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Unstoppable Czechs win Hopman Cup Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych won the Hyundai Hopman Cup title for Czech Republic after recording a 2-0 triumph over France in Saturday’s final at the Burswood Dome in Perth.
Kvitova opened the tie with a 75 61 win against Marion Bartoli before Berdych sealed victory by defeating Richard Gasquet 76(0) 64. The two Czech players, ranked No. 2 and No. 7 in the world respectively, remained unbeaten in singles play throughout the tournament.
“It’s really good to win at the beginning of the season and of course I have to say Tomas Berdych (CZE) and Petra thank you to Tomas because without him we wouldn’t win,” said Kvitova. Kvitova (CZE) lift the Hopman Cup Photo: Tommy Hindley Berdych added: “It couldn’t be better, it was an extremely great week and first of all I need to congratulate my partner. 9 January 2012 Issue 2 She won all she can and I just add some winnings again and now we can be standing here and have such a nice trophy, so it was a really good week.”
Czech Republic’s only previous Hopman Cup success was in 1994 when Jana Novotna and Petr Korda teamed up to defeat Germany’s Anke Huber and Bernd Karbacher in the final.
For more infomation visit: www.hopmancup.com.
Countdown to the Australian Open The 2012 Australian Open gets underway in just a week’s time with the world’s top players heading to Melbourne for the first Grand Slam of the year.
Novak Djokovic is bidding to win his third consecutive major following his terrific season in 2011, which saw him claim the titles at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Rafael Nadal will lead the challenge along with Roger Federer and Andy Murray.
Kim Clijsters lifted the women’s trophy in 2011, her first Australian Open victory and fourth Grand Slam title, but she missed most of the 2011 season with a torn stomach muscle. World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki will head the women’s charge but will face stiff opposition from Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and US Open champion and home favourite Sam Stosur.
Ashleigh Barty (AUS), Casey Dellacqua (AUS), Madison Keys (USA), Aravane Rezai (FRA), Olivia Rogowska (AUS) have already been announced as the women’s wild cards. Men’s wild cards so far announced are Jeremy Chardy (FRA), James Duckworth (AUS), Lleyton Hewitt (AUS), Jesse Levine (USA), Marinko Matosevic (AUS) and Ben Mitchell (AUS).
Qualifying is being held this week with the main draw taking place from 16-29 January. For more information visit www.australianopen.com.
Inside Fed Cup draw Touring teams announced Beach Tennis dates confirmed
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Draw made for Fed Cup Zone Group I
The draw for the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Europe/Africa Zone Group I, Americas Zone Group I and Asia/Oceania Group I competitions took place in London on Monday.
The events will determine which nations advance to the World Group II Play-Offs, to be played 21-22 April, and which nations will be relegated to Group II competition for 2013. Two teams will progress from Europe/Africa Group I and one from Americas Group I and Asia/Oceania Group I. Two teams will be relegated from Europe/Africa Group I and Americas Group I and one team will be relegated from Asia/Oceania Group I.
The competing nations were drawn into their initial round robin pools, which are contested throughout the week, with promotion and relegation then at stake in the play-off ties on Saturday.
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel (hard - outdoors) 9 January 2012 Issue 2 Date: 1-4 February
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Estonia Sweden Netherlands Poland Austria Hungary Great Britain Romania Bulgaria Greece Israel Croatia Bosnia/Herzegovina Portugal Luxembourg
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I Venue: Graciosa Country Club, Curitiba, Brazil (clay - outdoors) Date: 30 January - 4 February
Pool A Pool B Canada Colombia Argentina Paraguay Peru Brazil Bahamas Venezuela Bolivia
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I Venue: Shenzhen Luohu Tennis Center, Shenzhen, China (hard - outdoors) Date: 1-4 February
Pool A Pool B China, P.R. Thailand Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei Korea, Rep. Indonesia
Daily reports from all three events will be available on the official Fed Cup by BNP Paribas websites: www.fedcup.com and www.fedcup.com/es.
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Central American and Caribbean touring teams announced This year the Regional Association COTECC will be sending a 14&U and an 18&U ITF/Grand Slam Central American and Caribbean Junior Touring Team to the COSAT Circuit events.
In the 14&U team the selected players are Djeri Jakara Raymond (ANT), Daniela Corina Obando Maldonado (HON), Atilio Jose Flores Castro (ESA) and Eduardo Jose Camacho Trevino ( CRC). They will be accompanied by coach John Goede (SUR) and will compete in tournaments from 16 January to 12 February in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
In the 18&U team, Victoria Rodriguez (MEX), Alejandra Cisneros (MEX), Simone Pratt (BAH) and Yolimar Ogando (PUR) have been invited to participate, accompanied by coach Guillermo Stevens (MEX). They will be playing in Grade 1 and Grade 2 events from 2 January to 28 January in Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador.
COTECC President, Enrique Molins said: “This initiative is possible thanks to the Grand Slam Development Fund and it is an excellent incentive to our National Federations and especially to our junior tennis players who have ambitious and competitive tennis goals.”
9 January 2012 Issue 2 NEWS IN BRIEF
Spain wins 2011 European Tennis Trophy Spain’s Davis Cup by BNP Paribas victory in December secured the nation its fifth European Tennis Trophy for Overall Tennis Performance, Tennis Europe announced on Monday. 1-18 Jan: ITF/OTF Pacific Oceania Junior Team The Trophy recognises and rewards the annual to Australia 5-29 Jan: ITF/GSDF Asian 16&U team, India achievements of Tennis Europe’s 49 member nations, 6-15 Jan: ITF Asian 14&U Development Championship providing a year-end ranking of the performances of - Division 2, Vietnam players and teams across the main competitive 6-15 Jan: West Asian Team to Division 2 event (team disciplines. from West Asian Championships) 8-14 Jan: ITF/CAT Southern African Junior Spain won the Professional Tennis category, finished Championships, Namibia fifth in Junior Tennis, eighth in Seniors Tennis and fourth 8-14 Jan: ITF/CAT East African Junior in Wheelchair Tennis to take the overall crown. Championships, Burundi
Other nations to be honoured are: Russia (Junior Tennis Trophy), Germany (Senior Tennis Trophy) and Netherlands (Wheelchair Tennis Trophy).
“A European Tennis Trophy victory represents not just the achievements of the players, but also the performances of coaches, administrators and federation staff,” said Tennis Europe President Jacques Dupre.
The prizes will be awarded at a special ceremony during Tennis Europe’s Annual General Meeting in Lyon in March.
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South African Airways ATP Rankings WTA Singles Rankings
Position Player Name (Nationality) Points Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) 13630 1st WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN) 7485 2nd NADAL, Rafael (ESP) 9595 2nd KVITOVA, Petra (CZE) 7190 3rd FEDERER, Roger (SUI) 8010 3rd AZARENKA, Victoria (BLR) 6520 4th MURRAY, Andy (GBR) 7380 4th SHARAPOVA, Maria (RUS) 6440 5th FERRER, David (ESP) 4925 5th LI, Na (CHN) 5720 6th TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 4335 6th STOSUR, Samantha (AUS) 5585 7th BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE) 3700 7th ZVONAREVA, Vera (RUS) 5435 8th FISH, Mardy (USA) 2965 8th RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL) 5250 9th TIPSAREVIC, Janko (SRB) 2655 9th BARTOLI, Marion (FRA) 4710 10th ALMAGRO, Nicolas (ESP) 2380 10th PETKOVIC, Andrea (GER) 4500
ITF Wheelchair Rankings ITF Junior Rankings 9 January 2012 Issue 2
MEN’S SINGLES RANKING JUNIOR BOYS RANKING Position Player Name (Nationality) Points Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st SCHEFFERS, Maikel (NED) 5277 1st SAVILLE, Luke (AUS) 1258.75 2nd KUNIEDA, Shingo (JPN) 5048 2nd MONTEIRO, Thiago (BRA) 936.25 3rd HOUDET, Stephane (FRA) 4662 3rd BROADY, Liam (GBR) 818.75 4th VINK, Ronald (NED) 3282 4th UCHIDA, Kaichi (JPN) 711.25 5th PEIFER, Nicolas (FRA) 3103 5th KRUEGER, Mitchell (USA) 640.00 6th AMMERLAAN, Robin (NED) 2875 6th SILVA, Frederico Ferreira (POR) 613.75 7th OLSSON, Stefan (SWE) 2446 7th HARRIS, Andrew (AUS) 593.75 8th SAIDA, Satoshi (JPN) 1994 8th MILOJEVIC, Nikola (SRB) 587.50 9th CATTANEO, Frederic (FRA) 1537 9th EDMUND, Kyle (GBR) 570.00 10th KRUSZELNICKI, Tadeusz (POL) 1472 10th NAPOLITANO, Stefano (ITA) 555.00 WOMEN’S SINGLES RANKING JUNIOR GIRLS RANKING Position Player Name (Nationality) Points Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st VERGEER, Esther (NED) 5949 1st KHROMACHEVA, Irina (RUS) 1300.00 2nd VAN KOOT, Aniek (NED) 3509 2nd BARTY, Ashleigh (AUS) 1105.00 3rd GRIFFIOEN, Jiske (NED) 3291 3rd BOUCHARD, Eugenie (CAN) 987.50 4th BUIS, Marjolein (NED) 2898 4th MIN, Grace (USA) 790.00 5th ELLERBROCK, Sabine (GER) 2094 5th GONZALEZ, Montserrat (PAR) 773.75 6th DI TORO, Daniela (AUS) 2015 6th KONTAVEIT, Anett (EST) 772.50 7th SEVENANS, Annick (BEL) 1642 7th DE VROOME, Indy (NED) 752.50 8th WALRAVEN, Sharon (NED) 1630 8th KOVINIC, Danka (MNE) 740.00 9th KAMIJI, Yui (JPN) 1521 9th JABEUR, Ons (TUN) 717.50 10th MONTJANE, Kgothatso (RSA) 1117 10th PUTINTSEVA, Yulia (RUS) 702.50 QUAD SINGLES RANKING Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st WAGNER, David (USA) 4636 EDITOR: Ed Pearson 2nd NORFOLK, Peter (GBR) 4068 THIS WEEK IS PRODUCED BY: 3rd GERSHONY, Noam (ISR) 3077 ITF Communications Department 4th LAPTHORNE, Andrew (GBR) 2461 Tel: +44 20 8878 6464; Fax: +44 20 8392 4747 5th TAYLOR, Nicholas (USA) 1681 Email: [email protected]
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Results week commencing 2 January 2012
ITF MEN’S CIRCUIT PONTEVEDRA, SPAIN, GRADE 3 Men 40 Age Category Singles Boys Singles Karl Hale (CAN) d. Benjamin Woo (CAN) CHINA F1 FUTURES, SHENZHEN David Biosca Girvent (ESP) d. Remy 63 62 ($15,000) Chala (FRA) 75 46 64 Men 45 Age Category Singles Singles Girls Singles Glenn Michibata (CAN) d. Dariusz Kozak Jiri Vesely (CZE) d. Austin Krajicek (USA) Camilla Rosatello (ITA) d. Alexandria (CAN) 60 61 64 75 Stiteler (USA) 64 62 Men 50 Age Category Singles Doubles Boys Doubles Denis Dumas (CAN) d. Cary Willson (CAN) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/Ivo Klec David Biosca Girvent/Jaume Pla Malfeito 57 75 64 (SVK) d. Hsin-Han Lee/Hsien-Yin Peng (ESP) d. Enzo Py/Johan Sebastien Tatlot Men 55 Age Category Singles (TPE) 64 62 (FRA) 63 26 [10-7] Jean-Pierre Cote (CAN) d. Fraser Girls Doubles Macdonald (CAN) 60 63 ITF WOMEN’S CIRCUIT Paula Gutierrez Perez (ESP)/Aleksandra Men 60 Age Category Singles Zenovka (RUS) d. Alice Matteucci/ Dennis Ing (CAN) d. Daryl Howes-Jones $50,000+H QUANZHOU, CHINA, P.R. Candelaria Sedano-Acosta (ITA) 46 63 (CAN) 62 46 61 Singles [15-13] Men 65 Age Category Singles Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. Timea Babos Hani Ayoub (CAN) d. Shaheer Mikhail (HUN) 63 63 BROMMA, SWEDEN, GRADE 4 (CAN) 61 67(2) 62
9 January 2012 Issue 2 Doubles Boys Singles Women 35 Age Category Singles Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/Rika Fujiwara Jonathan Mridha (SWE) d. Robin Haden Erin Boynton (CAN) d. Patty Thornicroft (JPN) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)/Shuai (SWE) 75 64 (CAN) 61 62 Zhang (CHN) 46 64 [10-7] Girls Singles Women 45 Age Category Singles Cornelia Emily Lister (SWE) d. Donika Cathy Litton (CAN) d. Janice Hebert (CAN) ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT Bashota (SWE) 75 64 75 63 Boys Doubles Women 55 Age Category Singles SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, GRADE 1 Mohamed Shabib/Simon Friis Michelle Hall (CAN) d. Frances Critchley Boys Singles Soendergaard (DEN) d. Vincent (CAN) 46 62 60 Noah Rubin (USA) d. Connor Farren Eriksson/Robin Haden (SWE) 61 64 (USA) 46 62 63 Girls Doubles ITF WHEELCHAIR CIRCUIT Girls Singles Donika Bashota/Cornelia Emily Lister Sachia Vickery (USA) d. Christina (SWE) d. Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE)/ CALOUNDRA, AUSTRALIA, ITF 2 Makarova (USA) 75 61 Madara Straume (LAT) 63 76(1) SERIES Boys Doubles Men’s Singles Filip Bergevi/Fred Simonsson (SWE) d. BELGRADE, SERBIA, GRADE 5 Michael Jeremiasz (FRA) d. Martin Legner Stefano Napolitano (ITA)/Adrian Obert Boys Singles (AUT) 61 62 (GER) 36 63 [10-7] Luka Ilic (SRB) d. Thomas Jan Dafcik Women’s Singles Girls Doubles (GER) 60 63 Sabine Ellerbrock (GER) d. Daniela Di Toro Laura Pigossi (BRA)/Marcela Zacarias Girls Singles (AUS) 61 46 76(5) (MEX) d. Rosalie Van der Hoek (NED)/ Ivana Jorovic (SRB) d. Andreea Ghitescu Quad Singles Sachia Vickery (USA) 62 64 (ROU) 46 76(2) 64 Greg Hasterok (USA) d. Marco Innocenti Boys Doubles (ITA) 75 ret. JIANGMEN, CHINA, P.R., GRADE 3 Goran Markovic (SRB)/Maks Tekavec Men’s Doubles Boys Singles (SLO) d. Oliver Ceranic (AUS)/Mark Frederic Cazeaudumec/Michael Siyu Liu (CHN) d. Weiqiang Zheng (CHN) Kovacs (HUN) 67(4) 64 [10-5] Jeremiasz (FRA) d. Marc McCarroll/ 63 64 Girls Doubles Gordon Reid (GBR) 64 75 Girls Singles Ivana Jorovic/Mina Markovic (SRB) d. Women’s Doubles Hao Chen Tang (CHN) d. Ruyu Yan (CHN) Anastasia Chikalkina/Nelli Ponomareva Kgothatso Montjane (RSA)/Christine 63 61 (RUS) 64 46 [13-11] Schoenn (FRA) d. Kanako Domori/Yuko Boys Doubles Okabe (JPN) 64 57 62 Wei-Jen Chen/Cheng-Yu Yu (TPE) d. Chao- ITF SENIORS CIRCUIT Yu Huang/KUAN-YI LEE (TPE) 64 46 [10-2] Girls Doubles TORONTO, CANADA, GRADE 3 Yukun Zhang/Saisai Zheng (CHN) d. Men 35 Age Category Singles Jiahui Chen/Ziyue Sun (CHN) 61 61 Adam Baranowski (CAN) d. Olivier Borlee (CAN) 63 62 Page 5 The News Bulletin of the International Tennis Federation www.itftennis.com
This Week Next Week Events - week commencing 9 January 2012
GRAND SLAM AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUALIFYING, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
MEN Germany F1 Futures Schwieberdingen $10,000 Israel F1 Futures Eilat $10,000 Russia F1 Futures Moscow $10,000 Turkey F1 Futures Antalya $10,000 USA F1 Futures Plantation, FL $10,000 China F2 Futures Shenzhen $15,000 Great Britain F1 Futures Glasgow $15,000
WOMEN Great Britain Glasgow $10,000 Guadeloupe Saint Martin $10,000 Turkey Antalya $10,000 China, P.R. Pingguo $25,000 USA Innisbrook, FL $25,000
SENIORS Canada Toronto Grade 3 9 January 2012 Issue 2
JUNIORS Venezuela Caracas Grade 1 Slovak Republic Bratislava Grade 2 India Chandigarh Grade 3 Austria Bergheim Grade 4 Japan Saitama Grade 4 Poland Szczecin Grade 4 Spain Pontevedra Grade 4 Sweden Vasteras Grade 4 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Grade 4 China, P.R. Shenzhen Grade 5
WHEELCHAIR Australia Adelaide ITF 2 Series
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This Week Next Week Events - week commencing 16 January 2012
GRAND SLAM AUSTRALIAN OPEN, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
MEN Germany F2 Futures Stuttgart $10,000 Israel F2 Futures Eilat $10,000 Russia F2 Futures Moscow $10,000 Turkey F2 Futures Antalya $10,000 USA F2 Futures Sunrise, FL $10,000 France F1 Futures Bagnoles De L’Orne $10,000+H Great Britain F2 Futures Sheffield $15,000
WOMEN Germany Stuttgart $10,000 Great Britain Sutton $10,000 Guadeloupe Gosier $10,000 Portugal Coimbra $10,000 Turkey Antalya $10,000 USA Plantation, FL $25,000 9 January 2012 Issue 2 SENIORS Australia Perth Grade 1 Austria Seefeld Grade 1 Croatia Zagreb Grade 3
JUNIORS Australia Traralgon Grade 1 Colombia Barranquilla Grade 1 Czech Republic Prerov Grade 1 India New Delhi Grade 2 Germany Hamburg Grade 4 Hong Kong, China Causeway Bay Grade 4 United Arab Emirates Fujairah Grade 4
WHEELCHAIR Australia Melbourne ITF 2 Series
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