WTA Aug 10-16: Cincinnati W&S Financial Open Lindner Tennis Center, Cincinnati, OH PREMIER $2,000,000 56m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores WTA pdf: draws & OOP - notes html: results - order of play - draws photos: Y!: sports     news WSF - news CO | WTA Cincinnati: radar - forecast     Sports: Post - Enquirer # # # # # # # #

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    The Cincinnati 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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  Cincinnati, 2008:

    On Sunday in Cincinnati, in the final of the W&S Financial Open, 26-year-old 2nd-seeded # 18 Nadia Petrova of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), defeated 29-year-old # 91 (and former # 11) Nathalie Dechy of France (residence: Tournai, Belgium), 6-2, 6-1. Nadia's prize is $28,000; Nathalie's, $15,000.

    Nadia, who now leads Nathalie 6-2 in career matches, is 8-9 in WTA singles finals; her previous win was at the Paris Indoor tourney last year. Nadia is now 26-16 in matches this year.
    Nathalie is now 1-4 in WTA singles finals; she won her title at Gold Coast in 2003. Nathalie has a 17-17 record in 2008.

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Cincinnati s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? The W&S Financial Open  Cincinnati, Ohio   NWS weather radar tourney time:        = GMT -6 hours        = US EDT        = US PDT+3 Cleveland news - Ohio news Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar   click for broader view   Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio Lat.: 39.34876 Lon.: -84.276434 goto link for World Wind     Cincinnati: The 56-player main draw for Cincinnati 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.     W&S Financial Open venue address: Lindner Family Tennis Center, 5460 Courseview Dr., Mason, OH 45040 2008: On Saturday, Aug 9 in Cincinnati, the WTA's Melanie Heuer was assisted at the draw by Marion Bartoli & Katarina Srebotnik... On Sunday, Aleksandra Wozniak signed autographs, and Aiko Nakamura attended the Reds-Astros game... On Monday, Mashona Washington gave tennis lessons at "Kids Day..."

Cincinnati, 1st Round, Mon-Tue loser's prize: $5,400 US; points: 1

Cincinnati, 2nd Round, Wed losers' prize: $10,275 US; points: 60

Cincinnati, 3rd Round, Thu losers' prize: $20,000 US; points: 110

Cincinnati, QFs, Fri losers' prize: $40,000 US; points: 200

Cincinnati, SFs, Sat loser's prize: $87,500 US; points: 350

Cincinnati, Final, Sun loser's prize: $175,000 US; points: 550 winner's prize: $350,000 US; points: 800

Cincinnati, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $50,000 US winners' prize: $100,000 US Cincinnati, Qual Finals, Sun Aug 9 losers' prizes: q1 $1,500 1pt; q2 $2,900 20pts; qualifier 30 points Cincinnati, Withdrawals

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