WTA Oct. 4-10 Porsche Tennis GP, Filderstadt, GER Tier II $650,000 - 28 players - indoor: hard draws & schedule .pdf order of play, .html - draw, .html Photos: Yahoo! news - tourney gallery - WTA s1 # 1 Amelie Mauresmo s2 # 2 Lindsay Davenport s3 # 4 Anastasia Myskina s4 # 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova AIG Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan Tier III (with ATP) $170,000 - 30 players - outdoor: hard Wednesday Live Scores scores-results click on bracket week's sched - draws & schedule, .pdf Yahoo! Japan Open news photos WTA Photo Gallery s1 # 8 Maria Sharapova s2 # 31 Tatiana Golovin s3 # 42 Shinobu Asagoe s4 # 46 Kristina Brandi

Tourney pages: Filderstadt & Tokyo: 2005 Filderstadt: 2003 Tokyo: 2003 previous other tourney pages next Tokyo: #8 Maria Sharapova 6'0", 130 lbs, RH, 2H-BH Filderstadt: #2 Lindsay Davenport 6'2½", 175 lbs, RH, 2H-BH

    Batting a thousand: On Friday in Tokyo, in the semifinals of the Japan Open, the Wimbledon champ, top-seeded 17-year-old # 8 Maria Sharapova from Nyagan, Siberia, Russia (with residence in Bradenton, Florida), crushed 28-year-old # 63 Mashona Washington 6-1, 6-0 (Maria is shown after match point). Maria is now 6-0 in WTA singles finals.

    Mashona had won the last time they played, and this may have helped Maria a bit with her concentration this time. Maria said: "Compared to the last time we played, I think I served much better and basically played very well. Last time, we played on a slower surface, and the points were very long. This time, I dictated the points much better. I knew I had to be extremely tough today because [Mashona] is also playing very well. I knew I had to be ready from the start." story

    On Sunday in Filderstadt, in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, 28-year-old 2nd-seeded # 2 Lindsay Davenport of the US won the unfun way, defeating top-seeded # 1 Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-2, retired (Lindsay is shown seated in on a new Porsche Carrera S with the modest-looking tourney trophy-- winners in Filderstadt get to choose between cash and the car or cash and, uh, more cash). Amelie was forced to stop the match due to a strained adductor muscle.

    Lindsay said: "It's very unfortunate. I could tell she was having a hard time moving after the time out. I'm pretty sure I've never won a final in this manner before. It's quite an empty feeling actually."

    Amelie said: "I felt a little tear or tightness in the third game pushing off for a shot to my left and it got worse as the set went on. I could hardly move... It's too soon to tell how bad it is. I hope it's nothing serious, I don't think so, but it's important to make sure... It's very disappointing. It was a good match, very intense. Hopefully as Lindsay said on the court, we'll have more chances to play again in the future." story
    Amelie plans to fly to Paris and have the injury examined on Monday, to determine whether she'll be able to play in this week's Kremlin Cup in Moscow, where she is once again the top seed.

Filderstadt:
    28-year-old Californian Lindsay Davenport has now won 45 WTA singles titles in 78 finals (if you include the 1996 Olympic title), including 3 Grand Slam tourneys. She won 3 in a row earlier this summer at Stanford, LA, and San Diego. Before the ascent of the Williams sisters, Tracy Austin was quoted as rating Lindsay's serve as the best in the WTA. Lindsay hits the ball hard and deep, but she is not as mobile as other top players. Lindsay wears Nike and hits with a Wilson "H Tour". Lindsay, who was trained in her youth by Robert Lansdorp, has been coached by Adam Peterson since March, 2003. Davenport career record
Lindsay Davenport Wallpaper

    24-year-old Amelie Mauresmo was born in Geneva, Switzerland and has a residence in St. Germains en Laye, France. Amelie is 13-13 in WTA singles finals, she won Tier I titles 2 weeks in a row earlier this year in Berlin and Rome. This was the 6th final Amelie has reached this year. Amelie wields a Dunlop "300G" bat, wears Nike attire and shoes, and is coached by Loic Courteau. Mauresmo career record

    The main draw for Filderstadt had 8 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes. There were 4 qualifiers and 3 wild cards in the main draw.
    The time in Filderstadt is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 2 hours. That is US EDT +6 hours, =PDT +9 hours.

Tokyo:
    17-year-old Maria Sharapova has now won 6 WTA singles titles in 6 finals, including Seoul, Wimbledon & Birmingham this year, and last year in Tokyo and Quebec City. Maria wears Nike and swings Prince bat. Born in Nyagan, in the Siberian region of Russia, she started at the Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Florida at age 7, and still has a residence near there. Maria spends time in California also, where she is coached by Robert Lansdorp, who helped Tracy Austin, Lindsay Davenport and Pete Sampras perfect their strokes.
Sharapova career record - Maria Sharapova Wallpaper - MariaWorld (many photos) - 2003 interview of Maria

    28-year-old Mashona Washington is the sister of former successful ATP pro & current broadcaster MaliVai Washington. Mashona, who was born in Flint, Michigan and is based in Houston, Texas, is having the best year of her career. This was Mashona's 1st WTA singles final. She reached the QFs at New Haven, by defeating her Tokyo final opponent, Maria Sharapova in the 2nd round 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, which Mashona called the biggest win of her career. Mashona wears Nike and chops with a Babolat axe, probably the terrifically popular "Pure Drive" model.
Washington career record

    The main draw for Tokyo had 8 seeds, with just 2 1st-round byes. There were 4 qualifiers and 2 wild cards in the main draw.
    The time in Tokyo is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 9 hours. That is US EDT + 13 hours, =PDT +16 hours.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Filderstadt & Tokyo (Japan Open) s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"?

Filderstadt, 1st Round, Mon-Wed loser's prize: $4,350 US; points: 1 *#32 LL Lisa Raymond USA d #6 s5 Elena Dementieva RUS 6-0, 7-5 Wed Lisa Raymond *#28 Elena Likhovtseva RUS d #11 s6 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-3, 7-5 Tues *#36 q Jelena Jankovic SCG d #13 s7 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3) Wed Jelena Jankovic *#27 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi ISR d #14 s8 Ai Sugiyama JPN 6-3, 7-6(3) Mon #15 Patty Schnyder SUI d #35 q Jelena Kostanic CRO 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 Wed *#26 Mary Pierce FRA d #16 Paola Suarez ARG 6-2, 6-3 Tues #17 Elena Bovina RUS d #74 wc Anna-Lena Groenfeld GER 6-2, 6-2 Wed Elena Bovina *#22 Silvia Farina Elia ITA d #18 Karolina Sprem CRO 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Mon *#20 Alicia Molik AUS d #19 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-2, 6-3 Mon Alicia Molik *#24 wc Nathalie Dechy FRA d #21 Magdalena Maleeva BUL 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Tues Nathalie Dechy #25 q Fabiola Zuluaga COL d #50 wc Marlene Weingartner GER 6-0, 6-0 Tues Fabiola Zuluaga #34 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #126 q Lilia Osterloh USA 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Tues Daniela Hantuchova

Filderstadt, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu loser's prize: $8,100 US; points: 29 #1 s1 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #15 Patty Schnyder SUI 7-5, 6-4 Amelie Mauresmo     Patty took a 5-2 lead in the 1st set, then Amelie won the next 5 games in a row. Amelie said: "I needed a little time to get into a rhythm. I haven't played since the U.S. Open, and [Patty] was much more ready... I made too many unforced errors at the beginning. Maybe I wanted to make the points too quick... I knew I was only one break down, and I'd had opportunities on her serve at the beginning so I didn't panic at all." #2 s2 Lindsay Davenport USA d #20 Alicia Molik AUS 6-1, 6-0 Wed Lindsay Davenport     Lindsay said: "It wasn't as easy as it looked out there. But Alicia didn't play well tonight." #4 s3 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #24 wc Nathalie Dechy FRA 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 Thu Anastasia Myskina     Anastasia led Nathalie's friend Justine Henin-Hardenne 5-1 in the 3rd set of their Olympic semifinal in August before Justine won 7 of the last 8 games to take the match, 7-5, 5-7, 8-6. That loss has bothered Anastasia ever since. Anastasia said: "I was really nervous today. After the Olympics I lost a lot of confidence. It was tough for me because that was my goal for the year, to play really well there, and I was really upset after I lost to Justine. But hopefully now it's in the past." #5 s4 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d #17 Elena Bovina RUS 7-5, 6-4 Thu Svetlana Kuznetsova *#32 LL Lisa Raymond USA d #22 Silvia Farina Elia ITA 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-0 Thu #25 q Fabiola Zuluaga COL d #27 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi ISR 6-4, 1-0 retired-- left groin strainThu *#28 Elena Likhovtseva RUS d #26 Mary Pierce FRA 0-6, 6-4, 6-3 Thu Elena Likhovtseva *#36 q Jelena Jankovic SCG d #34 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-1, 6-4 Thu

Filderstadt, QFs, Fri loser's prize: $15,150 US; points: 55 #1 s1 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #32 LL Lisa Raymond USA 6-4, 6-1 Amelie Mauresmo #2 s2 Lindsay Davenport USA d #36 q Jelena Jankovic SCG 6-4, 6-3 Lindsay Davenport #4 s3 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #28 Elena Likhovtseva RUS 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 Anastasia Myskina #5 s4 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d #25 q Fabiola Zuluaga COL 6-4, 6-1 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Filderstadt, SFs, Sat loser's prize: $28,300 US; points: 99 #1 s1 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #5 s4 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 7-5, 6-4 career matches: Amelie leads 3-0 #2 s2 Lindsay Davenport USA d #4 s3 Anastasia Myskina RUS 6-2, 6-4 career matches: Lindsay leads 4-0 Lindsay Davenport

Filderstadt, Final, Sun loser's prize: $ 53,000 US; points: 154 winner's prize: $ 98,500 US; points: 220 *#2 s2 Lindsay Davenport USA d #1 s1 Amelie Mauresmo FRA 6-2, retired-- left adductor strain    career matches: Lindsay leads 7-3

Filderstadt, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $31,000 US winners' prize: $16,500 US s1 Cara Black & Rennae Stubbs d wc Anna-Lena Groenefeld & Julia Schruff 6-3, 6-2 Filderstadt, Qual Finals, Mon Oct 4 #25 Fabiola Zuluaga COL d #123 Els Callens BEL 6-0, 7-5 *#36 Jelena Jankovic SCG d #32 Lisa Raymond USA 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4) #35 Jelena Kostanic CRO d #62 Denisa Chladkova CZE 6-0, 6-1 Rain forced the qualifying finals into a cramped venue, but Jelena Kostanic was undistracted by it *#126 Lilia Osterloh USA d #84 Tatiana Panova RUS 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-2 Filderstadt, Withdrawals #3 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL illness #7 Kim Clijsters BEL left wrist #9 Jennifer Capriati flu #10 Serena Williams USA knee

Not a mug shot: Tatiana Golovin posed for photos for a Japanese magazine on Monday

Tokyo, 1st Round, Mon-Tue 10am loser's prize: $1,300 US; points: 1 *#85 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #42 s3 Shinobu Asagoe JPN 6-0, 6-4 Tues     Tammy said: "I think it was tough for her being the top-seed woman from Japan at this event, so there were a lot of expectations, especially after her US Open performance. It's always hard to play in your home country. I know that I don't play well at my home events... I was happy to win this match though because she really picked up her game in the second set." story     Shinobu said: "I couldn't play my own tennis at all. Tamarine let her guard down a little after taking the first set 6-0, so I tried to raise my game at the beginning. Tamarine hits low balls and changes the pace a lot. She slices her serves, so she plays a game that is quite different for me, but having come off a couple a really good weeks, I thought I might do better. She played well today, but it was really my own poor play that was the deciding factor." #46 s4 Kristina Brandi PUR d #129 Sandra Kleinova CZE 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Tues *#433 q Youlia Fedossova FRA d #47 s5 Meghann Shaughnessy USA 7-5, 7-6(5) Tues *#112 Evgenia Linetskaya RUS d #49 s6 Nicole Pratt AUS 6-0, 1-6, 6-4 Tues #51 s7 Klara Koukalova CZE d #101 Milagros Sequera VEN 6-2, 6-2 Tues *#160 q Sesil Karatantcheva BUL d #52 s8 A Parra Santonja ESP 6-2, 6-4 Tues *#63 Mashona Washington USA d #57 Maria Sanchez Lorenzo ESP 6-2, 6-4 Tues Mashona Washington, right, at a sponsor party in Tokyo on Tuesday #58 Jill Craybas USA d #64 Barbora Strycova CZE 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 Tues #65 Aniko Kapros HUN d #238 q Shahar Peer ISR 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 Tues *#70 Akiko Morigami JPN d #69 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 7-5, 6-0 Tues Akiko Morigami *#75 Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK d #73 Alina Jidkova RUS 7-6(5), 6-2 Tues *#177 wc Rika Fujiwara JPN d #80 Saori Obata JPN 6-4, 6-4 Mon #81 q Samantha Stosur AUS d #138 Aiko Nakamura JPN 6-3, 7-5 Tues #110 wc Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #218 Yoon-Jeong Cho KOR 6-3, 6-4 Tues

Tokyo, 2nd Round, Weds loser's prize: $2,200 US; points: 16 #8 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d #81 q Samantha Stosur AUS 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 Maria Sharapova     Maria said: "[Samantha] was playing really great and obviously picked up her game in the second set and the beginning of the third, hitting unbelievable shots all over the court. I played her in Seoul last week, but the surface was slower, so on this surface, she did more damage with her serve. She has a very big serve." story *#110 wc Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #31 s2 Tatiana Golovin FRA 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Nicole Vaidisova     Nicole said: "I played with a lot of confidence today. I wasn't really focused on who I was playing exactly, just focused on my game."     Tatiana said: "I couldn't play the match that I needed to beat her. In the second set, she started to make a few mistakes, so I started to move in more, be more aggressive, but it wasn't enough to beat her. She was taking the ball early and being really aggresssive, which was something that I didn't do and what I really need to do." *#63 Mashona Washington USA d #46 s4 Kristina Brandi PUR 6-2, 6-2 #51 s7 Klara Koukalova CZE d #75 Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK 6-2, 6-4 *#85 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #58 Jill Craybas USA 6-3, 7-6(2) #65 Aniko Kapros HUN d #160 q Sesil Karatantcheva BUL 6-4, 6-0 *#433 q Youlia Fedossova FRA d #70 Akiko Morigami JPN 6-3, 7-6(7) #112 Evgenia Linetskaya RUS d #177 wc Rika Fujiwara JPN 6-4, 7-5

Tokyo, QFs, Thur loser's prize: $4,000 US; points: 30 #8 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d #433 q Youlia Fedossova FRA 6-3, 6-4 Maria Sharapova     Defending Japan Open champ Maria, who won last week in Seoul, and reached the semis the week before in Beijing, has never played in so many tourneys in a row. Maria said: "I was a little tired today after playing two weeks in a row, and yesterday, I had a tough match. I'll get a lot of rest tonight and hopefully be fresher than I was today. I definitely want to defend my title, but I have to take it one match at a time." #51 s7 Klara Koukalova CZE d #110 wc Nicole Vaidisova CZE 6-3, 6-0 #63 Mashona Washington USA d #112 Evgenia Linetskaya RUS 6-2, 6-1 *#85 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #65 Aniko Kapros HUN 6-1, 3-0 retired-- right thigh or knee strain Tamarine Tanasugarn     Tammy said: "It seems unlucky for Aniko today. She was playing so well, and she had confidence from last year. It's bad luck that she hurt her knee."

Tokyo, SFs, Fri loser's prize: $7,500 US; points: 55 #8 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d #85 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 6-2, 6-3 Maria Sharapova     Rain in Tokyo precluded practice, and has postponed the doubles final until Sunday. But Center Court there has a retractable roof, allowing play through the rain. Maria said: "I had a slow start. It's quite difficult when you don't have a proper warm-up. I double-faulted, and [Tammy] broke my serve right away. But I picked up my game and served and returned better, which was key."     About her final opponent, # 63 Mashona Washington, Maria said: "[Mashona] has a big serve, so I'll have to do something with my returns. She's a good runner, so I have to dictate play more.  I'm not going to think about my opponent, though, just focus on my game and what I have to do." *#63 Mashona Washington USA d #51 s7 Klara Koukalova CZE 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Tokyo, Final, Sat loser's prize: $14,500 US; points: 85 winner's prize: $27,000 US; points: 120 #8 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d #63 Mashona Washington USA 6-0, 6-1    career matches: Maria leads 3-1 Maria Sharapova

Tokyo, Doubles Final, Sun (pp by rain) loser's prize: $4,250 US winner's prize: $8,000 US s1 Shinobu Asagoe & Katarina Srebotnik d s5 Jennifer Hopkins & Mashona Washington 6-1, 6-4 Tokyo, Qual Finals, Mon Oct 4 #81 Samantha Stosur AUS v #119 Catalina Castano COL 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 *#160 Sesil Karatantcheva BUL d #93 Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI 6-4, 6-2 *#433 Youlia Fedossova FRA d #213 Adriana Serra Zanetti ITA 6-1, 6-4 #238 Shahar Peer ISR v #384 Bryanne Stewart AUS 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

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