Dexter
Jun 24th, 2007, 12:25 PM
PYW Eastbourne
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Welcome to Eastbourne, Great Britain! Just one week ahead of the third Grand Slam this year at Wimbledon, the players here try to get some much needed grass practice. It's the bigger event this week being a Tier II, with the rest of the pack at the Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch. Last year Russian Anastasia Myskina have won the title, this year she is not able to compete, but there is plenty of others to watch like Dementieva, Kirilenko and Sugiyama. In the qualifying event we see interesting players like Gajdosova, Shvedova, Camerin and Dushevina. Who will win? Vote now as the main draw competition kicks off.
Ranking Points:
Tier II (32, $650.000):
W - 275
F - 190
SF - 125
QF - 70
R16 - 35
R32 - 1
Qualifier - 15
*Q3 - 10
Q2 - 5
Q1 - 1
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.
Previous Finals:
2005: Kim Clijsters BEL [7] beat Anastasia Myskina RUS [4] | 6-4 4-6 7-5
2006: Anastasia Myskina RUS [5] beat Anna Chakvetadze RUS | 6-2 6-4
The Favourites:
OUT OF COMPETITION
First Quarter: Agnieszka Radwańska POL
OUT OF COMPETITION
Second Quarter: Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
OUT OF COMPETITION
Third Quarter: Maria Kirilenko RUS
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fourth Quarter: Ai Sugiyama JPN
Semi Finals:
Justine Hénin BEL [1] vs Melanie South GBR [WC]
Lucie Safarova CZE vs Mara Santangelo ITA
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http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D4BEF6C4-E596-41C7-881E-A65D6497E5EC/0/Eastbourne.jpg
http://eastbourne.lta.org.uk/Images/Common/eastbourne/headerimg1.gif
Welcome to Eastbourne, Great Britain! Just one week ahead of the third Grand Slam this year at Wimbledon, the players here try to get some much needed grass practice. It's the bigger event this week being a Tier II, with the rest of the pack at the Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch. Last year Russian Anastasia Myskina have won the title, this year she is not able to compete, but there is plenty of others to watch like Dementieva, Kirilenko and Sugiyama. In the qualifying event we see interesting players like Gajdosova, Shvedova, Camerin and Dushevina. Who will win? Vote now as the main draw competition kicks off.
Ranking Points:
Tier II (32, $650.000):
W - 275
F - 190
SF - 125
QF - 70
R16 - 35
R32 - 1
Qualifier - 15
*Q3 - 10
Q2 - 5
Q1 - 1
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.
Previous Finals:
2005: Kim Clijsters BEL [7] beat Anastasia Myskina RUS [4] | 6-4 4-6 7-5
2006: Anastasia Myskina RUS [5] beat Anna Chakvetadze RUS | 6-2 6-4
The Favourites:
OUT OF COMPETITION
First Quarter: Agnieszka Radwańska POL
OUT OF COMPETITION
Second Quarter: Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
OUT OF COMPETITION
Third Quarter: Maria Kirilenko RUS
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fourth Quarter: Ai Sugiyama JPN
Semi Finals:
Justine Hénin BEL [1] vs Melanie South GBR [WC]
Lucie Safarova CZE vs Mara Santangelo ITA