S5 - 5: Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island (II)

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Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island

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Week 5 * Clay Tier II * Draw Size 16

S1 Winner - Marion Bartoli
S2 Winner - Maria Kirilenko
S3 Winner - Kim Clijsters
S4 Winner - Anastasia Myskina

Florida, USA - Welcome to Amelia Island, the first stop on the clay court swing in the run-up to Roland Garros, will the clay-court specialists dominate or are there a few surprises in store? Should be an exciting few weeks, good luck to all!

Draw Posted - Thursday 23:00 CET

Points Deadline - Sunday 18:00 CET

New points are mandatory, please don't forget to send :p

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Azarenka - 2
Bartoli - 2
Cibulkova - 4
Clijsters - 4
Dulko - 3
Hantuchova - 0
Ivanovic - 3
Jankovic - 3
Kirilenko - 2
Krajicek - 0
Molik - 2
Myskina - 4
Pennetta - 2
Sharapova - 0
Spears - 1
Tanasugarn - 1
Vesnina - 2
S. Williams - 1
V. Williams - 2
Zvonareva - 4

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Alicia Molik(1) v Jelena Jankovic
Tamarine Tanasugarn v Flavia Pennetta(5)

Maria Kirilenko(6) v Qualifier B
Daniela Hantuchova v Kim Clijsters(4)

Maria Sharapova(3) v Serena Williams
Qualifier D v Anastasia Myskina(8)

Britney Spears(7) v Qualifier C
Qualifier A v Michaella Krajicek(2)

Qualifying

A. Gisela Dulko v Dominika Cibulkova
B. Vera Zvonareva v Victoria Azarenka
C. Elena Vesnina v Ana Ivanovic
D. Marion Bartoli v Venus Williams

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Myskina

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Kirilenko

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Spears
Dulko
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Sharapova
S. Williams
Pennetta
Molik
Krajicek
Clijsters

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Tanasugarn
Hantuchova

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Elena Vesnina

Elena gets it for her run to the SFs in Melbourne and she now has 2 aces to use this week :yeah:

Amelia Island:inlove:
I really don't like Ponte Vedra:lol:

I'm sorry I am a very bad games follower :awww: but I promise I'll send in clay points soon and follow the game more closely :D

Now who the heck is Vesnina? :rolleyes: second time I have been taken out in qualifying while playing with 4 aces :( on the brighter side I did score a win over the tour #1 :angel:

I LOVE this event :hearts: Always done well here :D

I'm sorry I am a very bad games follower :awww: but I promise I'll send in clay points soon and follow the game more closely :D

Now who the heck is Vesnina? :rolleyes: second time I have been taken out in qualifying while playing with 4 aces :( on the brighter side I did score a win over the tour #1 :angel:

Me :devil:

Venus signed up :confused:

Venus signed up :confused:

No, send points and you can play here :wavey:

Britney wins her 1, 2, 3 title in Amelia. :D

Flav has the feeling that she will be out of top 10 soon :sobbing:

Draw posted, deadline extended to Tuesday :p

:sobbing: Back in qualies. :sad:

WTF, am I a Zvonareva magnet? :rolls: Will send in a bit.

Results coming up.

Qualifying


Cibulkova def. Dulko W/O

Zvonareva def. Azarenka 6-4 6-3

V. Williams def. Bartoli W/O

Ivanovic def. Vesnina 6-4 6-7(7) 7-6(6)

Round of 16

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Zvonareva(Q) def. Kirilenko(6)
7-5 7-6(5)

Vera, why you gotta be so cruel, please stay away from MK :sobbing: MK :hug:

Round of 16

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Clijsters(4) def. Hantuchova
6-2 6-0

Dani changed her gameplan but it was all wrong for Kim's style :hug: Kim :yeah:

Round of 16

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Myskina(8) def. V. Williams
4-6 6-2 6-2

Nastya overcame a shaky start to see off the newcomer, well done :yeah: Welcome to the game Vee :p

Round of 16

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Cibulkova(Q) def. Krajicek(2)
7-6(3) 6-2

Misa tried her best but she was always out-aced :hug: Congrats on making it out of qualies Domi :p

How many aces does Vee have?

Oh God, now Sharapova:rolls: I expect another loss to that 0-acer on clay again this season:o

Updated Draw

Alicia Molik(1) v Tamarine Tanasugarn

Vera Zvonareva(Q) v Kim Clijsters(4)

Serena Williams v Anastasia Myskina(8)

Spears(7)/Ivanovic(Q) v Dominika Cibulkova(Q)

Walkovers for Molik, Tanasugarn and S. Williams.

How many aces does Vee have?

Oh God, now Sharapova:rolls: I expect another loss to that 0-acer on clay again this season:o

2 and it's Serena for you next :p

LAME @ walkovers..

the 16th time Alicia and Tammy will play!!
(has any other rivalry played in all 5 seasons?)

2 and it's Serena for you next :p

Oh then I will win, yay.

:bounce: finally some gd result for me!
Misa :hug:

I remember someone said he always does well in Amelia Island. No wonder why...so many W.O :lol:

:lol: Should be LL! :angel:

:lol: Should be LL! :angel:

That's a good point!

Bepa:inlove:
MK:hug:

Round of 16

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Zvonareva(Q) def. Kirilenko(6)
7-5 7-6(5)

Vera, why you gotta be so cruel, please stay away from MK :sobbing: MK :hug:

Good grief :rolls: :haha: I have lost 3 times this year and it's all been to Vera :(

Can you send me a PM.
Real wuick so I see it and send points LOL

Let's go Tammy!

Round of 16

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Ivanovic(Q) def. Spears(7)
7-5 6-3

Brit still not yet recovered from all the partying in Melbourne :p Congrats Ana :yeah:

QFs later tonight.

what does later mean to you ?!?!

what does later mean to you ?!?!

In Tennis Forum definition, later means after a day or two.:p

Quarter-Finals

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Molik(1) def. Tanasugarn
7-5 6-4

Alicia continues to own Tammy as she makes a good start to her clay campaign :yeah: Tammy :hug:

Quarter-Finals

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Clijsters(4) def. Zvonareva(Q)
5-7 6-4 6-4

The Queen of Clay resists a very strong challenge from Vera to advance :yeah: Bepa :hug:

Quarter-Finals

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Myskina(8) def. S. Williams
6-3 6-2

Comprehensive win for Myskina, who has really hit a run of good form since Sydney :yeah: Serena :p

Quarter-Finals

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Ivanovic(Q) def. Cibulkova(Q)
6-4 6-7(3) 7-5

Ana wins the battle of the qualifiers, but both should be pleased with how they played today ;) Domi :hug:

Updated Draw

Alicia Molik(1) v Kim Clijsters(4)

Anastasia Myskina(8) v Ana Ivanovic(Q)

Quarter-Finals

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Molik(1) def. Tanasugarn
7-5 6-4

Alicia continues to own Tammy as she makes a good start to her clay campaign :yeah: Tammy :hug:

nice:)
will get crushed by kim now:)

Domi :sad:
Congrats Ana :yeah:

Semi-Finals

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Molik(1) def. Clijsters(4)
7-5 7-5

Excellent play from Alicia puts her within one win of her first clay title :yeah: Kim :hug:

Semi-Finals

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Myskina(8) def. Ivanovic(Q)
6-4 7-5

Myskina loves this event clearly :p Defending champ back in the final :yeah: Ana :hug:

Kim will never beat Alicia again:tears:

Has Molik won a clay event? If not, she will now:lol:

Nastya does love this event. First win ever was here and then won the tourny last season:hearts:

Omg whaaaaaat?!? So didn't see that coming!! Cmon leash one more:)

Flav doesn't want to watse time in these small tournaments :zzz: :p

You better win, Nastya.:p

Final

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Molik(1) v Myskina(8)

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Molik(1) leads Myskina(8) 7-5

Final

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Molik(1) def. Myskina(8)
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Congrats Alicia! Another record broken as she becomes the first player to win on 4 surfaces, just hard remaining now :p Bad luck Nastya, but another good week :p

Omg wow!!!!!! Didn see that coming.. :) if only I best JJ in yay hard tourny final last season... :)

Wow Alicia:yeah::lol:

Nastya sucks.:tape:

Not surprised, I can never beat Molik.

Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-lik.

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Molik posing for pictures after winning the title.