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PYW US Open





Welcome to New York, USA! Finally there's the top of the summer US Hardcourts season, the last Grand Slam of the season, US OPEN! All big names are there, qualifying field is strong that even a qualifier can't be put between outsiders. New York tennis can expect the best matches on big stadiums but also outside courts, every player is interesting and will be watched a lot. Who will show the best form in those two weeks? Will the preparation before US OPEN pay off? We will find out next week who will lift the US OPEN trophy! Vote now as the US Open gets underway with the qualifying competition!

Ranking Points
WTA Grand Slam (128, $TBA):
W - 2000
F - 1400
SF - 900
QF - 500
R16 - 280
R32 - 160
R64 - 100
R128 - 5
Qualifier - 60 *
Q3 - 50
Q2 - 40
Q1 - 2 
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.

Previous Finals:
2004: Daniela Hantuchova SVK beat Mary Pierce FRA [27] | 6-1 3-6 6-2
2005: Kim Clijsters BEL [4] beat Mary Pierce FRA [12] | 6-1 1-6 7-5
2006: Jelena Jankovic SRB [19] beat Anna Chakvetadze RUS [23] | 6-0 6-3
2007: Elena Dementieva RUS [14] beat Maria Kirilenko RUS | 6-2 7-6
2008: Jelena Jankovic SRB [2] beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER [Q] | 6-2 6-2

The Favourites

OUT OF COMPETITION
First Section: Olivia Rogowska AUS [WC]


Second Section: Lucie Safarova CZE


Third Section: Sabine Lisicki GER [23]


Fourth Section: Jelena Jankovic SRB [5]


Fifth Section: Elena Dementieva RUS [4]


Sixth Section: Jie Zheng CHN [21]


Seventh Section: Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]


Eighth Section: Agnes Szavay HUN [32]


Ninth Section: Marta Domachowska POL [Q]


Tenth Section: Maria Kirilenko RUS


Eleventh Section: Kim Clijsters BEL [WC]


Twelfth Section: Venus Williams USA [3]


Thirteenth Section: Anna Chakvetadze RUS


Fourteenth Section: Flavia Pennetta ITA [10]


Fifteenth Section: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [22]


Sixteenth Section: Andrea Petkovic GER


First Round [First Quarter]
Dinara Safina RUS [1] beat Olivia Rogowska AUS [WC] | 6-2 6-7 6-4
Urszula Radwanska POL lost to Kristina Barrois GER | 4-6 6-3 3-6
Tathiana Garbin ITA beat Mallory Cecil USA [WC] | 1-6 6-4 6-2
Petra Kvitova CZE beat Alisa Kleybanova RUS [27] | 6-2 2-6 6-4

Patty Schnyder SUI [19] lost to Lucie Safarova CZE | 3-6 3-6
Sara Errani ITA lost to Arantxa Rus NED | 6-4 3-6 3-6
Shuai Peng CHN beat Jarmila Groth AUS | 6-4 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer BEL lost to Virginie Razzano FRA [16] | 6-7 6-1 2-6

Ana Ivanovic SRB [11] lost to Kateryna Bondarenko UKR | 6-0 5-7 2-6
Pauline Parmentier FRA [Q] beat Monica Niculescu ROU | 6-3 3-6 6-3
Asia Muhammad USA [Q] beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP | 6-2 2-6 6-3
Aravane Rezai FRA lost to Sabine Lisicki GER [23] | 4-6 7-6 1-6

Alona Bondarenko UKR [30] beat Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 6-2 6-0
Gisela Dulko ARG beat Ekaterina Makarova RUS | 6-2 6-4
Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ beat Masa Zec Peskiric SLO | 6-1 6-1
Roberta Vinci ITA lost to Jelena Jankovic SRB [5] | 2-6 0-6

First Round [Second Quarter]
Elena Dementieva RUS [4] vs Camille Pin FRA [Q]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS vs Melanie Oudin USA
Polona Hercog SLO vs Christina McHale USA [WC]
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL vs Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Jie Zheng CHN [21] vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER
Alize Cornet FRA vs Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [Q]
Laura Robson GBR [Q] vs Julie Coin FRA
Katarina Srebotnik SLO vs Nadia Petrova RUS [13]

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9] vs Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
Petra Martic CRO [Q] vs Severine Bremond Beltrame FRA
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC] vs Stephanie Dubois CAN
Ayumi Morita JPN vs Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Agnes Szavay HUN [32] vs Shahar Peer ISR
Varvara Lepchenko USA vs Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA vs Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Julia Goerges GER vs Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]

DO NOT VOTE YET
Victoria Azarenka BLR [8] vs Alexandra Dulgheru ROU
Marta Domachowska POL [Q] vs Heidi El Tabakh CAN [Q]
Olga Savchuk UKR [LL] vs Stefanie Voegele SUI
Elena Bovina RUS [Q] vs Francesca Schiavone ITA [26]

Na Li CHN [18] vs Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Michelle Larcher de Brito POR vs Mathilde Johansson FRA
Maria Kirilenko RUS vs Klara Zakopalova CZE [Q]
Patricia Mayr AUT vs Agnieszka Radwanska POL [12]

Marion Bartoli FRA [14] vs Rossana de los Rios PAR
Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR vs Kim Clijsters BEL [WC]
Kirsten Flipkens BEL vs Jelena Dokic AUS
Gail Brodsky USA [WC] vs Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP [20]

Kaia Kanepi EST [25] vs Petra Cetkovska CZE [Q]
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK vs Karolina Sprem CRO [Q]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA vs Iveta Benesova CZE
Vera Dushevina RUS vs Venus Williams USA [3]

Vera Zvonareva RUS [7] vs Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP
Kimiko Date Krumm JPN [Q] vs Anna Chakvetadze RUS
Ekaterina Bychkova RUS [Q] vs Jill Craybas USA
Lucie Hradecka CZE vs Elena Vesnina RUS [31]

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [17] vs Tatjana Malek GER
Aleksandra Wozniak CAN vs Laura Granville USA
Olga Govortsova BLR vs Sania Mirza IND
Edina Gallovits ROU vs Flavia Pennetta ITA [10]

Samantha Stosur AUS [15] vs Ai Sugiyama JPN
Vania King USA [WC] vs Anastasiya Yakimova BLR
Timea Bacinszky SUI vs Maret Ani EST [Q]
Meghann Shaughnessy USA vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK [22]

Sybille Bammer AUT [28] vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP
Chanelle Scheepers RSA [Q] vs Andrea Petkovic GER
Melinda Czink HUN vs Maria Elena Camerin ITA
Alexa Glatch USA [WC] vs Serena Williams USA [2]

[Elwin.]

Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
Anastasia Palvyuchenkova RUS
Polona Hercog SLO
Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER
Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [Q]
Laura Robson GBR [Q]
Nadia Petrova RUS [13]

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Severine Bremond Beltrame FRA
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Ayumi Morita JPN

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Julia Goerges GER

[Sexysova]

Camille Pin FRA [Q]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Polona Hercog SLO
Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [Q]
Laura Robson GBR [Q]
Katarina Srebotnik SLO

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Petra Martic CRO [Q]
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC]
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Varvara Lepchenko USA
Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]

[igralec33]

Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
Melanie Oudin USA
Polona Hercog SLO
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [Q]
Julie Coin FRA
Katarina Srebotnik SLO

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Petra Martic CRO [Q]
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC]
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Varvara Lepchenko USA
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]

[Andreas]

Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
Melanie Oudin USA
Polona Hercog SLO
Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [Q]
Laura Robson GBR [Q]
Katarina Srebotnik SLO

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Petra Martic CRO [Q]
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC]
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Varvara Lepchenko USA
Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Julia Goerges GER

[Bероника]

Camille Pin FRA [Q]
Anastasia Palvyuchenkova RUS
Polona Hercog SLO
Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Alize Cornet FRA
Julie Coin FRA
Nadia Petrova RUS [13]

Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
Severine Bremond Beltrame FRA
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC]
Ayumi Morita JPN

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]

[Meelis]

Camille Pin FRA [Q]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Christina McHale USA [WC]
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [Q]
Julie Coin FRA
Katarina Srebotnik SLO

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Severine Bremond Beltrame FRA
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Varvara Lepchenko USA
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Julia Goerges GER

[Edy.]

Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Polona Hercog SLO
Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Alize Cornet FRA
Laura Robson GBR [Q]
Katarina Srebotnik SLO

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Petra Martic CRO [Q]
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC]
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Varvara Lepchenko USA
Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]

[Dexter]

Camille Pin FRA [Q]
Melanie Oudin USA
Polona Hercog SLO
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Alize Cornet FRA
Julie Coin FRA
Katarina Srebotnik SLO

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Petra Martić CRO [Q]
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC]
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Varvara Lepchenko USA
Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Julia Goerges GER

[Kim's_fan_4ever]

Camille Pin FRA [Q]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Polona Hercog SLO
Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER
Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [Q]
Laura Robson GBR [Q]
Nadia Petrova RUS [13]

Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
Severine Bremond Beltrame FRA
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Shahar Peer ISR
Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]

[Hugh.]

Elena Dementieva
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Polona Hercog
Tsvetana Pironkova

Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Vitalia Diatchenko
Laura Robson
Katarina Srebotnik

Caroline Wozniacki
Petra Martic
Stephanie Dubois
Sorana Cirstea

Shahar Peer
Carla Suarez Navarro
Anastasija Sevastova
Julia Goerges

[Broseghini]

Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Christina McHale USA [WC]
Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Alize Cornet FRA
Laura Robson GBR [Q]
Katarina Srebotnik SLO

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Severine Bremond Beltrame FRA
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC]
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]

[Daszmarelli]

Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Polona Hercog SLO
Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER
Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [Q]
Laura Robson GBR [Q]
Nadia Petrova RUS [13]

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Petra Martic CRO [Q]
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Varvara Lepchenko USA
Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]

[Dorien.]

Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Polona Hercog SLO
Maria Sharapova RUS [29]

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Alize Cornet FRA
Laura Robson GBR [Q]
Katarina Srebotnik SLO

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Petra Martic CRO [Q]
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC]
Sorana Cirstea ROU [24]

Shahar Peer ISR
Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]

[WhoAmI?]

Elena Dementieva RUS [4]
Melanie Oudin USA
Polona Hercog SLO
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL

Jie Zheng CHN [21]
Alize Cornet FRA
Laura Robson GBR [Q]
Katarina Srebotnik SLO

Caroline Wozniacki DEN [9]
Petra Martic CRO [Q]
Kristina Mladenovic FRA [WC]
Ayumi Morita JPN

Agnes Szavay HUN [32]
Varvara Lepchenko USA
Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [6]