St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2016

[Hoergren]

First PREMIER event after Australian Open

Tournament Info
Tier: Premier, Prize Money: $753,000, Surface: Hard, Director: Natalia Kamelzon

This is the seventh edition of the tournament and the first as a WTA Premier tournament.

Top seeds: - first four get a BYE in first round.

SUI Belinda Bencic 11
ITA Roberta Vinci 16
DEN Caroline Wozniacki 18
SRB Ana Ivanovic 20
RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 26
SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 29
FRA Kristina Mladenovic 30
FRA Alizé Cornet 36

Withdrawals
Ger Mona Barthel →replaced by Tímea Babos
Rom Irina-Camelia Begu →replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko
Cze Petra Cetkovská →replaced by Daria Kasatkina
Rom Alexandra Dulgheru →replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
Ita Karin Knapp →replaced by Bojana Jovanovski

Draw Saturday 12.30 local time.

 

[golds girl]

Wow I really need to refresh myself on the rankings.
Didn't know Bencic was knocking on the door of the Top 10.uzzled
My vote is for Caro. She's been putting in a lot of off-the-court physical work recently. Her Instagram account is intriguing

 

[Hoergren]

The draw is out:

[1] B. Bencic (SUI) d Bye
A. Beck (GER) vs. L. Hradecka (CZE)
C. Witthoeft (GER) vs. Qualifier
Qualifier vs. [5] A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

[3] [WC] C. Wozniacki (DEN) d Bye
D. Cibulkova (SVK) vs. E. Rodina (RUS)
K. Flipkens (BEL) vs. D. Kasatkina (RUS)
Qualifier vs. [7] K. Mladenovic (FRA)

[8] A. Cornet (FRA) vs. [WC] E. Vesnina (RUS)
B. Strycova (CZE) vs. M. Niculescu (ROU)
M. Gasparyan (RUS) vs. B. Jovanovski (SRB)
[4] A. Ivanovic (SRB) d Bye

[6] A. Schmiedlova (SVK) vs. [WC] N. Vikhlyantseva (RUS)
Qualifier vs. T. Babos (HUN)
J. Ostapenko (LAT) vs. Y. Wickmayer (BEL)
[2] R. Vinci (ITA) d Bye

 

[GameSetAndMath]

If CW and AI do not put in a decent show here, it is almost time to write them off.

 

[Hoergren]

If CW and AI do not put in a decent show here, it is almost time to write them off.

Nah - they just have to deliver then they will go on in the show. On a good they they can beat everybody - me thinks.

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Mo9nday 8.February 2016 QUALIFYING FINALS

SIBUR ARENA Starting at: 11:00 am
Tamira PASZEK (AUT) vs Sesil KARATANTCHEVA (BUL) 76 64
Patricia Maria TIG (ROU) vs Klara KOUKALOVA (CZE) 46 36
Not Before 3:00 pm
Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS)/Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) vs Valeriya SOLOVYEVA (RUS)/Maryna ZANEVSKA (UKR) 61 46 10-4
Not Before 5:00 pm
Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP)/Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) [3] vs Irina KHROMACHEVA (RUS)/Elise MERTENS (BEL) 60 62


TC DYNAMO Starting at: 11:00 am
Kateryna KOZLOVA (UKR) vs Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) 64 60
Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) vs Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) 36 36
First round starts Tuesday

 

[Hoergren]

A little interview with Caroline Wozniacki - not an experienced interviewer but he survives

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6erHr8BH0U&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

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Order of play Tuesday 9.Februar 2016

SIBUR ARENA Starting at: 11:00 am
Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) vs Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT) 64 63
[Q] Tamira PASZEK (AUT) vs Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) 36 36
[Q] Kateryna KOZLOVA (UKR) vs Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) 63 64
[WC] Natalia VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS) vs Monica NICULESCU (ROU) [9] 06 36
Not Before 6:30 pm
Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [5] vs [Q] Klara KOUKALOVA (CZE) 64 46 64
Bojana JOVANOVSKI (SRB) vs Margarita GASPARYAN (RUS) 16 26

TC DYNAMO Starting at: 12:00 noon
Alexandra PANOVA (RUS)/Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) vs Valentyna IVAKHNENKO (RUS)/Lidziya MAROZAVA (BLR) 63 16 11-13
Xenia KNOLL (SUI)/Demi SCHUURS (NED) vs Andrea HLAVACKOVA (CZE)/Lucie HRADECKA (CZE) [2] 46 67
Daria KASATKINA (RUS)/Elena VESNINA (RUS) vs [WC] Anastasia BUKHANKO (RUS)/Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) 60 61
Timea BABOS (HUN) vs [Q] Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) 76 75

 

[Hoergren]

Hi there- do I know you from somewhere?

 

[Hoergren]

Order of play Wednesday 9. February 2016

SIBUR ARENA Starting at: 11:00 am

[LL] Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) vs Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) [7] 16 75 61 surprise
[LL] Patricia Maria TIG (ROU) vs [WC] Elena VESNINA (RUS) 63 36 16
Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) vs Evgeniya RODINA (RUS) 63 60
Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) vs Daria KASATKINA (RUS) 46 75 46
Not Before 6:30 pm
Margarita GASPARYAN (RUS) vs Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) [4] 57 26
Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) vs Roberta VINCI (ITA) [2] 26 67

TC DYNAMO Starting at: 12:00 noon

Annika BECK (GER) vs Lucie HRADECKA (CZE) 46 64 75
Elena BOGDAN (ROU)/Ilona KREMEN (BLR) vs Darija JURAK (CRO)/Nicole MELICHAR (USA) 63 57 12-10
Raluca OLARU (ROU)/Patricia Maria TIG (ROU) vs Monica NICULESCU (ROU)/Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) [4] 36 26

 

[Hoergren]

A glimpse from the players party:

 

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Order of play Thursday 11.2.2016

SIBUR ARENA Starting at: 11:00 am

[Q] Kateryna KOZLOVA (UKR) vs [WC] Elena VESNINA (RUS) 26 63 62 HUGE UPSET
Kozlova currently #177 - first took out Strycova and now Vesnina - ANA BEWARE!

[LL] Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) vs Daria KASATKINA (RUS) 36 46
Annika BECK (GER) vs Belinda BENCIC (SUI) [1] 67 36
Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT)/Evgeniya RODINA (RUS) vs Martina HINGIS (SUI)/Sania MIRZA (IND) [1] 57 57
Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) vs [WC] Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [3] 64 75:cry
Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [5] vs Carina WITTHOEFT (GER) 61 75

TC DYNAMO Starting at: 12:00 noon

Timea BABOS (HUN) vs Monica NICULESCU (ROU) [9] 46 61 63
Andrea HLAVACKOVA (CZE)/Lucie HRADECKA (CZE) [2] vs Valentyna IVAKHNENKO (RUS)/Lidziya MAROZAVA (BLR) 61 64
After rest if needed
Monica NICULESCU (ROU)/Laura SIEGEMUND (GER) [4] vs Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS)/Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) 34 ret.
Elena BOGDAN (ROU)/Ilona KREMEN (BLR) vs Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP)/Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) [3] 57 26

 

[Hoergren]

Nice match going on right now Gasparyan vs Ivanovic - watch it here:

http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/videoPage.php?g=OTcxOTY%E2%84%96f&c=en&i=eWl2bW9iZGlzaA%E2%84%96f%E2%84%96f

scroll down in the right side untill tennis shows and press the ivanovic match

 

[pavlik89]

[video=dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3re2q0[/video]

 

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ORDER OF PLAY - FRIDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2016 Quarterfinals

SIBUR ARENA Starting at: 12:00 noon

Timea BABOS (HUN) vs Roberta VINCI (ITA) [2] 67 64 67
[Q] Kateryna KOZLOVA (UKR vs Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) [4] 16 57
Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS)/Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) vs Andrea HLAVACKOVA (CZE)/Lucie HRADECKA (CZE) 36 76 10-8

Not Before 5:30 pm

Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) vs Daria KASATKINA (RUS) 64 57 36
Belinda BENCIC (SUI) [1] vs Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [5] 67 64 62
Martina HINGIS (SUI)/Sania MIRZA (IND) [1] vs Daria KASATKINA (RUS)/Elena VESNINA (RUS)

 

[pavlik89]

live Kateryna Kozlova v Ana Ivanovic
https://www.periscope.tv/PavlikTNS/1lDGLbWqOMvxm

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAki0O6POgk&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

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ORDER OF PLAY - SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2016
SIBUR ARENA Starting at: 2:00 pm

Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) [4] vs Roberta VINCI (ITA) [2] 57 46
Belinda BENCIC (SUI) [1] vs Daria KASATKINA (RUS) 64 63

Martina HINGIS (SUI)/Sania MIRZA (IND) [1] vs Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP)/Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) [3] 76 67 10-6

Anyone covering Dubai next week - not able to

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQGV9sgmhhA[/video]

 

[Hoergren]

ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2016

SIBUR ARENA Starting at: 14:00

Doubles Final
Martina HINGIS (SUI)/Sania MIRZA (IND) [1] vs Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS)/Barbora KREJCIKOVA (CZE) 63 61

Not Before 16:30
Singles Final
Belinda BENCIC (SUI) [1] vs Roberta VINCI (ITA) [2] 46 36:clap Vinci's 1oth title

That concludes St. Petersburg - I'm back when Doha is played.
Anyone writing about the tournament in DUBAI - not able to do it - holiday.