Welcome to Suttgart, Germany! New surface, new date, same tournament! The players start their perparation for Roland Garros in Stuttgart. Even on clay, the field is attractive as always. But who will win? Vote now as the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix gets started with the qualifying competition!
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[FONT=Book Antiqua][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][U]Ranking Points:[/U][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/B][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][U][B][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua]Premier (32, $700.000):[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/U][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]W -[/B] [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua]470[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]F -[/B] 320[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]SF -[/B] 200[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]QF -[/B] 120[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]R16 -[/B] 60[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]R32 -[/B] 1[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]Qualifier -[/B] 20 *[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]Q3 -[/B] 12[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]Q2[I] -[/I][/B] 8[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]Q1 [/B]- 1[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2]* [I]If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
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[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2004: Elena Dementieva RUS [5] [/B]beat Mary Pierce FRA [B]| 6-1 6-2[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]005: Anastasia Myskina RUS [8][/B] beat Alicia Molik AUS [B]| 6-4 4-6 6-3[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2006: Elena Dementieva RUS [3] [/B]lost to Daniela Hantuchova SVK[B] | 1-6 7-6 4-6[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2007:[/B] Elena Dementieva RUS beat [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua]Tatiana Golovin FRA[B] | 2-6 6-1 6-3[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]008: Elena Dementieva RUS [4][/B] beat [FONT=Book Antiqua]Flavia Pennetta ITA [B]| 6-1 6-3[/B][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
The Favourites
First Quarter: Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [1]
Second Quarter: Vera Dushevina RUS [2]
Third Quarter: Karolina Sprem CRO [6]
OUT OF COMPETITION Fourth Quarter: Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [5]
Second Qualifying Round Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [1] vs Stephanie Gehrlein GER Mervana Jugic-Salkic BIH vs Karin Knapp ITA Vera Dushevina RUS [2] vs Su-Wei Hsieh TPE Sarah Gronert GER [WC] vs Alberta Brianti ITA [7]
Tamira Paszek [3] vs Astrid Besser ITA Elena Bovina RUS vs Karolina Sprem CRO [6] Olga Govortsova BLR [4] vs Andrea Petkovic GER [WC] Julia Schruff GER vs Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ
Andrea Petkovic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VIAkvxaFDA
Dinara Safina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1NwNEhKPvE
Safina vs Hantuchova: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-MnSCBiQDQ
Alberta Brianti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vskwyuhwBCE
Sesil Karantantcheva...
no doubt. Damn good match. The drama, the level of play, the stubbornness. Lisicki just made AMAZING shots to come back from 2-4* 0-40 to *3-4. Jankovic is playing her game and playing well, yet lisicki is an amazing shotmaker. I'm enjoying every second of this match.
That girl is gonna be big...
Fill-in-the-Draw 2008
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 prediction must be posted before the first ball of the first main draw match is...
STUTTGART TIPPING
Welcome players..!! This is the 54th tournament for this game and 11th in 2009.
We are in Stuttgart, Germany, the capital of Mercedes. So hurry hurry for the victory here in Stuttgart
Tipping is like Tennis Tipping but different. You don't play other people and you don't...
