TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup

[kskate2]

Caro is the defending champ but not appearing this year.

Venus is the #1 seed and the field looks decent w/ players like Daria, JJ, Cornet, Rybarikova, Giorgi, Pironkova and Svitolina.

Find the draw:
http://www.wtatennis.com/singles-draws/tournamentId/1190/type/LS/title/teb-bnp-paribas-istanbul-cup

 

[Hoergren]

Caroline has chosen to take part in Generali Ladies Linz this year for the first time and as top 10 player she can only take part in one international tournament each half of the year. Another first this year is Bank of The West Classic in Stanford where she'll be among the players.

 

[sk310]

Seems like a lot of near top tier players playing here... A lot of players trying to boost their ranking the next few weeks.

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Tuesday, July 21:

Garanti Koza Arena

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13:00 R1 [8] Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 0-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(3)
15:00 Urszula Radwanska (POL) d [3] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
17:00 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
19:00 Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d [1] Venus Williams (USA) 6-4, 7-6(4)
21:00 Ipek Soylu (TUR) d Anna Tatishvili (USA) 5-7, 7-5, 2-0 (ret'd)

Court 1

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13:00 R1 [4/W] Alize Cornet (FRA) d Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-3, 7-5
15:00 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL) 6-0, 6-1
17:00 [5] Camila Giorgi (ITA) d Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(4)

Court 2

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13:00 R1 Kurumi Nara (JPN) d Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) 6-4, 7-6(7)
15:00 R1 Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 6-2, 6-0
17:00 A Aksu / M Sezer (TUR / TUR) d M Eguchi / J Jegiolka (JPN / POL) 6-4, 6-1

Court 3

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13:00 R1 Alexandra Panova (RUS) d Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
17:00 Anett Kontaveit / Elizaveta Kulichkova (EST / RUS) d Zhaoxuan Yang / Lin Zhu (CHN / CHN) 6-4, 6-4

 

[kskate2]

URad takes out JJ in 3. :eyepop

The battle of the blonde David's (Cibby/Camila) is deep into a 3rd set 4-4

 

[kskate2]

After 22 DF's :nono, Camila finally comes through 7-4 in the breaker.

 

[Hoergren]

Now I have seen that too - serving 22 DF and still winning. Well Giorgi are lucky that it was Cibulkova on the other side not quite on top after her long injury time - but 22 DF way too many if you want to win among the top players.:nono

 

[kskate2]

I think she's leading the tour in DF's this year. At least I remember Davenport saying that during Wimby that she had over 330 and we were only half way through the season.

 

[kskate2]

I guess Venus no likey being the #1 seed. Down a set and 5-2 to Kateryna. :cover

 

[kskate2]

Somehow Venus gets the set level 5-5 :speechless:

 

[kskate2]

Well Venus broke for 6-5, served for the set only to dump serve and end up in a TB. She promptly loses the TB on more errors and tentative play 7-4. Congrats to Kateryna. :clap She takes over the #1 seed's draw.

 

[Kirijax]

Holy Moley. What's going on over in Turkey? Venus and Jelena already out? :eyepop

And that Doublefaultathon sounds like it was a real crowd-pleaser. :cover

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Wednesday, July 22:

Garanti Koza Arena

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13:00 R2 Roberta Vinci (ITA) d Alexandra Panova (RUS) 7-6(3), 6-3
15:00 Urszula Radwanska (POL) d Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 6-3, 6-2
17:00 Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d Ipek Soylu (TUR) 6-0, 6-0
19:00 Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-1, 6-1
21:00 [4] Vitalia Diatchenko/Olga Savchuk (RUS/UKR) d Francesca Schiavone/Ipek Soylu (ITA/TUR) 5-7, 7-6(2), 10-8

Court 1

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13:00 R1 Mona Barthel (GER) d Olga Savchuk (UKR) 6-3, 7-5
15:00 [1] A Hlavackova/A Pavlyuchenkova (CZE/RUS) d Y Beygelzimer/J Ostapenko (UKR/LAT) 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
17:00 Daria Gavrilova/Elina Svitolina (RUS/UKR) d Hiroko Kuwata/Kurumi Nara (JPN/JPN) 6-2, 6-3

Court 2

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13:00 R1 Chan/N Melichar (TPE/USA) d [3] O Kalashnikova/N Kichenok (GEO/UKR) 6-2, 4-1 (ret'd)
15:00 K Bondarenko/E Hrdinova (UKR/CZE) d D Buzean/C Skamlova (ROU/SVK) 6-2, 6-2

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Thursday, July 23:

Garanti Koza Arena

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13:00 [8] Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d Kurumi Nara (JPN) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
15:00 Anett Kontaveit/Elizaveta Kulichkova (EST/RUS) d Chin-Wei Chan/Nicole Melichar (TPE/USA) 6-3, 7-6(5)
17:00 Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d [4] Alizé Cornet (FRA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
19:00 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d [5] Camila Giorgi (ITA) 6-4, 7-6(6)
21:00 Cagla Buyukakcay/Jelena Jankovic (TUR/SRB) d [2] Margarita Gasparyan/Alexandra Panova (RUS/RUS) 6-4, 6-3

Court 1

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13:00 Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d Mona Barthel (GER) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
15:00 Daria Gavrilova/Elina Svitolina (RUS/UKR) d [1] Andrea Hlavackova/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (CZE/RUS) 7-6(2), 6-7(7), 10-5
15:30 [4] Vitalia Diatchenko/Olga Savchuk (RUS/UKR) d Kateryna Bondarenko/Eva Hrdinova (UKR/CZE) 7-6, 4-6, 10-4

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for QF Friday, July 24:

Garanti Koza Arena

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13:00 SF D Gavrilova/E Svitolina (RUS/UKR) d [4] V Diatchenko/O Savchuk (RUS/UKR) 6-1, 7-5
15:00 Urszula Radwanska (POL) d [8] Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(5)
17:00 Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d Roberta Vinci (ITA) 0-6, 7-5, 6-2
19:00 Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-2, 6-4
21:00 Cagla Buyukakcay/Jelena Jankovic (TUR/SRB) d Ayla Aksu/Melis Sezer (TUR/TUR) 6-3, 6-2

Court 1

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14:00 Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 7-6(13), 7-5

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for SF Saturday, July 25:

Garanti Koza Arena

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13:30 SF C Buyukakcay/J Jankovic (TUR/SRB) d A Kontaveit/E Kulichkova (EST/RUS) 6-3, 2-6, 10-6
16:00 Urszula Radwanska (POL) d Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
18:00 Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-4, 6-2

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Go Urszula!

 

[kskate2]

Urszula is tearing it up this week!

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play & Scores for Finals Sunday, July 26:

Garanti Koza Arena

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14:00 Daria Gavrilova/Elina Svitolina (RUS/UKR) d Cagla Buyukakcay/Jelena Jankovic (TUR/SRB) 5-7, 6-1, 10-4
17:00 Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d Urszula Radwanska (POL) 7-5, 6-1

 

[kskate2]

Daria and Svitolina both went out in the first round. They decided to pair up in doubs and so far it's been a great partnership. They reached the finals here and will play for another title.

They go on to defeat JJ and her Turkish partner in a super breaker. Great job by this team! :clap