I've missed two WTA tournaments while on vacation, so let's take a quick look at them. It's both interesting for the coming Olympics and the US Open Series to be played after that.
First up was Stanford for the Bank of the West Classic Tennis Tournament:
If you looked at the draw, there weren't much contenders for the title who could keep Serena from a second consecutive win here. Many players decided to focus on the Olympics, so we got: Serena, Wickmayer, Bartoli, Jankovic and Cibulkova as seeded players. But it was Coco Vandeweghe who made it to the final by defeating Jankovic and Wickmayer on the way. Serena took the title as expected with 7-5, 6-3.
The tournament at Carlsbad, the Merury Insurance Open, got more unpredictability. Bartoli started as number one seed and got to the final quite easy. In the down draw, Cibulkova had to overcome the powerful younger Radwanska sister and Petrova to get into the final. Cibulkova took her second title at Carlsbad by defeating Bartoli: 6-1, 7-5.
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