WTA Aug 9-15Idea Prokom Open, Sopot, POL Tier III w/ATP 300,000 - 30 players - outdoor: red clay draws & schedule .pdf - draw & results, .html interview excerpts website map - court map - photo gallery Yahoo! Sopot news photos s1 # 4 Anastasia Myskina s2 # 17 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi s3 # 40 Dinara Safina s4 # 47Anabel Medina Garrigues Women's Open, Vancouver, CAN Tier V $110,000 - 32 players - outdoor: hard draws & schedule, .pdf - results - weather radar photo gallery - Vancouver Sun: Sports s1 # 56 Marion Bartoli s2 # 75 Milagros Sequera s3 # 77 Alina Jidkova s4 # 81 Laura Granville |
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In the final on Saturday in Sopot, 9th-seeded # 66 Flavia Pennetta of Italy won her 1st WTA singles title by defeating 11th-seeded # 71 Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 (Flavia is shown about to serve to Klara in the final).
On Friday the semis were rained out in Sopot, and top-seeded # 4 Anastasia Myskina withdrew from the tourney. Anastasia had incurred a right rib sprain, and she didn't want to aggravate the injury with the Olympics beginning on Sunday. This gave Klara Koukalova a walkover to the final (Klara also reached the Sopot final in 2003).
In the semi that was played earlier on Saturday, Flavia Pennetta defeated Polish wild card # 138 Marta Domachowska 6-2, 6-2.
In the Vancouver final on Sunday, 15-year-old Czech qualifier # 174 Nicole Vaidisova (who attends a school in Florida called the "Bollettieri Academy") defeated 4th-seeded 23-year-old 2-time NCAA champ (when she was at a rival tennis camp called Stanford) # 81 Laura Granville from Chicago 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 (Nicole is shown during the tourney, but the Vancouver photo gallery doesn't say which match). It was Nicole's 1st WTA singles title; Laura is still waiting for hers.
22-year-old Flavia Pennetta won her 1st WTA singles title playing in her 3rd final; she lost in the finals at Acapulco in March this year and at Palermo three weeks ago. She has won 7 ITF singles titles. Born in Brindisi, Flavia resides in Milan. Flavia started playing tennis at age 5. She swings a Head bat and wears Tacchini togs, but with Nike shoes (since Martina Hingis, and earlier, Pete Sampras, cited troubles with Tacchini shoes, a number of players in Tacchini garb have opted for different footwear). Flavia is coached by Barbara Rossi.
Klara Koukalova, also 22, was born and resides in Prague. Klara is now 0-5 in WTA singles finals; she'll get one eventually (she has won 5 ITF singles titles). Klara wears Lacoste togs and chops with a Wilson axe.
Sopot
The very nice Sopot website, previously Polish only, has an English version this year. Thank you, Sopot.
The main draw for Sopot had 8 seeds, with 2 1st-round byes. There were 4 qualifiers, 5 Lucky Losers, and 2 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals were on Monday.
Sopot is near Gdansk, Poland, the time there is GMT (UCT, ZULU) plus 2 hours (=US EDT+6, PDT +9). Early round play begins at 2:30pm local time. Sopot has live scoring by points.
Vancouver:
The main draw for Vancouver had 8 seeds, with NO 1st-round byes. There were 4 qualifiers and 2 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals were on Monday.
The time in British Columbia is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) minus 7 hours (=US Pacific Daylight Time, EDT-3). .
WTA SCOREBOARD: Sopot & Vancouver
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Sopot, 1st Round, Mon-Tues loser's prize: $2,180 US; points: 1 #41 s3 Dinara Safina RUS d #136 LL Michaela Pastikova CZE 6-4, 6-4 Tues *#79 Ludmila Cervanova SVK d #47 s4 A Medina Garrigues ESP 6-3, 6-1 Mon #52 s5 Iveta Benesova CZE d #480 wc Magdalena Kiszczynska POL 6-2, 6-3 Tues
#66 s9 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #147 q Sandra Mamic CRO 6-1, 6-2 Tues #69 s10 Marta Marrero ESP d #99 Catalina Castano COL 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Mon #71 s11 Klara Koukalova CZE d #183 LL Martina Muller GER 7-5, 6-3 Tues #74 Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK d #159 Alice Canepa ITA 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 Tues *#138 wc Marta Domachowska POL d #78 Martina Sucha SVK 6-0, 6-2 Mon
#80 Vera Douchevina RUS d #314 LL Katarina Bondarenko UKR 6-0, 6-2 Tues #106 Silvija Talaja CRO d #133 q Selima Sfar TUN 6-4, 6-2 Tues *#119 Zuzana Ondraskova CZE d #109 S Cohen-Aloro FRA 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 Mon #110 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d #158 q Zsofia Gubasci HUN 6-2, 6-0 Tues #135 q Eva Birnerova CZE d #464 LL Klaudia Jans POL 6-2, 6-2 Tues #186 LL Libuse Prusova CZE d #309 Barbara Schwartz AUT 6-1, 6-2 Tues |
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Sopot, 2nd Round, Weds loser's prize: $4,100 US; points: 19 #4 s1 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #119 Zuzana Ondraskova CZE 6-2, 6-2 Wed
#138 wc Marta Domachowska POL d #18 s2 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi ISR 7-6(4), 6-1 Wed
*#74 Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK d #41 s3 Dinara Safina RUS 6-2, 6-4 Wed #52 s5 Iveta Benesova CZE d #106 Silvija Talaja CRO 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 Wed *#110 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d #79 L Cervanova SVK 6(6)-7, 6-1, 7-5 Wed #66 s9 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #186 LL Libuse Prusova CZE 6-4, 6-2 Wed #69 s10 Marta Marrero ESP d #135 q Eva Birnerova CZE 6-2, 7-6(4) Wed #71 s11 Klara Koukalova CZE d #80 Vera Douchevina RUS 7-6, 3-6, 6-4Wed |
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Sopot, QFs, Thurs loser's prize: $7,600 US; points: 37 #4 s1 Anastasia Myskina RUS d #52 s5 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-3, 6-4
#66 s9 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #110 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP 6-2, 7-6(4) *#138 wc Marta Domachowska POL d #69 s10 Marta Marrero ESP 6-1, 6-4 #71 s11 Klara Koukalova CZE d #74 Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK 6-2, 6-1 |
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Sopot, SFs, Fri loser's prize: $14,300 US; points: 66 *#71 s11 Klara Koukalova CZE d #4 s1 Anastasia Myskina RUS walkover
#66 s9 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #138 wc Marta Domachowska POL 6-2, 6-2
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Sopot, Final, Sat loser's prize: $ 26,750 US; points: 103 winner's prize: $ 50,000 US; points: 145 #66 s9 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #71 s11 Klara Koukalova CZE 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 --> Flavia Pennetta with the hardware after winning her 1st WTA singles title
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Sopot, Doubles Final, Sat losers' prize: $ US winners' prize: $ US cdr291 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Marta Marrero d cdr467 Klaudia Jans & Alicja Rosolska 6-4, 6-3 Sopot, Qual Finals, Mon Aug 9 #158 Zsofia Gubasci HUN d #464 Klaudia Jans POL 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 #147 Sandra Mamic CRO d #186 Libuse Prusova CZE 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(5) #133 Selima Sfar TUN d #314 Katarina Bondarenko UKR 6-2, 6-3 #135 Eva Birnerova CZE d #183 Martina Muller GER 6-2, 6-1 Sopot, Withdrawals #54 s6 Magui Serna ESP injury #55 s7 Anca Barna GER olympics? #58 s8 Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP ill #65 Barbora Strycova CZE illness #86 Henrieta Nagyova SVK hip injury |
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Vancouver, 1st Round, Mon-Wed loser's prize: $800 US; points: 1 #56 s1 Marion Bartoli FRA d #152 Adriana Serra Zanetti ITA 6-0, 6-1 Tues #75 s2 Milagros Sequera VEN d #120 An Serra Zanetti ITA 6-4, 6-3 Mon #77 s3 Alina Jidkova RUS d #223 q V Garcia Sokol ARG 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 Tues #81 s4 Laura Granville USA d #125 Samantha Reeves USA 7-5, 6-1 Mon
#83 s5 Marissa Irvin USA d #154 Meilen Tu USA 6-1, 6-1 Tues #85 s6 Rita Grande ITA d #101 Eis Callens BEL 6-4, 6-4 Mon #88 s7 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER d #250 q Seiko Okamoto JPN 6-0, 6-1 Weds #94 s8 Lindsay Lee-Waters USA d #127 Lioudmila Skavronskaia RUS 6-3, 6-4 Tues *#115 Camilie Pin FRA d #107 Severine Beltrame FRA 6-0 retired-- abdominal illness Tues #111 Shuai Peng CHN d #164 Natalie Grandin RSA 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 Tues *#118 Jennifer Hopkins USA d #112 Stephanie Foretz FRA 6-3, 6-4 Mon *#142 Galina Voskoboeva RUS d #117 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-2, 6-4 *#207 q Sesil Karatantcheva BUL d #144 Yuka Yoshida JPN 6-2, 6-3 Tues #150 Vilmarie Castellvi PUR d #184 wc 27 Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN 6-0, 6-4 Weds *#174 q Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #156 Abigail Spears USA 6-4, 6-4 Tues *#195 Bethanie Mattek USA d #161 wc Maureen Drake CAN 7-5, 6-2 Tues |
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Vancouver, 2nd Round, Weds-Thurs loser's prize: $1,450 US; points: 10 *#115 Camilie Pin FRA v #56 s1 Marion Bartoli FRA 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 Thurs #75 s2 Milagros Sequera VEN d #150 Vilmarie Castellvi PUR 6-1, 7-5 Thurs #77 s3 Alina Jidkova RUS d #111 Shuai Peng CHN 7-5, 7-5 Weds #81 s4 Laura Granville USA d #195 Bethanie Mattek USA 6-3, 7-6(4) Weds *#174 q Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #83 s5 Marissa Irvin USA 75 46 64 Thurs #85 s6 Rita Grande ITA d #118 Jennifer Hopkins USA 6-2, 6-2 Weds *#207 q Sesil Karatantcheva BUL d #88 s7 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 7-5, 6-4 Thurs #94 s8 Lindsay Lee-Waters USA d #142 Galina Voskoboeva RUS 6-4, 7-6(4) Weds |
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Vancouver, QFs, Fri loser's prize: $2,600 US; points: 20 *#174 q Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #75 s2 Milagros Sequera VEN 6-4, 6-1 #77 s3 Alina Jidkova RUS d #85 s6 Rita Grande ITA 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 #81 s4 Laura Granville USA d #94 s8 Lindsay Lee-Waters USA 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 #115 Camilie Pin FRA d #207 q Sesil Karatantcheva BUL 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 |
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Vancouver, SFs Sat loser's prize: $4,800 US; points: 36 *#174 q Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #77 s3 Alina Jidkova RUS 7-5 3-6 6-4 #81 s4 Laura Granville USA d #115 Camilie Pin FRA 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4 |
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Vancouver, Final Sun loser's prize: $9,000 US; points: 56 winner's prize: $16,000 US; points: 80 *#174 q Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #81 s4 Laura Granville USA 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
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Vancouver, Doubles Final loser's prize: $3,000 US winner's prize: $5,500 US cdr157 s3 Bethanie Mattek & Abigail Spears d cdr251 Els Callens & Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3, 6-3 Vancouver, Qual Finals, Mon Aug 9 #174 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #244 Anousjka Van Exel NED 6-3, 6-3 #207 Sesil Karatantcheva BUL d #220 Angelika Bachmann GER 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-0 #250 Seiko Okamoto JPN d #274 Antonia Matic GER 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 #223 Vanina Garcia Sokol ARG d #267 Sunitha Rao USA 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-4 |
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