This was Granollers' 21st ATP Tour doubles title, and third of the year, and was Zeballos' 16th ATP Tour doubles title, and third of the year. At the French Open, Bertens was seeded No. In the qualifying for the WTA event in Fes, she beat Moroccan wild card Intissar Rassif without dropping a game. After a few weeks of recovery, Bertens kicked off her campaign at the third Grand Slam event of the year and defeated Jeļena Ostapenko and Mona Barthel to reach the third round of the grass tournament for the first time. She played in the first round against top seed Vesna Dolonts and won the first ten games before Dolonts retired. [1], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yannick_Mertens&oldid=979756764, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 16:25. Bertens started playing tennis at age six at ATV Berkenrode, a tennis club where her aunt and uncle played. [11][12] She became the first Dutch female player since Michaëlla Krajicek in 2006 to win a WTA singles tournament.[13]. His favorite surface is clay, and he is coached by his father Kris Mertens. Kiki had routine wins over Annika Beck and Galina Voskoboeva in the first two rounds, but lost to qualifier and eventual champion Elise Mertens. Bertens had a strong start to her clay-court season. Bertens started the year in Auckland, where she entered the main draw as a qualifier. However, she did not go home empty handed. [15] In the quarterfinals, Bertens was defeated by Jamie Hampton. To date, she has won ten singles titles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour including 2018 Western & Southern Open and 2019 Mutua Madrid Open. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. Then, in Miami, she once again reached the main draw through qualifying and earned wins over Zheng Saisai and No. In the final, she beat Vekić in straight sets. Bertens stated afterwards she had been nervous during the match. In the second round Caroline Wozniacki proved too strong, and Bertens lost in straight sets. She lost in the first round to Barbora Strýcová. Van der Brugghen recognized her ability and continued to coach her primarily to help her reach her potential. The following week, she reached the semifinals in Sydney, losing to Ashleigh Barty in three sets. 2 and eventual winner, Caroline Wozniacki.[25]. In the first round, she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets. At the Australian Open Bertens beat Americans CiCi Bellis and Nicole Gibbs in the first two rounds before falling to world No. The following week, she made it to the quarterfinals of the 25K tournament in Poza Rica, but her winning streak was snapped by Jana Čepelová. This was Halep’s 22nd WTA Tour singles title, and third of the year. Despite winning her second title of her career this year and making it to the semifinals of the French Open, Bertens lost in the first round of six straight tournaments, notably including the Summer Olympics and US Open. This was also their 9th doubles title together as a pair. 19 seed Lucie Šafářová and won in two sets, her first win at a Grand Slam event. She was also defeated in the first round of the US Open by Maria Sakkari in straight sets. In Dallas, she retired with a shoulder injury against Polona Hercog. This was also their fourth doubles title together as a pair. It is the 77th edition of the Italian Open and is classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2020 ATP Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2020 WTA Tour.[2][3]. [30] On 1 November 2019, she announced on Instagram that Raemon Sluiter would no longer be her coach, and Elise Tamaëla would be her new coach. [29] At the Australian Open, she defeated Alison Riske in the first round before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second. [3][4] She has been coached by Martin van der Brugghen at the club since she was seven years old. Prior to the Miami Open, she played at the San Antonio Open where she reached the round of 16. Bertens then earned two important wins in the Fed Cup tie against Russia, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Svetlana Kuznetsova. She reached the third round of both the Volvo Open and the Copa Solsanitas. At the BNP Paribas Open, she reached the fourth round for the first time, after beating Linette and Konta in straight sets, before falling to Muguruza in three long sets. 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At Korea Open, Bertens was seeded second, but lost in the first round against compatriot Richèl Hogenkamp. She faced Estonian Kaia Kanepi next and lost in straight sets. Her next event was the Luxembourg Open. [6], Bertens started the year at the Australian Open, playing the qualifiers. 1 in qualifying and defeated Annika Beck in the first qualifying round, saving a matchpoint in the third set. In the main draw, Bertens caused an upset, defeating former world No. Bertens subsequently qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time, after Simona Halep withdrew from the tournament due to injury[27] where she reached the semifinals, losing to the eventual winner Elina Svitolina. Kiki Bertens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkiki ˈbɛrtəns]; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch tennis player who turned professional in 2009. [22] She also won the doubles title alongside Johanna Larsson. This was followed by first-round losses in Palermo and Båstad to Alexandra Cadanțu and Polona Hercog respectively. [7] The following week, in a 25K event in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Bertens retired with a thigh injury in the first round against Corinna Dentoni. She then lost to Simona Halep. She reached her first final of the year in February, defeating Ysaline Bonaventure, Pavlyuchenkova and Aryna Sabalenka at the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy. After that, she started her clay-court season with a semifinals run in Rabat, only losing to Marina Erakovic. The 2020 Italian Open (also known as the Rome Masters or the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for sponsorship reasons) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. [5] She did not play on the ITF Junior Circuit except for one appearance at the Junior Fed Cup in 2007. Bertens started the grass-court season with two straight first-round losses at the Ricoh Open and Mallorca Open. However, they lost to Tímea Babos and Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková in the final. She reached the semifinals after wins over Tamira Paszek, fourth seed Dominika Cibulková, and sixth seed Lucie Šafářová. She started the hard-court season in Montreal at the Canadian Open where she made an impressive run, beating for the first time two top-ten players on hard court. After Wimbledon, Bertens decided not to defend her title on the clay of Gstaad. Bertens won her singles rubber against Estonia's Eva Paalma and with Michaëlla Krajicek double-bageled Anett Kontaveit and Tatjana Vorobjova. Bertens went after a good run at Indian Wells to the Miami Open. After entering Indian Wells' main draw as a qualifier, she lost in the first round to CoCo Vandeweghe. Her next tournament was the inaugural Ladies Championship Gstaad, where she reached the final. She defeated Olga Puchkova in the second round and outclassed Mădălina Gojnea in the final qualifying round. And it was her first title since 2012. After a second-round appearance in Linz she ended her season with a first-round loss in Luxembourg due to fatigue. Bertens ended her season at the WTA Elite Trophy where she lost both of her matches with close scorelines, against Elina Svitolina and Elena Vesnina. They ended up beating the 2015 finalists. Bertens ended the year ranked 31st, down from 22nd the year prior. She had her best result since Wimbledon by making it to the semifinals, losing to Monica Niculescu. Bertens received little support from the Dutch tennis federation. She lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Laura Siegemund. She lost one set to Tamira Paszek en route. Seeded second, she beat Denisa Allertová in the first round, in the second she beat Andrea Petkovic, but fell to the eventual winner Carina Witthöft. Ranked 60 at the Australian Open, Bertens was defeated in the first round by Lucie Hradecká. [8], She played in the Fed Cup for the Dutch team, competing in Group 1 of Europe/Africa. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest ranked Dutch female player ever. This was her third career singles title. Originally scheduled for 11–17 May 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was initially rescheduled to 20–26 September 2020, a week before the 2020 French Open. Kiki's older sister Joyce works as a business consultant and helps manage her finances. 2 Caroline Wozniacki in the first, second and third round respectively. 63, her first tournament was the Auckland Classic. However, in the main event she succumbed to fellow qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva. [20] After that, Bertens had early defeats in Acapulco (losing to Naomi Osaka in the first round) and in Monterrey (losing in the last round of the qualifying to Pauline Parmentier). She lost in the second round of the Wuhan Open to qualifier Varvara Lepchenko, and in the first round of both the China Open and Austrian Open. Bertens had an even more impressive journey during the Italian Open. Further information on singles results at: Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "ATP Issues Revised Calendar For Tour Resumption", "Official Statement from the Mutua Madrid Open", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_Italian_Open_(tennis)&oldid=979925138, Tennis events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Articles lacking in-text citations from August 2020, Articles needing additional references from August 2020, All articles needing additional references, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 September 2020, at 15:30. She also claimed the doubles title alongside Johanna Larsson. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest ranked Dutch female player ever. Bertens debuted at Wimbledon in her first-round match against the No. During the grass season, Bertens impressed at Wimbledon with wins over top players like ninth seed Venus Williams and seventh seed Karolína Plíšková. Bertens returned to form during the American hard-court circuit. Bertens opened the year with a first round loss at the Brisbane International to Ana Konjuh. [26] At the Madrid Open, she defeated Maria Sakkari, and Anastasija Sevastova, and world No. In the semifinals, Bertens faced top-seed Sara Errani. Kiki Bertens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkiki ˈbɛrtəns]; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch tennis player who turned professional in 2009. She then traveled to the United States for the Indian Wells and Miami Open, and lost to Timea Bacsinszky at Indian Wells in a hard-fought three setter, and in the second round in Miami to qualifier Risa Ozaki. Dries Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdris ˈmɛrtə(n)s], born 6 May 1987), nicknamed Ciro, is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Italian club Napoli and the Belgium national team. In the second round Bertens lost to Olga Savchuk in a close three-set match. She partnered with Demi Schuurs in the doubles match against the Portuguese team of Bárbara Luz and Margarida Moura and won in two sets. She lost in the first round of the Porsche Open. After a disappointing French Open and Wimbledon, Bertens rebounded at Gstaad where she claimed the title by beating Anett Kontaveit in the final. In September, she defeated Ajla Tomljanovic in the Korea Open final for her second hardcourt title. He was born in Anderlecht and currently resides in Ternat. In the quarterfinals, she avenged both the loss in last year’s final and the loss in Stuttgart against Kvitová, beating the Czech, losing just five games. The Wimbledon Championships proved to be unsuccessful as well as she lost in the first round to Sorana Cîrstea. In the final, Bertens lost in three sets to Viktorija Golubic. Her career high in doubles is world No. Bertens competed in by far her biggest final of her career at the WTA Finals with partner Johanna Larsson. In the quarterfinals, she upset Maria Sharapova. Tamaëla was her interim coach at the time. 25 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before retiring in the third set in her third-round match against Angelique Kerber. Despite the defeat, she climbed to No. The 2020 Italian Open (also known as the Rome Masters or the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for sponsorship reasons) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.. On 27 July 2015, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 179, and his highest doubles ranking of 363 was reached on 19 September 2011. However, she entered the top 30 for the first time in her career. She defeated Mexican wild card Ana Paula de la Peña in the first round but lost in the second qualification round to Sesil Karatantcheva.[10]. He said: "In the youth we have supported her very much. 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She reached her first Premier Mandatory final by defeating Caroline Garcia but fell to Petra Kvitová in the final. However, she lost in the first round to Sorana Cîrstea but won the doubles with Johanna Larsson. In the quarterfinals, she lost to Julia Görges but achieved a career best at Wimbledon so far by reaching the last eight. 1 seed Serena Williams, Kiki played with a left calf injury[24] which made it difficult for her to move forward to Williams' drop shots. Errani led 5–0 in the first set when Bertens retired due to a back injury. With this victory, Halep extended her winning streak to 14 matches. By doing so, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. She made it to the semifinals, but lost to Simona Halep. This was Hsieh's 28th WTA Tour doubles title, and fourth of the year, and was Strýcová's 31st WTA Tour doubles title, and fourth of the year. Starting the year ranked No. In the second round she lost to Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets. The following week, she won the biggest title of her career in Cincinnati, beating top-10 players Wozniacki, Svitolina, Kvitová and Halep along the way. Bertens started her year off with a first-round loss to Lauren Davis at the ASB Classic. This meant Bertens' first main draw appearance at a Grand Slam tournament. [16] Seeded fifth for qualifying at the Apia International Sydney, she lost in the first round of qualifying to Misaki Doi. However, she won the doubles title with fellow countrywoman Demi Schuurs. [1] That leaves the dates were later placed for this year's Hamburg European Open (men) and Internationaux de Strasbourg (women). After a strong showing during the clay-court season, she entered the French Open and beat Ajla Tomljanović in the first round, but was upset by CiCi Bellis in the second. 15 seed Madison Keys, and No. However, she made it to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open, defeating former top ten players Ekaterina Makarova and Timea Bacsinszky along the way before losing to Anastasija Sevastova. As a result of her inconsistency, she decided not to compete at the Wuhan Open and China Open. At a 25K event in Irapuato, Mexico, Bertens won her second ITF singles title, beating Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, propelling her to a new career high in singles ranking. Despite having two set points and being up by a break in both sets, she lost in straight sets. She started off her season at the Brisbane International, beating Elise Mertens and losing to Donna Vekić. Raemon Sluiter has been her coach. 21 in the rankings. Like in Montreal, Bertens qualified for the main draw in Cincinnati, defeating Aravane Rezaï and Yulia Putintseva. She followed this up by winning her first match of the year at the Sydney International over qualifier Kristie Ahn. She made her return at the Linz Open. They had a big win over the second seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the semifinals. She continued to struggle during her next four tournaments, and lost in the first round of all of them including the Australian Open. Bertens then made a brief appearance at the ITF tournament in Biella, but lost to homeplayer Nastassja Burnett in the first round. 3 (then ranked 22) Nadia Petrova, coming back from a large deficit. At Nuremberg, Bertens won her second WTA singles title by defeating Mariana Duque Mariño in the final in straight sets. She was seeded first at the Hobart International. [31], (W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. 3 seed Angelique Kerber in three sets. Prior to Wimbledon, Bertens was scheduled to play at the Ricoh Open; however, due to the same injury that harmed her left calf, she was forced to pull out of the tournament. Mertens is Napoli's all time top goalscorer. Mertens was a doubles finalist at the 2014 QNet Open, alongside Marina Melnikova. Bertens is widely regarded as a clay-court specialist, but also is successful on hard courts. However, she lost to the top seed Garbiñe Muguruza. Kiki married her physiotherapist Remko de Rijke on November 30th 2019. 3 Simona Halep in straight sets, winning her first Premier Mandatory title, beating four former Grand Slam champions along the way and becoming the first to win Madrid without dropping a set. In the final she defeated Laura Pous Tió, winning the last eight games. At the US Open, Bertens exacted revenge on Christina McHale, knocking out the American in the first round but suffering a three-set loss to Olga Puchkova in the second round. At the Miami Open she reached the fourth round, after beating Wang Xiyu and Viktória Kužmová, before losing to eventual winner Ashleigh Barty. [17] However, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser. [18], At the 2014 French Open, she reached the fourth round as a qualifier in which she was defeated in three sets by Andrea Petkovic.
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