WTA 2018 WTA Tour - Premier & International

[Wolfs]

Ranking UPdate

Mertens (+3) - 16
Buzarnescu (+5) - 32
Krunic (+7) - 45
Hsieh (+7) - 53
Tomljanovic (+25) - 71
Townsend (+12) - 73
Errani (+13) - 76
Lepchenko (-14) - 89
Nara (+12) - 91
Lepko (+19) - 92
Kris Pliskova (-20) - 94

 

[Me Myself and I]

Blink and you missed it. Second round Barty and Coco against the pair they beat in the Miami final. Won 6-0, 6-1 in 36 minutes.

 

[ozgamer]

Ranking UPdate

Mertens (+3) - 16
Since Miami, she had won Lugano (Singles & Doubles), went 2-0 (Singles) and 1-0(Doubles) in Fed Cup vs Italy, and then won Rabat (Singles) before ending her winning streak end in R2 Madrid by #1 Halep (Singles).

Buzarnescu (+5) - 32
30 yo late bloomer who ITF'ed her way well inside the top 100 by the end of 2017. Her form this year has been inconsistent but results like Hobart (RU), Doha (R16), and Prague (RU) have helped her cause. Will have alot of points to defend from June onwards.

Townsend (+12) - 73
The Queen of the US Pro Tour. Struggles to do well anywhere else. Just recently won her 3rd FO WC to go with the others she won in 2014 and 2016.

 

[BobbyMorri]

Mertens is this years Svitolina. apart from the fact she has made a slam Semi final.

3 titles this year IIRC

 

[JackNah_8]

Pliskova defeated Halep yesterday

 

[JackNah_8]

Kvitova wins her 3rd Madrid Open!!

When Petra Kvitova thought she couldn't go on she hit the critical shots to finally edge Kiki Bertens and claim a record third Madrid Open title.

World No.10 Kvitova outlasted Bertens 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 6-3 in a gruelling final decided when the unseeded Dutch player hit a backhand long after nearly three hours.

"Everything that I had in my body, I just tried to put it out, even if it was very, very tough today," Kvitova, who was playing her 11th match in 13 days after also winning the Prague Open last weekend, said.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/record-third-madrid-open-title-for-kvitova

 

[Wolfs]

Ranking Update

Top 32

1. Halep - 7,270
2. Wozniacki - 6,845
3. Muguruza - 6,175
4. Svitolina - 5,505
5. Pliskova - 5,425 (+1)
6. Ostapenko - 5,282 (-1)
7. Garcia - 5,080
8. Kvitova - 4,550 (+2)
9. V. Williams - 4,286 (-1)
10. Stephens - 4,059 (-1)
11. Goerges - 3,090 (+1)
12. Kerber - 2,905 (-1)
13. Kasatkina - 2,775 (+2)
14. Keys - 2,722
15. Bertens - 2,570 (+5)
16. Vandeweghe - 2,533 (-3)
17. Mertens - 2,525 (-1)
18. Barty - 2,328
19. Rybarikova - 2,225
20. Sevastova - 2,180 (-3)
21. Osaka - 2,091
22. Konta - 2,050 (+1)
23. Suarez Navarro - 1,935 (+2)
24. Gavrilova - 1,925
25. Strycova - 1,660 (+1)
26. Kontaveit - 1,635 (+3)
27. Zhang - 1,605 (+1)
28. Radwanska - 1,525 (+2)
29. Pavlyuchenkova - 1,520 (+2)
30. Mladenovic - 1,475 (-8)
31. Makarova - 1,380 (+2)
32. Cornet - 1,355 (+3)


Otehers

Buzarnescu (-1) - 33
Kuznetsova (-12) - 39
Sharapova (+12) - 40
Cirstea (-7) - 43
Sasnovich (+7) - 51
Bacsinszky (-7) - 55
Kris Pliskova (+23) - 71
Pera (+23) - 74
Wang (-14) - 78
Azarenka (+14) - 84
Haddad Maia (-21) - 90
Arruabarrena (-12) - 94
Peterson (+18) - 95
Larsson (-18) - 97

 

[pepsi]

Azarenka destroyed by osaka. Another first round loss for stosur.

 

[JackNah_8]

I don't see Azarenka winning another major (anytime soon)

Also Serena recently pulled out from Rome

 

[Roobs321]

Kvitova nearly first in the race and no.8 in the rankings, guess we can lock her in for a top 10 finish at worst. Mertens with 3 titles and a Slam SF. Ostapenko's ranking has seemingly already peaked itself out, before the French Open she has to defend.

 

[ozgamer]

Roberta Vinci says farewell.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/sports/tennis/italian-open-roberta-vinci-retirement.html

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/vinci-vanquished-krunic-farewell-match-rome

http://www.wtatennis.com/photos/veni-vidi-vinci-look-back-roberta-vincis-brilliant-career-pictures

 

[BobbyMorri]

Funny how things end up. Krunic ended Kimiko Date career at home as well.

What odds do you give me that she plays Stosur at the AO in the next year or 2....

 

[Brad Goodman]

Gavrilova with a handy 3rd-set tiebreak win over Muguruza after saving a match point.

 

[JackNah_8]

Good win. Muguruza has been inconsistent this year

 

[Gigantic]

Pliskova meltdown


Wow

 

[JackNah_8]

Wow and she barely shows any emotion. I heard something happened over a line call

 

[Gigantic]

Wow and she barely shows any emotion. I heard something happened over a line call

Yep

 

[matt_897]

Yep, can't blame her for that reaction, was a huge f*** up by the umpire/line judge.

Nice win by Dasha, defending fairly big points this week so that result was handy.

 

[Pykie]

Yep, can't blame her for that reaction, was a huge f*** up by the umpire/line judge.

Nice win by Dasha, defending fairly big points this week so that result was handy.

Can't blame her?

Are you serious, it was bad line call, there's been a thousand of them as bad in the history of the game.

Smashing up the umpires chair is completely out of line.

Should be a 3 month ban.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Good win for Dash

 

[matt_897]

Can't blame her?

Are you serious, it was bad line call, there's been a thousand of them as bad in the history of the game.

Smashing up the umpires chair is completely out of line.

Should be a 3 month ban.

I sorry but I don't believe your human (or have played tennis) if you think that reaction is over the top.

Should be a solid fine but nothing more.

 

[JackNah_8]

Maria defeated Dasha and then Ostapenko in the quarters , next match Halep v Maria

 

[Alesana]

Pliskova meltdown


Wow

Fined a "four-digit amount".

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Azarenka destroyed by osaka. Another first round loss for stosur.[/QUOTE)
Stosur is cooked, is only playing for the love of the game now she isn't going to be winning anything again. Has she made at least the qtrs of any tournament this year?. If she is struggling on clay you know it's over.

 

[Firestarter]

Good win by Barty in Rome doubles. Beat 2nd seeds in final.