WTA Jul 19-25: Portoroz & Bad Gastein Slovenia Open, Portoroz INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Free Live Video 1 - 2 Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP     tourn. draws: Q - main - D - OOP pics: WTA Portoroz: radar - forecast - map #2 J Jankovic, #29 P Kvitova #31 A Pavlyuchenkova, #34 S Errani Gastein Ladies, AUT INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Free Live Video: 1 - 2 Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP     tourn. draws: Q - main - D - OOP pics: WTA - webcam Austria: radar (Europe) - forecast Austria News & Links #36 A Petkovic, #41 T Bacsinszky #44 A Medina G, #45 K Zakopalova

Portoroz & Bad Gastein: 2009   Bad Gastein: 2008 - 2007 Portoroz: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 previous other tourney pages next Bad Gastein #73 Julia Goerges 5'11" 148lb RH 2H-BH Portoroz: #101 Anna Chakvetadze 5'7" 128lb RH 2H-BH

On Sunday in Bad Gastein, Austria, in the final of the Nurnberger Gastein Ladies, unseeded 21-year-old #73 (career-high: #64) Julia Goerges from Bad Oldesloe, Germany, won her first WTA singles title by defeating the 2009 champ in Luxembourg, 21-year-old 3rd-seeded #37 (career high: #37) Timea Bacsinszky from Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, 6-1, 6-4.     Julia's prize is $37,000; Timea's is $19,000.     It was Julia's 2nd match of the day. Earlier on Sunday, she had defeated the 2008 Budapest champion, 20-year-old #81 (and former #11) Alizé Cornet from Nice, France, in their rain-postponed semifinal, by the same score, 6-1, 6-4 (the tourney photo gallery does not make it perfectly clear, but the photo of Julia above was probably taken after match point of her semifinal win today).     Julia said: "Amazing...my first title, I am so happy... In the morning I told myself just try to get to the final. It was my fifth chance and I did it.     "I was so happy to be in my first final that I was really relaxed against Timea, and the crowd was so supportive too. I got tight on one match point but closed it out well. I'm so happy to have my first title." WTA story - Julia Goerges at Twitter     Julia and Timea had never before met on the field of combat.     On the rise: Julia is now 1-0 in WTA singles finals; she had lost in four previous WTA singles semifinals, most recently last week to Flavia Pennetta in the Palermmo semis. Julia won the Biarritz ITF title the week before that, and has thus won 13 of her last 14 singles matches (she is also 12-3 in her last 15 doubles matches). Julia has a 22-17 singles match record in 2010.     Timea is now 1-1 in WTA singles finals; she defeated Sabine Lisicki in the Luxembourg final last year. Timea has a 16-17 singles match record in 2010.

    Later on Sunday, in Portoroz, Slovenia, in the final of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, 23-year-old #101 (and former #5) Anna Chakvetadze from Moscow, Russia, after waiting out some thunderstorms, took just after an hour to demolish 21-year-old #86 (career-high: #84) Johanna Larsson from Helsingborg, Sweden, 6-1, 6-2 (Anna is shown after the doubles final on Saturday night).

    Anna's prize is $37,000; Johanna's is $19,000.

    Anna said: "This was my ninth final and Johanna's first, so I don't think she was as comfortable as me today. I was very concentrated and didn't give her many free points, so I'm very happy with my performance." WTA story

    Johanna said: "Anna played really well today. I did everything I could... It was my first final and I'm happy with how things went here. If I was told a month ago I'd have these results, I wouldn't believe it."

    Anna and Johanna, too, had never played each other in WTA singles before.

    Anna is now 8-1 in WTA singles finals; she won her first seven, then lost to Caro Wozniacki in the 2008 New Haven final and had been in a deep slump most of the time since then. Now it appears that she may be regaining her old form. Anna has a 17-13 match record in 2010.

    Johanna was playing in her first WTA singles final, so despite the loss, this was the best week of her career. She has won 11 ITF singles titles and 14 ITF doubles titles. Including ITF play, Johanna's singles match record this year is 36-12.

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Portoroz & Bad Gastein s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Slovenia Open,  Portoroz, Slovenia   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Slovenia News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Portoroz: The 32-player main draw for Portoroz 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   SRC Marina Portoroz, Slovenia Latitude: 45.507963 Longitude: 13.596697 goto link for World Wind Slovenia Open venue address: ŠRC Marina Portorose, Slovenia; operators: Sport Society of Portorose, Liminjanska cesta 115, 6320 Portorose     2010 is the sixth year of the Portoroz tourney. Slovenia, north of Croatia, west of Switzerland, south of Austria, and east of Hungary, became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991 after a 10-day war. Portoroz is located on the Adriatic Sea; Italy is on the opposite shore. 2010: Although forced to retire from the tourney after rolling her ankle during her 2nd round match, top seed Jelena Jankovic stuck around to do autograph duty...

Portoroz, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 4pm loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #2 s1 Jelena Jankovic SRB d #93 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-3, 6-3 Tue Jelena driving a forehand during her 1st round doubles win on Monday *#92 Stefanie Voegele SUI d #29 s2 Petra Kvitova CZE 7-5, 6-2 Tue #31 s3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d #76 Alberta Brianti ITA 7-5, 6-1 Tue #34 s4 Sara Errani ITA d #156 q Anna Tatishvili GEO 7-6(1), 6-4 Tue *#103 Ksenia Pervak RUS d #42 s5 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6-1, 6-3 Tue #53 s6 Vera Dushevina RUS d #107 Anna Lapushchenkova RUS 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 Mon Anna about to connect with a forehand, and Vera driving one #57 s7 Polona Hercog SLO d #155 q Elena Bovina RUS 6-3, 6-3 Tue Polona watching her backhand fly *#86 Johanna Larsson SWE d #62 s8 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 7-6(1), 6-2 Tue *#101 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #67 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-4, 6-1 Mon Anna following a backhand, and Ekaterina driving a forehand *#128 Maria Elena Camerin ITA d #71 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 Tue *#279 wc Katarina Srebotnik SLO d #79 Petra Martic CRO 6-3, 6-1 Tue Katarina driving a forehand #113 Rossana de los Rios PAR d #499 wc Andreja Klepac SLO 6-3, 6-4 Mon *#129 Virginie Razzano FRA d #116 Zuzana Kucova SVK 6-2, 7-5 Mon #130 q Anastasiya Yakimova BLR d #139 Masa Zec Peskiric SLO 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tue #145 q Alexandra Panova RUS d #362 sr Marina Erakovic NZL 6-2, 7-6(5) Tue #218 wc Tamira Paszek AUT d #NR sr101 Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO 7-5, 6-2 Mon Jelena and Tamira driving backhands

Portoroz, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 4pm loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 #130 q Anastasiya Yakimova BLR d #2 s1 Jelena Jankovic SRB 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 retired—left ankle injury Thu     Jelena said: "Hey guys...rolled my ankle a little. Will be ok. Just a little disappointing. Will rehab and get ready for San Diego." Jelena Jankovic at Twitter #31 s3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d #113 Rossana de los Rios PAR 6-3, 6-0 Thu *#101 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #34 s4 Sara Errani ITA 6-1, 6-2 Wed Sara showing slice as she addresses a backhand, and Anna about to deliver a smash or serve #53 s6 Vera Dushevina RUS d #129 Virginie Razzano FRA 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 Wed Vera at ready #57 s7 Polona Hercog SLO d #279 wc Katarina Srebotnik SLO 6-4, 6(3)-7, 6-3 Wed Katarina congratulating Polona after match point #86 Johanna Larsson SWE d #128 Maria Elena Camerin ITA 7-5, 6-1 Thu Maria Elena about to connect with a backhand, and Johanna driving one #92 Stefanie Voegele SUI d #218 wc Tamira Paszek AUT 7-5, 6-4 Wed Tamira ready to swat a forehand, and Stefanie driving one #103 Ksenia Pervak RUS d #145 q Alexandra Panova RUS 6-2, 7-5 Thu Alexandra driving a forehand, and Ksenia following a backhand

Portoroz, QFs, Fri 4:30pm WTA story loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 Friday: play resumed after rain delay *#86 Johanna Larsson SWE d #31 s3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-3, 6-2 Johanna after the match     Johanna said: "I started aggressively, [Anastasia] made a few errors and I was lucky to come through it. I'm taking it one match at a time. I was happy to get through the first round and I'm very happy to be in the semifinals now." *#101 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #53 s6 Vera Dushevina RUS 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 Anna after winning a point #57 s7 Polona Hercog SLO d #92 Stefanie Voegele SUI 7-5, 7-5 #103 Ksenia Pervak RUS d #130 q Anastasiya Yakimova BLR 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 Ksenia and Anastasiya driving backhands

Portoroz, SFs, Sat 6pm loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 Saturday: play underway at ~8:15pm after rain delay *#101 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #57 s7 Polona Hercog SLO 0-6, 6-2, 6-2 Polona volleying a backhand, Anna driving one, and after winning a point #86 Johanna Larsson SWE d #103 Ksenia Pervak RUS 6-2, 1-0 retired—right wrist injury Johanna after reaching her first WTA final

Portoroz, Final, Sun 8pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 *#101 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #86 Johanna Larsson SWE 6-1, 6-2 Johanna serving, Anna driving a forehand, and after match point

Portoroz, Doubles Final Sat after singles SFs loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US cdr121 s2 Maria Kondratieva & Vladimira Uhlirova d Anna Chakvetadze & Marina Erakovic 6-4, 2-6, (10-7) Vladimira (4th WTA doubles title) & Maria (1st WTA doubles title), and Marina & Anna Portoroz, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 19 10am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points #130 Anastasiya Yakimova BLR d #208 Ana Vrljic CRO 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 #145 Alexandra Panova RUS d #153 Anne Keothavong GBR 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 #155 Elena Bovina RUS d #297 Tadeja Majeric SLO 7-5, 6-2 #156 Anna Tatishvili GEO d #222 Yuliana Fedak UKR 6-1, 6-1 Portoroz, Withdrawals #8 Francesca Schiavone ITA left wrist injury #54 Roberta Vinci ITA left foot injury #74 Regina Kulikova RUS low back injury #78 Sabine Lisicki GER left ankle injury #85 Karolina Sprem CRO illness #99 Julie Coin FRA plantar fascitis

Gastein Ladies,  Bad Gastein, Austria   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Austria News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Bad Gastein: The 32-player main draw for Bad Gastein has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes.     There are 4 qualifiers and 3 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Monday.   click for broader view   Bad Gastein, Austria, area (close-up N/A) Latitude: 47.119906 Longitude: 13.130722 goto link for World Wind The Gastein Valley is a skiing area about 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Salzburg; Bad Gastein is at an altitude of 1000 meters, and is near Stubnerkogel, 2246 meters. The was new in 2007. 2010: On (or before?) Monday, July 19, in Bad Gastein, Nikola Hofmanova and Alizé Cornet posed in the traditional dresses they will wear at the player party on Tuesday... row 2: Players thus nattily attired at the party included top seed & '09 tourney champ Andrea Petkovic, former WTA #12 Judith Wiesner-Floimair, Patricia Mayr, Julia Goerges, Alizé, and '09 finalist Ioana Raluca Olaru...

Bad Gastein, 1st Rnd, Mon-Tue 10am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #36 s1 Andrea Petkovic GER d #68 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-4, 6-0 Tue #41 s2 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #98 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 6-1, 6-2 Tue Timea serving to Anna-Lena *#87 Yvonne Meusburger AUT d #44 s3 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-4, 7-5 Tue Yvonne following a backhand *#73 Julia Goerges GER d #45 s4 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 Tue *#124 Anastasia Pivovarova RUS d #48 s5 Sybille Bammer AUT 7-6(10), 6-3 Tue *#100 Sandra Zahlavova CZE d #52 s6 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-5, 6-3 Tue #63 s7 Tathiana Garbin ITA d #97 Pauline Parmentier FRA 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Tue #64 s8 Anastasia Sevastova LAT d #144 q Laura Pous Tio ESP 6-2, 6-4 Tue #81 Alizé Cornet FRA d #122 Arantxa Rus NED 6-2, 6-0 Mon *#96 Simona Halep ROU d #91 Renata Voracova CZE 7-5, 6-2 Mon #106 Lucie Hradecka CZE d #189 wc Nikola Hofmanova AUT 6-2, 6-2 Tue *#194 q Lesya Tsurenko UKR d #119 Mariana Duque Marino COL 6-3, 7-6(6) Tue #120 wc Patricia Mayr AUT d #416 q Lenka Tvaroskova SVK 6-2, 6-0 Tue *#133 Mariya Koryttseva UKR d #123 Tatjana Malek GER 6(2)-7, 7-6(3), 6-2 Mon #126 Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU d #148 Kathrin Woerle GER 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 Mon 2009 Bad Gastein finalist Ioana Raluca was awarded an extra yougurt on Tuesday for being so pretty *#234 q Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR d #221 wc Melanie Klaffner AUT 0-6, 6-4, 6-1 Tue

Bad Gastein, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu 11am Thu WTA story loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 *#81 Alizé Cornet FRA d #36 s1 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-2, 7-5 Thu Alizé after match point     Andrea said: "Alizé played a great match. She played nearly as well as she did in her best days. In the second set I had my chances, but didn't take advantage. I'm sad, but I have to just look to the future and go on." #41 s2 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #234 q Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Wed *#120 wc Patricia Mayr AUT d #63 s7 Tathiana Garbin ITA 6-3, 6-4 Thu Patricia did the photo-op thing at the Stubnerkogel bridge     Patricia said: "In the second set I was a little bit tired, but then I got my focus back and I won and I'm very happy." #64 s8 Anastasia Sevastova LAT d #96 Simona Halep ROU 5-7, 6-1, 5-0 retired—right shoulder injury Wed #73 Julia Goerges GER d #133 Mariya Koryttseva UKR 6-2, 7-5 Thu #87 Yvonne Meusburger AUT d #106 Lucie Hradecka CZE 7-5, 7-5 Thu Yvonne's backhand drive     Yvonne said: "I love playing at home. I always play well here. I'm so happy that I got through." #100 Sandra Zahlavova CZE d #194 q Lesya Tsurenko UKR 6-2, 6-4 Wed #124 Anastasia Pivovarova RUS d #126 Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 Wed

Bad Gastein, QFs, Fri 11am WTA story loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 #41 s2 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #100 Sandra Zahlavova CZE 6-0, 6-4 *#87 Yvonne Meusburger AUT d #64 s8 Anastasia Sevastova LAT 7-5, 6-4 #73 Julia Goerges GER d #124 Anastasia Pivovarova RUS 6-4, 6(4)-7, 6-4 #81 Alizé Cornet FRA d #120 wc Patricia Mayr AUT 6-2, 7-6(2), 6-1     Alizé said: "I was two points away from the match in the second set, so I had to do it all over again in the third. The crowd was very fair. They were clapping for beautiful points and supporting me like they were with [Patricia]. I really enjoy this tournament and every time I come here I feel like I'm playing well."

Bad Gastein, SFs, Sat 11am loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 Saturday: 2nd SF rained out #41 s2 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #87 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 #73 Julia Goerges GER d #81 Alizé Cornet FRA 6-1, 6-4 ppd-Sun Alizé driving a backhand, and Julia after match point

Bad Gastein, Final, Sun 2pm+ loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 *#73 Julia Goerges GER d #41 s2 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 6-1, 6-4 Timea serving, Julia driving a backhand, and after match point

Bad Gastein, Doubles Final, Sun after singles loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US cdr66 s2 Lucie Hradecka & Anabel Medina-Garrigues d cdr102 Timea Bacsinszky & Tathiana Garbin 6(2)-7, 6-1, (10-5) Anabel and Lucie signing autographs (on Saturday?) Bad Gastein, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 19 10am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points #234 Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR d #131 Zuzana Ondraskova CZE 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 #144 Laura Pous Tio ESP d #173 Corinna Dentoni ITA 6-0, 6-2 *#194 Lesya Tsurenko UKR d #161 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 7-5, 6-4 *#416 Lenka Tvaroskova SVK d #305 Tetyana Arefyeva UKR 6-1, 6-2 Bad Gastein, Withdrawals #28 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU bilateral knee injury #38 Kaia Kanepi EST #47 Shuai Peng CHN left ankle injury #50 Angelique Kerber GER left shoulder injury #55 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP right ankle injury #95 Edina Gallovits ROU right heel injury

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