Dexter
Jan 14th, 2008, 02:33 AM
PYW Australian Open
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Welcome to Melbourne, Australia! This is what the past two weeks have all been revolving around: the Australian Open is here! Players will need their good preparation to get them far into the draw of the first Grand Slam of the year. Last year we saw Elena Dementieva marching up to claim the Australian Open title for the 2nd time in her career. This year, Dementieva, again, is one of the favourites, going into the tournament as a #1. Will she make a hat-trick down under? We still have a long way to go before we get that answer, for we commence with the qualifying competition!
Ranking Points:
Grand Slam:
W - 1000
F - 700
SF - 450
QF - 250
R16 - 140
R32 - 90
R64 - 60
R128 - 2
Qualifier - 31 *
Q3 - 25
Q2 - 15
Q1 - 2
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.
Previous Finals:
2005: Shinobu Asagoe JPN beat Anastasia Myskina RUS | 6-1 1-6 7-6
2006: Elena Dementieva RUS [9] beat Anastasia Myskina RUS [12] | 6-4 3-6 6-3
2007: Elena Dementieva RUS [9] beat Kim Clijsters BEL [4] | 5-7 7-6 8-6
The Favourites:
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1/16: Justine Henin BEL [1]
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2/16: Tatiana Golovin FRA [13]
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3/16: Elena Dementieva RUS [11]
OUT OF COMPETITION
4/16: Elena Vesnina RUS
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5/16: Flavia Pennetta ITA
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6/16: Patty Schnyder SUI [15]
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7/16: Alicia Molik AUS
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8/16: Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
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9/16: Sania Mirza IND [31]
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10/16: Severine Bremond FRA
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11/16: Dinara Safina RUS [16]
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12/16: Ana Ivanović SRB [4]
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13/16: Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
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14/16: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
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15/16: Agnes Szavay HUN [20]
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16/16: Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]
First Round:
Justine Henin BEL [1] beat Aiko Nakamura JPN | 6-4 7-6
Monique Adamczak AUS [WC] beat Olga Poutchkova RUS | 6-4 6-2
Maret Ani EST beat Angelique Kerber GER | 6-1 6-3
Emilie Loit FRA lost to Francesca Schiavone ITA [25] | 0-6 3-6
Sybille Bammer AUT [19] lost to Jelena Dokić AUS [Q] | 4-6 3-6
Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova CZE [Q] lost to Klara Zakopalova CZE | 4-6 2-6
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR lost to Aravane Rezai FRA | 6-2 1-6 8-10
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA lost to Tatiana Golovin FRA [13] | 4-6 6-7
Elena Dementieva RUS [11] beat Tzipora Obziler ISR | 6-0 6-0
Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP beat Petra Cetkovska CZE | 6-4 7-5
Jessica Moore AUS [WC] beat Julie Ditty USA | 6-2 6-4
Renata Voracova CZE lost to Shahar Peer ISR [17] | 2-6 1-6
Julia Vakulenko UKR [32] beat Elena Vesnina RUS | 6-2 6-2
Jill Craybas USA lost to Yung-Jan Chan TPE | 1-6 2-6
Lindsay Davenport USA beat Sara Errani ITA | 6-3 6-3
Jelena Kostanić-Tosić CRO beat Maria Sharapova RUS [5] | 6-2 6-1
Jelena Janković SRB [3] beat Tamira Paszek AUT | 6-3 6-4
Stephanie Dubois CAN beat Edina Gallovits ROU | 6-4 5-7 6-2
Flavia Pennetta ITA beat Dominika Cibulkova SVK | 6-1 6-2
Ashley Harkleroad USA beat Virginie Razzano FRA [30] | 6-2 7-6
Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18] beat Tatiana Poutchek BLR | 6-2 6-4
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS lost to Tatjana Malek GER | 0-6 3-6
Casey Dellacqua AUS beat Karin Knapp ITA | 7-5 7-6
Lilia Osterloh USA lost to Patty Schnyder SUI [15] | 4-6 3-6
Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12] beat Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU | 7-6 6-3
Kaia Kanepi EST lost to Alicia Molik AUS | 7-6 2-6 3-6
Madison Brengle USA [WC] lost to Tatiana Perebiynis UKR | 5-7 6-4 4-6
Ai Sugiyama JPN beat Vera Zvonareva RUS [23] | 6-4 4-6 6-3
Victoria Azarenka BLR [26] beat Akgul Amanmuradova UZB | 5-7 6-2 6-1
Evgeniya Rodina RUS [Q] lost to Julia Görges GER [Q] | 1-6 4-6
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q] beat Sacha Jones NZL [Q] | 6-4 6-1
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS [WC] beat Serena Williams USA [7] | 3-6 7-6 6-4
First Round [Third Quarter]:
Venus Williams USA [8] vs Zi Yan CHN
Camille Pin FRA vs Ekaterina Bychkova RUS [Q]
Sophie Ferguson AUS [WC] vs Timea Bacsinszky SUI [Q]
Iroda Tulyaganova UZB [WC] vs Sania Mirza IND [31]
Na Li CHN [24] vs Severine Bremond FRA
Maria Elena Camerin ITA vs Christina Wheeler AUS [WC]
Mathilde Johansson FRA [WC] vs Marta Domachowska POL [Q]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE vs Marion Bartoli FRA [10]
Dinara Safina RUS [16] vs Sabine Lisicki GER [Q]
Maria Emilia Salerni ARG vs Mariya Koryttseva UKR
Caroline Wozniacki DEN vs Gisela Dulko ARG
Alla Kudryavtseva RUS vs Alona Bondarenko UKR [21]
Katarina Srebotnik SLO [28] vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
Rossana de los Rios PAR [Q] vs Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Tathiana Garbin ITA vs Eleni Daniilidou GRE
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs Ana Ivanović SRB [4]
Do not vote yet!
Anna Chakvetadze RUS [6] vs Andrea Petkovic GER
Shuai Peng CHN vs Iveta Benesova CZE [Q]
Akiko Morigami JPN vs Michaëlla Krajicek NED
Meilen Tu USA vs Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
Lucie Safarova CZE [22] vs Catalina Castaño COL
Roberta Vinci ITA vs Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP
Alize Cornet FRA vs Clarisa Fernandez ARG
Vania King USA vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Nadia Petrova RUS [14] vs Nicole Pratt AUS
Evgenia Linetskaya ISR vs Anne Kremer LUX
Laura Granville USA vs Yvonne Meusburger AUT
Ekaterina Makarova RUS vs Agnes Szavay HUN [20]
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29] vs Olga Savchuk UKR
Martina Müller GER vs Pauline Parmentier FRA
Olga Govortsova BLR vs Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Nathalie Dechy FRA vs Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [2]
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Welcome to Melbourne, Australia! This is what the past two weeks have all been revolving around: the Australian Open is here! Players will need their good preparation to get them far into the draw of the first Grand Slam of the year. Last year we saw Elena Dementieva marching up to claim the Australian Open title for the 2nd time in her career. This year, Dementieva, again, is one of the favourites, going into the tournament as a #1. Will she make a hat-trick down under? We still have a long way to go before we get that answer, for we commence with the qualifying competition!
Ranking Points:
Grand Slam:
W - 1000
F - 700
SF - 450
QF - 250
R16 - 140
R32 - 90
R64 - 60
R128 - 2
Qualifier - 31 *
Q3 - 25
Q2 - 15
Q1 - 2
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.
Previous Finals:
2005: Shinobu Asagoe JPN beat Anastasia Myskina RUS | 6-1 1-6 7-6
2006: Elena Dementieva RUS [9] beat Anastasia Myskina RUS [12] | 6-4 3-6 6-3
2007: Elena Dementieva RUS [9] beat Kim Clijsters BEL [4] | 5-7 7-6 8-6
The Favourites:
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/80350.jpg
1/16: Justine Henin BEL [1]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/310774.jpg
2/16: Tatiana Golovin FRA [13]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/40289.jpg
3/16: Elena Dementieva RUS [11]
OUT OF COMPETITION
4/16: Elena Vesnina RUS
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/160391.jpg
5/16: Flavia Pennetta ITA
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/190519.jpg
6/16: Patty Schnyder SUI [15]
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7/16: Alicia Molik AUS
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8/16: Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
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9/16: Sania Mirza IND [31]
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10/16: Severine Bremond FRA
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/190950.jpg
11/16: Dinara Safina RUS [16]
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12/16: Ana Ivanović SRB [4]
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13/16: Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/310577.jpg
14/16: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/311872.jpg
15/16: Agnes Szavay HUN [20]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/312251.jpg
16/16: Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]
First Round:
Justine Henin BEL [1] beat Aiko Nakamura JPN | 6-4 7-6
Monique Adamczak AUS [WC] beat Olga Poutchkova RUS | 6-4 6-2
Maret Ani EST beat Angelique Kerber GER | 6-1 6-3
Emilie Loit FRA lost to Francesca Schiavone ITA [25] | 0-6 3-6
Sybille Bammer AUT [19] lost to Jelena Dokić AUS [Q] | 4-6 3-6
Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova CZE [Q] lost to Klara Zakopalova CZE | 4-6 2-6
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR lost to Aravane Rezai FRA | 6-2 1-6 8-10
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA lost to Tatiana Golovin FRA [13] | 4-6 6-7
Elena Dementieva RUS [11] beat Tzipora Obziler ISR | 6-0 6-0
Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP beat Petra Cetkovska CZE | 6-4 7-5
Jessica Moore AUS [WC] beat Julie Ditty USA | 6-2 6-4
Renata Voracova CZE lost to Shahar Peer ISR [17] | 2-6 1-6
Julia Vakulenko UKR [32] beat Elena Vesnina RUS | 6-2 6-2
Jill Craybas USA lost to Yung-Jan Chan TPE | 1-6 2-6
Lindsay Davenport USA beat Sara Errani ITA | 6-3 6-3
Jelena Kostanić-Tosić CRO beat Maria Sharapova RUS [5] | 6-2 6-1
Jelena Janković SRB [3] beat Tamira Paszek AUT | 6-3 6-4
Stephanie Dubois CAN beat Edina Gallovits ROU | 6-4 5-7 6-2
Flavia Pennetta ITA beat Dominika Cibulkova SVK | 6-1 6-2
Ashley Harkleroad USA beat Virginie Razzano FRA [30] | 6-2 7-6
Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18] beat Tatiana Poutchek BLR | 6-2 6-4
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS lost to Tatjana Malek GER | 0-6 3-6
Casey Dellacqua AUS beat Karin Knapp ITA | 7-5 7-6
Lilia Osterloh USA lost to Patty Schnyder SUI [15] | 4-6 3-6
Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12] beat Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU | 7-6 6-3
Kaia Kanepi EST lost to Alicia Molik AUS | 7-6 2-6 3-6
Madison Brengle USA [WC] lost to Tatiana Perebiynis UKR | 5-7 6-4 4-6
Ai Sugiyama JPN beat Vera Zvonareva RUS [23] | 6-4 4-6 6-3
Victoria Azarenka BLR [26] beat Akgul Amanmuradova UZB | 5-7 6-2 6-1
Evgeniya Rodina RUS [Q] lost to Julia Görges GER [Q] | 1-6 4-6
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q] beat Sacha Jones NZL [Q] | 6-4 6-1
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS [WC] beat Serena Williams USA [7] | 3-6 7-6 6-4
First Round [Third Quarter]:
Venus Williams USA [8] vs Zi Yan CHN
Camille Pin FRA vs Ekaterina Bychkova RUS [Q]
Sophie Ferguson AUS [WC] vs Timea Bacsinszky SUI [Q]
Iroda Tulyaganova UZB [WC] vs Sania Mirza IND [31]
Na Li CHN [24] vs Severine Bremond FRA
Maria Elena Camerin ITA vs Christina Wheeler AUS [WC]
Mathilde Johansson FRA [WC] vs Marta Domachowska POL [Q]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE vs Marion Bartoli FRA [10]
Dinara Safina RUS [16] vs Sabine Lisicki GER [Q]
Maria Emilia Salerni ARG vs Mariya Koryttseva UKR
Caroline Wozniacki DEN vs Gisela Dulko ARG
Alla Kudryavtseva RUS vs Alona Bondarenko UKR [21]
Katarina Srebotnik SLO [28] vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
Rossana de los Rios PAR [Q] vs Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Tathiana Garbin ITA vs Eleni Daniilidou GRE
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs Ana Ivanović SRB [4]
Do not vote yet!
Anna Chakvetadze RUS [6] vs Andrea Petkovic GER
Shuai Peng CHN vs Iveta Benesova CZE [Q]
Akiko Morigami JPN vs Michaëlla Krajicek NED
Meilen Tu USA vs Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
Lucie Safarova CZE [22] vs Catalina Castaño COL
Roberta Vinci ITA vs Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP
Alize Cornet FRA vs Clarisa Fernandez ARG
Vania King USA vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Nadia Petrova RUS [14] vs Nicole Pratt AUS
Evgenia Linetskaya ISR vs Anne Kremer LUX
Laura Granville USA vs Yvonne Meusburger AUT
Ekaterina Makarova RUS vs Agnes Szavay HUN [20]
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29] vs Olga Savchuk UKR
Martina Müller GER vs Pauline Parmentier FRA
Olga Govortsova BLR vs Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Nathalie Dechy FRA vs Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [2]