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Luxembourg: 2007 - 2006 - 2005   Linz: 2007 - 2006 - 2005   Lux & Linz: 2004 - 2003 previous other tourney pages next Luxembourg: #6 Ana Ivanovic 6'0" 160lb RH 2H-BH Linz: #9 Daniela Hantuchova 5' 11¼" 123lb RH 2H-BH

    The Linz & Luxembourg draws are not yet available as of this writing (qualifying draws are usually up on the Friday before the tourney begins, main draws on Saturday, sometimes later). The links are above for your convenience when the draws become available.

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Luxembourg 2007:
    On Sunday in Luxembourg, in the final of the Fortis Championships, 19-year-old 2nd-seeded # 6 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia (residence: Basel, Switzerland), narrowly defeated 24-year-old 4th-seeded # 11 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 (photo shown).

    After losing the 1st set, Ana trailed 0-3 in the 2nd. Ana said: "I struggled to find my rhythm; I told myself when I was 3-0 down in the second set that I needed to play much more aggressive. It was a riskier approach but it's better that way, and it worked... It was a really tough match today, and I expected one." WTA story

    Daniela said: "I played very well at the beginning, but then Ana started to go for her shots and put more pressure on me. I didn't have much time to go for mine. But Ana played really well and in the third set maybe a few points here and there decided the match. It was just a great match."

    Ana and Daniela had played only once before, on a chlorophyll court earlier this year in s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, where Daniela won, 6-3, 6-1. Ana is now 5-2 in WTA singles finals; Daniela, 2-6.

Linz 2007:
    On Sunday in Linz, Austria, in the final of the Generali Ladies Linz, 24-year-old 2nd-seeded # 9 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), defeated 28-year-old 6th-seeded # 17 Patty Schnyder from Baech, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-2 (photo shown).

    Daniela trailed 2-4 in the 1st set, but then won the next five games in a row. Daniela said: "I can't believe right now that I've won. Patty played very well, especially in the first set, so I had to dig deep to win this match." AP story

    Patty said: "[Daniela] played really well from the beginning; it was tough for me to do it today. She never gave me a chance to come back - she was hitting clean winners, so many winners [Daniela hit 28 winners in the match]." WTA story

    Daniela now leads Patty 9-8 in career matches, and Daniela also won the previous three times they played, most recently three weeks ago in the Luxembourg quarterfinals, when she defeated Patty 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Patty's last win over Daniela was two years ago in Linz, when she whupped Daniela in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 6-1.

    Daniela is now 3-6 in WTA singles finals; both of her previous victories were outdoors at Indian Wells, in 2002 and 2007. She has a 51-26 match record for the season.
    Patty is now 10-12 in WTA singles finals (her most recent title was in Cincinnati in 2005), and her match record in 2007 is 45-25.
2007 Linz player's blog by Tatiana Golovin

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Linz & Luxembourg s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Generali Ladies,  Linz, Austria       The time in Linz is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 2 hours. That is Eastern Daylight Time in the US + 6 hours, PDT+9 hours. Austria news Plan your trip Local Radar Detailed Forecast     Linz: The main draw for Linz 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.     click for broader view   Intersport Arena Linz Latitude: 48.293444 Longitude: 14.276068 goto link for World Wind Generali Ladies venue address:     Intersport Arena Linz Ziegeleistrasse, 4020 Linz Austria Intersport Arena Linz. Ziegeleistraße 76-78 Linz, Upper Austria 4020 2007: Retired former WTA # 7 (and Austrian # 1) Barbara Schett spoke at the draw ceremony on Saturday, Oct 20... on Tuesday, top seed Anna Chakvetadze, who had just clinched a place in the 8-player season-ending WTA Championships, met the media at the weekly All-Access Hour, as did 2nd seed Daniela Hantuchova, who tried not to get too excited about the nice questions from the friendly reporters... Also on Tuesday, Daniela went shopping in Linz with smiling Gisela Dulko, who will be her opponent in the 2nd round... Later on Tuesday, darned good looking healthy young ladies at the Linz players party included Vera Dushevina, Galina Voskoboeva & Elena Vesnina, and Alicia Molik (answering reporters questions upon arrival)... Players attending the party, including Daniela, Anna, and Tatiana Golovin modeled attire (Anna appears to have lost the toss, but will no doubt get a pretty dress like Daniela's next time)...

Linz, 1st Rd, Mon, Tue noon & 1pm; Wed 2pm losers' prize: $4,175 US; points: 1

Linz, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 2pm losers' prize: $7,820 US; points: 35

Linz, QFs, Fri 2pm losers' prize: $14,600 US; points: 70

Linz, SFs, Sat 2pm losers' prize: $27,300 US; points: 125

Linz, Final, Sun 1:45pm loser's prize: $51,000 US; points: 190 winner's prize: $95,500 US; points: 275

Linz, Doubles Final, Sun after singles losers' prize: $16,120 US winners' prize: $30,000 US Linz, Qual Finals, Mon Oct 20 noon losers' prizes: q1 $640 1pt; q2 $1,195 3pts; q3 $2,230 10pts; qualifier 15 points Linz, Withdrawals

Fortis Championships,  Luxembourg, Luxembourg       Daylight savings time in Luxembourg is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 2 hours. That is US EDT+6 hours, PDT+9 hours. Luxembourg news Plan your trip Local Radar Detailed Forecast     Luxembourg: 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.     click for broader view   CK Sport Center, Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg Latitude: 49.573499 Longitude: 6.109799 goto link for World Wind Fortis Championships venue address: CK Sport Center, 20 route de Bettembourg, L-1899 Kockelscheuer, LUX 2007: On Sunday, Sep 23, former WTA # 1 Kim Clijsters, who retired earlier this year, played in a mixed doubles charity exhibition at the Fortis Championships, along with former WTA great Jana Novotna... On Tuesday, Daniela Hantuchova, Ana Ivanovic, and Anna Chakvetadze entertained reporters at the "all-access hour"... At the players party on Tuesday evening, Nadia Petrova got wild and crazy on the dance floor, while Marion Bartoli explained once again how we now know the Earth to be banana-shaped, and Shahar Peer wondered if this ravioli was really linguini...

Luxembourg, 1st Rd, Mon 10am, Tue-Wed noon losers' prize: $1,530 US; points: 1

Luxembourg, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 1pm losers' prize: $2,865 US; points: 20

Luxembourg, QFs, Fri 2pm losers' prize: $5,375 US; points: 40

Luxembourg, SFs, Sat 2:00pm losers' prize: $10,075 US; points: 75

Luxembourg, Final, Sun 2:30pm loser's prize: $18,900 US; points: 115 winner's prize: $35,000 US; points: 165

Luxembourg, Doubles Final, Sun after singles losers' prize: $5,600 US winners' prize: $10,500 US Luxembourg, Qual Finals, Mon Oct 20 10am losers' prizes: q1 $235 1pt; q2 $440 3pts; q3 $820 4pts qualifier 8 points Luxembourg, Withdrawals

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