WTA Jul 12-18: Prague & Palermo ECM Prague Open, Prague, CZE INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Live Scores draws: WTA     tourn. draws: S - Q - D - OOP pics: Sap. - Y!: sports - news | WTA videos - Prague: radar - forecast # , # # , # Internazionali Femminili Palermo, ITA INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Live Scores draws: WTA     tourney: draws: - Q - S - D - OOP pics - WTA pics Italy News - Palermo weather # , # # , #

Prague & Palermo: 2009 - Prague: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 Palermo: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 previous other tourney pages next Palermo 2009: #15 Flavia Pennetta 5'7¾" 128lb RH 2H-BH Prague 2009: #30 Sybille Bammer 5'9" 139lb RH 2H-BH

    The Prague & Palermo 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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  Palermo, 2009:

    On Sunday in Palermo, Italy, in the final of the Internazionali Femminili Snai Open, 27-year-old top-seeded #15 (and Italian #1) Flavia Pennetta of Italy (residence: Verbier, Switzerland) defeated her compatriot, the 2008 Palermo champion, 22-year-old 5th-seeded #38 Sara Errani from Bologna, Italy, 6-1, 6-2 (Flavia is shown holding the hardware after the match).

    Flavia's prize is $37,000; Sara's is $19,000.

    Last month in 's-Hertogenbosch, Flavia and Sara teamed up to win the doubles title. In singles, Flavia and Sara had met twice before. In the semifinals in Acapulco in 2007, Flavia defeated Sara 6-2, 6-4. But last year, in the Palermo semis, Sara, on her way to her first WTA title, defeated Flavia 7-5, 6-3.

    Flavia is now 7-9 in WTA singles finals; she won the Vina del Mar and Acapulco titles last year. Flavia is 32-16 in matches this season.
    Sara is now 2-1 in WTA singles finals; she won both her titles last year, in Palermo and Portoroz. Sara has a 17-19 match record in 2009.

  Prague, 2009:

    Meanwhile in Prague, Czech Republic, in the final of the ECM Prague Open, 29-year-old 2nd-seeded #30 Sybille Bammer from Linz, Austria, defeated 29-year-old top-seeded #28 Francesca Schiavone of Italy (residence: London, England), 7-6(4), 6-2 (Sybille is also shown with the goodies after the match).

    Sybille's prize is $37,000; Francesca's is $19,000. Due to rain on Saturday, both players had to play their semifinals on Sunday morning. Sybille, who had been leading 3rd-seeded #31 Iveta Benesova 3-0 when the rain stopped play on Saturday, defeated Iveta 6-0, 7-5. Francesca had to spend more time oncourt, defeating qualifier #115 Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

    Sybille and Francesca had met twice before; both of their previous meetings were last year on hardcourts. In the 2nd round at Dubai Francesca defeated Sybille 6-3, 6-2. But on an indoor hardcourt in the 1st round in her hometown, Linz, Sybille defeated Francesca, 7-5, 6-3.

    Sybille is now 2-0 in WTA singles finals; she won her first title at Pattaya City, Thailand, in 2007. Sybille has a 14-12 match record this year.
    Francesca is now 1-9 in WTA singles finals; she won her title at Bad Gastein last year. Wimbledon quarterfinalist Francesca has a 24-17 match record in 2009.

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Prague & Palermo s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Prague Open,  Prague, Czech Republic   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Czech Republic News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Prague: The 32-player main draw for Prague has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers and 3 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Monday.   click for broader view   I. Český Lawn-Tennis Klub Latitude: 50.095835 Longitude: 14.439694 goto link for World Wind Prague Open venue address: The Ostrov Štvanice 38 17000 Praha 7 2008: On Wednesday, April 30 in Prague, 16-year-old twin wild cards Karolina and Kristyna Pliskova were looking good despite losing their 2nd round doubles match... Andrea Hlavackova was smiling after winning her 2nd round doubles, and Klara Zakopalova was having a smiling day off in her home town...

Prague, 1st Round, Mon-Tue 11am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

Prague, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu noon loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30

Prague, QFs, Fri noon loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70

Prague, SFs, Sat noon loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130

Prague, Final, Sun 3pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280

Prague, Doubles Final loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Prague, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 12 11am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Prague, Withdrawals

Internazionali Femminili,  Palermo, Sicily, Italy   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Italy News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Palermo: The 32-player main draw for Palermo has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers and 3 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Monday.   click for broader view   Country Time Club, Palermo, Italy Latitude: 38.189389 Longitude: 13.318852 goto link for World Wind Internazionali Femminili venue address: Country Time Club, Via dell'Olimpo, 5 - Palermo; Tel. +39 091 453782 - Fax +39 091 6841644 2009: On Thursday, July 16 in Palermo, Aravane Rezai and Alize Cornet attended the 2nd round match between Yaroslava Shvedova and Alberta Brianti...

Palermo, 1st Round, Mon-Wed 4pm loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

Palermo, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu 3:30pm-4pm loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30

Palermo, QFs, Fri 4pm loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70

Palermo, SFs, Sat 5:00pm loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130

Palermo, Final, Sun 7:30pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280

Palermo, Doubles Final loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Palermo, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 12 4pm losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Palermo, Withdrawals

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