WTA Sep 20-26: Seoul & Tashkent Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, KOR INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Rebound Ace Free Live Video: 1 Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: DL - Y!: sports - news | WTA Seoul forecast Korea News and Links #19 N Petrova, #20 A Pavlyuchenkova #24 Kirilenko, #25 Martinez Sanchez Tashkent Open, Tashkent, UZB INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Free Live Video: 1 Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP photos: WTA - weather Uzbekistan News and Links #27 A Dulgheru, #60 A Amanmuradova #68 A Chakvetadze, #72 E Vesnina

Seoul & Tashkent: 2009   Seoul: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 Tashkent: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 previous other tourney pages next Tashkent: #103 Alla Kudryavtseva 5'710" 154lb RH 2H-BH Seoul: #29 Alisa Kleybanova 5'11" 159lb RH 2H-BH

    On Sunday in Seoul, Korea, in the final of the Hansol Korea Open, this year's champ in Kuala Lumpur, 20-year-old 5th-seeded #29 (career high: #22) Alisa Kleybanova from Moscow, Russia, defeated this year's finalist in Copenhagen, 28-year-old unseeded #39 (career-high: #27) Klara (Koukalova) Zakopalova from Prague, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-3 (Alisa is shown hoisting the ceramicware after the match).

    Alisa's prize is $37,000; Klara's is $19,000. Alisa and Klara had met only once before, on carpet in the qualifying draw of the Paris Indoor tourney in 2008, when Klara won, 6-2, 6-4.

    Alisa said: "Day by day, match by match, I was feeling better about my game; towards the end of the tournament I was fighting to win the title. I'm really happy that I made it in the end." WTA story

    Klara said: "Alisa was playing very well today. I was fighting and tried my best, but it was not enough against her. The Korean fans were supporting me so much all week though, and I have to thank them."

    Alisa is now 2-0 in WTA singles finals; she has won 10 ITF singles titles, and 3 WTA & 12 ITF doubles titles. Alisa has a 28-20 singles match record in 2010.
    Klara is now 2-9 in WTA singles finals; she won her titles in 2005 at 's-Hertogenbosch and Portoroz. This has been her best season since then (35-22 so far), including wins over former #1 Dinara Safina (twice), Flavia Pennetta, Na Li, and Aravane Rezai.

    On Saturday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in the final of the Tashkent Open, last week's finalist in Guangzhou, 22-year-old #103 (last week, #82 this week, career high #59) Alla Kudryavtseva from Moscow, Russia, won her first WTA singles title by defeating this year's finalist in Istanbul, 24-year-old 4th-seeded #72 (career-high: #22) Elena Vesnina from Sochi, Russia, 6-4, 6-4 (Alla is shown hoisting the tableware after the match).

    Alla's prize is $37,000; Elena's is $19,000. Alla and Elena had met only once before, on red clay in the qualifying draw in Rome in 2008, when Elena won, 6-3, 6-1.

    Alla said: "I was nervous today. I didn't expect to win. It was a high pressure situation. My serve helped me more than anything else. I got it in big and it helped a lot. The score line made it look like an easy final, but it wasn't." WTA story

    Elena said: "I didn't play as well as I did the whole week but I congratulate Alla on winning her first title. Alla played amazing tennis today."

    Alla is now 1-1 in WTA singles finals; she reached her first final last week in Guangzhou, where she lost to Jarmila Groth. She has won one ITF singles title and 2 WTA doubles titles. Alla is 31-24 in singles this season, winning 9 of her last 10 matches.
    Elena is now 0-4 in WTA singles finals; she also reached the final this year in Istanbul, and last year at Auckland and New Haven. Elena has won 3 WTA doubles titles, 2 ITF singles titles, and 6 ITF doubles titles. Elena has a 22-19 singles match record in 2010.

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Seoul & Tashkent s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Hansol Korea Open,  Seoul, South Korea   tourney time:        = GMT +9 hours        = US EDT +13 hours        = US PDT +16 hours Korea News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar Seoul: The main draw for Seoul 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   Olympic Park, Seoul, Korea Latitude: 37.515143 Longitude: 127.128205 goto link for World Wind Hansol Korea Open venue address: Olympic Park, 88 Bangee-dong, Seoul 999-200, South Korea; Tel: 82 2 410 1360 2010: Players looking good at the Seoul players party on Monday, Sept 20, included rookie Simona Halep, Russkis Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Maria Kirilenko (2008 Seoul champ), Dinara Safina, and Vera Dushevina, and always ravishing Ana Ivanovic...

Seoul, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue noon loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 Tue: rainout—all matches ppd-Wed #19 s1 Nadia Petrova RUS d #55 Jarmila Groth AUS 6-3, 6-2 ppd-Wed Jarmila and Nadia about to connect with forehand and backhand #20 s2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d #66 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 7-6(6), 6-1 ppd-Wed #24 s3 Maria Kirilenko RUS d #234 sr75 Urszula Radwanska POL 6-3, 6-1 ppd-Wed Maria ready to swat a forehand #25 s4 MJ Martinez Sanchez ESP d #317 q Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 7-6(3), 6-4 ppd-Wed #29 s5 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #86 Kai-Chen Chang TPE 6-2, 6-3 Mon #36 s6 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d #53 A Medina Garrigues ESP 6-4, 7-5 ppd-Wed *#62 Vera Dushevina RUS d #37 s7 wc Ana Ivanovic SRB 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 ppd-Wed Ana and Vera about to launch backhands #38 s8 Agnes Szavay HUN d #43 Polona Hercog SLO 6-1, 6-2 ppd-Wed #39 Klara Zakopalova CZE d #41 Julia Goerges GER 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 ppd-Wed Klara about to connect with a backhand #47 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d #57 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 Mon #49 Elena Baltacha GBR d #208 wc So-Jung Kim KOR 6-3, 6-4 Mon Elena's backhand drive #50 Kimiko Date Krumm JPN d #140 q Junri Namigata JPN 6-2, 7-5 ppd-Wed Kimiko driving a forehand, and Junri following a backhand #59 wc Dinara Safina RUS d #96 q Simona Halep ROU 6-4, 6-4 ppd-Wed *#107 Ksenia Pervak RUS d #64 Yung-Jan Chan TPE 6-4, 7-5 Mon Ksenia driving a forehand #76 Vania King USA d #84 Alberta Brianti ITA 6-4, 7-5 ppd-Wed #77 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d #91 q Bojana Jovanovski SRB 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 ppd-Wed

Seoul, 2nd Rd, Thu 11am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 #19 s1 Nadia Petrova RUS d #76 Vania King USA 6-3, 6-4 Vania driving a forehand, and Nadia following a backhand *#50 Kimiko Date Krumm JPN d #20 s2 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-2, 6-1 Kimiko following a backhand *#59 wc Dinara Safina RUS d #24 s3 Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-2, 6-3 Maria driving a forehand, and Dinara about to connect with a backhand *#47 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d #25 s4 MJ Martinez Sanchez ESP 6-4, 7-5 #29 s5 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #107 Ksenia Pervak RUS 6(13)-7, 6-1, 6-2 *#77 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d #36 s6 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 6-4, 6-1 #38 s8 Agnes Szavay HUN d #49 Elena Baltacha GBR 6-3, 7-5 #39 Klara Zakopalova CZE d #62 Vera Dushevina RUS 6-4, 7-6(5) Klara about to swat a forehand

Seoul, QFs, Fri noon loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 #19 s1 Nadia Petrova RUS d #77 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 6-2, 6-1 Nadia's backhand drive #29 s5 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #47 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-1, 6-2 #38 s8 Agnes Szavay HUN d #50 Kimiko Date Krumm JPN 6-2, 6(3)-7, 6-3 Kimiko and Agnes driving forehand and backhand #39 Klara Zakopalova CZE d #59 wc Dinara Safina RUS 7-5, 6-3 Dinara driving a forehand, Klara reaching for one, and after match point

Seoul, SFs, Sat noon loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 *#39 Klara Zakopalova CZE d #19 s1 Nadia Petrova RUS 5-4 retired—gastrointestinal illness Nadia and Klara driving backhands #29 s5 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #38 s8 Agnes Szavay HUN 6-3, 6-2 Alisa and Agnes driving forehand and backhand

Seoul, Final, Sun noon loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 #29 s5 Alisa Kleybanova RUS d #39 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-1, 6-3 Klara watching her serve fly, and Alisa volleying a backhand

Seoul, Doubles Final, Sun after singles loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US *Julia Goerges & Polona Hercog d cdr108 s4 Natalie Grandin & Vladimira Uhlirova 6-1, 6-3 Seoul, Qual Finals, Mon Sep 20 10am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points #91 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d #219 Ling Zhang HKG 6-2, 6-1 #96 Simona Halep ROU d #114 Sophie Ferguson AUS 6-3, 6-2 *#317 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE d #97 Pauline Parmentier FRA 6-3, 6-4 #140 Junri Namigata JPN d #502 Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN 6-3, 7-6(4) Seoul, Withdrawals #33 Dominika Cibulkova SVK achilles injury #56 Angelique Kerber GER influenza

Tashkent Open,  Tashkent, Uzbekistan   tourney time:        = GMT +5 hours        = US EDT +9 hours        = US PDT +12 hours Uzbekistan News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar Tashkent: The main draw for Tashkent 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   Tashkent Tennis Centre, Tashekent, UZB Latitude: 41.350639 Longitude: 69.343772 goto link for World Wind Tashkent Open venue address: massiv Yalangoch, Tashekent, UZB 2010: Professional dancers entertained at the Tashkent players party on Tuesday, as did amateurs Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbek #1) and Olga Savchuk...

Tashkent, 1st Rd, Mon 11:30am, Tue 10am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #27 s1 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d #112 Kurumi Nara JPN 6-2, 7-5 Tue Alexandra ready to swat a backhand #60 s2 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB d #237 q Eirini Georgatou GRE 6-4, 6-3 Tue Akgul volleying a backhand #68 s3 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d #113 Zuzana Kucova RUS 6-3, 7-5 Tue Anna following a forehand     Anna said: "I was able to win my match today in straight sets. I was practicing for two weeks in Moscow, but I still have to work on some things, especially since I have a good opponent tomorrow, Evgeniya Rodina. She's a Russian girl and I've played her before. I hope I can play better than I did today!     "I'm pretty tired since my match, so I didn't go to the player party tonight. But I sort of feel like I'm there - I can see it and hear it from my balcony! I can see the girls dancing. I guess I'm almost there! I'm just getting room service and staying in. There are four Russian channels on TV here and I've been keeping an eye on what's going on in my country. America's Next Top Model is also on, and there's a Russian girl on it so I'm curious to see if she can stay and win the title..." Tashkent player's blog by Anna Chakvetadze #72 s4 Elena Vesnina RUS d #177 Lesya Tsurenko UKR 6-3, 6-2 Mon #81 s5 Monica Niculescu ROU d #243 q Zarina Diyas KAZ 6-3, 6(2)-7, 6-2 Tue #85 s6 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d #402 wc Sabina Sharipova UZB 6-3, 6-3 Tue #103 s7 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #230 q Yuliana Fedak UKR 6-4, 6-1 Tue #106 s8 Maria Elena Camerin ITA d #148 Elena Bovina RUS 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 Tue #109 Evgeniya Rodina RUS d #181 Arina Rodionova RUS 7-6(3), 6-3 Mon #121 Stefanie Voegele SUI d #NR wc Alina Abdurakhimova UZB 6-3, 6-1 Mon #123 Jill Craybas USA d #291 LL Ksenia Palkina KGZ 6-2, 6-3 Tue #127 Alexandra Panova RUS d #142 Nina Bratchikova RUS 6-4, 6-4 Tue *#166 Ekaterina Ivanova RUS d #131 Katie O'Brien GBR 7-5, 6-1 Mon #139 Olga Savchuk UKR d #415 q Nadejda Guskova RUS 6-2, 6-2 Tue *#167 Ekaterina Bychkova RUS d #144 Sania Mirza IND 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 Tue Ekaterina about to swat a backhand #157 Darya Kustova BLR d #371 wc Nigina Abduraimova UZB 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Tue

Tashkent, 2nd Rd, Wed 11am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 #27 s1 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d #167 Ekaterina Bychkova RUS 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 Wed #60 s2 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB d #123 Jill Craybas USA 7-5, 6(6)-7, 6-2 Wed *#109 Evgeniya Rodina RUS d #68 s3 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 7-6(4), 3-2 retired—illness Wed Evgeniya delivering a running forehand #72 s4 Elena Vesnina RUS d #139 Olga Savchuk UKR 6-2, 6-2 Wed #81 s5 Monica Niculescu ROU d #166 Ekaterina Ivanova RUS 0-6, 6-1, 6-0 Wed *#157 Darya Kustova BLR d #85 s6 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Wed #103 s7 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #127 Alexandra Panova RUS 6-4, 6-2 Wed *#121 Stefanie Voegele SUI d #106 s8 Maria Elena Camerin ITA 6-4, 6-1 Wed Stephanie about to swat a backhand, and Maria Elena launching a forehand on the run

Tashkent, QFs, Thu 11am loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 *#81 s5 Monica Niculescu ROU d #27 s1 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-3 *#103 s7 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #60 s2 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 7-6(5), 6-3 Alla ready to slice a backhand #72 s4 Elena Vesnina RUS d #157 Darya Kustova BLR 6-0, 6-1 #109 Evgeniya Rodina RUS d #121 Stefanie Voegele SUI 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 Evgeniya ready to swat a backhand

Tashkent, SFs, Fri 11am loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 #72 s4 Elena Vesnina RUS d #81 s5 Monica Niculescu ROU 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Elena following a forehand #103 s7 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #109 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 6-1, 3-6, 6-3

Tashkent, Final, Sat 1:50pm+ loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 *#103 s7 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #72 s4 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-4, 6-4 Elena and Alla driving backhands

Tashkent, Doubles Final Sat 11:30am loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Alexandra Panova RUS & Tatiana Poutchek BLR d Alexandra Dulgheru ROU & Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-3, 6-4 Tashkent, Qual Finals, Mon Sep 20 10am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points #230 Yuliana Fedak UKR d #291 Ksenia Palkina KGZ 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 #237 Eirini Georgatou GRE d #314 Elena Kulikova RUS 6-4, 7-6(5) #243 Zarina Diyas KAZ d #382 Scarlett Werner GER 6-3, 6-2 *#415 Nadejda Guskova RUS d #338 Tatiana Poutchek BLR 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Tashkent, Withdrawals #4 Vera Zvonareva RUS low back injury #44 Patty Schnyder SUI right achilles injury #42 Olga Govortsova BLR #52 Shuai Peng CHN right elbow injury #95 Karolina Sprem CRO injury #111 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA

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