Welcome to the third edition of the PYW Istanbul Cup! With Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Anastasia Myskina as previous winners, it is clear that big names enter this tournament that is the bridge between two continents. Last year's runner-up, Urszula Radwanska, will aspire to take the title this time, but has to go through qualifying once more. Vote now as the Istanbul Cup gets underway, and the players have their final matches as preparation for Roland Garros!
Ranking Points:
W - 120
F - 85 SF - 55 QF - 30 R16 - 16 R32 - 4 Qualifier - 8 * Q3 - 4 Q2 - 2 Q1 - 1
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.
Previous Finals:
2006 | Anastasia Myskina RUS [1] beat Urszula Radwanska POL [Q] | 6-4 6-3 2005 |Anna-Lena Grönefeld beat Anna Chakvetadze | 6-1 1-6 6-3
The Favourites:
First Quarter: Neha Uberoi USA [6]
Second Quarter: Sorana Cirstea ROM [2]
Third Quarter:Urszula Radwanska POL
Fourth Quarter:Irena Pavlovic FRA
Second Qualifying Round:
Casey Dellacqua AUS [1] vs Ekaterina Afinogenova RUS Brie Whitehead USA vs Neha Uberoi USA [6]
Sorana Cirstea ROM [2] vs Anna Tatishvili GEO Alexandra Stevenson USA vs Mihaela Buzarnescu ROM [8]
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [3] vs Cagla Buyukakcay TUR [WC]
Urszula Radwanska POL vs Evgenia Grebenyuk RUS [7]
Gaëlle Widmer SUI [4] vs Irena Pavlovic FRA Stella Menna ITA vs Vesna Manasieva RUS [5]
Casey Dellacqua AUS [1] vs Ekaterina Afinogenova RUS | 4-6 0-1 Brie Whitehead USA vs Neha Uberoi USA [6] | 6-2 1-3
Sorana Cirstea ROM [2] vs Anna Tatishvili GEO | 6-1 4-1 Alexandra Stevenson USA vs Mihaela Buzarnescu ROM [8] | 6-5
Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR [3] vs Cagla Buyukakcay TUR [WC] | 6-5
Urszula Radwanska POL vs Evgenia Grebenyuk RUS [7] | 6-3 1-1
Gaëlle Widmer SUI [4] vs Irena Pavlovic FRA | 5-5 Stella Menna ITA vs Vesna Manasieva RUS [5] | 1-6 2-1
Just noticed... On Cirstea's pic there are Albufeira boards behind her. Damnit. Why did all my favorite players have to come to Portugal -before- I could know they did?
Pick-A-Winner (PAW) #307 – ISTANBUL - 2007
Pick-A-Winner (PAW) #307 – ISTANBUL - 2007
Past Winners :
2006 : 1. Benjiboy; 2. Andy
2005 : 1. Avram Bakalina; 2. Guritna
Welcome to Pick-A-Winner (PAW), the Predictions game!
Playing is simple: over the course of the tournament choose any 13...
Tennis Tipping | Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey
May 21-27, 2007
Tier III
Welcome to Istanbul! The 31st tournament of the Tennis Tipping season. Read the rules and sign-up information and then decide to join!
Playing the game is simple :
- before the tournament start the qualifying and the main...
Fill-in-the-Draw 2007
Playing FITD is simple and only takes a few minutes per week:
1) You just have to post a full predicted draw for the tournament, including all winners in all matches of all rounds.
2) Full predicition must be posted before the first ball of the first main draw match is...
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SUICIDE ISTANBUL
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FILL-IN-THE-DRAW 2007
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