is 2-9 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 29-17 singles match record this season.
Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada
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Toronto: The 56-player main draw for the Rogers Cup has 16 seeds, with 8 1st-round byes. There are 8 qualifiers and 5 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying (3 rounds) starts on Friday; qualifying finals are on Sunday.
The Rogers Cup, also known as the Canadian Open, is played alternating years in Montreal and Toronto. When the WTA is in Montreal, the ATP plays their version a week earlier in Toronto, and vice versa.
2011: On Friday, August 5 in Toronto, Venus and Serena Williams did the player rep thing at the main draw ceremony... pre-tourney activities over the weekend included an appearance by French Open champ Li Na at the Pacific Mall, and a celebrity match including Jelena Jankovic and Venus Williams... Rain on Sunday inspired Jarmila Gajdosova to take her pet rubber duck out for a swim...
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Toronto, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 11am WTA Tue story
loser's prize: $5,500 US; points: 1
Tuesday: rain delayed start of play
*n133 q Galina Voskoboeva KAZ d n9 s9 Marion Bartoli FRA 6-3, 6-3 Mon
Galina and Marion driving forehand and backhand, and Galina after match point
It was Galina's first ever win over a player currently in the top 10; she had lost each time in six previous attempts. Galina struck 3 aces with 1 double fault while scoring on 4of the 6 break points she reached against Marion and totaling 56 points in the match. Marion had 1 ace with 4 DFs, while converting only 1 of the 3 break points she reached against Galina and scoring 40 points in the match.
Galina said: "I was not that nervous against who I was playing...I just knew that I can play good, and that's it." postmatch interview
Marion said: "Galina played a great match, so all credit to her. On my side, it was really a day with nothing was working at all." postmatch interview
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n10 s10 Samantha Stosur AUS d n43 Ayumi Morita JPN 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Mon
Ayumi driving a forehand, and Samantha volleying a backhand
n11 s11 Andrea Petkovic GER d n355 wc Eugenie Bouchard CAN 6-2, 6-2 Tue
Genie ready to tap a forehand, and Andrea driving a backhand
Andrea is at a career high #10 in this week's rankings (the previous week's ranks are listed here so the archived pages will match the drawsheets). Andrea said: "At the beginning of the year my goal was to be Top 20, and now it's August and I'm Top 10. It was a strange feeling because they already told me the week before that I would get there, because Sam was going to lose some points. On the other hand, I didn't want to get in the Top 10 just because somebody handed it to me—so last week I felt I had to play well in Carlsbad, and after I reached the semis I felt better. I hope to continue."
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*n55 q Simona Halep ROU d n12 s12 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS4-6, 6-4, 6-3 Mon
Svetlana and Simona driving forehand and backhand, and Simona after match point
n13 s13 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n39 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-4, 6-1 Tue
n38 q MJ Martinez Sanchez ESP d n14 s14 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Mon
*n20 Julia Goerges GER d n15 s15 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-1, 6-3 Mon
Julia ready to swat a forehand, Jelena driving one, Julie driving a backhand, and after match point
Julia said: "I had two or three weeks which haven't been that well for me, but I improved every week when I was playing. If you play a player like Jelena, you have to play your best to beat those players... I went for my shots and I went for my game, and it went pretty well today." postmatch interview
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*n44 q Iveta Benesova CZE d n16 s16 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 7-5, 4-6, 1-3 retired—left abdominal strain Tue
Domi driving a backhand (no match photo of Iveta has been found)
n17 Shuai Peng CHN d n47 LL Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 6-1, 7-5 Tue
n18 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n88 q Shuai Zhang CHN 6-1, 6-1 Tue
Ana serving, and Shuai and Ana following backhand and forehand
*n23 Roberta Vinci ITA d n19 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 6-4, 6-2 Tue
*n200 wc Aleksandra Wozniak CAN d n21 Shahar Peer ISR 6-1, 6-0 Tue
Shahar following a forehand, and Aleksandra driving a backhand
Aleksandra said: "I was trying to dictate from the very first ball of each point. I don't think [Shahar] was able to find her rhythm today. I tried to stay on her and have it under control. I was really trying to wait for the right ball and play aggressive."
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n22 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n52 Gisela Dulko ARG 6-3, 6-4 Tue
n24 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n26 Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-3, 6-1 Tue
n28 Nadia Petrova RUS d n29 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 6-1, 6-2 Mon
Jarmila and Nadia driving forehand and backhand
n32 Lucie Safarova CZE d n40 q Polona Hercog SLO 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 Mon
*n33 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d n35 Sara Errani ITA 7-5, 6-1 Tue
*n71 q Greta Arn HUN d n37 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-3, 6-1 Mon
*n42 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n41 Rebecca Marino CAN 7-6(6), 6-4 Mon
Ekaterina following a serve, and Rebecca driving a forehand
Rebecca said: "I didn't come out winning, but I think I did a good showing for my first time... [Ekaterina] used the angles very well generally and moved me around a lot. Very smart player, I guess, is the difference." postmatch interview
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*n87 q Petra Martic CRO d n48 Lucie Hradecka CZE 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 Tue
*n83 q Jie Zheng CHN d n56 q Alberta Brianti ITA 6-2, 6-1 Mon
*n53 q Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n62 Jelena Dokic AUS 2-0 retired—right shoulder injury Tue
n79 Serena Williams USA d n126 sr36 Alona Bondarenko UKR 6-0, 6-3 Tue
Serena and Alona watching their serves fly, Serena driving a forehand, and after match point
Serena said: "I definitely want to get better on a few things. I want to try to do more and play harder. I would hate to be Grand Slam ready right now, seeing that the US Open is not right now. So I will try to peak at the right time."
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n107 wc Stephanie Dubois CAN d n140 q Kathrin Woerle GER 7-6(4), 6-1 Tue
Stephanie driving a backhand
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Toronto, 2nd Rd, Tue-Wed 11am
losers' prize: $10,575 US; points: 70
*n23 Roberta Vinci ITA d n1 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-4, 7-5 Wed
Roberta serving, Caroline and Roberta driving backhand and forehand, and Roberta after match point
Caroline won only 53% of her 2nd serve points (Roberta: 65%), and scored on only 2 of the 7 break points she reached against Roberta, while totaling 81 points in the match. Roberta converted 4 of the 6 break points she reached against Caroline, and scored 86 points in the match.
Caroline said: "Today was definitely not the best match, and I didn't get a chance to really get any rhythm. It was very difficult, first with the wind, but also the way that Vinci was playing. First match back, of course I'd have loved to have won that one, and especially after leading 5-1 in the second, it's not fun to lose this one. But there's nothing really you can do about it now, just practice and head over to Cincinnati and try to do better there." postmatch interview
Roberta said: "I wasn't confident. Today was so hard to play, and I saw that Caroline, she makes a lot of mistake, especially in the first set. So I think that I can win today. Was not easy, but I can. I can do it." postmatch interview
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*n83 q Jie Zheng CHN d n2 s2 Kim Clijsters BEL 3-6, 2-1 retired—left abdominal injury Tue
Jie and Kim driving forehand and backhand
Kim said: "During my warm-up today I felt my left stomach muscle really, really tight. Before the match I got taped to try and protect the muscle as much as possible, but it just went worse and worse. I already had an ultrasound here on-site, and I have a partial tear in my left stomach muscle. I have a few weeks until the US Open. I'll do everything to be ready."
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n3 s3 Vera Zvonareva RUS d n28 Nadia Petrova RUS 7-5, 6-4 Wed
n4 s4 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n107 wc Stephanie Dubois CAN 6-0, 6-0 Wed
Victoria and Stephanie driving forehand and backhand
n5 s5 Maria Sharapova RUS d n53 q Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-1, 7-5 Wed
Maria serving, Bojana and Maria driving forehand and backhand, and Maria after match point
Maria said: "I expected [Bojana] to play well today, because she's someone that's dangerous. Although she's a qualifier, she's someone that's moving up and young and eager and has beaten good players before. She's on her way up, so I knew that that was going to be a dangerous round, knowing she played a few matches already and this was my first match.
"So I was happy with the way I played in the first set, and then I was up and down a little bit in the second. But overall I thought, for a [first] match, it was good." postmatch interview
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n6 s6 Na Li CHN d n17 Shuai Peng CHN walkover—left hip injury Wed
n7 s7 Petra Kvitova CZE d n33 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 7-6(3), 6-3 Wed
n8 s8 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n42 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-1, 6-3 Wed
Francesca and Ekaterina serving
n10 s10 Samantha Stosur AUS d n200 wc Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 6-3, 6-4 Wed
Samantha and Aleksandra delivering backhands
n11 s11 Andrea Petkovic GER d n71 q Greta Arn HUN 6-4, 7-5 Wed
Andrea said: "Greta plays really fast, and she serves really fast, so sometimes it's not easy to see the balls. I needed to get used to it... It was just a few points. It could have gone exactly the other way, so I'm quite happy that I won." postmatch interview
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n13 s13 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n87 q Petra Martic CRO 6-3, 6-3 Wed
n18 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n44 q Iveta Benesova CZE 6-3, 6-3 Wed
*n79 Serena Williams USA d n20 Julia Goerges GER 6-1, 7-6(7) Wed
Julia driving a forehand, Serena driving a backhand, and after match point
Serena struck 3 aces with 2 double faults while scoring on 3 of the 4 break points she reached against Julia and totaling 69 points in the match. Julia had 5 aces and 4 DFs, while converting neither of the 2 break points she reached against Serena and scoring 56 points in the match.
Serena failed to convert her first 5 match points. Serena said: "I thought [Julia] played really well and really smart. It was good for me to win that second set and get through it, because not playing my best and still winning is better than playing well and losing. I think she played better in the second set. I was happy to close it out." WTA story - postmatch interview
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*n38 q MJ Martinez Sanchez ESP d n22 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 7-5, 6-2 Wed
*n133 q Galina Voskoboeva KAZ d n24 Flavia Pennetta ITA 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 Wed
n32 Lucie Safarova CZE d n55 q Simona Halep ROU 6-2, 6-4 Wed
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Toronto, 3rd Rd, Thu 11am
losers' prize: $20,550 US; points: 125
n13 s13 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n3 s3 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-4, 7-6(4)
n4 s4 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n38 q Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 6-1, 6-2
*n133 q Galina Voskoboeva KAZ d n5 s5 Maria Sharapova RUS 6-3, 7-5
Maria driving a forehand, Galina about to swat one, and blowing kisses after match point
Galina (who defeated #9 Marion Bartoli in the 1st round and #24 Flavia Pennetta in the 2nd) struck 2 aces with 4 double faults (2 on match points) while scoring on 5 of the 12 break points she reached against Maria and totaling 76 points in the match. Maria had no aces and 4 DFs, while converting all of the 3 break points she reached against Galina, and scoring 64 points in the match.
Maria had no aces and 4 DFs, while converting all of the 3 break points she reached against Galina, and scoring 64 points in the match.
Galina said: "It's not like something that's a miracle because I was working really hard, so that's I think the result...
"I remember our last match which was also tough. It was three sets. So I knew what I have to do exactly... Maria is a great player, a great fighter. So what changed, maybe just my confidence was higher this time." postmatch interview
Maria said: "[Galina has] played really well this tournament. You could tell today that she came to the match with a lot of confidence, swinging away, going for the first serve and her shots. I think if she consistently could play like that she wouldn't be ranked where she is today. She showed that she can play really great tennis...
"In the first set I didn't break her once, and I don't think I even saw break point, which is not really great, because then obviously she has a tremendous amount of confidence when she's returning. She doesn't feel anything when she's stepping on the line on the service game. I don't think I really did enough on those." postmatch interview
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*n10 s10 Samantha Stosur AUS d n6 s6 Na Li CHN 6-2, 6-4
Na lining up a forehand, and Samantha driving one
Na said: "[Samantha] has a huge, big serve, not normal like girl serve. Bounce even higher. It's tough for me to return...
"Always tough after break and come back for the first match, because I have six or seven weeks didn't play tournament. Beginning of the match I even didn't know what I should do on the court, not like during the clay court season... I was feeling I'm like juniors on the court [smiling].
"Hopefully getting better, and I will start training harder tomorrow to try to be ready in Cincinnati." postmatch interview
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*n11 s11 Andrea Petkovic GER d n7 s7 Petra Kvitova CZE 6-1, 6-2
Andrea ready to launch a forehand, and Petra following a backhand
*n32 Lucie Safarova CZE d n8 s8 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-3. 6-3
*n23 Roberta Vinci ITA d n18 Ana Ivanovic SRB 7-6(3), 6-2
Ana serving, and Roberta following a forehand
n79 Serena Williams USA d n83 q Jie Zheng CHN 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Serena driving a forehand, Jie following one, Serena about to swat a backhand, and after winning a point
Serena said: "I'm glad I was able to win... [Jie] was really just playing well from the whole match. I just tried to do better.." postmatch interview
Jie said: "I know [Serena has] the big serve, I want try something. So I put a lot for the play more aggressive for return the second serve. So I think this is good try, and I win many point from the return for the second serve...
"I know her, if you give her time for hit, she can hit so hard. So I try to move her a lot and try to play more aggressive, push a lot." postmatch interview
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Toronto, QFs, Fri 11am
losers' prize: $41,450 US; points: 225
n4 s4 Victoria Azarenka BLR d n133 q Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 6-1, 6-2
Victoria serving, Galina and Victoria driving backhands, and Vika after match point
Victoria struck 1 ace with 1 double fault while scoring on 6 of the 8 break points she reached against Galina and totaling 56 points in the match. Galina had no aces and 4 DFs, and won only 55% of her 1st serve points (Victoria 77%), while converting 1 of the 3 break points she reached against Vika and scoring 35 points in the match.
Galina had defeated Marion Bartoli, Flavia Pennetta, and Maria Sharapova on her wat to the quarterfinals. Victoria said: "I had to take in consideration she's been playing really well. But I was more focused on my game and trying to execute my shots and moving myself than on the opponent's game. So it worked out for me well that I was really focused on me than on her." postmatch interview
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n10 s10 Samantha Stosur AUS d n23 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-4, 6-1
Samantha serving, Roberta delivering a backhand, Sam following a forehand, and after match point
Samantha struck 5 aces with 2 double faults while scoring on 3 of the 4 break points she reached against Roberta and totaling 62 points in the match. Roberta had 1 ace and 3 DFs, while converting none of the 4 break points she reached against Samantha, and scoring 39 points in the match.
Samantha said: "At the start I was just trying to kick it in, get it hard to [Roberta's] backhand, really make a high percentage, and then you start feeling it. I went for some big ones, and it paid off." postmatch interview
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n13 s13 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n11 s11 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-4, 6-3
Agnieszka driving a forehand, Andrea following one, Agnieszka driving a backhand, and congenial Andrea congratulating Agnieszka after match point
Agnieszka said: "[Andrea is a] very tough player. Not missing much. Moving very well. Playing deep balls. She's very consistent. So is very tough to play against her. I just have to be focused since beginning to the last point. She's huge fighter, so I really have to close this match, and just fight till the end." postmatch interview
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*n79 Serena Williams USA d n32 Lucie Safarova CZE 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Serena driving a forehand, Lucie following one, Serena launching a backhand on the run, and after match point
Serena said: "I honestly could have had a better chance in the first set, but I lost some key points. It was all about maybe one or two points here that would have made a difference and some double faults that didn't make sense...
"Lefties are just different, and it definitely took getting used to. I haven't played Lucie in a long time. I kind of forgot how she plays, and she's definitely a great player and doing so well. Once I got used to it I was a little better, but then she would change it again, so it was interesting." postmatch interview
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Toronto, SFs, Sat 1pm & 6:30pm
loser's prize: $90,000 US; points: 395
*n79 Serena Williams USA d n4 s4 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-3, 6-3
Serena about to swat a forehand, Vika and Serena driving backhands, and Serena after winning a point
Serena (6 aces, 1 DF) now leads Vika 5-1 in career matches.
Serena said: "I just kind of knew I was playing a really, really good player today, and I basically had to step up my game or go to Cincinnati." postmatch interview
Victoria said: "I wasn't playing my best tennis today. I was doing a little bit too many unforced errors and didn't take my chances. [Serena] played really well and served really well. That was one of the biggest differences, I think." postmatch interview
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n10 s10 Samantha Stosur AUS d n13 s13 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
Samantha serving, Agnieszka and Samantha driving backhands, and Sam after match point
Samantha struck 7 aces with 2 double faults while scoring on 5 of the 9 break points she reached against Agnieszka and totaling 86 points in the match. Agnieszka had 1 ace and 1 DF, while converting 2 of the 8 break points she reached against Samantha, and scoring 72 points in the match.
Agnieszka said: "I obviously was playing better in the second set, and I was able to break her, I think twice. But then [Samantha] started to serve much, much better. I think serve was very important thing in this match, and with my shoulder, I couldn't really hold my serve...
"I was fighting till the end, and of course this been a very busy three weeks. So I'm just very happy that I could be here in the semifinal. It's good tournament for me." postmatch interview
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Toronto, Final, Sun
loser's prize: $180,000 US; points: 620
winner's prize: $360,000 US; points: 900
*n79 Serena Williams USA d n10 s10 Samantha Stosur AUS v 6-4, 6-2
Serena serving, Samantha and Serena driving backhands, and Serena after match point
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Toronto, Doubles Final, Sun
losers' prize: $51,550 US
winners' prize: $103,000 US
cdr18 s3 Lisa Raymond & Liezel Huber d cdr18 s4 Victoria Azarenka & Maria Kirilenko walkover—Azarenka right hand injury
Toronto, Qual Finals, Sun Aug 7 10am
losers' prizes: q1 $500 1pt; q2 $1,030 12pts; q3 $2,040 20pts; qualifier 30 points
rain delayed start of play, rain delay again, play again
n38 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP d n85 Anna Tatishvili GEO 6-4, 6-2
n40 Polona Hercog SLO d n108 Heather Watson GBR 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
n44 Iveta Benesova CZE d n73 Virginie Razzano FRA 6-1, 0-0 retired
*n88 Shuai Zhang CHN d n47 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
n53 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n124 Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP 6-2, 6(4)-7, 6-4
*n83 Jie Zheng CHN d n54 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
n55 Simona Halep ROU d n187 Sharon Fichman CAN 6-3, 6-1
n56 Alberta Brianti ITA d n72 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-6(3), 6(1)-7, 6-2
*n87 Petra Martic CRO d n59 Monica Niculescu ROU 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
*n71 Greta Arn HUN d n60 Elena Baltacha GBR 7-6(5), 6-3
*n140 Kathrin Woerle GER d n64 Sania Mirza IND 6(5)-7, 7-5, 6-3
*n133 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ d n69 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(2)
Toronto, Withdrawals
n31 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA right shoulder injury
n34 Venus Williams USA illness
n49 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU knee injury
#98 Anna Chakvetadze RUS dizziness from inner ear problem
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