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Tourney pages: LA: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003   Portoroz: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 previous other tourney pages next Los Angeles 2007: #5 Ana Ivanovic 6' 0", 160 lbs, RH 2H-BH Portoroz 2007: #19 Tatiana Golovin 5'9" 132lb RH 2H-BH

    The Los Angeles & Portoroz 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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Los Angeles 2007:
    On Sunday near Los Angeles, in the final of the East West Bank Classic, 19-year-old 3rd-seeded # 5 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia (residence: Basel, Switzerland), narrowly defeated 25-year-old 4th-seeded # 9 Nadia Petrova from Moscow, Russia, 7-5, 6-4 (photo shown during the match).

    Ana said: "It was tough for me to get going as I had some muscle pain from yesterday, but I tried to stay relaxed and win each point. I felt I started quite slowly but I tried to take my chances, be aggressive and finish it in two sets." WTA story

    Ana hit 31 winners in the match, 23 of them on her forehand. Nadia said: "I would say [Ana] just rips it without even thinking; compared with any other players it is the best forehand by far on the Tour. Her fitness coach did a great job with her. She is in good condition and lost some weight... She played a very solid game today - it was all about the breaks and she did it. I just couldn't break her back."

    Her performance in this tourney should raise Ana's ranking to # 4 on Monday, a new career high. Ana now has a 4-2 record in WTA singles finals, and a 41-12 match record for 2007. Ana leads Nadia 4-2 in career matches.

    Nadia is now 7-8 in WTA singles finals, and has a 33-15 match record this year.

Portoroz 2007:
    In Portoroz, in the final of the Slovenia Open, 19-year-old top-seeded # 19 Tatiana Golovin of France (residence: on Brickell Key, Miami, Florida), defeated the local hero, 26-year-old 4th-seeded # 24 Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia (residence: income tax-free Dubai, United Arab Emirates), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 (Tatiana is shown with the flatsquareware).

    Tatiana said: "I had lots of trouble getting into the match in the first set; [Katarina] was playing really well in front of her fans and it was just tough at the beginning. But I started to calm down in the second set and really began fighting. In the third I think we both played really good tennis. It was a really long match!" WTA story

    Katarina said: "[Tatiana] was playing too well in the second and third sets. She was making some mistakes off the returns and in the rallies in the first set, and she wasn't serving well either. But she stopped giving me free points and made me work hard, and she definitely deserved to win. I admire what she showed today."

    Tatiana now leads Katarina 2-1 in career matches; Katarina won their first meeting, in the 1st round in Miami in 2003 (when Tatiana was 15), 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. Their second meeting was earlier this year, indoors in the 1st round in Antwerp, where Tatiana won, 6-0, 6-2. Tatiana is now 2-3 in WTA singles finals; she won her first title earlier this year at Amelia Island. Katarina is now 4-5 in WTA singles finals.

Portoroz player's blog by Katarina Srebotnik

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Los Angeles & Portoroz s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? East West Bank Classic,  Carson (Los Angeles), California   NWS weather radar tourney time:        = GMT -7 hours        = US EDT -3 hours        = US PDT Los Angeles news - California news Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar   click for broader view   Home Depot Center, Carson, California Lat.: 33.862264 Lon.: -118.260741 goto link for World Wind     Los Angeles: The 56-player main draw for Los Angeles has 16 seeds, with 8 1st-round byes. There are 8 qualifiers and 4 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Sunday. 2007: On Monday, Aug 6, in Los Angeles, Ai Sugiyama signed autographs during an event for the Asian media... on Tuesday, top seed Maria Sharapova told reporters that if nominated she would not run, but if elected, she would definitely serve... Daniela Hantuchova, Martina Hingis, Jelena Jankovic, and Ana Ivanovic posed for pretty pics at press time on Monday or Tuesday...

Los Angeles, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 11am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

Los Angeles, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed loser's prize: $3,370 US; points: 20

Los Angeles, 3rd Rd, Thu 11am loser's prize: $6,575 US; points: 35

Los Angeles, QFs, Fri noon loser's prize: $12,860 US; points: 70

Los Angeles, SFs, Sat 1pm loser's prize: $25,060 US; points: 125

Los Angeles, Final, Sun 2pm ESPN2-TV loser's prize: $48,900 US; points: 190 winner's prize: $95,500 US; points: 275

Los Angeles, Doubles Final, Sun after singles, 4pm+ loser's prize: $15,440 US winner's prize: $30,000 US Los Angeles, Qual Finals, Sun Jul 21 losers' prizes: q1 $455 1pt; q2 $885 5pts; qualifier 10 points Los Angeles, Withdrawals

Slovenia Open,  Portoroz, Slovenia   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Slovenia News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Portoroz: The 32-player main draw for Portoroz 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.   click for broader view   SRC Marina Portoroz, Slovenia Latitude: 45.507963 Longitude: 13.596697 goto link for World Wind Slovenia Open venue address: ŠRC Marina Portorose, Slovenia; operators: Sport Society of Portorose, Liminjanska cesta 115, 6320 Portorose     2008 is the fourth year of the Portoroz tourney. Slovenia, north of Croatia, west of Switzerland, south of Austria, and east of Hungary, became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991 after a 10-day war. Portoroz is located on the Adriatic Sea; Italy is on the opposite shore. 2007: Slovene # 1 Katarina Srebotnik paused for a pic while practicing with Vera Zvonareva on Sunday, Sep 16... Tatiana Golovin also got in some practice on Sunday... On Monday, Katarina prepared for her double-bagel 1st round win with a little table tennis...

Portoroz, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 11am losers' prize: $1,035 US; points: 1

Portoroz, 2nd Rd, Wed 11am-Thu 11:30am losers' prize: $1,925 US; points: 15

Portoroz, QFs, Fri noon losers' prize: $3,580 US; points: 30

Portoroz, SFs, Sat after doubles final 2pm losers' prize: $6,650 US; points: 50

Portoroz, Final, Sun 2:30pm loser's prize: $12,345 US; points: 80 winner's prize: $22,900 US; points: 115

Portoroz, Doubles Final Sat 2pm losers' prize: $3,640 US winners' prize: $6,750 US Portoroz, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 21 10am losers' prizes: q1 $175 1pt; q2 $300 2pts; q3 $555 3pts qualifier 7 points Portoroz, Withdrawals

    (Aug 6, 2007) The East West Bank Classic website is an almost entirely worthless piece of trash, typical of the US Open Series degraded websites, with no place for results, OOP, draw, almost nothing fans would want. It is cluttered, though. I don't even see a link to the live scoring. Apparently no one in LA knows how to do a simple website.
    I don't mean to be insulting, but it is ridiculous. If someone doesn't know (or care) what fans would want on a website, then someone else should be making the decisions.

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