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PYW Estoril
Welcome to Estoril, Portugal! This week, the 2008 season gets under way in South-West Europe. Many players will not only be fighting hard for points to get them up the rankings, but will also try to prepare themselves in the best possible way for Roland Garros which starts in seven weeks time. Who will be in great shape on clay court? Vote now as the Estoril Open gets underway with vthe qualifying.
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Third Quarter: Chanelle Scheepers RSA [3]
Fourth Quarter: Ekaterina Ivanova RUS [4]
Violette Huck FRA vs Eva Fernandez-Brugues ESP
Yurika Sema JPN vs Tiantian Sun CHN [alt]
Aurelie Vedy FRA vs Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [8]
Michelle Larcher de Brio POR [2] vs RIka Fujiwara JPN
Ana Jovanovic SRB vs Alexandra Dulgheru ROU
Zi Yan CHN vs Madison Brengle USA
Alexandra Stevenson USA vs Elena Bovina RUS [7]
Chanelle Scheepers [3] vs Abigail Spears USA
Arina Rodionova RUS vs Mandy Minella LUX
Sharon Fichmann CAN vs Liana Ungur ROU
Yuliya Beygelzimer UKR vs Katalin Marosi HUN [6]
Ekaterina Ivanova RUS [4] vs Ana Claro POR [WC]
Tara Wigan GBR [WC] vs Catarina Ferreira POR [WC]
Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP vs Tzipora Obziler ISR
Joana Pangaio Perreira POR [WC] vs Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [5]


Welcome to Estoril, Portugal! This week, the 2008 season gets under way in South-West Europe. Many players will not only be fighting hard for points to get them up the rankings, but will also try to prepare themselves in the best possible way for Roland Garros which starts in seven weeks time. Who will be in great shape on clay court? Vote now as the Estoril Open gets underway with vthe qualifying.
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[SIZE=2][SIZE=4][SIZE=2][SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][B]Ranking Points:[/B]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B][U]WTA International (32, $220.000):[/U][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B]W [/B]- 280[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B]F - [/B]200[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B]SF[/B] - 130[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B]QF -[/B] 70[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B]R16[/B] - 30[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B]R32 -[/B] 1[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B]Qualifier[/B] - 16 [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Book Antiqua]*[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=#000000][B]Q3 -[/B] 10[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B]Q2[I] -[/I][/B] 6[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B]Q1 -[/B] 1[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=5][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]* [I]If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
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[LEFT][SIZE=2][SIZE=4][U][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red]Previous Finals:[/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/U][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[COLOR=navy][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]2005:[/B] Jelena Dokić SRB beat [B]Na Li CHN [4] | 2-6 7-6 6-2[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=navy][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]2006:[/B] [B]Flavia Pennetta ITA [1][/B] lost to [I]Paola Suarez ARG [WC][/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=navy][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]| 4-6 6-4 4-6[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=navy][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]2007:[/B] [B]Maria Kirilenko RUS [6][/B] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]beat[B] Lucie Safarova CZE [3]| 6-1 6-4 [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]2008: Flavia Pennetta ITA [1][/B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2] lost to [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=navy][I]Corinna Dentoni ITA [Q] [/I][B]| 2-6 2-6[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT]
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The Favourites
First Quarter: Anastasiya Yakimova BLR [1]
Second Quarter: Elena Bovina RUS [7]
First Quarter: Anastasiya Yakimova BLR [1]


Third Quarter: Chanelle Scheepers RSA [3]

Fourth Quarter: Ekaterina Ivanova RUS [4]
First Qualifying Round
Anastasiya Yakimova BLR [1] vs Lina Stanciute LTUViolette Huck FRA vs Eva Fernandez-Brugues ESP
Yurika Sema JPN vs Tiantian Sun CHN [alt]
Aurelie Vedy FRA vs Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [8]
Michelle Larcher de Brio POR [2] vs RIka Fujiwara JPN
Ana Jovanovic SRB vs Alexandra Dulgheru ROU
Zi Yan CHN vs Madison Brengle USA
Alexandra Stevenson USA vs Elena Bovina RUS [7]
Chanelle Scheepers [3] vs Abigail Spears USA
Arina Rodionova RUS vs Mandy Minella LUX
Sharon Fichmann CAN vs Liana Ungur ROU
Yuliya Beygelzimer UKR vs Katalin Marosi HUN [6]
Ekaterina Ivanova RUS [4] vs Ana Claro POR [WC]
Tara Wigan GBR [WC] vs Catarina Ferreira POR [WC]
Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP vs Tzipora Obziler ISR
Joana Pangaio Perreira POR [WC] vs Vitalia Diatchenko RUS [5]