WTA Aug 21-27 Pilot Pen Open, New Haven, CT Tier II $585,000 - 28 players - outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: .pdf - html order & results - sched: tourney - TV photos: Yahoo news - WTA New Haven Register: Pilot Pen Tennis Hartford Courant: PPen photos - articles New Haven: weather radar - forecast # 1 Lindsay Davenport, # 3 Amelie Mauresmo # 6 Elena Dementieva, # 10 Nadia Petrova WTA Classic Forest Hills, NY Tier IV West Side Tennis Club - Stadium Court $74,800 - 16 players - outdoor: hard draws, .pdf - tourney info tourney photos - WTA Photos Forest Hills: weather radar - forecast # 41 Akiko Morigami, # 47 Anna Smashnova # 50 Sania Mirza, # 53 Dally Randriantefy

New Haven & Forest Hills: 2006 - 2004    New Haven: 2003 previous other tourney pages next Forest Hills: #65 Lucie Safarova 5' 9", 141 lbs, LH 2H-BH New Haven: #1 Lindsay Davenport 6' 2½", 175 lbs, RH 2H-BH

    On Saturday in the final of the Pilot Pen Open in New Haven, 29-year-old top-seeded # 1 Lindsay Davenport from Laguna Beach, California, USA, won her 3rd title of 2005 by defeating 26-year-old 2nd-seeded # 3 Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-4, 6-4 (photo shown).
    Lindsay, who had lost all 4 of her previous finals in New Haven, was playing in her first full tourney since injuring her low back in the Wimbledon final. Lindsay said: "You never really know what to expect after coming back from an injury. I really wanted to come in here and kind of test my back and play matches and see how everything held up. It definitely went better than I could have hoped or expected." WTA story
    Amelie said: "[Lindsay] did two things much better than me today: serving and returning. That made the difference at the end of the match... 4 and 4 is close, but not close enough. She played better than me today and on hard court, her best surface, she's tough to beat."
    Lindsay is actually ranked # 2 this week, as Maria Sharapova took over the top spot last Monday, just in time for Maria to net the top seed for the US Open. But the points she earned this week will put Lindsay back up to # 1 tomorrow.

    Meanwhile, in Forest Hills, in the final at the West Side Tennis Club 18-year-old unseeded # 65 Lucie Safarova from Brno, Czech Republic, won her 2nd WTA singles title in her 2nd final, by defeating 3rd-seeded 18-year-old # 50 Sania Mirza from Hyderabad, India 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 (Lucie is shown laughing at Sania's comments during the award ceremony).
    Lucie said: "Sania played a really good first set. I improved in the second set and played to win. My strategy was to keep her running from side to side and push her - not to be pushed. I am looking forward to the US Open." WTA story
    Sania said: "It was a good match - I gave it my best. Lucie played a better match today. I feel good and I'm looking forward to the US Open."

New Haven:
    Lindsay now leads Amelie 10-3 in career matches.
    Californian Lindsay Davenport has won 48 WTA singles titles in 83 finals. Lindsay hits the ball hard and deep, but she is not as mobile as some players.
    Lindsay wears Nike and hits with a Wilson "nCode" bat, the "nTour" model, a control racket 27.25" long, available with either a 95 or 105 sq." head, 10.8 or 10.4 ounces strung, balanced 1 point head-heavy, with a stiffness rating of about 61.
    Lindsay, who was trained in her youth by Robert Lansdorp, has been coached by Adam Peterson since March, 2003.
Davenport career record - Davenport Wallpaper
    Amelie Mauresmo was born in St. Germains en Laye, France and has a residence in Geneva, Switzerland. Amelie is 17-16 in WTA singles finals. Amelie wields the new Dunlop M-FiL 300 racket, reportedly strung with 16-gauge Babolat VS Touch Gut. A few weeks ago Amelie abandoned the Just Do It tribe; she now dons Reebok attire and shoes. Amelie is coached by Loic Courteau, and has spent some time working with French former ATP great Yannick Noah to improve her game this year.
Mauresmo career record

Forest Hills:
    Lucie and Sania had never before met in a WTA singles match.
    Lucie Safarova from Brno, Czech Republic (where she started playing tennis at the ripe old age of 3), is now 2-0 in WTA singles finals. She also has 4 ITF singles titles. Lucie's tailor is Nike, and she wields a Wilson wacket. She is coached by David Kotyza.
Safarova career record
    Sania Mirza from Hyderabad, India, won the title there in February; she is now 1-1 in WTA singles finals. She has also won 12 ITF singles & 4 ITF doubles titles. Sania recently left The Mark With Three Stripes and now wears Lotto garb. Sania swings a Head Liquidmetal Instinct bat, and is coached by Cak Bhupathi.
Mirza career record

Watch the Glatch:, In Forest Hills on Thursday, August 25, 15-year-old wild card # 462 Alexa Glatch from Newport Beach, California, USA, defeated 24-year-old # 72 Martina Sucha from Nove Zamky, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-4. On Wednesday, Alexa had defeated top-seeded # 41 Akiko Morigami from Tokyo, Japan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Unfortunately few photos (except a few fan pics) and no quotes have been available from faraway Forest Hills (the native drum telegraph appears to be out of order).     Alexa has a wild card for next week's US Open also; she will play # 119 Yuliana Fedak from the Ukraine in the 1st round on Tuesday. Alexa Glatch profile - Glatch record Alexa Glatch interview & photos (Aug 2004) Alexa at the US Juniors Championships, Aug 2004

New Haven:
    The main draw for New Haven had 8 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes. There were 4 qualifiers and 3 wild cards, all late entries, in the main draw. 1st round play began on Sunday, August 21, at 10am.
    The time in New Haven is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) minus 4 hours. That is Eastern Daylight Time in the US, =PDT +3 hours. Early round play begins at 10am. New Haven does have live scoring.

Forest Hills:
    Admission to the Forest Hills tourney was free every day through the final. There was no qualifying and no doubles; play at Forest Hills began on Tuesday, August 23, at 10am.
    The draw for Forest Hills had 4 seeds, with no 1st round byes. There were 2 wilds cards, but no qualifiers, in the draw. All matches were played in the stadium court.
    The time in Forest Hills is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) minus 4 hours. That is Eastern Daylight Time in the US, =PDT +3 hours. Play at Forest Hills starts at 10am on Tuesday-Thursday; at 1pm on Friday & Saturday. There was no live scoring; the tourney website is only a few pages of the WSTC Forest Hills site.

WTA SCOREBOARD: New Haven & Forest Hills s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Tatiana Golovin participated in New Haven Kid's Day activities; Meghann Shaughnessy & Nadia Petrova looked very nice at the New Haven player's party

New Haven, 1st Rd, Sun-Tue 10am losers' prize: $4,100 US; points: 1 #12 s6 Patty Schnyder SUI d #44 wc Lisa Raymond USA 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 Sun Patty Schnyder     Patty requested the optional 10-minute "heat delay" break after the 2nd set. The break is allowed, and often taken, when the heat stress index (based on air temp, humidity, & heat radiating from the court) exceeds 82. On Monday, it was about 96. Patty said: "I felt that [Lisa] was really on a roll in that second set. I just liked to have the break. I was not really exhausted or too tired, but still it was nice for me... She's a dangerous player. You can see in the second set there, she really dominated... She's tough. She has to risk [aggressive returns of serve] because she doesn't want to rally with me." Hartford Courant story     Lisa is now 0-6 against lefty Patty. Lisa said: "It's a ball trajectory that you're not used to. [Patty] disguises it so well. She constantly keeps you guessing... I had the momentum there. I was feeling really good. But then she came out just relaxed again after that break. It was nice to have the break, but at the same time, I had the momentum, so I was fine to keep going." AP story *#35 Gisela Dulko ARG d #13 s7 Alicia Molik AUS 6-2, 6-4 Sun Gisela Dulko     Alicia was playing for only the second time since April due to a viral infection of the middle and inner ear called "vestibular neuronitis," which impaired her balance and vision. She has reportedly been feeling "100%" healthy for a couple of weeks, but her tennis is rusty.     Alicia said: "I was overanxious, definitely. I was nervous. I was probably gripping the racket 10 times harder than I normally would. I can't be too harsh on myself..."     Gisela said: "It was a really tough match for me even though [Alicia] hadn't played the last few months. Today was great. It's good for my head. ... I didn't know what to expect. I was just thinking she was going to play great tennis. You could tell between points, and even during points, she had time off." *#61 wc Meghann Shaughnessy USA d #15 s9 Nathalie Dechy FRA 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-4 Mon Meghann's high-topspin forehand     Meghann, a former top-20 player, was 0-9 against Nathalie before this match. Meghann said: "I've always said she has been the biggest nightmare for me. I've lost to her more than any other player on the tour by far, it was a good mental challenge for me to get through this one." Hartford Courant story     Nathalie said: "I had to fight back a lot, which took a lot of energy. That makes a difference." *#28 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #18 s10 Jelena Jankovic SCG 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Mon Anna Chakvetadze     Spartak Academy-trained Anna has been gradually climbing up the rankings, but Bollettieri Academy-trained Jelena has been slumping recently, after taking on Roman Savochkin as her first touring coach. Now she is not sure she will keep him.     Jelena said: "I don't have confidence so I'm not playing my best. I have a new coach now and he's changing little things in my game. So all the shots feel so insecure at the moment... I don't know [if I will continue with Savochkin]. I will see because now I'm not playing so good." AP story #20 Elena Likhovtseva RUS d #36 Marion Bartoli FRA 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-3 Mon Elena Likhovtseva #21 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #49 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP 6-4, 6-2 Tue     Daniela said: "I've been serving really well. It helps to win a lot of easy points. I really got on top of [Nuria] and didn't let her play the way she likes to. I tried to play really aggressive, but at the same time not hit a lot of crazy shots.     "So many times [in the past], I had so many options with my shots that I always didn't try for the smartest one. The hit might have looked good, but it wasn't the one that was going to win me a couple of points. At the highest level, that's what it's about, winning those really important points at the right time." New Haven Register story *#51 LL Maria Kirilenko RUS d #23 Silvia Farina Elia ITA 6-1, 6-3 Mon *#38 q Kveta Peschke CZE d #25 Tatiana Golovin FRA 6-3, 6-4 Mon     30-year-old Kveta (her maiden name is Hrdlickova) had a long break away from the WTA Tour after left knee surgeries in late 2002 and early 2003. Since returning she has played very well. Kveta said: "I play more relaxed and try not to put so much pressure on myself like I did in the past."     Tatiana said: "I talked to a lot of players before the match who said [Kveta] was going to be tough." #29 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER d #68 q Jelena Kostanic CRO 6-4, 6-1 Tue Anna-Lena Groenefeld #33 Vera Douchevina RUS d #31 q Shuai Peng CHN 6-4, 6-4 Mon #34 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d #39 Virginie Razzano FRA 6-4, 6-2 Mon *#90 q Jamea Jackson USA d #56 Magdalena Maleeva BUL 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 Mon Jamea Jackson

New Haven, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed 10am Hartford Courant Wed story losers' prize: $7,685 US; points: 25 #1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d #38 q Kveta Peschke CZE 6-4, 6-1 Tue Lindsay Davenport     Lindsay had played a complete match since the Wimbledon final, where she incurred a low back strain while losing a close match to Venus Williams. Lindsay said: "I knew I was going to be a little bit rusty and it was going to take a while to find my rhythm returning and serving, playing points and competing. But overall, when I can come off the court and my back held up, and even though I didn't play my best, not that I expected to, and won, I'm still happy...     "I would've never thought, even when I was getting my trophy at Wimbledon someone would tell me I wasn't going to play for two months. It was much more long term than I ever expected that it would turn out to be. So I was a little bit nervous, because the last time I tried to play my back didn't hold up. I was anxious to get this first match over with...     "For me, what goes is moving and getting to the balls. Just the real quick things like picking up serves. It felt like tonight I was guessing a little bit and making a few errors returning. I'm just happy I was able to figure it out sooner rather than later tonight...     "I probably have to take it easy [on Wednesday] because I'm getting older and my body is getting more delicate. I'll be ready to go Thursday, and if it's not sore now I don't foresee something happening overnight." Hartford Courant story #3 s2 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #20 Elena Likhovtseva RUS 6-1, 6-3 Wed Amelie Mauresmo     After six deuces in the 4th game of the 1st set, Elena's serve was broken when she hit a backhand into the net. Amelie said: "I think it was the key moment. I thought that might be the occasion to make a little breakthrough into the first set at least. After that I really took control of the match."     Elena said: "I mentally broke down after that. [Amelie] really dominated. I lost my concentration and it was tough to recover."     About playing Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the quarterfinals, Amelie said: "[Anna-Lena] is hitting the ball pretty hard on both sides and serving well. Maybe not as consistent as she would like to, so that might be the key. Make her play as much as I can so she makes many errors." #6 s4 Elena Dementieva RUS d #33 Vera Douchevina RUS 6-2, 6-4 Tue Elena Dementieva     Elena won the first four games of the 2nd set-- then Vera won the next four. Elena said: "I just lost my concentration," and Elena joked: "Usually I like to win 7-6 in the third. So when I saw that we'd played just 35 minutes and I was a set and 4-0, I thought, 'that's not enough.'" AP story - Reuters story *#21 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #12 s6 Patty Schnyder SUI 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 Wed Daniela while meeting fans on Tuesday, and during the match on Wednesday     Daniela said: "This one feels so great for me because I have so much respect for the way [Patty] plays. She is probably one of the toughest players for me to play. I'm so happy with the way I fought today and to just get through this match because it was a real tough one." #28 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #51 LL Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-3, 6-3 Wed Anna after winning a point, Maria watching her forehand fly #29 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER d #61 wc Meghann Shaughnessy USA 6-3, 7-5 Wed Meghann twisting a serve at Anna-Lena, Anna-Lena ready to wallop a backhand     Anna-Lena said: "I know [Meghann] very well and we are friends. So it's difficult to play each other. It's difficult because she plays to my weaknesses and I play hers. It's always a close match."     Meghann said: "[In the 2nd set] I played a couple of loose shots and [Anna-Lena] went for hers. And she played pretty aggressively and that was the difference.     "It's always a little difficult when you play your doubles partner. But that happens. You play your partner, you play your friends. You just get used to it." #34 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d #35 Gisela Dulko ARG 6-0, 6(10)-7, 6-4 Tue Anabel Medina Garrigues #70 LL Jie Zheng CHN d #90 q Jamea Jackson USA 6-3, 6-4 Wed

New Haven, QFs, Thu 10am WTA story losers' prize: $14,410 US; points: 49 #1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d #21 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-2, 7-6(5) Daniela chasing one of Lindsay's powerful drives, and Lindsay launching one     Lindsay said: "I don't think I have my rhythm back yet serving. That was one of the last things I started to do in practice was hit serves. I think that's the part of the game that's just coming back the slowest... [My serve is] one of my biggest weapons. I'm not scared that it's gone away... I think it would be wrong of me to expect that I can come out after seven or eight weeks [due to a low back injury] and be perfect. So there's always going to be aspects of my game that need to be worked on, and stuff that you can really only get from playing matches. And that's like hitting a good serve and getting ready for the ball to come back." AP story - Hartford Courant story     After being told she would regain the # 1 WTA singles ranking next week if she wins her next match, Lindsay said: "Didn't know that. Not important."     Daniela said: "It's still the same Lindsay... She came out playing unbelievably. I don't think there was much I could do about that. I think it was just important that I step up a little bit and be more aggressive in the first couple of games in the second set to take the momentum away from her." #3 s2 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #29 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 6-3, 6-2 Anna-Lena fielding a shot from Amelie, and Amelie after match point *#34 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d #6 s4 Elena Dementieva RUS 6-4, 6-3 Anabel launching a backhand at Elena, Elena after hitting an error, and Anabel after match point     Anabel said: "I feel like I can win against the Top 10. I needed one of those. Now I win against Dementieva, but I don't have to go to the stars and start to go crazy. I have to stay on the earth and stay with my work and try to feel the same today and do it more times."     Having felt sluggish during the morning match, Elena said: "I'm not a morning person... It was difficult for me to play at ten o'clock. But I have to say [Anabel] was playing unbelievably well today. I was always down during the match. She didn't give me any easy points, so I was fighting for every single ball." #28 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #70 LL Jie Zheng CHN 6-4, 6-4 Anna delivers a backhand to Jie

New Haven, SFs, Fri 10am WTA story losers' prize: $27,000 US; points: 88 #1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d #28 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 6-3, 6-3 Lindsay & Anna     Lindsay said: "Obviously I am a consistent performer, but the way everything has kind of panned out it's been a good week for me, just trying to win matches and trying to be out there and win and compete when I don't feel like I am playing my best..."     It was Anna's first WTA tour singles semifinal. Anna said: "I never played against [Lindsay], so I think it's a good experience for me. She's No.1 in the world, and it's always good to play against players like her." #3 s2 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #34 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 Amelie & Anabel     Amelie said: "[Anabel] really took her chances today, and I thought she played great tennis. All the credit to her for pushing me the way she did today. She didn't give me any free points. She was moving very well, covering the court pretty well, reading the game very well also. It could have gone either way."     Anabel said: "I played against the No.3 in the world, and I had my moments, but if you don't win these moments, the match can change. Normally, when you play against a Top 10, when you lose this moment it's like 64 61... but I lost this moment and I stayed in the match... I feel very good."

New Haven, Final, Sat 1pm loser's prize: $50,650 US; points: 137 winner's prize: $95,000 US; points: 195 #1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d #3 s2 Amelie Mauresmo FRA 6-4, 6-4 Lindsay Davenport

New Haven, Doubles Final, Sat eve losers' prize: $15,650 US winners' prize: $29,200 US cdr30 s3 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur v cdr88 Gisela Dulko & Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-1 New Haven, Qual Finals, Sun Aug 21 loser's prize: $2,185 US #31 Shuai Peng CHN d #126 Shenay Perry USA 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 #38 Kveta Peschke CZE d #220 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(4) *#90 Jamea Jackson USA d #51 Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-1, 6-1 #68 Jelena Kostanic CRO d #70 Jie Zheng CHN 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 New Haven, Withdrawals #4 s3 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS mid-back strain #10 s5 Nadia Petrova RUS r pectoral strain #14 s8 Anastasia Myskina RUS l ankle sprain #16 Elena Bovina RUS r shoulder #22 Francesca Schiavone ITA l knee #26 Ai Sugiyama JPN l thigh strain? #40 Evgenia Linetskaya RUS gastro ill?

Forest Hills, 1st Rd, Tue-Wed 10am losers' prize: $1,825 US; points: 1 *#462 wc Alexa Glatch USA d #41 s1 Akiko Morigami JPN 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Wed Alexa ready for whatever Akiko sends her *#65 Lucie Safarova CZE d #47 s2 Anna Smashnova ISR 7-5, 6-3 Wed #50 s3 Sania Mirza IND d #60 Shahar Peer ISR 7-6(4), 6-1 Wed Shahar and Sania-- these photos and the one of Alexa above have been posted on Yahoo! by Sania fan Ramesh-- most are from far away, but the full-size pics are very large (2048x1536), and the one of Sania on the right is close-up *#85 Zuzana Ondraskova CZE d #53 s4 Dally Randriantefy MAD 6-3, 6-3 Tue #54 Iveta Benesova CZE d #73 Kristina Brandi PUR 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3 Tue #62 Roberta Vinci ITA d #98 Michaela Pastikova CZE 6-1, 6-0 Tue *#72 Martina Sucha SVK d #67 Mariana Diaz-Oliva ARG 6-3, 6-3 Wed #71 Antonella Serra Zanetti ITA d #87 Sanda Mamic CRO 6(6)-7, 6-2, 6-1 Tue

Forest Hills, QFs, Thu 10am losers' prize: $3,400 US; points: 24 #50 s3 Sania Mirza IND d #62 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-3, 6-1 #54 Iveta Benesova CZE d #85 Zuzana Ondraskova CZE 6-1, 6-4 #65 Lucie Safarova CZE d #71 Antonella Serra Zanetti ITA 6-3, 6-3 *#462 wc Alexa Glatch USA d #72 Martina Sucha SVK 6-1, 6-4

Forest Hills, SFs, Fri 1pm losers' prize: $6,300 US; points: 43 #50 s3 Sania Mirza IND d #462 wc Alexa Glatch USA 6-4, 6-4 Alexa during the match, and Sania departing after match point photos posted on Yahoo! by Sania fan Ramesh *#65 Lucie Safarova CZE d #54 Iveta Benesova CZE 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 Lucie about to serve, and Iveta waiting for one photos posted on Yahoo! by Sania fan Ramesh

Forest Hills, Final, Sat 1pm loser's prize: $12,000 US; points: 67 winner's prize: $22,000 US; points: 95 *#65 Lucie Safarova CZE d #50 s3 Sania Mirza IND 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 Lucie and Sania during the award ceremony

Forest Hills, Withdrawals #61 Meghann Shaughnessy USA (New Haven) #80 Maria Elena Camerin ITA

    (Aug 21, 2005) Toronto casualties # 4 s3 Svetlana Kuznetsova (mid-back strain) and # 14 s8 Anastasia Myskina (l ankle sprain) have withdrawn from the Pilot Pen Open, which was the only sensible thing for them to do if they want to be all better in time to keep a date in Flushing Meadows next week. The draw has been substantially reshuffled.

    (Aug 17, 2005) Hartford Courant: Elena Dementieva in New Haven to prepare for Pilot Pen

See also: QuickShop: Sporting Goods
WTA PhotoRankings - Martina Hingis - Anna Kournikova - Tennis Articles - 2005 WTA Schedule and Links

Current WTA Results & Tennis News

You can link to many Real Video postmatch interviews of WTA players from Grand Slam tournaments at the 2005 WTA Player Interviews page.

WTA PhotoRankings:
the current top 20 Women's Tennis rankings with player photos, links, and bio info.