CAPÍTULO III METODOLOGÍA
3.3 Población y muestra
[21] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #24)
R128: d. Misaki Doi (JPN #42) 62 46 63 (1h57) R64: d. Shuai Zhang (CHN #69) 63 64 (1h18) R32: d. [11] Lucie Safarova (CZE #13) 63 67 75 (2h22) R16: d. [6] Simona Halep (ROU #6) 76 63 (1h30) Total games: 102
Won/lost: 60-42 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Total time on court: 7h07 Average time on court: 1h47 Average rank of opponent: 32.5
vs.
TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #102)
R128: d. [16] Sara Errani (ITA #18) 63 62 (1h19) R64: d. Johanna Larsson (SWE #62) 75 76(1h47) R32: d. [19] Sloane Stephens (USA #22) 62 61 (0h51) R16: d. [2] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #2) 26 63 63 (1h46) Total games: 83
Won/lost: 52-31 Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 5h43 Average time on court: 1h26 Average rank of opponent: 26
Stosur:
Making 13th main draw appearance at Roland Garros (and 14th overall)
Best Roland Garros result is runner-up finish in 2010 (d. No.23 Henin, No.1 S.Williams and No.4 Jankovic en route, l. Schiavone); also SF runs in 2009 (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova) and 2012 (l. eventual runner-up Errani)
Has advanced to Roland Garros QF for fourth time in her career, and first since 2012. Owns a perfect 3-0 record in QF matches in Paris
Playing first QF at any major since 2012 US Open (l. Azarenka). Owns a 4-2 record overall in Grand Slam QF matches
Bidding to reach fifth Grand Slam SF of career after 2009 Roland Garros (SF), 2010 Roland Garros (R-Up), 2011 US Open (Won) and 2012 Roland Garros (SF)
Having reached QF, ranking is expected to rise to Top 20 (for first time since week of August 17, 2015), and Top 15 by reaching the SF (for first time since week of August 26, 2013)
At 32 years of age, is the third oldest player remaining in the draw, after V.Williams (35) and S.Williams (34), who are both due to play their R16 matches on Wednesday
Defeated Doi in 1r and Roland Garros doubles partner in Zhang in 2r
Defeated 2015 Roland Garros finalist and No.11 Safarova in the 3r. It was her 10th three-set win of 2016 (10-6 record)
Defeated 2014 Roland Garros finalist and No.6 Halep in the R16. In 2016, it was her first Top 10 win (now 31-68 lifetime record) and fourth Top 20 win (also No.15 Vinci at Sydney; No.11 Suarez Navarro at Madrid; No.11 Safarova and No.6 Halep at Roland Garros)
Faces No.102 Pironkova today; last loss to a player ranked outside Top 100 was at 2016 Australian Open (l. No.114 Kr.Pliskova in 1r)
Doubles champion at Roland Garros in 2006 (w/Raymond, d. Hantuchova/Sugiyama in F)
Enters Roland Garros having achieved strong results during clay court season. Advanced to QF at Strasbourg before conceding a walkover to eventual champion Garcia (left wrist injury)
Posted SF finish at 2016 Madrid (l. eventual champion Halep) and made 2r exit at Rome (l. Kuznetsova)
Reached her 23rd career singles final at 2016 Prague (l. Safarova in three sets); is now 8‐15 in singles finals
In April, went 0‐2 in singles in Australia’s 0‐4 loss to USA in Fed Cup WG play‐off tie in Brisbane on clay (l. McHale, Vandeweghe)
Made R16 runs during spring US swing at 2016 Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and Charleston (l. Errani); fell in 2r of Miami (w/1r bye, l. Goerges)
Won both singles matches in Australia’s 3‐2 win over Slovakia in Fed Cup WG QF tie in February (d. Cepelova, Schmiedlova)
First round loss at 2016 Australian Open was her first at the event since 2012 (l. Kr.Pliskova)
Made QF run at 2016 Sydney (l. eventual finalist Puig). Was her first QF at a Premier‐level tournament or higher since 2014 Beijing (l. in SF to Kvitova), and first in Australia since 2005 Sydney
Opened 2016 season at Brisbane, fell in 2r (l. Suarez Navarro)
Is a former Grand Slam champion, having won the 2011 US Open (d. S.Williams in F). One of only four women who has defeated S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, and Kerber)
Reached first Grand Slam final at 2010 Roland Garros (l. Schiavone)
Ended 2015 season at No.27, her lowest year‐end ranking finish since 2008 (at No.52)
Won two WTA singles titles in 2015 season, both at International level, at Strasbourg (d. Mladenovic in F) and Bad Gastein (d. Knapp in F). Was second season where had won multiple titles (also 2013 – Carlsbad, Osaka)
Now holds 8‐15 record in singles finals 24‐14 in doubles finals
Other notable results in 2015 were SF runs at Washington DC (l. eventual champion Stephens) and Hong Kong (l. Kerber), also reached R16 at US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta)
Achieved 500th career match win (all levels) at 2015 Washington DC, the 15th active player to achieve the feat
Didn’t win back‐to‐back matches in 2015 until Madrid, a run spanning nine tournaments
Owns two wins over a reigning No.1: S.Williams (2010 Roland Garros) and Wozniacki (2010 WTA Finals)
Top ranked Australian of two in Top 100 (ahead of Gavrilova) as at May 23, 2016
Former doubles world No.1 with 24 titles to her name, including 2005 US Open and 2006 Roland Garros (both w/Raymond)
Won third mixed doubles Grand Slam title of career at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Zimonjic)
Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Australia in 1998, and first WTA main draws in 2002, as a wildcard at Gold Coast and Australian Open
Coached by David Taylor. After six years working together, they split in late 2013, only to re‐unite 18 months later in April 2015. It was recently announced the coaching arrangement would come to an end after 2016 Roland Garros, due to Taylor’s wish to be based closer to his family in Europe
Pironkova:
Making 11th main draw appearance at Roland Garros
Has reached the QF at Roland Garros for the first time in her career. Previous best result was 3r in 2015 (l. Stephens), in addition to five 2r appearances and four 1r exits
Is contesting her third career Grand Slam QF; owns a 1-1 record in such matches, reaching SF at 2010 Wimbledon and QF at 2011 Wimbledon
This is only the sixth major where she has achieved back-to-back wins during her career on what is her 42nd consecutive Grand Slam appearance (after 2010 Wimbledon, 2011 Wimbledon, 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon and 2015 Roland Garros)
Has reached the R16 at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2013 Wimbledon (l. A.Radwanska) and now the QF for the first time since 2011 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kvitova)
Upset No.18 Errani in 1r, and defeated Larsson in 2r. Win over Errani was first Top 20 victory since 2015 Sydney (d. No.12 Pennetta)
Followed up by defeating No.22 Stephens in the 3r (dropped just three games), and then achieved first win over a Top 5 opponent in nearly four years by defeating No.2 A.Radwanska in R16
Improves career record vs. Top 5 opponents to 6-18 record, with victories over No.2 A.Radwanska (2016 Roland Garros), No.3 A.Radwanska (2012 Eastbourne), No.3 Zvonareva (2011 Wimbledon), No.2 V.Williams (2010 Wimbledon), No.5 Dementieva (2010 Warsaw), No.3 Ivanovic (2008 Rome)
Plays No.24 Stosur today in QF. Bidding for her fourth Top 25 victory of the tournament. The last time she defeated four Top 25 opponents at the same tournament was en route to the title at 2014 Sydney, where she defeated No.22 Cirstea (1r), No.7 Errani (QF), No.6 Kvitova (SF) and No.9 Kerber (F)
Is the first Bulgarian woman into Roland Garros QF since Sesil Karatantcheva in 2005; bidding to become first Bulgarian woman to reach Roland Garros SF
Pironkova’s ranking is projected to improve to Top 70 having reached the QF and Top 50 should she win through to SF
No.108 Rogers and No.102 Pironkova have both advanced to the Roland Garros QF, becoming only the ninth and tenth players respectively to reach the last eight in Paris since 1983:
LOWEST RANKED QUARTERFINALISTS AT THE ROLAND GARROS (SINCE 1983):
RANK YEAR NAME
142 2012 Yaroslava Shvedova 132 2008 Carla Suarez Navarro
132 2002 Mary Pierce 131 2001 Petra Mandula 125 1999 Barbara Schwartz 108 2000 Marta Marrero 108 2016 Shelby Rogers 103 1994 Petra Schwarz 102 2009 Maria Sharapova 102 2016 Tsvetana Pironkova 98 2005 Sesil Karatantcheva
LOWEST RANKED GRAND SLAM SEMIFINALISTS
No.102 Pironkova and No.108 Rogers are bidding to reach the SF at Roland Garros. Eleven players ranked outside the Top 100 have reached a Grand Slam SF. No player ranked outside the Top 100 has ever reached the SF at Roland Garros:
PLACE PLAYER RANK GRAND SLAM SEMIFINAL FINAL RESULT
1
Karen Krantzcke NR 1977 Australian Open [Jan.] SF
Evonne Goolagong NR 1977 Australian Open [Dec.] WON
Christine Matison NR 1978 Australian Open SF
Mary Sawyer NR 1979 Australian Open SF
Billie Jean King NR 1979 US Open SF
Kim Clijsters NR 2009 US Open WON
Justine Henin NR 2010 Australian Open R-Up
8 Mirjana Lucic No.134 1999 Wimbledon SF
9 Zheng Jie No.133 2008 Wimbledon SF
10 Diane Evers No.113 1978 Australian Open SF
11 Chris O'Neil No.111 1978 Australian Open WON
Shelby Rogers? No.108 2016 Roland Garros Tsvetana Pironkova? No.102 2016 Roland Garros
12 Gigi Fernandez No.99 1994 Wimbledon SF
Brigitte Simon No.99 1978 Roland Garros SF
14 Angelique Kerber No.92 2011 US Open SF
15 Clarisa Fernandez No.87 2002 Roland Garros SF
NOTE: Since the inception of computer rankings (November 1975)
LOWEST RANKED SEMIFINALISTS AT ROLAND GARROS (SINCE 1975):
RANK NAME YEAR RESULT
108 Shelby Rogers? 2016 ? 102 Tsvetana Pironkova? 2016 ? 99 Brigette Simon 1978 SF 87 Clarisa Fernandez 2002 SF 76 Nadia Petrova 2003 SF
A win today would make Pironkova the 18th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam SF since 2001 Wimbledon (first Slam with 32 seeds)
AUSTRALIAN OPEN ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN
Serena Williams (2007) Justine Henin (2010) Zheng Jie (2010) Madison Keys (2015) Johanna Konta (2016) Clarisa Fernandez (2002) Nadia Petrova (2003) Zheng Jie (2008) Petra Kvitova (2010) Tsvetana Pironkova (2010) Sabine Lisicki (2011) Kim Clijsters (2009) Yanina Wickmayer (2009) Angelique Kerber (2011) Flavia Pennetta (2013) Peng Shuai (2014) Roberta Vinci (2015)
Has played a mix of qualifying and main draw events so far in 2016. Reaching QF at Roland Garros is her season-best result so far, and the first time she has won back-to-back tour-level main draw matches
Reached 2r at 2016 Sydney (l. Bencic), Indian Wells (l. Bacsinszky) and Istanbul (l. Kovinic)
Made 1r exits at 2016 Australian Open (l. Shvedova), Dubai (as qualifier, l. Strycova), and Doha (l. Errani), and bowed out of qualifying at Brisbane, Miami, Madrid and Rome
Ended 2015 at year-end ranking of No.59 (10th time finishing in year-end Top 100)
2015 highlights included reaching SF at Sydney (as defending champion, l. Kvitova), and QF twice, at Eastbourne (l. A.Radwanska) and Istanbul (l. U.Radwanska)
Best Grand Slam result is reaching SF at 2010 Wimbledon (l. Zvonareva, d. No.2 V.Williams in QF), and QF at 2011 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and 2016 Roland Garros
Became first player representing Bulgaria (male or female) to reach Grand Slam SF when she advanced to this stage at 2010 Wimbledon
Owns one career singles title at 2014 Sydney (as qualifier, achieved three Top 10 wins: vs. No.7 Errani in QF, No.6 Kvitova in SF and No.9 Kerber in F). Ranked No.107 at time, was the lowest ranked player to win a title in 2014
Competed in front of home fans at Tournament of Champions-Sofia in 2012 (SF) and 2014 (RR)
Including win over No.2 A.Radwanska at 2016 Roland Garros, career record vs. Top 10 players is 12-31. Four wins have come at Grand Slam level (including two over V.Williams)
Owns a 21-73 lifetime record vs. Top 20 players (2-2 so far this season, including wins over No.18 Errani and No.2 A.Radwanska at 2016 Roland Garros)
Is top ranked Bulgarian woman of four in current Top 200 (as at May 23, 2016)
Bulgarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-13, 2015-16; Bulgarian Olympic Team, 2008, 2012
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DAY 9: ROUND OF 16 MATCH-UPS (TOP HALF)
[1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) vs. [18] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20)
S.Williams leads 3-0
[9] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11) vs. [8] TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #9)
V.Williams leads 2-0
[12] CARLA SUAREZ NAVARRO (ESP #14) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #60)
Suarez Navarro leads 1-0
KIKI BERTENS (NED #58) vs. [15] MADISON KEYS (USA #17)
First meeting