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Tokyo Pan Pacific: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004   Guangzhou: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 previous other tourney pages next Tokyo 2007: #7 Martina Hingis 5' 7", 130 lbs, RH 2H-BH Tokyo 2007: #14 Ana Ivanovic 6' 0", 160 lbs, RH 2H-BH Tokyo 2007: 43rd WTA Singles Title 5th Tokyo Indoor Title

    The Tokyo & Guangzhou 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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Tokyo PPO 2007:
    On Sunday in Tokyo, in the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, the four-time Pan Pacific Open champion, 26-year-old 2nd-seeded # 6 Martina Hingis from Trubbach, Switzerland, made it five by defeating 19-year-old 5th-seeded # 14 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia (residence: Basel, Switzerland), 6-4, 6-2 (both ladies are shown during the match, and Martina with the fine tableware afterward). WTA Highlight Video - Hingis d Ivanovic: real video - windows media

    Martina said: "At 4-all, 15-love, I won 14 consecutive points. You need to break down your opponent's game, and then it becomes more of a mental game. It's important to keep your concentration."
    "The most important thing against Ana is to stay close with her in the beginning; I noticed in her past matches, she gets off to a very fast start, and after that, her confidence keeps building. She really goes for her shots and will hit a lot of winners. We had some very close games at the start and I tried to just stay with her. After the first set, I gained more momentum." WTA story

    Ana said: "In the beginning, we were both playing well - it was high-quality tennis. But at 4-all, my concentration dropped a bit, and she hardly made any mistakes. My legs felt heavier. It was hard to move, and I couldn't jump as well on my serve. At the end of the second set I felt better but it was too late. She played so well and was defending very well. She just played unbelievable today."
    Ana had defeated Martina 6-2, 6-3 in the Montreal final last year, their only previous meeting. Ana said: "The difference between this and Montréal is I was more consistent in Montréal. I really tried to enjoy myself out there and play my game - but today she was better. I hope we will have more matches. I learned a lot and this was a great experience. You can learn as much from your losses as your wins."

    Martina also won the Tokyo indoor in 1997, 1999, 2000 & 2002; her fifth title set a new record for this tournament. And it is Martina's 43rd WTA singles title in 68 finals; Ana is now 2-1 in WTA singles finals.
Ana Ivanovic career record - Martina Hingis Wallpaper - Martina Hingis career record
2007 Tokyo player blog by Elena Dementieva

Guangzhou 2007:
    In the Guangzhou final on Sunday, 24-year-old 2nd-seeded # 40 Virginie Razzano from Nimes, France, won her first WTA singles title, handily defeating 34-year-old unseeded # 112 Tzipora Obziler from Givataym, Israel, 6-0, 6-3.
    Surprisingly, these veterans had never before met on the field of combat. Virginie is now 1-2 in WTA singles finals; Tzipora was playing, at age 34, in her first WTA singles final; she has won 13 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. WTA story
2007 Seoul player's blog by Maria Kirilenko

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Tokyo Indoor & Guangzhou s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Toray Pan Pacific Open,  Tokyo, Japan       The time in Tokyo is UCT (GMT, Zulu...) +9 hours (Pacific Time+17, often=the next day, 7 hours earlier; ET+20). News: Japan - Tokyo Plan your trip Local Radar Detailed Forecast     Tokyo: The main draw for Tokyo 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   Metropolitan Gymnasium Tokyo, JPN Latitude: 35.679618 Longitude: 139.71233 goto link for World Wind Japan map - local transit - subway map - venue website (in Japanese) Toray Pan Pacific Open venue address:    Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, 1-17-1 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Postal Code: 151-0051) 2007: On Monday, Jan 29 in Tokyo, Ana Ivanovic was among the players who were welcomed first by the press, then again by tourney VIPs... Japan's # 1 Ai Sugiyama, top seed (and new # 1) Maria Sharapova, and other players spoke... Ai, Gisela Dulko, Aiko Nakamura, and Martina Hingis laughed when Maria apologized for being unable to sing the Theme from Star Wars in Japanese... 2007: At the VIP reception, the ladies could relax and be pretty for the numerous photographers... Maria got together with her friend Maria Kirilenko. Sushi was served, and Meghann Shaughnessy, Nicole Pratt, and Samantha Stosur were waiting to dig in... 2006 Pan Pacific Open champion Elena Dementieva assured Elena Vesnina that sufficient quantities of sake will eliminate fear of eating sushi... 2007: Elenas Dementieva & Vesnina invited brunette Ukranian Olga Savchuk to pose for an otherwise all-blonde Russian pic with their compatriots Anastassia Rodionova, Vera Zvonareva, and Vera Dushevina... while Na Li and Jie Zheng pointed out that Jelena Jankovic does that brunette thing just as well as the Chinese girls do.

Tokyo Pan Pacific, 1st Rd, Tue-Wed 11am loser: $8,790 US; 1 point

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

Tokyo Pan Pacific, QFs, Fri 1pm loser: $30,485 US; 110 points

Tokyo Pan Pacific, SFs, Sat 1pm loser: $56,800 US; 195 points

Tokyo Pan Pacific, Final, Sun 1pm loser: $105,800 US; 300 points winner: $196,900 US; 430 points

Tokyo Pan Pacific, Doubles Final, Sun after singles losers' prize: $31,750 US winners' prize: $59,000 US Tokyo Pan Pacific, Qual Finals, Mon Sep 15 10:30am losers' prizes: q1 $1,360 1pt; q2 $2,535 10pts; q3 $4,720 US 15pts; qualifier 20 points Tokyo Pan Pacific, Withdrawals

Guangzhou International Women's Open,  Guangzhou, China       The time in Guangzhou is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 8 hours. That is US Eastern Daylight Time + 12 hours, PDT+15 hours. China news Plan your trip Local Radar Detailed Forecast     Guangzhou: The main draw for Guangzhou has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw. Qualifying (2 rounds) starts on Sunday, qualifying finals are on Monday.     click for broader view   Fangcun Tennis Sports Center, Guangzhou, China Latitude: 23.073474 Longitude: 113.210024 goto link for World Wind     Back when Beijing was called Peking (and even earlier, Peiping), Guangzhou was known as Canton. It is about 182 kilometers from Hong Kong. At last count about 10.15 million people live there (and rising). "Tennis Courts of Fangcun Tennis Sports Center was built in 2001, covering an area of 53000 Square meters. It has total 17 tennis courts including one center court with a capacity of more than 3,500 seats..." 2007: On Sun, Sep 23, Chunmei Ji, Anabel Medina Garrigues & Camille Pin participated in the main draw ceremony... Good-looking healthy young ladies at Monday's player's party included Maria Emilia Salerni, Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual (apparently at the 3-name table); Camille Pin, Hana Sromova & Jelena Kostanic Tosic; Aleksandra Wozniak & Vania King; and Shuai Peng, who is obviously with her sister--except it isn't her sister, its her mom, in very fine condition...

Guangzhou, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 2&3pm losers' prize: $1,300 US; points: 1

Guangzhou, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 2pm losers' prize: $2,200 US; points: 20

Guangzhou, QFs, Fri 3pm losers' prize: $4,050 US; points: 35

Guangzhou, SFs, Sat 3pm losers' prize: $7,700 US; points: 65

Guangzhou, Final, Sun 2:30pm loser's prize: $14,650 US; points: 100 winner's prize: $28,000 US; points: 140

Guangzhou, Doubles Final, Sun after singles losers' prize: $4,350 US winners' prize: $8,250 US Guangzhou, Qual Finals, Mon Sep 15 10am losers' prizes: q1 $100 1pt; q2 $350 3pts; q3 $650 4pts; qualifier 8 points Guangzhou, Withdrawals

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