WTA Aug 16-22: Montreal Rogers Cup, Montreal, CAN PREMIER 5 $2,000,000 56m/48q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA tourney: draws - OOP - interviews photos: Y!: sports - news | WTA Montreal: weather radar main is http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WMN - forecast Toronto Star: tennis Canada News & Links # # # # # # # # # # # #

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    The Montreal 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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  Toronto, 2009:

On Sunday in Toronto, in the final of the Rogers Cup (aka the Canadian Open), 27-year-old 4th-seeded #4 Elena Dementieva of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), defeated 22-year-old #49 (and former #1, working her way back up the rankings after a prolonged shoulder injury) Maria Sharapova of Russia (residences: Manhattan Beach, California and Bradenton, Florida), 6-4, 6-3 (both ladies are shown during the match, and Elena with the "transparent racket" trophy afterward).     Elena's prize is $350,000; Maria's is $175,000—and her performance raised Maria's WTA ranking to #30, which means she will be seeded at this year's US Open (Aug 31).     The two sets lasted over two hours. Both players served just one ace; Maria committed 10 double faults, Elena, 7. Maria converted only 3 of 7 break point opportunities against Elena; Elena scored on 5 of 15 break points against Maria.     Elena said: "This kind of win gives you a lot of confidence, so right now it's all about recovering and getting ready for New York... I really like to play this tournament, but I've never done anything better than first or second round, which was very disappointing for me. Every time I come I have such great crowd support. I just feel so happy to finally win this title. It means a lot to me." AP story

    It was the first final Maria has reached since returning to play in May after a long injury layoff. Maria said: "I think it was a really great week for me. Playing six matches was great leading up to the U.S. Open. I think this was really good preparation."

    Maria leads still Elena 8-3 in career matches, and won their previous two meetings: on a hardcourt in the Los Angeles quarterfinals in 2007, 6-3, 6-4, and in the 4th round of the 2008 Australian Open, 6-2, 6-0. Elena's last win over Maria had been in 2006, in the semis in LA, 7-5, 6-2.

    2008 Olympic gold medalist Elena is now 14-14 in WTA singles finals; she won the Auckland and Sydney titles earlier this year. Elena has a 50-13 match record in 2009.

    2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, and 2008 Australian Open champion Maria is now 19-8 in WTA singles finals. Due to right shoulder rotator cuff tendon tears, she played only one match (a doubles match) between August, 2008, and May, 2009. She says that her shoulder has now completely healed, and her results seem to indicate that it has. Maria has a 22-7 match record this season.

Toronto Player's Blogs: • by Samantha Stosur • by Bethanie Mattek-Sands

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Montreal s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Rogers Cup,  Montreal, Canada   NWS weather radar tourney time:        = GMT -4 hours        = US EDT        = US PDT +3 hours Canada news Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar   click for broader view   Uniprix Stadium, Montreal Lat.: 45.533409 Long.: -73.628086 goto link for World Wind     Montreal: The 56-player main draw for the Rogers Cup has 16 seeds, with 8 1st-round byes. There are 12 qualifiers and 5 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying (2 rounds) starts on Saturday; qualifying finals are on Sunday.     The Rogers Cup, also known as the Canadian Open, is played alternating years in Montreal and Toronto. When the WTA is in Montreal, the ATP plays their version a week earlier in Toronto, and vice versa. 2009: On Sunday, August 16, in Toronto, Maria Sharapova practiced at York University... On Monday, retired former WTA #1 Monica Seles was inducted into the tourney's own hall of fame, and played an exhibition match, partnered with Aleksandra Wozniak, against Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams... row 2: Earlier on Monday, players doing the Meet the Press thing included Elena Dementieva, Jelena Jankovic (last week's champ in Cincinnati), Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva, Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and last year's champ in Montreal, top-seeded #1 Dinara Safina...

Montreal, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 11am loser's prize: $5,400 US; points: 1

Montreal, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed 11am losers' prize: $10,275 US; points: 70

Montreal, 3rd Rd, Thu 11am losers' prize: $20,000 US; points: 125

Montreal, QFs, Fri 11am losers' prize: $40,000 US; points: 225

Montreal, SFs, Sat 3pm & 7pm loser's prize: $87,500 US; points: 395

Montreal, Final, Sun 1:30pm loser's prize: $175,000 US; points: 620 winner's prize: $350,000 US; points: 900

Montreal, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $50,000 US winners' prize: $100,000 US Montreal, Qual Finals, Sun Aug 15 10am losers' prizes: q1 $1,500 1pt; q2 $2,900 20pts; qualifier 30 points Montreal, Withdrawals

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