WTA Sept 26-Oct 2 Fortis Champ., Luxembourg, LUX Tier II $585,000 - 28 players - indoor: hard Live Scores - results, .html - draws & schedule .pdf tourney gallery - WTA Photos Europe radar - Lux. Weather # 3 Kim Clijsters, # 10 Nadia Petrova # 11 Patty Schnyder, # 15 Nathalie Dechy Int'l Women's Open, Guangzhou, CHN Tier III $170,000 - 32 players - outdoor: hard Live? Scores - draws & schedule, .pdf tourney gallery - WTA Photos - Guangzhou weather # 20 Vera Zvonareva, # 33 Shuai Peng CHN # 35 Na Li, # 45 Maria Kirilenko RUS Korea Open, Seoul, KOR Tier IV $140,000 - 32 players - outdoor: hard draws & schedule, .pdf - Seoul weather Yahoo! Korea Open news photos - WTA Photos # 17 Jelena Jankovic, # 24 Nicole Vaidisova # 25 Tatiana Golovin, # 29 Gisela Dulko

Tourney pages: Luxembourg: 2004 - 2003 Guangzhou & Seoul: 2004 previous   other tourney pages     next Luxembourg: #3 Kim Clijsters 5' 8½", 150 lbs RH 2H-BH Seoul: #24 Nicole Vaidisova 5' 11", 139 lbs RH 2H-BH

    On Sunday in the Luxembourg final, 22-year-old top-seeded # 3 Kim Clijsters from Bree, Belgium, defeated 20-year-old unseeded # 30 Anna-Lena Groenefeld from Nordhorn, Germany, 6-2, 6-4 (Kim is shown after match point).
    Kim won her 1st WTA singles title in Luxembourg in 1999. Kim said: "I played pretty well today, and stayed aggressive because [Anna-Lena] is a tough opponent. This is where it all started for me so I'm really pleased to win again here today. One year ago I was injured, some months ago I was ranked around 130, and right now I am really pleased that I'm healthy and playing well." interview
    Anna-Lena said: "It was close in the beginning, and I had many chances in the first three games. [Kim] is very experienced and she took her chances. I am really happy with the last two weeks and reaching two finals. Today maybe I went for it too much, but she puts lots of pressure on you so you have to go for your shots."

    Kim and Anna-Lena had met only once before, on a hard court in the Stanford semis two months ago, where Kim won 6-4, 6-0.
    2005 US Open champ Kim has now won 29 WTA singles titles (8 this year) in 42 finals. Anna-Lena has yet to win a WTA singles title (she has 7 ITF singles and 3 WTA doubles titles) and was playing in only her 4th WTA final. But she was in the final for the 2nd week in a row. Reaching the final in Bejing last week raised Anna-Lena's ranking to # 23 this week (she is # 30 on the drawsheet, which uses last week's rankings), and next week she should be in the top 20 for the first time in her career.
career records: Kim - Anna-Lena
Kim Clijsters wallpaper

    In the Guangzhou final on Sunday 20-year-old 5' 7½" unseeded # 154 Zi Yan from Cheng Du, China won her first WTA singles title the unfun way, defeating 25-year-old 5' 1½" 6th-seeded # 54 Nuria Llagostera Vives from Barcelona, Spain, 6-4, 4-0 retired, when Nuria could no longer continue due to a left hamstring strain. Zi is now 1-0 in WTA singles finals (she has 2 WTA doubles titles); Nuria is 1-1 in WTA singles finals, having won the title earlier this year in Rabat (she has 8 ITF singles and 2 WTA doubles titles). They had never before met on the field of combat.
    Zi said: "Until this week, I really didn't think I ever would win [a WTA singles title]. The conditions were very difficult all week because of the extreme heat, but I managed to hold up against it." WTA story
    Nuria said: "I just couldn't move today... I hurt my leg and I just couldn't play properly... Yan played very well and I give all the credit to her for playing a great match."
career records: Zi - Nuria

    In the Seoul final on Sunday 16-year-old 2nd-seeded # 25 Nicole Vaidisova from Prague, Czech Republic, who received her primary training at the Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Florida, defeated another Bollettierian, 20-year-old top-seeded # 17 Jelena Jankovic, of Serbia & Montenegro (whose residence is still listed as Bradenton), 7-5, 6-3 (photo shown). Nicole is now 3-1 in WTA singles finals, while Jelena fell to 1-3 in that department. They had played only once before, on a hard court at the NASDAQ-100 in Key Biscayne last March, where Nicole also won, 6-2, 7-6(6).
career records: Nicole - Jelena

    7th-seeded # 39 Shinobu Asagoe withdrew from Seoul after she incurred a muscle injury in practice, and was replaced in the seeds by # 48 Shahar Peer, who was listed on the revised drawsheet as s7, in front of s8 # 44 Marion Bartoli. This is, of course, not correct procedure, Shahar should be s9, and is listed as such on this page.

Luxembourg: interactive satellite photo of Luxembourg - Luxembourg news
    The main draw for Luxembourg has 8 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw. Qualifying (3 rounds) starts on Saturday, qualifying finals are on Monday.
    The time in Luxembourg is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 2 hours. That is Eastern Daylight Time in the US + 6 hours, PDT+9 hours.

Guangzhou: interactive satellite photo of Guangzhou - China news
    Back when Beijing was called Peking (and even earlier, Peiping), Guangzhou was known as Canton. It is about 182 kilometers from Hong Kong. At last count about 10.15 million people live there (and rising).
    The main draw for Guangzhou has 8 seeds., with NO 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw. Qualifying (2 rounds) starts on Sunday, qualifying finals are on Monday.
    The time in Guangzhou is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 8 hours. That is Eastern Daylight Time in the US + 12 hours, PDT+15 hours.

Seoul: interactive satellite photo of Seoul - Korea news
    The main draw for Seoul has 8 seeds, with NO 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw. Qualifying (3 rounds) starts on Saturday, qualifying finals are on Monday.
    The time in Seoul is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 9 hours. That is Eastern Daylight Time in the US + 13 hours, PDT+16 hours.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Patty Schnyder reiterating that her hair is indeed naturally curly during the press all access hour, Francesca Schiavone and her quarterfinal opponent, Kim Clijsters, demonstrating that Italians and Belgians can WTA Tour together in peace and harmony at the player's party, and Nadia Petrova, while meeting some of those wild and crazy tournament sponsors

Luxembourg, 1st Rd, Mon-Wed noon-1pm losers' prize: $4,025 US; points: 1 #19 s5 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #27 A Medina Garrigues ESP 6(2)-7, 7-6(2), 6-0 Tue Daniela Hantuchova #22 s6 Francesca Schiavone ITA d #68 wc Lisa Raymond USA 6-4, 6-3 Mon Francesca reacting to an errant shot #23 s7 Dinara Safina RUS d #138 wc Anne Kremer LUX 7-5, 6-2 Tue Dinara Safina *#42 Anna Smashnova ISR d #26 s8 Silvia Farina Elia ITA 6-2, 6-0 Tue Anna Smashnova #30 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER d #73 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 6-4, 6-4 Wed Anna-Lena Groenefeld #31 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #55 wc Magdalena Maleeva BUL 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 Mon Anna Chakvetadze #37 Kveta Peschke CZE d #56 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-7(1), 7-5, 6-1 Tue Kveta Peschke #41 Klara Koukalova CZE d #53 Iveta Benesova CZE 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Tue Klara Koukalova #43 Virginie Razzano FRA d #90 q Sandra Kloesel GER 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 Tue Virginie Razzano *#186 q Jarmila Gajdosova SVK d #49 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 7-6(4), 6-4 Wed Jarmila Gajdosova #58 Dally Randriantefy MAD d #132 q Meilen Tu USA 6-1, 6-2 Wed #59 Roberta Vinci ITA d #87 q Michaella Krajicek NED 7-6(6), 6-4 Wed Roberta Vinci

Luxembourg, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 1pm losers' prize: $7,600 US; points: 25 #3 s1 Kim Clijsters BEL d #41 Klara Koukalova CZE 6-3, 6-0 Wed Kim Clijsters     Kim said: "I'm very pleased with winning my first match here today. It's always tough to adjust to the conditions after playing outdoors the whole summer, but I got used to the court pretty quickly today." WTA story     About playing Francesca Schiavone in the quarterfinals, Kim said: "I'm looking forward to that match. It will be a lot of fun because [Francesca] is a fun person to play against."     Kim is now 1-0 in the self-coached mode. Kim was quoted in Belgian newspapers on Wednesday as saying she will not seek a replacement for her former coach Marc De Hous. Kim had previously announced that she plans to retire in 2007 (at age 24). Kim said: "I want to play my remaining two years without a coach. I don't need one any more. I think I'm adult enough to know what I have to do. I believe I know my body and my tennis better than anyone." #10 s2 Nadia Petrova RUS d #37 Kveta Peschke CZE 6-3, 6-1 Thu Nadia Petrova     Nadia said: "To be honest, this morning I didn't feel like playing. I have been here since Saturday and only played my first match on Thursday so I had a lazy feeling. But as soon as I stepped on court everything turned around and my legs felt back and I was ready to fight." Reuters story *#59 Roberta Vinci ITA d #11 s3 Patty Schnyder SUI 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-4 Thu Roberta Vinci #15 s4 Nathalie Dechy FRA d #58 Dally Randriantefy MAD 6-1, 6-2 Thu Nathalie Dechy #19 s5 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #31 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 6-4, 6-1 Wed Daniela Hantuchova     After taking a 3-0 lead in the 1st set, Daniela called for the trainer. Daniela said: "I had inflammation of tendonitis, and felt it three days ago, so I couldn't practice before the tournament. I had treatment on the ankle, but the problem in the match was not the ankle, it was the tape. It was too tight, and I had no feeling in my foot. I tried to forget about it but I couldn't. It's annoying to ask for the trainer after just three games, and I don't like to do it, but I had no choice." Reuters story #22 s6 Francesca Schiavone ITA d #43 Virginie Razzano FRA 6-2 retired-- left thigh strain Wed #23 s7 Dinara Safina RUS d #186 q Jarmila Gajdosova SVK 6-3, 6-1 Thu     Dinara said: "Before I came here I couldn't hit three successive balls in the same place, so my goal was just to win a match...     "I was playing on clay for the Fed Cup and had two days practising with different balls, then I come here and it's completely different, so I was very nervous, but with every set I am feeling better." #30 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER d #42 Anna Smashnova ISR 6-1, 6-2 Thu

Luxembourg, QFs, Fri 1pm Reuters story losers' prize: $14,100 US; points: 49 #3 s1 Kim Clijsters BEL d #22 s6 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-4, 7-5 Kim Clijsters     Kim trailed 2-5 in the 2nd set before winning the last 5 games. Kim said: "All the other times when I have played [Francesca] the games were tough with tough rallies. Physically she is one of the toughest opponents I have to play because she is physically fit and gets lots of balls back with heavy topspin." *#30 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER d #10 s2 Nadia Petrova RUS 2-6, 6-3, 6-2     Anna-Lena said: "I feel pretty happy, because that's my first win against a top 10 player." #15 s4 Nathalie Dechy FRA d #19 s5 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-1, 6-4 Nathalie modeled the latest fashion from Lacoste: skirt shorter than shorts     Daniela said: "Everything went wrong with my game. [Nathalie] played really smart, she didn't let me play my game and I couldn't find my rhythm." #23 s7 Dinara Safina RUS d #59 Roberta Vinci ITA 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 Dinara Safina

Luxembourg, SFs, Sat 1pm losers' prize: $26,500 US; points: 88 #3 s1 Kim Clijsters BEL d #15 s4 Nathalie Dechy FRA 6-3, 6-1 Kim launching a backhand     Kim said: "I don't think either of us played our best tennis today. I was always trying to keep pressure on [Nathalie] but felt a little tight and I was making a few mistakes. My footwork and movement was not as it should be and I made a few unforced errors but that's tennis." Reuters story     Kim and her final opponent, Anna-Lena Groenefeld, have met only once before, on a hard court in the Stanford semis two months ago, where Kim won 6-4, 6-0.     About that match, Kim said: "The first set was close. [Anna-Lena] was really aggressive and maybe a little inconsistent there, but she has improved a lot since then. Movement is going to be very important as you need it when you play against tall [5' 11"] girls like her." *#30 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER d #23 s7 Dinara Safina RUS 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 Anna-Lena after match point     About the final, Anna-Lena said: "Kim is a great player, and I'm going to have to play aggressively against her because she always gets the ball back... She moves so well so I'm going to have to be ready for the next shot."

Luxembourg, Final, Sun loser's prize: $49,500 US; points: 137 winner's prize: $93,000 US; points: 195 #3 s1 Kim Clijsters BEL d #30 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 6-2, 6-4 Kim after match point, and with the hardware

Luxembourg, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $15,600 US winners' prize: $29,000 US cdr12 s2 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur d cdr5 s1 Cara Black & Rennae Stubbs 7-5, 6-1     It was the 48th career WTA doubles title for Lisa; the 5th for Samantha. Luxembourg, Qual Finals, Mon Sept 26 losers' prize: $2,150 US #87 Michaella Krajicek NED d #107 Denisa Chladkova CZE 6-3, 6-4 Michaella during qualifying     16-year-old Michaella Krajicek, who had not played since suffering a knee injury at s'Hertogenbosch in June, won her three qualifying matches to reach the main draw in Luxembourg, but was narrowly defeated in the 1st round on Wednesday by #59 Roberta Vinci from Taranto, Italy, 7-6(6), 6-4. #90 Sandra Kloesel GER d #135 Sabine Klaschka GER 6-4, 6-1 *#186 Jarmila Gajdosova SVK d #102 Maria Emilia Salerni ARG 6-2, 6-2 #132 Meilen Tu USA d #285 Andreja Klepac SLO 6-4, 7-6(3) Luxembourg, Withdrawals all prior to the draw Elena Bovina RUS r shoulder strain Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL r hamstring strain Ana Ivanovic SCG r shoulder injury Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS mid back strain Fabiola Zuluaga COL r shoulder injury

Vera Zvonareva, Viktoriya Kutuzova, Maria Kirilenko, Galina Voskoboeva, Marta Domachowska, and Martina Sucha were among the good girls looking very pretty at the Guangzhou player's party 3-namers Nuria Llagostera Vives, Maria Elena Camerin, Antonella Serra Zanetti, and Arantxa Parra Santonja were assembled to provide a lengthy photo caption opportunity, while Galina Voskoboeva, Julie Vorobieva and Alina Jidkova participated in bamboo pole-jumping that looks like the Philippine tinikling dance

Guangzhou, 1st Rd, Mon-Wed 2pm losers' prize: $1,300 US; points: 1 Monday's 1st round matches were rained out in Guangzhou (though qualifying was completed) and rescheduled to Tuesday *#154 Ting Li CHN d #20 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-3, 7-5 Tue Ting Li, right, posed with Na Li before the player's party #33 s2 Shuai Peng CHN d #115 Evie Dominikovic AUS 6-3, 6-4 Tue Shuai was looking very nice while preparing for the player's party #35 s3 Na Li CHN d #152 Shikha Uberoi IND 6-4, 6-1 Wed Na, along with Vera Zvonareva, signed autographs on Sunday #45 s4 Maria Kirilenko RUS d #100 Maria Elena Camerin ITA 6-4, 7-6(1) Wed #46 s5 Jie Zheng CHN d #180 Carly Gullickson USA 6-7(1), 7-5, 7-5 Tue #54 s6 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d #95 Sybille Bammer AUT 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 Wed #64 s7 Marta Domachowska POL d #78 An. Serra Zanetti ITA 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Tue #65 s8 Martina Sucha SVK d #316 wc Yan-Ze Xie CHN 6-1, 6-0 Tue #72 Alina Jidkova RUS d #325 q Shengnan Sun CHN 6-3, 6-2 Tue #76 Jamea Jackson USA d #118 Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR 6-2, 6-1 Tue #99 Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI d #130 LL Ivana Lisjak CRO 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 Tue #112 Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP d #188 q Meng Yuan CHN 6-3, 6-4 Tue #127 Tiantian Sun CHN d #128 Ashley Harkleroad USA 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 Tue *#203 q Victoria Azarenka BLR d #131 Galina Voskoboeva RUS 6-4, 6-0 Tue #139 Tzipora Obziler ISR d #828 q Janet Lee TPE 6-3, 6-4 Tue #155 Zi Yan CHN d #550 wc Yan-Chong Chen CHN 6-1, 6-1 Wed

Guangzhou, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 2pm losers' prize: $2,200 US; points: 16 #33 s2 Shuai Peng CHN d #139 Tzipora Obziler ISR 6-4, 6-4 Thu #35 s3 Na Li CHN d #99 Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI 6-3, 6-2 Thu #45 s4 Maria Kirilenko RUS d #112 Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP 6-4, 6-2 Thu #46 s5 Jie Zheng CHN d #76 Jamea Jackson USA 6-1, 7-5 Wed #54 s6 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d #127 Tiantian Sun CHN 6-3, 4-2, retired-- left metatarsal (big toe) irritation Thu *#155 Zi Yan CHN d #64 s7 Marta Domachowska POL 6-2, 6-1 Thu *#203 q Victoria Azarenka BLR d #65 s8 Martina Sucha SVK 6-3, 6-2 Wed *#154 Ting Li CHN d #72 Alina Jidkova RUS 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 Thu

Guangzhou, QFs, Fri 2pm losers' prize: $4,100 US; points: 30 *#203 q Victoria Azarenka BLR d #33 s2 Shuai Peng CHN 6-4 retired-- heat illness *#155 Zi Yan CHN d #35 s3 Na Li CHN 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(4) #46 s5 Jie Zheng CHN d #45 s4 Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-3, 6-7(10), 6-1 #54 s6 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d #154 Ting Li CHN 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)

Guangzhou, SFs, Sat 2pm WTA story losers' prize: $7,600 US; points: 55 *#54 s6 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d #46 s5 Jie Zheng CHN 7-5, 6-4     5' 1½" Nuria said: "I've been playing very well here, and also last week [when Nuria won the doubles title in Beijing with Maria Vento-Kabchi]. I feel I have a little disadvantage because of my height, but I make up for it by never giving up on any points. I always fight to the end. I can play well on all surfaces, so I think this helps me also... It's been a difficult week, but I feel I'm getting used to the heat. I will just go out there and do my best tomorrow." #155 Zi Yan CHN d #203 q Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-4, 6-3     Zi has been troubled by right shoulder tendonitis, and withdrew from her doubles semifinal to save her shoulder for the singles final. Zi said: "I am very happy to be in my first Tour final here in China. It has been very difficult to play in the heat this week, but I feel I am playing very well, so I am hoping I can win my first title."

Guangzhou, Final, Sun loser's prize: $14,500 US; points: 85 winner's prize: $27,000 US; points: 120 *#155 Zi Yan CHN d #54 s6 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP 6-4, 4-0 retired-- left hamstring strain Zi with the hardware after winning her first WTA singles title

Guangzhou, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $4,250 US winners' prize: $8,000 US cdr116 s3 Emmanuelle Gagliardi & Maria Elena Camerin d cdr681 Shikha Uberoi & Neha Uberoi 7-6(5), 6-3 Maria Elena won her first WTA doubles title; it was Emmanuelle's fourth Guangzhou, Qual Finals, Mon Sept 26 losers' prize: $650 US *#325 Shengnan Sun CHN d #130 Ivana Lisjak CRO 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 #188 Meng Yuan CHN d #299 Julia Vorobeva RUS 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-2 #203 Victoria Azarenka BLR d #549 Wen-Hao Wu CHN 6-3, 7-5 *#828 Janet Lee TPE d #590 Trudi Musgrave AUS 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-0 Guangzhou, Withdrawals #7 Venus Williams USA left knee #47 Evgenia Linetskaya RUS wrist injury #94 Rika Fujiwara JPN r wrist strain #106 Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP illness #105 Hana Sromova CZE ITF Lebanon Angela Haynes USA hip injury Marie-Ève Pelletier CAN left foot bursitis

Tatiana Golovin, Jelena Jankovic, and Gisela Dulko were looking good at the Seoul player's party

Seoul, 1st Rd, Mon-Wed 11am losers' prize: $1,000 US; points: 1 #17 s1 Jelena Jankovic SCG d #125 Severine (Beltrame) Bremond FRA 6-3, 6-1 Tue #24 s2 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #88 LL Emma Laine FIN 6-4, 6-0 Tue #25 s3 Tatiana Golovin FRA d #126 Edina Gallovits ROM 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 Wed #29 s4 Gisela Dulko ARG d #225 q Eva Hrdinova CZE 6-4, 6-3 Tue #32 s5 Ai Sugiyama JPN d #57 Jill Craybas USA 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 Tue #36 s6 Vera Douchevina RUS d #85 Abigail Spears USA 6-4, 6-2 Mon #44 s8 Marion Bartoli FRA d #92 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 6-0, 6-1 Mon *#60 Laura Granville USA d #48 s9 Shahar Peer ISR 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 Tue #50 Akiko Morigami JPN d #113 Camille Pin FRA 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Tue #52 Meghann Shaughnessy USA d #104 Tatiana Panova 6-1, 7-6(4) Mon #61 Mariana Diaz-Oliva ARG d #67 Mashona Washington USA 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 Mon *#150 q Saori Obata JPN d #62 Maria Vento-Kabchi VEN 7-6(6), 6-1 Tue #66 Catalina Castano COL d #173 q Vilmarie Castellvi PUR 6-3, 6-1 Tue #75 Aiko Nakamura JPN d #465 wc Kyung-Mi Chang KOR 6-3, 6-1 Mon *#123 q Martina Muller GER d #109 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Tue #129 Nicole Pratt AUS d #471 So-Jung Kim KOR 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 Wed

Seoul, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 11am losers' prize: $1,825 US; points: 12 #17 s1 Jelena Jankovic SCG d #52 Meghann Shaughnessy USA 7-6(2), 6-2 Wed #24 s2 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #50 Akiko Morigami JPN 6-2, 6-1 Thu Nicole Vaidisova #25 s3 Tatiana Golovin FRA d #61 Mariana Diaz-Oliva ARG 6-1, 6-2 Thu *#66 Catalina Castano COL d #29 s4 Gisela Dulko ARG 6-3, 6-0 Thu #32 s5 Ai Sugiyama JPN d #123 q Martina Muller GER 6-4, 6-3 Thu #36 s6 Vera Douchevina RUS d #75 Aiko Nakamura JPN 6-3, 7-6(5) Wed #44 s8 Marion Bartoli FRA d #150 q Saori Obata JPN 6-2, 6-3 Thu #60 Laura Granville USA d #129 Nicole Pratt AUS 6-2, 6-1 Thu

Seoul, QFs, Fri 11:30am losers' prize: $3,400 US; points: 24 #17 s1 Jelena Jankovic SCG d #36 s6 Vera Douchevina RUS 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 #24 s2 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #44 s8 Marion Bartoli FRA 6-4, 6-1 #25 s3 Tatiana Golovin FRA d #32 s5 Ai Sugiyama JPN 6-3, 6-2 *#66 Catalina Castano COL d #60 Laura Granville USA 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 Catalina Castano

Seoul, SFs, Sat 1pm losers' prize: $6,300 US; points: 43 #17 s1 Jelena Jankovic SCG d #25 s3 Tatiana Golovin FRA 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 #24 s2 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #66 Catalina Castano COL 7-5, 6-4

Seoul, Final, Sun 1pm loser's prize: $12,000 US; points: 67 winner's prize: $22,000 US; points: 95 #24 s2 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d #17 s1 Jelena Jankovic SCG 7-5, 6-3 Nicole during the match, and listening to questions from the press afterward

Seoul, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $3,475 US winners' prize: $6,500 US *cdr273 Yung-Jan Chan & Chia-Jung Chuang d cdr227 Jill Craybas & Natalie Grandin 6-2, 6-4 Seoul, Qual Finals, Mon Sept 26 10am losers' prize: $550 US *#173 Vilmarie Castellvi PUR d #88 Emma Laine FIN 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-0 #123 Martina Muller GER d #126 Edina Gallovits ROM 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 *#225 Eva Hrdinova CZE d #141 Olga Savchuk UKR 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 #150 Saori Obata JPN d #283 Junri Namigata JPN 6-2, 6-0 Seoul, Withdrawals #39 s7 Shinobu Asagoe JPN muscle injury in practice #70 Yoon Jeong Cho KOR back injury in practice #91 Emilie Loit FRA

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