PYW Istanbul
Welcome to Istanbul, Turkey! The hardcourts season continues and players aren't forced to play only in the USA. They could play Portoroz last week and moved to Istanbul for the next International hardcourt tournament of this season. It's a very important preparation for the last Grand Slam of this year, the US Open. Only YOU decide who will lift the trophy at the end of the tournament! Vote now as the qualifying competition at the Istanbul Cup kicks off!
The Favourites
First Quarter: Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ [5]
Second Quarter: Bojana Jovanovski SRB [2]
Third Quarter: Anna Chakvetadze RUS [3]
Fourth Quarter: Anna Tatishvili GEO [7]
First Qualifying Round
Ekaterina Makarova RUS [1] vs Eirini Gergatou GRE
Tetyana Arefyeva UKR vs Nikola Hofmanova AUT
Derya Turhan TUR vs Severine Beltrame FRA
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR vs Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ [5]
Bojana Jovanovski SRB [2] vs Eleni Daniilidou GRE
Anastasiya Vasylyeva UKR vs Melis Sezer TUR [WC]
Yuliana Fedak UKR vs Margalita Chakhnashvili GEO
Alexa Glatch USA vs Alexandra Panova RUS [8]
Anna Chakvetadze RUS [3] vs Marta Domachowska POL
Oksana Kalashnikova GEO vs Karolina Pliskova CZE
Tamira Paszek AUT vs Anne Kremer LUX
Valeria Savinykh RUS vs Vesna Manasieva RUS [6]
Anastasiya Yakimova BLR [4] vs Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Julia Schruff GER vs Hyuliya Velieva BUL [WC]
Irena Pavlovic FRA vs Seda Arantekin TUR [WC]
Kristyna Pliskova CZE vs Anna Tatishvili GEO [7]
Welcome to Istanbul, Turkey! The hardcourts season continues and players aren't forced to play only in the USA. They could play Portoroz last week and moved to Istanbul for the next International hardcourt tournament of this season. It's a very important preparation for the last Grand Slam of this year, the US Open. Only YOU decide who will lift the trophy at the end of the tournament! Vote now as the qualifying competition at the Istanbul Cup kicks off!
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[FONT=Book Antiqua][B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000]Ranking Points[/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B][U][FONT=Book Antiqua]WTA International (32, $220,000):[/FONT][/U][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]W [/B]- 280[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]
F - [/B]200[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]SF[/B] - 130[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]QF -[/B] 70[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]R16[/B] - 30[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]R32 -[/B] 1[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]
Qualifier[/B] - 16[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua]*[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]
Q3 -[/B] 10[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]
Q2 -[/B] 6[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]
Q1 - [/B]1[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2]* [I]If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][U][B][COLOR=red]Previous Finals:[/COLOR][/B][/U][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]
2005: [/B]Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER beat Anna Chakvetadze RUS [B]| 6-1 1-6 6-3
2006: Anastasia Myskina RUS [1][/B] beat [I]Urszula Radwanska POL [Q][/I] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]| 6-4 6-3
2007: Agnieszka Radwanska POL [7][/B] beat [B]Alona Bondarenko UKR [5] [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]| 6-2 1-6 6-2
2008: Elena Dementieva RUS [1][/B] beat Sorana Cirstea ROU [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]| 6-2 6-3
2009: [/B]Marta Domachowska POL beat Stefanie Voegele SUI [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]| 3-6 6-4 6-3[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
First Quarter: Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ [5]
Second Quarter: Bojana Jovanovski SRB [2]
Third Quarter: Anna Chakvetadze RUS [3]
Fourth Quarter: Anna Tatishvili GEO [7]
First Qualifying Round
Ekaterina Makarova RUS [1] vs Eirini Gergatou GRE
Tetyana Arefyeva UKR vs Nikola Hofmanova AUT
Derya Turhan TUR vs Severine Beltrame FRA
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR vs Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ [5]
Bojana Jovanovski SRB [2] vs Eleni Daniilidou GRE
Anastasiya Vasylyeva UKR vs Melis Sezer TUR [WC]
Yuliana Fedak UKR vs Margalita Chakhnashvili GEO
Alexa Glatch USA vs Alexandra Panova RUS [8]
Anna Chakvetadze RUS [3] vs Marta Domachowska POL
Oksana Kalashnikova GEO vs Karolina Pliskova CZE
Tamira Paszek AUT vs Anne Kremer LUX
Valeria Savinykh RUS vs Vesna Manasieva RUS [6]
Anastasiya Yakimova BLR [4] vs Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Julia Schruff GER vs Hyuliya Velieva BUL [WC]
Irena Pavlovic FRA vs Seda Arantekin TUR [WC]
Kristyna Pliskova CZE vs Anna Tatishvili GEO [7]