WTA Nov 19-23
2003 Fed Cup SFs & Final Moscow, Russia indoor: carpet (Taraflex) - seating: 12,000 Final Live Scores & stats SF Results with stats draw & results Fed Cup News Fed Cup History TV Schedule |
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France 4, US 1: On Sunday in Moscow, the last 3 "rubbers" of the Fed Cup Final "tie" between the US and France were played. At the end of the 1st rubber, the Cup was already won, because 24-year-old # 33 Amelie Mauresmo of France defeated 24-year-old # 17 Meghann Shaughnessy of the US 6-2, 6-1 (Amelie is shown after match point).
This made the other matches academic, and substitutions were made to get all the players into the action, but the strong US doubles team of d# 5 Lisa Raymond and 47-year-old Martina Navratilova (who finished this year ranked # 6 in doubles) did finish the day with a face-saving win.
Meghann made 3 errors on points to hold her serve in the 3rd game, and wound up broken, and Mauresmo seemed to control from then on. Amelie said: "It was probably the key moment, the third game. It was a long game, and when I broke [Meghann] I was really dominating the game and dominating her, and I could feel she had no solution to beat me, which gave me a lot of confidence. I feel such pride, and joy for the whole team... I really wanted to win the Fed Cup. It’s right up there, it’s one of the biggest moments, maybe the biggest one, and sharing this with a team makes it also very special."
Meghann said: "My game plan was to go for [Amelie's] forehand because that’s certainly her weaker side... I couldn’t bring as much intensity to the match as I did yesterday, and that’s something I’m going to have to work on. But there have been a ton of positives from this week, I wouldn’t swap playing Fed Cup for anything."
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Audio Interviews from The Fed Cup SFs & Final, Nov 19-23, 2003
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Nov 23, 2003 Amelie Mauresmo postmatch (MP3) Nov 23, 2003 Martina Navratilova postmatch (MP3) Nov 23, 2003 France Capt. Guy Forget postmatches (MP3) Nov 23, 2003 USA Capt. Billie Jean King postmatches (MP3) Nov 22, 2003 USA Capt. Billie Jean King postmatches (MP3) Nov 21, 2003 USA Capt. Billie Jean King pre-final (MP3) |
Nov 21, 2003 FRA Capt. Guy Forget pre-final (MP3) Nov 19, 2003 USA Capt. Billie Jean King postmatches (MP3) Nov 18, 2003 Kirsten Flipkens advance interview (MP3) Nov 14, 2003 Vera Zvonareva advance interview (MP3) Nov 12, 2003 Nadia Petrova advance interview (Real) Nov 5, 2003 Lisa Raymond advance interview (MP3) |
1 Eurosport RealVideo Clip from Fed Cup SFs: # 8 Elena Dementieva on Russia's Fed Cup chances
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NOTEABLE WTA RESULTS: #=rank, *=upset, d=doubles rank Nov 17 rankings (end of 2003 season) |
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Fed Cup, Final, Saturday-Sunday:
France d United States 4-1 Saturday 1pm local, 1000 GMT, 5am ET, 2am PT 1 #4 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #28 Lisa Raymond USA 6-4, 6-3
2 *#33 Mary Pierce FRA d #17 Meghann Shaughnessy USA 6-3, 3-6, 8-6
Sunday 1pm local, 1000 GMT, 5am ET, 2am PT 3 #4 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #17 Meghann Shaughnessy USA 6-2, 6-1 4 #41 Emilie Loit FRA d #82 Alexandra Stevenson USA 6-4, 6-2 5 d5 Lisa Raymond & d6 Martina Navratilova USA d d15 Emilie Loit & d80 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA 6-4 6-0
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Fed Cup, SFs, Wednesday-Thursday:
United States d Belgium 4-1 Wednesday, Nov 19, 2003 11am local, 0800 GMT, 3am ET, 12pm Tues PT 1 #28 Lisa Raymond USA v #74 Els Callens BEL 6-2, 6-1
2 #17 Meghann Shaughnessy USA d #375 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 6(4)-7, 7-6(8), 9-7  Meghann Shaughnessy
Thursday, Nov 20, 2003 10am local, 0700 GMT, 2am ET, 11pm Weds PT 3 *#74 Els Callens BEL d #17 Meghann Shaughnessy USA 6-3 7-6(5)
4 #28 Lisa Raymond USA d #437 Elke Clijsters BEL 6-2 6-1
5 d5 Lisa Raymond & d6 Martina Navratilova USA d d263 Elke Clijsters & d278 Caroline Maes BEL 6-1, 6-4
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Fed Cup, SFs, Wednesday-Thursday:
France d Russia 3-2 Wednesday, Nov 19, 2003 5pm+ local, 1400+ GMT, 9am+ ET, 6am+ PT 1 #4 Amelie Mauresmo FRA v #13 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-2, 6-2
2 #7 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #33 Mary Pierce FRA 4-6, 7-6(2), 7-5  Anastasia Myskina
Thursday, Nov 20, 2003 5pm+ local, 1400+ GMT, 9am+ ET, 6am+ PT 3 #4 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #7 Anastasia Myskina RUS 6(3)-7, 6-3, 6-4
4 *#33 Mary Pierce FRA d #13 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
5 d13 Nadia Petrova & d71 Anastasia Myskina RUS d d15 Emilie Loit & d80 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
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WTA July 19-20 2003 Fed Cup QFs: live scores & stats - draw and results - FC history - news
# 2 Kim Clijsters of Belgium defeated # 69 Janette Husarova of Slovakia 6-0, 6-1 in the Fed Cup QFs on Sunday (Kim is shown on Sunday wearing new togs continuing the Halloween theme established by Fila last year at the WTA Finals, when Kim, Jennifer Capriati, and Jelena Dokic began appearing in pumpkin orange). Belgium dismissed defending champs Slovakia 5-0, and will play the US in the Fed Cup SFs scheduled for Nov. 17th. |
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France eliminated Spain 4-1, and will play Russia in the SFs. Russia sent Slovenia packing 5-0 on Sunday with an impressive display of team strength, when Russian Captain Shamil Tarpischev decided to substitute Elena Bovina and Vera Zvonareva for Anastasia Myskina and Elena Dementieva in the final 2 singles matches and have Anastasia and Elena D. play doubles instead of the other pair. Both Elena B. and Vera won their matches, and Anastasia & Elena D. won in doubles as well.
Fed Cup "ties" consist of 5 matches, 4 singles and 1 doubles. Typically, each country's # 1 singles player plays the other country's # 2 singles player the first day, and on the 2nd day they swap and the # 1s play each other, followed by the # 2s, followed by the doubles match. The 3rd and 4th players on each team, at the captain's discretion, might not play at all, or might play doubles, or might substitute for an injured or struggling # 1 or # 2 player.
The US team for the Fed Cup QFs vs Italy consists of Chanda Rubin, Meghann Shaughnessy, Lisa Raymond, & Alexandra Stevenson.
If US Captain Billie Jean King ran things the same way she did in the first round last April, Chanda and Meghann would play all the matches, EVEN IF THEY ARE AHEAD 3-0 (thus clinching the 5-match "tie"), and Lisa and Alexandra would not get to play.
That's how Billie Jean ran it for the Williams sisters, but there is a significant difference for this tie. Lisa Raymond has considerable doubles experience, was ranked # 1 at doubles for quite some time, and is currently # 6 at doubles.
Taking this into account, Billie Jean has scheduled Lisa to play doubles, partnered with Chanda Rubin (whose current doubles rank is # 27). Alexandra Stevenson is not scheduled to play. Alexandra warmed the bench in April also; hopefully, if the team has a 3-0 or 3-1 lead, Billie Jean will let her play.
NOTE: And so it came to pass, and Bille Jean did let Alexandra play. She and Lisa won easily, 6-1, 6-2, to complete the shutout: US 5, Italy 0.
Short Interviews on Real Audio:
-- US Captain Billie Jean King, pre-tie.
-- Chanda Rubin after Saturday's matches.
-- Meghann Shaughnessy after Saturday's matches.
-- Chanda Rubin after Saturday's matches.
-- US Captain Billie Jean King, post-tie.
The event venue was the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC.
Venus Williams & Monica Seles had been scheduled to play, but withdrew due to their ongoing injury situations (Venus: abdominal strain, Monica: foot trouble).
Fed Cup "ties" consist of 5 matches, 4 singles and 1 doubles. Typically, each country's # 1 singles player plays the other country's # 2 singles player the first day, and on the 2nd day they swap and the # 1s play each other, followed by the # 2s, followed by the doubles match. The 3rd and 4th players on each team, at the captain's discretion, might not play at all, or might play doubles, or might substitute for an injured or struggling # 1 or # 2 player.
The US team for the Fed Cup QFs vs Italy consists of Chanda Rubin, Meghann Shaughnessy, Lisa Raymond, & Alexandra Stevenson.
If US Captain Billie Jean King ran things the same way she did in the first round last April, Chanda and Meghann would play all the matches, EVEN IF THEY ARE AHEAD 3-0 (thus clinching the 5-match "tie"), and Lisa and Alexandra would not get to play.
That's how Billie Jean ran it for the Williams sisters, but there is a significant difference for this tie. Lisa Raymond has considerable doubles experience, was ranked # 1 at doubles for quite some time, and is currently # 6 at doubles.
Taking this into account, Billie Jean has scheduled Lisa to play doubles, partnered with Chanda Rubin (whose current doubles rank is # 27). Alexandra Stevenson is not scheduled to play. Alexandra warmed the bench in April also; hopefully, if the team has a 3-0 or 3-1 lead, Billie Jean will let her play.
NOTE: And so it came to pass, and Bille Jean did let Alexandra play. She and Lisa won easily, 6-1, 6-2, to complete the shutout: US 5, Italy 0.
Short Interviews on Real Audio:
-- US Captain Billie Jean King, pre-tie.
-- Chanda Rubin after Saturday's matches.
-- Meghann Shaughnessy after Saturday's matches.
-- Chanda Rubin after Saturday's matches.
-- US Captain Billie Jean King, post-tie.
The event venue was the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC.
Venus Williams & Monica Seles had been scheduled to play, but withdrew due to their ongoing injury situations (Venus: abdominal strain, Monica: foot trouble).
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NOTEABLE WTA RESULTS: #=rank, *=upset, d=doubles rank ranks are for the current week (July 14) Fed Cup, QFs, Saturday-Sunday: Italy 0 at United States 5 4pm EDT, 2000 GMT, Wash. D.C., outdoor hard (Deco-Turf II) Saturday #18 Meghann Shaughnessy USA d #32 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-3, 6-4 #8 Chanda Rubin USA d #58 Rita Grande ITA 6-3, 6-3 Sunday 4pm EDT, 2000 GMT #8 Chanda Rubin USA d #32 Francesca Schiavone ITA 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 #18 Meghann Shaughnessy #58 Rita Grande ITA 6-3, 7-5 d6 Lisa Raymond & d67 Alexandra Stevenson USA d d41 Tathiana Garbin & d132 Antonella Serra Zanetti ITA 6-1, 6-2 Slovak Republic 0 at Belgium 5, Charleroi, indoor hard (Deco-Turf II) Saturday #3 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #69 Janette Husarova SVK 7-5, 6-4 #2 Kim Clijsters BEL d #94 Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK 6-3, 6-1 Sunday #2 Kim Clijsters BEL d #69 Janette Husarova SVK 6-0, 6-1 #3 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #104 Eva Fislova SVK 6-2, 6-1 d47 Els Callens & d388 Caroline Maes BEL d d159 Lubomira Kurhajcova & d707 Jarmila Gajdosova SVK 6-4, 7-5 Russia 5 at Slovenia 0, Portoro, outdoor red clay Saturday #10 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #40 Maja Matevzic SLO 6-4, 6-1 #17 Elena Dementieva RUS d #35 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 6-1, 6-3 Sunday #21 Elena Bovina RUS d #35 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 7-6(4), 6-2 #16 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #40 Maja Matevzic SLO 6-1, 6-2 d7 Elena Dementieva & d117 Anastasia Myskina RUS d d32 Katarina Srebotnik & d37 Tina Krizan SLO 6-2, 6-3 France 4 at Spain 1, Oviedo, outdoor red clay Saturday #23 Nathalie Dechy FRA d #29 Magui Serna ESP 6-3, 6-4 #6 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #53 Maria Sanchez-Lorenzo ESP 6-3, 6-3 Sunday #6 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #29 Magui Serna ESP 7-5, 6-2 #67 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA d #53 Maria Sanchez-Lorenzo ESP 6-3, 6-4 d2 Virginia Ruano Pascual & d246 Anabel Medina-Garrigues ESP d d19 Emilie Loit FRA & d28 Nathalie Dechy 6-4, 6-4 World Group Play-offs 2003 to qualify for the 2004 World Group Argentina d Hungary 3-2 Australia d Colombia 3-2 Austria d Canada 4-1 Croatia d Brazil 4-1 Czech Republic d South Africa 4-1 Germany d Indonesia 3-2 Japan d Sweden 4-1 Switzerland d Israel 4-1 |
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WTA April 25-27: Fed Cup 1st Round - live scores draw and results - history - news
On Sunday in the Fed Cup in Ettenheim, #9 Daniela Hantuchova of defending champions Slovak Republic defeated #79 Marlene Weingartner of Germany 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 (photo shown). This match had been stopped by rain on Saturday with Daniela trailing 1-4, and was completed early Sunday morning in brisk weather. Then, after a rest, Daniela went back out to to play #57 Anca Barna of Germany, and lost the first set 2-6 again (!), but recovered to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Slovakia prevailed over Germany, 3-2. |
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NOTEABLE WTA RESULTS: s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the current week Slovenia 3, won at Argentina 2: red clay outdoors Fri: #60 Tina Pisnik SLO d #184 Maria-Emilia Salerni ARG 7-5, 6-3 #37 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d #697 Natalia Garbelloto ARG 6-1, 6-2 Sat: #37 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d #184 Maria-Emilia Salerni ARG 6-3, 6(1)-7, 6-1 *#201 Natalia Gussoni ARG d #50 Maja Matevzic SLO 6-4, 6-2 Natalia Gussoni & Maria-Emilia Salerni ARG d Tina Krizan & Tina Pisnik (SLO) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 Czech Republic 0, lost at United States 5: hard "Plexipave" indoors Sat: #3 Venus Williams USA d #44 Daja Bedanova CZE 6-1, 6-0 #1 Serena Williams USA d #71 Iveta Benesova CZE 7-5, 6-1 Sun: #1 Serena Williams USA d #73 Klara Koukalova CZE 6-2, 6-2 #3 Venus Williams USA d #71 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-3, 6-2 Serena Williams & Venus Williams USA d Daja Bedanova & Eva Birnerova CZE 6-0, 6-1 Italy 3, won at Sweden 2: hard "Premier" indoors Sat: *#128 Sofia Arvidsson SWE d #80 Antonella Serra Zanetti ITA 6-4, 6(2)-7, 6-3 #64 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #443 Hanna Nooni SWE 6-4, 6-3 Sun: #64 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #128 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-0, 6-4 *#443 Hanna Nooni SWE d #80 Antonella Serra Zanetti ITA 6-0, 2-6, 4-6 Flavia Pennetta & Roberta Vinci ITA d Sofia Arvidsson & Hanna Nooni SWE 6-2, 6-1 Austria 0, lost at Belgium 5: red clay indoors Sat: #2 Kim Clijsters BEL d #162 Evelyn Fauth AUT 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 #4 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #76 Patricia Wartusch AUT 6-2, 6-1 Sun: #2 Kim Clijsters BEL d #76 Patricia Wartusch AUT 6-2, 6-2 #66 Els Callens BEL d #162 Evelyn Fauth AUT 7-6(0), 6-2 Els Callens & Kim Clijsters BEL d Sybille Bammer & Patricia Wartusch AUT 6-2, 6-2 Slovak Republic 3, won at Germany 2:(red clay outdoors Sat: #57 Anca Barna GER d #84 Ludmila Cervanova SVK 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 #9 Daniela Hantuchova SVK v #79 Marlene Weingartner GER 1-4 rain delay Sun: #9 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #79 Marlene Weingartner GER 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 #9 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #57 Anca Barna GER 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 *#84 Ludmila Cervanova SVK d #79 Marlene Weingartner GER 6-2, 6-1 Barbara Rittner & Martina Muller GER d Eva Fislova & Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK 7-5, 7-6(4) Croatia 1, lost at Russia 4: carpet "Taraflex" indoors Sat: #11 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #161 Karolina Sprem CRO 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 #13 Elena Dementieva RUS d #52 Iva Majoli CRO 6-1, 6-4 Sun: #11 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #52 Iva Majoli CRO 6-2, 7-5 *#161 Karolina Sprem CRO d #30 Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 6-4, 6-3 Anastasia Myskina & Elena Dementieva RUS d D. Jurak & M. Mezak CRO 6-4, 6-4 Australia 2, lost at Spain 3: red clay outdoors Sat: *#47 Alicia Molik AUS d #38 Virginia Ruano-Pascual ESP 6-3, 6-4 #40 Magui Serna ESP d #45 Nicole Pratt AUS 6-3, 6-2 Sun: #25 Conchita Martinez ESP d #45 Nicole Pratt AUS 6-1, 6-2 #40 Magui Serna ESP d #47 Alicia Molik AUS 6-4, 6-1 Alicia Molik & Rennae Stubbs AUS d Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Colombia 0, lost at France 5: red clay indoors Sat: #23 Nathalie Dechy FRA d #69 Fabiola Zuluaga COL 6-1, 6(7)-7, 6-4 #7 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #225 Catalina Castano COL 5-1 retired food poisoning Sun: #7 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #69 Fabiola Zuluaga COL 6-4, 6-4 #23 Nathalie Dechy FRA d #565 Romy Farah COL 6-2, 6-2 Emilie Loit & Virginie Razzano FRA d R. Farah & C. Escamilla COL 6-1, 6-1 |
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