Washington 2013: Citi Open

[Correspondent Kiu]

Here comes the only stop in USA capitol for Ladies professional Tennis.
http://www.citiopentennis.com

280 points for the winner in this international level tourny.

Player field here:
http://www.citiopentennis.com/players/wta_player_field/?intloc=headernavsub
Sloane Stephens
Angelique Kerber
Sorana Cirstea
Andrea Petkovic
Ekaterina Makarova
Madison Keys
Alize Cornet
Heather Watson
Christina McHale
Yanina Wickmayer
Eugenie Bouchard
Mona_Barthel
Magdalena Rybarikova
Taylor Townsend


Defending Champion is Magdalena Rybarikova.

This event has only been around for two years, this being the 3rd year, I have to admit this is the best field yet...
I live around here, may go in for a little live tennis watching and corresponding!

It all starts July 27th.

 

[djmm]

Nice field!! I really want Andrea Petkovic to do well. Her injuries really sidelined her!!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Draw is out:
http://assets.usta.com/assets/827/15/MDS[1].pdf

1 KERBER, Angelique GER
2 QUALIFIER
3 OUDIN, Melanie USA
4 RODIONOVA, Anastasia AUS
5 CEPELOVA, Jana SVK
6 BERTENS, Kiki NED
7 MCHALE, Christina USA
8 RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena SVK
9 MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS
10 BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN
11 GARCIA, Caroline FRA
12 TATISHVILI, Anna GEO
13 TOWNSEND, Taylor USA
14 NICULESCU, Monica ROU
15 QUALIFIER
16 KEYS, Madison USA
17 CIRSTEA, Sorana ROU
18 TSURENKO, Lesia UKR
19 KING, Vania USA
20 RISKE, Alison USA
21 QUALIFIER
22 WATSON, Heather GBR
23 WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL
24 CORNET, Alize FRA
25 BARTHEL, Mona GER
26 VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI
27 QUALIFIER
28 PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
29 ORMAECHEA, Paula ARG
30 CAPRA, Beatrice USA
31 PUCHKOVA, Olga RUS
32 STEPHENS, Sloane USA

 

[tented]

Nice field!! I really want Andrea Petkovic to do well. Her injuries really sidelined her!!

I like her, too. She's always enjoyable.

It is an interesting field this year, with names like Stephens, McHale, Townsend, Keys, Watson, Petkovic, etc.

Finally, thank you -- as always -- to Kiu for beginning the thread.

 

[ozza]

[1] Kerber vs Q
Oudin vs Rodionova
Cepelova vs Bertens
McHale vs [7] Rybarikova

[3] Makarova vs Bouchard
Garcia vs Tatishvili
Townsend vs Niculescu
Q vs [8] Keys

[5] Cirstea vs Tsurenko
King vs Riske
Q vs Watson
Wickmayer vs [4] Cornet

[6] Barthel vs Voegele
Q vs Petkovic
Ormaechea vs Capra
Puchkova vs [2] Stephens

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Some images to get you all interested.

The two young ones!

Note the building in the background.

Sloane and Taylor

Fish-Taylor

 

[tossip]

Townsend seems to be a sweet young lady,hopefully she will transition well from juniors to Wta...dont care for Sloane.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Kiki Bertens, Christine McHale and Sloane Stephens lost today!
Petko survived.

 

[djmm]

Draw is out:
http://assets.usta.com/assets/827/15/MDS[1].pdf

1 KERBER, Angelique GER
2 QUALIFIER
3 OUDIN, Melanie USA
4 RODIONOVA, Anastasia AUS
5 CEPELOVA, Jana SVK
6 BERTENS, Kiki NED
7 MCHALE, Christina USA
8 RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena SVK
9 MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS
10 BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN
11 GARCIA, Caroline FRA
12 TATISHVILI, Anna GEO
13 TOWNSEND, Taylor USA
14 NICULESCU, Monica ROU
15 QUALIFIER
16 KEYS, Madison USA
17 CIRSTEA, Sorana ROU
18 TSURENKO, Lesia UKR
19 KING, Vania USA
20 RISKE, Alison USA
21 QUALIFIER
22 WATSON, Heather GBR
23 WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL
24 CORNET, Alize FRA
25 BARTHEL, Mona GER
26 VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI
27 QUALIFIER
28 PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
29 ORMAECHEA, Paula ARG
30 CAPRA, Beatrice USA
31 PUCHKOVA, Olga RUS
32 STEPHENS, Sloane USA

Bye-Bye Sloane :blush:

LOL!!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Completed Scores:

MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013

FIRST ROUND
Olga Puchkova (RUS) d [2] Sloane Stephens (USA) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 3 |
Paula Ormaechea (ARG) d Beatrice Capra (USA) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 1 |
Melanie Oudin (USA) d Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 3 |
[7] Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d Christina McHale (USA) | 2 - 6 | 6 - 4 | 6 - 2 |
Jana Cepelova (SVK) d Kiki Bertens (NED) | 6 - 4 | 0 - 6 | 6 - 3 |
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d Jessica Pegula (USA) | 6 - 2 | 7 - 5 |

 

[RJD11]

Madison Keys Def The Larger Burrito 7-5 6-3

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Taylor could't get past the first round, just like Sloane, the two featured players of this event got eliminated!

Scores:
TUESDAY, JULY 30 , 2013

FIRST ROUND
[1/W] Angelique Kerber (GER) d Irina Falconi (USA) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 3 |
[6] Mona Barthel (GER) d Stefanie Voegele (SUI) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 2 |
[4] Alize Cornet (FRA) d Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 3 |
Heather Watson (GBR) d Alexandra Mueller (USA) | 6 (5) - 7 | 6 - 4 | 6 - 3 |
Alison Riske (USA) d Vania King (USA) | 6 - 3 | 7 - 5 |
[5] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) | 7 - 5 | 1 - 1 |
[8] Madison Keys (USA) d Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 3 |
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d Taylor Townsend (USA) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 0 |
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d Anna Tatishvili (GEO) | 0 - 6 | 7 - 6 (5) | 6 - 4 |
[3] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 2 |

 

[djmm]

YAY Madison :clap

 

[kskate2]

Sloane and Taylor going out early and in straights. That's rather disappointing especially for Sloane. Taylor is still playing some juniors but no excuse for Sloane to not play up to her ranking. She's becoming someone who only shows up for the slams. That's going to be a problem as there are only 4 slams a year but countless other tournaments.

 

[tossip]

Sloane and Taylor going out early and in straights. That's rather disappointing especially for Sloane. Taylor is still playing some juniors but no excuse for Sloane to not play up to her ranking. She's becoming someone who only shows up for the slams. That's going to be a problem as there are only 4 slams a year but countless other tournaments.

she must be trying hard to do what the sisters used to do..play just 12 events a year to prolong their careers.The sisters at least used to win the few events they entered,she should emulate her hero Kimmy who criss crossed the world playing every event...:snigger

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Scores:
WEDNESDAY

SECOND ROUND
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d [6] Mona Barthel (GER) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 2 |

Doubles - First round

[3] A Tatishvili / H Watson (GEO/GBR) d M Barthel / A Cornet (GER/FRA) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 4 |
[2] I Falconi / E Hrdinova (USA/CZE) d S Cirstea / Y Wickmayer (ROU/BEL) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 2 |

 

[djmm]

We have a full slate of matches today!!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

We have a full slate of matches today!!

Yes!
With Petko already into the quarter finals, we have the rest of the second round to be completed.

Here is the order:

GRANDSTAND 1

14:00 - [1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER) V MELANIE OUDIN (USA)

GRANDSTAND 2

14:00 - [5] SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU) V ALISON RISKE (USA)
16:00 - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK) V [7] MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK)

COURT 1

14:00 - HEATHER WATSON (GBR) V [4] ALIZE CORNET (FRA)
16:00 - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU) V [8] MADISON KEYS (USA)

COURT 2

14:00 - PAULA ORMAECHEA (ARG) V OLGA PUCHKOVA (RUS)
16:00 - [3] EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS) V CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA)
18:00 - EUGENIE BOUCHARD / TAYLOR TOWNSEND (CAN / USA) V [3] ANNA TATISHVILI / HEATHER WATSON (GEO / GBR)

COURT 3

14:00 - [1] SHUKO AOYAMA / VERA DUSHEVINA (JPN / RUS) V ALEXANDRA MUELLER / ADRIANA PEREZ (USA / VEN)
16:00 - [4] CATALINA CASTANO / JESSICA PEGULA (COL / USA) V MARIA FERNANDA ALVAREZ TERAN / KERI WONG (BOL / USA)
18:00 - CAROLINE GARCIA / CHRISTINA MCHALE (FRA / USA) V [2] IRINA FALCONI / EVA HRDINOVA (USA / CZE)

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Can Melanie knock Angie out of here?

 

[kskate2]

So Angie is the #1 seed. I wonder why she played D.C. and not Carlsbad?

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Angie got in as a wild card, there must've been a nice appearance fee involved.
Here are the scores:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 01, 2013

SECOND ROUND
[3] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d Caroline Garcia (FRA) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 0 |
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d [8] Madison Keys (USA) | 6 - 1 | 2 - 6 | 7 - 6 (6) |
[5] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d Alison Riske (USA) | 3 - 6 | 6 - 2 | 6 - 3 |
[4] Alize Cornet (FRA) d Heather Watson (GBR) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 4 |
[7] Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d Jana Cepelova (SVK) | 7 - 5 | 5 - 7 | 7 - 5 |
[1/W] Angelique Kerber (GER) d Melanie Oudin (USA) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 0 |

Doubles - Quarterfinals
E Bouchard / T Townsend (CAN/USA) d [3] A Tatishvili / H Watson (GEO/GBR) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 4 |
[2] I Falconi / E Hrdinova (USA/CZE) d C Garcia / C McHale (FRA/USA) | 2 - 6 | 7 - 5 | 11 - 9 |
[1] S Aoyama / V Dushevina (JPN/RUS) d A Mueller / A Perez (USA/VEN) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 4 |
M Alvarez Teran / K Wong (BOL/USA) d [4] C Castano / J Pegula (COL/USA) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 7 (9) | 10 - 6 |