Dexter
Jun 15th, 2008, 09:32 AM
PYW Eastbourne
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Welcome to Eastbourne, Great Britain! Just one week ahead of the third Grand Slam this year at Wimbledon, the players here try to get some much needed grass practice. It's the biggest event this week being a Tier II, with the rest of the pack at the Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch. Last year Belgian Justine Henin has won the title. Retiring a couple of weeks ago, she is not going to compete, but there is plenty of others to watch like Radwańska, Davenport and Vaidisova. In the qualifying event we see interesting players like Mattek, Kanepi, Olaru and Amanmuradova. Who will win? Vote now as the main draw competition kicks off.
Ranking Points:
Tier II (32, $600.000):
W - 275
F - 190
SF - 125
QF - 70
R16 - 35
R32 - 1
Qualifier - 15*
Q3 - 10
Q2 - 5
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: Kim Clijsters BEL [7] beat Anastasia Myskina RUS [4] | 6-4 4-6 7-5
2006: Anastasia Myskina RUS [5] beat Anna Chakvetadze RUS | 6-2 6-4
2007: Justine Henin BEL [1] beat Mara Santangelo ITA | 6-0 7-6
The Favourites:
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First Quarter: Bethanie Mattek USA
OUT OF COMPETITION
Second Quarter: Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [2]
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Third Quarter: Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
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Fourth Quarter: Olga Savchuk UKRSecond Qualifying Round:
Kaia Kanepi EST [1] vs Junri Namigata JPN
Bethanie Mattek USA vs Ekaterina Makarova RUS [5]
Catalina Castano COL vs Naomi Cavaday GBR [WC]
Andreja Klepac SLO vs Jill Craybas USA [7]
Evgeniya Rodina RUS vs Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Rossana de los Rios PAR vs Aiko Nakamura JPN [8]
Selima Sfar TUN vs Monica Niculescu ROU
Olga Savchuk UKR vs Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP [9]
http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D4BEF6C4-E596-41C7-881E-A65D6497E5EC/0/Eastbourne.jpg
http://eastbourne.lta.org.uk/Images/Common/eastbourne/headerimg1.gifhttp://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/graphics/logos/eastbourne_2007new.jpg
Welcome to Eastbourne, Great Britain! Just one week ahead of the third Grand Slam this year at Wimbledon, the players here try to get some much needed grass practice. It's the biggest event this week being a Tier II, with the rest of the pack at the Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch. Last year Belgian Justine Henin has won the title. Retiring a couple of weeks ago, she is not going to compete, but there is plenty of others to watch like Radwańska, Davenport and Vaidisova. In the qualifying event we see interesting players like Mattek, Kanepi, Olaru and Amanmuradova. Who will win? Vote now as the main draw competition kicks off.
Ranking Points:
Tier II (32, $600.000):
W - 275
F - 190
SF - 125
QF - 70
R16 - 35
R32 - 1
Qualifier - 15*
Q3 - 10
Q2 - 5
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: Kim Clijsters BEL [7] beat Anastasia Myskina RUS [4] | 6-4 4-6 7-5
2006: Anastasia Myskina RUS [5] beat Anna Chakvetadze RUS | 6-2 6-4
2007: Justine Henin BEL [1] beat Mara Santangelo ITA | 6-0 7-6
The Favourites:
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First Quarter: Bethanie Mattek USA
OUT OF COMPETITION
Second Quarter: Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [2]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/311766.jpg
Third Quarter: Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/310816.jpg
Fourth Quarter: Olga Savchuk UKRSecond Qualifying Round:
Kaia Kanepi EST [1] vs Junri Namigata JPN
Bethanie Mattek USA vs Ekaterina Makarova RUS [5]
Catalina Castano COL vs Naomi Cavaday GBR [WC]
Andreja Klepac SLO vs Jill Craybas USA [7]
Evgeniya Rodina RUS vs Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Rossana de los Rios PAR vs Aiko Nakamura JPN [8]
Selima Sfar TUN vs Monica Niculescu ROU
Olga Savchuk UKR vs Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP [9]