Welcome to Sydney, Australia! We are into the second week of the season already, with the first Grand Slam appearing on the horizon in one more week. Time for the players to warm up for the first major event of the year on the rebound ace down under. Vote now as the Medibank International gets started with the qualifying competition!
Ranking Points:
W - 195
F - 137 SF - 88 QF - 49 R16 - 25 R32 - 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.
2006 Final:
Flavia Pennetta ITA lost to Ana Ivanovic SRB| 2-6 4-6
The Favourites:
First Quarter: Ai Sugiyama JPN [1]
Second Quarter: Meilen Tu USA
Third Quarter:Meghann Shaughnessy USA [3]
Fourth Quarter:Aravane Rezai FRA [4]
Second Qualifying Round:
Ai Sugiyama JPN [1] v. Yulia Beygelzimer UKR Julia Schruff GER v. Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [9] Evie Dominikovic AUS v. Martina Sucha SVK Sandra Kloesel GER v. Meilen Tu USA
Meghann Shaughnessy USA [3] v. Varvara Lepchenko UZB Kaia Kanepi EST v. Nathalie Dechy FRA [6] Aravane Rezai FRA [4] v. Yuliana Fedak UKR Alberta Brianti ITA v. Julia Vakulenko UKR
Ai Sugiyama JPN [1] v. Yulia Beygelzimer UKR | 6-4 1-2 Julia Schruff GER v. Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [9] | 2-6 1-4 Evie Dominikovic AUS v. Martina Sucha SVK | 6-7 0-0 Sandra Kloesel GER v. Meilen Tu USA | 3-6 2-2
Meghann Shaughnessy USA [3] v. Varvara Lepchenko UZB | 7-5 1-0 Kaia Kanepi EST v. Nathalie Dechy FRA [6] | 3-6 3-1 Aravane Rezai FRA [4] v. Yuliana Fedak UKR | 6-2 3-2 Alberta Brianti ITA v. Julia Vakulenko UKR | 1-6 3-3
Ai Sugiyama JPN [1] beat Yulia Beygelzimer UKR | 6-4 7-5 Julia Schruff GER lost to Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [9] | 2-6 2-6 Evie Dominikovic AUS v. Martina Sucha SVK | 6-7 4-5 Sandra Kloesel GER lost to Meilen Tu USA | 3-6 4-6
Meghann Shaughnessy USA [3] beat Varvara Lepchenko UZB | 7-5 6-4 Kaia Kanepi EST v. Nathalie Dechy FRA [6] | 3-6 6-4 3-0 Aravane Rezai FRA [4] beat Yuliana Fedak UKR | 6-2 7-6 Alberta Brianti ITA lost to Julia Vakulenko UKR | 1-6 5-7