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KASATKINA WINS FIRST WTA TITLE IN CHARLESTON

4/11/2017

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This Week In Tennis
Season 2, Vol 12

​#ThisWeekInTennis recaps the tennis happenings of the last week via news reports, press snippets, social media, featured articles, rankings, and podcasts.
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RUNDOWN

  • Daria Kasatkina won the first title of her career last week in Charleston. The Russian teenager returns to the WTA top 30 at #29. 
  • Jelena Ostapenko, in her third WTA final, was unable to capture her first title in Charleston; she lost in straight sets to fellow teenager Kasatkina in the final. 
  • Shelby Rogers, hometown favourite in Charleston, made the quarterfinals by scoring impressive wins over Madison Keys and Naomi Osaka.
  • Mirjana Lucic-Baroni is up to a career high #21 ranking after making the semifinals in Charleston. She also sat down with The Body Serve tennis podcast for a one-on-one interview.
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won her fourth Monterrey Open title, beating Angelique Kerber in the final. The Russian's latest triumph in Mexico was also the ninth overall WTA title of her career. 
  • Angelique Kerber, world #1,  continues without a title in 2017, falling to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the Monterrey Open final. 
  • Davis Cup quarterfinal results: Belgium d. Italy, Australia d. U.S.A., France d. Great Britain, and Serbia d. Spain. Accordingly, Belgium will face Australia in the semifinals, while Serbia will play France for a spot in the final. 
  • Serena Williams, despite not playing a WTA match since winning the Australian Open, will regain the #1 ranking from Angelique Kerber after last year's Stuttgart points fall off the rankings.
  • Victoria Azarenka has set a date for her return to the WTA Tour: her comeback will commence in Stanford. 
  • The Memphis Open will relocate to Long Island starting in 2018.

PRESS
Q.  So which Volvo are you going to take?​
DARIA KASATKINA:  The big one, SUV I took.  Yeah.  You know, in Slovakia not the best roads, not like in USA.  So I have to take a big car, big safety car.

Q.  Daria, going out there, it was your first final.  You said yesterday you had no idea what it was going to be like, what it was going to feel like.  So what did it feel like?​
DARIA KASATKINA:  It was terrible.  It's nothing.  Yesterday evening and all night I couldn't sleep.  I woke up during the whole night like two or three times.  I was so nervous, you cannot imagine.  I was feeling like I want to just go on the court and everything let's finish, play.  I cannot feeling this anymore.  And now it was worth it really.  Really.  I'm very happy.

Q.  You said that you would tell your younger self to stick to it.  Do you have any regrets for having done what you did?
MIRJANA LUCIC‑BARONI:  No, I really don't have any regrets.  I really do not.  You know, things that have happened have happened.  I'm really blessed that I'm mature enough and smart enough and have family around me that I was able to get through everything that happened in my life, everything that stood in my way.  And on top of that to be ‑‑ to remain a healthy young adult and to have a successful life, meaning off the court, you know, to have a good marriage, happy family and happy and healthy relationships.  That's the most important thing of all.  And on top of all that to succeed like I'm doing right now, I am really a very lucky girl.
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Q.  That's a tough day at the office.  Do you want to just talk about how it went?
VENUS WILLIAMS:  Yeah, I mean I tried my best to think this could be the best match she'll ever play in her life, honestly.  I basically won the match but still lost.  I mean in the service game I really played the best game I could.  I pretty much hit winners, but she hit winners back on me.  And I just didn't have any answers for that.  I tried ‑‑ I don't know much more that I could do.  I mean there were some errors I made in the beginning, but when push came to shove, I feel like I did the right things, but somehow inexplicably came up empty.



Q.  In the beginning it looked like you were hitting the ball very well in the first couple of games and then she started to throw the slice in a little bit more.  How much did that shot bother you?
JELENA OSTAPENKO:  I actually knew that she's going to play like that already before the match because I played her a couple of times.  But then I was trying just to like put it in the ball, but I think I wasn't moving that well maybe because I played the whole week against such great players, and maybe I also felt a bit tired because I played the semis in doubles yesterday, and that's all together probably, yeah.

Q.  You have so much fire power in your game.  How would you characterize her game and what she did that made her effective today?
JELENA OSTAPENKO:  You mean my opponent? 
Q.  Yeah.
JELENA OSTAPENKO:  Yeah.  I mean I'm aggressive player, and I don't think she could like be more aggressive than me, so she was trying to play defensive to change the rhythm, to play slice, to play lobs, to do kick serve, to try everything to make me uncomfortable.  And normally I'm fine with that, but today I just didn't feel the ball that well.

Q.  Did your injury and your aggravation with how she was playing, did that compound the loss do you think?
LAURA SIEGEMUND:  You know what, it's frustrating if you know what you want to do and you know you need six shots for it but you only have energy for four.  That's what is frustrating.  You know, you want to beat ‑‑ you know, she's a great defensive player, and you can't win on this surface, you can't win the points quick against her.
I was coming to the net a couple times, and then she passed me.  I was just a little bit slow.  And that was the thing ‑‑ I mean she played great and she did everything right today, you know.  And so that's the sport, you know.  But of course, if you start to lose, I don't know, eight games in a row because all the rallies, the long rallies, you lose all of them, then, of course, it's frustrating.  Doesn't have to do with her, doesn't have to do with, you know, with anything other than you're just losing the points.  That's frustrating.  And you're trying to work something out and it's just not working for you. 



Thanks to all of you! Thanks to my team! And @VolvoCarOpen for this amazing week.□□ Thanks for believing in me and this huge support. □ pic.twitter.com/0iLny44xnn

— Daria Kasatkina (@DKasatkina) April 9, 2017

One team. One dream. □□□ @matty_reidy @jordanthompson2004 @xela1702 @samgrothtennis @johnwpeers // Let's keep it rolling. □❄️□□□□□

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A post shared by Naomi Osaka "Nao-chi" 大坂なおみ (@naomiosakatennis) on Apr 11, 2017 at 7:08am PDT

Working days □ будни □□□ Spain ,Spanish clay , Spanish lenguaje , Latin music □Regueton mamita!!!!□

A post shared by Светлана Кузнецова/Kuznetsova (@svetlanak27) on Apr 11, 2017 at 6:33am PDT

#33 □ Gracias a todos por sus mensajes y muestras de cariño

A post shared by Juan Monaco (@picomonaco) on Mar 29, 2017 at 3:19pm PDT

OMG x4 □Monterrey ❤️u□!!! Great battle @AngeliqueKerber Thank you guys @simivey… https://t.co/e0iHnt1WI5

— A. Pavlyuchenkova (@NastiaPav) April 10, 2017

thankful to friend come for visiting us. I always have nice time meet with friends.From tmr I'll use crutch. Little by little get in better. pic.twitter.com/2AlDk6dkCd

— YOSHIHITO NISHIOKA (@yoshihitotennis) April 10, 2017

En el #gym de la @RafaNadalAcademy después del entreno de hoy □□

A post shared by Rafa Nadal (@rafaelnadal) on Apr 11, 2017 at 6:33am PDT

Always wanted to have Björn's hair :) #memories #haasome

A post shared by tommy haas (@tommyhaasofficial) on Apr 7, 2017 at 11:41am PDT

#Charleston

A post shared by Venus Williams (@venuswilliams) on Apr 4, 2017 at 6:01pm PDT

In motion □ and it feels so good □ #dontcallitacomeback #betterthanever

A post shared by Victoria Azarenka (@vichka35) on Apr 5, 2017 at 11:31am PDT


RANKINGS WATCH

  • ATP: Kyrgios (+1 to #15), F. Lopez (-4 to #40), Khachanov (+3 to #52), Bashilashvili (+3 to #57), Jaziri (-6 to #58), Lu (+3 to #62), Dutra Silva (+14 to #69), Bedene (+17 to #76), Coric (-20 to #79), Delbonis (-31 to #82), Escobedo (+4 to #91), Elias (-7 to #97)
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  • ​WTA​​:​ Keys (+1 to #10), V. Williams (-2 to #12), Kasatkina (+13 to #29), Rogers (+3 to #49), Ostapenko (+16 to #50), Parmentier (-9 to #64), Chirico (-7 to #66), Barthel (+8 to #80), Vekic (+8 to #82), Boserup (+9 to #86), Flipkens (-6 to #90), Giorgi (-22 to #98)

ON THE WEB

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​Absent But Present - Sloane Stephens at the Volvo Car Open
​Johanna Konta confirmed for first ever women's Tie Break Tens
​Message from Charleston – Now, Then, Then, Now
​Who Was Norman? Federer Has Much in Common With His Trophy's Namesake
​What Kyrgios Can Do for Austalia and What its Team Can Do For Him
​Americans Continue to Fight a Losing Battle on Clay
​A World Cup for Tennis?
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Why Roger Federer’s surge at 35 is good news for fans of Rafael Nadal, too
​"Playing with the brain"--Kasatkina wins Volvo Car Open
​Teens are such complete players now, no kidding

PODCASTS

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The Body Serve - Multiple Episodes 
​Beyond The Baseline - Lindsay Davenport on WTA storylines, Federer-Nadal
No Challenges Remaining - ​Resembling an Ensemble​
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Realz Tenis Fanz - Federer Express Full Steam Ahead
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The Tennis Podcast - ​The Djokovic Catalyst; Kyrgios Comes Good Again
​WTA Insider - Daria Kasatkina 'grows up' in Charleston (Multiple Episodes)
​The Main Draw - Posturing Toward Masculinity
Tennis.com - A Traditon Unlike Any Other: The Miami Masters Podcast
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