St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, Russia, 2020 - WTA Premier

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DATE: February 10 - 16, 2020
SURFACE: Hard
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: $782,900
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Kiki Bertens

Seeds:

1. Belinda Bencic
2. Kiki Bertens
3. Petra Kvitova
4. Johanna Konta
5. Marketa Vondrousova
6. Maria Sakkari
7. Donna Vekic
8. Elena Rybakina

The Tournament:

The St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy (formerly known as the Ladies Neva Cup) is played on indoor hardcourts. The event is classified as a WTA Premier tournament and was first held in Saint Petersburg in 2003.

It was an ITF Women's Circuit event until 2015. In 2016, it was upgraded to a WTA Premier tournament in 2016, offering a prize money of $753,000, up from only $25,000 and $50,000 in previous years.

The event replaced the Proximus Diamond Games on the WTA tour from 2016.

About St. Petersburg:

Saint Petersburg is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. With 5 million inhabitants in 2012, it is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow. An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city).

It was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May [O.S. 16 May] 1703 and served as a capital of Russian Tsardom and subsequent Russian Empire in 1713-1918 (being replaced by Moscow for a short period of time in 1728-1730). After the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks moved their government to Moscow.

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The Draw:

 

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Sakkari beat Cornet

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Q/finals,

Bencic vs Sakkari
Dodin vs Rybakina
Alexandrova vs Kvitova
Potapova vs Bertens

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Petra Kvitova withdraws from her q/final match against Ekaterina Alexandrova due to illness.
Ekaterina Alexandrova will play the winner of Kiki Bertens or qualifier Anastasia Potapova in the s/final.

Maria Sakkari caused an upset defeating the top seed Belinda Bencic 26 64 63

Elena Rybakina d Oceane Dodin 67(5) 75 62.

K.Bertens defending champion d Potapova 64 76(3) is yet to drop a set so far in the tournament.

 

[Moxie]

Petra Kvitova withdraws from her q/final match against Ekaterina Alexandrova due to illness.
Ekaterina Alexandrova will play the winner of Kiki Bertens or qualifier Anastasia Potapova in the s/final.

Maria Sakkari caused an upset defeating the defending champion Belinda Bencic 26 64 63.

I saw the end of Bencic/Sakkari. At least one Greek hero(ine) won this week.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

S/finals,

Sakkari vs Rybakina
Alexandrova vs Bertens.

 

[ball-basher]

Can anyone explain what the organizers at St.Petersburg's tournament were thinking with those cheesy looking cheerleaders? They look so out of place ..

 

[AnonymousFan]

 

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Can anyone explain what the organizers at St.Petersburg's tournament were thinking with those cheesy looking cheerleaders? They look so out of place ..

I’m not sure about the cheerleaders, but the daleks who walk out with the players are pretty weird.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results s/finals,

Elena Rybakina d Maria Sakkari 36 75 61,Elena will play for a trophy for the third time in four events so far this year

Bertens d Alexandrova 61 46 61 to advance to her second straight final at St.Petersburg Ladies Trophy.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kiki Bertens making history as the first women to successfully defend St.Petersburg with a powerful display 61 63 of Elena Rybakina.