PYW Rome
Welcome to Rome, Italy! While the Colosseum, depicted above, played host to fights between gladiators and others, the Foro Italico will be the home of many sensational battles on the Italian red clay in the coming week. Arguably the biggest clay tournament to be won, besides the magnificent event of Roland Garros, all top players will settle for nothing less than a big fat check and a nice set of points to improve their rankings. Some are fortunate enough to start in the main draw, whereas others have to battle their way through qualifying. Who will be the last gladiator standing? Vote now as the Internazionali d'Italia continue.
Ranking Points:
Tier I (64, $1.300.000):
2005 Final:
The Favourites:
First Section: Flavia Pennetta ITA [15]
Second Section: Maria Kirilenko RUS
Third Section: Alicia Molik AUS
Fourth Section: Klara Koukalova CZE
Fifth Section: Anastasia Myskina RUS [10]
Sixth Section: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [13]
Seventh Section: Elena Dementieva RUS [5]
Eighth Section: Kim Clijsters BEL [2]
Second Round Round [Top Half]:
Ai Sugiyama JPN [18] vs Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Catalina Castaño COL vs Flavia Pennetta ITA [15]
Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12] vs Martina Hingis SUI
Maria Kirilenko RUS vs Francesca Schiavone ITA [8]
Nadia Petrova RUS [4] vs Alicia Molik AUS
Akiko Morigami JPN [LL] vs Jelena Jankovic SCG
Venus Williams USA [9] vs Lucie Safarova CZE
Klara Koukalova CZE vs Patty Schnyder SUI [6]
Bottom Half [Do not yet vote!]:
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [7] vs Anna Smashnova ISR
Roberta Vinci ITA vs Anastasia Myskina RUS [10]
Daniela Hantuchova SVK [13] vs Ekaterina Bychkova RUS [Q]
Shahar Peer ISR vs Nathalie Dechy FRA [17]
Elena Dementieva RUS [5] vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
Marta Domachowska POL vs Anna-Lena Grönefeld GER [11]
Dinara Safina RUS [16] vs Maria Elena Camerin ITA [WC]
Anna Chakvetadze RUS vs Kim Clijsters BEL [2]
Welcome to Rome, Italy! While the Colosseum, depicted above, played host to fights between gladiators and others, the Foro Italico will be the home of many sensational battles on the Italian red clay in the coming week. Arguably the biggest clay tournament to be won, besides the magnificent event of Roland Garros, all top players will settle for nothing less than a big fat check and a nice set of points to improve their rankings. Some are fortunate enough to start in the main draw, whereas others have to battle their way through qualifying. Who will be the last gladiator standing? Vote now as the Internazionali d'Italia continue.
Ranking Points:
Tier I (64, $1.300.000):
Code:
[b]
W - 300[/b]
[left][b] F - 210
SF - 135
QF - 75
R16 - 42
R32 - 25
R64 - 5
Qualifier - 10 *
Q3 - 5
Q1 - 2 [/b]
[i] * If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.[/i][/left]
Code:
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) beat Maria Kirilenko (RUS) | 6-2 6-0
The Favourites:
First Section: Flavia Pennetta ITA [15]
Second Section: Maria Kirilenko RUS
Third Section: Alicia Molik AUS
Fourth Section: Klara Koukalova CZE
Fifth Section: Anastasia Myskina RUS [10]
Sixth Section: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [13]
Seventh Section: Elena Dementieva RUS [5]
Eighth Section: Kim Clijsters BEL [2]
Second Round Round [Top Half]:
Ai Sugiyama JPN [18] vs Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Catalina Castaño COL vs Flavia Pennetta ITA [15]
Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12] vs Martina Hingis SUI
Maria Kirilenko RUS vs Francesca Schiavone ITA [8]
Nadia Petrova RUS [4] vs Alicia Molik AUS
Akiko Morigami JPN [LL] vs Jelena Jankovic SCG
Venus Williams USA [9] vs Lucie Safarova CZE
Klara Koukalova CZE vs Patty Schnyder SUI [6]
Bottom Half [Do not yet vote!]:
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [7] vs Anna Smashnova ISR
Roberta Vinci ITA vs Anastasia Myskina RUS [10]
Daniela Hantuchova SVK [13] vs Ekaterina Bychkova RUS [Q]
Shahar Peer ISR vs Nathalie Dechy FRA [17]
Elena Dementieva RUS [5] vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
Marta Domachowska POL vs Anna-Lena Grönefeld GER [11]
Dinara Safina RUS [16] vs Maria Elena Camerin ITA [WC]
Anna Chakvetadze RUS vs Kim Clijsters BEL [2]