RTS Week 8

[RJD11]

RTS Standings after week 2


Road To Singapore Standings After Week 2
1. Tsvetana Pironkova - 507 pts
2. Serena Williams - 470 pts
3. Angelique Kerber - 405 pts
4. Garbiñe Muguruza - 358 pts
5. Victoria Azarenka - 305 pts -



The second leg of the season-long Road To Singapore took place in Sydney and Hobart last week, with two qualifiers coming out on top - and one of them now topping the Road To Singapore standings.

Tsvetana Pironkova had a rough 2013 - she finished the year No.108, her first non-Top 100 finish since 2004. And after falling in the qualifying of Shenzhen in Week 1 to a player ranked No.196, things didn't look so smooth for 2014 - but she changed all of that in Sydney, coming through the qualies there and making it all the way to her first WTA title, beating three Top 10 players in the last three rounds.

Before Sydney she had never passed the semifinal stage - she was 0-7 lifetime in WTA semifinals.

"Before this week, when I'd reach the quarters or semis, I would be like, 'Okay, I'm so deep in the tournament, so what now?' It was so unfamiliar for me," Pironkova said. "But with the seasons going by, I guess I just learned how to take things. So I'm really proud of myself for winning this tournament.

"Especially since I not only went to the semifinal and final, but I actually won it."

Pironkova now sits atop the Road To Singapore standings - does she think she can keep it up all year?



See more at: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3617389/title/rts-update-power-shift-after-week-2#sthash.cM756Q8q.dpuf

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

RE: RTS Week 2

So, the first race to Singapore has begun!

 

[RJD11]

RE: RTS Week 2

Chris Evert has been announced as a Legend Ambassador for the WTA Championships in Singapore. - See more at


Chris Evert is an official Ambassador of the WTA Championships - Singapore 2014-2018 and a legend of the WTA, having finished the year No.1 seven times, won 18 Grand Slam titles, 157 overall WTA titles, she won the WTA Championships four times and served as President of the WTA for nine years.




http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3618017/title/evert-on-wta-championships-singapore#sthash.dqc8Hosw.dpuf

 

[RJD11]

RE: RTS Week 2

RTS Update: Li Makes Major Move

Not only did Li Na rocket into the No.1 spot on the Road To Singapore standings with her Australian Open triumph, she may have also set a new record for fastest goal-reaching speed of all time.

Published January 27, 2014 12:13

Going into the Australian Open she wasn't even in the Top 5, but with one magical fortnight Li Na now sits atop the standings for the Road To Singapore, the year-long journey to the WTA Championships.

Also in the Top 5 on the Road To Singapore standings are Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova at No.2, Agnieszka Radwanska and Eugenie Bouchard tied at No.3, and Victoria Azarenka at No.5.

Just outside the Top 5 are Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic, who are tied at No.6. Both of them won lead-up events - Williams in Brisbane, Ivanovic in Auckland - and both made headlines around the world at the Australian Open, with heavy title favorite Williams falling in the fourth round - to Ivanovic.

Li, Na China 26 Feb 1982 2280 2
[40] 2 Cibulkova, Dominika Slovakia 06 May 1989 1401 3
[766] 3 Bouchard, Eugenie Canada 25 Feb 1994 781 2
[766] 3 Radwanska, Agnieszka Poland 06 Mar 1989 781 2
[5] 5 Azarenka, Victoria Belarus 31 Jul 1989 735 2
[6] 6 Ivanovic, Ana Serbia 06 Nov 1987 710 2
[2] 6 Williams, Serena United States 26 Sep 1981 710 2
[3] 8 Kerber, Angelique Germany 18 Jan 1988 645 3
[4] 9 Muguruza, Garbine Spain 08 Oct 1993 598 3
[1] 10 Pironkova, Tsvetana


- See more at: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3639864/title/rts-update-li-makes-major-move#sthash.Lf5gUXxs.dpuf

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

RE: RTS Week 5

So, Pironkova drops from 1st to 10th

Aga and Genie come from way down tied at #3

Vika is ahead of Serena.

 

[RJD11]

RTS Week

Another Week in the Race To Singapore.

Pavly to No 9, Makarova to No 13 after wins.


[1] 1 Li, Na China 2280 2
[2] 2 Cibulkova, Dominika Slovakia 1401 3
[3] 3 Radwanska, Agnieszka Poland 781 2
[3] 3 Bouchard, Eugenie Canada 781 2
[8] 5 Kerber, Angelique Germany 745 4
[5] 6 Azarenka, Victoria Belarus 735 2
[6] 7 Williams, Serena United States 710 2
[6] 7 Ivanovic, Ana Serbia 710 2
[36] 9 Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia Russia 656 4
[14] 10 Sharapova, Maria Russia 610 3
[9] 11 Muguruza, Garbine Spain 599 4
[10] 12 Pironkova, Tsvetana Bulgaria 577 3
[17] 13 Makarova, Ekaterina Russia 575 3
[52] 14 Errani, Sara Italy 445 4
[11] 15 Halep, Simona Romania -


http://www.wtatennis.com/road-singles-rankings#sthash.4gMYjehl.dpuf

 

[RJD11]

RE: RTS Week 7

Race to Singapore

- Singles
1. Li Na (2385/3)
2. Dominika Cibulkova (1402/4)
3. Simona Halep (1332/4)
4. Angelique Kerber (1330/4)
5. Agnieszka Radwanska (1131/3)
6. Eugenie Bouchard (800/3)
7. Jelena Jankovic (776/4)
8. Ana Ivanovic (770/3)

- Alternates
A. Victoria Azarenka (735/2)
A. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (716/5)


- Doubles
1. Errani/Vinci (2840/4)
2. Peschke/Srebotnik (1565/4)
3. Makarova/Vesnina (1302/3)
4. Kops-Jones/Spears (1070/3)
5. Hsieh/Peng (1030/2)
5. Niculescu/Zakopalova (980/4)
6. Kudryavtseva/An.Rodionova (850/3)
7. Black/Mirza (781/3)
8. Chan/Huber (545/4)

 

[RJD11]

Venus Movin' On Up


Venus Williams - and actually Serena Williams too - moved up the Road To Singapore leaderboard this week, looking good early on in the year-long journey to the WTA Championships in Singapore.

Venus, who won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships this past week, got off to one of the best starts to the year - reaching the finals of Auckland in Week 1 - and after a bit of a dry spell won her biggest title in four years in Dubai, not even losing a set along the way. On this week's Road To Singapore leaderboard the seven-time Grand Slam champion shot up from No.36 to No.11.

Serena may not have won in Dubai, but by virtue of reaching the semifinals she made what was perhaps an even more significant move on the Road To Singapore leaderboard - No.11 to No.6.



Here are the latest calendar-year WTA Tour Championships 2014 Road to Singapore standings as
of February 24. The top eight players at the end of the season will qualify for the WTA
Championships 2014 which will take place in Singapore.

[1] Na Li (CHN) – 2,385
[2] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) – 1,402
[3] Simona Halep (ROU) – 1,333
[4] Angelique Kerber (GER) – 1,331
[5] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) – 1,132
[6] Serena Williams (USA) – 895
[7] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) – 876
[8] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) – 825
[9] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) – 800
[10] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) – 735


http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3684276/title/rts-update-venus-movin-on-up#sthash.nbOyv3QZ.dpuf

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

RTS Week 25?

Bump RJD!

So you don't forget.

Update:


PREVIOUS--CURRENT RANK--PLAYER--COUNTRY---POINTS--TOURNAMENTS
[4] --1 --SHARAPOVA, MARIA --RUSSIA --4640 --9
[1] --2 --LI, NA --CHINA --3840 --8
[5] --3 --HALEP, SIMONA --ROMANIA --3779 --11
[2] --4 --WILLIAMS, SERENA-- UNITED STATES-- 3081-- 10
[3] --5 --RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA --POLAND --2917 --11
[6] --6 --CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA --SLOVAKIA --2608 11
[13] --7 --BOUCHARD, EUGENIE --CANADA --2306 --13
[7] --8 --IVANOVIC, ANA --SERBIA --2290 -- 11
[8] --9 --JANKOVIC, JELENA --SERBIA --2221 --13
[10] -10 --ERRANI, SARA --ITALY --2186 --13

Look who joined the party! A Canadian!!

 

[RJD11]

Bump RJD!

So you don't forget.

Update:


PREVIOUS--CURRENT RANK--PLAYER--COUNTRY---POINTS--TOURNAMENTS
[4] --1 --SHARAPOVA, MARIA --RUSSIA --4640 --9
[1] --2 --LI, NA --CHINA --3840 --8
[5] --3 --HALEP, SIMONA --ROMANIA --3779 --11
[2] --4 --WILLIAMS, SERENA-- UNITED STATES-- 3081-- 10
[3] --5 --RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA --POLAND --2917 --11
[6] --6 --CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA --SLOVAKIA --2608 11
[13] --7 --BOUCHARD, EUGENIE --CANADA --2306 --13
[7] --8 --IVANOVIC, ANA --SERBIA --2290 -- 11
[8] --9 --JANKOVIC, JELENA --SERBIA --2221 --13
[10] -10 --ERRANI, SARA --ITALY --2186 --13

Look who joined the party! A Canadian!!

Thanks Kiu: It seems Genie is making the most impact

of the newest " Young Gun Brigade "


Not sure if Simona is part of that group or the previous

one but can anyone stop her march to the top of the

rankings? ....And how good is she on Grass?

How about it Si Si!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ Simona won Hertogenbosh,Netherlands last year and she will try to defend her title this year.