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Guangzhou & Quebec City: 2010 - 2009   Guangzhou: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 Quebec City: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 previous other tourney pages next Guangzhou 2010: #60 Jarmila Groth 5' 8½" 148lb RH 2H-BH (File) Linz, 0ct 20, 2008: #196 Tamira Paszek 5'5" 132lb RH 2H-BH

    The Guangzhou & Quebec City 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.

  Guangzhou & Quebec City 2010:

On Sunday in Guangzhou, China, in the final of the International Women's Open, 23-year-old top-seeded #60 (career-high: #55) Jarmila (Gajdosova) Groth from Sydney, Australia, won her first WTA singles title by defeating 22-year-old #78 (career-high: #59) Alla Kudryavtseva from Moscow, Russia, 6-1, 6-4 (Jarmila is shown with the ceramicware after the match).     Jarmila's prize is $37,000; Alla's is $19,000.     Jarmila said: "I played pretty well in most of my matches this week. I was very consistent and served well, which helped me put a lot of pressure on my opponent to hold serve. I didn't give a lot of chances to my opponents and was able to take mine to close them out." WTA story     Alla said: "I'm a bit disappointed but she played great tennis throughout the week so congratulations to her. I'm really happy with the overall experience."     Jarmila and Alla had met twice before, but never in a WTA main draw singles match. Jarmila defeated Alla on grass in an ITF tourney in 2005, and Alla defeated Jarmila on a Plexipave hardcourt in qualifying at Indian Wells in 2008.     Jarmila was playing in her first WTA singles final; she has won 12 ITF singles titles and 1 WTA doubles title. Jarmila's singles match record this year is 43-18.     Alla was also playing in her first WTA singles final; she has won one ITF singles title and 2 WTA doubles titles. Alla is 26-24 in singles this season.     On Sunday in Quebec City, Canada, in the final of the Bell Challenge, 19-year-old qualifier #196 (career high: #35) Tamira Paszek from Dornbirn, Austria, defeated 24-year-old #76 (career high: #37) Bethanie Mattek-Sands from Miami, Florida, 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-5 (Tamira is shown at the Linz, Austria, players party in 2008).

    Tamira's prize for winning 8 consecutive matches in 9 days (for the second time in her career) is $37,000; Bethanie's prize is $19,000.

    Tamira's ranking fell while she was sidetracked last year by low back and left foot injuries. Tamira said: "It's overwhelming. I'm extremely happy... I want to thank my family and friends for supporting me during tough times last year. I always believed I could come back... [Today] in the end it was so even, it was just who fought the most. We played some great tennis." WTA story

    Bethanie said: "Tamira is a tough player. She was injured for a little bit but obviously playing qualifying here and making it all the way to the final, she has been playing really well."

    Tamira and Bethanie had never before met on the field of combat. Tamira is now 2-1 in WTA singles finals; she also went through qualifying to won the Portoroz title in 1996 at the age of 15, and reached the Bali final in 2008, when she lost to Patty Schnyder. Her singles match record for 2010, including 8 wins this week, is 31-20.

    Bethanie is now 0-2 in WTA singles finals; she also reached the Quebec City final in 2008, when she lost to Nadia Petrova. Her singles match record this season is 38-18.

    Two nice New York Times articles from 1854 describing Quebec City, its surroundings, and the river trip there from Montreal, are located at QuickNews: Canada News and Links, below the story about a rail trip to Montreal.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Guangzhou & Quebec City s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Guangzhou International Women's Open,  Guangzhou, China   tourney time:        = GMT +8 hours        = US EDT +12 hours        = US PDT +15 hours China News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar Guangzhou: The main draw for Guangzhou 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   Fangcun Tennis Sports Center, Guangzhou, China Latitude: 23.073474 Longitude: 113.210024 goto link for World Wind     Back when Beijing was called Peking (and even earlier, Peiping), Guangzhou was known as Canton. It is about 182 kilometers from Hong Kong. At last count about 10.15 million people live there (and rising). "Tennis Courts of Fangcun Tennis Sports Center was built in 2001, covering an area of 53000 square meters. It has total 17 tennis courts including one center court with a capacity of more than 3,500 seats..." 2010: At the draw ceremony on Sunday, Sept 12 in Guangzhou, Xinyun Han, Sania Mirza and Kai-Chen Chang (shown later) did the player rep thing at the main draw ceremony... Darned good looking healthy young ladies at the welcome reception on Monday, September 13 included Kai-Chen, Zi Yan and Olga Savchuk, row 2: Su-Wei Hsieh, Shangnan Sun, Shuai Zhang, and Sania...

Guangzhou, 1st Rd, Mon 10am, Tue 2pm loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

Guangzhou, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 2:30pm loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30

Guangzhou, QFs, Fri 2pm loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70

Guangzhou, SFs, Sat 2pm loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130

Guangzhou, Final, Sun 2pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280

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

Bell Challenge,  Quebec City, Canada   tourney time:        = GMT -5 hours        = US EST        = US PST +3 hours Canada News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Quebec City: The main draw for Quebec City 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   PEPS, Laval University, Quebec City Latitude: 46.784634 Longitude: -71.277645 goto link for World Wind Bell Challenge venue address: Pavillon de l'Éducation physique et des sports, Laval University, Quebec City 2010: Young ladies looking good at the Quebec City player party on Sunday night included Misa Krajicek and Andrea Hlavackova, tourney seeds Aravane Rezai, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Lucie Safarova, Julia Goerges, Sabine Lisicki Olga Govortsova, Marion Bartoli, & Sofia Arvidsson, and Sabine Lisicki...

Quebec City, 1st Rd, Mon-Wed 11am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

Quebec City, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 11am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30

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

Quebec City, SFs, Sat 1pm & 7pm loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130

Quebec City, Final, Sun 1pm+ loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280

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

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