WTA Jul 6-12: Båstad & Budapest Collector Swedish Open Båstad, SWE INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay - Live Video Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: S - Q - D - OOP     tourney: S - Q - D - OOP pics: Y!: sports - news | tourney - WTA Båstad: radar - forecast - news #9 C Wozniacki, #13 D Cibulkova #15 F Pennetta, #25 K Kanepi Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, HUN INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay - Live Video Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: S - Q - D - OOP     tourney: S - Q - D - OOP pics: Y!: sports - news | WTA - tourney Budapest: radar - forecast - map #22 P Schnyder, #24 A Cornet #26 S Bammer, #28 A Szavay

Budapest: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 Stockholm: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004   Helsinki: 2003 previous other tourney pages next Budapest: #28 Agnes Szavay 5'7" 139lb RH 2H-BH Båstad: #42 MJ Martinez Sanchez 5'9" 150lb LH 2H-BH

    On Sunday in Budapest, Hungary, in the final of the Budapest Grand Prix, 20-year-old 4th-seeded # 28 (and Hungarian #1) Agnes Szavay (residence: income tax-free Monte Carlo, Monaco), defeated 30-year-old top-seeded # 22 Patty Schnyder from Baech, Switzerland, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 (photo shown).

    Agnes's prize is $37,000; Patty's is $19,000.

    Agnes said: "In the first set, I was too excited and that gave the set to the more experienced Patty. I'm glad I managed to turn the score around and please the home crowd." AP story

    Patty said: "The game she produced today was too strong for me. I tried my best, but Agnes put too much pressure on me, and my returns were not very good, either."

    Agnes and Patty had never before met on the field of combat. Agnes had the home court advantage, and Patty may have been a bit tired from playing 4½ sets on Saturday (finishing a rain-interrupted quarterfinal before playing her semifinal), while Agnes finished her semi in about one hour.

    Agnes is now 3-2 in WTA singles finals; her earlier titles came in 2007, in Palermo and Beijing. Agnes is 21-14 in matches this year.
    Patty is now 11-14 in WTA singles finals; she won the Bali title last year. Patty has a 15-13 match record for 2009.

    On Saturday in Båstad, Sweden, in the final of the Collector Swedish Open, this year's Bogota champion, 26-year-old unseeded #42 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez from Barcelona, Spain, defeated last year's Stockholm champion, 19-years-old-today top-seeded # 9 (and Scandanavian #1) Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 (Maria Jose is shown holding the hardware after the match).

    Maria Jose's prize is $37,000; Caroline's is $19,000.

    Maria Jose said: "This was the most enjoyable tournament for me so far this season. I felt right at home here and I hope to come back next year. I played very well and I'm happy I played my own game." BBC story
    It was Caroline's 19th birthday. To Caroline, Maria Jose said: "I'm sorry I spoiled your celebrations, but I promise I will buy you something instead."

    Caroline said: "Maria played better than me, she played smart and it was difficult to get a rhythm with her stop volleys. But I'm still happy to have reached the final."

    Maria Jose and Caroline had never played each other before.
    Maria Jose is now 2-1 in WTA singles finals; she defeated Gisela Dulko to win this year's Bogota title, and reached the Barcelona final last year. Maria Jose, who has won 12 ITF singles titles, now has a 24-14 match record for 2009.
    Caroline is now 5-5 in WTA singles finals; she won the Eastbourne and Ponte Vedra Beach titles this year, and reached the finals at Madrid, Charleston and Memphis. Caroline has a 49-14 match record this season.

Båstad player's blog by Maria Kirilenko

WTA SCOREBOARD: Budapest & Båstad s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Nordic Light Open,  Båstad, Sweden   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Sweden News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Båstad: The main draw for Båstad has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers and 3 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying (2 rounds) starts on Sunday; qualifying finals are on Monday.   click for broader view   Båstad Tennis Stadium venue map Latitude: 56.434502 Longitude: 12.838769 goto link for World Wind The Nordic Light Open, held at Stockholm's 1912 Olympic Stadium in recent years, has been moved to Båstad for the 2009 season. Båstad has been the site of the ATP Swedish Open since it began in 1948; the women also played there until 1990. Båstad Tennis Stadium is a few hundred yards from the beach, close to Pepe's Bodega, a local restaurant and nightclub. The stadium was rebuilt in 2002 to accommodate the Hotel Skansen underneath the seaside bleachers. 2009: Swedish #1 Sofia Arvidsson and 2008 Stockholm champ Caroline Wozniacki posed for a nice pre-tourney pic on (or about) Saturday, July 4... Tourney Director Nina Wennerström was also looking good while she made an opening address on Sunday... On Monday, Caroline arrived to play Meet the Press...

Båstad, 1st Round, Mon noon-Tue 11am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #9 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #145 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-1, 6-3 Tue Caroline driving a forehand #13 s2 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d #974 wc Sandra Roma SWE 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 Tue #15 s3 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #43 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-2, 7-5 Tue *#42 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP d #25 s4 Kaia Kanepi EST 6-1, 7-6(1) Tue #27 s5 Sorana Cirstea ROU d #239 wc Johanna Larsson SWE 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 Mon Johanna and Sorana driving forehand and backhand #29 s6 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d #90 Jill Craybas USA 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Mon #34 s7 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d #138 Lenka Wienerova SVK 6-0, 7-5 Mon #35 s8 Iveta Benesova CZE d #71 Urszula Radwanska POL 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Mon #45 Gisela Dulko ARG d #114 Marta Domachowska POL 6-4, 6-0 Mon Gisela tossing the ball for her serve, and Marta driving a backhand #59 Maria Kirilenko RUS d #233 q Irina Buryachok UKR 6-0, 6-4 Tue     Maria said: "The first set seems easy from the score but every game was tight, so I was a bit lucky to win it like that. In the second set I was down 4-1, so I was happy to recover and win it in two sets. I really didn't want to play a third set!     "For my first match back on clay I was happy. We just came from grass. Actually, something funny happened in my first practice session here. When someone serves to you on grass, you take one step and you're there; on clay there's so much kick, you need three steps. So the first time I practiced here I mis-hit my first return and told my father, 'It looks like I'm still playing on grass,' and he said, 'You don't have to tell me, I can see it!'." Båstad player's blog by Maria Kirilenko #61 Petra Kvitova CZE d #181 q Julia Vakulenko UKR 6-3, 4-1 retired—right wrist injury Tue *#103 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d #66 Ayumi Morita JPN 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 Tue #70 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #173 Karin Knapp ITA 6-1, 6-1 Mon *#146 Angelique Kerber GER d #84 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-5, 6-4 Tue #98 Masa Zec Peskiric SLO d #547 q Michaela Johansson SWE 6-2, 6-0 Tue *#NR wc Ellen Allgurin SWE d #174 q Ksenia Palkina KGZ 6-4, 6-4 Tue Ellen following a backhand

Båstad, 2nd Round, Wed 11am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 #9 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #61 Petra Kvitova CZE 6-4, 6-2 Wed The Woz alerting the media after the match #13 s2 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d #103 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP 6-1, 6-1 Wed #15 s3 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #98 Masa Zec Peskiric SLO 6-1, 6-2 Wed *#45 Gisela Dulko ARG d #27 s5 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5) Wed Gisela volleying a backhand, Sorana driving one, and Sorana and Gisela participating in the first trial of the Eskimo ritual which is to be made mandatory under the WTA's provisional Starmap 2027 changes... *#59 Maria Kirilenko RUS d #29 s6 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-2, 6-3 Wed #34 s7 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d #NR wc Ellen Allgurin SWE 6-1, 6-4 Wed Carla and Ellen driving one-handed and two-handed backhands *#70 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #35 s8 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-2, 6-4 Wed #42 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP d #146 Angelique Kerber GER 6-3, 6-2 Wed

Båstad, QFs, Thu 11am loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 #9 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #59 Maria Kirilenko RUS 7-5, 7-6(4) Maria driving a backhands, Caroline about to connect with one, and after match point     Maria said: "I had so many chances against Caroline today, but I didn't take them. I had set point at 5-4 in the first set but missed a return, and I was up 5-3 in the second set. I lost, 7-5. 7-6(4). It was a pity, because I feel I played really well. But I can take lots of positives from this. I wasn't pushing the ball, I was trying to play aggressively and make things happen. My problem today was I would lose my concentration sometimes and miss some shots I should make, or at least direct them differently. But I didn't have a good start to this season and now I feel like I'm playing very good tennis again, so I can only be happy.     "Caroline is in very good form. At Wimbledon I felt I didn't have any chances, but here on the clay I feel much better. And I like hardcourts too, so this gives me confidence for the summer hardcourt season. I know I'm playing good tennis again, so now I just have to work on a few things and I think I can do well this summer...     "I'm going back home tomorrow morning. We're driving to Copenhagen and I have a flight from there to Moscow. I'll be home for a week and three days... My next tournament is in Stanford in two weeks. I'm going to the US a little bit early, on June 20, a week before Stanford." Båstad player's blog by Maria Kirilenko *#45 Gisela Dulko ARG d #13 s2 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6(5)-7, 6-3, 7-6(6) Gisela with her trusty Technifibre at ready, and Dominika about to Dunlop a forehand #15 s3 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #70 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-4, 6-2 *#42 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP d #34 s7 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 Maria Jose driving a backhand, and Carla about to connect with a forehand

Båstad, SFs, Fri noon loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 #9 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #15 s3 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 Flavia and Caroline cringing backhands, and Caroline after match point #42 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP d #45 Gisela Dulko ARG 7-5, 6-4 Gisela volleying a backhand, and Maria Jose driving a forehand

Båstad, Final, Sat 2pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 *#42 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP d #9 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 7-5, 6-4 Caroline about to lightly tap a backhand, Maria Jose driving a forehand, and after match point

Båstad, Doubles Final Sat noon loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US *cdr54 s2 Gisela Dulko & Flavia Pennetta d cdr41 s1 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-2, 0-6, (10-5) Flavia (6th WTA doubles title) & Gisela (8th WTA doubles title); their 3rd title as a team Båstad, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 6 11am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points #174 Ksenia Palkina KGZ d #359 Giulia Gatto Monticone ITA 7-5, 6-3 #181 Julia Vakulenko UKR d #258 Heidi El Tabakh CAN 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) *#233 Irina Buryachok UKR d #214 Lilia Osterloh USA 6-3, 6-0 *#547 Michaela Johansson SWE d #461 Astrid Besser ITA 6-4, 6-4 Båstad, Withdrawals #20 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP left knee injury #54 Melinda Czink HUN right achilles injury #76 Jelena Dokic AUS low back injury #82 Olga Govortsova BLR illness #95 Severine Bremond Beltrame FRA

Budapest Grand Prix,  Budapest, Hungary   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Hungary News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Budapest: The 30-player main draw for Budapest 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   Római Tenisz Akadémia, Budapest, Hungary Latitude: 47.584338 Longitude: 19.066719 goto link for World Wind Budapest Grand Prix venue address: Királyok útja 105, Budapest, Hungary; Tel. 240-8616 2009: Alisa Kleybanova did the player rep thing at the main draw ceremony on Saturday, July 4; the common "scrabble" method was utilized for the draw... On Sunday, Blanka Szavay, younger sister of Hungarian # 1 Agnes Szavay, played Timea Bacsinszky in the 2nd round of qualifying... Top-seed Patty Schnyder did the Whirlybirds thing over Budapest on Tuesday (or thereabouts)... row 2: At the Budapest players party (on Tuesday?) Lucie Safarova piled her plate full of the fine Hungarian cuisine, Alize Cornet, Timea Bacsinszky, Alina Jidkova, and Catalina Castano imbibed beverages (not all alcoholic), and Tathiana Garbin looked on while Maria Elena Camerin endeavoured to obtain some fine photographs as they cruised up (or down) the Danube...

Budapest, 1st Rd, Mon noon-Tue-Wed 11:00am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #22 s1 wc Patty Schnyder SUI d #99 Andrea Petkovic GER 7-6(3), 6-3 Wed #24 s2 Alize Cornet FRA d #89 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 6-3, 6-1 Tue #26 s3 Sybille Bammer AUT d #122 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-2, 6-3 Tue #28 s4 Agnes Szavay HUN d #157 wc Katalin Marosi HUN 6-1, 6-1 Tue #31 s5 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #62 Monica Niculescu ROU 6-0, 6-3 Tue #33 s6 Alona Bondarenko UKR d #94 Karolina Sprem CRO 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 Mon Alona driving a forehand on the run *#109 q Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #39 s7 Sara Errani ITA 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 Tue *#133 q Petra Martic CRO d #49 s8 Lucie Safarova CZE 7-6(5), 6-0 Tue #55 Shahar Peer ISR d #170 LL Irina Begu ROU 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 Tue #64 Tathiana Garbin ITA d #202 q Sharon Fichman CAN 6-1, 6-4 Tue #73 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR d #299 LL Lenka Jurikova SVK 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 Tue *#92 Maria Elena Camerin ITA d #72 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 Mon Maria Elena's running forehand #75 Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU d #203 wc Greta Arn HUN 6-2, 6-2 Tue *#96 Edina Gallovits ROU d #83 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 7-5, 6-2 Mon #80 Patricia Mayr AUT d #229 q Margalita Chakhnashvili GEO 6-0, 7-5 Tue #87 Mariya Koryttseva UKR d #134 Anna Lapushchenkova RUS 6-4, 6-2 Tue

Budapest, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 11:30am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 #22 s1 wc Patty Schnyder SUI d #92 Maria Elena Camerin ITA 6-3, 6-2 Thu Maria Elena driving a forehand, and Patty about to swat one *#55 Shahar Peer ISR d #24 s2 Alize Cornet FRA 6-2, 6-0 Wed Shahar and Alize about to connect with forehand and backhand     Shahar said: "I think I played very good, I did what I had to do. I managed to hold on to my tactics to play aggressively and control the game for the whole match...     "This was the first time we played. The first two games took us 18 minutes to complete. That was a key moment for me for the match. [Alizé] is a good player, she defends well in all parts of the court, she has a very good world ranking. I knew I had to be consistent throughout the match and that’s what I did." postmatch interview *#96 Edina Gallovits ROU d #26 s3 Sybille Bammer AUT 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 Wed Edina about to connect with a forehand, and Sybille driving a backhand #28 s4 Agnes Szavay HUN d #64 Tathiana Garbin ITA 7-6(2), 5-7, 7-5 Thu Agnes driving a forehand     Agnes said: "I didn’t play well at the beginning of the match and [Tathiana] took a 4-0 lead. Fortunately, I managed to reverse the first set. Then, in the second set, I was leading 5-3 and had the chance to win the set but I played a very bad game. After that, she was lucky with shots touching the border lines and that was it for the second set. In the final set, I think we both struggled a lot...     "Garbin is a player who makes really few mistakes and returns everything. It is very difficult to play against her and making mistakes. It was me who had to make more initiatives. True, I made a lot of unforced errors but I managed to come out well from the important situations." postmatch interview #31 s5 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #73 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 Thu #33 s6 Alona Bondarenko UKR d #75 Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Wed *#109 q Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #80 Patricia Mayr AUT 0-6, 6-3, 6-4 Thu *#133 q Petra Martic CRO d #87 Mariya Koryttseva UKR 6-3, 6-2 Wed

Budapest, QFs, Fri noon loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 #22 s1 wc Patty Schnyder SUI d #31 s5 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 Fri-rain-Sat Patty's backhand drive #28 s4 Agnes Szavay HUN d #109 q Timea Bacsinszky SUI 6-2, 6-3 Agnes and Timea driving a forehand and Timea about to connect with a backhand #33 s6 Alona Bondarenko UKR d #55 Shahar Peer ISR 7-5, 6-1 Shahar and Alona driving forehand and backhand, and Alona after match point #96 Edina Gallovits ROU d #133 q Petra Martic CRO 6-3, 7-6(6)

Budapest, SFs, Sat noon loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 #22 s1 wc Patty Schnyder SUI d #96 Edina Gallovits ROU 6-2, 6-4 Patty showing slice as she lines up a backhand #28 s4 Agnes Szavay HUN d #33 s6 Alona Bondarenko UKR 6-1, 6-2 Alona about to connect with a forehand, Agnes driving one, and after match point

Budapest, Final, Sun 3pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 *#28 s4 Agnes Szavay HUN d #22 s1 wc Patty Schnyder SUI 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 Agnes driving a forehand, and Patty and Agnes driving backhands

Budapest, Doubles Final, Sun loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US cdr97 s1 Alisa Kleybanova & Monica Niculescu d cdr106 s2 Alona Bondarenko & Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 7-6(5) Budapest, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 6 noon losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points #109 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #170 Irina Begu ROU 6-3, 6-2 #133 Petra Martic CRO d #299 Lenka Jurikova SVK 6-2, 6-4 #202 Sharon Fichman CAN d #309 Michaela Pochabova SVK 6-2, 6(5)-7, 7-6(4) #229 Margalita Chakhnashvili GEO d #465 Reka-Luca Jani HUN 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Budapest, Withdrawals #40 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK right shoulder injury #46 Ekaterina Makarova RUS #53 Roberta Vinci ITA wrist injury #81 Anastasiya Yakimova BLR low back injury #102 Varvara Lepchenko USA wrist injury #153 Petra Cetkovska CZE right ankle injury

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