Tennis in General - Results and Comments

RANKINGS AT OCTOBER 5TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 15.645 points
2. Roger Federer SUI 9.420 points
3. Andy Murray GBR 8.640 points
4. Stanislas Wawrinka SUI 6.005 points
5. Tomas Berdych CZE 4.900 points
6. Kei Nishikori JPN 4.540 points
7. (8.) David Ferrer ESP 3.945 points
8. (7.) Rafael Nadal ESP 3.770 points
9. Milos Raonic CAN 2.740 points
10. Gilles Simon FRA 2.530 points
11. Richard Gasquet FRA 2.445 points
12. Kevin Anderson RSA 2.430 points
13. John Isner USA 2.280 points
14. Marin Cilic CRO 2.270 points
15. (17.) Feliciano Lopez ESP 2.040 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Serena Williams USA 11.285 points
2. Simona Halep ROU 6.670 points
3. Maria Sharapova RUS 4.692 points
4. Petra Kvitova CZE 3.851 points
5. (8.) Garbine Muguruza ESP 3.691 points
6. (5.) Lucie Safarova CZE 3.406 points
7. (6.) Flavia Pennetta ITA 3.253 points
8. (7.) Agnieszka Radwanska POL 3.225 points
9. (12.) Karolina Pliskova CZE 3.220 points
10. (13.) Angelique Kerber GER 3.220 points
11. Caroline Wozniacki DEN 3.211 points
12. (10.) Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 3.055 points
13. (14.) Belinda Bencic SUI 3.015 points
14. (24.) Venus Williams USA 2.972 points
15. (9.) Ana Ivanovic SRB 2.785 points

THIS WEEK SCHEDULE :

Beijing (China), 2-11 October : "China Open"
Categories : ATP World Tour 500 & WTA Premier Mandatory
Prize Money : $ 3.944.715 (ATP) & $ 6.157.160
Surface : Hard

Tokyo (Japan), 5-11 October : "Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships"
Category : ATP World Tour 500
Prize Money : $ 1.397.250
Surface : Hard

ATP FINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Kuala Lumpur : David Ferrer (1) won his 25th ATP tournament in career (fourth this year and 15th ATP 250), defeating
Feliciano Lopez (2) 7-5, 7-5

ATP 250 Shenzhen Semifinals : T. Berdych (1) def. T. Robredo (3) 6-1, 6-4
G. Garcia-Lopez (4) def. M. Cilic (2) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3

Final : Tomas Berdych (1) won his 11th ATP tournament in career (first this year and 7th ATP 250), defeating
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (4) 6-3, 7-6 (7)

ATP SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Kuala Lumpur : F. Lopez (2) def. N. Kyrgios (7) 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
D. Ferrer (1) def. B. Becker 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

ATP 250 Shenzhen : T. Berdych (1) vs T. Robredo (3)
M. Cilic (2) vs G. Garcia-Lopez (4)
MATCHES POSTPONED TO TOMORROW DUE TO RAIN

WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :

WTA Premier 5 Wuhan : Venus Williams won her 47th WTA tournament in career (second this year and third Premier 5), defeating
Garbine Muguruza (5) 6-3, 3-0 ret. (ankle problem)

WTA International Tashkent : Nao Hibino won her first WTA tournament in career, defeating Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-2

WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

WTA Premier 5 Wuhan : V. Williams def. R. Vinci (15) 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
G. Muguruza (5) def. A. Kerber (6) 6-4, 7-6 (5)

WTA International Tashkent : N. Hibino def. B. Jovanovski 6-3, 6-4
D. Vekic def. E. Rodina 7-5, 6-1

RANKINGS AT SEPTEMBER 28TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 16.145 points
2. Roger Federer SUI 9.420 points
3. Andy Murray GBR 8.800 points
4. Stanislas Wawrinka SUI 6.005 points
5. Tomas Berdych CZE 5.050 points
6. Kei Nishikori JPN 4.945 points
7. Rafael Nadal ESP 3.770 points
8. David Ferrer ESP 3. 695 points
9. Milos Raonic CAN 2.950 points
10. Gilles Simon FRA 2.665 points
11. Richard Gasquet FRA 2.490 points
12. Kevin Anderson RSA 2.430 points
13. John Isner USA 2.325 points
14. Marin Cilic CRO 2.270 points
15. David Goffin BEL 2.050 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Serena Williams USA 11.500 points
2. Simona Halep ROU 6.780 points
3. Maria Sharapova RUS 5.691 points
4. Petra Kvitova CZE 4.396 points
5. Lucie Safarova CZE 3.525 points
6. (7.) Flavia Pennetta ITA 3.317 points
7. (13.) Agnieszka Radwanska POL 3.190 points
8. Garbine Muguruza ESP 3.385 points
9. (12.) Ana Ivanovic SRB 3.070 points
10. Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 3.070 points
11. (6.) Caroline Wozniacki DEN 3.041 points
12. (11.) Karolina Pliskova CZE 3.040 points
13. (9.) Angelique Kerber GER 2.990 points
14. (15.) Belinda Bencic SUI 2.985 points
15. (14.) Timea Bacsinszky SUI 2.508 points

THIS WEEK SCHEDULE :

Shenzhen (China), 28 September - 4 October : "Shenzhen Open"
Category : ATP World Tour 250
Prize Money : N/A
Surface : Hard

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 28 September - 4 October : "Malaysian Open"
Category : ATP World Tour 250
Prize Money : N/A
Surface : Hard Indoor

Wuhan (China), 27 September - 3 October : "Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open"
Category : WTA Premier 5
Prize Money : $ 2.513.000
Surface : Hard

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), 28 September - 3 October : "Tashkent Open"
Category : WTA International
Prize Money : $ 250.000
Surface : Hard

ATP & WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 St. Petersburg : Milos Raonic (2) won his 7th ATP tournament in career (all on hard and 6th ATP 250), defeating
Joao Sousa (7) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

ATP 250 Metz : Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3) won his 12th ATP tournament in career (9th ATP 250 and third in Metz), defeating
Gilles Simon (2) 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-2

WTA Premier Tokyo : Agnieszka Radwanska (7) won her 15th WTA tournament in career (second in Tokyo and 5th WTA Premier),
defeating Belinda Bencic (8) 6-2, 6-2

WTA International Seoul : Irina Camelia Begu (1) won her second WTA tournament in career (both WTA International and on hard),
defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich (q) 6-3, 6-1

ATP & WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 St. Petersburg : J. Sousa (7) def. D. Thiem (3) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
M. Raonic (2) def. R. Bautista-Agut (4) 6-2, 7-6 (2)

ATP 250 Metz : G. Simon (2) def. M. Klizan (6) 6-4, 6-4
J-W. Tsonga (3) def. P. Kohlschreiber (5) 6-3, 6-4

WTA Premier Tokyo : B. Bencic (8) def. C. Wozniacki (1) 6-2, 6-4
A. Radwanska (7) def. D. Cibulkova 6-4, 6-1

WTA International Seoul : I-C. Begu (1) def. A. Van Uytvanck (8) 6-0, 6-2
A. Sasnovich (q) def. A. K. Schmiedlovà 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

WTA International Guangzhou : J. Jankovic (4) def. Y. Wickmayer 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
D. Allertova def. S. Errani (3) 7-5, 6-2
Final : Jelena Jankovic (4) won her 14th WTA tournament in career (fifth on hard and third WTA International), defeating
Denisa Allertova 6-2, 6-0

2016 DAVIS CUP :
World Group First Round Draw :

Great Britain (1) vs Japan
Serbia (7) vs Kazakhstan
ITALY vs Switzerland (4)
Poland vs Argentina (6)
France (5) vs Canada
Germany (3) vs Czech Republic
Australia (8) vs United States
Belgium (2) vs Croatia

First Round : 4-6 March 2016

RANKINGS AT SEPTEMBER 21ST :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 16.145 points
2. Roger Federer SUI 9.420 points
3. Andy Murray GBR 8.800 points
4. Stanislas Wawrinka SUI 6.005 points
5. Tomas Berdych CZE 5.050 points
6. Kei Nishikori JPN 5.015 points
7. Rafael Nadal ESP 3.770 points
8. David Ferrer ESP 3.695 points
9. Milos Raonic CAN 2.790 points
10. Gilles Simon FRA 2.560 points
11. Richard Gasquet FRA 2.490 points
12. Kevin Anderson RSA 2.430 points
13. John Isner USA 2.325 points
14. Marin Cilic CRO 2.270 points
15. David Goffin BEL 2.050 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Serena Williams USA 11.501 points
2. Simona Halep ROU 6.780 points
3. Maria Sharapova RUS 5.795 points
4. Petra Kvitova CZE 5.295 points
5. Lucie Safarova CZE 3.525 points
6. Caroline Wozniacki DEN 3.385 points
7. (8.) Flavia Pennetta ITA 3.317 points
8. (9.) Garbine Muguruza ESP 3.121 points
9. (11.) Angelique Kerber GER 3.075 points
10. (12.) Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 3.070 points
11. (10.) Karolina Pliskova CZE 3.040 points
12. (7.) Ana Ivanovic SRB 2.971 points
13. (14.) Agnieszka Radwanska POL 2.820 points
14. (13.) Timea Bacsinszky SUI 2.727 points
15. Belinda Bencic SUI 2.710 points

THIS WEEK SCHEDULE :

Metz (France), 21-27 September : "Moselle Open"
Category : ATP World Tour 250
Prize Money : N/A
Surface : Hard Indoor

St. Petersburg (Russia), 21-27 September : "St. Petersburg Open"
Category : ATP World Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 1.030.000
Surface : Hard Indoor

Tokyo (Japan), 21-27 September : Toray Pan Pacific Open"
Category : WTA Premier
Prize Money : $. 1.000.000
Surface : Hard

Seoul (South Korea), 21-27 September : "Kia Korea Open"
Category : WTA International
Prize Money : $ 500.000
Surface : Hard

Guangzhou (China), 21-27 September : "Guangzhou International Women' s Open"
Category : WTA International
Prize Money : $ 250.000
Surface : Hard

2015 DAVIS CUP :
World Group Semifinals :

Final Results :

Glasgow (Great Britain) : Great Britain 3 - Australia 2
A. Murray (GBR) def. B. Tomic (AUS) 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
T. Kokkinakis (AUS) def. D. Evans (GBR) 7-5, 6-4

Brussels (Belgium) : Belgium 3 - Argentina (5) 2
D. Goffin (BEL) def. D. Schwartzman (ARG) 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
S. Darcis (BEL) def. F. Delbonis (ARG) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3)

GREAT BRITAIN & BELGIUM advance to the Final (27-29 November)

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS :

New Delhi (India) : India 1 - Czech Republic (1) 3
J. Vesely (CZE) def. Y. Bhambri (IND) 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
S. Devvarman (IND) vs L. Rosol (CZE) NOT PLAYED

Geneva (Switzerland) : Switzerland (2) 4 - Netherlands 1
R. Federer (SUI) def. T. De Bakker (NED) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
H. Laaksonen (SUI) def. T. Van Rijthoven (NED) 7-6 (11), 6-3

Irkutsk (Russia) : Russia 1 - ITALY (3) 4
F. Fognini (ITA) def. T. Gabashvili (RUS) 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
P. Lorenzi (ITA) def. K. Kravchuk (RUS) 6-4, 7-6 (3)

Tashkent (Uzbekistan) : Uzbekistan 1 - United States (4) 3
J. Sock (USA) def. D. Istomin (UZB) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
F. Dustov (UZB) vs S. Johnson (USA) NOT PLAYED

Pereira (Colombia) : Colombia 2 - Japan (5) 3
K. Nishikori (JPN) def. S. Giraldo (COL) 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
T. Daniel (JPN) def. A. Falla (COL) 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2

Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) : Dominican Republic 1 - Germany (6) 4
P. Kohlschreiber (GER) def. V. Estrella-Burgos (DOM) 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
B. Becker (GER) def. R. Cid (DOM) 6-4, 7-6 (4)

Florianopolis (Brazil) : Brazil 1 - Croatia (7) 3
B. Coric (CRO) def. T. Bellucci (BRA) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 4-0 ret.
J. Souza (BRA) vs M. Delic (CRO) NOT PLAYED

Gdynia (Poland) : Poland 3 - Slovakia (8) 2
M. Klizan (SVK) def. J. Janowicz (POL) 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3
M. Przysiezny (POL) def. N. Gombos (SVK) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

CZECH REPUBLIC (1), SWITZERLAND (2), ITALY (3), UNITED STATES (4), JAPAN (5), GERMANY (6) & CROATIA (7) remained in the
World Group in 2016, POLAND was promoted in the World Group in 2016.
India, Netherlands, Russia, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Dominican Republic & Slovakia (8) remained in Zonal Group I in 2016, Brazil was relegated to Zonal Group I in 2016.

WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :

WTA International Tokyo : Yanina Wickmayer won her fourth WTA tournament in career (five years after her last and all WTA International),
defeating Magda Linette 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

WTA International Quebec : Annika Beck (5) won her second WTA tournament in career (both WTA International and on Hard lndoor), defeating
Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-2

2015 DAVIS CUP :
World Group Semifinals :

Results After Matchday 2 :

Glasgow (Great Britain) : Great Britain 2 - Australia 1
A. & J. Murray (GBR) def. S. Groth / L. Hewitt (AUS) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4

Brussels (Belgium) : Belgium 1 - Argentina (5) 2
C. Berlocq / L. Mayer (ARG) def. R. Bemelmans / S. Darcis (BEL) 6-2, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 7-6 (5)

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS :

New Dehli (India) : India 1 - Czech Republic (1) 2
A. Pavlasek / R. Stepanek (CZE) def. R. Bopanna / L. Paes (IND) 7-5, 6-2, 6-2

Geneva (Switzerland) : Switzerland (2) 2 - Netherlands 1
M. Middelkoop / T. De Bakker (NED) def. R. Federer / M. Chiudinelli (SUI) 7-6 (9), 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

Irkutsk (Russia) : Russia 1 - ITALY (3) 2
S. Bolelli / F. Fognini (ITA) def. E. Donskoy / K. Kravchuk 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)

Tashkent (Uzbekistan) : Uzbekistan 1 - United States (4) 2
S. Johnson / S. Querrey (USA) def. F. Dustov / D. Istomin (UZB) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Pereira (Colombia) : Colombia 2 - Japan (5) 1
J. S. Cabal / R. Farah (COL) def. Y. Nishioka / Y. Uchiyama (JPN) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) : Dominican Republic 1 - Germany (6) 2
P. Kohlschreiber / P. Petzschner (GER) def. V. Estrella-Burgos / J. Hernandez (DOM) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

Florianopolis (Brazil) : Brazil 1 - Croatia 2
B. Coric (CRO) def. J. Souza (BRA) 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
I. Dodig / F. Skugor (CRO) def. M. Melo / B. Soares (BRA) 6-0, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3)

Gdynia (Poland) : Poland 2 - Slovakia 1
L. Kubot / M. Matkowski (POL) def. A. Martin / I. Zelenay (SVK) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

WTA International Tokyo : Y. Wickmayer def. A. Tomljanovic (5) 7-5, 6-2
M. Linette def. C. McHale (6) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

WTA International Quebec : J. Ostapenko def. N. Broady (LL) 6-4, 6-2
A. Beck (5) def. M. Lucic-Baroni (2) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

2015 DAVIS CUP :
World Group Semifinals :

Results After Matchday 1 :

Glasgow (Great Britain), Indoor Hard : Great Britain 1 - Australia 1
A. Murray (GBR) def. T. Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
B. Tomic (AUS) def. D. Evans (GBR) 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (4), 6-4

Brussels, (Belgium), Indoor Hard : Belgium 1 - Argentina (5) 1
D. Goffin (BEL) def. F. Delbonis (ARG) 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-3
L. Mayer (ARG) def. S. Darcis (BEL) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS :

New Delhi (India), Outdoor Hard : India 1 - Czech Republic (1) 1
L. Rosol (CZE) def. Y. Bhambri (IND) 6-2, 6-1, 7-5
S. Devvarman (IND) def. J. Vesely (CZE) 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3

Geneva (Switzerland), Indoor Hard : Switzerland (2) 2 - Netherlands 0
S. Wawrinka (SUI) def. T. De Bakker (NED) 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
R. Federer (SUI) def. J. Huta Galung (NED) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3

Irkutsk (Russia), Indoor Hard : Russia 1 - ITALY (3) 1
T. Gabashvili (RUS) def. S. Bolelli (ITA) 7-6 (2), 6-1, 6-3
F. Fognini (ITA) def. A. Rublev (RUS) 7-6 (8), 6-2, 6-2

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Outdoor Clay : Uzbekistan 1 - United States (4) 1
D. Istomin (UZB) def. S. Johnson (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 7-5
J. Sock (USA) def. F. Dustov (UZB) 7-5, 6-3, 6-2

Pereira (Colombia), Outdoor Clay : Colombia 1 - Japan (5) 1
S. Giraldo (COL) def. T. Daniel (JPN) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4
K. Nishikori (JPN) def. A. Falla (COL) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1), 7-5

Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Outdoor Hard : Dominican Republic 1 - Germany (6) 1
V. Estrella-Burgos (DOM) def. D. Brown (GER) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
P. Kohlschreiber (GER) def. J. Hernandez (DOM) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1

Florianopolis (Brazil), Outdoor Clay : Brazil 1 - Croatia (7) 0
T. Bellucci (BRA) def. M. Delic (CRO) 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
B. Coric (CRO) vs J. Souza (BRA) 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-1, 30-40 suspended due to rain and postponed to today

Gdynia (Poland), Indoor Hard : Poland 1 - Slovakia (8) 1
M. Klizan (SVK) def. M. Przysiezny (POL) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
J. Janowicz (POL) def. N. Gombos (SVK) 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2