S4 Week 26, Stuttgart, GER, Tier I

STUTTGART


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Welcome to Stuttgart, Germany for this week's indoor stop. Last week saw Tamira Paszek beat Daniela Hantuchova in the final, to take home her maiden career title. Our penultimate Tier I tournament this week, so vital big points up for grabs in the quest for the YEC in a few weeks, with the lower end of the race so close at the moment!!


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S1 – (5) S.Williams (ret.) def. (7) Dechy (ret.) 7-6(6) 4-6 6-2
S2 – (12) Ivanovic def. (9) Kournikova 6-1 7-6(6)
S3 – (Q) Zvonareva def. (Q) Bartoli 6-1 0-6 7-5


Points to Defend

Salerni – 1
Dulko – 1
Wozniacki – 1
Benesova – 1
Pennetta – 1
S.Williams – 1
Schnyder – 1
Molik – 15
Dokic – 15
Larcher de Brito – 15
Cornet – 15
Na Li – 15
Petrova – 15
Hantuchova – 15
Cibulkova – 15
Ivanovic – 15
Golovin – 15
Vaidisova – 15
Tulyaganova – 15
V.Williams – 15
Szavay – 15
Azarenka – 40
Chakvetadze – 40
Cirstea – 40
Sharapova – 40
Kirilenko – 40
Malek – 40
Jankovic – 40
Craybas – 40
Davenport – 90
Safina – 90
Safarova – 150
Kournikova – 150
Bartoli – 225
Zvonareva – 350


Draw

(1) Azarenka Vs. Bye
(PC) Dementieva Vs. S.Williams
Tulyaganova Vs. Cibulkova
Bye Vs. (11) Kournikova
(10) Larcher de Brito Vs. Bye
Zvonareva Vs. Robson
Golovin Vs. Craybas
Bye Vs. (5) Cirstea

(7) V.Williams Vs. Bye
Safina Vs. Mirza
Cornet Vs. Lucic
Bye Vs. (14) Schnyder
(16) Jankovic Vs. Bye
Safarova Vs. Pavlyuchenkova
Chakvetadze Vs. Dokic
Bye Vs. (3) Davenport

(4) Molik Vs. Bye
Pennetta Vs. Wozniacki
Kuznetsova Vs. Sprem
Bye Vs. (12) Petrova
(13) Hantuchova Vs. Bye
Sharapova Vs. Kvitova
Vaidisova Vs. Mattek
Bye Vs. (8) Szavay

(6) Na Li Vs. Bye
Kirilenko Vs. Malek
Jie Zheng Vs. Benesova
Bye Vs. (9) Ivanovic
(15) Bartoli Vs. Bye
Paszek Vs. Salerni
Dulko Vs. Gallovits
Bye Vs. (1) Wickmayer


POINTS DUE TOMORROW 6PM

Rankings w/Stuttgart off

1. (1) Yanina Wickmayer – 2950
2. (1) Victoria Azarenka – 2910
3. (3) Lindsay Davenport – 2430
4. (4) Alicia Molik – 2345
5. (5) Sorana Cirstea – 2310
6. (6) Na Li – 2130
7. (7) Venus Williams – 1992
8. (8) Agnes Szavay – 1987
9. (9) Ana Ivanovic – 1812
10. (10) Michelle Larcher de Brito – 1740
11. (12) Nadia Petrova – 1661
12. (13) Daniela Hantuchova – 1530
12. (11) Anna Kournikova – 1530
14. (14) Patty Schnyder – 1316
15. (15) Jelena Jankovic – 1255
16. (17) Jie Zheng – 1245
17. (18) Dominika Cibulkova – 1175
18. (20) Caroline Wozniacki – 1160
19. (19) Jill Craybas – 1125
20. (21) Maria Kirilenko – 1120
20. (21) Maria Sharapova – 1120
22. (15) Marion Bartoli – 1083
23. (23) Nicole Vaidisova – 1078
24. (26) Tatiana Golovin – 837
25. (28) Alize Cornet – 822
26. (27) Anna Chakvetadze – 810
27. (25) Lucie Safarova – 739
28. (29) Flavia Pennetta – 709
29. (30) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – 692
30. (33) Serena Williams – 607
31. (24) Vera Zvonareva – 591
32. (32) Tatjana Malek – 586
33. (34) Iveta Benesova – 582
34. (31) Dinara Safina – 541
35. (35) Iroda Tulyaganova – 504
36. (36) Gisela Dulko – 387
37. (37) Tamira Paszek – 385
38. (38) Karolina Sprem – 351
39. (40) Maria Emilia Salerni – 322
40. (39) Jelena Dokic – 317
41. (41) Svetlana Kuznetsova – 245
42. (42) Bethanie Mattek – 171
43. (43) Petrova Kvitova – 139
44. (44) Elena Dementieva (PC) – 89
45. (45) Laura Robson – 81
46. (46) Anne Keothavong (PC) – 46
47. (47) Ai Sugiyama (PC) – 37
48. (48) Amélie Mauresmo (PC) – 26
49. (49) Agnieszka Radwanska (PC) – 21
50. (50) Edina Gallovits – 8
51. (NR) Mirjana Lucic – 1
51. (NR) Sania Mirza – 1

Azarenka is defending points? oh yay :D

Davai Anna

c'mon Venus :unsure:

Azarenka is defending points? oh yay :D

:ras:

:ras:

what's up jelena :nerner:

two number 1 seeds :D

what's up jelena :nerner:

Who's Jelena? :p

Come on Lindsay, title no.6 awaits!

C'mon Tammy! 2 in a row?

C'mon Wicky. 3 more titles. Todal domination :armed:

D-DAY FOR SAFINA

Enigmatic OWTT player Dinara Safina has received a simple ultimatum from her coaching staff - start giving 100% or find yourself a new coach. This comes on the back of a string of poor results for Safina which have seen her make just one final and barely get past a second round anywhere else. "It's not good enough" said her coach when quizzed at Stuttgart this week. "She is going through the motions, there is no killer instinct, no will to win".

There has been a notable increase in practice time this week and Safina looks to be rising to the challenge "He is right you know, since season 2 I have lost my way, I think after making 2 grand slam finals I thought it was going to be easy, I was wrong.". This attitude may make things augur well for the former number two who is a million miles from that ranking now. "If I could have just stayed tough in that first set against Serena last week we may not be having this conversation" said Safina of her 7-6(9)* 4-6 6-1 loss last tournament.

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Dinara Safina practices hard ahead of this weeks tournament - Photo - robshots.com.au

"All I ask is that she gives her maximum effort, I don't expect her to win every match, I just want her to give herself that opportunity" said her coach "I expect to see it start now, we have trained hard and we are ready to make our way back up the rankings"

Safina meets Sania Merza in round one here at Stuttgart, it'll be interesting to see how she fares.

Robshots Media

Dinara :yeah:

Thanks for article.... hope to see you doin well again soon!! :banghead:

Merza :hearts:

Thanks for article.... hope to see you doin well again soon!! :banghead:


but not in this tournament honey :hug:

but not in this tournament honey :hug:

Same for venus :nerner:

shut up :kiss:

here will be first Venus' QF since RG :inlove:

I can do results this time :)

shut up :kiss:

here will be first Venus' QF since RG :inlove:

we'll see :nerner:

hope klina will play first quaterfinal ever :o
and hope this won't be decided by CT :bounce:

results? :lol:

Just calculated R64 - Bartosz can you post while I work out rest of results?

of course, I can :)

first time i have good feeling for this game :bounce:

:woohoo:

I won my 1st title. Hope I don't get chucked out 1st round here :tears:

Come on Kiri lose here too and make this day perfect :hearts:

Stuttgart R64


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S.Williams def. (PC) Dementieva 7-5 2-6 6-1

Stuttgart R64


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Cibulkova def. Tulyaganova 2-6 6-2 6-4*

Stuttgart R64


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Zvonareva def. Robson 6-2 6-3

Stuttgart R64


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Craybas def. Golovin 0-6 7-5 6-4

Stuttgart R64


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Safina def. Mirza 7-6(4) 6-2

Stuttgart R64


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Lucic def. Cornet 6-4* 2-6 6-2

Stuttgart R64


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Pavlyuchenkova def. Safarova 7-5 0-6 6-0

Stuttgart R64


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Chakvetadze def. Dokic 6-0 6-0

Stuttgart R64


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Pennetta def. Wozniacki 0-6 6-4 6-1

Stuttgart R64


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Kuznetsova def. Sprem 0-6 7-5 6-0

klina match is next :scared:

lost :sobbing:

sveta :yeah:

Stuttgart R64


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Sharapova def. Kvitova 0-6 6-3 6-2

Klina beat :awww::hug:

Stuttgart R64


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Vaidisova def. Mattek 6-4 2-6 6-1

Stuttgart R64


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Kirilenko def. Malek 6-3 6-2

Stuttgart R64


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Zheng def. Benesova 5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(5)

Stuttgart R64


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Paszek def. Salerni 0-6 6-4 6-0

Tamira :woohoo:

Stuttgart R64


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Dulko def. Gallovits 6-0 2-6 6-2

that's all :)

Thanks Bartek :hug:

:rolleyes:

Stuttgart R32


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S.Williams def. (1) Azarenka 7-5 0-6 6-4

Stuttgart R32


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(11) Kournikova def. Cibulkova 7-5 4-6 6-3

Stuttgart R32


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(10) Larcher de Brito def. Zvonareva 7-5 1-6 7-5

Stuttgart R32


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(5) Cirstea def. Craybas 6-0 0-6 7-5*

Stuttgart R32


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(7) V.Williams def. Safina 4-6 6-4 6-0

Stuttgart R32


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(14) Schnyder def. Lucic 6-3 5-7 6-3

Stuttgart R32


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Pavlyuchenkova def. (16) Jankovic 6-0 0-6 6-3

Stuttgart R32


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(3) Davenport def. Chakvetadze 0-6 6-4 6-0

Stuttgart R32


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(4) Molik def. Pennetta 6-0 0-6 7-6(5)

Stuttgart R32


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Kuznetsova def. (12) Petrova 0-6 7-5* 6-0

Stuttgart R32


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(13) Hantuchova def. Sharapova 6-0 0-6 6-3

Stuttgart R32


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Vaidisova def. (8) Szavay 6-1 0-6 6-2

Stuttgart R32


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(6) Li def. Kirilenko 6-1 7-5

Stuttgart R32


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Zheng def. (9) Ivanovic 0-6 6-2 6-0

you are very fast Bartek :yeah:

keep it up :)

Stuttgart R32


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(15) Bartoli def. Paszek 6-1 6-3

Stuttgart R32


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Dulko def. (1) Wickmayer 6-0 3-6 6-4

Anna :tears:

at least I won a match by double bagel

Klina and Domi :hug:

Jelly sorry :hug:

:sobbing:

C'moon Venus :inlove: YEC is waiting for you :hearts:

Marion! :drool:

Defending final! :unsure:

R16 results? :p

C'mon Patty! :rocker2: :hearts:

where is Chris? :bicry: :sobbing: [/hysteric]

Sorry guys - had to complete a business simulation game - will work out R16 in a bit

Stuttgart R16


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(11) Kournikova def. S.Williams 6-3 6-2

Stuttgart R16


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(10) Larcher de Brito def. (5) Cirstea 4-6 6-2 6-4*

Stuttgart R16


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(14) Schnyder def. (7) V.Williams 6-3 3-6 6-3

Stuttgart R16


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(3) Davenport def. Pavlyuchenkova 0-6 6-2 6-2

Stuttgart R16


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Kuznetsova def. (4) Molik 0-6 6-0 7-5

Stuttgart R16


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Vaidisova def. (13) Hantuchova 6-1 6-4

Stuttgart R16


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(6) Li def. Zheng 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-4

Stuttgart R16


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Dulko def. (15) Bartoli 6-1 0-6 7-5

Stuttgart QF


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(11) Kournikova def. (10) Larcher de Brito 6-4 6-1

Stuttgart QF


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(14) Schnyder def. (3) Davenport 6-3 1-6 6-3*

Stuttgart QF


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Vaidisova def. Kuznetsova 6-0 0-6 6-2

Stuttgart QF


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(6) Li def. Dulko 0-6 6-0 6-3

Stuttgart SF


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(11) Kournikova def. (14) Schnyder 6-4 6-1

Stuttgart SF


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(6) Li def. Vaidisova 0-6 6-0 7-6(5)

Final

(11) Kournikova Vs. (6) Na Li

N1 for me :nerner:

:eek:
Tour is going so fast. :o :sad:

Stuttgart Final


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Set 1

1-0 Kournikova
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2-0
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3-0
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3-1
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4-1
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4-2
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5-2
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6-2


(11) Kournikova leads (6) Na Li
6-2

Stuttgart Final


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Set 2

1-0 Na Li
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2-0
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2-1
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2-2
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3-2 Na Li
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3-3
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4-3 Na Li
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5-3
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5-4
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5-5
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6-5 Kournikova
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7-5


(11) Kournikova def. (6) Na Li
6-2 7-5


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After a title drought of almost 3 seasons, Anna Kournikova finally wins her third career title, which mut come as a huge relief. She did really well to dig deep at 3-5 in the second set to win it in straights. Kournikova's great week sees her retunr to the Top 10, at #9. Na Li moves back into the Top 5 as well, at #5.

:worship:

After so many losses in final. :sobbing:

This will give me a chance to qualify for YEC after such a bad season. :eek:

Thanks god I make 2 GS SF. :)

Anna :yeah: