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Generali Ladies
Linz, AUT
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n5 P Kvitova, n12 J Jankovic
n16 A Pavlyuchenkova, n17 S Lisicki

Japan Open
Osaka, Japan
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n7 S Stosur, n10 M Bartoli
n30 A Kerber, n32 P Cetkovska

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Linz:

#5 Petra Kvitova
6'0" 154lb LH 2H-BH
Osaka:

#10 Marion Bartoli
5'6¾" 139lb RH 2H-FH&BH

    On Sunday in Linz, in the final of the Generali Ladies, this year's champion at Wimbledon and Madrid, 21 year old top seeded #5 (career high: #5) Petra Kvitova from Fulnek, Czech Republic, defeated a 2009 French Open semifinalist, 22 year old 7th seeded #22 (career high: #14) Dominika Cibulkova from Bratislava, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-1 (Petra is shown holding the tranparent trophy after the match).

    Petra's prize is $37,000; Dominika's is $19,000.

    Petra (2 aces, 1 double fault), who put 67% of her 1st serves in the box and won 55% of her 1st serve points (and 68% of her 2nd serve points), scored on 6 of the 16 break points she reached against Dominika while totaling 74 points in the match.

    Domi (1 ace, 4 DFs), who put 46% of her 1st serves in and won 59% of her 1st serve points (and 35% of her 2nd serve points),, scored on 2 of the 4 break points she reached against Petra while totaling 57 points in the match.

    Petra said: "I was fighting for every point this week... The first set with Dominika was very close. I know how well she plays and I knew I had to play well to beat her. I played very well on the big points." WTA story

    Petra now leads Dominika 4-0 in career matches. Their previous meeting was earlier this year, on red clay in the quarterfinals at Madrid, when Petra defeated Domi 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

    2011 Wimbledon, Madrid, Brisbane & Paris Indoor champ Petra is now 6-2 in WTA singles finals. Petra has a 53-13 singles match record in 2011.

    Dominika is now 0-3 in WTA singles finals. Both of her previous finals were in 2008, at Amelia Island and Montrea. Domi has a 37-21 singles match record this season.

    In Osaka, Japan, on Sunday, in the final of the HP Japan Open, this year's champion at Eastbourne, 26 year old 2nd seeded #10 (career high: #9) Marion Bartoli of France (residence: Geneva, SUI), defeated the 2009 Osaka champ (and this year's US Open champion), 27 year old top seeded #7 (career high: #4) Samantha Stosur from Gold Coast, Australia, 6-3, 6-1 (Marion is shown holding the hardware after the match).

    Marion's prize is $37,000; Samantha's is $19,000. If Marion can also win next week's Moscow title, she might secure the final position in the year ending WTA Championships in Istanbul. Otherwise, the place will go to Agnieszka Radwanska, and Marion will be an alternate.

    Marion (2 aces, 4 DFs), who put 70% of her 1st serves in and won 87% of her 1st serve points (and 54% of her 2nd serve points), scored on 4 of the 14 break points she reached against Samantha while totaling 63 points in the match.
    Samantha (0 aces, 2 DFs), who made 69% of her 1st serves good and won 59% of those points (but only 33% of her 2nd serve points), failed to converted either of the 2 break points she reached against Marion, while scoring 40 points in the match.

    Marion said: "I'm very happy with the way I played this week. It has been a good season; I felt my level dropped in August, especially at the US Open, but now I'm back playing well again. Obviously to win a title is great. Now I have two titles this year, so I'm really happy.

    "I love to play in Japan. I love this country. Everyone is so friendly." WTA story

    Marion now leads Samantha 3-2 in career matches.

    2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion is now 7-8 in WTA singles finals. This year she also won at Eastbourne, reached the Indian Wells final, and the semis at Roland Garros. Marion has a 56-24 singles match record in 2011.

    2011 US Open champion (and 2010 French Open finalist) Samantha is now 3-10 in WTA singles finals. In 2007 Samantha was forced offcourt by viral meningitis and Lyme disease after a tick bite, but she recovered in 2008 and won titles at Osaka in 2009, and at Charleston last year. Sam has an 43-21 singles match record this season.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Linz & Osaka
The Wimbledon Centre Court scoreboard at match point during the 1977 ladies singles semifinal as Virginia Wade defeated Chris Evert, and advanced to defeat Betty Stove in the final, becoming the last British woman to win the singles title at Wimbledon-- a portion of a photo from Virginia's book Courting Triumph, click for book excerpts
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Generali Ladies,  Linz, Austria

 
tourney time:
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       = US EDT +6 hours
       = US PDT +9 hours

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    Linz: The main draw for Linz has 8 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw. Qualifying (3 rounds) starts on Saturday, qualifying finals are on Monday.
 

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Generali Ladies venue address: Intersport Arena Linz Ziegeleistrasse, 4020 Linz Austria Intersport Arena Linz. Ziegeleistraße 76-78 Linz, Upper Austria 4020

2011: Ladies looking good at the players party on Monday, October 10 in Linz included Andrea Petkovic (unable to play due to a knee injury), Petra Kvitova, Austrian former WTA #7 Barbara Schett, Julia Goerges (with Austrian former WTA player Judith Weisner), Lucie Safarova, and Tamira Paszek...
Linz, 1st Rd, Tue noon; Wed 2pm Wed WTA story
loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1
n5 s1 wc Petra Kvitova CZE d n55 Rebecca Marino CAN 6-2, 6-2 Tue
n12 s3 wc Jelena Jankovic SRB d n78 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 4-1 retired—neck injury Tue
n16 s4 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n29 A Medina Garrigues ESP 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 Tue
*n75 Alberta Brianti ITA d n17 s5 Sabine Lisicki GER 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Wed

    Alberta said: "It wasn't a great match today—we both made a lot of mistakes—but the most important thing was staying focused from beginning to end. Playing a top player like Sabine is never easy. Every point and every game was tough. So I'm very happy I concentrated well today and won the match."

    Sabine suffered from stomach illness last week in Beijing. Sabine said: "I got very, very sick in China and was in the hospital. I'm still recovering from that. I really wanted to play here, especially with it being a German-speaking country. But after a week in bed it's hard to have a good rhythm. I wanted it really badly, but my body just couldn't handle it."

n19 s6 Julia Goerges GER d n77 Anastasija Sevastova LAT 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7) Tue
n22 s7 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n60 Elena Baltacha GBR 4-6, 7-6(3), 1-0 retired—low back injury Tue

Domi driving a forehand

n25 s8 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n51 q Petra Martic CRO 6-3, 6(6)-7, 6-1 Wed

Dani serving

n26 s9 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n53 Elena Vesnina RUS 7-6(4), 6-2 Wed
n28 Lucie Safarova CZE d n45 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Tue
*n39 Sara Errani ITA d n35 Polona Hercog SLO 6-0, 6-3 Tue
n37 Ksenia Pervak RUS d n130 q Vitalia Diatchenko RUS 6-4, 6-1 Tue
*n96 LL Anne Keothavong GBR d n50 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-4, 6-1 Tue
*n80 q Sorana Cirstea ROU d n54 Tamira Paszek AUT 7-5, 6-3 Tue
*n118 LL Anastasia Rodionova AUS d n44 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-6(6), 6-1 Wed
*n105 LL Evgeniya Rodina RUS d n63 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-3, 2-1 retired—illness Tue
n95 wc Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT d n97 q Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Wed

    Patricia said: "I had a bad start. I was very nervous. But in the second set it started getting better and I just kept fighting. I feel good about Bad Gastein. After I made the final there I had some problems with my shoulder, but in the end I'm very happy about this year. I hope I can keep this up here in Linz."

Linz, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 2pm
loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30
n5 s1 wc Petra Kvitova CZE d n95 wc Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 6-2, 6-3 Thu
n12 s3 wc Jelena Jankovic SRB d n96 LL Anne Keothavong GBR 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Thu

Jelena ready to swat a forehand

    Jelena said: "[Anne] played very well. She was solid off the ground and didn't give me many chances. It took me a while to find my rhythm and feel comfortable on the court, but I took control in the second set and played better and better. I'm very glad to get through this match, it really was a tough one." WTA story

*n80 q Sorana Cirstea ROU d n16 s4 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 Wed
*n105 LL Evgeniya Rodina RUS d n19 s6 Julia Goerges GER 6-3, 6-4 Wed
n22 s7 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n39 Sara Errani ITA 6(1)-7, 6-3, 6-1 Thu
n25 s8 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n37 Ksenia Pervak RUS 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 Thu
*n118 LL Anastasia Rodionova AUS d n26 s9 Flavia Pennetta ITA walkover

    Flavia said: "I felt something wrong in my leg during the first set, but it wasn't that much pain so I kept going—I got my leg taped. I think Vesnina started to think too much and made a few mistakes, and I was able to finish the match, but afterwards I realized it's too much, and I'd have to win four more matches, as well as doubles... I prefer to just recover and try to play doubles." Flavia Pennetta Linz Blog: Wednesday

n28 Lucie Safarova CZE d n75 Alberta Brianti ITA 6-4, 6-2 Thu

Lucie about to deliver a forehand

Linz, QFs, Fri 2pm
loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70
n5 s1 wc Petra Kvitova CZE d n25 s8 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-2, 6-2
n12 s3 wc Jelena Jankovic SRB d n105 LL Evgeniya Rodina RUS 6-2, 6-4
n22 s7 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n118 LL Anastasia Rodionova AUS 6(5)-7, 6-2, 6-1
n28 Lucie Safarova CZE d n80 q Sorana Cirstea ROU 7-5, 6-2

Linz, SFs, Sat 2pm
loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130
n5 s1 wc Petra Kvitova CZE d n12 s3 wc Jelena Jankovic SRB 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

   
Petra and Jelena driving forehand and backhand

n22 s7 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n28 Lucie Safarova CZE 6-1, 6-4

   
Domi reaching for a forehand, and after match point

Linz, Final, Sun 2pm
loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200
winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280
n5 s1 wc Petra Kvitova CZE d n22 s7 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6-4, 6-1

   
Petra driving a backhand, and Dominika and Petra driving forehands

Linz, Doubles Final, Sun after singles
loser's prize: $5,750 US
winner's prize: $11,000 US
Elena Vesnina & Marina Erakovic d Julia Goerges & Anna-Lena Groenefeld 7-5, 6-1

Marina and Elena


Linz, Qual Finals, Mon Oct 10 noon
losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points
n51 Petra Martic CRO d n212 Naomi Broady GBR 6-4, 6-2
n80 Sorana Cirstea ROU d n118 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 6-1, 6-2
*n130 Vitalia Diatchenko RUS d n96 Anne Keothavong GBR 6-4, 6-2
n97 Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA d n105 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 6-1, 7-5

Linz, Withdrawals
n11 s2 Andrea Petkovic GER right knee injury
n20 Roberta Vinci ITA right knee injury
n23 Yanina Wickmayer BEL low back injury
n24 Maria Kirilenko RUS left thigh injury
n27 Shahar Peer ISR low back stress fracture
n31 Nadia Petrova RUS left thigh strain
n42 Klara Zakopalova CZE left knee injury
n43 Simona Halep ROU right achilles injury
n65 Gisela Dulko ARG back injury (wd from singles only
n66 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU bilateral knee injury

 
HP Japan Open,  Osaka, Japan

 
tourney time:
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       = US EDT +13 hours
       = US PDT +16 hours

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Osaka: The main draw for Osaka 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.
 

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2009: On Sunday, Oct 11, in Osaka, players attending a welcome reception included all-time Japanese #1 (and former WTA #4) Kimiko Date Krumm (shown individaully and in the group), Samantha Stosur, Akiko Morigami, who is retiring after this tournament, Kimiko again, Francesca Schiavone, 2008 tourney champ and top seed Caroline Wozniacki, 19-year-old current Japanese # 1 Ayumi Morita, and Marion Bartoli... US Open finalist Caroline signed autographs...
Osaka, 1st Rd, Mon-Wed 11am
loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1
n7 s1 Samantha Stosur AUS d n168 q Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Tue

   
Samantha and Noppawan driving forehands

n10 s2 wc Marion Bartoli FRA d n147 sr72 Melinda Czink HUN 6-2, 6-2 Mon

Marion's 2-handed forehand drive

n30 s3 Angelique Kerber GER d n160 wc Kurumi Nara JPN 6-2, 6-1 Tue

   
Angelique driving backhand and forehand

n32 s4 Petra Cetkovska CZE d n81 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 6-2, 7-6(2) Tue
n34 s5 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS d n221 wc Aiko Nakamura JPN 6-0, 6-1 Tue

Jarmila volleying a forehand

n40 s6 Ayumi Morita JPN d n128 Shuai Zhang CHN 7-6(3), 6-2 Tue
n41 s7 Chanelle Scheepers RSA d n103 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 6-2, 6-2 Mon
*n86 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d n49 s8 Christina Mchale USA 6-3, 7-5 Mon
n72 Jie Zheng CHN d n137 Zuzana Kukova SVK 6-1, 6-1 Tue
n73 Mathilde Johansson FRA d n76 Irina Falconi USA 6-3, 6-2 Mon
n82 Vania King USA d n116 Jill Craybas USA 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 Wed
n90 Eleni Daniilidou GRE d n126 Anastasia Pivovarova RUS 6-2, 6-2 Mon
n108 Misaki Doi JPN d n122 Coco Vandeweghe USA 6-4, 6-4 Mon
n117 q Erika Sema JPN d n135 Mandy Minella LUX 6-3, 6-3 Tue
n123 Olga Govortsova BLR d n139 Yung-Jan Chan TPE 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 Tue
n259 q Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n463 q Shuko Aoyama JPN 6-2, 6-0 Tue

Osaka, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 11am
loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30
n7 s1 Samantha Stosur AUS d n108 Misaki Doi JPN 6-2, 6-4 Thu

   
Samantha driving a forehand, and Misaki reaching for a backhand

n10 s2 wc Marion Bartoli FRA d n82 Vania King USA 6-1, 6-2 Thu

   
Marion and Vania driving forehand and backhand

n30 s3 Angelique Kerber GER d n123 Olga Govortsova BLR 6-1, 6-3 Wed

Angelique driving a forehand

n32 s4 Petra Cetkovska CZE d n117 q Erika Sema JPN 6-0, 6-3 Wed

   
Petra and Erika driving forehand and backhand

*n72 Jie Zheng CHN d n34 s5 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 7-5, 6-3 Wed

   
Jarmila and Jie driving forehand and backhand

n40 s6 Ayumi Morita JPN d n90 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 6-2, 6-3 Thu
n41 s7 Chanelle Scheepers RSA d n259 q Y Shvedova KAZ 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) Thu
*n86 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d n73 Mathilde Johansson FRA 6-2, 6-4 Wed

Tammy serving

Osaka, QFs, Fri 11am
loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70
n7 s1 Samantha Stosur AUS d n41 s7 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 6-2, 6-3 ppd-Sat

   
Chanelle driving a forehand, and Samantha volleying a backhand

n10 s2 wc Marion Bartoli FRA d n40 s6 Ayumi Morita JPN 6-2, 6-1 ppd-Sat

   
Ayumi and Marion driving forehand and backhand

n30 s3 Angelique Kerber GER d n86 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 6-3, 6-4 ppd-Sat

   
Tammy and Angelique driving forehands

n72 Jie Zheng CHN d n32 s4 Petra Cetkovska CZE 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 ppd-Sat

   
Jie and Petra driving forehand and backhand

Osaka, SFs, Sat
loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130
n7 s1 Samantha Stosur AUS d n72 Jie Zheng CHN 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3 ppd-Sun

   
Jie and Samantha driving forehand and backhand

n10 s2 wc Marion Bartoli FRA d n30 s3 Angelique Kerber GER 6-1, 7-6(5) ppd-Sun

   
Marion serving, and Angelique reaching for a forehand

Osaka, Final, Sun m3
loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200
winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280
*n10 s2 wc Marion Bartoli FRA d n7 s1 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-3, 6-1

   
Marion and Samantha driving forehands, and Marion's backhand drive

Osaka, Doubles Final, Sun
loser's prize: $5,750 US
winner's prize: $11,000 US
Kimiko Date-Krumm & Shuai Zhang d Vania King & Yaroslava Shvedova 7-5, 3-6, (11-9)

Osaka, Qual Finals, Mon Oct 10 11am
n117 Erika Sema JPN d n177 Rika Fujiwara JPN 6-3, 6-4
n168 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA d n181 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4
*n463 Shuko Aoyama JPN d n182 Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(1)
*n259 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n194 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 6-2, 6-4

Osaka, Withdrawals
n88 Sania Mirza IND left knee injury & surgery
n94 Sloane Stephens USA left wrist injury
n99 Stephanie Dubois CAN right foot injury
n111 Aravane Rezai FRA illness


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