Madrid: Azarenka Interview
An interview with Victoria Azarenka after her win in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open.
An interview with Victoria Azarenka after her win in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open.
Serena Williams will return to No.1 on the WTA Rankings, when they are released on April 24, 2017, when the points from last year’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart drop off.
Two-time defending Stuttgart champion Angelique Kerber will have an immediate chance to return to the top spot by reaching the semifinals of this year’s event, which takes place a week later this year due to a shift in the calendar.
As top seed in Stuttgart, Kerber, who has held the No.1 ranking for 25 weeks, will receive a first round bye, so will need to win two matches to overtake Williams.
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2016 START DATES |
TOURNAMENTS |
2017 START DATES |
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April 18 |
Stuttgart |
April 24 |
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May 2 |
Madrid |
May 8 |
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May 9 |
Rome |
May 15 |
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May 23 |
Roland Garros |
May 29 |
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June 11 |
Birmingham |
June 19 |
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June 20 |
Eastbourne |
June 26 |
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June 27 |
Wimbledon |
July 3 |
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July 18 |
Stanford |
July 31 |
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July 25 |
Montreal / Toronto |
Aug 7 |
The WTA Rankings are based on a 52-week, cumulative system with each players singles ranking determined by 16-best results; WTA Finals participants count points earned as the 17th bonus tournament.
For Williams it will be her 317th week at No.1, the third most in WTA Rankings history behind only Stefanie Graf (377) and Martina Navratilova (332).
Petra Kvitova takes on Elena Vesnina in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open.
ZHENGZHOU, China – Seventh seed Han Xinyun crashed out of the Biyuan Cup Women’s Tennis Open, falling in straight sets to Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas, 6-2, 6-0.
The other seeds had a much easier time of it, though, with fifth seed Zheng Saisai beating Lu Jia-Jing, 6-2, 6-2, and sixth seed Kurumi Nara of Japan defeating Zhu Lin, 6-4, 7-5.
Arina Rodionova and Liu Chang had a titanic tussle, with both sets going to tiebreaks – and the Australian finishing on top in both, eventually triumphing 7-6(2), 7-6(4).
Elsewhere, Uzbekistan’s Sabina Sharipova beat Kang Jiaqi 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, and in an all-Japanese clash Shiho Akita beat Mayo Hibi 6-2, 6-4.
An interview with Carla Suárez Navarro after her win in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open.
The USA Fed Cup team throws the first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays – and Sania Mirza heads off on holiday.
Dominika Cibulkova had Tuesday’s shot of the day at the Mutua Madrid Open.
An interview with Daria Gavrilova after her win in the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open.
Simona Halep had Wednesday’s shot of the day at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Elina Svitolina has Tuesday’s shot of the day at the Alya WTA Malaysian Open.