Austria, Hong Kong and Tianjin Opens

[britbox]

Three tournaments this week for the ladies.

Upper Austria Ladies Linz, WTA International, Hard Court, $226,750
Hong Kong: WTA International, Hard Court, $226,750
Tianjin Open, WTA International, Hard Court, $426,750

Sharapova, Kvitova and Peng headline the field in Tianjin. Caroline Garcia has pulled out after her finals triumph.

Fairly weak field in Austria, with Magdalena Rybarikova installed as the top seed.

The strongest field can be found in Hong Kong with Svitolina, Venus, Caro, Aga and Vesnina among the participants.

 

[10isfan]

Good to see Venus entered in this tournament. Bouchard gets Woz in round one. Her ranking has fallen off the cliff. What is the story there?

It looks like Aga is past her peak. Maybe she won't play too many more years now that she is married.

I'm hoping Petra wins this title, but she will probably choke it away to MS.

 

[britbox]

Results from the Hong Kong Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday
Wang Qiang (China) beat Chang Kai-Chen (Taiwan) 6-3 6-0
Lizette Cabrera (Australia) beat Shuko Aoyama (Japan) 7-5 6-3
8-Zhang Shuai (China) beat Kurumi Nara (Japan) 6-0 6-0
Nicole Gibbs (U.S.) beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Greece) 4-6 6-2 7-5
Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Lee Ya-Hsuan (Taiwan) 6-3 4-6 6-1
Shelby Rogers (U.S.) beat Jang Su Jeong (South Korea) 6-4 6-4

Results from the Hong Kong Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday
7-Daria Gavrilova (Australia) beat Miyu Kato (Japan) 6-1 7-6(4)
Naomi Osaka (Japan) beat Alexa Guarachi (Chile) 7-5 6-4
4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Zhang Ling (Hong Kong) 6-1 6-2

Results from the Linz Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday
Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) beat Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 4-6 6-2 7-6(7)
Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Russia) beat Veronica Cepede Royg (Paraguay) 6-0 6-2
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Spain) beat 8-Monica Niculescu (Romania) 1-6 6-1 2-0 (Niculescu retired)
Johanna Larsson (Sweden) beat Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) 7-6(6) 6-4


Venus has defeated Risa Ozaki 6-2, 6-2

Genie and Woz face off today.

 

[kskate2]

It's nice to see Belinda back.

 

[britbox]

Results from the Hong Kong Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday
Naomi Osaka (Japan) beat 2-Venus Williams (U.S.) 7-5 6-2
6-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat Jacqueline Cako (U.S.) 7-6(3) 6-1
7-Daria Gavrilova (Australia) beat Shelby Rogers (U.S.) 6-1 2-6 6-2

 

[britbox]

It's nice to see Belinda back.

I know she's had lots of injuries but what do you think her ceiling might be? Lots of people had high hopes for her.

 

[10isfan]

I think Bencic could be top five because she has high tennis IQ. She has to get more power which is possible, given her frame, as long as she keeps her weight down. I noticed a few extra pounds impacts her movement.

 

[kskate2]

I know she's had lots of injuries but what do you think her ceiling might be? Lots of people had high hopes for her.

Top 10 at most Baron. Her serve is very attackable for all the big hitters to feast on. I don't see her winning a slam but she might get to the final of one if things fell into place


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[Hoergren]

First Svitolina withdraws today and then Caroline Wozniacki after she had an injury in her left arm during practise today

She had a speech on centercourt where she apologized and signed a few balls and there were some selfies too

 

[britbox]

Any idea how long she might be out for?

 

[Hoergren]

She should be ready for the WTA finals. As you can see in the video it's close to crying she is. The match was delayed for 20 minutes for a last minute check if she could play, and it was finally decided that the risk for the pain getting worse was too big. Information is from her brother Patrik.

Patrik: "She saw the chiropractor Thursday evening and she'll see him again twice on Friday. On Friday, they'll also decide if Torben (osteopath Hersborg) will be flown in or not."

So it's so serious that people are talking about possible retirement from SIngapore if she's not on top of her game. Will return with news in the gossip section when available.

 

[britbox]

Hong Kong Final

6-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat 7-Daria Gavrilova (Australia) 5-7 6-3 7-6(3)



Austria Ladies Linz Final

2-Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) beat 1-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 6-4 6-1

Tianjin Open Final

Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) 7-5 7-6(8)

 

[isabelle]

congrats to Masha, she paid her due for her big mistake, now hope she can stay doping free ans play her best tennis without illegal stuff, she's talented enough to win without those things