WTA Feb 8-14: Paris Indoor & Pattaya GDF Suez Open, Paris, FRA PREMIER $700,000 30m/32q/16d indoor: hard (Greenset) Free Live Video: 1 - 2 Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP draw & results, .html - videos pics: DL - Y!: sports - news |     tourney - WTA Paris: weather radar - forecast #7 E Dementieva, #12 F Pennetta #15 Y Wickmayer, #18 F Schiavone Pattaya Women's Open, THA INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: DL - Y!: sports - news | WTA Bangkok Post: Sports Pattaya: weather forecast #9 V Zvonareva, #25 S Lisicki #40 V Dushevina, #48 Y Shvedova

Tourney pages: Paris & Pattaya: 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 Paris: 2005 - 2004 Pattaya: 2005 previous other tourney pages next Pattaya: #9 Vera Zvonareva 5' 7¾" 130½lb RH 2H-BH Paris: #7 Elena Dementieva 5'11" 141lb RH 2H-BH

    On Sunday in Paris, in the final of the GDF Suez Open, this year's champion in Sydney, 28-year-old top-seeded #7 (career-high: #3) Elena Dementieva of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), defeated the 2008 Forest Hills champion, 23-year-old unseeded #46 (and former #22) Lucie Safarova from Brno, Czech Republic, 6(6)-7, 6-1, 6-4 (Elena is shown with the new "lunatic" hardware after the match).

    Elena's prize is $107,000; Lucie's is $56,000. Elena and Lucie had met only once before, on a Deco-Turf hard court in the 1st round of the 2005 US Open, when Elena won, 7-5, 6-3.

    Elena said: "I'm just so happy. It was probably one of the most difficult wins in my life." AP story - WTA story

    2008 Olympic gold medalist Elena is now 16-14 in WTA singles finals; she won the Auckland, Sydney and Toronto titles in 2009. Elena has a 10-1 singles match record in 2010.
    Lucie is now 4-4 in WTA singles finals; she won at Forest Hills in 2008 and 2005, at Gold Coast in 2006, and at Estoril in 2005. Lucie has a 7-5 match record this year.

    Meanwhile in Pattaya City, Thailand, in the final of the Pattaya Women's Open, last year's Pattaya (and Indian Wells) champion, 25-year-old top-seeded #9 (career-high: #5) Vera Zvonareva from Moscow, Russia, defeated last year's 's-Hertogenbosch champ (and a 2008 Wimbledon quarterfinalist), 32-year-old unseeded #87 (and Thai #1, WTA career-high #19) Tamarine Tanasugarn from Bangkok, Thailand, 6-4, 6-4 (Vera is shown with the ceramicware after the match).

    Vera's prize is $37,000; Tammy's is $19,000. Tammy picked up an extra $5,500 by winning the doubles final, teamed with Marina Erakovic, defeating Anna Chakvetadze and Ksenia Pervak, 7-5, 6-1. Vera and Tammy had met only once before, in the 2nd round at Wimbledon in 2008, when Tammy, always at her best on chlorophyll courts, won 7-6(10), 4-6, 6-3.

    Vera said: "Tammy's been playing great throughout the week. Thailand should be proud of you for having such a great player. Very tough for me to defend my title. I hope to come back next year and try again." AP story

    Tammy said: "Thank you very much to all the fans here—especially the Thai fans—for cheering me on during the week. Also thanks to the Russian fans for cheering Vera on, she played so well today." WTA story

    Vera is now 10-11 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. Last month at the Australian Open Vera said it would still take a while before she was 100% healthy again. Vera has an 8-2 match record in 2010.
    Tammy is now 3-7 in WTA singles finals; she won at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2008 and 2009, and at Hyderabad in 2004. Tammy has a 5-2 match record this year, including her 4 wins this week.

Paris player's blog by Sorana Cirstea - Getting to know Kai-Chen Chang

WTA SCOREBOARD: Paris Indoor & Pattaya s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? GDF Suez Open,  Paris, France   tourney time:        = GMT +1 hour        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Paris News - France News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Paris: The main draw for Paris has 8 seeds, with 2 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    Pierre de Coubertin Stadium (at left) Latitude: 48.835275 Longitude: 2.258849 goto link for World Wind France Geoportail plugin for World Wind (maps & aerial photos) 2010: Former French #1 Tatiana Golovin, Virginie Razzano, Agnes Szavay, & Aravane Rezai were at the Paris main draw on Saturday... row 2: Top-seeded Elena Dementieva, Aravane, and Flavia Pennetta did the alert the media thing in Paris on Monday and Tuesday...

Paris, 1st Rd Mon-Wed noon losers' prize: $4,580 US; points: 1 *#82 wc Petra Martic CRO d #15 s3 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 Wed Yanina tossing the ball for her serve, Petra driving a backhand, and after match point #18 s4 Francesca Schiavone ITA d #123 q Vesna Manasieva RUS 6-0, 6-0 Tue Vesna's serve service toss, Francesca winding up to lightly tap a forehand, and after winning a point #21 s5 Aravane Rezai FRA d #101 q Evgenia Rodina RUS 6-4, 6-4 Wed Evgenia's service toss, and Aravane driving a forehand #22 s6 Shahar Peer ISR s #65 Alizé Cornet FRA 6-4, 6-1 Tue Shahar and Alizé driving forehand and backhand *#44 Patty Schnyder SUI d #24 s7 Virginie Razzano FRA 6-3, 7-6(3) Tue Virginie's service toss, and Patty's backhand drive #29 s8 Elena Vesnina RUS d #54 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 6-1, 6-4 Mon Elena driving a backhand #31 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #76 wc Julie Coin FRA 7-5, 6-4 Tue #34 Agnes Szavay HUN d #55 Olga Govortsova BLR 6-3, 1-0 retired—illness Mon Olga and Agnes driving forehands, and Agnes after winning a point #38 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d #43 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-1, 6-0 Tue *#53 Melanie Oudin USA d #39 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-3, 6-0 Tue Melanie and Sorana driving backhands #46 Lucie Safarova CZE d #171 sr59 Tamira Paszek AUT 6-0, 6-3 Tue #49 Andrea Petkovic GER d #427 sr20 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 7-5, 6-2 Tue     About the injuries which kept her out of action for most of last year, Katarina said: "My achille's tendon was already healed by May, but then I injured my right shoulder, which kept me away from tennis for another five months, real bad luck, really. I'm now back to 100%, I can move and serve just like before, I have absolutely no physical problem left. Now what I need is as many matches as possible so I can get back in competition mode. I had two and a half months of preparation in a Swiss tennis academy, then three wins in Fed Cup last weekend, so everything's okay. Sure, I lost this match against Petkovic, but I have to give her credits, she played well and, most of all, managed to stay focused on important points without dropping her level. I'm feeling very positive anyway, I am playing pain-free and that is very important..."     "I have eight tournaments I can play with protected rankings, this is only the first one. I thought it was better to use the opportunity here in Europe and not in Australia, where the Australian Open would have come too early after my comeback. By choosing the Open GDF SUEZ and then Dubai, Indian Well and other tournments and that way, the Grand Slam I can enter with my protected ranking, which is the French Open, will be the last in the series." postmatch interview *#88 q Karolina Sprem CRO d #52 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 7-5, 6-1 Tue #57 Tathiana Garbin ITA d #71 q Iona Raluca Olaru ROU 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Tue

Paris, 2nd Rd Wed-Thu noon losers' prize: $8,590 US; points: 60 #7 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS d #38 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-4, 6-4 Wed Elena tossing the ball for her serve, and following a running forehand #12 s2 wc Flavia Pennetta ITA d #31 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 7-6(4), 6-1 Wed Flavia's forehand drive *#46 Lucie Safarova CZE d #18 s4 Francesca Schiavone ITA 7-5, 6-2 Thu Lucie about to connect with a backhand, and Francesca driving a forehand *#49 Andrea Petkovic GER d #21 s5 Aravane Rezai FRA 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Thu Andrea and Aravane driving backhands #22 s6 Shahar Peer ISR d #88 q Karolina Sprem CRO 6-4, 6-3 Thu Karolina and Shahar driving forehands *#57 Tathiana Garbin ITA d #29 s8 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 Wed Tathiana driving a forehand, and Elena about to swat one #34 Agnes Szavay HUN d #82 wc Petra Martic CRO 6-2, 6-4 Thu Agnes tossing the ball for her serve, Petra driving a forehand, and Agnes about to connect with a backhand *#53 Melanie Oudin USA d #44 Patty Schnyder SUI 6-1, 6-3 Thu Melanie and Patty driving forehands

Paris, QFs Fri 1pm losers' prize: $15,925 US; points: 120 #7 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS d #49 Andrea Petkovic GER 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Andrea and Elena driving forehand and backhand #12 s2 wc Flavia Pennetta ITA d #57 Tathiana Garbin ITA 6-1, 6-3 Flavia driving a forehand, and Tathiana about to swat a backhand *#46 Lucie Safarova CZE d #22 s6 Shahar Peer ISR 6-3, 6-0 Lucie and Shahar driving backhands, and Lucie while alerting the media after the match *#53 Melanie Oudin USA d #34 Agnes Szavay HUN 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 Agnes and Melanie driving forehand and backhand

Paris, SFs Sat 1:30pm losers' prize: $30,000 US; points: 200 #7 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS d #53 Melanie Oudin USA 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Elena and Melanie driving forehand and backhand, and Elena after match point *#46 Lucie Safarova CZE d #12 s2 wc Flavia Pennetta ITA 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Flavia's service toss, Lucie volleying a forehand with a good straight elbow, and after match point

Paris, Final Sun after doubles, 3pm+ loser's prize: $56,000 US; points: 320 winner's prize: $107,000 US; points: 470 #7 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS d #46 Lucie Safarova CZE 6(6)-7, 6-1, 6-4 Elena and Lucie driving forehands, and Elena after match point

Paris, Doubles Final Sun m1 12:30pm losers' prize: $17,800 US winners' prize: $34,000 US *Barbora Zahlavova Strycova & Iveta Benesova d s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber walkover—Cara Black: illness; nosebleeding Paris, Qual Finals, Mon Feb 8 noon losers' prizes: q1 $700 1pt; q2 $1,320 8pts; q3 $2,460 12pts; qualifier 20 points *#123 Vesna Manasieva RUS d #60 Barbora Zalavova Strycova CZE 6-3, 6-0 #71 Iona Raluca Olaru ROU d #119 Darya Kustova BLR 6-3, 7-6(3) #88 Karolina Sprem CRO d #114 Renata Voracova CZE 6-1, 6-3 #101 Evgenia Rodina RUS d #134 Zuzana Kucova SVK 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 Paris, Withdrawals #1 Serena Williams USA injury #41 Melinda Czink HUN

Pattaya Women's Open,  Pattaya City, Thailand   tourney time:        = GMT +7 hours        = US EDT +12 hours        = US PDT +15 hours Thailand News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Pattaya: The main draw for Pattaya 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     Dusit Resort (courts at upper left) Latitude: 12.950763 Longitude: 100.8842 goto link for World Wind Pattaya Beach Road Area Map     Pattaya is about 50 kilometers south of Chonburi (Chon Buri), or a 2 hour drive from Bangkok. 2010: Top seeds Vera Zvonareva & Sabine Lisicki were at the Pattay main draw on Sunday... at the players' party, Zhou Yi-Miao got a lift from the annual elephant, row 2: a whole lotta players & officials posed for a group photo, and Vera demonstrated that bright blue eyes are indeed pretty with a floral print dress...

Pattaya, 1st Rd Mon-Tue 2pm, Wed 3pm loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #9 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #118 Ksenia Pervak RUS 6-3, 6-2 Tue #25 s2 Sabine Lisicki GER d #95 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 6-0 retired—right abdominal strain Mon #40 s3 Vera Dushevina RUS d #128 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 6-4, 6-2 Wed #48 s4 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d #91 Ayumi Morita JPN 6-2, 6-4 Tue #50 s5 Sybille Bammer AUT d #363 sr83 Marina Erakovic NZL 7-6(8), 7-5 Wed *#79 Tatjana Malek GER d #59 s6 Sania Mirza IND 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 Wed *#97 Anastasia Rodionova AUS d #62 s7 Kimiko Date Krumm JPN 6-1, 1-0 retired—left ankle injury Wed #67 s8 Julia Goerges GER d #216 q Anna Gerasimou GRE 6-4, 6-4 Tue #72 Alberta Brianti ITA d #166 q Sacha Jones NZL 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 Tue #74 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #78 Jill Craybas USA 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Mon *#87 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #77 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-1, 6-2 Tue #94 Kai-Chen Chang TPE d #408 wc Varatchaya Wongteanchai THA 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Tue #100 Yung-Jan Chan TPE d #206 q Yi-Miao Zhou CHN 6-2, 6-3 Tue #121 Ekaterina Bychkova RUS d #398 q Nudnida Luangnam THA 6(4)-7, 6-1, 7-6(3) Tue #139 Chanelle Scheepers RSA d #413 wc Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA 6(9)-7, 6-4, 6-4 Mon #186 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ d #264 wc Suchanun Viratprasert THA 6-1, 7-5 Tue

Pattaya, 2nd Rd Wed-Thu 3pm loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 #9 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #72 Alberta Brianti ITA 6-3, 6-2 Thu Vera driving a forehand *#87 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #25 s2 Sabine Lisicki GER 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Wed *#121 Ekaterina Bychkova RUS d #40 s3 Vera Dushevina RUS 6-4, 6-1 Thu Ekaterina's backhand drive #48 s4 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d #139 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 7-6(8), 6-3 Wed #50 s5 Sybille Bammer AUT d #94 Kai-Chen Chang TPE 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 Thu Sybille following a backhand *#186 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ d #67 s8 Julia Goerges GER 6-2, 6-1 Wed #74 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #97 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 6-4, 6-1 Thu Anna watching her forehand fly #79 Tatjana Malek GER d #100 Yung-Jan Chan TPE 6-2, 0-6, 7-5 Thu Tatjana driving a forehand, and Yung-Jan volleying one

Pattaya, QFs Fri 3pm loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 #9 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #50 s5 Sybille Bammer AUT 6-0, 7-6(5) Vera and Sybille watching their forehands fly #48 s4 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d #79 Tatjana Malek GER 7-6(4), 6-1 Tatjana and Yaroslava driving forehands *#87 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #74 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 6-1, 6-4 Tammy after match point *#186 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ d #121 Ekaterina Bychkova RUS 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 Ekaterina and Sesil following forehand and backhand     The win put 2005 French Open quarterfinalist Sesil in her first ever WTA semifinal. Sesil was 15 when she reached the quarters at Roland Garros; the following January she was suspended for two years for alleged use of the steroid nalderone. Sesil denied the allegation and appealed the decision but lost the appeal; the fact that her father is a former Bulgarian Olympic rower probably did not help her case. Upon returning to play in 2008 Sesil quickly won two ITF titles, but had struggled since then.

Pattaya, SFs Sat 3pm loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 #9 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #48 s4 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Yaroslava and Vera driving forehand and backhand, and Vera after match point #87 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #186 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 6-2, 6-0 Sesil and Tammy driving forehands, and Tammy after winning a point (it looks like match point)

Pattaya, Final Sun 3pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 #9 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #87 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 6-4, 6-4 Tammy and Vera driving forehands, and Vera after match point

Pattaya, Doubles Final Sun after singles loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Tamarine Tanasugarn & Marina Erakovic d Anna Chakvetadze & Ksenia Pervak 7-5, 6-1 Pattaya, Qual Finals, Mon Feb 8 3pm losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points #166 Sacha Jones NZL d #679 Nicha Lertpitaksinchai THA 5-4 retired *#206 Yi-Miao Zhou CHN d #196 Tomoko Yonemura JPN 6-0, 6-2 #216 Anna Gerasimou GRE d #510 Nungadda Wannasuk THA 6-4, 6-3 *#398 Nudnida Luangnam THA d #353 Yi-Fan Xu CHN 6-1, 6-3 Pattaya, Withdrawals #37 Maria Kirilenko RUS #51 Shuai Peng CHN reportedly had surgery #69 Stefanie Voegele SUI #80 Anastasija Sevastova LAT #92 Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR #96 Jelena Dokic AUS

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