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On Saturday in Australia, in the final of the Brisbane International,
the 2010 champ in Palermo, 26 year old #34 (career high: #16) Kaia Kanepi from Haapsalu, Estonia,
defeated
last year's champion at Pattaya City (and the 2002 & '07 Indian Wells champion), 28 year old #24 (career high: #5) Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco),
6-2, 6-1 (Kaia is shown with the hardware after the match). Kaia's prize is $110,000, Daniela's prize is $57,800. Kaia said: "It feels fantastic; I’m so happy. I couldn’t stop smiling after the match for a long time. I think I haven’t really realised what I have done and how I have played and who I have beaten and then what score. I enjoyed a lot the feeling that I have and to win such a big tournament like this." tourney story Daniela said: "I felt like I played a great match from the start until the end. [Kaia] didn’t give me too many chances. I tried to find a way, but it just didn’t work today. She was better in all the departments of the game and really deserved to win." Daniela still leads Kaia 3-1 in career matches. Their previous meeting was in 2010 on a Deco-Turf hardcourt in the 1st round in New Haven, when Daniela defeated Kaia 7-5, 6-3. Kaia is now 2-3 in WTA singles finals; she reached the Moscow final last year, and won the Palermo title in 2010. Kaia had a 27-19 singles match record in 2011. Daniela is now 4-9 in WTA singles finals; last year she won in Pattaya City, and reached the Birmingham final. Daniela was 41-29 in singles matches last year. In Perth on Saturday, Czech Republic defeated France to win the ITF Hopman Cup. Last year's winner at the WTA Championships, Wimbledon and Madrid, 21 year old #2 (career high: #2) Petra Kvitova from Fulnek, Czech Republic, defeated last year's champion at Osaka, 27 year old #9 (career high: #9) Marion Bartoli of France (residence: Geneva, SUI), 7-5, 6-1 (Petra is shown with the Hopman hardware). |
Petra's partner Tomas Berdych also defeated Richard Gasquet of France in the men's singles, so the dead mixed doubles rubber was not played. It is the second time that the Czechs have won the Hopman Cup.
On Sunday in Auckland, New Zealand, in the rain-postponed final of the ASB Classic, a semifinalist at the 2010 Australian Open (and at Wimbledon in 2008), 28 year old #48 (career high: #15, her rank down due to a prolonged wrist injury) Jie Zheng from Cheng Du, Si Chuan, China, defeated the 2010 Auckland finalist (and champion at Marbella, Spain), 29 year old 4th seeded #20 (career high: #10) Flavia Pennetta of Italy (residence: Verbier, Switzerland), 2-6, 6-3, 2-0 retired when Flavia could no longer continue due to a low back injury (Jie is shown with the hardware after the match).
Jie's prize is $37,000, Flavia's prize is $19,000.
Jie said: "The first set was a little tough for me. Many of the games went to deuce but I lost all of them. My husband came to the court and told me it was just a few points and I still had a chance, that I had to keep fighting. I always fight hard. In the end, I was a little bit lucky. I'm sorry for Flavia. I wish for her that it gets better for next week...
"It has been more than five years since my last title. I had two big injuries—my wrist and my ankle—but now I'm back." WTA story
Flavia said: "I don't know what [the injury] is yet. I'm going to have an MRI done tomorrow, I think. At 4-2 in the first set was when I first felt it. I started to go down with my leg to be ready for the return and pain started coming out. When I was serving it was really painful... it was not good for me to keep going on the court... It's still a good week for me, though. I'd like to be in the finals every week, singles and doubles. But sometimes your body needs a few days of rest."
After the match Flavia withdrew from this week's tourney in Sydney so she could recover before the Australian Open. And Jie (who has been playing this week with her right thigh strapped) withdrew from this week's tourney in Hobart due to a thigh injury.
Jie and Flavia are now tied at 3-3 in career matches. Their previous meeting was on a Deco-Turf hardcourt last year in the 1st round in Doha, when Flavia defeated Jie, 6-2, 6-2.
2006 Australian Open doubles champion (teamed with Zi Yan) Jie is now 4-2 in WTA singles finals; she reached the Warsaw final last year, and won the Hobart, Tasmania title in 2004. Jie had a 27-25 singles match record in 2011.
2011 Australian Open doubles champion (teamed with Gisela Dulko) Flavia is now 9-12 in WTA singles finals; in 2010 she won in Marbella and reached the Auckland and Palermo finals. Flavia was 33-21 in singles matches last year.
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SCOREBOARD: WTA Brisbane & Auckland; ITF Perth
Brisbane International, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The Brisbane International was formerly known as the Australian Women's Hardcourts, and was held at nearby Gold Coast. In 2009 the tourney was moved to the newly-constructed Queensland State Tennis Centre at Tennyson, a Brisbane suburb. The $AUD 82 million Tennyson facility has 23 courts, including four clay, two natural grass and 17 hardcourts. Centre court, named Rafter Arena after Aussie Patrick Rafter, a 2-time US Open champ, seats 5,500. Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory do not observe daylight savings time (other Aussie provinces do; as in Britain, it is called Summer Time rather than daylight savings). Thus the time in Brisbane during the summer months is 1 hour earlier than the time in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Brisbane, 1st Round, Sun-Mon 10:30am Mon WTA story loser's prize: $4,700 US; points: 1 n6 s1 Samantha Stosur AUS d n62 Anastasiya Yakimova BLR 6-2, 6-3 Mon
n10 s2 Andrea Petkovic GER d n37 Shahar Peer ISR 7-6(2), 1-6, 6-3 Mon
n11 s3 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n39 Ksenia Pervak KAZ 4-4 retired—migraine Sun n12 s4 Serena Williams USA d n38 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 6-2, 6-3 Mon
n13 s5 Kim Clijsters BEL d n47 Simona Halep ROU 6-1, 6-4 Sun
n14 s6 Jelena Jankovic SRB d n56 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-4, 6-2 Mon
n16 s7 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS d n36 Polona Hercog SLO 6-1, 4-1 retired—low back injury Mon *n24 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n18 s8 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 Sun
n22 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n42 Tamira Paszek AUT 6-3, 6-3 Mon
*n54 Iveta Benesova CZE d n25 Lucie Safarova CZE 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 Sun n34 Kaia Kanepi EST d n118 q Alexandra Panova RUS 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 Mon *n147 q Nina Bratchikova RUS d n41 Klara Zakopalova CZE 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 Mon n44 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n167 wc Olivia Rogowska AUS 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Mon n58 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ d n86 q Vera Dushevina RUS 6-0, 6-0 Mon n73 Bojana Jovanovski SRB d n134 wc Casey Dellacqua AUS 6-4, 6-2 Sun n76 q Vania King USA d n143 Melinda Czink HUN 6-3, 6-4 Mon |
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Brisbane, 2nd Round, Tue-Wed 10:30am Tue WTA story - Wed WTA story loser's prize: $8,800 US; points: 60 *n54 Iveta Benesova CZE d n6 s1 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-4, 6-2 Wed
n10 s2 Andrea Petkovic GER d n44 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 7-6(2), 6-0 Tue
n11 s3 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n58 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 6-4, 6-4 Tue
n12 s4 Serena Williams USA d n73 Bojana Jovanovski 6-2, 6-4 Wed
n13 s5 Kim Clijsters BEL d n22 Ana Ivanovic SRB 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 Tue
n14 s6 Jelena Jankovic SRB v n147 q Nina Bratchikova RUS 6-3, 6-2 Wed
*n34 Kaia Kanepi EST d n16 s7 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 6-0, 6-3 Wed
n24 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n76 q Vania King USA 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tue
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Brisbane, QFs, Thu 10:30am WTA story loser's prize: $16,000 US; points: 120 *n34 Kaia Kanepi EST d n10 s2 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-1, 7-6(7)
n11 s3 Francesca Schiavone ITA d n14 s6 Jelena Jankovic SRB 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-3
n13 s5 Kim Clijsters BEL d n54 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-3, 6-2
n24 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n12 s4 Serena Williams USA walkover—left ankle sprain |
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Brisbane, SFs, Fri 11am WTA story loser's prize: $31,000 US; points: 200 *n34 Kaia Kanepi EST d n11 s3 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-3, 6-0
*n24 Daniela Hantuchova SVK d n13 s5 Kim Clijsters BEL 6(4)-7, 3-1 retired—left hip injury
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Brisbane, Final, Sat 7pm+ loser's prize: $57,800 US; points: 320 winner's prize: $110,000 US; points: 470 *n34 Kaia Kanepi EST d n24 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-2, 6-1
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Brisbane, Doubles Final, Sat after singles loser's prize: $18,000 US winner's prize: $34,000 US cdr66 s4 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Arantxa Parra Santonja d Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears 7-6(2), 7-6(2)
Brisbane, Qual Finals, Sun Jan 1, 1030am losers' prizes: q1 $750 1pt; q2 $1,400 8pts; q3 $2,650 12pts; qualifier 20 points n76 Vania King USA d n138 Stefanie Voegele SUI 7-5, 4-6, 6-0 n86 Vera Dushevina RUS d n113 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 *n118 Alexandra Panova RUS d n89 Anna Tatishvili GEO 6-0, 6-1 *n147 Nina Bratchikova RUS d n110 Mandy Minella LUX 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 Brisbane, Withdrawals n4 Maria Sharapova RUS left ankle injury n50 Petra Martic CRO
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ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand
The ASB Tennis Centre has 7 outdoor Plexicushion courts, 2 indoor Astrograss courts, and 3 indoor hard courts, all lit.
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Auckland, 1st Round, Mon-Tue 1pm Tue AP story loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 n15 s1 Sabine Lisicki GER d n83 wc Virginie Razzano FRA 6-4, 6-4 Mon
n17 s2 Shuai Peng CHN d n115 q Aravane Rezai FRA 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Tue
n19 s3 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d n136 q Alison Riske USA 6-3, 6-2 Tue
n20 s4 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n60 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-4, 7-6(5) Mon
n21 s5 Julia Goerges GER d n63 Greta Arn HUN 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 Tue
n23 s6 Roberta Vinci ITA d n64 Rebecca Marino CAN 7-5, 6-4 Tue n26 s7 Yanina Wickmayer BEL d n145 q Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-3, 6-4 Tue
n30 s8 Monica Niculescu ROU d n144 q Jamie Hampton USA 7-6(1), 6-1 Tue n32 Angelique Kerber GER d n61 Marina Erakovic NZL 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 Tue n43 Christina McHale USA d n65 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 6-2, 6-3 Mon
n45 Sara Errani ITA d n59 Johanna Larsson SWE 6-1, 6-1 Mon *n48 Jie Zheng CHN d n47 Ayumi Morita JPN 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Tue
n51 Elena Baltacha GBR d n274 wc Sasha Jones NZL 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Mon n52 Lucie Hradecka CZE d n70 Alberta Brianti ITA 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Mon n57 Elena Vesnina RUS d n71 wc Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-3, 6-2 Tue *n69 Mona Barthel GER d n66 Jelena Dokic AUS 7-6(5), 6-1 Mon |
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Auckland, 2nd Round, Wed 1pm loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 n15 s1 Sabine Lisicki GER d n69 Mona Barthel GER 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3
*n52 Lucie Hradecka CZE d n17 s2 Shuai Peng CHN 6-4, 6-3
n19 s3 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d n43 Christina McHale USA 6-1, 6-1 n20 s4 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n51 Elena Baltacha GBR 6-4, 6-2
*n32 Angelique Kerber GER d n21 s5 Julia Goerges GER 6-2, 6-3 *n57 Elena Vesnina RUS d n23 s6 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-3, 6-4
*n45 Sara Errani ITA d n26 s7 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 *n48 Jie Zheng CHN d n30 s8 Monica Niculescu ROU 6-0, 6-2 |
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Auckland, QFs, Thu 1pm WTA story loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 *n32 Angelique Kerber GER d n15 s1 Sabine Lisicki GER 6-4, 4-3 retired—left abdominal injury
n19 s3 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d n45 Sara Errani ITA 6-4, 6-3
n20 s4 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n57 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-2, 6-1
n48 Jie Zheng CHN d n52 Lucie Hradecka CZE 6-2, 6-3
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Auckland, SFs, Fri 1pm WTA story loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 n20 s4 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n32 Angelique Kerber GER 6-1, 6-2
*n48 Jie Zheng CHN d n19 s3 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
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Auckland, Final, Sat 1pm—PPD-Sun 1:30pm indoors loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 n48 Jie Zheng CHN d n20 s4 Flavia Pennetta ITA 2-6, 6-3, 2-0 retired—low back injury
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Auckland, Doubles Final, Sat after singles loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US played indoors due to rain cdr29 s3 Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka d cdr48 s4 Flavia Pennetta & Julia Goerges 6(2)-7, 6-2, [10-7]
Auckland, Qual Finals, Mon Jan 2 10am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points *n144 Jamie Hampton USA d n72 Anne Keothavong GBR 6-1, 6-4 n115 Aravane Rezai FRA d n122 Coco Vandeweghe USA 6-4, 6-4 n136 Alison Riske USA d n124 Regina Kulikova RUS 6-2, 6(3)-7, 6-2 n145 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n211 Monica Puig PUR 6-3, 6-3 Auckland, Withdrawals n31 Petra Cetkovska CZE n103 wc Venus Williams USA Sjögren's Syndrome
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ITF Hopman Cup, Perth, Western Australia
The eight competing teams are divided into two groups, A and B, which play round robin preliminaries. The two group winners play in the final.
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Perth, Hopman Cup, Saturday, Dec 31, 9:30am France d China 2-1 n5 Li Na CHN d n9 Marion Bartoli FRA 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 Perth, Hopman Cup, Sunday, Jan 1, 3pm Spain d Australia 2-1 *n33 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS d n27 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Perth, Hopman Cup, Monday, Jan 2, 9:30am & 5pm Czech Republic d Bulgaria 2-1 n2 Petra Kvitova CZE d n46 Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-2 Denmark d USA 2-1 n1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n55 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 7-6(4), 6-2
Perth, Hopman Cup, Tuesday, Jan 3, 9:30am & 5pm Spain d China 2-1 n5 Li Na CHN d n27 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-3, 6-1 France d Australia 3-0 n9 Marion Bartoli FRA d n33 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 6-0, 6-0
Perth, Hopman Cup, Wednesday, Jan 4, 9:30am & 5pm Bulgaria d Denmark 2-1 n1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n46 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 Czech Republic d USA 3-0 n2 Petra Kvitova CZE d n55 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 6-2, 6-1 Perth, Hopman Cup, Thursday, Jan 5, 1pm Australia d China 2-1 n5 Li Na CHN d n33 Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 6-3, 6-2 France d Spain 2-0 n9 Marion Bartoli FRA d n27 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-2, 6-4 Perth, Hopman Cup, Friday, Jan 6, 1pm Czech Republic d Denmark 2-0 n2 Petra Kvitova CZE d n1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4
USA v Bulgaria n55 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA d n46 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 6-4, 6-4 Perth, Hopman Cup Final, Saturday, Jan 7, 3pm Czech Republic d France 2-0 n2 Petra Kvitova CZE d n9 Marion Bartoli FRA 7-5, 6-1
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(Dec 23, 2011) WTA #4 Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Brisbane International because her left ankle, which she injured in Tokyo on Sep 29, is "not 100%." However, Maria expects to be ready to play in the 2012 Australian Open. tourney story
(Dec 19, 2011) Former WTA #1 Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Auckland ASB Classic citing ongoing health issues due to Sjögren's Syndrome, which causes causes fatigue and joint pain. After playing exhibition matches earlier this month, Venus decided she was not yet ready to play. tourney story
The Hong Kong Tennis Classic exhibition tourney (previously known as the World Team Challenge, JB Group Classic & Watson's Water Challenge), which was always played during the first week of the new year, has been "postponed" (i.e., cancelled) due to a lack of sponsors Gulf Times story.
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