Tennis: Stosur, Dolgopolov head Kremlin Cup
Top-seeded Stosur enjoys an opening round bye along with second-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.
MOSCOW:
Australia’s world number nine Samantha Stosur and Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, 20th in the world, head the WTA and ATP entries at the Kremlin Cup which gets underway today. Top-seeded Stosur enjoys an opening round bye along with second-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, third seed and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic, who is seeded fourth. The 28-year-old Stosur is hoping that her strong performance here will boost her chances of clinching a place in the season-ending WTA championships in Istanbul. Last year’s champion Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, seeded fifth this year, will start her title defence with a clash with local favourite Ekaterina Makarova.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 15th, 2012.
Australia’s world number nine Samantha Stosur and Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, 20th in the world, head the WTA and ATP entries at the Kremlin Cup which gets underway today. Top-seeded Stosur enjoys an opening round bye along with second-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, third seed and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic, who is seeded fourth. The 28-year-old Stosur is hoping that her strong performance here will boost her chances of clinching a place in the season-ending WTA championships in Istanbul. Last year’s champion Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, seeded fifth this year, will start her title defence with a clash with local favourite Ekaterina Makarova.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 15th, 2012.