The Most Must See Blog : Brisbane International 2013 Day 2

Monday, 31 December 2012

Brisbane International 2013 Day 2

The main headline of Day 2 is Caroline Wozniacki's first round defeat as she continues her poor run of form that has been ongoing over the past year, Wozniacki started the game strongly against world #103 Kazakhstani ksenia Pervak winning the first set 6-2 and it all looked routine but the qualifier Pervak despite making 61 unforced errors took the second and then the deciding set to win her first match against a top 10 player, Wozniacki came back from 5-3 down in the deciding set to take it to a tie break but Pervak eased into a 5-0 lead and from there wrapped up the match and leaving Wozniacki with yet another disappointing defeat to add to her collection in 2012.

There was no shock for German pair Sabine Lisicki & Angelique Kerber as they both won their first round matches, Lisicki made short work of Lucie Safarova winning in straight sets 6-2 6-4 to set up 2nd round meeting with the World #1 Victoria Azarenka. Kerber found it a bit harder in her game against Georgia's Anna Tatishvila, Kerber took the opening set 6-2 before Tatishvilla came back to win the second 6-4 and then Kerber secured a shakey deciding set.

Sloane Stephens impressively came through over Dominka Cibulkova in straight sets to take herself into the 2nd set, The #36 will play the winner of Stosur and Arvidsson. elsewhere Alize Cornet completed a hard fought victory over Qualifier Bojana Bobusic to set up a meeting with Serena Williams and Monica Puig continued her impressive run by beating wildcard Australian Rogowska in straight sets and the 5th Seed Errani came out on top against Olga Puchkova and will face Kerber Round 2.

Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Olivia Rogowska (Australia) 6-2 6-3

Sloane Stephens (US) beat Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-3

Ksenia Pervak (Russia) beat 8-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 2-6 6-3 7-6(1)

5-Sara Errani (Italy) beat Olga Puchkova (Russia) 6-1 6-3

Alize Cornet (France) beat Bojana Bobusic (Australia) 2-6 6-3 6-1

Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-4

4-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) 6-2 4-6 6-2

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ATP Rankings

1 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 10,980 0 18

2 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 10,860 0 19

3 Murray, Andy (GBR) 7,060 0 18

4 Ferrer, David (ESP) 6,850 0 24

5 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 4,535 0 23

6 Federer, Roger (SUI) 4,515 1 21

7 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 4,425 -1 23

8 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 3,425 0 23

9 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 3,165 0 23

10 Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 3,150 0 23

11 Raonic, Milos (CAN) 2,555 0 24

12 Nishikori, Kei (JPN) 2,325 0 21

13 Haas, Tommy (GER) 2,265 0 27

14 Janowicz, Jerzy (POL) 2,110 0 21

15 Isner, John (USA) 2,025 2 26

16 Simon, Gilles (FRA) 1,950 0 25

17 Fognini, Fabio (ITA) 1,945 1 28

18 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 1,940 -3 24

19 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 1,890 3 25

20 Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 1,825 4 26

21 Anderson, Kevin (RSA) 1,775 -1 24

22 Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 1,630 1 29

23 Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB) 1,505 -2 27

24 Cilic, Marin (CRO) 1,445 -5 21

25 Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER) 1,445 0 26

26 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP) 1,435 0 23

27 Melzer, Jurgen (AUT) 1,425 0 29

28 Paire, Benoit (FRA) 1,380 0 32

29 Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL) 1,375 0 24

30 Monaco, Juan (ARG) 1,275 2 28

WTA Rankings

1 Williams, Serena United States 26 Sep 1981 12260 17

[2] 2 Azarenka, Victoria Belarus 31 Jul 1989 9505 17

[3] 3 Sharapova, Maria Russia 19 Apr 1987 7866 16

[4] 4 Radwanska, Agnieszka Poland 06 Mar 1989 6335 20

[6] 5 Li, Na China 26 Feb 1982 5565 19

[5] 6 Errani, Sara Italy 29 Apr 1987 4325 22

[7] 7 Bartoli, Marion France 02 Oct 1984 3746 21

[8] 8 Wozniacki, Caroline Denmark 11 Jul 1990 3645 25

[9] 9 Kerber, Angelique Germany 18 Jan 1988 3420 22

[12] 10 Jankovic, Jelena Serbia 28 Feb 1985 3245 20

[10] 11 Kvitova, Petra Czech Republic 08 Mar 1990 3170 23

[13] 12 Vinci, Roberta Italy 18 Feb 1983 3065 26

[16] 13 Stephens, Sloane United States 20 Mar 1993 3045 19

[14] 14 Flipkens, Kirsten Belgium 10 Jan 1986 2806 21

[20] 15 Suarez Navarro, Carla Spain 03 Sep 1988 2775 27

[18] 16 Lisicki, Sabine Germany 22 Sep 1989 2770 21

[15] 17 Ivanovic, Ana Serbia 06 Nov 1987 2720 21

[11] 18 Stosur, Samantha Australia 30 Mar 1984 2715 24

[19] 19 Halep, Simona Romania 27 Sep 1991 2630 24

[17] 20 Kirilenko, Maria Russia 25 Jan 1987 2620 19

[25] 21 Makarova, Ekaterina Russia 07 Jun 1988 2275 22

[22] 22 Cirstea, Sorana Romania 07 Apr 1990 2250 27

[21] 23 Cibulkova, Dominika Slovakia 06 May 1989 2126 24

[24] 24 Vesnina, Elena Russia 01 Aug 1986 2125 22

[26] 25 Hampton, Jamie United States 08 Jan 1990 2036 20

[27] 26 Kanepi, Kaia Estonia 10 Jun 1985 1941 16

[23] 27 Petrova, Nadia Russia 08 Jun 1982 1937 18

[29] 28 Kuznetsova, Svetlana Russia 27 Jun 1985 1839 16

[28] 29 Cornet, Alize France 22 Jan 1990 1790 29

[48] 30 Hantuchova, Daniela Slovakia 23 Apr 1983 1680 27

Tennis Calender

December 2012

29th - 5th January ITF Hyundai Hopman Cup , Perth, Australia.

30th - 5th January WTA Brisbane International , Brisbane, Australia.

30th - 6th January ATP Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia.

30th - 5th January WTA Shenzhen Longgang Gemdale Open, Shenzhen, China.

31st - 5th January ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar.

31st - 5th January WTA ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand .

31st - 6th January ATP Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, India.

January 2013

6th - 11th WTA Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

6th - 12th ATP Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

6th - 12th WTA Moorilla Hobart International, Hobart, Australia.

7th - 12th ATP Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand.

12th - 20th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's & Women's Event, Glasgow, Scotland.

14th - 27th Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia.

19th - 27th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's & Women's Event, South Ribble, TBC.

26th - 2nd February AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's Event, Sheffield, England.

28th - 3rd February WTA PTT Pattaya Open, Pattaya City, Thailand .

28th - 3rd February WTA Open GDF SUEZ, Paris, France .

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