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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[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]
Third Quarter: Chanelle Scheepers RSA [3]
Fourth Quarter: Ekaterina Ivanova RUS [4]
First Qualifying Round
Anastasiya Yakimova BLR [1] vs Lina Stanciute LTU 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]
Hi, everybody :wavey: I'm planning to go all week to Estoril, so I decided to create this thread to post some reports about the matches.
So here it goes for Day1:
Catarina Ferreira vs. Tara Wigan 60 64
I was planning to watch Diatchenko, but I arrived late and I tought she already won...
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