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Post by jimm on Sept 22, 2008 18:38:04 GMT
Seoul, Korea (Sports Network) - Second-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer and fifth- seeded Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier were among Monday's first-round winners at the $145,000 hardcourt Korea Open.
Peer handled Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-3, 6-4, while Parmentier pasted Korean wild card Sung-Hee Han 6-1, 6-1 at the Olympic Tennis Courts.
A Day-1 upset occurred when Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova overcame sixth- seeded Pole Marta Domachowska 6-7 (1-7), 6-3, 6-3.
Two other results saw Belgian Yanina Wickmayer beat Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) and German Sabine Lisicki level Russian Vera Dushevina 6-1, 6-0.
Five seeds will take to the courts for opening-rounders here on Tuesday, including top-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko, who will meet Slovakian Lenka Wienerova. Kirilenko was last year's runner-up here to American Venus Williams, who is not defending her title this week.
The 2008 Seoul champion will claim $22,900.
09/22 11:36:29 ET
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Post by jimm on Sept 22, 2008 18:44:32 GMT
Hansol Korea Open Women's Tennis Update - Sep 22 Seoul, Korea Total Prize Money: $145,000 MONDAY'S FIRST ROUND MATCHES
Shahar Peer (2) def. Petra Cetkovska, 6-3, 6-4 Pauline Parmentier (5) def. Sung-Hee Han, 6-1, 6-1 Akgul Amanmuradova def. Marta Domachowska (6), 6-7 (1-7), 6-3, 6-3 Yanina Wickmayer def. Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) Sabine Lisicki def. Vera Dushevina, 6-1, 6-0 TUESDAY'S FIRST ROUND MATCHES
Maria Kirilenko (1) vs. Lenka Wienerova Kaia Kanepi (3) vs. Rika Fujiwara Carla Suarez Navarro (4) vs. Klara Zakopalova Marina Erakovic (7) vs. Samantha Stosur Yung-Jan Chan (8) vs. Mara Santangelo Tamira Paszek vs. Ekaterina Makarova Meng Yuan vs. Jill Craybas Ayumi Morita vs. Arantxa Rus Anastasia Pivovarova vs. Ye-Ra Lee Lucie Safarova vs. Melanie South Stephanie Dubois vs. Camille Pin
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Post by jimm on Sept 23, 2008 7:09:33 GMT
LATEST TUESDAY'S FIRST ROUND MATCHES Maria Kirilenko (1) def. Lenka Wienerova, 6-2, 6-0 Samantha Stosur def. Marina Erakovic (7), 6-2, 6-0 Yung-Jan Chan (8) def. Mara Santangelo, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Ekaterina Makarova def. Tamira Paszek, 6-1, 6-2 Jill Craybas def. Meng Yuan, 6-0, 6-0 Ayumi Morita def. Arantxa Rus, 6-4, 6-1 Lucie Safarova def. Melanie South, 6-1, 3-0, retired Stephanie Dubois def. Camille Pin, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
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Post by Supermarion on Sept 23, 2008 16:58:23 GMT
Makiri was finalist there last year, so she has chance of doing well, especially with Baby-Bartoli out of the way.
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Post by jimm on Sept 23, 2008 17:54:54 GMT
Makiri was finalist there last year, so she has chance of doing well, especially with Baby-Bartoli out of the way. Makarova again. Hmm needs watching
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Post by Supermarion on Sept 23, 2008 22:28:11 GMT
Who's Wienerova anyway... another newbie, with a part Austrian part Slavic name.
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Post by jimm on Sept 24, 2008 4:32:43 GMT
LENKA WIENEROVA (SVK) Residence Date of Birth April 23, 1988 Birthplace Height Weight Plays Status YTD Career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles titles 0 0 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles titles 0 0 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles 3 7 ITF Women's Circuit doubles titles 1 2 Prize Money $24,424 $47,605 Win Loss Record - Singles 41-23 104-68 Win Loss Record - Doubles 8-5 23-26 Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings - As of 9/22/2008 Singles Race - Singles Doubles 193 293 497 Ranking History Season-Ending Singles 2007-346 ; 2006-399 ; 2005-843 Career-High Singles No. 193 (September 22, 2008) Career-High Doubles No. 497 (September 22, 2008) 20 years old, and look how many matches she has played this year 41-23
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Post by Supermarion on Sept 24, 2008 22:18:33 GMT
And it's a good ytd. Must be just playing the challenger circuit too win matches, build confidence and boost ranking. Unusual not have heard of someone of her age with a sub 200 ranking. Maybe hasnt travelled too far from home. But having played 64 matches this year that's unlikely. Strange one.
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Post by jimm on Sept 25, 2008 20:32:37 GMT
Hansol Korea Open Women's Tennis Update - Sep 25 Seoul, Korea Total Prize Money: $145,000 THURSDAY'S SECOND ROUND MATCHES Maria Kirilenko (1) def. Lucie Safarova, 6-3, 6-3 Kaia Kanepi (3) def. Anastasia Pivovarova, 6-1, 6-1 Pauline Parmentier (5) def. Stephanie Dubois, 6-3, 6-2 Yanina Wickmayer def. Yung-Jan Chan (8), 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) FRIDAY'S QUARTERFINAL MATCHES Maria Kirilenko (1) vs. Pauline Parmentier (5)........Go Masha!! Shahar Peer (2) vs. Jill Craybas |Good luck both Kaia Kanepi (3) vs. Yanina Wickmayer Samantha Stosur vs. Ekaterina Makarova.......Sam up against it. Katy on the way up
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Post by jimm on Sept 28, 2008 8:49:29 GMT
Kirilenko Captures Hearts & Seoul
Maria Kirilenko battled back in the Hansol Korea Open final to beat Samantha Stosur, 26 61 64. The elegant Muscovite emerged with her third Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title of the 2008 season.
Twelve months ago she came out on the losing end of a three set final at the Hansol Korea Open... what a difference a year makes. It was Maria Kirilenko's time to shine in Seoul this year, as she rallied past a game Samantha Stosur on Sunday for the Tier IV crown, 26 61 64.
Kirilenko came back to Korea on a mission. She won her first three matches in dominant fashion just like a top seed is expected to, dropping a total of just 13 games in straight set wins over Lenka Wienerova, Lucie Safarova and No.5 seed Pauline Parmentier. She was nearly derailed in the semifinals by aggressive No.3 seed Kaia Kanepi, however, but she still prevailed, 64 36 64.
Stosur's hunger for her first Tour singles title was evident in the first set of the title match, as she barely gave an inch in her service games and broke her opponent's twice en route to a 6-2 victory. Stosur's most noteworthy service stat was perhaps her 93% winning percentage when she put a first serve in. But against the creative, aggressive play of Kirilenko she just couldn't keep it going; the Russian took advantage of her opponent's increasingly erratic play and found her own range again, coming from behind to earn a 26 61 64 victory.
Kirilenko came away with her third singles title of the year, having also won Tier IV titles during the clay court season in Estoril and Barcelona. This one could perhaps be more meaningful to the 21-year-old Muscovite, however, as she had fallen first round in her last three tournaments, at New Haven and the US Open in August and Tokyo last week. She won five matches in a row to win in Seoul.
"In Tokyo I lost to Bartoli and at the US Open I lost to Paszek - those were both really tough first round matches," Kirilenko said. "This year I have had some ups and downs. I'm really trying to be more consistent in my results. If I was more consistent I think I would be ranked higher, maybe Top 10 or Top 15. But I have time to improve. I'm only 21 and I'll get more experience in the time to come."
I'm so happy today
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Post by Supermarion on Sept 28, 2008 11:37:00 GMT
Well done Maria K. Five goog wins in a row.,especially as Lucie and Pauline have both won titles this year too. I'm happy for you Jim
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