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]
Second Round:
Kaia Kanepi EST/Shuai Zhang CHN vs Irena Pavlovic FRA/Aravane Rezai FRA [WC]
Casey Dellacqua AUS/Alexandra Panova RUS vs Jarmila Gajdosova AUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [14]
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS vs Janette Husarova SVK/Christina McHale USA
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA vs Angelique Kerber GER/Agnieszka Radwanska POL
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [4] vs Timea Babos HUN/Su-Wei Hsieh TPE
Eleni Daniilidou GRE/Mandy Minella LUX vs Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Johanna Larsson SWE vs Jamie Hampton USA/Chanelle Scheepers RSA
Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Saisai Zheng CHN vs Julia Goerges GER/Samantha Stosur AUS
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [7] vs Akgul Amanmuradova UZB/Kateryna Bondarenko UKR
Polona Hercog SLO/Urszula Radwanska POL vs Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [11]
Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU [16] vs Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Simona Halep ROU/Aleksandra Wozniak CAN vs Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3]
Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Lucie Hradecka CZE [5] vs Greta Arn HUN/Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Liga Dekmeijere LAT/Tamarine Tanasugarn THA vs Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS/Vera Zvonareva RUS [13] vs Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN/Rika Fujiwara JPN
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 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!
Code:
[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]
Second Round:
Kaia Kanepi EST/Shuai Zhang CHN vs Irena Pavlovic FRA/Aravane Rezai FRA [WC]
Casey Dellacqua AUS/Alexandra Panova RUS vs Jarmila Gajdosova AUS/Anastasia Rodionova AUS [14]
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik POL/Alla Kudryavtseva RUS vs Janette Husarova SVK/Christina McHale USA
Flavia Pennetta ITA/Francesca Schiavone ITA vs Angelique Kerber GER/Agnieszka Radwanska POL
Sara Errani ITA/Roberta Vinci ITA [4] vs Timea Babos HUN/Su-Wei Hsieh TPE
Eleni Daniilidou GRE/Mandy Minella LUX vs Gisela Dulko ARG/Paola Suarez ARG
Sofia Arvidsson SWE/Johanna Larsson SWE vs Jamie Hampton USA/Chanelle Scheepers RSA
Dominika Cibulkova SVK/Saisai Zheng CHN vs Julia Goerges GER/Samantha Stosur AUS
Maria Kirilenko RUS/Nadia Petrova RUS [7] vs Akgul Amanmuradova UZB/Kateryna Bondarenko UKR
Polona Hercog SLO/Urszula Radwanska POL vs Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP/Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP [11]
Marina Erakovic NZL/Monica Niculescu ROU [16] vs Shuai Peng CHN/Jie Zheng CHN
Simona Halep ROU/Aleksandra Wozniak CAN vs Vania King USA/Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ [3]
Andrea Hlavackova CZE/Lucie Hradecka CZE [5] vs Greta Arn HUN/Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Liga Dekmeijere LAT/Tamarine Tanasugarn THA vs Andreja Klepac SLO/Alicja Rosolska POL
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS/Vera Zvonareva RUS [13] vs Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN/Rika Fujiwara JPN
Olga Govortsova BLR/Galina Voskoboeva KAZ vs Kveta Peschke CZE/Katarina Srebotnik SLO [2]
