WTA Aug 2-8: San Diego, Copenhagen San Diego Open San Diego, CA PREMIER 700 $700,000 56m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA photos: Y!: sports - news | WTA LA: radar - forecast - news # , # # , # Danish Open Copenhagen, DEN INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA photos: Y!: sports - news | WTA Copenhagen: forecast - news # , # # , #

Tourney pages: LA: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 San Diego: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 previous other tourney pages next Los Angeles 2009: #20 Samantha Stosur 5'7¾" 143lb, RH 2H-BH Los Angeles 2009: #15 Flavia Pennetta 5'7¾" 128lb, RH 2H-BH

    The San Diego & Copenhagen 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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  Los Angeles, 2009:

On Sunday in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, in the final of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, 27-year-old 10th-seeded # 15 Flavia Pennetta of Italy (residence: Verbier, Switzerland), won the biggest title of her career by defeating 25-year-old 13th-seeded # 20 Samantha Stosur from Gold Coast, Australia, 6-4, 6-3 (Samantha is shown during the match; Flavia with the glassware afterward). Flavia's prize is $107,000; Samantha's prize is $55,500.     Samantha, not serving as well as she had during her semifinal victory over Sorana Cirstea, struck 3 aces on Sunday, but with 8 double faults (Flavia: 4 aces, 2 DFs). Samantha also committed 32 unforced errors; Flavia, only 16.     Samantha said: "I think [Flavia] got a pretty decent amount of first serves in. When I got chances on second serves I wasn't able to split the court very well... I thought she served pretty well... I didn't put enough pressure on her. I think that was the difference today...     "Sure, I'm disappointed. I would have loved to have won my first title today, but it wasn't meant to be. I played a very good player today and she played a little better than me... I've got a lot to be happy with. I know I'm playing great tennis." tourney quotes

    Flavia converted 4 of 7 break points against Samantha; Sam only converted 1 of 3 break points against Flavia.

    Flavia said: "All week I was improving and playing better and better. Today was a very good match. We both fought a lot. I had a great chance in the first set and the second, I took it and that's why I won...
    "I think my serve was very good. Almost all week it helped me a lot in the important points. I was very aggressive. When I was aggressive I won the points." AP story

    Flavia and Samantha had never before met on the field of combat.

    2008 LA finalist Flavia is now 8-9 in WTA singles finals; she won her previous title three weeks ago in Palermo. Flavia has a 38-16 match record for 2009.

    Samantha, a semifinalist at this year's French Open and again last week at Stanford, and winner of 22 WTA doubles titles, is now 0-5 in WTA singles finals; her previous final was last year in Seoul, Korea. Samantha has a 26-14 singles match record this year.

WTA SCOREBOARD: San Diego & Copenhagen s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? San Diego Open,  San Diego (Carlsbad), California   NWS weather radar tourney time:        = GMT -7 hours        = US EDT -3 hours        = US PDT San Diego news - California news Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar   click for broader view   La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, CA Lat.: 33.090517 Lon.: -117.265985 goto link for World Wind     San Diego: The 56-player main draw for San Diego has 16 seeds, with 8 1st-round byes. There are 8 qualifiers and 4 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Sunday.

San Diego, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue loser's prize: $1,965 US; points: 1

San Diego, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed loser's prize: $3,830 US; points: 40

San Diego, 3rd Rd, Thu loser's prize: $7,600 US; points: 60

San Diego, QFs, Fri loser's prize: $14,825 US; points: 120

San Diego, SFs, Sat loser's prize: $28,750 US; points: 200

San Diego, Final, Sun 2pm ESPN2-TV loser's prize: $55,500 US; points: 320 winner's prize: $107,000 US; points: 470

San Diego, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $17,600 US winners' prize: $34,000 US San Diego, Qual Finals, Sun Aug 2 losers' prizes: q1 $520 1pt; q2 $1,000 8pts; qualifier 12 points San Diego, Withdrawals

e-Boks Danish Open,  Copenhagen, Denmark   tourney time:        = GMT +1 hours        = US EDT +5 hours        = US PDT +8 hours Denmark News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Copenhagen: 32-player The main draw for Copenhagen 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   Farum Arena, about 25 km north of Copenhagen Latitude: 55.814853 Longitude: 12.393286 goto link for World Wind e-Boks Danish Open venue address: Farum Arena, Stavnsholtvej 41 . 3520 Farum . Telefon 44 39 40 30

Copenhagen, 1st Rnd, Mon-Tue loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

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

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

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

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

Copenhagen, Doubles Final, Sat loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Copenhagen, Qual Finals, Monday Aug 2 losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Copenhagen, Withdrawals

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