China Open 2016

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Tournament Info
Tier: Premier Prize Money: $5,424,394 Surface: Hard Director: Alfred Zhang / Charl

A combined ATP-WTA event, the China Open is the biggest tournament on the Asian leg of the WTA calendar and the fourth and last Premier Mandatory stop of the season.

The tournament, which launched as a Tier II event in 2004 and was upgraded to Premier status in 2009, is staged in Beijing Olympic Park at the China National Tennis Center. The facility - constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics - expanded to 11 courts featuring a new 15,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof in 2011. It utilizes space-age air-cooling technology. In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside the United States to implement Hawk-Eye electronic line calling.

Titlists include Jelena Jankovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and two-time winners Svetlana Kuznetsova and Serena Williams.

A center for politics, culture, business, transportation and education, Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populated cities in the world.

This is what they are fighting about

Prize Money Pts.
Winner $1,111,945 1000
Finalist $556,440 650
Semi-Finalists $271,490 390
Q - Finalists $130,420 215
3rd Round $62,768 120
2nd Round $30,386 65
1st Round $17,453 10

The draw - the semifinalists in Wuhan get a bye

KERBER, Angelique GER
QUALIFIER
STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE
SIEGEMUND, Laura GER
LUCIC-BARONI, Mirjana CRO
LISICKI, Sabine GER
QUALIFIER
SVITOLINA, Elina UKR

BACSINSZKY, Timea SUI
QUALIFIER
MCHALE, Christina USA
GAVRILOVA, Daria AUS
GARCIA, Caroline FRA
QUALIFIER
PENG, Shuai CHN
WILLIAMS, Venus USA

RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL
WANG, Qiang CHN
VESNINA, Elena RUS
MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS
WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN
VANDEWEGHE, CoCo USA
ZHENG, Saisai CHN
VINCI, Roberta ITA

CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK
BYE
CORNET, Alizé FRA
ROGERS, Shelby USA
BECK, Annika GER
BENCIC, Belinda SUI
SHVEDOVA, Yaroslava KAZ
SUÁREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP

PLISKOVA, Karolina CZE
SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE
QUALIFIER
KASATKINA, Daria RUS
KOVINIC, Danka MNE
BABOS, Timea HUN
SEVASTOVA, Anastasija LAT
KONTA, Johanna GBR

PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS
QUALIFIER
STOSUR, Samantha AUS
ZHANG, Shuai CHN
PUIG, Monica PUR
WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL
BYE
HALEP, Simona ROU

KEYS, Madison USA
DUAN, Ying-Ying CHN
MLADENOVIC, Kristina FRA
JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB
QUALIFIER
DOI, Misaki JPN
BYE
KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS

KVITOVA, Petra CZE
BYE
QUALIFIER
BRENGLE, Madison USA
OSTAPENKO, Jelena LAT
PUTINTSEVA, Yulia KAZ
BEGU, Irina-Camelia ROU
MUGURUZA, Garbiñe ESP

 

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Order of play Saturday, October 01, 2016

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM
12:30 - Annika Beck (GER) V Belinda Bencic (SUI) 36 26
14:30 - Monica Puig (PUR) V Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 26 06
16:30 - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) V Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 26
19:45 - Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) V [2] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 62 26 36
21:45 - Alizé Cornet (FRA) V Shelby Rogers (USA) 46 62 62

LOTUS COURT
11:00 - Yafan Wang (CHN) V Maria Sakkari (GRE) 64 46 64 Q
12:30 - Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) V Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 16 63 57
14:30 - Elena Vesnina (RUS) V Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 26 16
16:30 - Daria Kasatkina / Alicja Rosolska (RUS / POL) V Gabriela Dabrowski / María José Martínez Sánchez (CAN / ESP) 36 46

MOON COURT
11:00 - [2] Monica Niculescu (ROU) V [10] Louisa Chirico (USA) 62 26 36 Q
13:00 - [5] Alison Riske (USA) V [13] Kurumi Nara (JPN) 76 64 Q

COURT 3
11:00 - [6] Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) V [14] Vania King (USA) 75 57 63 Q
13:00 - [4] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) V [15] Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 26 76 76 Q

COURT 7
11:00 - [7] Julia Goerges (GER) V [16] Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 64 62 Q
13:00 - Tatjana Maria (GER) V Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 64 63 Q
15:00 - Xinyun Han (CHN) V [11] Nicole Gibbs (USA) 26 46 Q

 

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Miss Sunshine has arrived - popular as ever

 

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Order of play Sunday, October 02, 2016

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM
12:30 - [8] Madison Keys (USA) V Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) 60 46 61
14:30 - Saisai Zheng (CHN) V [13] Roberta Vinci (ITA) 06 63 36
16:30 - [3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) V Qiang Wang (CHN) 62 62
19:30 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) V Shuai Zhang (CHN) 16 26
21:30 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) V Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 61 26 64

LOTUS COURT
12:30 - Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) V [7] Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 61 63
14:30 - Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) V [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) 16 16
16:30 - Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) V Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 63 57 76
18:30 - [15] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) V Alison Riske (USA) 67 16

MOON COURT
12:30 - Danka Kovinic (MNE) V Timea Babos (HUN) 16 26
14:30 - Christina McHale / Shuai Peng (USA / CHN) V Laura Siegemund / Elina Svitolina (GER / UKR) 64 62
16:30 - Yafan Wang (CHN) V Madison Brengle (USA) 62 62

BRAD DREWETT
12:45 - Timea Bacsinszky / Jelena Ostapenko (SUI / LAT) V Xiaodi You / Lin Zhu (CHN / CHN) 64 62

COURT 3
12:30 - Julia Goerges / Karolina Pliskova (GER / CZE) V Shuko Aoyama / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN / JPN) 62 61
14:30 - Lara Arruabarrena / Oksana Kalashnikova (ESP / GEO) V [6] Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE / CZE) 46 64 10-8
16:30 - Arantxa Parra Santonja / Anastasia Rodionova (ESP / AUS) V Kateryna Bondarenko / Chia-Jung Chuang (UKR / TPE) 36 16

COURT 4
12:30 - Andreja Klepac / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO / SLO) V Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears (USA / USA) 46 62 10-8

COURT 7
12:30 - Chen Liang / Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN / CHN) V Aleksandra Krunic / Katerina Siniakova (SRB / CZE) 36 36
14:30 - Nicole Gibbs (USA) V Misaki Doi (JPN) 57 26

 

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Order of play Monday, October 03, 2016

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM
14:30 - [1] Angelique Kerber (GER) V Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 64 64
16:30 - Shuai Peng (CHN) V [6] Venus Williams (USA) 75 61
21:00 - [3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) V Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 63 64

LOTUS COURT
12:30 - Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) V [2] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 26 67
18:30 - [8] Madison Keys (USA) V Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 75 64

MOON COURT
12:30 - [5] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) V Lucie Safarova (CZE) 67 61 64
14:30 - Belinda Bencic (SUI) V Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 46 67
16:30 - [12] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) V Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 46 64 61
18:30 - Caroline Garcia (FRA) V Julia Goerges (GER) 46 63 64

BRAD DREWETT
12:30 - Vania King / Monica Niculescu (USA / ROU) V Yifan Xu / Saisai Zheng (CHN / CHN) 75 62

COURT 3
12:30 - Tatjana Maria (GER) V [16] Elina Svitolina (UKR) 26 26
14:30 - [7] Martina Hingis / Coco Vandeweghe (SUI / USA) V María Irigoyen / Tatjana Maria (ARG / GER) 61 61
16:30 - Olga Savchuk / Yafan Wang (UKR / CHN) V [8] Timea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (HUN / KAZ) 36 16

COURT 7
12:30 - Christina McHale (USA) V Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 46 46
14:30 - Louisa Chirico (USA) V Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 26 16
16:30 - Barbora Strycova (CZE) V Laura Siegemund (GER) 57 75 75

 

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Highlights from Caro vs CoCo:

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xt-Ipd4lWw[/video]

 

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Order of play Tuesday, October 04, 2016 no matches on outer courts before 06.30 PM if it's dry

Matches marked P = Postponed

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM
12:30 - [14] Petra Kvitova (CZE) V Yafan Wang (CHN) 64 61
19:30 - Alison Riske (USA) V Shuai Zhang (CHN) 36 64 67

LOTUS COURT
14:30 - Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) V [4] Simona Halep (ROU) 26 26
16:30 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) V [13] Roberta Vinci (ITA) 63 62

MOON COURT
12:30 - Timea Babos (HUN) V [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) P
14:30 - [10] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) V Alizé Cornet (FRA) 26 75 26
16:30 - Misaki Doi (JPN) V [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 16 57

BRAD DREWETT
12:30 - [5] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) V Daria Kasatkina (RUS) P
14:30 - Christina McHale / Shuai Peng (USA / CHN) V [2] Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (RUS / RUS) 75 76

COURT 3
12:30 - Sabine Lisicki (GER) V [16] Elina Svitolina (UKR) P
14:30 - [7] Martina Hingis / Coco Vandeweghe (SUI / USA) V Julia Goerges / Karolina Pliskova (GER / CZE) P
16:30 - Timea Bacsinszky / Jelena Ostapenko (SUI / LAT) V [8] Timea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (HUN / KAZ) P

COURT 7
12:30 - [5] Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Safarova (USA / CZE) V Anna-Lena Groenefeld / Kveta Peschke (GER / CZE) P
14:30 - Gabriela Dabrowski / María José Martínez Sánchez (CAN / ESP) V [4] Sania Mirza / Barbora Strycova (IND / CZE) P
16:30 - [1] Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA / FRA) V Aleksandra Krunic / Katerina Siniakova (SRB / CZE) P
18:30 - Andreja Klepac / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO / SLO) V Lara Arruabarrena / Oksana Kalashnikova (ESP / GEO) P

 

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At the players party :

 

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It's raining in Beijing - here are some pools

All doubles cancelled except for Safarova/Mattek-Sands vs. Groenefeld/Peschke.
No play on the outer courts before 6:30pm @ChinaOpen.

Konta-Babos, Pliskova-Kasatkina, Svitolina-Lisicki cancelled. #ChinaOpen

 

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Order of play Wednesday, October 05, 2016

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM
14:30 - Caroline Garcia (FRA) V Shuai Peng (CHN) 63 36 76
16:30 - [1] Angelique Kerber (GER) V Barbora Strycova (CZE) 63 76
21:00 - [14] Petra Kvitova (CZE) V [2] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 61 64

LOTUS COURT
12:30 - [5] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) V Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 36 75 76
18:30 - [8] Madison Keys (USA) V [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 76 62

MOON COURT
12:30 - Timea Babos (HUN) V [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) 57 26
14:30 - Sabine Lisicki (GER) V [16] Elina Svitolina (UKR) 46 46
16:30 - Christina McHale / Shuai Peng (USA / CHN) V [2] Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (RUS / RUS) 63 61

BRAD DREWETT
12:30 - [1] Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA / FRA) V Aleksandra Krunic / Katerina Siniakova (SRB / CZE) 60 26 10-7

COURT 3
12:30 - [12] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) V Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 64 06 46
14:30 - [3] Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE / TPE) V Vania King / Monica Niculescu (USA / ROU) 76 64
16:30 - [5] Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Safarova (USA / CZE) V Kateryna Bondarenko / Chia-Jung Chuang (UKR / TPE) 61 64

COURT 4
12:30 - Andreja Klepac / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO / SLO) V Lara Arruabarrena / Oksana Kalashnikova (ESP / GEO) 75 57 4-10
14:00 - Timea Bacsinszky / Jelena Ostapenko (SUI / LAT) V [8] Timea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (HUN / KAZ) 76 06 10-5

COURT 7
14:00 - [7] Martina Hingis / Coco Vandeweghe (SUI / USA) V Julia Goerges / Karolina Pliskova (GER / CZE) 46 63 8-10
16:30 - Gabriela Dabrowski / María José Martínez Sánchez (CAN / ESP) V [4] Sania Mirza / Barbora Strycova (IND / CZE) 46 61 10-4

 

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Highligths Wozniacki - Vinci

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ef9Y6KTMQ[/video]

 

[kskate2]

Some good matches today. Battle of the most inconsistent talent will wrap things up in the evening: Petra vs. Mugu :cover

 

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Order of play Thursday, October 06, 2016 P=POSTPONED

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM
12:30 - [3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) V Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 63 61
14:30 - [1] Angelique Kerber (GER) V [16] Elina Svitolina (UKR) 36 57
19:30 - Shuai Zhang (CHN) V [4] Simona Halep (ROU) 60 63

LOTUS COURT
12:30 - [5] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) V [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) 16 63 67
16:30 - Alizé Cornet (FRA) V Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) P

MOON COURT
12:30 - [3] Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE / TPE) V Lara Arruabarrena / Oksana Kalashnikova (ESP / GEO) 62 60
14:30 - Daria Gavrilova (AUS) V Caroline Garcia (FRA) 64 63
16:30 - [1] Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA / FRA) V Timea Bacsinszky / Jelena Ostapenko (SUI / LAT) P

BRAD DREWETT
13:30 - Julia Goerges / Karolina Pliskova (GER / CZE) V ( / ) P

 

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Aga and Caro play for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, having split the last two matches. Caro's results already this week will put her on the borderline of making the Zhuhai tournament (although she will likely be given the last spot as the "wild card" even if she doesn't make it on her own merits).

Anyone know if she is scheduled to play one of the International level tournaments next week and/or Luxembourg/Moscow the week after? A good result at any of those could put her solidly in the top 20.

 

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Aga and Caro play for the 3rd time in 3 weeks, having split the last two matches. Caro's results already this week will put her on the borderline of making the Zhuhai tournament (although she will likely be given the last spot as the "wild card" even if she doesn't make it on her own merits).

Anyone know if she is scheduled to play one of the International level tournaments next week and/or Luxembourg/Moscow the week after? A good result at any of those could put her solidly in the top 20.

She's playing in Hong Kong next week and Luxembourg the week after - that's what is known.

 

[Front242]

Hard to believe Roberta Vinci is only 33. She looks close to 50 imo. Certainly 45+

 

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Garbagine is demolished by classy Kvitty..she had the audacity to diss Petra before this match...she really has foot and mouth disease..she must have very low self esteem that she needs to disrespect other players to make herself feel good..#egomaniac

 

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Two consecutive weeks in tournaments and Kerber has done nothing as the #1 ranked player. Bounced out tonight in straights by Svitolina of all people. :nono

 

[kskate2]

And the other USO finalist isn't fairing any better. About 20 min later Pliskova is dismissed for the 3rd straight week, this time by Konta.

 

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Order of play Friday, October 07, 2016

NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM
12:30 - [8] Madison Keys (USA) V [14] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 63 67 76
16:30 - [11] Johanna Konta (GBR) V Shuai Zhang (CHN) 64 60
21:00 - [3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) V Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 61 62

LOTUS COURT
14:30 - [16] Elina Svitolina (UKR) V Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 76 61

MOON COURT
10:00 - Alizé Cornet (FRA) V Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 26 46
12:30 - Julia Goerges / Karolina Pliskova (GER / CZE) V Gabriela Dabrowski / María José Martínez Sánchez (CAN / ESP) 46 46
14:30 - [5] Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Safarova (USA / CZE) V Christina McHale / Shuai Peng (USA / CHN) 64 62

BRAD DREWETT
11:00 - [1] Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA / FRA) V Timea Bacsinszky / Jelena Ostapenko (SUI / LAT) 64 63