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Post by jimm on Oct 19, 2008 14:57:21 GMT
Updated MD List:
1 Ana IVANOVIC 4 2 Vera ZVONAREVA 8 3 Agnieszka RADWANKSA 10 4 Patty SCHNYDER 11 5 Nadia PETROVA 13 6 Marion BARTOLI 14 7 Flavia PENNETTA 15 8 Viktoria AZARENKA 17 9 Alize CORNET 19 10 Dominika CIBULKOVA 20 11 Katarina SREBOTNIK 21 12 Francesca SCHIAVONE 23 13 Sybille BAMMER 24 14 Jie ZHENG 25 15 Agnes SZAVAY 27 16 Kaia KANEPI 29 17 Ai SUGIYAMA 31 18 Maria KIRILENKO 32 19 Alona BONDARENKO 33 20 Samantha STOSUR 36 SR 21 Tamarine TANASUGARN 36 22 Wild-Card-Tamira PASZEK 62 23 Wild Card 24 GSE Wild Card 25 Qualifikantin 26 Qualifikantin 27 Qualifikantin 28 Qualifikantin
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Post by jimm on Oct 21, 2008 18:45:27 GMT
Generali Ladies Linz Women's Tennis Update - Oct 21 Linz, Austria Total Prize Money: $600,000 TUESDAY'S FIRST ROUND MATCHES Nadia Petrova (5) def. Kateryna Bondarenko, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Marion Bartoli (6) def. Ai Sugiyama, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (10-8) Alona Bondarenko def. Ekaterina Makarova, 6-3, 6-3 Maria Kirilenko def. Olga Savchuk, 6-2, 7-5 Nuria Llagostera Vives def. Samantha Stosur, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 Dominika Cibulkova def. Yvonne Meusburger, 6-4, 6-2 Doubles - First Round (2) Srebotnik/Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) d. Dzehalevich/Poutchek (BLR/BLR) 61 61 Kirilenko/Pennetta (RUS/ITA) d. Savchuk/Woerle (UKR/GER) 61 36 1210 Vesnina/Zheng (RUS/CHN) d. Bratchikova/Schruff (RUS/GER) 60 62
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Post by Supermarion on Oct 21, 2008 21:36:58 GMT
I'm surprised they never put Paszek on tonight. Tommorrow afternoon for her match against Kvitova.
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Post by jimm on Oct 24, 2008 22:21:45 GMT
October 24, 2008
Top 3 Seeds, Bartoli Move Into Semifinals
LINZ, Austria - Ana Ivanovic and Vera Zvonareva continued to march towards a title clash between the Top 2 seeds as both Top 10 stars earned straight set victories in the quarterfinals of the $600,000, Tier II Generali Ladies Linz on Friday.
Zvonareva, the No.2 seed, was the first to advance, winning a tight first set then cruising through the second set to take out No.8 seed Alizé Cornet in the pair's first career meeting, 75 61. Cornet had lost first round in her last three events, but was gaining momentum with back-to-back wins in the first and second rounds here; it has been a far different fall season for Zvonareva, who is 16-4 since the US Open.
"It was a really tough match; Alizé has been playing great tennis this year," Zvonareva said. "It was my first match against her. She's a great player. There were moments I wasn't playing perfectly and lost concentration, so I was really happy to be able to play well at the key moments. I think that was what decided the match. She's very young, so I'm sure we'll see a lot more of her."
Next up for Zvonareva will be No.6 seed Marion Bartoli, who ended the run of Alona Bondarenko, 63 57 61, although not before she squandered a 5-1 lead in the second set and was forced to go to a third. Bondarenko had pulled off the biggest upset of the early rounds, beating No.4 seed Patty Schnyder, but wasn't able to overcome the odds in back-to-back days and fell to Bartoli for the third time in as many career meetings. Zvonareva holds a commanding lead in her head-to-head series against Bartoli, winning five of their six previous meetings.
The Tier II event's top seed, Ivanovic, had a slightly tougher time against another in-form player, Flavia Pennetta, but managed to edge the No.7 seed in straight sets nonetheless in another first-time meeting, 64 64. Ivanovic reached her first semifinal since winning the French Open at Zürich a week ago, and is now in the final four of a Tour event for the second straight week.
"It was a tough match against a very good player; we played at a very high level and it was one of the best matches I've played recently," Ivanovic said. "It could have gone either way. I needed to stay composed and I think I may have had a bit of luck. I'm really happy with how I played against Flavia today."
Next up for Ivanovic will be No.3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska, who cruised past Nadia Petrova in the first match of the day, 63 62, revenge for her straight set loss to the Russian a few weeks ago in Tokyo.
"I'm very happy with my performance today," Radwanska said. "I lost to her in Tokyo a few weeks ago but today I was playing really well. Nadia is always a very tough player to beat but maybe she was a bit tired from her long match yesterday - I didn't have to play yesterday and felt really good today. I was focused from the first point to the very last. I think it was just my day today."
Ivanovic has won both of her previous meetings with Radwanska, in straight sets in Linz two years ago and in three sets at the Australian Open last year.
"I'm feeling confident about tomorrow's match, but I'm just taking it step by step, game by game," Ivanovic added. "Agnieszka gets a lot of balls back and played very well today. But I've gained a lot of confidence from my last few matches."
"Next round will be tough," Radwanska continued. "Ana is a great player. I will just try to have some fun out there and enjoy myself. I get great crowd support here. I hope I can keep up the level of my game and then we will just see."
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Post by jimm on Oct 24, 2008 22:24:27 GMT
Friday, October 24, 2008
Singles - Quarterfinals (1) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (7) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 64 64 (2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (8) Alizé Cornet (FRA) 75 61 (3) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (5) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 62 (6) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 63 57 61
Doubles - Semifinals (2) Srebotnik/Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) d. (3) Peschke/Stubbs (CZE/AUS) 63 63
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Post by jimm on Oct 24, 2008 22:26:53 GMT
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Centre Court (from 14.00hrs) 1. Bartoli vs. Zvonareva 2. Ivanovic vs. A.Radwanska 3. Black/Huber vs. Craybas/Tanasugarn
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