From Seoul,  South Korea, March 2019

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WTA 2019 Week 10&11 Tournaments - 여자테니스 2019년 제10&11주의 대회

1.  Miami Open - Florida, United States

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1. Miami Open - Florida, USA (마이애미 오픈 )

Level / 수준: WTA Premier Mandatory

Dates / 날짜: Mar 19 - Mar 30 (2019)

Surface / 표면: Hard Court / 하드코트

Total prize / 총 상금: $ 9,035,428

Singles Draw Size / 싱글 드로 사이즈: 128

2018 Finalists / 2018 결승전 출전자: S. Stephens def J. Ostapenko 7-6, 6-1

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Points / 포인트:

Tournament Level / 대회 수준: WTA Premier Mandatory

Winner / 우승자: 1000

Finalist / 2위: 650

Semifinalists / 준결승전: 390

Quarter-finalists / 준준결승: 215

Round of 16 / 16강전: 120

Round of 32 / 32강전: 65

Round of 64 / 64강전: 35

Round of 128 / 128강전: 10

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Seeds / 시드:

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The Final /  결승전: 

Asleigh Barty (Australia/호주) def.  Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic/체코) 7-6 (7-1), 6-3

Final Highlights / 하일라이트 동영상:

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2018 Winner / 2018 우승자:

Sloane Stephens (USA) def. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 

2018 Final Highlights / 2018 결승전 하일라이트 동영상:

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2017 Winner / 2017 우승자:

Johanna Konta (right, Great Britain) def. Caroline Wozniaki (Denmark) 

2016 Winner / 2016 우승자:

Victoria Azarenka (right, Belarus) def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 

2015 Winner / 2015 우승자:

Serena Williams (right, USA) def. Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 

2014 Winner / 2014 우승자:

Serena Williams (right, USA) def. Li Na (China) 

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WTA 2019 Week 9&10 Tournaments - 여자테니스 2019년 제9&10주의 대회

1.  Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open - California, United States

2. Abierto Zapopan - Guadalajara, Mexico

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1. Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open - USA (인디언웰스 오픈 )

Level / 수준: WTA Premier Mandatory

Dates / 날짜: Mar 6 - Mar 17 (2019)

Surface / 표면: Hard Court / 하드코트

Total prize / 총 상금: $ 9,035,428

Singles Draw Size / 싱글 드로 사이즈: 128

2018 Finalists / 2018 결승전 출전자: N. Osaka def D. Kasatkina 6-3, 6-2

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Points / 포인트:

Tournament Level / 대회 수준: WTA Premier Mandatory

Winner / 우승자: 1000

Finalist / 2위: 650

Semifinalists / 준결승전: 390

Quarter-finalists / 준준결승: 215

Round of 16 / 16강전: 120

Round of 32 / 32강전: 65

Round of 64 / 64강전: 35

Round of 128 / 128강전: 10

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Seeds / 시드:

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The Final /  결승전: 

Bianca Andreescu (Canada) defeated Angelique Kerber (Germany)  6-4 , 3-6, 6-4

Final Highlights / 하일라이트 동영상:

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2018 Winner / 2018 우승자:

Naomi Osaka (Japan) def. Daria Kasatkina (Russia) 

2018 Final Highlights / 2018 결승전 하일라이트 동영상:

2017 Winner / 2017 우승자:

Elena Vesnina (Russia) def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 

2016 Winner / 2016 우승자:

Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) def. Serena Williams (USA) 

2015 Winner / 2015 우승자:

Simona Halep (Romania) def. Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 

2014 Winner / 2014 우승자:

Flavia Penetta (Italy) def. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 

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2. Abierto Zapopan - Guadalajara, Mexico (사포판 오픈)

Level / 수준: WTA 125k

Dates / 날짜: Mar 11 - Mar 16 (2019)

Surface / 표면: Hard Court / 하드코트

Total prize / 총 상금: $ 150,000

Singles Draw Size / 싱글 드로 사이즈: 32

2018 Finalists / 2018 결승전 출전자:  This is the first edition of the tournament / 이번 대회의 첫 회입니다

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Points / 포인트:

Tournament Level / 대회 수준: WTA 125k

Winner / 우승자: 160

Finalist / 2위: 195

Semifinalists / 준결승전: 57

Quarter-finalists / 준준결승: 29

Round of 16 / 16강전: 15

Round of 32 / 32강전: 1

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Seeds / 시드:

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The Final /  결승전: 

Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) defeated Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic)  6-2 , 6-0

Final Highlights / 하일라이트 동영상:

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China Open, Beijing

ABOUT

The 2018 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the China Open for the men (22st for the women). It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2018 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2018 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from October 1 to October 7, 2018.

POINTS

Winner - 1000 / Runner-up - 650 / Semifinalists - 390 / Quarter-finalists - 215 /

Round of 16 - 120 / Round of 32 - 65 / Round of 64 - 10

SEEDS

FINALISTS

Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) defeated Anastasia Sevastova (Latvia) in two sets, score 6-3 6-3

 WINNER 

World No 2, Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark). She also won this title in 2010 (see the end of the article).

FINAL HIGHLIGHTS

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2017 WINNER: Caroline Garcia (France) defeated then newly crowned No 1 Simona Halep (Romania) 

2017 Final Highlights

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2016 WINNER: Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) defeated Johanna Konta (Great Britain)

2015 WINNER:  Garbine Muguruza (Spain) defeated Timea Bacszinszky (Switzerland)

2014 WINNER: Maria Sharapova (Russia) defeated Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

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2010 WINNER: Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) defeated Vera Zvonareva (Russia)

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1. Mutua Madrid Open, Spain

ABOUT:

The 2018 Mutua Madrid Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 5 May–13 May 2018. It will be the 17th edition of the event on the ATP World Tour and 10th on the WTA Tour. It is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2018 WTA Tour.

Point system for women's singles

winner - 1000

finalist - 650

semifinalists - 390

quarter finalists - 215

round of 16 - 120

round of 32 - 65

round of 64 - 10

Seeds

FINALISTS:

Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) vs. Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 

Score: 7(8)-6(6), 4-6, 6-3

  This year's draw and results were full of surprises with big names leaving the competition early. Muguruza lost to Kasatkina in the last 16, Svitolina lost to Suarez Navarro in the round of 32 and in my opinion, the player of the tournament was Kiki Bertens.  She was coming after a clay title at Charleston (USA) at Volvo Car Open. Bertens is one of the best players on clay in the women's circuit. And she showed great performances here at Madrid.  She eliminated such players as seed 15 Anastasia Sevastova (round of 32), seed 2 Caroline Wozniacki (round of 16), Maria Sharapova who looked like she was ready for a comeback (quarter-final), seed 7 Caroline Garcia (semi-final) and lost the final eventually.

  If Bertens was the player of the tournament, Petra Kvitova looks like she is the player of the year so far. She won the trophy in St. Petersurg, then two weeks later won again in Doha, and won the Czech Open just the week before Madrid. Fans were expecting her to be exhausted in Madrid but she got the title after two years of reign of Simona Halep. It is the thrird time she wins the title in Madrid, a first time record of this competition. She also won in 2015 and 2011. Halep left the competition in the quarter finals, losing to Karolina Pliskova.

   WINNER:   

Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

2017 winner:

Simona Halep, Romania

2016 winner:

Simona Halep, Romania

2015 winner:

Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic

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Miami Open, Key Biscayne, Florida

 The WTA tour at Miami is the second Premier Mandatory event of the competitional year. 128 players will enter competition, and 32 of them will enter directly into the second round. 

The 32 seeds who enter from the second round are:

Point system:

Winner - 1000

Runner up - 650

Semifinalists - 390

Quarterfinalists - 215

Round of 16 - 120

Round of 32 - 65

Round of 64 - 35

Round of 128 - 10

GALLERY OF THE CHAMPIONS:

2017 winner: Johanna Konta, UK

2016 winner: Victoria Azarenka, Belarus

2015 winner: Serena Williams, USA

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From Seoul, South Korea, March 2018

The 2017 year-end Top 8, in Singapore: (from left) Garcia, V. Williams, Svitolina, Pliskova, 

Ostapenko, Muguruza, Wozniacki, and Halep (front)

The tournament at Indian Wells enters its second week and some of the well-known names of women's tennis are already out of the game,after they were defeated by lower classed players. Let's take a look at them!

First Round: Naomi Osaka - Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-4

Sharapova does not seem to improve her game and reach a better shape  after returning from the 15 month meldonium suspension. She was eliminated by Japanese Naomi Osaka, no.44 in the rankings. Sharapova is currently no.41.

<Naomi Osaka, Japan, No 44>

<Maria Sharapova, Russia, No 41>

Second Round: Garbine Muguruza - Sachia Vickery 6-2 5-7 1-6

World No 3 and the last year Wimbledon Champion, Garbine Muguruza started the match strong, and was leading the second set with 3-0. Vickery's sudden improvement of the game let Muguruza with no answer, and here she is leaving the competition too early. This may cost her a lot of points in the general rankings. 

<Sachia Vickery, USA, No 100>

<Garbine Muguruza, Spain, No 3>

Third Round: Petra Martic - Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 6-3 

Last year's French Open champion and the winner of Seoul Open is not able to  confirm what she showed last year, losing matches in the early stages of this season's competitions. Fans are still waiting her to return to the shape that brought  her the Roland Garros trophy.

<Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, No 6>

<Petra Martic, Croatia, No 58>

Third Round: Petra Kvitova - Amanda Anisimova 2-6 4-6

Former Wimbledon champion (2011, 2014), Petra Kvitova started this year winning two important trophies, St Petersburg and Doha Open, thus reaching the 9th position in the WTA rankings. She looked like the most successfull player of 2018 so far, but world No 149 Anisimova was better.

<Amanda Anisimova, USA, No 149>

<Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, No 9>

Third Round: Venus Williams - Serena Williams 6-3 6-4

It was Serena's first WTA tournament after more than one year of a break. Everybody was expecting her comeback, but she had to play with Venus, who knows her game better than anyone. It was not Serena's day.

<Serena defeated by world no 8, Venus>

Third Round: Carla Suarez Navarro - Elina Svitolina 7-5 6-3

World No 4 Elina Svitolina was coming after winning the Dubai Open, but this time Suarez Navarro played better and stopped Svitolina from earning points in her race to WTA Top 3.

<Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, No 32>

<Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, No 4>

Top 10 Rankings

Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki are in contention for the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the completion of the third round. In order for Wozniacki to regain the top ranking, she must win the title by defeating  a player other than Halep in the final.

The world rankings before we know the winner at Indian Wells: 

From Seoul, South Korea, March 2018

Indian Wells Masters (BNP Paribas Open), California

The tournament at Indian Wells is the first Premier Mandatory tournament of the WTA year.The other 4 Premier Mandatory tournaments are Miami Open, Madrid Open and Beijing Open. The facilities in this at Indian Wells are considered to be at least as good as those from the four Grand Slam tournaments, if not better. For long time, the BNP Paribas tour insisted for this tournament to be transformed in a fifth Grand Slam.

The huge central court can host 16,100 spectators, and the second biggest court has 8,000 seats. 29 courts are to be used, and the entire complex has almost 220,000 m².

128 players will enter competition, with 32 favorites entering from the second round.

The 32 favorites are as follows:

(in paranthesis - when a certain player left the competion;

no paranthesis - player still in competition at the date this article was published)

Point system:

Winner - 1000

Runner up - 650

Semifinalists - 390

Quarterfinalists - 215

Round of 16 - 120

Round of 32 - 65

Round of 64 - 35

Round of 128 - 10

History:  Williams Sisters' Controversy

<Serena Williams after winning at Indian Wells in 2001>

Venus and Serena Williams, two very successful American players, refused to play the Indian Wells tournament from 2001 to 2014 despite threats of financial sanctions and rating point penalties. 

The two were scheduled to play in the 2001 semi-final but Venus withdrew  due to an injury. Amid speculation of match fixing, the crowd for the final loudly booed Serena Williams when she came out to play the final and continued to booher intermittently through the entire match, even to the point of cheering unforced errors 

and double faults.

Williams won the tournament and was subsequently booed during the awards ceremony. The following month at the Ericsson Open, Richard Williams, Serena and Venus's father, claimed racial slurswere directed at him while in the stands. Neither Venus nor Serena played the tournament until 2015, when Serena Williams played in the tournament, ending her 14-year boycott of the event. Venus Williams ended her boycott by competing in 2016.

(wikipedia.org)

GALLERY OF THE CHAMPIONS:

2017 winner: Elena Vesnina, Russia

2016 winner: Victoria Azarenka, Belarus

2015 winner: Simona Halep, Romania

2014 winner: Flavia Penetta, Italy

2013 winner: Maria Sharapova, Russia 

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