Dexter
Jun 15th, 2008, 06:43 AM
PYW Birmingham
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Welcome to Birmingham, Great Britain! This year's DFS Classic has a strong group of players competing for the title at the first grass court event of the year. Last year's champion Daniela Hantuchova is not coming to defend her crown. With her absence there's wide array of players including the likes of Sania Mirza, Marta Domachowska and Bethanie Mattek as well as potential dark horses who will fight for this title. Who will be the last one standing? Vote now as the qualifying competition kicks off.
Ranking Points:
W - 140
F - 100
SF - 65
QF - 35
R16 - 20
R32 - 10
R64 - 1
Qualifier - 4*
Q2 - 3
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: Evgenia Linetskaya RUS [12] beat Maria Kirilenko RUS [15] | 6-3 7-5
2006: Jelena Janković SRB beat Meilen Tu USA | 6-2 6-2
2007: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [3] beat Maria Kirilenko RUS [16] | 2-6 6-3 6-4
Final:
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/310112.jpg vs http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/311470.jpg
Sania Mirza IND [6] vs Angelique Kerber GER
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http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/graphics/logos/birmingham.jpg
Welcome to Birmingham, Great Britain! This year's DFS Classic has a strong group of players competing for the title at the first grass court event of the year. Last year's champion Daniela Hantuchova is not coming to defend her crown. With her absence there's wide array of players including the likes of Sania Mirza, Marta Domachowska and Bethanie Mattek as well as potential dark horses who will fight for this title. Who will be the last one standing? Vote now as the qualifying competition kicks off.
Ranking Points:
W - 140
F - 100
SF - 65
QF - 35
R16 - 20
R32 - 10
R64 - 1
Qualifier - 4*
Q2 - 3
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: Evgenia Linetskaya RUS [12] beat Maria Kirilenko RUS [15] | 6-3 7-5
2006: Jelena Janković SRB beat Meilen Tu USA | 6-2 6-2
2007: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [3] beat Maria Kirilenko RUS [16] | 2-6 6-3 6-4
Final:
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/310112.jpg vs http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/311470.jpg
Sania Mirza IND [6] vs Angelique Kerber GER