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    The Beijing draws are not yet available as of this writing (qualifying draws for this tourney will be posted on the Thursday before the tourney begins, the main draw will likely be posted on Friday). The links are above.

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  Beijing, 2009:

On Sunday in Beijing, in the final of the China Open, the 2006 China Open champion (and this year's French Open champ), 24-year-old 6th-seeded #6 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), won the Beijing title a second time by defeating 20-year-old 12th-seeded #12 Agnieszka Radwanska from Krakow, Poland, 6-2, 6-4 (Svetlana is shown during the match, and with the hardware afterward).     Svetlana's prize is $775,000; Agnieszka's is $387,750.     Svetlana, who delivered 6 aces (with only 2 double faults), was playing in her 4th China Open final. Svetlana said: "I guess I just like to play here. I have some different luck here and definitely like the atmosphere. The support is great... Normally I feel really tired at the end of the season, but now I feel great." AP story     Reaching the final will put Agnieszka back in the top 10 in next week's WTA rankings.     Agnieszka said: "Svetlana's been very good today, hitting hard every ball. I think also she had nothing to lose today... Of course it's better to win a tournament, but I'm still in the top 10 so it's not that bad."

    Svetlana now leads Agnieszka 6-3 in career matches, and also won their previous meeting, on red clay in the 4th round of this year's French Open, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.

    Barcelona-trained 2004 US Open champion Svetlana is now 12-18 in WTA singles finals; she won this year at Roland Garros and at Stuttgart, and reached the final at Rome. Svetlana's 2009 match record is 42-14.

    Agnieszka is now 4-1 in WTA singles finals; she won the Eastbourne, Istanbul and Pattaya City titles last year, and the Stockholm title in 2007. Agnieszka has a 40-21 match record this season.

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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 Friday, qualifying finals are on Saturday.   click for broader view   National Tennis Center, Beijing Latitude: 40.020401 Longitude: 116.370986 goto link for World Wind     The 2009 China Open is being held for the first time 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. 2009: On Sunday, October 4, Tokyo champion Maria Sharapova and finalist Jelena Jankovic arrived at Beijing airport, and 2008 Wimbledon semifinalist Jie Zheng posed for the press, holding two of the tourney mascot dolls...

Beijing, 1st Rd, Sat-Mon 11am losers' prize: $10,340 US; points: 5

Beijing, 2nd Rd, Mon-Tue losers' prize: $19,950 US; points: 80 Toyko semifinalists receive 1st round byes

Beijing, 3rd Rd, Wed-Thu 11am losers' prize: $37,225 US; points: 140

Beijing, QFs, Fri 11am losers' prize: $74,450 US; points: 250

Beijing, SFs, Sat noon losers' prize: $169,445 US; points: 450

Beijing, Final, Sun 1pm, 7pm loser's prize: $387,750 US; points: 700 winner's prize: $775,500 US; points: 1000

Beijing, Doubles Final, Saturday losers' prize: $133,000 US winners' prize: $266,000 US Beijing, Qual Finals, Sat Oct 2 10am losers' prizes: q1 $1,350 1pt; q2 $2,610 20pts; qualifier 30 points Beijing, Withdrawals

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