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Beijing: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004   Shanghai: 2003 previous other tourney pages next Beijing: #2 Jelena Jankovic 5'9½" 130lb RH 2H-BH Beijing: 7th WTA singles title 2nd this year

    The Beijing 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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Beijing 2008:     On Sunday in Beijing, in the final of the China Open, the US Open finalist, 23-year-old top-seeded # 2 Jelena Jankovic from Belgrade, Serbia, handily defeated last week's finalist in Tokyo, 23-year-old 4th-seeded # 7 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia (who trains in Barcelona, Spain, and resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-3, 6-2 (Jelena is shown after match point, and with the software and ceramic hardware after the match). Jelena's prize is $95,500; Svetlana's is $51,000.     Svetlana still leads Jelena 4-3 in career matches, and Sveta won the last two times they met, early this year in the Dubai semis, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, and last week in the quarters in Tokyo, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5.     Jelena said: "Svetlana beat me two times this year. I was really motivated to get a win against her, and winning in two sets is very satisfying. Having played her last week I was really able to analyze my game against hers, and it worked." WTA story     Svetlana said: "I'm disappointed. I wasn't moving to the ball or doing the right things on the court; I love playing here, so it was disappointing to not play well in the final. But [Jelena] played well today. She was consistent as always. I think we both played better in Tokyo, but she played better than me today."

    Jelena is now 7-10 in WTA singles finals; she was champion in Rome this year, and finalist at the US Open and at Key Biscayne. Despite starting the year with injuries and recurring respiratory illness, Jelena also has a 55-16 match record in 2008.
    2004 US Open champion Svetlana is now 9-17 in previous WTA singles finals; she also reached the finals at Sydney, Dubai, and Indian Wells this year. Svetlana's most recent title came last year in New Haven when Agnes Szavay retired due to injury; it was her only victory in her last 11 finals. Sveta's match record for the season is 42-16.

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Beijing s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? China Open,  Beijing, China   tourney time:        = GMT +8 hours        = US EDT +12 hours        = US PDT +15 hours Beijing News - China News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar Beijing: The main draw for Beijing has 16 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes.     There are 8 qualifiers in the main draw.     Qualifying (2 rounds) starts on Saturday, qualifying finals are on Sunday.   click for broader view   Beijing Int'l Tennis Centre Latitude: 39.849625 Longitude: 116.406541 goto link for World Wind China Open venue address: 50 Tiantan Rd., Chongwen District; Tel: 67142374 2008: On Monday, Sep 22, Na Li, Jie Zheng, & top seed Jelena Jankovic helped open the new SE-WTA Tour Asia Pacific HQ in Beijing, while Anna Chakvetadze paid a visit to Tiananmen Square... row 2: On Sunday & Monday, Jelena, 2007 China Open champ Agnes Szavay, and this year's 2nd seed Ana Ivanovic practiced their oncourt smiles... Ana also played Meet the Press on Monday... 2008: row 3: On Tuesday, Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, Daniela Hantuchova, Caroline Wozniacki, & Zi Yan donned tradtional Chinese garb for the official tourney reception at the Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing... There was a discussion of percussion styles, Svetlana suggesting Buddy Rich; however, row 4: Jelena chose to perform in the mode of Billy Cobham, while Vera unleashed her best Art Blakey... Ana enjoyed their performance, and Caroline invited Vera to a jam in Copenhagen...

Beijing, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue losers' prize: $10,340 US; points: 5

Beijing, 2nd Rd, Wed losers' prize: $19,950 US; points: 80

Beijing, 3rd Rd, Thu losers' prize: $37,225 US; points: 140

Beijing, QFs, Fri 12:30pm losers' prize: $74,450 US; points: 250

Beijing, SFs, Sat 12:30pm losers' prize: $169,445 US; points: 450

Beijing, Final, Sun 7pm loser's prize: $387,750 US; points: 700 winner's prize: $775,500 US; points: 1000

Beijing, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $133,000 US winners' prize: $266,000 US Beijing, Qual Finals, Sun Sept 21 11am losers' prizes: q1 $1,350 1pt; q2 $2,610 20pts; qualifier 30 points Beijing, Withdrawals

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