Ballbasher
Feb 9th, 2009, 12:07 PM
PYW Paris
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Welcome to Paris, France! For the first in 2009 the PYW truck stops in Europe! With the absence of defending champion ELena Dementieva there is a place for a new one. Can Anna Chakvetadze go one better this year? Current #1 Jelena Jankovic will be here for the first time since 2005. 2005 victor Serena Williams (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=369993#) aims to get her title back. But who will prevail eventually? Vote now as the Open Gaz de France get started with the qualifying competition!
Ranking Points:
WTA Premier (32, $700.000):
W - 470
F - 320
SF - 200
QF - 120
R16 - 60
R32 - 1
Qualifier - 20 *
Q3 - 12
Q2 - 8
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: Serena Williams (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=331559#) USA [1] beat Nathalie Dechy FRA [6] | 0-6 6-4 6-3
2006: Flavia Pennetta ITA [6] lost to Elena Dementieva RUS [5] | 0-6 3-6
2007: Agnieszka Radwańska POL [Q]beat Anna Chakvetadze RUS [8] | 6-2 6-4
2008: Anna Chakvetadze RUS [1] lost to Elena Dementieva RUS [4] | 4-6 4-6
The Favourites:
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First Quarter: Angelique Kerber GER [5]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/160363.jpg
Second Quarter: Camille Pin FRA [2]
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Third Quarter: Karolina Sprem CRO
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fourth Quarter: Maria Elena Camerin ITA [7]
Final Qualifying Round:
Aravane Rezai FRA [1/WC] vs Angelique Kerber GER [5]
Camille Pin FRA [2] vs Ekaterina Bychkova RUS [8]
Julia Goerges GER [3] vs Karolina Sprem CRO
Maret Ani EST [4] vs Zuzana Ondraskova CZE
http://static1.bareka.com/photos/medium/1301912/paris-triumphe.jpg
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/graphics/logos/paris.gif
Welcome to Paris, France! For the first in 2009 the PYW truck stops in Europe! With the absence of defending champion ELena Dementieva there is a place for a new one. Can Anna Chakvetadze go one better this year? Current #1 Jelena Jankovic will be here for the first time since 2005. 2005 victor Serena Williams (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=369993#) aims to get her title back. But who will prevail eventually? Vote now as the Open Gaz de France get started with the qualifying competition!
Ranking Points:
WTA Premier (32, $700.000):
W - 470
F - 320
SF - 200
QF - 120
R16 - 60
R32 - 1
Qualifier - 20 *
Q3 - 12
Q2 - 8
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: Serena Williams (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=331559#) USA [1] beat Nathalie Dechy FRA [6] | 0-6 6-4 6-3
2006: Flavia Pennetta ITA [6] lost to Elena Dementieva RUS [5] | 0-6 3-6
2007: Agnieszka Radwańska POL [Q]beat Anna Chakvetadze RUS [8] | 6-2 6-4
2008: Anna Chakvetadze RUS [1] lost to Elena Dementieva RUS [4] | 4-6 4-6
The Favourites:
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/311470.jpg
First Quarter: Angelique Kerber GER [5]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/160363.jpg
Second Quarter: Camille Pin FRA [2]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/190881.jpg
Third Quarter: Karolina Sprem CRO
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fourth Quarter: Maria Elena Camerin ITA [7]
Final Qualifying Round:
Aravane Rezai FRA [1/WC] vs Angelique Kerber GER [5]
Camille Pin FRA [2] vs Ekaterina Bychkova RUS [8]
Julia Goerges GER [3] vs Karolina Sprem CRO
Maret Ani EST [4] vs Zuzana Ondraskova CZE