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Roland Garros September 26 – October 11, 2020 Women’S Tennis Association Match Notes ROLAND GARROS SEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 11, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES ROLAND, GARROS, PARIS | SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 11, 2020 | €38,000,000 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.rolandgarros.com | @rolandgarros | facebook.com/RolandGarros WTA Communications: Adam Lincoln, Estelle LaPorte, Ellie Emerson ROLAND GARROS - DAY 7 MATCH-UPS [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. [25] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #29) Anisimova leads 1-0 Anisimova upset defending champion Halep in QF here last year... Halep in the midst of career-best 16-match winning streak... Anisimova has conceded just four games across opening two rounds [3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. [27] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #31) First meeting Svitolina enjoying her highest seeding at a Slam... Alexandrova bidding to reach fourth round at a major for the first time in her career...Svitolina has dropped serve 11 times in her two matches so far KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #61) vs. [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) Series tied 1-1 Bertens beat Siniakova en route to Madrid title last year... Siniakova’s last Top 10 win came in third round here in 2019 against Osaka... Bertens saved a match point during Wednesday’s dramatic win over Errani CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #45) vs. [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #20) Garcia leads 2-0 Garcia triumphed when the two met on Fed Cup duty last year... Mertens is bidding for 29th win of the season... Garcia’s best result across all majors was a QF run in Paris in 2017 [Q] MARTINA TREVISAN (ITA #159) vs. [20] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #24) First meeting Trevisan has failed to win a set in any of her previous encounters with Top 50 opponents... Sakkari is through to third round in Paris for a second time... Trevisan is one of three qualifiers left in the draw [WC] EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #168) vs. IGA SWIATEK (POL #54) First meeting Second Canadian-Polish encounter in this year’s draw... Bouchard through to the third round at a major for the first time since 2017...Swiatek has dropped just eight games so far BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #114) vs. [WC] TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #157) First meeting Pironkova looking to become first wildcard to reach the fourth round here since 2014... Krejcikova won Roland Garros doubles title in 2018... Pironkova made QF here in 2016 ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #161) vs. [Q] NADIA PODOROSKA (ARG #131) First meeting Podoroska registered 40th win of 2020 by beating Putintseva in second round ... Schmiedlova has lost on both previous third round Slam appearances... Dulko was the last Argentine to reach fourth round in Paris WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) Lowest-ranked title winner: Patricia Maria Tig (No.88, Istanbul) Most finals: Elena Rybakina: 5 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up, Strasbourg, R-Up); Simona Halep: 3 (Dubai, W, Prague, W, Rome, W) Maiden titles (3): Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Brady (Lexington), Tig (Istanbul) Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 192, Serena Williams – 178, Garbiñe Muguruza – 154 Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) Match win leaders: Rybakina – 29, Mertens – 27, Muguruza - 22, Halep – 21 Most doubles titles (4): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha, Rome) Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Kung (Hua Hin), Fernandez (Acapulco), Bouchard (Istanbul) Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart) Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland) Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens – all at Australian Open) WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY • As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. • Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongo- ing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit- ed Kingdom and the United States, among others. • In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants. • For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam- met [email protected] WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES CONTRASTING PATHS TEENAGE KICKS Last year’s semifinalistAmanda Anisimova has started Four of the 11 teenagers to start the main draw are still this year’s campaign in fine fettle, dropping the fewest alive and kicking in Paris. While Amanda Anisimova and number of games of any player left in the draw, requiring Iga Swiatek, both enjoyed extended stays in the French under an hour to see off first Tamara Korpatsch and then capital last year, it is uncharted territory for tournament Bernarda Pera by the same 6-2 6-0 scoreline. debutantes Clara Burel and Leylah Fernandez. Kiki Bertens, meanwhile, has been taken the distance At 19 years and six months old, Burel is the youngest in both her opening matches, coming perilously close to Frenchwoman to reach the third round on home soil since defeat against 2012 runner-up Sara Errani on Wednes- an 18-year-old Alizé Cornet did so in 2008. Should Burel day, saving a match point in a dramatic final set. In total, continue her run by upsetting No.39 Zhang Shuai in the the Dutchwoman has already spent well over five hours next round, she will become the youngest French player on court. to advance that far since Mary Pierce in 1994. SCATTERED SEEDS Fiona Ferro’s upset of Elena Rybakina on Thursday means that for the first time since the introduction of 32 seeds at 2001 Wimbledon, only 13 of the elite have made the third round at a major. In the 76 Slams using the 32-seed format prior to this, the fewest to make this juncture had been 14, at the Austra- lian Open in 2016. In addition to this, with Barbora Krejcikova, Tsvetana ¡VAMOS ARGENTINA! Pironkova, Anna Karolina Schmiedlova and Nadia Podoroska situated in the same section of the top half Nadia Podoroska is enjoying a year to remember. Hav- of the draw, Roland Garros is guaranteed at least one ing started the campaign ranked No.255, the 23-year-old unseeded quarterfinalist for the ninth year in a row: is now on the cusp of breaking into the Top 100 for the first time. Year Unseeded Quarterfinalist(s) Victory over the in-form Yulia Putintseva in the second Amanda Anisimova (SF), Marketa Vondrousova (R-UP) round was the 40th of a remarkable campaign. Should 2019 she continue her run by beating Anna Karolina Schmied- 2018 Yulia Putintseva (QF) lova on Friday she will become the first Argentinian woman to reach the last 16 in Paris since Gisela Dulko in 2017 Jelena Ostapenko (WON) 2011. Kiki Bertens (SF), Yulia Putintseva (QF), Shelby Rogers 2016 (QF), Tsvetana Pironkova (QF) QUALIFIED SUCCESS 2015 Alison Van Uytvanck (QF) Irina Bara, Nadia Podoroska and Martina Trevisan did 2014 Garbiñe Muguruza (QF) not have a Grand Slam main draw win between them heading into the Roland Garros fortnight. 2013 Svetlana Kuznetsova (QF) However, the trio have successfully cleared the opening 2012 Yaroslava Shvedova (QF) two hurdles to ensure that for just the second time in the past nine editions of the tournament three players from the qualifying draw have advanced to the third round. MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE | Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2020 | $19,694,806 | GRAND SLAM [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #29) Head to Head: AMANDA ANISIMOVA leads 1-0 2019 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O QF AMANDA ANISIMOVA 6-2 6-4 68 mins SIMONA HALEP AMANDA ANISIMOVA 2 WTA RANKING 29 3 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 40 27-09-1991 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 31-08-2001 (19) $1,728,990 YTD PRIZE MONEY $329,259 $36,837,011 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,889,409 3 / 22 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 30-9 ROLAND GARROS W-L (MD) * 7-2 22-2 / 392-170 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 11-7 / 45-27 6-0 / 116-57 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 9-14 5-1 / 52-56 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 10-4 12-0 / 132-45 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 14-6 1-0 / 40-49 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 3-7 5-1 / 104-76 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 6-10 0-0 / 35-15 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 3-5 * Updated entering 2020 Roland Garros 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs.
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