Wednesday, October 16, 2013

New 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
   Bob Bryan, 35 years old, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Mike Bryan, 35 years old, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Mardy Fish, 31 years old, Sacramento Capitals of World TeamTennis (2012-13) -- No. 365 in singles (-2), No. 123 in doubles (+1).
   Bradley Klahn, 23 years old, 2010 NCAA singles champion and 2011 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- No. 130 in singles (+1), career-high No. 161 in doubles (+25).
   Scott Lipsky, 32 years old, 2002 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- No. 33 in doubles (-2), unranked in singles.
   Sam Querrey, 26 years old, San Francisco native, Capitals (2012-13) -- No. 34 in singles (-3), No. 213 in doubles (-47).
   Ryan Sweeting, 26 years old, Capitals (2012-13) -- No. 535 in singles (-3), No. 872 in doubles (no change).
   Dmitry Tursunov, 30 years old, trains at Gorin Tennis Academy in Sacramento suburb of Granite Bay -- No. 39 in singles (+1), No. 156 in doubles (+1).
Women
   Mallory Burdette, 22 years old, NCAA singles runner-up in 2012 and NCAA doubles champion in 2011 and 2012 from Stanford -- No. 132 in singles (-6), No. 430 in doubles (+1).
   Nicole Gibbs, 20 years old, NCAA singles champion in 2012 and 2013 and NCAA doubles champion in 2012 from Stanford -- No. 208 in singles (-1), No. 565 in doubles (+1).
   Macall Harkins, Redding resident -- No. 274 in doubles (+3), No. 758 in singles (+5).
   Raquel Kops-Jones, 30 years old, 2003 NCAA doubles champion from Cal -- No. 23 in doubles (-1), unranked in singles.
   Megan Moulton-Levy, 28 years old, Capitals (2013) -- No. 54 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Maria Sanchez, 23 years old, Modesto product -- No. 139 in singles (+1), No. 140 in doubles (no change).
   Taylor Townsend, 17 years old, Capitals (2013) -- No. 277 in singles (no change), No. 215 in doubles (no change).
TV SCHEDULE
(All Times PDT)
Thursday
   Stockholm (men), early rounds, Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (repeat), 1-7 p.m. (delay). 
   Luxembourg (women), early rounds, Tennis Channel, 7-11 p.m. (delay).
Friday
   Stockholm (men), early rounds, Tennis Channel, 4-10 a.m. (repeat). 
Saturday
   Moscow (women), semifinals, Tennis Channel, 2-6 a.m. (live), 6-10 a.m. (repeat), 3-7 p.m. (repeat).
   Stockholm (men), semifinals, Tennis Channel, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (delay).
   Luxembourg (women), semifinals, Tennis Channel, 7-11 p.m. (delay). 
Sunday
   Moscow (women), final, Tennis Channel, 2-4 a.m. (live), 4-6 a.m. (repeat), 8-10 a.m. (repeat), 2-4 p.m. (repeat).
   Stockholm (men), final, Tennis Channel, noon-2 p.m. (delay), 7-9 p.m. (repeat).
   Moscow (men), final, Tennis Channel, 5-7 p.m. (delay). 
   Luxembourg (women), final, Tennis Channel, 7-9 p.m. (delay).
CALENDAR
   Through Nov. 3 -- Sacramento Clay Court League, Ben Combs' house, 8582 Westin Lane, Orangevale, Calif., 95662, www.sacramentoclaycourtleague.com.
   Tuesday-Oct. 27 -- WTA Championships, Istanbul, www.wtachampionships.com. Defending champions: Serena Williams, Maria Kirilenko-Nadia Petrova.
   Nov. 2-3 -- Fed Cup final, Russia at Italy, www.fedcup.com.
   Nov. 4-11 -- ATP World Tour Finals, London, www.barclaysatpworldtourfinals.com. Defending champions: Novak Djokovic, Marcel Granollers-Marc Lopez.
   Nov. 15-17 -- Davis Cup final, Czech Republic at Serbia, www.daviscup.com.
   Jan. 13-26, 2014 -- AUSTRALIAN OPEN, Melbourne, www.australianopen.com. Defending champions: Novak Djokovic, Victoria Azarenka, Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan, Sara Errani-Roberta Vinci, Jarmila Gajdosova-Matthew Ebden.
   Jan. 31-Feb. 2 -- Davis Cup, first round, Great Britain at United States, site to be announced, www.daviscup.com.
   Feb. 8-9 -- Fed Cup, first round, Italy at United States, site to be announced, www.fedcupcom.
   Feb. 26, 2014 -- Champions Shootout (Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Jim Courier, James Blake), 7 p.m., Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, Calif.,  www.powersharesseries.com.
   March 3-16, 2014 -- BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, Calif., www.bnpparibasopen.com. Defending champions: Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan, Ekaterina Makarova-Elena Vesnina.

1 comment:

  1. I've seen a couple of other performances at other Channels, but this was my first time in here. It was amazing! Great shows, it's smaller than others I guess but it is still a fair sized fun.

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