WTA Jul 7-13 Tourney pages: Palermo: 2005 - 2004 previous other tourney pages next Internazionali Femminili, Palermo, ITA Tier V $110,000 - 32 players - outdoor: red clay draw, .pdf order of play - draw, .html s1 # 29 Magui Serna s2 # 32 Denisa Chladkova s3 # 34 Francesca Schiavone s4 # 39 Katarina Srebotnik

#64 Dinara Safina     5' 11½", 154½ lbs, RH, 2H-BH

    In Sunday's Final in Palermo, 9th-seeded # 64 Dinara Safina of Russia defeated 4th-seeded # 39 Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-3, 6-4 (the photo, from the Italian Tennis Federation website, is apparently from this match).

    17-year-old Dinara, who received the $16,000 winner's share of the purse, is still undefeated in WTA singles finals: 2-0, 22-year-old Katarina is now 2-2 in WTA singles finals.

    There have been NO photos from Palermo in the WTA Photo Gallery this week. The photo above is from the Federazione Italiana Tennis website, which usually has 1 photo a day.
    The time in Italy is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 2 hours. That is 9 hours ahead of PDT in the US, 6 hours ahead of EDT. Early round play began at 4pm local (7am PDT, 9am EDT).

WTA SCOREBOARD: Palermo s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"?

Palermo, 1st Round, Mon-Weds: #29 s1 Magui Serna ESP d Conchita Martinez Granados 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 #32 s2 Denisa Chladkova CZE d #99 Arantxa Parra ESP 6-1, 6-1 #34 s3 wc Francesca Schiavone ITA d #252 q Zi Yan CHN 0-6, 6-4, 6-3 #39 s4 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d #106 Tatiana Garbin ITA 6-2, 7-5 #44 s7 Emilie Loit FRA d #104 Cristina Torrens Valero ESP 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 *#121 q Renata Voracova CZE d #48 s6 Tina Pisnik SLO 6-4, 6-3 #60 s8 Virginie Razzano FRA d #115 Evgenia Koulikovskaya RUS 6-1, 6-4 *#64 s9 Dinara Safina RUS d #62 Anca Barna GER 6-2, 6-2 *#213 q Yuliana Fedak UKR d #67 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA 6-2, 6-1 #70 Klara Koukalova CZE d #112 Marta Marrero ESP 6-2, 6-3 #82 Henrieta Nagyova SVK d #90 Gala Leon Garcia ESP 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 #85 Ludmilla Cervanova SVK d #122 Rossana Neffa-de Los Rios PAR 6-4, 6-3 #102 q Claudine Schaul LUX d #108 Patricia Wartusch AUT 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-4 *#139 sr43 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d #93 Maria Elena Camerin ITA 7-5, 1-6, 6-1 *#171 wc Roberta Vinci ITA d #95 Iveta Benesova CZE 7-6(6) 6-0 *#136 Adriana Serra Zanetti ITA d #116 LL Julia Schruff GER 6-0, 6-4

Palermo, 2nd Round, Weds-Thurs: *#85 Ludmilla Cervanova SVK d #29 s1 Magui Serna ESP 6-3, 6-1 *#139 sr43 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d #32 s2 Denisa Chladkova CZE 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-3 #34 s3 wc Francesca Schiavone ITA d #136 Adriana Serra Zanetti ITA 6-2, 6-1 #39 s4 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d #171 wc Roberta Vinci ITA 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 *#82 Henrieta Nagyova SVK d #44 s7 Emilie Loit FRA 6-3, 6-2 #60 s8 Virginie Razzano FRA d #70 Klara Koukalova CZE 6-2, 6-1 #64 s9 Dinara Safina RUS d #102 q Claudine Schaul LUX 7-5, 6-4 *#213 q Yuliana Fedak UKR #121 q Renata Voracova CZE 6-3, 7-6(4)

Palermo, QFs, Friday: *#64 s9 Dinara Safina RUS d #34 s3 wc Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-3, 6/2 #39 s4 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d #213 q Yuliana Fedak UKR 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 *#139 sr43 A. Medina Garrigues ESP d #60 s8 Virginie Razzano FRA 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(3) *#85 Ludmilla Cervanova SVK d #82 Henrieta Nagyova SVK 6-1, 3-6, 7-5

Palermo, SFs, Saturday: #64 s9 Dinara Safina RUS d #85 Ludmilla Cervanova SVK 6-4, 6-0 #39 s4 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d #139 sr43 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-3, 6-2

Palermo, Final, Sunday: *#64 s9 Dinara Safina RUS d #39 s4 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 6-3, 6-4

Palermo, Doubles Final, Sunday: wc Adriana Serra Zanetti & Emily Stellato d Maria Jose Martinez & Arantxa Parra 6-4, 6-2 Palermo, Withdrawals: #53 Maria Sanchez Lorenzo ESP lumbar spine pain

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