WTA Jul 18-24: Portoroz Slovenia Open, Portoroz INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: hard Free Live Video (popup) Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP     tourn. draws: Q - main - D - OOP pics: WTA Portoroz: radar - forecast - map # # # # # # # # # # # # #

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  Portoroz 2010:

On Sunday in Portoroz, Slovenia, in the final of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, 23-year-old #101 (and former #5) Anna Chakvetadze from Moscow, Russia, after waiting out some thunderstorms, took just after an hour to demolish 21-year-old #86 (career-high: #84) Johanna Larsson from Helsingborg, Sweden, 6-1, 6-2 (Anna is shown after the doubles final on Saturday night).     Anna's prize is $37,000; Johanna's is $19,000.     Anna said: "This was my ninth final and Johanna's first, so I don't think she was as comfortable as me today. I was very concentrated and didn't give her many free points, so I'm very happy with my performance." WTA story     Johanna said: "Anna played really well today. I did everything I could... It was my first final and I'm happy with how things went here. If I was told a month ago I'd have these results, I wouldn't believe it."     Anna and Johanna, too, had never played each other in WTA singles before.     Anna is now 8-1 in WTA singles finals; she won her first seven, then lost to Caro Wozniacki in the 2008 New Haven final and had been in a deep slump most of the time since then. Now it appears that she may be regaining her old form. Anna has a 17-13 match record in 2010.     Johanna was playing in her first WTA singles final, so despite the loss, this was the best week of her career. She has won 11 ITF singles titles and 14 ITF doubles titles. Including ITF play, Johanna's singles match record this year is 36-12.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Portoroz s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Slovenia Open,  Portoroz, Slovenia   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Slovenia News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Portoroz: The 32-player main draw for Portoroz 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   SRC Marina Portoroz, Slovenia Latitude: 45.507963 Longitude: 13.596697 goto link for World Wind Slovenia Open venue address: ŠRC Marina Portorose, Slovenia; operators: Sport Society of Portorose, Liminjanska cesta 115, 6320 Portorose     2010 is the sixth year of the Portoroz tourney. Slovenia, north of Croatia, west of Switzerland, south of Austria, and east of Hungary, became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991 after a 10-day war. Portoroz is located on the Adriatic Sea; Italy is on the opposite shore. 2010: Although forced to retire from the tourney after rolling her ankle during her 2nd round match, top seed Jelena Jankovic stuck around to do autograph duty...

Portoroz, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 4pm loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

Portoroz, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 4pm loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30

Portoroz, QFs, Fri 4:30pm loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70

Portoroz, SFs, Sat 6pm loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130

Portoroz, Final, Sun 8pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280

Portoroz, Doubles Final Sat after singles SFs loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Portoroz, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 18 10am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Portoroz, Withdrawals

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