WTA June 6-12: Birmingham & Copenhagen AEGON Classic Birmingham, GBR INTL $220,000 56m/32q/16d outdoor: grass Free Live Video (popup) | BBC audio Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: DL - Y!: sports     news BC - news ED | WTA Birmingham: radar - forecast #16 K Kanepi, #21 A Ivanovic #25 S Peng, #29 D Hantuchova Danish Open, Copenhagen, DEN INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d indoor: hard Free Live Video (popup) Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP photos: DL - Y!: sports - news | WTA Copenhagen: forecast - news #1 C Wozniacki, #32 K Zakopalova #37 L Safarova, #53 A Sevastova

Tourney pages: Birmingham: 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003   Copenhagen: 2010 previous other tourney pages next Birmingham: #121 (#100 this week) Sabine Lisicki 5' 10" 154lb RH 2H-BH Copenhagen: #1 Caroline Wozniacki 5' 10" 128lb RH 2H-BH

On Sunday in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the final of the eBoks Danish Open, the 2010 Copenhagen champ (and this year's champion at Dubai, Indian Wells and Charleston), 20 year old top seeded #1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (residence: also Monte Carlo, Monaco), won her home title for the 2nd straight year by defeating the 2006 champion at Gold Coast, 24 year old 4th seeded #37 (career high: #22) Lucie Safarova from Brno, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4 (photo shown). Caroline's prize is $37,000; Lucie's is $19,000.     Caroline struck 12 winners (including 2 aces) with only 10 unforced errors (2 double faults) and converted 4 of the 6 break points she reached against Lucie and scoring 57 points in the match. Lucie hit 22 winners (5 aces), but with 25 errors (2 DFs) while reaching break point against Caroline only once (she did convert it) and scoring 36 points in the match.     Caroline said: "It's a special feeling on my home court, but it wouldn't have been quite so special without the support." AP story     Lucie said: "I'm disappointed, but it was a great week for me and I will be back next year. Congratulations to Caroline, she played really well today. It must be great for her to win at home—I can only imagine. I wish her all the best." WTA story     Caro and Lucie had met only once before, last year on red clay indoors in the 2nd round in Stuttgart, when Lucie, always an occasional giant killer, defeated Caroline 6-4, 6-4.     2009 US Open finalist Caroline is now 17-10 in WTA singles finals; this year she also won in February at Dubai, in March at Indian Wells, in April at Charleston, and in May at Brussels. Caroline has a 45-8 singles match record this season.

    Lucie is now 4-6 in WTA singles finals; she won the tiny tourney (aub-Tier IV) at Forest Hills in 2008 and 2005, and at Gold Coast in 2006 and Estoril in 2005. Lucie's 2011 singles match record is 21-14.

    On Monday in Birmingham, England, in the rain-postponed final of the AEGON Classic, the 2009 Charleston champion, 21-year-old #121 (up to #100 this week; career high #22, her current rank depleted due to injury) Sabine Lisicki of Germany (residence: Bradenton, Florida, where she trains at the Bollettieri Academy), defeated this year's champ at Pattaya City (and the 2002 & '07 Indian Wells champion), 28-year-old 4th seeded #29 (career high: #5) Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-3, 6-2 (photo shown). Sabine's prize is $37,000; Daniela's is $19,000.

    Sabine fired 8 aces in the match, scored on 3 of the 9 break points she reached against Daniela, and totaled 61 points in the match. Daniela reached break point against Sabine only once, and failed to convert it, while scoring 39 points in the match.

    Sabine said: "Even though it was the final, I just wanted to take it as a normal match and to not get too nervous... to go out there and have fun—and it was very nice to see all the people coming out today...
    "I love the grass, and it’s just such a great feeling to be back on it after missing last year. After the injury it was so so tough to get back on the courts. I am so so happy that all the work in the last few months, year, has been paying off. It’s just such an amazing feeling." tourney story

    Daniela and Sabine had met only once before, in 2008 on an indoor hardcourt in the 2nd round in Luxembourg, when Dani defeated Sabine 6-0, 6-2.

    Sabine is now 2-2 in WTA singles finals; she won her first title at Charleston in 2009 and reached the final at Luxembourg the same year and at Tashkent in 2008. Sabine injured her left ankle badly at Indian Wells last year, and has only recently been showing signs of complete recovery. She has a 27-11 singles match record this year.

    2-time Indian Wells champ Daniela is now 4-8 in WTA singles finals; she won her most recent title in Pattaya City, Thailand, earlier this year. Daniela, who started the year with an achilles injury, has a 24-17 singles match record in 2011.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Birmingham & Copenhagen s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? AEGON Classic,  Birmingham, England   tourney time:        = GMT +1 hour        = US EDT +5 hours        = US PDT +8 hours England News - UK News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Birmingham: The main draw for Birmingham has 16 seeds, with 8 1st-round byes. There are 8 qualifiers and 5 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Sunday.   click for broader view   Edgbaston Priory Club Latitude: 52.458128 Longitude: -1.91263 goto link for World Wind DFS Classic venue address: The Edgbaston Priory Club, Sir Harrys Road, Birmingham, England 2011: On Monday, June 6, at Birmingham, 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic practiced...

Birmingham, 1st Round, Mon-Tue 11am loser's prize: $700 US; points: 1 Tue: intermittent play and rain delays #47 s9 Ayumi Morita JPN d #182 q Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4) Tue *#278 q Sarah Gronert GER d #50 s10 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 Mon #54 s11 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d #80 Jie Zheng CHN 6-2, 7-5 Tue Jie serving, and Yaroslava watching her backhand fly *#121 Sabine Lisicki GER d #56 s12 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 6-4, 7-6(3) Mon Kimiko and Sabine driving backhands #60 s13 Rebecca Marino CAN d #296 wc Melanie South GBR 6-4, 6-1 Mon Rebecca following a forehand, and Melanie's backhand drive #62 s14 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d #241 wc Emily Webley-Smith GBR 6-4, 6-3 Mon Emily following a forehand, and 2009 Birmingham champ Magda driving one *#117 Heather Watson GBR d #65 s15 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 6-3, 7-5 Mon Heather and Chanelle following backhand and forehand #71 s16 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #78 Alize Cornet FRA 7-6(2), 6-1 Mon *#85 Tamira Paszek AUT d #72 Sania Mirza IND 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 Tue *#79 Christina McHale USA d #74 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-2 Tue Christina serving, and Anastasia launching a forehand on the run *#123 Olga Govortsova BLR d #82 Romina Oprandi ITA 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 Mon #89 Coco Vandeweghe USA d #316 q Shuko Aoyama JPN 6-2, 6-1 Mon *#167 Marina Erakovic NZL d #92 Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP 6-4, 6-4 Mon #94 Mirjana Lucic CRO d #239 q Alexandra Stevenson USA 6-3, 7-6(7) Mon #95 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d #157 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA 6-1, 6-2 Mon *#212 q Arina Rodionova RUS d #96 Virginie Razzano FRA 6-4, 6-4 Mon Virginie and Arina driving forehands #97 Andrea Hlavackova CZE d #104 Jill Craybas USA 6-3, 6-1 Tue #99 Sorana Cirstea ROU d #142 Kai-Chen Chang TPE 6-3, 6-3 Mon *#317 sr82 Casey Dellacqua AUS d #103 Sandra Zahlavova CZE 7-5, 7-6(5) Tue #106 Anna Tatishvili GEO d #730 wc Samantha Murray GBR 7-5, 6-1 Mon #111 Alison Riske USA d #136 Urszula Radwanska POL 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Mon Alison driving a backhand #130 Misaki Doi JPN d #131 Edina Gallovits-Hall ROU 6-4, 6-2 Tue Misaki following a forehand, and Edina driving one *#253 q Naomi Broady GBR d #188 Caroline Garcia FRA 6-2, 6(5)-7, 6-4 Tue Caroline and Naomi delivering forehands #225 q Rika Fujiwara JPN d #284 q Conny Perrin SUI 6-2, 7-5 Mon

Birmingham, 2nd Round, Tue-Wed 11am loser's prize: $1,350 US; points: 15 Wed: intermittent play and rain delays *#212 q Arina Rodionova RUS d #16 s1 Kaia Kanepi EST 6-4, 6-2 Tue Kaia serving, and Arina driving a forehand in her first career win over a top 20 player #21 s2 wc Ana Ivanovic SRB d #106 Anna Tatishvili GEO 6-1, 6-0 Wed Ana and Ana driving forehand and backhand, and Ana leaving the court after the match #25 s3 Shuai Peng CHN d #253 q Naomi Broady GBR 6-2, 6(5)-7, 7-6(2) Wed #29 s4 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #99 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-0, 6-3 Wed Sorana driving a forehand, Daniela following one, and offcourt after the match     Sorana said: "Had a really tough match in my 2nd round, but Daniela played really well and was a better player then me. Hats off in front of her and now time to work even harder and learn something from yesterday." Sorana Cirstea at Twitter #94 Mirjana Lucic CRO d #31 s5 Roberta Vinci ITA 6(2)-7, 7-6(4), 7-5 Tue Roberta and Mirjana driving forehand and backhand *#85 Tamira Paszek AUT d #33 s6 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Wed #39 s7 Sara Errani ITA d #79 Christina McHale USA 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2 Wed #41 s8 Aravane Rezai FRA d #123 Olga Govortsova BLR 7-5, retired—left ankle sprain Tue Olga and Aravane following forehands *#97 Andrea Hlavackova CZE d #47 s9 Ayumi Morita JPN 7-6(2), 6-2 Wed *#167 Marina Erakovic NZL d #54 s11 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 7-6(7), 7-5 Wed #60 s13 Rebecca Marino CAN d #225 q Rika Fujiwara JPN 6-1, 6-2 Wed #62 s14 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d #89 Coco Vandeweghe USA 6-2, 6-1 Tue #71 s16 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS d #317 sr82 Casey Dellacqua AUS 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 Wed *#121 Sabine Lisicki GER d #95 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 7-5, 7-6(3) Wed Sabine and Kirsten driving forehand and backhand #111 Alison Riske USA d #278 q Sarah Gronert GER 6-3, 6-4 Wed #117 Heather Watson GBR d #130 Misaki Doi JPN 6-2, 6-4 Wed Misaki following a forehand, and Heather's backhand drive

Birmingham, 3rd Round, Thu 11am loser's prize: $2,600 US; points: 30 #21 s2 wc Ana Ivanovic SRB d #60 s13 Rebecca Marino CAN 6-3, 6-2 Ana serving, Rebecca and Ana driving forehands, and Ana after match point     Ana said: "I just focused on my own serve and on her second serve I stepped in and was aggressive. I felt good out there, I just kept thinking positively and tried to perform the best I could." tourney story #25 s3 Shuai Peng CHN d #117 Heather Watson GBR 7-6(1), 6-1 Heather following a forehand, and Shuai reaching for one     Heather said: "I played a really bad tie break and after that my confidence went down. I tried to forget about it and just started fresh in the second set, but my returns let me down today." tourney story #29 s4 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #71 s16 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-4, 6-2 Daniela and Alla driving forehand and backhand     Daniela said: "Like yesterday really, my serve was solid and I was really aggressive in my play... I feel great on grass right now, I didn't expect to be playing so well, I'm really happy so far." tourney story *#167 Marina Erakovic NZL d #39 s7 Sara Errani ITA 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 *#111 Alison Riske USA d #41 s8 Aravane Rezai FRA 7-5, 6(6)-7, 6-2 Aravane serving, and Alison launching a backhand on the run #62 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d #212 q Arina Rodionova RUS 6(1)-7, 6-0, 6-1 *#121 Sabine Lisicki GER d #85 Tamira Paszek AUT 7-6(1), 6-4 #94 Mirjana Lucic CRO d #97 Andrea Hlavackova CZE 6-2, 7-6(4) Mirjana and Andrea following backhands

Birmingham, QFs, Fri 11am tourney story 1 - tourney story 2 loser's prize: $5,000 US; points: 70 #21 s2 wc Ana Ivanovic SRB d #94 Mirjana Lucic CRO 6-3, 6-4 Ana and Mirjana driving forehands, and Ana after match point     Ana said: "It was a very tough match, [Mirjana] served well, so I'm very happy with the win. The second set there were a few breaks early on—it was a strange start—so I was really happy when I was able to hold.     "I'm enjoying competing again, I feel good on the grass, it has good memories for me. I really like the courts here, even the practice courts are great."     About playing Daniela Hantuchova in the semifinals, Ana said: "It will be a good test. [Daniela has] played extremely well the last few months, so she's the favourite." #25 s3 Shuai Peng CHN d #167 Marina Erakovic NZL 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Marina and Shuai driving forehands, and Shuai complementing the officials on an amusing line call     Shuai said: "It was my first time against [Marina]. The ball moves very fast on the grass, so I tried to hit first serves and attack. I lost concentration in the second set, but in the third set I tried to fight more and I'm happy to win.     "It's such fast tennis here, on the clay you do so much running, but not here. I'm really happy." #29 s4 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #111 Alison Riske USA 6-2, 6-4 Daniela serving, Alison following a forehand, and Daniela following a backhand     2001 Birmingham semifinalist Daniela said: "It's great to be in another semifinal here. My first set was great, the second I made more complicated, but overall I felt good on the court.     "I enjoy playing on grass, I'm happy enough. I enjoy Birmingham, it's great preparation for Wimbledon."     About playing Ana Ivanovic in the semifinals, Daniela said: "I'm looking forward to the match, I have nothing to lose, there's no pressure on me, [Ana is] expected to win." *#121 Sabine Lisicki GER d #62 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 7-6(1), 6-4 Magda and Sabine driving forehands     Sabine said: "I'm really pleased. It's my first WTA semifinal since my injury, it's an amazing feeling. I love it on the grass. I played my first Slam quarterfinal on it [Wimbledon 2009], I play well on it. I like the crowd in here in England as well."

Birmingham, SFs, Sat noon loser's prize: $10,000 US; points: 130 *#29 s4 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d #21 s2 wc Ana Ivanovic SRB 6(7)-2, 6-3, 6-2 Ana and Daniela followoing forehand and backhand, and Daniela after match point     Ana fired 16 aces in the match, but scored on only 2 of 20 break points she reached against Daniela. Daniela converted 5 of the 13 break points she reached against Ana.     Daniela said: "I always kept fighting. I am really pleased with how I played in the third set. I felt like my confidence was growing through the match. I wanted to win so badly, the grass court season means so much to me." tourney story     Ana said: "I still felt positive coming out for the third set. It was only in the last couple of games that I didn't have the intensity I had previously. My mind was wandering and things happen very fast on grass.     "But it was the first time I have played four matches in a row for a long time, and that's something positive I can take into next week." WTA story     Daniela still trails Ana 2-4 in career matches, but has won both times that they met on chlorophyll courts. Their only previous grasscourt encounter came in the quarterfinals at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2007, when Daniela defeated Ana, 6-3, 6-1. *#121 Sabine Lisicki GER d #25 s3 Shuai Peng CHN 6-3, 6-1 Shuai reaching for a forehand, Sabine driving a backhand, and after match point     Sabine said: "It's been a really great week for me, I just love the grass. I've been progressing well and getting better and better throughout the week...     "[In the final,] I'm just going to go out there and have fun. I'll play my game, fight for every point and appreciate every minute out there. I've got nothing to lose. [Winning the title] would mean a lot to me, it would be amazing. We'll see." tourney story

Birmingham, Final, Sun 10am loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 rain—ppd-Mon 11am *#121 Sabine Lisicki GER d #29 s4 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-3, 6-2 Sabine serving, Daniela following a forehand, Sabine driving a backhand, and after match point

Birmingham, Doubles Final, Sun loser's prize: $5,800 winner's prize: $11,000 played indoors due to rain cdr72 s2 Olga Govortsova & Alla Kudryavtseva d cdr81 s3 Roberta Vinci & Sara Errani 1-6, 6-1, (10-5) Alla and Olga Birmingham, Qualifying Finals, Sun Jun 5 losers' prizes: q1 $190 1pt; q2 $360 6 pts; qualifier 10 points *#225 Rika Fujiwara JPN d #129 Yung-Jan Chan TPE 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 *#253 Naomi Broady GBR d #143 Sloane Stephens USA 6-1, 6-4 *#278 Sarah Gronert GER d #170 Michelle Larcher de Brito POR 1-1     retired—knee injury *#284 Conny Perrin SUI d #171 Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ 7-5, 6(4)-7, 6-3 #182 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d #293 Abigail Spears USA 6(4)-7, 6-3, 6-4 *#239 Alexandra Stevenson USA d #186 Julia Glushko ISR 6-1, 6-2 *#316 Shuko Aoyama JPN d #215 Lindsay Lee-Waters USA 6(3)-7, 6-3, 7-6(4) #212 Arina Rodionova RUS d #238 Gail Brodsky USA 7-6(5), 6-3, 7-6(4) Birmingham, Withdrawals #8 Maria Sharapova RUS illness #11 Marion Bartoli FRA right thigh injury #57 Polona Hercog SLO back & ankle injury #115 Vania King USA left thigh injury #116 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA #119 Maria Elena Camerin ITA #122 Jamie Hampton USA #137 Xinyun Han CHN #134 Sophie Ferguson AUS #140 Kathrin Woerle GER Copenhagen #146 Corinna Dentoni ITA #148 Anne Kremer LUX #147 Mandy Minella LUX #166 Karolina Sprem CRO #155 Madison Brengle USA #145 Stephanie Dubois CAN

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 2011: On Friday, June 10, doubles semifinalists Jessica Moore and Xu Yi-Fan were looking good at the Copenhagen players party...

Copenhagen, 1st Rnd, Mon-Tue 11am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #107 Irina Falconi USA 6-2, 6-3 Tue Caroline driving a backhand *#140 Kathrin Woerle GER d #32 s2 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-3, 6-2 Mon #34 s3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA d #812 wc Malou Ejdesgaard DEN 6-4, 6-0 Tue #37 s4 Lucie Safarova CZE d #334 q Johanna Konta AUS 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 Tue #49 s5 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d #70 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-2, 6-1 Tue *#67 Simona Halep ROU d #53 s6 A Sevastova LAT 6(5)-7, 7-6(4), 6-0 Tue *#209 q Galina Voskoboeva KAZ d #59 s7 Jelena Dokic AUS 6-3, 6-1 Tue #63 s8 Alberta Brianti ITA d #141 Alexandra Panova RUS 6(5)-7, 6-1, 7-5 Mon #64 Johanna Larsson SWE d #101 Vesna Dolonts RUS 6-3, 6-3 Tue #69 Angelique Kerber GER d #257 wc Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-2, 6-2 Tue #76 Shuai Zhang CHN d #295 wc Julia Boserup USA 6-2, 6-3 Tue *#154 Michaella Krajicek NED d #88 Melanie Oudin USA 6-1, 7-5 Tue #90 Alona Bondarenko UKR d #149 Olga Savchuk UKR 6-4, 6-3 Mon #109 Petra Martic CRO d #159 Vitalia Diatchenko RUS 6-2, 6-2 Mon *#135 Zuzana Kucova SVK d #132 Kurumi Nara JPN 6-1, 6-2 Mon #187 q Mona Barthel GER d #201 q Alexa Glatch USA 6-2, 7-5 Tue

Copenhagen, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 #1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #69 Angelique Kerber GER 7-6(4), 6-3 Thu Caroline about to swat a forehand, Angelique driving one, and Caro after match point #34 s3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA d #64 Johanna Larsson SWE 6(1)-7, 6-0, 7-6(5) Thu #37 s4 Lucie Safarova CZE d #154 Michaella Krajicek NED 6(4)-7, 6-4, 6-2 Thu #187 q Mona Barthel GER d #49 s5 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-6(2), 6-4 Wed #63 s8 Alberta Brianti ITA d #135 Zuzana Kucova SVK 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Wed *#109 Petra Martic CRO d #67 Simona Halep ROU 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 Wed #76 Shuai Zhang CHN d #209 q Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 Thu #90 Alona Bondarenko UKR d #140 Kathrin Woerle GER 6-0, 1-6, 6-2 Wed

Copenhagen, QFs, Fri loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 #1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #63 s8 Alberta Brianti ITA 6-0, 6-1 Alberta about to swat a backhand, Caroline driving one, and after match point *#187 q Mona Barthel GER d #34 s3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 #37 s4 Lucie Safarova CZE d #76 Shuai Zhang CHN 4-6, 6-0, 7-6(5) *#109 Petra Martic CRO d #90 Alona Bondarenko UKR 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Copenhagen, SFs, Sat 2pm loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 #1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #187 q Mona Barthel GER 6-1, 6-2 Caroline driving a forehand, and after match point (no photos of Mona could be found) #37 s4 Lucie Safarova CZE d #109 Petra Martic CRO 1-6,6-4, 6-2

Copenhagen, Final, Sun 4pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 #1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #37 s4 Lucie Safarova CZE 6-1, 6-4 Caroline driving a forehand, and Lucie and Caro driving backhands

Copenhagen, Doubles Final, Sun 2pm loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Johanna Larsson & Jasmin Woehr d Kristina Mladenovic & Katarzyna Piter 6-3, 6-3 Jasmin and Johanna Copenhagen, Qual Finals, Monday Jun 6 11am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points *#201 Alexa Glatch USA d #137 Xinyun Han CHN 6-0, 6-1 *#209 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ d #176 Eirini Georgatou GRE 7-5, 6-2 #187 Mona Barthel GER d #361 Annika Beck GER 6-1, 6-1 *#334 Johanna Konta AUS d #254 Ahsha Rolle USA 6-2, 6-3 Copenhagen, Withdrawals #40 Agnes Szavay HUN spine injury #48 Anna Chakvetadze RUS fainting/dizziness, inner ear inflammation now under treatment

    The 4-week chlorophyll court season begins this week at Birmingham, followed by Eastbourne and s'Hertengobosch next week, and then the Wimbledon fortnight.

    Birmingham is the tourney that may have the lowest total prize $ to # of players ratio of the WTA Tour. The 56 players in the main draw (and 24 more who lost in qualifying) are there to get some time in playing on grass to prepare for Wimbledon, more than for the $220,000 prize money.
    Next week at Eastbourne, the last week before Wimbledon, there will be about half as many players, and almost 3 times as much prize money.

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