Wuhan Open 2015

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Wuhan the second premier tournament in the Asia swing
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Tournament Info
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $2,212,250
Surface: Hard
Director: Mr. Yi Guoqing
The Wuhan Open was one of three WTA events in China new to the calendar in 2014. It is also one of two Premier-level stops in China.

Lots of points to fight for and this year the competition is fierce as many players are close in the race.

Winner $456,000 900
Finalists $227,700 585
Semi-Finalists $113,860 350
Quarter Finalists $52,430 190
3rd Round $26,000 105
2nd Round $13,335 60
1st Round $6,855 1

Wuhan draw is out:

1 HALEP, Simona ROU
2 BYE
3 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS
4 KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS
5 QUALIFIER
6 AZARENKA, Victoria BLR
7 QUALIFIER
8 PETKOVIC, Andrea GER

9 RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL
10 WILLIAMS, Venus USA
11 CORNET, Alizé FRA
12 QUALIFIER
13 NICULESCU, Monica ROU
14 LIU, Fangzhou CHN
15 BYE
16 SUÁREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP

17 KVITOVA, Petra CZE
18 BYE
19 GAVRILOVA, Daria RUS
20 PEREIRA, Teliana BRA
21 DIYAS, Zarina KAZ
22 BEGU, Irina-Camelia ROU
23 QUALIFIER
24 VINCI, Roberta ITA

25 SVITOLINA, Elina UKR
26 HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK
27 LEPCHENKO, Varvara USA
28 ZHENG, Saisai CHN
29 STOSUR, Samantha AUS
30 LUCIC-BARONI, Mirjana CRO
31 BYE
32 PLISKOVA, Karolina CZE

33 MUGURUZA, Garbiñe ESP
34 BYE
35 RISKE, Alison USA
36 STEPHENS, Sloane USA
37 BRENGLE, Madison USA
38 CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK
39 DULGHERU, Alexandra ROU
40 IVANOVIC, Ana SRB

41 KEYS, Madison USA
42 RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena SVK
43 QUALIFIER
44 MLADENOVIC, Kristina FRA
45 QUALIFIER
46 SCHMIEDLOVA, Anna Karolina SVK
47 BYE
48 WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN

49 KERBER, Angelique GER
50 BYE
51 JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB
52 QUALIFIER
53 PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana BUL
54 GIORGI, Camila ITA
55 BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN
56 BENCIC, Belinda SUI

57 ERRANI, Sara ITA
58 GARCIA, Caroline FRA
59 TSURENKO, Lesia UKR
60 VANDEWEGHE, Coco USA
61 STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE
62 QUALIFIER
63 BYE
64 SHARAPOVA, Maria RUS
 

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Hoergren, thanks for starting the thread. You did a great job of including important information. I especially appreciate the draw so I don't go searching for it.

Who in the top twenty is missing other than Serena?

Halep vs Vika in the same quarter.
Aga vs Venus in round one
Bencic vs Bouchard in round one. Glad Bouchard has recovered from her head injury

Tournaments are so much more fun when most of the top players are in the draw.
 

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Bencic is a better player than Butchard..
Halep is steadier than Vika...
cant stand Aga ...
 

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10sfan said:
Who in the top twenty is missing other than Serena?

Safarova who is injured maybe for the rest of the year which means that #9 in the race could be actual participant in Singapore if Safarovas points are enough. Okay here is the same post as i posted in the Tokyo thread:

5 Lucie Safarova CZE 3222 not playing Wuhan
6 Flavia Pennetta ITA 3034 not playing Wuhan
7 Angelique Kerber GER 2970
8 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 2960
9 Karolina Pliskova CZE 2950
10 Garbine Muguruza ESP 2928
11 Belinda Bencic -------- SUI 2835
12 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 2790
13 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 2621
14 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 2483 not playing Wuhan

As you can see a lot of players can reach the final eight - even Caroline;)
 

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Looks like Wuhan is still pulling in big names even after Li Na!
 

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hoergren said:
10sfan said:
Who in the top twenty is missing other than Serena?

Safarova who is injured maybe for the rest of the year which means that #9 in the race could be actual participant in Singapore if Safarovas points are enough. Okay here is the same post as i posted in the Tokyo thread:

5 Lucie Safarova CZE 3222 not playing Wuhan
6 Flavia Pennetta ITA 3034 not playing Wuhan
7 Angelique Kerber GER 2970
8 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 2960
9 Karolina Pliskova CZE 2950
10 Garbine Muguruza ESP 2928
11 Belinda Bencic -------- SUI 2835
12 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 2790
13 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 2621
14 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 2483 not playing Wuhan

As you can see a lot of players can reach the final eight - even Caroline;)

Looks like a lot can happen in the next few weeks. There's only 600 points separating 10 from 10 in the race.
 

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please no Aga...all she does is lose to all the players...at least in 2014 Ana brought drama and played really well.
New faces please like Bencic,Pliskova,Muguruza and Carla..
 

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Order of play Sunday, September 27, 2015 - let the games begin!

Centre Court
12:30 - Varvara Lepchenko (USA) V Saisai Zheng (CHN) 64 60
14:30 - [12] Elina Svitolina (UKR) V Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 64 64
16:30 - Lauren Davis (USA) V Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 26 67
18:30 - Monica Niculescu (ROU) V Fangzhou Liu (CHN) 61 61

Court 1
11:00 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) V Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 26 16
13:00 - Johanna Konta (GBR) V [13] Andrea Petkovic (GER) 64 75
15:00 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) V Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 60 61
17:00 - Julia Goerges (GER) v Alizé Cornet (FRA) 63 63

Court 3
11:00 - Daria Gavrilova (RUS) V Teliana Pereira (BRA) 62 76
13:00 - Barbora Strycova (CZE) V Timea Babos (HUN) 76 62
15:00 - Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) V Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 26 62 36

Court 5
12:30 - Chang Liu / Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN / CHN) V Alla Kudryavtseva / Olga Savchuk (RUS / UKR) 16 46
14:30 - Sara Errani / Francesca Schiavone (ITA / ITA) V [5] Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (USA / USA) 75 64
 

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New virtual racelist - plot thickens:clap

5 Lucie Safarova CZE 3222
6 Flavia Pennetta ITA 3034
7 Angelique Kerber GER 2970
8 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 2960
9 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 2955
10Karolina Pliskova CZE 2950
11Garbine Muguruza ESP 2928
12Belinda Bencic SUI 2835
13Caroline Wozniacki DEN 2621

Look how close 7 - 12 are!
 

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Order of play Monday, September 28, 2015
Centre Court
11:00 - Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) V [9] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 16 36
13:00 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) V Heather Watson (GBR) 63 26 63
15:00 - [16] Sara Errani (ITA) V Caroline Garcia (FRA) 76 46 26
18:30 - Barbora Strycova (CZE) V [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) 67 76 12 ret
20:30 - [10] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) V Venus Williams (USA) 16 67

Court 1
11:00 - Danka Kovinic (MNE) V [15] Roberta Vinci (ITA) 75 16 36
13:00 - Alison Riske (USA) V Sloane Stephens (USA) 67 36
15:00 - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) V [8] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 67 75 67
15:30 - (LL)Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) V [11] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 57 57

Court 3
Time Round Match Scores
12:00 - Madison Brengle (USA) V Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 63 64
14:00 - Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) V Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 16 46
16:00 - [14] Madison Keys (USA) V Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 62 46 76
15:30 - Zarina Diyas (KAZ) V Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 67 67

Court 4
11:00 - [6] Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE / CZE) V Chen Liang / Yafan Wang (CHN / CHN) 62 64
13:00 - Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP / ESP) V [8] Chia-Jung Chuang / Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE / TPE) 57 63 11-9
15:00 - Gabriela Dabrowski / Alicja Rosolska (CAN / POL) V Anna-Lena Groenefeld / Coco Vandeweghe (GER / USA) 62 26 10-8
17:00 - Svetlana Kuznetsova / Samantha Stosur (RUS / AUS) V Casey Dellacqua / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS / CRO)

Court 5
12:00 - [7] Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP / ESP) V Janette Husarova / Raluca Olaru (SVK / ROU) 36 64 10-6
14:00 - Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL) V Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 46 46
16:00 - Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) V Camila Giorgi (ITA) 62 26 57
 

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Maria is probably playing on Mon so she can have a day off between early rounds instead of playing everyday. She might have requested that.
 

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heard that that part of China is very humid....just noticed that Madison is getting cupcake draws until fourth rd at every big event...its that creepy agent busy at work.
 

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Cmon, we've talked about this before. No one is rigging draws for her. :nono Besides, it's not like the easy draws are really helping her anyway. How many titles has she racked up this year?
 

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yes Keys is eating a lot of red velvet cupcakes..
 

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@WTA 1 h ago

.@GenieBouchard has withdrawn from @WuhanOpenTennis due to ongoing concussion issues--> http://wtatenn.is/VhvdLa #WTA

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So Bencic gets to meet Ajla Tomljanovic who is into the main draw as lucky loser and will play Belinda Bencic this afternoon.