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Post by jimm on Oct 12, 2008 14:39:19 GMT
Qualies
Scores later
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Post by jimm on Oct 12, 2008 18:28:51 GMT
Qualies
Sunday 12. October Centre Court 12:00 PM 2nd Round Qualification Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) vs. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6:3 6:0 followed by 2nd Round Qualification Ai Sugiyama (JPN) vs. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6:3 6:2 followed by 2nd Round Qualification Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) vs. Shuai Peng (CHN) 6:2 2:6 6:2 followed by 2nd Round Qualification Monica Niculescu (ROM) vs. Kathrin Woerle (GER) 6:2 6:1 Court 2 11:00 AM 2nd Round Qualification Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6:2 3:6 6:3 not before 12:00 PM 1st Round Qualification Monica Niculescu (ROM) vs. Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6:4 6:4 not before 1:00 PM 2nd Round Qualification Vera Dushevina (RUS) vs. Jill Craybas (USA) 6:2 6:2 followed by 2nd Round Qualification Iveta Benesova (CZE) vs. Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 6:4 6:2 followed by 2nd Round Qualification Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) vs. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6:2 7:5
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Post by jimm on Oct 12, 2008 18:29:27 GMT
OOP
Monday 13. October Centre Court 12:00 PM 3rd Round Qualification Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) vs. Petra Kvitova (CZE) not before 2:00 PM 1st Round Singles Alona Bondarenko (UKR) vs. Alize Cornet (FRA) not before 3:15 PM 1st Round Doubles Groenefeld (GER)/Schnyder (SUI) vs. Peschke (CZE)/Stubbs (AUS) not before 6:00 PM 1st Round Singles Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) vs. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) followed by 1st Round Singles Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Court 2 12:00 PM 3rd Round Qualification Ai Sugiyama (JPN) vs. Vera Dushevina (RUS) followed by 3rd Round Qualification Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) vs. Iveta Benesova (CZE) followed by 3rd Round Qualification Monica Niculescu (ROM) vs. Bondarenko or Parmentier not before 5:00 PM 1st Round Doubles Llagostera Vives (ESP)/Martinez Sanchez (ESP) vs. Jans (POL)/Rosolska (POL)
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Post by jimm on Oct 14, 2008 22:28:32 GMT
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Singles - First Round (5) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (Q) Vera Dushevina (RUS) 64 61 (Q) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. (6) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 64 36 64 (Q) Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. (7) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 36 63 62 Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 64 60 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 76(3) 62 Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. (WC) Li Na (CHN) 62 64
Doubles - First Round (2) Srebotnik/Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) d. Bondarenko/Bondarenko (UKR/UKR) 61 64 Kirilenko/Pennetta (RUS/ITA) d. Hrdinova/Uhlirova (CZE/CZE) 64 62 Azarenka/Petrova (BLR/RUS) d. Benesova/Craybas (CZE/USA) 64 60
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Centre Court (from 14.00hrs) 1. Petrova vs. Pennetta 2. A.Bondarenko vs. V.Williams (NB 16.30hrs) 3. Srebotnik vs. Bacsinszky (NB 18.00hrs) 4. Kirilenko vs. Schiavone (NB 20.30hrs)
Court 2 (from 13.00hrs) 1. Raymond/Stosur vs. Peng/Zheng 2. Arvidsson vs. Bammer (NB 15.00hrs) 3. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual vs. Cirstea/Niculescu 4. Black/Huber vs. Hantuchova/Szavay (NB 19.00hrs)
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Post by jimm on Oct 16, 2008 16:57:21 GMT
Thursday, October 16, 2008 Singles - Second Round Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (1) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 57 63 63 YAY!!!!! Go Flavia!!!!
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Post by jimm on Oct 16, 2008 20:51:07 GMT
:)THURSDAY'S SECOND ROUND MATCHES Flavia Pennetta def. Jelena Jankovic (1), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Ana Ivanovic (2) def. Marion Bartoli, 6-2, 6-4 Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Vera Zvonareva (4), 6-3, 3-0, retired Katarina Srebotnik def. Agnieszka Radwanska (5), 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 Victoria Azarenka def. Monica Niculescu, 6-0, 6-0 Petra Kvitova def. Sofia Arvidsson, 6-2, 6-1 FRIDAY'S QUARTERFINAL MATCHES Ana Ivanovic (2) vs. Petra Kvitova Good luck Petra Venus Williams (3) vs. Francesca Schiavone Come on Venus Flavia Pennetta vs. Katarina Srebotnik Go Flavia! Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Victoria Azarenka COme on Vika!
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Post by jimm on Oct 17, 2008 14:14:22 GMT
YAY!!! Flavia Pennetta def Katarina Srebotnik 7-5 6-2
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Post by jimm on Oct 17, 2008 20:47:35 GMT
Ivanovic, Venus ease into Zurich semis Zurich, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1s Ana Ivanovic and Venus Williams were easy quarterfinal winners Friday at the $600,000 Zurich Open. The second-seeded Ivanovic, the reigning French Open champ and Australian Open runner-up, doused 18-year-old Czech qualifier Petra Kvitova 6-1, 6-4, while the third-seeded Wimbledon champion Williams disposed of Italian Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-3 on the indoor hardcourts at Hallenstadion. The world No. 4 Ivanovic and ninth-ranked Williams will square off here on Saturday. The seven-time major champion Williams is 4-1 lifetime against the Serbian Ivanovic, who won their only meeting so far this season in the quarters at the Aussie Open. The American topped the Serb here in Zurich four years ago. In other round-of-eight action, Italian Flavia Pennetta handled Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik 7-5, 6-2 and Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues was tied with Victoria Azarenka, 4-6, 6-3, when the Belarusian retired due to a right shoulder injury. Pennetta stunned reigning world No. 1 and U.S. Open runner-up Jelena Jankovic here on Thursday. Pennetta will meet Medina Garrigues in Saturday's other semifinal. This week's winner will claim $95,500. Come on Flavia!!!
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Post by jimm on Oct 18, 2008 19:47:36 GMT
Venus outlasts Ivanovic to reach Zurich final
Venus Williams joins Italy's Flavia Pennetta in the final of the Zurich Open. Zurich, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Venus Williams battled past Ana Ivanovic in a two-plus hour battle of former world No. 1s to join Italy's Flavia Pennetta in the final of the $600,000 Zurich Open.
Williams outlasted the Serbian star Ivanovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in just under two hours, 10 minutes. The American sensation improved to 5-1 lifetime against Ivanovic, who had won their only meeting previously this season in the quarterfinals at the Aussie Open. Four years ago, Williams toppled Ivanovic on this stage in Zurich.
Pennetta continued her ride through this event with a 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) victory over Anabel Medina Garrigues. The unseeded Italian player will look for another seeded victim in Williams on Sunday after already downing reigning world No. 1 and U.S. Open runner-up Jelena Jankovic at this event on Thursday.
This week's winner will claim $95,500.
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Post by jimm on Oct 18, 2008 19:50:56 GMT
Flavia vs Venus! What a match up! I wish I was there
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Post by Supermarion on Oct 19, 2008 8:44:12 GMT
Flavia has been in superbe form for a year now, and she's beaten Venus three times already.. so... It's funny, Flavia was my wee player briefly before Marion. Back in 2004. Good luck to Flavia, but I'm glad I made the right choice.
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Post by jimm on Oct 19, 2008 11:08:27 GMT
October 18, 2008
Williams To Face Nemesis Pennetta in Zurich Final
ZÜRICH, Switzerland - Venus Williams will have a shot at one of her true nemeses in the final of the Tennis.com Zürich Open on Sunday, as both she and Flavia Pennetta won tough semifinals on Saturday.
Pennetta was the first to advance to the final, winning an all-unseeded battle with Anabel Medina Garrigues, 63 76(6). Although they had split their four previous meetings evenly it was Medina Garrigues who won their only previous hardcourt meeting, beating Pennetta handily in straight sets in Fed Cup play earlier this season; but the Italian fought hard to get her revenge on Saturday, rallying from 3-1 down in both sets and even saving a set point in the second set with the Spaniard up 6-5 in the tie-break.
"I'm very happy to be in the final," Pennetta said. "It's been a great year for me already and this is my fourth final. It's never easy to play Anabel, as she's a good friend of mine, but I think we put on a good match today. I won because I think I was a little more consistent than she was, and maybe I was physically stronger."
Pennetta will be playing in her 14th career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles final but it is only her second at this big an event, having gone this far at another Tier II event at Los Angeles this summer, where she finished runner-up to Dinara Safina. Her other 12 finals came at the Tier III or IV level (going 6-6 in those).
Two of the highest seeds in the draw squared off in the second semifinal of the day, with No.3 seed Williams beating No.2 seed Ana Ivanovic, 46 63 64. It was revenge for Williams, who had won the pair's first four meetings but lost their fifth and most recent one, in the quarterfinals of this year's Australian Open.
"It's always fun to win the close ones; this is why I love playing the sport, to pull out matches like these," Williams said. "She didn't give me much of a rhythm as she was going for winners on everything. I guess she wanted to prevent me from trying to dictate. I had a bad patch in the middle of the first set giving up five games in a row but thank goodness I was able to regroup in the second set."
"Of course I'm really disappointed but I also take the positives from such a good match," Ivanovic said. "That's definitely the best I've played since winning the French Open, and I'm hopefully going to keep this level for Linz and Doha."
Williams will be playing in her 60th career singles final on the Tour, going 37-22 in her first 59. This is only her second final of the year, although her first did come at arguably the biggest stage there is, as she beat Serena Williams for her fifth career Wimbledon singles crown. She reached two other semifinals this season.
The head-to-head between Williams and Pennetta is a unique one. Williams won their first meeting easily at Seoul last October, but Pennetta has won their last three, at Bangkok later that month and at Roland Garros and Moscow this year.
Pennetta is only the 14th player ever to notch three wins over Williams, but the first 13 were all ranked in the Top 4 at some point in their careers, including nine No.1s and most of the others reaching No.2 or No.3; Pennetta's career-high is No.15, which she reached just a few weeks ago. The Italian is also the seventh of that group to beat Williams three times in a row, and will try to become the third player ever to beat her four times in a row (Serena Williams beat her six times in a row at one point, while Lindsay Davenport has had streaks of four and five).
"Playing Venus in the final will be a totally different match than in Moscow last week," Pennetta commented. "Anything can happen in one week, like me losing to Jankovic in Moscow and then winning here, so the fact I won our last few matches won't mean that much. But I'll have a plan for sure."
"Playing Flavia in the final will be interesting," Williams said. "I'm sure she's playing well and really wants to win, but so do I, and I am determined to make less errors than I did in Moscow."
The doubles final will pit No.1 seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber against the wildcard pairing of Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Patty Schnyder. Black and Huber beat Pennetta and Maria Kirilenko in their semifinal match, and will go for their ninth doubles title of the season; Groenefeld and Schnyder beat No.2 seeds Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama in their semifinal and will chase their second doubles title of the year, having won in Stuttgart a few weeks back.
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