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PYW Doubles US Open

Welcome to New York, USA! The time for the final major tournament of 2011 is finally here! Fittingly, the top seeds in this draw are Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, although they have yet to won a major this year they are still steamrolling through fields, this year the TEB-BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey this fall qualifying will be different, it will not be by real matches, it will be decided by the PYW Doubles Race. The second seeds are the 2012 French Open champions, namely Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. They return to New York ready to go though. The Wimbledon and Olympics champions, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, are also in the draw, although they needed a wildcard. Finally, the fifth seeds, Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova won the US Open two years ago, which shows that they know success too. Other dangerous teams could include Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka or dark horses Andrea Petkovic and Mandy Minella, Petkovic is just coming back from injury, there are other teams such as Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova, are in action this fortnight too and won't be slouches, which means that competition will surely be fierce. With such forces in action, only you can decide the victory. Vote now as the US Open begins!

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Previous Finals:

2011: Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3] lost to Jarmila Gajdosova AUS/Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA [16] | 4-6 3-6

2010: Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [6] beat Alicia Molik AUS/Francesca Schiavone ITA | 7-5 6-2

2009: Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Nadia Petrova RUS [8] lost to Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Ai Sugiyama JPN [5] | 6-7 3-6

2008: Marta Domachowska POL/Caroline Wozniacki DEN beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Patty Schnyder SUI | 6-2 4-6 6-4

The Favorites:

First Eighth: Jarmila Gajdosova AUS/Alicja Rosolska POL

OUT OF COMPETITION!!
Second Eighth: Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [10]

Third Eighth: Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Lucie Hradecka CZE [3]

OUT OF COMPETITION!!
Fourth Eighth: Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS [6]

OUT OF COMPETITION!!
Fifth Eighth: Timea Babos HUN/Sloane Stephens USA

OUT OF COMPETITION!!
Sixth Eighth: Serena Williams USA/Venus Williams USA [WC]

Seventh Eighth: Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [5]

Eighth Eighth: Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND [13]

Third Round:

Jarmila Gajdosova AUS/Alicja Rosolska POL vs Vera Dushevina RUS/Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Angelique Kerber GER/Tamira Paszek AUT vs Kim Clijsters BEL/Kirsten Flipkens BEL [WC]
Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Lucie Hradecka CZE [3] vs Liga Dekmeijere LAT/Mervana Jugic-Salkic BIH
Sabine Lisicki GER/Shuai Peng CHN vs Marina Erakovic NZL/Heather Watson GBR

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS/Lucie Safarova CZE vs Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [9]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Johanna Larsson SWE vs Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [4]
Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [5] vs Julia Goerges GER/Kveta Peschke CZE [11]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND [13] vs Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [2]