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 main draw competition at the Istanbul Cup kicks off!
The Favourites
First Quarter: Andrea Petkovic GER [6]
Second Quarter: Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [5]
Third Quarter: Anna Chakvetadze RUS [Q]
Fourth Quarter: Klara Zakopalova CZE [7]
First Round
Francesca Schiavone ITA [1] vs Anne Keothavong GBR
Cagla Buyukakcay TUR [WC] vs Elena Baltacha GBR
Severine Beltrame FRA [Q] vs Virginie Razzano FRA
Pemra Ozgen TUR [WC] vs Andrea Petkovic GER [6]
Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [4] vs Stefanie Voegele SUI
Bojana Jovanovski SRB [Q] vs Elena Vesnina RUS
Anastasia Rodionova AUS vs Basak Eraydin TUR [WC]
Tatjana Malek GER vs Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [5]
Patty Schnyder SUI [8] vs Johanna Larsson SWE
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK vs Kristyna Pliskova CZE [Q]
Anna Chakvetadze RUS [Q] vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [3]
Klara Zakopalova CZE [7] vs Anna Lapushchenkova RUS
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER vs Jarmila Groth AUS
Vera Dushevina RUS vs Petra Martic CRO
Anastasija Sevastova LAT vs Petra Kvitova CZE [2]
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 main draw 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: Andrea Petkovic GER [6]
Second Quarter: Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [5]
Third Quarter: Anna Chakvetadze RUS [Q]
Fourth Quarter: Klara Zakopalova CZE [7]
First Round
Francesca Schiavone ITA [1] vs Anne Keothavong GBR
Cagla Buyukakcay TUR [WC] vs Elena Baltacha GBR
Severine Beltrame FRA [Q] vs Virginie Razzano FRA
Pemra Ozgen TUR [WC] vs Andrea Petkovic GER [6]
Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [4] vs Stefanie Voegele SUI
Bojana Jovanovski SRB [Q] vs Elena Vesnina RUS
Anastasia Rodionova AUS vs Basak Eraydin TUR [WC]
Tatjana Malek GER vs Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [5]
Patty Schnyder SUI [8] vs Johanna Larsson SWE
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK vs Kristyna Pliskova CZE [Q]
Anna Chakvetadze RUS [Q] vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [3]
Klara Zakopalova CZE [7] vs Anna Lapushchenkova RUS
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER vs Jarmila Groth AUS
Vera Dushevina RUS vs Petra Martic CRO
Anastasija Sevastova LAT vs Petra Kvitova CZE [2]