 - Tara Moore (GBR) V Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 57 46
13:00 - Heather Watson (GBR) V Elena Vesnina (RUS) 26 36
17:00 - Naomi Broady (GBR) V Monica Puig (PUR) 16 16
Court 1
11:00 - Andrea Petkovic (GER) V Saisai Zheng (CHN) 57 62 64
13:00 - Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) V Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 61 62
15:00 - Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) V Daria Gavrilova (AUS) suspended

S. Zheng [LL] - B. Strycova
D. Allertova [LL] - M. Keys
A. Kontaveit [LL] - C. Vandeweghe

 

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Are the stats real? It says both players had 0 UFE. I have never seen any match in which neither player makes an unforced error, much less on the WTA tour.

I am sure there is something wrong here.

You might be right so I deleted it, but Caroline delivered a good match as you can see from this part of a match review from a local reporter connected to the Eastbourne tournament:

Caroline Wozniacki returned to Eastbourne’s Centre Court in style, swiftly dismissing Alize Cornet – a last-gasp replacement in the main draw – in straight sets.

With the sun blazing down here at Devonshire Park, it was the former world #1 who shone to bag a comfortable 6-1 6-3 triumph.

Wozniacki was recently stunned on Nottingham’s Aegon Open but bounced back with a solid all-round game to dismiss the French ace.

The great Dane is arguably the Centre Court’s favourite player after claiming the Eastbourne crowd in 2009 as a fresh-faced star and defeating France’s Virginie Razzano.

And sure enough Wozniacki was greeted with loud cheers on Centre Court, and lived up to her build-up by the tannoy by whipping shot after shot past luckless Cornet to seal the opening set.

Wozniacki continued to grow in confidence to destroy Cornet, a regular visitor to Devonshire Park in preparation for Wimbledon, who stepped in on Friday night in place of American Sloane Stephens.

Wozniacki said among other things after the match:

Wozniacki admitted: “I feel confident on my feet, I’ve worked really hard to get into the best shape possible and do a lot of stability work.

“So now I’m feeling comfortable on my ankle and on the grass, which means I’m excited every time I go on court now.”

“And it’s so nice to be on a nice court with a great crowd and also to get another match in before going to Wimbledon.”

Here is another one who watched the match - contains some nice pictures from the match too:

https://mootennis.com/2016/06/19/aegon-international-eastbourne-2016-recap-and-photos-from-wozniacki-v-cornet/

 

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With this program I hope it won't rain

Order of play Tuesday 31 June 2016
CENTRE COURT Starting at: 11:00 am
Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [5] vs Timea BABOS (HUN) 64 76
Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) vs Samantha STOSUR (AUS) [7] 62 61
Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [1] vs [Q] Mirjana LUCIC-BARONI (CRO) 64 21 ret.
Lesia TSURENKO (UKR) vs Johanna KONTA (GBR) [11] 67 16
[WC] Naomi BROADY (GBR)/Heather WATSON (GBR) vs Raquel ATAWO (USA)/Abigail SPEARS (USA)

COURT 1 Starting at: 11:00 am
Timea BACSINSZKY (SUI) [4] vs Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) 16 57
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) V Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 16 57
Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) vs Roberta VINCI (ITA) [2] 46 64 63
Sara ERRANI (ITA) [13] vs Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) 16 63 46
Elena VESNINA (RUS) vs Belinda BENCIC (SUI) [3] 76 76
Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER)/Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) vs Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)/Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO)

COURT 2 Starting at: 11:00 am
[Q] Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR) vs Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) 62 46 64
Eugenie BOUCHARD (CAN) vs Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) [15] 63 61
[Q] Kateryna BONDARENKO (UKR) vs Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) [6] 26 64 75
Anna-Lena FRIEDSAM (GER) vs Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [16] 76 64
Sara ERRANI (ITA)/Oksana KALASHNIKOVA (GEO) vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE)/Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) [2]

COURT 3 Starting at: 11:00 am
[LL] Denisa ALLERTOVA (CZE) vs [Q] Mirjana LUCIC-BARONI (CRO) 46 26
Misaki DOI (JPN) vs [Q] Polona HERCOG (SLO) 64 64
[Q] Ana KONJUH (CRO) vs [Q] Monica PUIG (PUR) 16 35 ret.
Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) [8] vs Misaki DOI (JPN) 63 46 16
Darija JURAK (CRO)/Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) vs Gabriela DABROWSKI (CAN)/Daria KASATKINA (RUS) 64 16 10-6

COURT 4 Starting at: 11:00 am
Lesia TSURENKO (UKR) vs [LL] Shuai ZHANG (CHN) 6176
Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) [12] vs Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT) 63 63
Daria GAVRILOVA (AUS) vs Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [10] 26 26
Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP)/Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) vs Timea BABOS (HUN)/Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (KAZ) [4] 16 26

COURT 5 Starting at: 11:00 am
[Q] Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL) vs [Q] Madison BRENGLE (USA)
Anna-Lena FRIEDSAM (GER) vs [LL] Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) 67 64 64
Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [14] vs [Q] Madison BRENGLE (USA) 46 36
Chia-Jung CHUANG (TPE)/Chen LIANG (CHN) vs Yifan XU (CHN)/Saisai ZHENG (CHN) 62 36 6-1
TO BE ARRANGED
Martina HINGIS (SUI)/Sania MIRZA (IND) [1] vs [WC] Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE)/Samantha STOSUR (AUS)

 

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Some good matches tomorrow. Mladenovic/Timea, Cibby/Ostapenko, and Caro should get through that match as Stosur is not good on grass.

 

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Order of play Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Centre Court
11:00 - Monica Puig (PUR) V Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 46 63 64
13:00 - [1] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) V Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 63 63
15:00 - [5] Petra Kvitova (CZE) V [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) 75 46 06
17:00 - Andrea Petkovic (GER) V Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
19:00 - ( / ) V Darija Jurak / Anastasia Rodionova (CRO / AUS)

Court 1
11:00 - [12] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) V Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 76 63
13:00 - Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) V Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 64 76
15:00 - Madison Brengle (USA) V Elena Vesnina (RUS) 67 46
17:00 - Misaki Doi (JPN) V [10] Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
19:00 - [3] Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (RUS / RUS) V ( / )

Court 2
13:00 - [1] Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (SUI / IND) V Lucie Safarova / Samantha Stosur (CZE / AUS) 61 26 10-4
15:00 - Anna-Lena Groenefeld / Kveta Peschke (GER / CZE) V Andreja Klepac / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO / SLO) 36 63 10-6
17:00 - Yifan Xu / Saisai Zheng (CHN / CHN) V [4] Timea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (HUN / KAZ) 67 36
19:00 - D Jurak / A Rodionova (CRO / AUS) d [1] M Hingis / S Mirza (SUI / IND) | 63 63

Court 3
12:00 - Naomi Broady / Heather Watson (GBR / GBR) V Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears (USA / USA) 57 00 ret.
13:00 - Sara Errani / Oksana Kalashnikova (ITA / GEO) V [2] Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE / TPE) 26 26

 

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Order of play Thursday, June 23, 2016 ONLY 3 MATCHES FINISHED rest tomorrow.

Centre Court
11:00 - Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) V Monica Puig (PUR) 67 64 36
13:00 - [1] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) V [12] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
15:00 - [10] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) V Elena Vesnina (RUS)
17:00 - [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) V Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
19:00 - [3] Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (RUS / RUS) V Anna-Lena Groenefeld / Kveta Peschke (GER / CZE)

Court 1
11:30 - Misaki Doi (JPN) V [10] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 26 46
12:00 - Andrea Petkovic (GER) V Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 63 46 06

 

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Order of play Friday, June 24, 2016

Centre Court
11:00 - [1] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) V [12] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 64 67 36
11:30 - [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) V Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 76 64
13:00 - [12] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) V Monica Puig (PUR) 62 61
15:00 - [10] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) V [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) 67 63 63

Court 1
11:30 - [10] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) V Elena Vesnina (RUS) 61 63
12:30 - [4] Timea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (HUN / KAZ) V [2] Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE / TPE) 16 61 6-10
14:00 - [3] Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (RUS / RUS) V Anna-Lena Groenefeld / Kveta Peschke (GER / CZE) W/O

 

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The link I gave a while ago still works even if you think it doesn't:

http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/videoPage.php?g=OTcxOTY%E2%84%96f&c=en&i=eWl2bW9iZGlzaA%E2%84%96f%E2%84%96f

The trick is that you have to grab the border of the screen and minimize it vertically 1 mm from the right of your screen then your matches return - it wasn't that difficult was it?

 

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Order of play Saturday, June 25, 2016 FINALS

Centre Court

13:30 - [12] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) V [10] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 75 63

15:30 - Darija Jurak / Anastasia Rodionova (CRO / AUS) V [2] Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE / TPE) 57 76 10-6