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Tourney pages: New Haven: 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 previous other tourney pages next New Haven 2009: #34 Elena Vesnina 5'7¾" 132lb, RH 2H-BH New Haven 2009: #8 Caroline Wozniacki 5'10" 128lb RH 2H-BH

    The New Haven 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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  New Haven, 2009:

On Saturday at Yale University, in the final of the Pilot Pen Open, last year's tourney champion, 19-year-old 2nd-seeded #8 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), won again, defeating 23-year-old unseeded #34 Elena Vesnina from Sochi, Russia, 6-2, 6-4 (Elena is shown during the match; Caroline is shown with the glassware afterward).     Caroline's prize is $98,500; Elena's is $52,500.     Rain delayed the start of play, but the skies cleared before forcing a move indoors. On Friday, rain caused the semifinals to be played indoors at Yale's new Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.     Caroline served only once ace, but did not deliver any double faults (Elena: 2 aces, 3 DFs). Caroline scored on 4 of 11 break points she held on Elena's serve; Elena reached break point against Caroline only twice, and broke Caroline's serve just once in the match.     Caroline said: "It's really surprised me how fast everything has been going, and that I'm right now 8 or 9 in the world. That's just amazing at age of 19, being one of the youngest players out there. It's what I've been working for so hard. I'm happy everything is going my way." AP story - ConnPost story

    Elena said: "I don't do any excuses for today because Caroline, she was too good for me. I was doing a lot of unforced errors. Caroline, she's a very good defensive player."

    Caroline now leads Elena 3-1 in career matches, and 2-1 on hardcourts. Both players are having the best year of their careers.

    Caroline is now 6-5 in WTA singles finals; she also won the Eastbourne and Ponte Vedra Beach titles this year, and reached the finals at Madrid, Charleston, Memphis & Bastad. She has a 56-17 match record this season. Caroline, seeded 9th at this year's US Open, will play #90 Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan in the 1st round on Tuesday.

    Elena is now 0-2 in WTA singles finals; she reached her first final at Auckland early this year, after defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. She has won 2 ITF singles titles, and 3 WTA (plus 6 ITF) doubles titles. Elena has a 30-17 match record in 2009. Seeded 31st at this year's US Open, Elena will play #60 Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic in the 1st round on Monday.

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WTA SCOREBOARD: New Haven s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? The Pilot Pen Open  New Haven, Connecticut   NWS weather radar tourney time:        = GMT -6 hours        = US EDT        = US PDT+3 Connecticut news Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar   click for broader view   Yale University tennis courts, New Haven, CT Lat.: 41.311203 Lon.: -72.959561 goto link for World Wind     New Haven: The main draw for New Haven has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers and 4 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Sunday - and main draw play begins on Sunday. Yale University interactive campus map 2009: On Sunday, Aug 23 in New Haven, LA champ Flavia Pennetta (apparently describing her aspirations to become a chair umpire after she retires from the WTA Tour) and 2008 Pilot Pen champ Caroline Wozniacki met the press during the All Access Hour... On Tuesday, Magdalena Rybarikova did the autograph thing, undoubtedly utilizing a Pilot pen this time...

New Haven, 1st Rd, Sun 10am & 1pm, Mon-Tue 10am loser's prize: $4,300 US; points: 1

New Haven, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed 10am losers' prize: $8,000 US; points: 60

New Haven, QFs, Thu 10am losers' prize: $15,100 US; points: 120

New Haven, SFs, Fri noon losers' prize: $28,100 US; points: 200

New Haven, Final, Sat 1pm loser's prize: $52,500 US; points: 320 winner's prize: $98,500 US; points: 470

New Haven, Doubles Final, Sat eve losers' prize: $16,500 US winners' prize: $31,000 US New Haven, Qual Finals, Sun Aug 22 10am losers' prizes: q1 $660 1pt; q2 $1,230 8pts; q3 $2,300 12pts; qualifier 20 points New Haven, Withdrawals

    (Aug 23, 2009) 7th-seeded #15 Dominika Cibulkova has withdrawn from New Haven (and from the US Open) due to a right rib injury, and the main draw has been revised accordingly.

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