S4 - 13: Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Cincinnati (III)

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Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Cincinnati

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Week 13 * Hard Tier III * Draw Size 32

S1 Winner - Michaella Krajicek
S2 Winner - Jelena Jankovic
S3 Winner - Maria Sharapova

Cincinnati, USA - Welcome to Cincy! And the start of the hardcourt season on the ATC, it's time for a new set of players to shine after an eventful grasscourt season, once again there are many 4-acers raring to go and it should be a great few weeks, good look to all!

Points Deadline - Tuesday 20:00 CET

Aces To Play

Bartoli - 4
Clijsters - 2
Davenport - 2
Dokic - 2
Domachowska - 4
Dulko - 4
Hantuchova - 4
Jankovic - 4
Kirilenko - 2
Krajicek - 2
Kuznetsova - 4
Larcher de Brito - 3
Molik - 0
Myskina - 2
Pennetta - 3
Rybarikova - 1
Seles - 3
Sharapova - 4
Spears - 1
Stosur - 4
Tanasugarn - 3
Vaidisova - 3
Washington - 3
S. Williams - 4
V. Williams - 3

Draw

Alicia Molik(1) v Bye
Michelle Larcher de Brito v Gisela Dulko
Tamarine Tanasugarn v Marion Bartoli
Bye v Flavia Pennetta(6)

Lindsay Davenport(7) v Bye
Venus Williams v Marta Domachowska
Monica Seles v Samantha Stosur
Bye v Michaella Krajicek(4)

Maria Sharapova(3) v Bye
Nicole Vaidisova v Jelena Jankovic
Serena Williams v Mashona Washington
Bye v Maria Kirilenko(5)

Daniela Hantuchova(8) v Jelena Dokic
Anastasia Myskina v Svetlana Kuznetsova
Britney Spears v Magdalena Rybarikova
Bye v Kim Clijsters(2)

Points To Defend

165 -

Sharapova

115 -

Jankovic

75 -

Domachowska

40 -

V. Williams
Kirilenko
Davenport
Pennetta

20 -

Molik
Dulko
Larcher de Brito
Clijsters
Stosur
Krajicek

10 -

Spears
Hantuchova
Myskina
Tanasugarn

Player Of The Week


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Nicole Vaidisova

Nicole gets the POTW award for her run to the Wimbledon final with 1 ace and she now has 3 to use this week in Cincy :yeah:

hardcourts suck major ass.

GL Flavia :hug:

4 aces and nothing to defend for Dani. :bounce:

Time to step it up. :armed:

time to send PMs, Dav.:angel:
or else just start the event!:bounce:

I forgot, sending now:angel:

9/25 in, we might be waiting a while ;)

Did you recieve mine ;) ?

slack peoples..

PMs sent ;)

God ITS IMPOSSIBLE for me to get this in my User CP :o

:) :) :)

cmooooooooooooon people..

sent :)

Sorry for the (long) delay and thanks for your patience, still only 14 sets of pts even with PMs sent :(

Results a bit later.

Just replace their strongest # by an Ace. OR replace their Ace by the next strong number they don't have :shrug:

Just replace their strongest # by an Ace. OR replace their Ace by the next strong number they don't have :shrug:

I'm not going to allow someone do well at a tournament or even win it if they can't be bothered to send pts or reply to my PMs :lol:

Sending now. :help: Been MIA. Sorry! MISS SPEARS WAS REHEARSING FOR THE VMAS.

Sending now. :help: Been MIA. Sorry! MISS SPEARS WAS REHEARSING FOR THE VMAS.

Priorities Britney, priorities!

Walkovers Results coming up!

Round of 32

Dulko def. Larcher de Brito

V. Williams def. Domachowska

Stosur def. Seles

S. Williams def. Washington

Hantuchova(8) def. Dokic

Myskina def. Kuznetsova

Spears def. Rybarikova

W/O

Round of 32

Bartoli def. Tanasugarn 6-4 2-6 6-4

Jankovic def. Vaidisova 6-4 6-4

Updated Draw

Alicia Molik(1) v Gisela Dulko
Marion Bartoli v Flavia Pennetta(6)

Lindsay Davenport(7) v Venus Williams
Samantha Stosur v Michaella Krajicek(4)

Maria Sharapova(3) v Jelena Jankovic
Serena Williams v Maria Kirilenko(5)

Daniela Hantuchova(8) v Anastasia Myskina
Britney Spears v Kim Clijsters(2)

JJ :scared:

Myskina wins a match, :dance:

Marion :D

Serena Williams :D

May I ask, whether a W/O count as a match win?:scratch:

Tough draw for Flavia :sobbing:

May I ask, whether a W/O count as a match win?:scratch:

yep:p

Results coming up.

Round of 16

Davenport(7) def. V. Williams

Krajicek(4) def. Stosur

W/O

Round of 16

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Bartoli def. Pennetta(6)
2-6 6-4 7-6(0)

Excellent comeback from Marion :yeah: She wasn't prepared for Flavia's gameplan but steadied herself to win in the end, Flav :hug:

Round of 16

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Myskina def. Hantuchova(8)
6-4 3-6 6-2

Surprising result as Nastya has two less aces, Dani still not quite sure how best to use 4 aces, but she'll improve ;) Nasty :yeah:

Round of 16

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S. Williams def. Kirilenko(5)
7-5 7-5

MK doesn't do Tier IIIs this season so this is not a shock :p :angel: Serena just keeps on getting better :yeah:

Round of 16

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Clijsters(2) def. Spears
7-6(5) 6-2

Kim just never loses in this round of any tournament no matter how many aces she has :p :yeah: Brit :(

Updated Draw

Molik(1)/Dulko v Marion Bartoli

Lindsay Davenport(7) v Michaella Krajicek(4)

Sharapova(3)/Jankovic v Serena Williams

Anastasia Myskina v Kim Clijsters(2)

Another win:devil:
Nasty is gonna be winning this event:armed:

Lindsay next.:o
Gonna lose it with at least a tiebreak.:o :yawn:

What's happened with Molik/Dulko and Sharapova/Jankovic? :scratch:

I had to fix my points :p

had to fix mine too:)

Round of 16

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Molik(1) def. Dulko
6-4 6-4

Awesome win and scoreline for Lish to take out 4-acer Dulko with 0 aces herself :eek: Gise :hug:

Round of 16

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Jankovic def. Sharapova(3)
5-7 6-4 7-6(0)

JJ has been slumping this season but she could get it together on her favourite surface and this was a confidence-boosting win :yeah: Masha :eek:

QF now?

Yeah QF Now???

QFs coming up.

Quarter-Finals

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Bartoli def. Molik(1)
6-3 6-4

Only so far someone can go with 0 aces, especially on hard ;) Good job Marion :yeah:

Quarter-Finals

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Davenport(7) def. Krajicek(4)
3-6 7-6(1) 7-6(6)

Wimbledon's over, so back to normal for Misa :tape: Linds :D

Quarter-Finals

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S. Williams def. Jankovic
7-5 4-6 7-5

Nice match and very back-and-forth but Serena was a little stronger on the key points and she sneaks through :yeah: JJ :hug:

Quarter-Finals

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Clijsters(2) def. Myskina
6-2 6-3

Myskina was a good match-up for Kim today and she breezed through :yeah: Nastya :hug:

Updated Draw

Marion Bartoli v Lindsay Davenport(7)

Serena Williams v Kim Clijsters(2)

Round of 16

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Molik(1) def. Dulko
6-4 6-4

Awesome win and scoreline for Lish to take out 4-acer Dulko with 0 aces herself :eek: Gise :hug:

wow! very happy with that...:)

Marion :hearts:
Molik :yeah:

Clijsters ruins EVERYTHING for me:sobbing:

:devil::hearts:

Quarter-Finals

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Davenport(7) def. Krajicek(4)
3-6 7-6(1) 7-6(6)

Wimbledon's over, so back to normal for Misa :tape: Linds :D

Lindsay next.:o
Gonna lose it with at least a tiebreak.:o :yawn:
:worship:

Marion :)

Please lose asa please :D

SFs coming up.

Semi-Finals

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Bartoli def. Davenport(7)
6-4 6-4

Marion makes her first final just a few weeks into the game, well done :yeah: Good week for Linds :hug:

Semi-Finals

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Clijsters(2) def. S. Williams
4-6 6-3 6-4

A bit of an upset as Kim overturns a 2-ace deficit to make the final :yeah: Serena :hug:

Kim's coach is in some great form in the games.:scared:
Hashim :ras: Smart of you for running a game and used all those good tactics in other games you play.:ras:

Marion :woohoo:

Win it now :boxing:

Kim's coach is in some great form in the games.:scared:
Hashim :ras: Smart of you for running a game and used all those good tactics in other games you play.:ras:

:ras: i am only active in 3 games now:p
this,WFTC and OWTT
and i have my own tactics:ras: i know how to use my aces:ras:

Good for you Kim :ras:

Time for the final.

:unsure:

:lol:

:spit: Dav :hug: He has a life, guys.:)

Go Kim :D :banana:

I would rather see Kim be more of a bridesmaid in ATC.:lol: :devil:

:spit: Final coming up for real ;)

Final

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Clijsters(2) def. Bartoli
7-6(6) 7-5

Kim finally wins a title away from the clay :eek: :worship: Winning a title on hard with 2 aces is quite an achievement too :yeah: Good week Marion :hug:

Kim:hearts::woohoo:
finally a title outside of clay:D

Congrats :yeah:

Grats Kim. Still a bridesmaid.:p