• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Tennis Panorama

Tennis News and Information, Tournament Coverage and Features

Tennis Panorama News

Tennis news and information, tournament coverage and features

  • Home
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Staff
  • RSS
  • Features
  • Tournament Coverage
  • Social Media
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • pinterest
  • Podcast
    • ITunes
  • Tennis Panorama Archive 2008-2017
You are here: Home / Front Page News / Connecticut Open – Monday Results and Tuesday Schedule

Connecticut Open – Monday Results and Tuesday Schedule

August 20, 2018 by Tennis Panorama News

(August 20, 2018) Three-time champion Petra Kvitova is through to the second round of the Connecticut Open after triumphing in a tricky first-round encounter against 2016 winner Agnieszka Radwanska.

The Czech World No.5, making her eighth appearance in New Haven, raced through the first set and, despite a fightback from Radwanska in the second, set up a clash with qualifier Zarina Diyas on Wednesday.

Russian Ekaterina Makarova is also through to the second round after pulling off a resounding 6-1, 6-3 victory over No.4 seed Karolina Pliskova on Monday.

The world No.49 converted on all three break-point opportunities to land her fourth victory from five meetings with the former No.1.

“She’s a very tough opponent. She’s a big server,” Makarova said. “It’s very important to be focused on your serve and hold it aggressively and it was working today so I was very happy to get through.”

Makarova had landed a trifecta of three-set victories, including one over Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki, to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon last month before turning her focus to the North American hard-court swing. She will next meet Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova.

“She’s another good player and she’s a different style,” Makarova said. “[She] likes to mix up everything, slicing, spinning different shots. It’s important to stay with my game, stay solid and we’ll see what happens.”

Brit Johanna Konta earlier advanced to the second round after surviving a late surge from German Laura Siegemund. Four years after bowing out quietly in qualifying, Konta made her New Haven main draw debut with a 6-2, 7-5 victory.

Konta’s win sets a second-round clash with former world No.6 Carla Suarez Navarro after the Spaniard’s upset of No.8 seed Barbora Strycova on Sunday.

Despite letting a 3-1 second-set lead slip against Siegemund, Konta closed out the result at the one hour, 46-minute mark to pick up her first win in three attempts against the German.

Konta handed Serena Williams the worst defeat of her career only a matter of weeks ago in San Jose in her most impressive win of a difficult season.

Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska knocked out the last remaining American hope with a 6-0, 6-3 trouncing of wild card Danielle Collins. The 18-year-old qualifer, ranked No.104, set a second-round meeting with German No.5 seed Julia Goerges.

 

Results – Monday, Aug 20

Women’s Singles
First Round
[3] P. Kvitova (CZE) d A. Radwanska (POL) 61 76(3)
E. Makarova (RUS) d [4] [WC] Ka. Pliskova (CZE) 61 63
[Q] C. Giorgi (ITA) d [Q] A. Bogdan (ROU) 63 62
A. Sabalenka (BLR) d [LL] S. Stosur (AUS) 63 62
[Q] D. Yastremska (UKR) d [WC] D. Collins (USA) 60 63
J. Konta (GBR) d L. Siegemund (GER) 62 75
[Q] Z. Diyas (KAZ) d M. Sakkari (GRE) 64 63
[Q] M. Puig (PUR) d T. Bacsinszky (SUI) 75 61
[Q] A. Sasnovich (BLR) d K. Mladenovic (FRA) 76(6) 67(3) 62

Women’s Doubles
First Round
[1] A. Sestini Hlavackova (CZE) / B. Strycova (CZE) d S. Aoyama (JPN) / L. Marozava (BLR) 62 61
[WC] Ka. Pliskova (CZE) / Kr. Pliskova (CZE) d [Alt] K. Flipkens (BEL) / A. Van Uytvanck (BEL) 67(4) 64 10-6

Schedule – Tuesday, Aug 21

STADIUM start 12:00 noon
[7] K. Bertens (NED) vs A. Kontaveit (EST)
[LL] B. Bencic (SUI) vs [Q] C. Giorgi (ITA)
C. Suárez Navarro (ESP) vs J. Konta (GBR)
Not Before 7:00 pm
[Q] A. Sasnovich (BLR) vs [2] C. Garcia (FRA)
[Q] D. Yastremska (UKR) vs [5] J. Goerges (GER)

SPORTMASTER GRANDSTAND start 12:00 noon
S. Hsieh (TPE) / L. Siegemund (GER) vs [WC] D. Krawczyk (USA) / S. Vickery (USA)
N. Kichenok (UKR) / An. Rodionova (AUS) vs [4] I. Begu (ROU) / M. Niculescu (ROU)
L. Arruabarrena (ESP) / L. Kichenok (UKR) vs [2] D. Schuurs (NED) / K. Srebotnik (SLO)

 

Share

Filed Under: Front Page News, tennis news, tournaments Tagged With: Connecticut Open, tennis, tennis results, women's tennis, WTA

Primary Sidebar

Search Tennis Panorama


Subscribe to Tennis Panorama via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this site and receive notifications of new articles by email.

newsnow_f_ab

cheap tennis shoes from China on DHgate.com

planetbarkad

Tennis Panorama on Twitter @TennisNewsTPN

Tweets by @TennisNewsTPN

Interested in advertising on this site? Please fill out a contact form.

RSS ATP World Tour

  • Fritz Sinks Rune, Seals QF Spot
  • Superb Sinner Races Past Rublev In Miami
  • Halys' Mbappe Connection & Why His 'Life Is Crazy Good'
  • ‘Weird, Wild,’ Eubanks Cracks Miami Fourth Round, Top 100
  • Alcaraz, Tsitsipas, Medvedev Headline Fourth-Round Fun In Miami

RSS WTA Tour

RSS ESPN AP Tennis Headlines

  • Andreescu injured, leaves in wheelchair at Miami March 28, 2023
  • Tsitsipas tops Garin in 3-set win at Miami Open March 28, 2023
  • Andreescu advances in Miami; Alcaraz-Paul next March 27, 2023
  • Errors doom Gauff down stretch in Miami loss March 26, 2023
  • Alcaraz advances at Miami Open, remains No. 1 March 25, 2023

More Tennis Sites

15-lovetennis (French website)

ATP World Tour

BBC Tennis

ESPN

Jon Wertheim Sports Illustrated

International Tennis Federation (ITF)

New York Times Tennis page

Tennis Atlantic

Tennis Channel

Tennis with an Accent

Tennis Identity
USA Today

Tennis TV

WTA

ZooTennis.com






Footer

Subscribe to Tennis Panorama via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this website and receive notifications of new posts by email.

March 2023
S M T W T F S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
« Jan    

Categories

© by TennisPanorama 2014 and beyond
 

Loading Comments...