Taiwan Open - Kaohsiung, 2016

[Hoergren]

Let's have a thread about the Taiwan event

Tournament Info
Tier: International, Prize Money: $426,750, Surface: Hard, Director: Stephen Duckitt

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is host of a tournament which replaces Pattaya City, Thailand.

The draw looks like this:

1 WILLIAMS, Venus USA
2 LEE, Pei-Chi TPE
3 RADWANSKA, Urszula POL
4 HSU, Ching-Wen TPE
5 KUCOVA, Kristina SVK
6 SEVASTOVA, Anastasija LAT
7 VEKIC, Donna CRO
8 RISKE, Alison USA

9 PUTINTSEVA, Yulia KAZ
10 CEPELOVA, Jana SVK
11 REIX, Sherazad FRA
12 KATO, Miyu JPN
13 CHANG, Kai-Chen TPE
14 VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI
15 POUS-TIO, Laura ESP
16 ZHENG, Saisai CHN

17 HSIEH, Su-Wei TPE
18 OKUNO, Ayaka JPN
19 MINELLA, Mandy LUX
20 OSAKA, Naomi JPN
21 LEE, Ya-Hsuan TPE
22 KULICHKOVA, Elizaveta RUS
23 KICHENOK, Lyudmyla UKR
24 DIYAS, Zarina KAZ

25 NARA, Kurumi JPN
26 WANG, Qiang CHN
27 KUWATA, Hiroko JPN
28 ZHANG, Yuxuan CHN
29 WANG, Yafan CHN
30 LINETTE, Magda POL
31 PLISKOVA, Kristyna CZE
32 DOI, Misaki JPN

There are now nine WTA Premier and International tournaments in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 2016 season: Beijing (Premier Mandatory), Wuhan (Premier 5), Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Nanchang, Shenzhen, Tianjin (International), and Zhuhai (WTA Elite Trophy).

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Monday 8. February 2016

CENTER COURT Starting at: 11:00 am
Urszula RADWANSKA (POL) vs [WC] Ching-Wen HSU (TPE) 64 76
followed by
Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE) vs Misaki DOI (JPN) [2] 36 46
followed by
[WC] I-Hsuan CHO (TPE)/Hsin-Yuan SHIH (TPE) vs Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS)/Mandy MINELLA (LUX) 26 16
followed by
Carolin DANIELS (GER)/Laura POUS-TIO (ESP) vs Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR)/Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR) [3] 16 36

COURT 2 Starting at: 10:30 am
Kristina KUCOVA (SVK) vs Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) 64 67 67
followed by
[LL] Hiroko KUWATA (JPN) vs [Q] Yuxuan ZHANG (CHN) 75 67 26
followed by
[Q] Sherazad REIX (FRA) vs [Q] Miyu KATO (JPN) 67 36

 

[GameSetAndMath]

There are now nine WTA Premier and International tournaments in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 2016 season: Beijing (Premier Mandatory), Wuhan (Premier 5), Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Nanchang, Shenzhen, Tianjin (International), and Zhuhai (WTA Elite Trophy).

At this rate, after 5 years we will have GS finals between Ding and Dong!

 

[golds girl]

Let's have a thread about the Taiwan event

Tournament Info
Tier: International, Prize Money: $426,750, Surface: Hard, Director: Stephen Duckitt

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is host of a tournament which replaces Pattaya City, Thailand.

The draw looks like this:

1 WILLIAMS, Venus USA
2 LEE, Pei-Chi TPE
3 RADWANSKA, Urszula POL
4 HSU, Ching-Wen TPE
5 KUCOVA, Kristina SVK
6 SEVASTOVA, Anastasija LAT
7 VEKIC, Donna CRO
8 RISKE, Alison USA

9 PUTINTSEVA, Yulia KAZ
10 CEPELOVA, Jana SVK
11 REIX, Sherazad FRA
12 KATO, Miyu JPN
13 CHANG, Kai-Chen TPE
14 VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI
15 POUS-TIO, Laura ESP
16 ZHENG, Saisai CHN

17 HSIEH, Su-Wei TPE
18 OKUNO, Ayaka JPN
19 MINELLA, Mandy LUX
20 OSAKA, Naomi JPN
21 LEE, Ya-Hsuan TPE
22 KULICHKOVA, Elizaveta RUS
23 KICHENOK, Lyudmyla UKR
24 DIYAS, Zarina KAZ

25 NARA, Kurumi JPN
26 WANG, Qiang CHN
27 KUWATA, Hiroko JPN
28 ZHANG, Yuxuan CHN
29 WANG, Yafan CHN
30 LINETTE, Magda POL
31 PLISKOVA, Kristyna CZE
32 DOI, Misaki JPN

There are now nine WTA Premier and International tournaments in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 2016 season: Beijing (Premier Mandatory), Wuhan (Premier 5), Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Nanchang, Shenzhen, Tianjin (International), and Zhuhai (WTA Elite Trophy).

Thanks Hoergren,
Does anyone know what attendance is like in these tournaments? Full stands?
Eastern Europe is well-represented in the WTA standings, might be good to have a few more events there.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Tuesday 9. Februar

CENTER COURT Starting at: 11:00 am
[WC] Ya-Hsuan LEE (TPE) vs Elizaveta KULICHKOVA (RUS) 63 46 46
Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) vs Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) 61 36 46
Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) [6] vs [Q] Ayaka OKUNO (JPN) 76 46 62
Shuko AOYAMA (JPN)/Chin-Wei CHAN (TPE) [4] vs Ching-Wen HSU (TPE)/Ya-Hsuan LEE (TPE)
57 63 9-11
COURT 2 Starting at: 10:30 am
Mandy MINELLA (LUX) vs Naomi OSAKA (JPN) 62 76
Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) [3] vs [LL] Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS) 62 63
[Q] Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR) vs Zarina DIYAS (KAZ) [4] 75 16 26
[WC] Pei-Ju CHIEN (TPE)/Pei-Chi LEE (TPE) vs Eri HOZUMI (JPN)/Miyu KATO (JPN
16 36

COURT 7 Starting at: 10:30 am
Donna VEKIC (CRO) vs Alison RISKE (USA) [8] 46 76 63 surprise
[Q] Laura POUS-TIO (ESP) vs Saisai ZHENG (CHN) [5] 26 57
Kurumi NARA (JPN) [7] vs Qiang WANG (CHN) 61 63
Kristina KUCOVA (SVK)/Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) vs Chang LIU (CHN)/Ayaka OKUNO (JPN) 64 61

COURT 8 Starting at: Not Before 2:30 pm
Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE)/Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) vs Junri NAMIGATA (JPN)/Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 64 36 13-11

There were about 100 spectators on CC at the time of watching so fairly normal. Worst tournaments are in the Middle east where almost none until quarter finals.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Wednesday 10. Februar 2016

CENTER COURT Starting at: 11:00 am
Elizaveta KULICHKOVA (RUS) vs Zarina DIYAS (KAZ) [4] 75 06 64
Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [1] vs [WC] Pei-Chi LEE (TPE) 63 62

Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE)/Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) [1] vs Zarina DIYAS (KAZ)/Yi-Fan XU (CHN) 61 76
Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE)/Chia-Jung CHUANG (TPE) vs Chen LIANG (CHN)/Yafan WANG (CHN) [2] 67 57

COURT 2 Starting at: 10:30 am
Yafan WANG (CHN) vs Magda LINETTE (POL) 57 57
Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) [3] vs [Q] Miyu KATO (JPN) 64 57 60
Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) vs Donna VEKIC (CRO) 75 26 75


COURT 7 Starting at: 2:00 pm
Ching-Wen HSU (TPE)/Ya-Hsuan LEE (TPE) vs Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE)/Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) 63 67
Kurumi NARA (JPN) [7] vs [Q] Yuxuan ZHANG (CHN) 62 46 63

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Thursday 11. Februar 2016

CENTER COURT Starting at: 11:00 am

Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) vs Saisai ZHENG (CHN) [5] 64 64

Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [1] vs Urszula RADWANSKA (POL) 64 62
Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) [6] vs Mandy MINELLA (LUX) 64 46 62

COURT 2 Starting at: 11:00 am

Kristina KUCOVA (SVK)/Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) vs Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR)/Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR) [3] 67 64 4-10
followed by
Magda LINETTE (POL) vs Misaki DOI (JPN) [2] 26 36
Not Before 3:00 pm
Possible Court Change
Eri HOZUMI (JPN)/Miyu KATO (JPN) vs Chen LIANG (CHN)/Yafan WANG (CHN) [2] 62 75

 

[tossip]

go Venus...

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Friday 12. February 2016 quarter finals

CENTER COURT Starting at: 11:00 am

Misaki DOI (JPN) [2] vs Kurumi NARA (JPN) [7] W/O
Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT) vs Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [1] 57 26
Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS)/Mandy MINELLA (LUX) vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE)/Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) [1] 26 46

COURT 2 Starting at: Unknown

Elizaveta KULICHKOVA (RUS) vs Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) [6] 06 26
Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) vs Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) [3] 36 ret.

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2016 semifinals

CENTER COURT Starting at: 11:00 am
Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) [6] vs Misaki DOI (JPN) [2] 06 26
Not Before 12:00 noon
Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [1] vs Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) [3] 75 63
followed by
Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE)/Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) [1] vs Ching-Wen HSU (TPE)/Ya-Hsuan LEE (TPE) 63 63
followed by
Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR)/Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR) [3] vs Eri HOZUMI (JPN)/Miyu KATO (JPN) 16 62 7-10

 

[Hoergren]

The final day
ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2016
CENTER COURT Starting at: 2:00 pm
SINGLES FINAL
Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [1] vs Misaki DOI (JPN) [2] 64 62:clap Venus's 49th title

[1] Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE / TPE) vs Eri HOZUMI (JPN)/Miyu KATO (JPN) 64 63


Anyone covering DUBAI next week? - not able to do it.

 

[tossip]

go Venus Ebony Starr !

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bgvUzy73vI&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[tossip]

yes Queen Vee did it...yay no.49...she seems to enjoy herself in Asia..

 

[sk310]

Oh wow I didn't realize this was replacing Pattaya. That makes me a bit sad. It makes me remember Zvonareva