Aegon Open, Nottingham, UK, WTA International

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DATE: 06 Jun - 12 Jun 2016
SURFACE: Grass
PRIZE MONEY: $226,750
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Ana Konjuh

Seeds:

1. PLISKOVA, Karolina
2. KONTA, Johanna
3. WOZNIACKI, Caroline
4. PUIG, Monica
5. WICKMAYER, Yanina
6. WATSON, Heather
7. BARTHEL, Mona
8. MCHALE, Christina

The Tournament:

The Nottingham Tennis Centre was one of the principal beneficiaries of the extension of the grass court season, with its long-standing ITF tournament upgraded to a fully-fledged WTA event.

A number of household names have made their way to the Midlands for the inaugural Aegon Open Nottingham, including former Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska.

The Players:

Karolina Pliskova and British native Johanna Konta head up the seeds who also include the returning Caroline Wozniacki.



About Nottingham

Nottingham is a city in Nottinghamshire, England, 30 miles south of Sheffield and 30 miles north of Leicester. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making. Nottingham had an estimated population of 310,000 with the wider urban area, which includes many of the city's suburbs, having a population of 729,977. Its urban area is the largest in the East Midlands and the second largest in the Midlands.

In Anglo-Saxon times the area was part of the Kingdom of Mercia, and was known in the Brythonic language as Tigguo Cobauc, meaning Place of Caves (known also as "City of Caves").


Nottingham by ian hitchin, on Flickr

Tourism Guide:

 

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Nottingham Draw:

 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday
Zheng Saisai (China) beat Freya Christie (Britain) 6-4 6-2
8-Christina McHale (U.S.) beat Magda Linette (Poland) 6-1 6-4
1-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 6-7(5) 6-0 6-2
Anna Tatishvili (U.S.) beat Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-6(4)
Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) beat Lauren Davis (U.S.) 6-3 6-1
2-Johanna Konta (Britain) beat Victoria Duval (U.S.) 6-3 6-0

 

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2-Johanna Konta (Britain) beat Victoria Duval (U.S.) 6-3 6-0



Konta, the number two seed on home turf breezes into the second round.

 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday
Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat 6-Heather Watson (Britain) 4-6 6-0 6-4
Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) beat Naomi Broady (Britain) 6-2 6-1
Tamira Paszek (Austria) beat Kurumi Nara (Japan) 6-4 6-2
Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) beat Laura Robson (Britain) 6-3 7-5
Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic) beat 5-Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) 7-5 7-6(7)
4-Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Zhang Kailin (China) 6-1 6-1
3-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Cagla Buyukakcay (Turkey) 7-5 6-3
Alison Riske (U.S.) beat 7-Mona Barthel (Germany) 6-2 6-1
Tara Moore (Britain) beat Donna Vekic (Croatia) 6-2 7-5
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Peng Shuai (China) 6-3 6-2

 

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Bad day for British players Heather Watson, Naomi Broady and Laura Robson. All dumped out of the tournament in Round 1.


Watson headed the list of British casualties in the first round of the Nottingham Open

 

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3-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Cagla Buyukakcay (Turkey) 7-5 6-3

Former World Number One Caroline Wozniacki back in action.

 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday
Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat 6-Heather Watson (Britain) 4-6 6-0 6-4
Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) beat Naomi Broady (Britain) 6-2 6-1
Tamira Paszek (Austria) beat Kurumi Nara (Japan) 6-4 6-2
Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) beat Laura Robson (Britain) 6-3 7-5
Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic) beat 5-Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) 7-5 7-6(7)
4-Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Zhang Kailin (China) 6-1 6-1
3-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Cagla Buyukakcay (Turkey) 7-5 6-3
Alison Riske (U.S.) beat 7-Mona Barthel (Germany) 6-2 6-1
Tara Moore (Britain) beat Donna Vekic (Croatia) 6-2 7-5
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Peng Shuai (China) 6-3 6-2

Oh well, three of the players I would root for are already gone.

Still have Konta, Puig, Konta and Wozniacki.

 

[Billie]

Nice city! I've always loved the stories and movies about Robin Hood.

 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday

Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) beat 3-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5
Alison Riske (U.S.) beat Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) 6-2 6-4
1-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Anna Tatishvili (U.S.) 6-1 6-3
4-Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) 6-4 6-0



No 3 Seed Caroline Wozniacki gets bundled out Nottingham early. It was her first tournament back from injury.

 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday

Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) beat 3-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5
Alison Riske (U.S.) beat Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) 6-2 6-4
1-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Anna Tatishvili (U.S.) 6-1 6-3
4-Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) 6-4 6-0



No 3 Seed Caroline Wozniacki gets bundled out Nottingham early. It was her first tournament back from injury.

C'mon Caroline, get some traction!!!

 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday

Tara Moore (Britain) beat 8-Christina McHale (U.S.) 6-2 6-2
Tamira Paszek (Austria) beat Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 6-3 3-1 (Rybarikova retired)
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic) 6-0 4-6 6-4
Zheng Saisai (China) beat 2-Johanna Konta (Britain) 6-4 7-5



British Number One Johanne Konta was sent packing by China's Zheng Saisai.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Good to see Ash Barty (Q) who has returned to tennis,having a good tournament on the grass so far,I do not think she will defeat Pliskova the top seed,I also hope she can gain a w/card into Wimbledon.

 

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Do Australia have a reciprocal Wildcard exchange for the womens singles with Great Britain?

 

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Do Australia have a reciprocal Wildcard exchange for the womens singles with Great Britain?

No,to my knowledge Wimbledon in the past have handed out w/cards to players that have done well at the tournament.Australia has a reciprocal exchange at Roland Garos and USA Grand Slams.

 

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Results from the Nottingham Open Women's Singles matches on Saturday

Quarterfinal
Zheng Saisai (China) beat Tara Moore (Britain) 6-2 6-4
Alison Riske (U.S.) beat Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) 6-3 6-3
1-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 7-6(2) 7-6(7)
4-Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Tamira Paszek (Austria) 6-4 6-3

Semifinal
Alison Riske (U.S.) beat Zheng Saisai (China) 6-1 7-5
1-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat 4-Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) 6-2 6-2

Fair Play to the ladies for getting through the Quarters and Semis and long Saturday.

 

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Aegon Open, Nottingham Final

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Karolina Pliskova (1) v Alison Riske

H2H: Pliskova leads 2-1

2013 Charleston SF Clay Karolina Pliskova Alison Riske 6-3 7-5
2012 50k Bronx, NY, Wk. 32 R32 Hard Alison Riske Karolina Pliskova 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2
2012 100k+H Nassau, Wk. 11 R32 Hard Karolina Pliskova Alison Riske 7-5 6-2

Src: http://www.stevegtennis.com/
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1-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Alison Riske (U.S.) 7-6(8) 7-5

Karolina Pliskova wins the Nottingham title in two hard fought sets.

 

[teddytennisfan]

not in this nottingham ..but i just saw COCO VANDEWEGHE beat Radwanska ..after a little nice run to winning last week's title --

and i like the way COCO plays her power game -- and also her attitude. very easy demeanor and no perceivable ''airs" about her, I think i like her.