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PYW Los Angeles

Welcome to Los Angeles, United States! The American hardcourt's season being in full swing, makes another stop in sunny California. After tournaments in Stanford and San Diego it's time for Los Angeles. Tier II event of JPMorgan Chase Open attracts strong field of PYW players. Last year Jie Zheng defeated Shuai Peng in a first ever all Chinese final in PYW-tournaments history. The winner will not defend her title as she is competing in Europe. Who will take the chance to win JPMorgan Chase Open? Only your votes will determine it. VOTE as qualifying gets underway!

Ranking Points:

Tier II (64, $650.000):

W - 220

 
 
F - 154
SF - 99
QF - 55
R16 - 29
R32 - 15
R64 - 5
Qualifier - 10 *
Q3 - 5
Q2 - 2
Q1 - 1
 
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.

2005 Final:

Jie Zheng CHN beat Shuai Peng CHN | 6-2 7-5

The Favourites:



First Section: Amy Frazier USA



Second Section: Ai Sugiyama JPN [9]



Third Section: Elena Dementieva RUS [3]



Fourth Section: Flavia Pennetta ITA [8]



Fifth Section: Ana Ivanović SCG [10]



Sixth Section: Lindsay Davenport USA [4]



Seventh Section: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [7]



Eighth Section: Nadia Petrova RUS [2]

First Round [Top Half]:

Maria Sharapova RUS [1] has a BYE
Melinda Czink HUN vs Anastassia Rodionova RUS [Q]
Amy Frazier USA vs Jill Craybas USA
Angela Haynes USA [WC] vs Marion Bartoli FRA [15]

Ai Augiyama JPN [9] vs Laura Granville USA
Mariana Diaz-Oliva ARG vs Rossana de los Rios PAR [Q]
Vania King USA vs Severine Bremond FRA [Q]
Dinara Safina RUS [5] has a BYE

Elena Dementieva RUS [3] has a BYE
Olga Savchuk UKR [Q] vs Julia Schruff GER
Marta Domachowska POL vs Paola Suarez ARG
Peng Shuai CHN vs Shahar Peer ISR [14]

Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [13] vs Anna Chakvetadze RUS
Hana Sromova CZE vs Alona Bondarenko UKR
Kveta Peschke CZE vs Bethanie Mattek USA [WC]
Flavia Pennetta ITA [8] has a BYE

First Round [Bottom Half]:
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Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER [6] has a BYE
Maria Emilia Salerni ARG [LL] vs Akiko Morigami JPN
Mara Santangelo ITA vs Meilen Tu USA [Q]
Vera Dushevina RUS vs Ana Ivanović SCG [10]

Jelena Janković SCG [16] vs Sania Mirza IND
Lucie Safarova CZE vs Jelena Kostanic CRO
Tiantian Sun CHN [Q] vs Samantha Stosur AUS
Lindsay Davenport USA [4] has a BYE

Daniela Hantuchova SVK [7] has a BYE
Virginie Razzano FRA vs Lisa Raymond USA
Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN [Q] vs Ashley Harkleroad USA
Serena Williams USA [WC] vs Maria Kirilenko RUS [11]

Nathalie Dechy FRA [17] vs Meghann Shaughnessy USA
Vasilisa Bardina RUS [Q] vs Elena Vesnina RUS
Virginia Ruano-Pascual ESP vs Sybille Bammer AUT
Nadia Petrova RUS [2] has a BYE