WTA Oct 6-12 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia Tier I $1,340,000 +ATP 28 players - indoor: supreme Live Scores - in popup window WTA pdf: draws & OOP - notes pics: Yahoo - tourney - WTA Moscow: weather - map Gazeta.ru: Tennis (in Russian)     in English # , # # , # Sunfeast Open, Kolkata, IND Tier III $175,000 32 players - indoor: greenset Live Scores - in popup window WTA pdf: draws & OOP pics: Yahoo! - WTA Kolkata: radar - forecast - map # , # # , #

Moscow: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003   Kolkata: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 previous other tourney pages next Moscow 2007: #15 Elena Dementieva 5' 11" 141lb RH 2H-BH Kolkata 2007: #35 Maria Kirilenko 5'8" 127lb RH 2H-BH

    The Moscow and Kolkata 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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Moscow 2007:
    On Sunday in Moscow, in the final of the Kremlin Cup, a local resident, 26-years-old-on-Monday unseeded # 15 Elena Dementieva of Russia, defeated 26-year-old 4th-seeded # 7 Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 (Elena is shown with the hardware after the match). It was Elena's first win over Serena in five career matches, but their last two matches were very close--and they had not played each other in almost three years.

    Serena hit 59 unforced errors, Elena 31 (including 8 double faults). Elena won 68% of her 1st serve points and 37% of her 2nd serve points (Serena: 59% and 20%). match stats

    Elena said: "It was a very difficult match to play, and it was tough for me to find my game, but I knew I had nothing to lose. We had a tough first set, and then right at the beginning of the second set I broke [Serena], and that's when I felt I was starting to pushing her. I didn't want to give up and I was fighting for every point. I think in the third set she started getting a little tired maybe." WTA story

    Serena said: "I made a lot of errors; every ball I hit I felt was going out, and so it was really frustrating. I'm not going to make excuses though--it wasn't the court or anything else--it was me. I thought [Elena] played unbelievably. I think she should play like that more often."

    Elena, who reached the Kremlin Cup final in 2001 (and lost to Jelena Dokic) and 2004 (and lost to Anastasia Myskina), is now 8-11 in WTA singles finals, and has a 41-17 match record this year.
    2007 Aussie Open champ Serena is now 28-11 in WTA singles finals, and has a 35-8 match record for the year.

Kolkata 2007:
    Meanwhile, in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in the final of the Sunfeast Open, 20-year-old 4th-seeded # 35 Maria Kirilenko from Moscow, Russia, defeated 22-year-old # 168 Mariya Koryttseva from Harkov, Ukraine, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 (Maria is shown on Wednesday after winning her 2nd round match, because the oncourt pics from Kolkata this week have been downright lousy).

    Maria said: "The score looked easy but I had to play well. I served well, ran well, hit my groundstrokes well. Everything was just working and physically I felt really good. I'm thrilled to have played so well in the final." WTA story
    Mariya said: "I give all the credit to Maria, she just played too well today."

    Maria and Mariya had never before met on the field of combat. Maria is now 2-1 in WTA singles finals; she won her first title in Beijing in 2005. Mariya was playing in her 1st WTA singles final; she has won 5 ITF singles titles.

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Moscow & Kolkata s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Kremlin Cup,  Moscow, Russia       Daylight savings time in Moscow is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 4 hours. That is US EDT+8 hours, PDT+11 hours. Moscow news Plan your trip Local Radar Detailed Forecast     Moscow: The main draw for Moscow 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   Olympiisky Stadium, Moscow, Russia Latitude: 55.782027 Longitude: 37.626286 goto link for World Wind 2007: Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, accompanied by Fido and, uh, Spot (not their real names), and Anna Chakvetadze met the press in Moscow on Monday... Also on Monday, Serena, minus canines, was interviewed for Russia's NTV+ by former WTA # 2 Anastasia Myskina (currently sidelined by a bad foot injury)... On Wednesday, former WTA # 25 Lina Krasnoroutskaya, also working for NTV+, interviewed Vera Zvonareva after her win over Amelie Mauresmo...

Moscow, 1st Rd, Mon-Wed 11am loser: $8,790 US; 1 point

Moscow, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 11am loser: $16,370 US; 60 points

Moscow, QFs, Fri 11am loser: $30,485 US; 110 points

Moscow, SFs, Sat 1pm loser: $56,800 US; 195 points

Moscow, Final, Sun 1:30pm loser: $105,800 US; 300 points winner: $196,900 US; 430 points

Moscow, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $31,750 US winners' prize: $59,000 US Moscow, Qual Finals, Mon Oct 6 11am losers' prizes: q1 $1,360 1pt; q2 $2,535 10pts; q3 $4,720 US 15pts; qualifier 20 points Moscow, Withdrawals

Sunfeast Open,  Kolkata, India       The time in Kolkata is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 5½ hours. That is US EDT+ 9½ hours, PDT+12½ hours. India news Plan your trip Local Radar Detailed Forecast     Kolkata: The main draw for Kolkata has 8 seeds. There are NO 1st-round byes.     There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw; the two qualifying rounds are on Saturday and Sunday.     click for broader view   Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata, India Latitude: 22.566028 Longitude: 88.341708 goto link for World Wind Sunfeast Open venue address: Netaji Indoor Stadium, Eden Gardens, Kolkata 700 021     2005 was the first year of the tourney in Kolkata, sometimes still called Calcutta, capital of the West Bengal state of India. 2007: On Saturday, Sep 15, top seed Marion Bartoli met the press... on Sunday, Marion and 4th seed Maria Kirilenko got all prettied up to walk the runway at the tourney fashion show... On Tuesday, Indian # 1 Sania Mirza, unable to play due to a right wrist sprain, was still able to smile for reporters...

Kolkata, 1st Rd, Mon 11:30am, Tue noon, Wed losers' prize: $1,300 US; points: 1

Kolkata, 2nd Rd, Wed, Thu 1:30pm losers' prize: $2,200 US; points: 20

Kolkata, QFs, Fri 1:30pm losers' prize: $4,050 US; points: 35

Kolkata, SFs, Sat 5pm losers' prize: $7,700 US; points: 65

Kolkata, Final, Sun 6pm loser's prize: $14,650 US; points: 100 winner's prize: $28,000 US; points: 140

Kolkata, Doubles Final, Sun after singles losers' prize: $4,050 US winners' prize: $7,620 US Kolkata, Qual Finals, Mon Oct 6 losers' prizes: q1 $200 1pt; q2 $350 US 3pts; q3 $650 US 4pts; qualifier 8 points Kolkata, Withdrawals

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