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Post by jimm on Nov 7, 2008 9:00:58 GMT
ORDER OF PLAY Friday, November 7, 2008 From 17.00hrs 1. Jankovic vs. Zvonareva 2. S.Williams vs. Dementieva 3. Ivanovic vs. Kuznetsova LATEST RESULTS Thursday, November 6, 2008 ROUND ROBIN White Group (1) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 76(6) 64 Maroon Group (7) Venus Williams (USA) d. (3) Serena Williams (USA) 57 61 60 (5) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (2) Dinara Safina (RUS) 62 64 BePa 3 has won her 1st two matches
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Post by jimm on Nov 7, 2008 18:06:13 GMT
YAY BePa 3!!!!!
Newsroom November 7, 2008
Zvonareva Comes Up Trumps in White Group
DOHA, Qatar - They were both already guaranteed a place in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships, but Jelena Jankovic and Vera Zvonareva still had plenty to play for on Friday evening. With a $100,000 bonus up for grabs for whoever topped the White Group standings, it was the Russian No.8 seed who prevailed in their round robin match, winning 26 63 64.
Meantime, Ana Ivanovic has finally fallen victim to the virus that has plagued her all week, withdrawing from tonight's scheduled match against Svetlana Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova, the sixth seed, now plays first alternate Agnieszka of Poland, who is making her Tour Championships debut.
No.3 seed Serena Williams, who was to play fifth seed Elena Dementieva for a place in Saturday's semifinals, has also withdrawn due to a pulled stomach muscle. Second alternate Nadia Petrova steps in to play the match against Dementieva.
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Post by jimm on Nov 8, 2008 23:02:12 GMT
Venus advances to final of WTA Championships, to face Zvonareva Nov. 8, 2008
DOHA, Qatar -- Venus Williams advanced to the final of the Sony Ericsson Championships with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 win Saturday over top-ranked Jelena Jankovic. Advertisement
Williams will face Vera Zvonareva, who defeated Olympic champion Elena Dementieva 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3 in the other semifinal at the WTA Tour's season-ending event.
Williams saved five break points before winning a grueling service game in the third set to go up 4-2. That game also featured a 26-stroke rally, the longest of the match. She went on to clinch the victory with a backhand crosscourt winner on her first match point.
"My game is about being aggressive and taking chances," Williams said. "I really needed to put a lot more balls in play."
The American dominated in the first set, but made more errors in the second as Jankovic dictated play with her aggression. She broke Williams to lead 4-2, and closed out the set with relative ease.
The eighth-ranked Williams improved her record against Jankovic to 4-5. Despite the loss, the Serb will end the year at No. 1. She secured the top spot last month.
"I can go to vacation with a smile on my face," Jankovic said. "It will be really weird not to have my rackets with me."
The ninth-ranked Zvonareva, the lowest-ranked player in the eight-woman field, improved to 2-4 against Dementieva and avenged her semifinal loss at the Beijing Olympics.
"I knew I had to start to play good every single game," Zvonareva said.
Zvonareva frustrated Dementieva with solid groundstrokes in the final set and capitalized on a string of errors by her opponent to win the last game at love.
Zvonareva recovered from a 1-4 deficit in the first set. In the tiebreaker, Dementieva rallied from 5-1 down and lost a set point before hitting a backhand wide on Zvonareva's second set point. The Russians broke each other four times in the first set.
Dementieva also had a 4-1 lead in the second set, and this time held it to even the match. She called Zvonareva a strong competitor.
"You have to put pressure all the time," Dementieva said.
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Post by Supermarion on Nov 8, 2008 23:56:03 GMT
She's a hungry lady! If Walter ever has to take a sabbatical then Sumyk will be a good substitute. He has done wonders with Bepa.
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