WTA Intl Hobart 1/6 - 1/12 2013

[Ti-Amie]

Tournament: MOORILLA HOBART INTERNATIONAL
Location: Hobart, Australia
Dates: Jan 06 - Jan 12
TIER: International
PRIZE MONEY: $235,000
SURFACE: Hard
DIRECTOR: Mark Handley

NAME COUNTRY

Su-Wei Hsieh TPE
Sorana Cirstea ROU
Klara Zakopalova CZE
Yaroslava Shedova KAZ
Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Francesca Schiavone ITA
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Sloane Stephens USA
Mona Barthel GER
Shuai Peng CHN
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Alize Cornet FRA
Simona Halep ROU
Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
Heather Watson GBR
Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU
Laura Robson GBR
Kirsten Flipkens BEL
Romina Oprandi SUI
Bojana Jovanski SRB
Olga Govortsova BLR
Monica Niculescu ROU
Chanelle Scheepers RSA
Jarmila Gajdosova (WC) AUS
Ashleigh Barty (WC) AUS

[Ti-Amie]

Reports are Hsieh has withdrawn with a hand injury.

[Ti-Amie]

Qualifying Draw

(1)Mandy Minella (LUX) v Rebecca Marino (CAN)
Chiara Scholl (USA) v WC Yuxuan Zhang (CHN)
Tammi Patterson (AUS) v WC Janette Husarova (SVK)
Andreja Klepac (SLO) v (7)Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

(2)Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP) v WC Sally Peers (AUS)
Daria Gavrilova (RUS) v Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)
WC Viktorija Rajicic (AUS) v Stephanie Dubois (CAN)
Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN) v (8)Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)

(3)Nina Bratchikova (RUS) v Valeria Savinykh (RUS)
WC Stephanie Bengson (AUS) v Sacha Jones (AUS)
Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) v Julia Glushko (ISR)
Yue-Yue Hu (CHN) v (5)Lauren Davis (USA)

(4)Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) v Teliana Pereira (BRA)
Chanel Simmonds (RSA) v Karolina Wlodarczak (AUS)
WC Jessica Moore (AUS) v Ying-Ying Duan (CHN)
Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) v (6)Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP)

[Moose]

Heather Watson has withdrawn - elbow.

[kandi]

Reports are Hsieh has withdrawn with a hand injury.

that would explain why she and her partner gave a w/o in Doubles yesterday

[Drop-shot]

Reports are Hsieh has withdrawn with a hand injury.

And thus my first trade...

[Ti-Amie]

Main Draw

(1)Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) v Shuai Peng (CHN)
Monica Niculescu (ROU) v Qualifier
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) v Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) v (6)Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

(3)Klara Zakopalova (CZE) v Timea Babos (HUN)
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) v Alize Cornet (FRA)
WC Ashleigh Barty (AUS) v (7)Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

(5)Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v Olga Govortsova (BLR)
WC Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v Romina Oprandi (SUI)
Qualifier v Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) v (4)Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

(8)Sloane Stephens (USA) v Laura Robson (GBR)
Qualifier v Simona Halep (ROU)
Qualifier v WC Bojana Bobusic (AUS)
Mona Barthel (GER) v (2)Sorana Cirstea (ROU)

[Ti-Amie]

Apparently Su-Wei Hsieh isn't the Hsieh who withdrew.

[JTContinental]

A good opportunity for the winner of the Stephens/Robson match to get some momentum going into the Open.

[Ti-Amie]

Order Of Play - Sunday, January 6, 2013

Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)

1. Mandy Minella vs. Garbiñe Muguruza (Singles Q Final)
2. Carla Suárez Navarro vs. Olga Govortsova (NB 11.00hrs)
3. Sloane Stephens vs. Laura Robson
4. Dekmeijere/Moulton-Levy vs. Begu/Halep
5. Barty/Bobusic vs. Bengson/Moore

Court Events Tasmania (from 10.00hrs)

1. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino vs. Yulia Putintseva (Singles Q Final)
2. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa vs. María-Teresa Torró-Flor (Singles Q Final)
3. Nina Bratchikova vs. Lauren Davis (Singles Q Final)
4. Muguruza/Torro-Flor vs. Dobson/Wlodarczak (after suitable rest)

[kandi]

Doubles Draw

[1] MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP/SHVEDOVA, Yaroslava KAZ - BYE
JONES, Sacha AUS/MARINO, Rebecca CAN vs ARRUABARRENA-VECINO, Lara/DOMINGUEZ LINO, Lourdes ESP

[4] DEKMEIJERE, Liga LAT/MOULTON-LEVY, Megan USA vs BEGU, Irina-Camelia/HALEP, Simona ROU
SOLER-ESPINOSA, Silvia/SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP vs BABOS, Timea HUN/MINELLA, Mandy LUX

BARTY, Ashleigh/BOBUSIC, Bojana AUS
BENGSON, Stephanie/MOORE, Jessica AUS
[WC] HIBBERD, Alyssa/SMITH, Janaya AUS vs [3] BRATCHIKOVA, Nina RUS/HUSAROVA, Janette SVK

MUGURUZA, Garbine/TORRO-FLOR, Maria-Teresa ESP vs [WC] DOBSON, Vanessa/WLODARCZAK, Karolina AUS
CORNET, Alize FRA/KLEPAC, Andreja SLO vs [2] GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila AUS/ZAKOPALOVA, Klara CZE

[Ti-Amie]

Australian Open ‏@AustralianOpen
MT @hobarttennis: Watch the match btwn Laura #Robson & Sloane #Stephens. Tune into our live stream here http://ow.ly/gzyPK #hobarttennis

[Miles]

At least today, Robson has no idea how to construct a point.

[Ti-Amie]

Order Of Play - Monday, January 7, 2013

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)

1. Jarmila Gajdosova vs. Romina Oprandi
2. Lauren Davis vs. Bojana Bobusic
3. Nina Bratchikova vs. Sorana Cirstea
4. Hsieh Su-Wei vs. Peng Shuai
5. Kirsten Flipkens vs. Francesca Schiavone (NB 19.00hrs)
6. Ashleigh Barty vs. Mona Barthel

Court Events Tasmania (from 11.00hrs)

1. Chanelle Scheepers vs. Alizé Cornet
2. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa vs. Elena Vesnina
3. Monica Niculescu vs. Mandy Minella
4. Lourdes Domínguez Lino vs. Yaroslava Shvedova
5. Hibberd/Smith vs. Bratchikova/Husarova (after suitable rest)

Court Sea FM (from 11.00hrs)

1. Tsvetana Pironkova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
2. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino vs. Simona Halep

[mmmm8]

RESULTS
Singles - First Round
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. (5) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 62 61
(8) Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Laura Robson (GBR) 64 76(4)

Doubles - First Round
Begu/Halep (ROU/ROU) d. (4) Dekmeijere/M Moulton-Levy (LAT/USA) 75 63
Barty/Bobusic (AUS/AUS) d. Bengson/Moore (AUS/AUS) 61 63
Muguruza/Torro-Flor (ESP/ESP) d. (WC) Dobson/Wlodarczak (AUS/AUS) 61 61

Singles Qualifying - Final Round
(1) Mandy Minella (LUX) d. (7) Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 06 62 64
(2) Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP) d. (8) Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 64 26 76(8)
(5) Lauren Davis (USA) d. (3) Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 36 64 61
(4) Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. (6) María-Teresa Torró-Flor (ESP) 16 76(3) 61