2015 Japan Women's Open (WTA International / Osaka)

[Kirijax]

Name: Japan Women's Open Tennis
Place: Osaka, Japan
Date: Sept 14 - Sept 20
Tier: International
Prize Money: $250,000
Surface: Hard
Defending Champion: Samantha Stosur

Tournament Central
Draws: Singles / Doubles

Seeds:
No. 1 Carla Suarez Navarro
No. 2 Zarina Diyas
No. 3 Madison Brengle
No. 4 Alison Riske
No. 5 Johanna Larsson
No. 6 Christina McHale
No. 7 Ajla Tomljanovic
No. 8 Polona Hercog

 

[golds girl]

I pick McHale and Larsson for the final...super random but hey its the end of the season

 

[Kirijax]

Monday's Results

Round 1
(3) M Brengle (USA) bt A Friedsam (GER) 6-3, 6-1
(6) C Mchale (USA) bt Y Putintseva (RUS) 6-3, 7-5
(7) A Tomljanovic (CRO) bt T Babos (HUN) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2)
Y Wickmayer (BEL) bt K Siniakova (CZE) 6-4, 6-3
K Date Krumm (JPN) bt M Doi (JPN) 6-4, 6-2

Date-Krumm continues to amaze!

 

[Kirijax]

Tuesday's Results!

Round 1
K Bondarenko (UKR) bt (1) C Suarez-Navarro (SPA) 6-4, 6-4
(2) Z Diyas (KAZ) bt K Bertens (NED) 6-4, 6-4
(5) J Larsson (SWE) bt Q Wang (CHN) 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
S Hsieh (TPE) bt (8) P Hercog (SLO) 6-1, 5-7, 7-5
R Ozaki (JPN) bt B Jovanovski (SRB) 6-1, 6-1
S Zheng (CHN) bt A Riske (USA) (4) 0-6, 6-4, 6-1
I Falconi (ECU) bt N Osaka (JPN) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
J Gajdosova (AUS) bt A Panova (RUS) 6-3, 6-4
K Nara (JPN) bt A Mitu (ROU) 6-1, 6-4
M Linette (POL) bt L Davis (USA) 6-3, 6-2
N Hibino (JPN) bt H Kuwata (JPN) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Top Seed Suarez-Navarro's slump continues. Since her loss in the Birmingham quarterfinals in June, she is 0-8! Yikes.

 

[Kirijax]

Wednesday's Results!

Round 2
(3) M Brengle (USA) bt N Hibino (JPN) 6-1, 6-2
Y Wickmayer (BEL) bt (5) J Larsson (SWE) 7-5, 6-3
(6) C Mchale (USA) bt R Ozaki (JPN) 6-1, 7-5
(7) A Tomljanovic (CRO) bt K Date Krumm (JPN) 7-6(5), 6-3

 

[golds girl]

Hey, my choices for the final are still holding up!!!

 

[Kirijax]

Thursday's Results!

Round 2
K Bondarenko (UKR) bt J Gajdosova (AUS) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
M Linette (POL) bt (2) Z Diyas (KAZ) 6-2, 7-5
S Hsieh (TPE) bt K Nara (JPN) 6-2, 6-4
S Zheng (CHN) bt I Falconi (ECU) 6-4, 6-2

The quarterfinals are set.
Bondarenko vs Wickmayer
Brengle vs Tomljanovic
McHale vs Zheng
Hsieh vs Linette

 

[Kirijax]

Friday's Results!

Quarterfinals
Y Wickmayer (BEL) bt K Bondarenko (UKR) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
A Tomljanovic (CRO) (7) bt (3) M Brengle (USA) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
M Linette (POL) bt S Hsieh (TPE) 6-3, 6-3
C McHale (USA) bt S Zheng (CHN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

Semifinal matchups!
(6) McHale (USA) vs Linette (PO)
(7) Tomljanovic (CRO) vs Y Wickmayer (BEL)

Bracket

 

[tented]

Saturday's Results (more added as known):

SINGLES - SEMIFINALS
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d [7] Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) - 7-5, 6-2
Magda Linette (POL) d [6] Christina McHale (USA) - 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

DOUBLES - FINAL
[1] H Chan / Y Chan (TPE/TPE) d [WC] M Doi / K Nara (JPN/JPN) - 6-1, 6-2

Bracket

 

[tented]

The two remaining seeds lost in the semis. It will be a Wickmayer v Linette final.

 

[kskate2]

Congrats to Yanina for ending a 5-year title drought 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 and 4th overall :clap