PYW Doubles Roland Garros
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Welcome to Paris, France! It's been several months since the Australian Open came to an end back in January, but at long last it is officially time for the French Open! The season's clay grand slam begins now in the beautiful French city of Paris! Unfortunately Jarmila Gajdosova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands is no longer playing together, who gathered over around 3600 points from just the start of the year. Additionally, some former teams re-unite, such as Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova, who have never lost a Grand Slam match together and who have a nearly-impeccable record in all events on the PYW doubles tour anyway or Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, who have done quite well on the tour. Other stand-out teams of 2012 to watch include Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Gisela Dulko and Paola Suarez, and Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. These are not the only teams in action though in Paris, and with so much at stake, competition will obviously be fierce. Hopefully Agnieszka Radwanska will win a tournament at Roland Garros after being finalists for two years in a row, she partners with Angelique Kerber. This is one of the biggest doubles draw of the year, so it widens the competition even more than usual, which will certainly just add to the excitement, as more contenders now exist. Only you can choose the final winner though. Vote now as the tournament begins!
The Favorites:
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First Eighth: Jarmila Gajdosova AUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [14]
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Second Eighth: Angelique Kerber GER/Agnieszka Radwanska POL
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Third Eighth: Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG
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Fourth Eighth: Julia Goerges GER/Samantha Stosur AUS
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Fifth Eighth:Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [7]
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Sixth Eighth: Vania King USA/Yarosla Shvedova KAZ [3]
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Seventh Eighth: Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Lucie Hradecka CZE [5]
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Eighth Eighth: Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS/Vera Zvonareva RUS [13]
First Round [Top Half]:
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [1] lost to Kaia Kanepi EST/Shuai Zhang CHN | 0-6 3-6
Irena Pavlovic FRA/Aravane Rezai FRA [WC] beat Stephanie Foretz Gacon/Kristina Mladenovic FRA | 6-1 6-1
Casey Dellacqua AUS/Alexandra Panova RUS beat Eva Birnerova CZE/Petra Cetkovska CZE | 6-3 6-1
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Shahar Peer ISR lost to Jarmila Gajdosova AUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [14] | 3-6 3-6
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP [12] lost to Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 3-6 3-6
Janette Husarova SVK/Christina McHale USA beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS/Lucie Safarova CZE | 7-6 6-3
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA beat Sorana Cirstea ROU/Ayumi Morita JPN | 6-2 6-1
Angelique Kerber GER/Agnieszka Radwanska POL beat Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [8] | 6-2 7-5
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [4] beat Alberta Brianti ITA/Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT | 6-2 6-3
Timea Babos HUN/Su-Wei Hsieh TPE beat Alize Cornet FRA/Virginie Razzano FRA [WC] | 3-6 6-1 6-4
Caroline Garcia FRA/Mathilde Johansson FRA [WC] lost to Eleni Daniilidou GRE/Mandy Minella LUX | 1-6 1-6
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND [15] | 6-3 7-5
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [9] lost to Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Johanna Larsson SWE | 2-6 2-6
Hao-Ching Chan TPE/Yung-Jan Chan TPE lost to Jamie Hampton USA/Chanelle Scheepers RSA | 2-6 4-6
Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Saisai Zheng CHN beat Claire Feuerstein FRA/Victoria Larriere FRA [WC] | 6-0 6-2
Julia Goerges GER/Samantha Stosur AUS beat Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS [6] | 6-4 6-4
First Round [Bottom Half]:
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [7] vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP/Romina Oprandi SUI
Akgul Amanmuradova UZB/Kateryna Bondarenko UKR vs Carla Suarez Navarro ESP/Anastasiya Yakimova BLR
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS vs Polona Hercog SLO/Urszula Radwanska POL
Iryna Bremond FRA/Sophie Leferve FRA [WC] vs Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [11]
Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU [16] vs Severine Beltrame FRA/Laura Thorpe FRA [WC]
Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN vs Mona Barthel GER/Varvara Lepchenko USA
Simona Halep ROU/Aleksandra Wozniak CAN vs Alexandra Cadantu ROU/Anne Keothavong GBR
Tamira Paszek AUT/Jasmin Woehr GER vs Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3]
Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Lucie Hradecka CZE [5] vs Julie Coin FRA/Pauline Parmentier FRA [WC]
Greta Arn HUN/Tsvetana Pironkova BUL vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Petra Martic CRO
Sloane Stephens USA/Yanina Wickmayer BEL vs Liga Dekmeijere LAT/Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL vs Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [10]
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS/Vera Zvonareva RUS [13] vs Darya Kustova BLR/Anna Tatishvili GEO
Renata Voracova CZE/Klara Zakopalova CZE vs Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN/Rika Fujiwara JPN
Ksenia Pervak KAZ/Lesia Tsurenko UKR vs Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
Kristina Barrois GER/Darija Jurak CRO vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
Welcome to Paris, France! It's been several months since the Australian Open came to an end back in January, but at long last it is officially time for the French Open! The season's clay grand slam begins now in the beautiful French city of Paris! Unfortunately Jarmila Gajdosova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands is no longer playing together, who gathered over around 3600 points from just the start of the year. Additionally, some former teams re-unite, such as Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova, who have never lost a Grand Slam match together and who have a nearly-impeccable record in all events on the PYW doubles tour anyway or Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, who have done quite well on the tour. Other stand-out teams of 2012 to watch include Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Gisela Dulko and Paola Suarez, and Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. These are not the only teams in action though in Paris, and with so much at stake, competition will obviously be fierce. Hopefully Agnieszka Radwanska will win a tournament at Roland Garros after being finalists for two years in a row, she partners with Angelique Kerber. This is one of the biggest doubles draw of the year, so it widens the competition even more than usual, which will certainly just add to the excitement, as more contenders now exist. Only you can choose the final winner though. Vote now as the tournament begins!
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[B][U]Previous Finals:[/U][/B]
[B]2011:[/B] [B]Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Agnieszka Radwanska POL [12][/B] lost to Jelena Dokic AUS/Melanie Oudin USA | [B]7-5 5-7 2-6[/B]
[B]2010:[/B] [B]Maria Kirilenko RUS/Agnieszka Radwanska POL [11][/B] lost to Kimiko Date Krumm JPN/Shuai Peng CHN | [B]1-6 6-3 4-6[/B]
[B]2009:[/B] [B]Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Patty Schnyder SUI [11][/B] beat [B]Daniela Hantuchova SVK/Ai Sugiyama JPN [7][/B] | [B]6-3 6-4[/B]
First Eighth: Jarmila Gajdosova AUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [14]
Second Eighth: Angelique Kerber GER/Agnieszka Radwanska POL
Third Eighth: Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG
Fourth Eighth: Julia Goerges GER/Samantha Stosur AUS
Fifth Eighth:Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [7]
Sixth Eighth: Vania King USA/Yarosla Shvedova KAZ [3]
Seventh Eighth: Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Lucie Hradecka CZE [5]
Eighth Eighth: Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS/Vera Zvonareva RUS [13]
First Round [Top Half]:
Liezel Huber USA/Lisa Raymond USA [1] lost to Kaia Kanepi EST/Shuai Zhang CHN | 0-6 3-6
Irena Pavlovic FRA/Aravane Rezai FRA [WC] beat Stephanie Foretz Gacon/Kristina Mladenovic FRA | 6-1 6-1
Casey Dellacqua AUS/Alexandra Panova RUS beat Eva Birnerova CZE/Petra Cetkovska CZE | 6-3 6-1
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU/Shahar Peer ISR lost to Jarmila Gajdosova AUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [14] | 3-6 3-6
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP [12] lost to Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | 3-6 3-6
Janette Husarova SVK/Christina McHale USA beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS/Lucie Safarova CZE | 7-6 6-3
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA beat Sorana Cirstea ROU/Ayumi Morita JPN | 6-2 6-1
Angelique Kerber GER/Agnieszka Radwanska POL beat Iveta Benesova CZE/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [8] | 6-2 7-5
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [4] beat Alberta Brianti ITA/Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT | 6-2 6-3
Timea Babos HUN/Su-Wei Hsieh TPE beat Alize Cornet FRA/Virginie Razzano FRA [WC] | 3-6 6-1 6-4
Caroline Garcia FRA/Mathilde Johansson FRA [WC] lost to Eleni Daniilidou GRE/Mandy Minella LUX | 1-6 1-6
Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA/Sania Mirza IND [15] | 6-3 7-5
Natalie Grandin RSA/Vladimira Uhlirova CZE [9] lost to Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Johanna Larsson SWE | 2-6 2-6
Hao-Ching Chan TPE/Yung-Jan Chan TPE lost to Jamie Hampton USA/Chanelle Scheepers RSA | 2-6 4-6
Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Saisai Zheng CHN beat Claire Feuerstein FRA/Victoria Larriere FRA [WC] | 6-0 6-2
Julia Goerges GER/Samantha Stosur AUS beat Ekaterina Makarova RUS/Elena Vesnina RUS [6] | 6-4 6-4
First Round [Bottom Half]:
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [7] vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP/Romina Oprandi SUI
Akgul Amanmuradova UZB/Kateryna Bondarenko UKR vs Carla Suarez Navarro ESP/Anastasiya Yakimova BLR
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE/Vera Dushevina RUS vs Polona Hercog SLO/Urszula Radwanska POL
Iryna Bremond FRA/Sophie Leferve FRA [WC] vs Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [11]
Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU [16] vs Severine Beltrame FRA/Laura Thorpe FRA [WC]
Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN vs Mona Barthel GER/Varvara Lepchenko USA
Simona Halep ROU/Aleksandra Wozniak CAN vs Alexandra Cadantu ROU/Anne Keothavong GBR
Tamira Paszek AUT/Jasmin Woehr GER vs Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3]
Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Lucie Hradecka CZE [5] vs Julie Coin FRA/Pauline Parmentier FRA [WC]
Greta Arn HUN/Tsvetana Pironkova BUL vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/Petra Martic CRO
Sloane Stephens USA/Yanina Wickmayer BEL vs Liga Dekmeijere LAT/Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL vs Raquel Kops-Jones USA/Abigail Spears USA [10]
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS/Vera Zvonareva RUS [13] vs Darya Kustova BLR/Anna Tatishvili GEO
Renata Voracova CZE/Klara Zakopalova CZE vs Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN/Rika Fujiwara JPN
Ksenia Pervak KAZ/Lesia Tsurenko UKR vs Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
Kristina Barrois GER/Darija Jurak CRO vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
