Tuesday, February 26, 2013

New pro rankings, TV schedule, calendar

PRO RANKINGS
   Following are this week's world rankings of professional players with Northern California ties (change from last week in parentheses):
Men
   Kevin Anderson, Sacramento Capitals (2012) of World TeamTennis -- No. 29 in singles (+1), No. 90 in doubles (+1).
   Nick Andrews, Cal All-American in 2012, resident of Folsom in the Sacramento area -- Career-high No. 1,053 in doubles (+4), No. 1,494 in singles (+8).  
   Bob Bryan, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (+1), unranked in singles.
   Mike Bryan, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Mardy Fish, Capitals (2012-13) -- No. 32 in singles (+1), unranked in doubles.
   Bradley Klahn, 2010 NCAA singles champion and 2011 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- Career-high No. 220 in singles (+2), No. 471 in doubles (+4).
   Alex Kuznetsov, Capitals (2012) -- No. 260 in singles (-7), No. 192 in doubles (+1).
   Scott Lipsky, 2002 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- No. 30 in doubles (-1), unranked in singles.
   Sam Querrey, San Francisco native, Capitals (2012-13) -- No. 23 in singles (-2), No. 49 in doubles (-6).
   Ryan Sweeting, Capitals (2012) -- No. 169 in singles (-17), No. 845 in doubles (+5).
   Dmitry Tursunov, Folsom resident -- No. 92 in singles (+27), No. 288 in doubles (+2).
   Pedro Zerbini, All-Pacific-10 Conference first team at Cal (2009-11) -- Career-high No. 463 in singles (+2), career-high No. 414 in doubles (+3).
Women
   Mallory Burdette, NCAA singles runner-up in 2012 and NCAA doubles champion in 2011 and 2012 from Stanford -- Career-high No. 123 in singles (+2), No. 360 in doubles (+6). 
   Vania King, Capitals (2010-12) -- No. 29 in doubles (-1), No. 113 in singles (+3).
   Raquel Kops-Jones, 2003 NCAA doubles champion from Cal -- No. 15 in doubles (-1), No. 1,143 in singles (no change).
   Asia Muhammad, Capitals (2012) -- Career-high No. 142 in doubles (+6), No. 430 in singles (+5).
   Maria Sanchez, Modesto resident -- Career-high No. 111 in singles (+2), No. 122 in doubles (-6).
   Romana Tedjakusuma, Tracy resident -- No. 461 in singles (+2), No. 1,100 in doubles (+5).
   CoCo Vandeweghe, Capitals (2009, 2012) -- No. 94 in singles (+6), No. 346 in doubles (+5).
TV SCHEDULE
(All times PST)
   Today
   Dubai (men), early rounds, Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. (live).
   Delray Beach (men), early rounds, Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m. (live).
Wednesday
   Dubai (men), early rounds, Tennis Channel, 2-6 a.m. and 7 a.m.-1 p.m. (live).
   Delray Beach (men), early rounds, Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m. (live).
Thursday
    Dubai (men), quarterfinals, Tennis Channel, 3-11 a.m. (live), 3:30-7:30 p.m. (repeat).
    Delray Beach (men), early rounds, Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (live), 1:30-3:30 p.m. (delay).
   Acapulco (men), quarterfinals, Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m.-5 a.m. Friday (delay). 
Friday 
   Dubai (men), semifinals, Tennis Channel, 5-10 a.m. (live), 3:30-8:30 p.m. (repeat).
   Delray Beach (men), quarterfinals, Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (live), 1:30-3:30 p.m. (delay).
   Acapulco (men), semifinals, Tennis Channel, 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Saturday (delay).
   Saturday 
   Dubai (men), final, Tennis Channel, 7-9:30 a.m. (live), 9:30 a.m.-noon and 2-4:30 p.m. (repeat). 
   Delray Beach (men), singles semifinals, Tennis  Channel, noon-2 p.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m. (live); doubles semifinals, 10-11:30 p.m. (delay). 
   Acapulco (men), final, Tennis Channel, 7:30-10 p.m. (delay).
   Sunday
   Delray Beach (men), doubles final, Tennis Channel, 10-11:30 a.m. (live); singles final, noon-2 p.m. (live), 7-9 p.m. (repeat).
CALENDAR
   March 6-17 -- BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, www.bnpparibasopen.com. 2012 champions: Roger Federer, Victoria Azarenka, Marc Lopez-Rafael Nadal, Liezel Huber-Lisa Raymond.
   April 23-28 -- Pac-12 Men's and Women's Championships, Ojai Valley Athletic Club/Libbey Park, Ojai, www.pac12.com.
   April 25-28 -- Big West Conference Men's and Women's Championships, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, www.bigwest.org.
   April 26-28 -- Big Sky Conference Men's and Women's Championships, Gold River Racquet Club, Gold River, Calif., www.bigskyconf.com.
   May 10-11 -- NCAA Men's and Women's Team Championships, first and second rounds at campus sites, www.ncaa.com.
   May 16-21 -- NCAA Men's and Women's Team Championships, round of 16 through finals, Urbana, Ill., www.ncaa.com, www.fightingillini.com.
   May 22-27 -- NCAA Men's and Women's Individual Championships, Urbana, Ill., www.ncaa.com, www.fightingillini.com.
   May 26-June 9 -- FRENCH OPEN, www.rolandgarros.com. 2012 champions: Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Max Mirnyi-Daniel Nestor, Sara Errani-Roberta Vinci.
   June 24-July 7 -- WIMBLEDON, www.wimbledon.com. 2012 champions: Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Jonathan Marray-Frederik Nielsen, Serena Williams-Venus Williams.
   July 1-7 -- $50,000 Gold River Women's Challenger, Gold River, www.usta.com. 2012 champions: Maria Sanchez, Asia Muhammad-Yasmin Schnack.
   July 7 -- World TeamTennis season begins, www.wtt.com.   
   July 25 -- World TeamTennis conference championships at highest seeds, www.wtt.com.
   July 28 -- World TeamTennis Finals at Eastern Conference champion, www.wtt.com. 

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