Kvitova is On Fire, Isner Wins Home Tourney Again

WTA Premier: New Haven, CT, United States

2) Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. 7) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 7-6(9) 7-5

-Kvitova wins 9th career title, last '12 Montreal
-Other QF:  3) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)-SF, 4) Sara Errani (ITA)-SF, 5) Marion Bartoli (FRA), 6) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK), 8) Lucie Safarova (CZE), Q) Olga Govortsova (BLR)
-Other seeds:  1) Radwanska (R2 ret. to Govortsova)

-Wozniacki's attempt to win 5 consecutive New Haven titles fell short against Kirilenko in the SF.
-Bartoli and Wozniacki were returning quarterfinalists from last year.

-Losing finalist Kirilenko is very quietly putting together a nice '12 campaign with a 28-16 record including QF at Wimbledon, 4th at the Olympics, and the SF here.  But she still hasn't won a title since 2008.
-The Americans went just 2-6 in this tournament, though 3 of them were qualifiers and lucky losers.  Stephens got one win and the other went to NCAA champion Nicole Gibbs over fellow qualifier Burdette.

-Petkovic defeated Babos in return from injury but then lost to Cibulkova.

WTA International: Dallas, TX, United States
3) Roberta Vinci (ITA) def. 2) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 7-5 6-3

-Vinci wins 7th career title, last '11 Budapest
-Other QF:  6) Shuai Peng (CHN), 7) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA), 8) Sorana Cirstea (ROU), Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN), Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)-SF, Q) Casey Dellacqua (AUS)-SF
-Other seeds:  1) Kerber (w/d), 4) Wickmayer (R2 l. to Dellacqua), 5) Zakopalova (R1 l. to Wozniak)
-Lisicki chose not to defend her title.

-There were no returning quarterfinalists from last year.
-There was just one American in the draw, Falconi, who promptly lost to Parmentier.
-Vinci double bageled Jovanovski in the SF.
-Qualifers went 4-0 in R1 but all lost in R2 except Dellacqua.  The others were Parmentier, Lucic, and young Canadian Bouchard.

ATP 250: Winston-Salem, NC, United States

3) John Isner (USA) def. 2) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 3-6 6-4 7-6(9)

-Isner wins 5th career title, 2nd of 2012, last '12 Newport

-It is his 2nd win in Winston-Salem

-Other QF:  1) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)-SF, 4) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR), 6) Marcel Granollers (ESP), 7) Sam Querrey (USA)-SF, David Goffin (BEL), Steve Darcis (BEL)

-Other seeds:  5) Roddick (R3 l. to Darcis), 8) Benneteau (R2 l. to Kubot), 9) Lopez (R3 l. to Querrey), 10) Troicki (R2 l. to Goffin), 11) Istomin (R2 l. to Darcis), 12) Anderson (R2 l. to Gulbis), 13) Melzer (R3 l. to Isner), 14) Nalbandian (R3 l. to Dolgopolov), 15) Andujar (R2 l. to Stakhovsky), 16) Nieminen (R3 l. to Berdych)

-Isner successfully defended his title.

-Isner and Dolgopolov were returning quarterfinalists from last year.

-Berdych had several championship points in the final, including one on his serve at 6-5 in the 3rd set tiebreak but he missed a relatively easy forehand.
-Every American in the draw (Isner, Roddick, Querrey, Young, Harrison, Blake, and Michael McClune) each had at least one, and they went 13-6 overall.
-It was Young's first win since Memphis and he is 3-21 on the season.
-Roddick beat Blake in two tiebreaks but then lost in turn to Darcis the same way.

-The final was not the longest 3rd set tiebreak in the tournament.  That was Melzer's win over McClune in R2, 12-10 in the 3rd set 'breaker.
-Qualifiers and wildcards went 6-0 in R1.  That was Becker, Gulbis, Stakhovsky, McClune, Harrison, and Blake.  Gulbis and Stakhovsky won R2 matches.