WTA Oct 2-10: Beijing China Open, Beijing, CHN PREMIER M $4,500,000 60m/32q/28d outdoor: hard | Free Live Video: 1 - 2 Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP photos: DL - Y!: sports - news | WTA videos | Chinese w/pics:     163.com - sina - sports.cn Beijing forecast - radar Beijing News - China News #2 Caroline Wozniacki #4 Vera Zvonareva #6 Jelena Jankovic #7 Samantha Stosur #8 Francesca Schiavone #9 Agnieszka Radwanska #10 Elena Dementieva #11 Victoria Azarenka #12 Na Li #13 Svetlana Kuznetsova #14 Marion Bartoli #15 s12 Maria Sharapova

Beijing: 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004   Shanghai: 2003 previous other tourney pages next Beijing: #4 Vera Zvonareva 5' 7¾" 130½lb RH 2H-BH Beijing: #2 Caroline Wozniacki 5' 10" 128lb RH 2H-BH

On Monday in Beijing, in the final of the China Open (postponed from Sunday due to rain), this year's champion at Tokyo, New Haven, Montreal, Copenhagen, and Ponte Vedra Beach, 20-year-old top-seeded #2 (#1 in Monday's rankings) Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), defeated this year's US Open & Wimbledon finalist (and champion in Pattya City, Thailand), 26-year-old 2nd-seeded #4 (career-high: #4) Vera Zvonareva from Moscow, Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 (Vera is shown during the match, and Caroline holding the hardware afterward).     Caroline's prize is $775,500, Vera's is $387,750.     Caroline said: "I thought in general I played a really, really good match. I just stayed focused, I kept running, I tried to keep the pressure on [Vera], tried to keep her moving and I thought we played a really, really good match." AP story     Vera said: "Lost a tough match to Caroline in the final tonight. She played well and congratulations to her. Flying back to Moscow tomorrow and going to take a few days to rest before getting ready for the Kremlin Cup. Thanks to all the fans in Beijing for the support this week! See you all next year." Vera at Facebook     Caro and Vera are now tied at 3-3 in career matches. Vera won the last time they played, on a Deco-Turf hardcourt last month in the semifinals of the US Open at Flushing Meadows, 6-4, 6-3. Caroline won their meeting before that, also on Deco-Turf this year in the final at Montreal, 6-3, 6-2.     Both ladies will rise to new career highs in Monday's WTA rankings, Caroline at #1 and Vera at #3.     2009 US Open finalist Caroline is now 12-7 in WTA singles finals; she won last week at Tokyo, and at New Haven, Montreal, Copenhagen, and Ponte Vedra Beach this year, and reached the Indian Wells final. Caroline has a 59-15 singles match record this season, and is 29-2 during the post-Wimbledon hard court season.

    2010 US Open and Wimbledon finalist Vera is now 10-16 in WTA singles finals; after she won at Indian Wells last year she tore ankle ligaments at Charleston, and had surgery to remove scar tissue in November. In January at the Australian Open Vera said it would still take a while before her ankle was fully healed; now she is 100%. Vera has a 46-17 match record this year.

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 Friday, qualifying finals are on Saturday.   click for broader view   National Tennis Center, Beijing Latitude: 40.019398 Longitude: 116.37162 goto link for World Wind     2009 was the first year that the China Open was held at the National Tennis Center, which was built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The National Tennis Center (formerly known as the Beijing 2008 Olympic Green Tennis Courts) is located at the northwest corner of the primary 2008 Olympics venue, on the south side of Beijing's 5th ring road. The address is No. 2 Lin Cui Road, in the Chao Yang section of Beijing. 2010: On Thursday, October 30, in Beijing, Chinese #1 Na Li (Li Na, with family name first Chinese style, but Na Li in the WTA database) met the press... On Friday, Dominika Cibulkova put on a tennis clinic, while Ana Ivanovic practiced... On Saturday, Jing-Jing Lu won her qualifying final, defeating Carla Suarez Navarro... row 2: player's attending the "Official Wine Party" at the Shangri-La Hotel on Tuesday evening included top seed Caroline Wozniacki, and Yung-Jan Chan (far right)... Dinara Safina, Samantha Stosur, Caro, and Shuai Peng mugged for the camera while embedding their palm prints at the party...

Beijing, 1st Rd, Sat-Mon 12:30pm & noon Mon WTA story losers' prize: $10,340 US; points: 5 #4 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #49 Dinara Safina RUS 6-4, 7-6(6) Mon Vera and Dinara driving forehand and backhand, and Vera after match point     Vera said: "Dinara is a great player. She has been No.1, so she will be a great player forever. It's always difficult to play against her. I don't think either of us found our best tennis today, but you can't expect to play your best tennis in the first match of a tournament. New stadium, new balls, new atmosphere... you're trying to find your rhythm." #6 s3 Jelena Jankovic SRB d #37 Klara Zakopalova CZE 7-5, 7-5 Sat Klara and Jelena driving forehands *#55 q Anastasija Sevastova LAT d #7 s4 Samantha Stosur AUS 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 Sun Samantha and Anastasija driving forehand and backhand *#56 Angelique Kerber GER d #9 s6 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 5-7, 7-6(3), 7-5 Mon Angelique and Agnieszka driving backhand and forehand     It was the biggest victory, by rank, of Angelique's career.     Angelique said: "It was very hot out there, but I just tried to take it one point at a time and play my tennis—being aggressive and putting pressure on her. In the end, it was just two or three points that made the difference." WTA story #12 s9 Na Li CHN d #57 q Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-2, 6-0 Sun Na's backhand drive *#60 q Roberta Vinci ITA d #13 s10 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Sun Roberta ready to swat a backhand, and Svetlana following a backhand drive *#38 Ana Ivanovic SRB d #14 s11 Marion Bartoli FRA 6-2, 6-3 Mon Ana and Marion driving forehand and backhand, Ana following another forehand, and after match point     Ana said: "I tried to do a lot of things differently today, and it worked. [Marion is] a tough opponent and I've lost to her the last couple of times, so it was really nice to have a win today." #15 s12 Maria Sharapova RUS d #32 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 6-4, 7-6(5) Sun Maria driving a forehand, Tsvetana launching a backhand on the run, and Maria's backhand drive #17 s13 Nadia Petrova RUS d #144 wc Xinyun Han CHN 6-2, 6-2 Sun *#46 Gisela Dulko ARG d #18 s14 Aravane Rezai FRA 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 Sun #19 s15 Shahar Peer ISR d #262 wc Shengnan Sun CHN 6-1, 6-2 Mon *#25 Kaia Kanepi EST d #20 s16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 7-5, 6-1 Sun *#33 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d #21 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 6-0, 7-6(6) Sun *#34 Petra Kvitova CZE d #22 Flavia Pennetta ITA 7-6(4), 6-1 Sun *#53 Olga Govortsova BLR d #24 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 6-3, 6-2 Sat #26 Maria Kirilenko RUS d #84 wc Shuai Zhang CHN 6-1, 6-0 Sun Shuai and Maria driving forehands #27 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #255 q Jing-Jing Lu CHN 6-1, 6-0 Sun #28 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d #50 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 6-4, 6-4 Mon *#45 Polona Hercog SLO d #29 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 Sun *#35 Andrea Petkovic GER d #30 Lucie Safarova CZE 6-2, 6-3 Sat #31 Alona Bondarenko UKR d #289 wc Yi-Miao Zhou CHN 6-2, 6-0 Sat Alona about to swat a backhand, and Yi-Miao driving one *#58 Elena Vesnina RUS d #36 Agnes Szavay HUN 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-3 Sat Agnes driving a forehand, and Elena following one on the run *#44 Patty Schnyder SUI d #39 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-1, 6-4 Sat Patty spinning a forehand #40 Sara Errani ITA d #59 wc Shuai Peng CHN 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 Mon Shuai driving her 2-handed forehand with backhand grip, and Sara fielding a forehand conventionally *#48 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #42 Julia Goerges GER 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) Sat *#62 q Vera Dushevina RUS d #43 q Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-4, 6-4 Mon *#67 Kimiko Date Krumm JPN d #63 A Medina Garrigues ESP 6-0, 6-4 Sat Kimiko's backhand drive *#94 q Bojana Jovanovski SRB d #92 q Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 Sun

Beijing, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed 12:30pm & noon Tue WTA story losers' prize: $19,950 US; points: 80 Toyko semifinalists receive 1st round byes #2 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #40 Sara Errani ITA 6-4, 6-2 Wed Sara and Caroline driving forehand and backhand, and Caro after match point     In the 3rd round on Thursday, Caroline will play #30 Petra Kvitova. Caroline leads Petra 2-1 in career matches, but Petra's victory came the last time they played, on grass in the 4th round of this year's Championships at Wimbledon, 6-2, 6-0. Caro will not want that to happen again.     If Caroline defeats Petra on Thursday, when the new rankings come out on Monday she will be the #1 player in the world for the first time in her career.     Caroline said: "Tomorrow is just another match. Hopefully I can win it." WTA story #4 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #35 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-4, 6-1 Tue *#94 q Bojana Jovanovski SRB d #6 s3 Jelena Jankovic SRB 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Mon Jelena serving, and Bojana driving a backhand     It was the biggest victory, by rank, of Bojana's career.     Bojana said: "It was very hard to play Jelena. We are such good friends off the court, we go out for dinner together and enjoy each other's company. It's a real shame two Serbian girls had to play first round, but you can't choose who you play. But I don't think Jelena was playing her best tennis today." WTA story     Jelena said: "Bojana played really well. She was solid off the baseline and really gave me a hard time. Since I twisted my ankle in Portoroz [in July] I really haven't found my form. I'm still trying to get back to the tennis I'd like to play, but I'm not there yet. I have to work hard and keep going to get back to that level." #8 s5 Francesca Schiavone ITA d #45 Polona Hercog SLO 6-3, 6-3 Tue #10 s7 Elena Dementieva RUS d #67 Kimiko Date Krumm JPN 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 Tue Elena and Kimiko driving forehand and backhand     2008 Olympic gold medalist Elena said: "[Kimiko] an incredible athlete. It's never easy to play against her...     "[Beijing] is a very special place for me, because of the Olympic Games. Every time I come here, I feel excited and inspired with my result from there. I have so many great memories playing in Beijing and also winning Shanghai. It's great to come here every year." *#48 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #11 s8 Victoria Azarenka BLR 4-6, 3-2 retired—left thigh strain Tue #12 s9 Na Li CHN d #27 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 6-1, 6-4 Tue Na's backhand drive *#58 Elena Vesnina RUS d #15 s12 Maria Sharapova RUS 7-6(3), 6-2 Tue Maria reaching for a forehand, Elena driving a backhand, and Maria congratulating Elena     Maria struck 18 unforced errors, including 7 double faults; Elena fired 5 aces with no double faults. Maria broke Elena's serve only twice in ten opportunities; Elena converted four out of seven break points she reached against Maria.     Maria said: "I'm definitely not as good as I wanted to be. After the US Open I wasn't able to train as much as I would've wanted to, and I feel like the last couple of weeks I've just been trying to play catch-up. My rhythm hasn't been where it should be. Obviously it's disappointing, but I've lost and won many matches in my career. I'll just have to regroup and move forward."     "I have to give a lot of credit to [Elena]. She played extremely well. She was really aggressive and hit the ball really deep and consistently. I wasn't able to do the things I do. She served extremely well and had me off-balance. It was definitely her day." #17 s13 Nadia Petrova RUS d #31 Alona Bondarenko UKR 6-3, 7-5 Mon #19 s15 Shahar Peer ISR d #44 Patty Schnyder SUI 6-4, 6-2 Tue *#34 Petra Kvitova CZE d #25 Kaia Kanepi EST 7-5 6(6)-7 6-2 Tue #26 Maria Kirilenko RUS d #46 Gisela Dulko ARG 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 Mon Maria following a forehand, and Gisela's backhand drive #28 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU v #56 Angelique Kerber GER Wed c3 m1 1pm *#55 q Anastasija Sevastova LAT d #33 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 Tue #38 Ana Ivanovic SRB d #53 Olga Govortsova BLR 6-0, 7-5 Tue Ana driving a forehand, and Olga following one *#62 q Vera Dushevina RUS d #60 q Roberta Vinci ITA 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tue

Beijing, 3rd Rd, Wed-Thu 12:30pm & noon losers' prize: $37,225 US; points: 140 #2 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #34 Petra Kvitova CZE 6-3, 6-2 Thu     Caroline will be #1 in Monday's WTA rankings Petra driving a backhand, Caroline following one, Caro after match point, and with her trophy for becoming #1     The win gave Caroline enough points so that when the new WTA rankings come out on Monday, she will be the #1 player in the world for the first time in her career.     Caroline said: "This is a real big step for me. To be the world No. 1 has always been a dream for me. It doesn't feel like it's real." AP story #4 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #26 Maria Kirilenko RUS 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 Wed Vera and Maria driving forehand and backhand, and Vera after match point     Vera said: "Won my match today against Maria, 6-2 in the third set. It was a battle but happy to be in the quarterfinals again this year. Hopefully, I can keep it going." Vera at Facebook #8 s5 Francesca Schiavone ITA d #62 q Vera Dushevina RUS 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 Wed *#38 Ana Ivanovic SRB d #10 s7 Elena Dementieva RUS 7-6(2), 7-6(4) Thu Ana driving a forehand (echoed in the oncourt video display), Elena fielding one, Ana reaching for a backhand volley, and after match point     Ana said: "I really gave my all. We had a lot of long points and long rallies... I haven't played a match like that for a long time." WTA story     Ana will play Caroline Wozniacki in the China Open quarterfinals on Friday. Though they have not played since 2008, Ana leads Caroline 3-0 in career matches. The last time they played was on red clay at Roland Garros in the 3rd round of the 2008 French Open, when Ana, on her way to the title, defeated Caroline 6-4, 6-1.     Ana said: "I know I have to play aggressively. I definitely have a strategy in mind I'm going to try to do tomorrow. Serving and returning is going to play a big part, as well." #12 s9 Na Li CHN d #56 Angelique Kerber GER 6-2, 6-0 Thu Angelique and Na driving backhands *#55 q Anastasija Sevastova LAT d #17 s13 Nadia Petrova RUS     walkover—right foot injury Thu #19 s15 Shahar Peer ISR d #94 q Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-1, 6-2 Wed Bojana and Shahar driving backhands #48 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #58 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-2, 6-3 Wed Timea after match point

Beijing, QFs, Fri 12:30pm & noon AP story losers' prize: $74,450 US; points: 250 #2 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #38 Ana Ivanovic SRB 7-6(1), 6-4 Ana serving, Caroline driving a backhand, Ana following one, Caro unhappy as the trainer finishes strapping her knee, then finding out that the wheels still work     Ana's game suffered from 9 double faults during the match, while Caroline weathered a painful left knee injury in the 2nd set. After her knee was taped by the trainer, Caroline returned to play out the match.     Caroline said: "I don't think it's too serious, so hopefully I'll be OK, but definitely it was a bit of a scare." #4 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #8 s5 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-0, 6-2 Vera and Francesca driving forehands, and Vera's backhand drive     The win raised Vera's record against French Open champion Francesca to 10-0.     Vera said: "I was really happy with the way I played, and didn't really give [Francesca] a chance." #12 s9 Na Li CHN v #55 q Anastasija Sevastova LAT 7-6(6), 6-3 Na and Anastasija driving forehands, and Na's backhand drive     Na said: "I wasn't at all familiar with this opponent. You see out on the court I was playing a little tight." #19 s15 Shahar Peer ISR d #48 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 7-6(4), 6-4

Beijing, SFs, Sat 1pm losers' prize: $169,445 US; points: 450 #2 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #19 s15 Shahar Peer ISR 7-5, 6-2 Caroline about to connect with a forehand, Shahar driving one, Caro following another forehand, and after match point     The painful left knee injury which Caroline incurred in her quarterfinal win over Ana Ivanovic is apparently not too serious.     Caroline said: "It felt better today than yesterday. It’s not getting worse, so that’s a positive." AP story     About playing Vera Zvonareva in the final on Sunday, Caroline said: "I feel good out there on court, and hopefully tomorrow I can play a good match against Vera. She’s in really good shape, so it’s not going to be easy. I’m just thinking about trying to be 100 percent fit for tomorrow." #4 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS v #12 s9 Na Li CHN 6-3, 6-3 Vera serving, Na and Vera driving backhand and forehand, Na volleying a forehand, Vera's backhand drive, and Vera meeting the press after the match     Vera said: "Li Na is a great player and she's playing at home. I was trying to do my best on the court and not pay attention to anything else. She was taking a lot of risks today and she had some unforced errors, so I knew I had to just hang in there and try to counterpunch, get every single ball and fight." WTA story     About playing Caroline Wozniacki in the final, Vera said: "It's always a challenge to play Caroline, but I like challenges."

Beijing, Final, Sun-ppd-Mon 7:30pm loser's prize: $387,750 US; points: 700 winner's prize: $775,500 US; points: 1000 Sunday: rain prevented play, ppd-Monday #2 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #4 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Caroline serving, Vera driving a forehand, Caroline driving a backhand, after match point, and Vera congratulating Caro

Beijing, Doubles Final, Saturday losers' prize: $133,000 US winners' prize: $266,000 US Chia-Jung Chuang & Olga Govortsova d cdr5 s1 Gisela Dulko & Flavia Pennetta 7-6(2), 1-6, (10-7) Olga and Chia-Jung, their first title as a team Beijing, Qual Finals, Sat Oct 2 noon losers' prizes: q1 $1,350 1pt; q2 $2,610 20pts; qualifier 30 points #43 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d #80 Vania King USA 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 *#255 Jing-Jing Lu CHN d #54 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-3, 6-3 #55 Anastasija Sevastova LAT d #82 Tathiana Garbin ITA 6-3, 7-6(3) #57 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #120 Sophie Ferguson AUS 6-4, 6-2 #60 Roberta Vinci ITA d #71 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 6-3, 6-3 #62 Vera Dushevina RUS d #109 Greta Arn HUN 6-4, 6-2 *#92 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR d #69 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 6-0, 7-6(6) *#94 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d #70 Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP 6-2, 6-2 Beijing, Withdrawals #1 Serena Williams USA foot injury & surgery #3 Venus Williams USA left knee injury #5 Kim Clijsters BEL foot injury #23 Jie Zheng CHN left wrist injury & surgery #68 Melanie Oudin USA #72 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN

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