WTA: June 16-22 2008 Int'l Women's Open Eastbourne, GBR Devonshire Park Tier II $600,000 outdoor: grass - 28 players Live Scores - in popup window WTA .pdf: draws & OOP - notes pics: tourney   Y! US - UK   WTA Eastbourne: radar - forecast - map # 4 S Kuznetsova, # 10 M Bartoli # 13 V Zvonareva, # 14 A Radwanska Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, NED Autotron Rosmalen with ATP Tier III $175,000 outdoor: grass - 30 players Live Scores - in popup window WTA .pdf: draws & OOP - notes pics: tourney - Yahoo! - WTA Dutch radar - forecast - map # 5 E Dementieva, # 8 A Chakvetadze # 9 D Safina, # 18 F Schiavone

Tourney pages: Eastbourne-'s-Hertogenbosch: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 previous other tourney pages next 's-Hertogenbosch: #89 Tamarine Tanasugarn 5'5" 139lb RH 2H-BH Eastbourne: #14 Agnieszka Radwanska 5'7" 123lb RH 2H-BH

    On Saturday at Eastbourne, England, in the final of the International Women's Open, 19-year-old 4th-seeded # 14 Agnieszka Radwanska from Krakow, Poland, narrowly defeated 26-year-old 8th-seeded # 21 Nadia Petrova of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-4, 6(11)-7, 6-4 (Agnieszka is shown with the Eastbourne's big bowl after the match). Agnieszka's prize is $95,500; Nadia's, $51,000.

    It was Agnieszka's first Tier II title. Agnieszka said: "I really enjoyed playing this week on centre court with the rain, the sun and the wind. I'm very happy that I won a big event for the first time." BBC story

    Agnieszka and Nadia had played only once before, an occasion which they probably both remember well, for different reasons: in the 4th round of this year's Australian Open, Agnieszka defeated Nadia, 1-6, 7-5, 6-0.

    Agnieszka is now 4-0 in WTA singles finals; she won the Istanbul and Pattaya City titles this year, and the Stockholm title in 2007. Agnieszka has a 36-11 match record this season.
    Nadia is now 7-9 in WTA singles finals; she lost the first 4 finals she played in, then won 6 titles in late 2005 and 2006.

    Nadia has a 12-12 match record this season; things did not go well for her early this year, but she appears to be back on track.

    Meanwhile at 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, in the final of the Ordina Open, 31-year-old qualifier # 89 Tamarine Tanasugarn from Bangkok, Thailand, defeated 21-year-old 3rd-seeded # 9 Dinara Safina of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 7-5, 6-3 (Tammy is also shown with the hardware after the match). Tammy's prize is $28,000; Dinara's $14,750.

    Dinara broke Tammy's serve in the 9th game of the match, and served for the 1st set. Then Tammy broke Dinara back, and won 10 of the next 12 points to take the set. Tammy said: "After [Dinara] had the chance to serve out the first set I think her level fell a bit, and once I got to the second set I felt great, and that I could really win this match." WTA story
    Dinara said: "I played some pretty good matches earlier this week and today was just not my day. I want to give lots of credit to Tamarine, I think she played a solid match."

    Tammy and Dinara had played only once before, on green clay in 2004 in the 1st round at Amelia Island, when Dinara won, 6-1, 6-3.
    Tammy is now 2-6 in WTA singles finals; she won her first title in Hyderabad in 2003. Chlorophyll is apparently what Tammy mostly craves; she has reached the 4th round at Wimbledon 6 times, but only once each at Melbourne and Flushing Meadows, and never on the red dirt at Roland Garros. Tammy has a 30-11 match record in 2008.
    Valencia, Spain-trained Dinara is now 6-6 in WTA singles finals; she won the Berlin title in May, her first Tier I title, and reached the French Open final. Dinara has a 28-11 match record for the year.

's-Hertogenbosch player's blog by Michaella Krajicek

WTA SCOREBOARD: Eastbourne & 's-Hertogenbosch s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? International Women's Open,  Eastbourne, England   tourney time:        = GMT +1 hours        = US EDT +5 hours        = US PDT +8 hours England News - UK News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Eastbourne: The main draw for Eastbourne has 8 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Monday.   click for broader view   Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England Latitude: 50.763621 Longitude: 0.283821 goto link for World Wind International Women's Open venue address: International Lawn Tennis Centre, Devonshire Park, College Rd, Eastbourne, Sussex, BN21 4JJ United Kingdom how to get there 2008: On Sunday, June 15 at Eastbourne, Lindsay Davenport asked a reporter, "Do you expect me to shine my shoes with that thing?"... On Monday, high seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva amused the media at the All-Access Hour... And on Wednesday, June 20, Alize Cornet & Nathalie Dechy posed for a player party pic...

Eastbourne, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 11:30am losers' prize: $4,175 US; points: 1 *#59 Aravane Rezai FRA d #16 s5 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-2 retired--     left knee injury Mon *#30 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #17 s6 Alize Cornet FRA 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 Mon Alize, who has just made the switch from a Head Flexpoint racquet to a newer Head MicroGel, about to swat a forehand, and Amelie about to deliver a backhand *#36 Olga Govortsova BLR d #19 s7 Nicole Vaidisova CZE 6-2, 6-4 Tue Nicole serving, and Olga driving a backhand #21 s8 Nadia Petrova RUS d #25 Shahar Peer ISR 6-2, 6-2 Mon #27 Virginie Razzano FRA d #34 LL Kaia Kanepi EST 6-3, 6-4 Tue Virginie's backhand drive #28 Sybille Bammer AUT d #151 q Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 7-6(9), 1-6, 7-5 Tue Sybille following a forehand #32 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #40 q Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 6-3, 6-2 Tue Tsvetana and Caroline driving backhands *#45 Na Li CHN d #41 Casey Dellacqua AUS 6-2, 6-4 Mon #42 Gisela Dulko ARG d #77 Tathiana Garbin ITA 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Mon #46 q Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #154 wc Melanie South GBR 6-4, 6-4 Tue Melanie following a low forehand, and Alisa fielding a low backhand *#62 q Ekaterina Makarova RUS d #58 wc Vera Dushevina 6-3, 6-0 Tue *#162 sr Samantha Stosur AUS d #104 wc Katie O'Brien GBR 6-4, 6-3 Mon Katie and Samantha following forehand and backhand     Samantha reached # 1 in doubles in 2006 (usually partnered with Lisa Raymond) and # 27 in singles in 2007. But around midseason last year she was bitten by a tick and contracted viral meningitis and Lyme's disease. Sam did not play after the 2007 US Open until late April of this year; she is now 11-5 in 2008, and hopefully is running on all cylinders again.     Players who have a "special ranking" due to illness or injury can use that rank for entering up to 8 tournaments over 6 months; Sam was awarded a wild card into next weeks Championships at Wimbledon, so she can save one SR entry for another tourney.

Eastbourne, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed 11:30am LTA Tue story losers' prize: $7,820 US; points: 35 *#32 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #4 s1 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-2, 6-2 Wed Svetlana and Caroline driving backhands, and Caroline after match point     The highest-ranked player Caroline had previously defeated was then # 9 Marion Bartoli in the 2nd round at Doha earlier this year. Caroline is having a good time on the chlorophyll courts: she defeated Ashley Harkleroad on Sunday in the final of the Liverpool International exhibition tourney. #10 s2 Marion Bartoli FRA d #28 Sybille Bammer AUT 6-3, 6-0 Wed Marion and Sybille driving forehands, and Marion after match point *#62 q Ekaterina Makarova RUS d #13 s3 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-3, 6-3 Wed #14 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d #27 Virginie Razzano FRA 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Wed-dark-Thu Agnieszka driving a forehand, and Virginie following a serve *#46 q Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #59 Aravane Rezai FRA 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 Wed #21 s8 Nadia Petrova RUS d #45 Na Li CHN 6-2, 6(5)-7, 6-3 Tue Na and Nadia Babloating backhands     It was Na's second match since undergoing right knee surgery on March 31. She had reached the semifinals of her two previous tourneys, at Antwerp and Doha. *#162 sr46 Samantha Stosur AUS d #30 Amelie Mauresmo FRA 1-2 retired-- left thigh strain Wed *#42 Gisela Dulko ARG d #36 Olga Govortsova BLR 6-1, 6(3)-7, 6-2 Wed

Eastbourne, QFs, Thu 11:30am losers' prize: $14,600 US; points: 70 *#162 sr46 Samantha Stosur AUS d #32 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 7-6(3), 6-4 Samoid sending a serve Wozward     About the high winds, Samantha said: "You've just got to stay positive when conditions get like this. It's inevitable you are going to play a few awful shots but it is no good moaning about it, you just have to move on. Hopefully the breeze will calm down and I can make more use of my serve.     "I don't mind who I play next. I'll just be thinking about my own game." BBC story #10 s2 Marion Bartoli FRA d #46 q Alisa Kleybanova RUS 6-3, 6-3 Marion about to wallop a backhand #14 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d #42 Gisela Dulko ARG 7-5, 7-5 #21 s8 Nadia Petrova RUS d #62 q Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-4, 6-3 Ekaterina ready to deliver a backhand, and Nadia driving one     Nadia said: "It's tough to playing this wind, but I'm playing good tennis. I'm fit and pleased to be in the semi-finals again."

Eastbourne, SFs, Fri 12:30pm play completed after rain delay losers' prize: $27,300 US; points: 125 *#14 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d #10 s2 Marion Bartoli FRA 7-5, 6-3 Marion and Agnieszka driving backhands, and Marion congratulating Agnieszka after match point #21 s8 Nadia Petrova RUS d #162 sr46 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-3, 6-3 Samantha about to connect with a forehand, Nadia driving a backhand, and thanking her Babolat     Nadia said: "It's nice to reach a final for the first time this year, especially on grass when Wimbledon is coming up. I struggled a little at the start of the season but I'm moving in the right direction now." BBC story

Eastbourne, Final, Sat 1pm loser's prize: $51,000 US; points: 190 winner's prize: $95,500 US; points: 275 *#14 s4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d #21 s8 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-4, 6(11)-7, 6-4 Agnieszka driving a forehand, Nadia firmly volleying a backhand with a good straight elbow, and Agnieszka driving one

Eastbourne, Doubles Final, Sat losers' prize: $16,120 US winners' prize: $30,000 US cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr11 s2 Kveta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs 2-6, 6-0, (10-8) Liezel (29th WTA doubles title) & Cara (41st WTA doubles title) Eastbourne, Qual Finals, Mon Jun 16 11:30am losers' prizes: q1 $640 1pt; q2 $1,195 3pts; q3 $2,230 10pts; qualifier 15 points *#62 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d #34 Kaia Kanepi EST 7-6(5), 6-3 #40 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL d #120 Tzipora Obziler ISR 6-4, 6-0 Tsvetana driving a forehand #46 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #91 Nathalie Dechy FRA 7-5, 7-6(4) #151 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #157 Tatiana Poutchek BLR 6-2, 6-3 Eastbourne, Withdrawals #1 Ana Ivanovic SRB abductor strain #20 Tatiana Golovin FRA recovering from March surgery #26 Lindsay Davenport USA right knee injury #39 Karin Knapp ITA also withdrew from Wimbledon

Ordina Open,  's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Netherlands News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     's-Hertogenbosch: The main draw for 's-Hertogenbosch has 8 seeds, with 2 1st-round byes. Once there were no qualifying rounds; but in 2006 4 qualifiers were added to the main draw.   click for broader view   Autotron Rosmalen Latitude: 51.70962 Longitude: 5.420122 goto link for World Wind Ordina Open venue address: Autotron Rosmalen, Graafsebaan 133 5248 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 2008: On Sunday, June 15, at the Autotron Rosmalen, Sorana Cirstea was interviewed by a reporter for a tennis periodical... On Monday, top seed Elena Dementieva visited WTA sponsor Whirlpool's booth, and posed with their Love Life book... Also on Monday, Dutch # 1 Michaella Krajicek posed for photogs after her 1st round win...

's-Hertogenbosch, 1st Rd, Sun-Tue 11am losers' prize: $1,400 US; points: 1 #9 s3 Dinara Safina RUS d #56 Pauline Parmentier FRA 6-4, 6-1 Mon *#74 Ashley Harkleroad USA d #18 s4 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-3, 6-4 Mon *#33 Sania Mirza IND d #22 s5 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-4, 6-3 Mon Sania about to swat a backhand     Sania had arthroscopic surgery on her right wrist on April 10; she returned to play last week, and this was her second match since the surgery. *#66 wc Sorana Cirstea ROU d #23 s6 Maria Kirilenko RUS 7-5, 6-4 Tue Maria driving a forehand, and Sorana after winning a point (match point?) #24 s7 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d #35 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Mon #29 s8 Alona Bondarenko UKR d #48 q Iveta Benesova CZE 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Mon *#53 Michaella Krajicek NED d #38 Ai Sugiyama JPN 6-1, 5-7, 7-6(7) Mon Michaella ready to fire a forehand *#79 Camille Pin FRA d #44 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-2, 6-3 Sun *#118 q Angelique Kerber GER d #51 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Mon #71 LL Yung-Jan Chan TPE d #57 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 7-5, 7-5 Tue #61 Sara Errani ITA d #92 Anne Keothavong GBR 7-6(5), 6-2 Mon #64 q Marina Erakovic NZL d #362 Alexis Gordon USA 6-1, 6-1 Mon #68 Mariya Koryttseva UKR d #284 wc Aranxta Rus NED 6-4, 6-4 Sun *#89 q Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #69 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 6-3, 6-3 Tue

's-Hertogenbosch, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed 11am Wed WTA story losers' prize: $2,525 US; points: 20 #5 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS d #61 Sara Errani ITA 6-3, 7-5 Wed #8 s2 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #118 q Angelique Kerber GER 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(1) Tue #9 s3 Dinara Safina RUS d #79 Camille Pin FRA 6-1, 6-4 Tue #24 s7 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d #71 LL Yung-Jan Chan TPE 6-4, 6-3 Wed #29 s8 Alona Bondarenko UKR d #64 q Marina Erakovic NZL 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 Tue *#53 Michaella Krajicek NED d #33 Sania Mirza IND 6-2, 6-2 Wed Michaella driving a forehand, and after match point     Michaella now leads Sania 4-0 in career matches. Michaella said: "I think I played solidly. I've played against [Sania] a few times already and every time I seem to be the winner of the match, and that gave me a lot of confidence.     "It was pretty windy and I think I handled the conditions a little bit better and served well. There weren't many long rallies, but I was able to break her a few times and finish in two sets." #66 wc Sorana Cirstea ROU d #68 Mariya Koryttseva UKR 7-6(3), 6-4 Wed Sorana after match point *#89 q Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #74 Ashley Harkleroad USA 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 Wed

's-Hertogenbosch, QFs, Thu 11am Thu WTA story losers' prize: $4,550 US; points: 35 #5 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS d #66 wc Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-2, 6-4 Sorana following a backhand, and Elena about to swat one     Rain delayed the start of play. Elena said: "It was tough conditions to play in today, and it is always difficult when you have to wait around like we did. [Sorana] was a tough opponent and I'm happy that I won." *#29 s8 Alona Bondarenko UKR d #8 s2 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 Anna and Alona driving forehands     It was the third time in her career that Alona has defeated a top-10 player. Alona said: "It felt good to get this win. I just concentrated on my game. I knew it would not be easy." #9 s3 Dinara Safina RUS d #24 s7 Katarina Srebotnik SLO walkover-- left ankle injury *#89 q Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #53 Michaella Krajicek NED 3-6, 6-3, 6-4     Tammy said: "I was happy with the way I played today, but it could have gone either way. I had good luck with my game early in the third set. That helped a lot because Michaella started playing unbelievably well in the third set after 4-1. In the end I was just trying to play good tennis, play smart and go for the right shots at the right time."

's-Hertogenbosch, SFs, Fri 11am WTA story losers' prize: $8,250 US; points: 65 *#9 s3 Dinara Safina RUS d #5 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS 6-3, 6-2 Dinara driving a backhand, and after match point *#89 q Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #29 s8 Alona Bondarenko UKR 6-2, 6-4 Tammy's forehand drive     Tammy said: "The grass courts really suit my game. For me, the game got interesting – we were hitting lots of balls and rallying – especially near the end. I just tried to hang in and go for it."

's-Hertogenbosch, Final, Sat loser's prize: $14,750 US; points: 100 winner's prize: $28,000 US; points: 140 *#89 q Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #9 s3 Dinara Safina RUS 7-5, 6-3 Tammy about to fire a forehand, and Dinara and Tammy driving backhands

's-Hertogenbosch, Doubles Final, Fri c1 noon losers' prize: $4,450 US winners' prize: $8,250 US cdr189 Michaella Krajicek & Marina Erakovic d cdr692 Liga Dekmeijere & Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-2 Michaella & Marina keeping secrets during the match... they will play each other in the 1st round of singles at Wimbledon on Monday or Tuesday 's-Hertogenbosch, Qual Finals, Sun Jun 15 10:30am losers' prizes: q1 $200 1pt; q2 $350 3pts qualifier 4 points #48 Iveta Benesova CZE d #71 Yung-Jan Chan TPE 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(0) #64 Marina Erakovic NZL d #93 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 6-0, 6-4 *#118 Angelique Kerber GER d #65 Marta Domachowska POL 6-3, 6-3 #89 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #544 Mirjana Lucic CRO 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 's-Hertogenbosch, Withdrawals #11 Daniela Hantuchova SVK foot stress fracture #17 Alize Cornet FRA Eastbourne #31 Dominika Cibulkova SVK left abdominal strain #47 Lucie Safarova CZE right hamstring injury #82 Julia Vakulenko UKR #85 wc Yanina Wickmayer BEL right knee injury

from Hard Courts by John Feinstein (page 297):     The women have played a Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Eastbourne since the nineteenth century, after all these years still playing at the same site, Devonshire Park.     Eastbourne is two hours southeast of London, an easy train ride or a harrowing drive along narrow country roads. It sits on the English Channel and is the English version of St. Petersburg [Florida], a small resort town where a substantial part of the population is over the age of seventy.     Devonshire Park is a two-hundred-yard walk from the beach, a veritable melting pot of the tennis world. The old is very much in evidence: the north stand, which was built in 1881, is often filled with septuagenarians who have been coming here for as long as anyone can remember. Towering oak trees rise up behind the north stand and sea gulls often swoop by noisily, distracting the players.     Two things make Eastbourne different than other tournaments. First, it is a six-day tournament, ending Saturday...     The second thing that makes Eastbourne unique is the player party. Every tennis tournament in the world has a player party. On the women's tour, WTA public relations and marketing people as well as their counterparts at Kraft and Virginia Slims usually spend the first few days at each tournament trying to round up players to come to the party. For the players, one more party with one more group of sponsors telling them how wonderful they are is boring, a time-waster. They understand they have to do their share to keep these people happy, but they don't enjoy it very much.     Eastbourne is different because of the talent show. The players--even Navratilova--show up because they expect the show to be funny. The person most responsible for making it funny every year is Elsie Burgin, director, writer, and star.     This year's [1990's] show was built around a mock game show...     ...Most of this was very inside humor. If you weren't part of the women's tour in some way, the jokes meant little. [Sophie] Amiach broke the crowd up with her Stefano Capriati imitation: "I deserve the credit," she said. "I produce the child. I teach the child. I coach the child. I am the star." To his credit, Stefano Capriati laughed as hard as anyone...

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