WTA Aug 23-29: New Haven Free Live Video (popup) Connecticut Open, New Haven, CT PREMIER 700 $731,000 30m/48q/16d outdoor: hard Live Scores draws: WTA: Q - main - D - OOP pics: T.com - ESPN - Y! news | WTA NH Register - Hartford Courant New Haven: radar - forecast n4 Petra Kvitova CZE n7 Karolina Pliskova CZE n14 Timea Bacsinszky SUI n16 Sara Errani ITA n19 Madison Keys USA n20 Elina Svitolina UKR n24 Eugenie Bouchard CAN n26 Flavia Pennetta ITA n27 Alize Cornet FRA n28 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU n31 Camila Giorgi ITA n42 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL

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WTA SCOREBOARD: New Haven s=seed, n=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? The Pilot Pen Open  New Haven, Connecticut   NWS weather radar tourney time:        = GMT -6 hours        = US EDT        = US PDT+3 Hartford, Connecticut news Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Yale University tennis courts, New Haven, CT Lat.: 41.311203 Lon.: -72.959561     New Haven: The main draw for New Haven has 8 seeds, with 2 1st-round byes. There are 6 qualifiers and 4 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Sunday - and main draw play begins on Sunday. Yale University interactive campus map 2013: On Friday, Aug 16 at Yale, Sabine Lisicki did the player rep thing at the New Haven Open main draw ceremony...

New Haven, 1st Rd, Sun-Tue noon loser's prize: $5,385 US; points: 1 n5 s3 wc Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n51 wc Alison Riske USA 6-0, 6-2 Caro driving a backhand     Caro said: "I know [Alison's] beaten Top 10 players before, so I went into this match knowing I had to stay close to the baseline, get a lot of returns deep and just not let her into the match. I think I played really well tonight. I'm definitely happy with my performance." WTA story n6 s4 wc Lucie Safarova CZE d n36 Daria Gavrilova RUS 6-3, 6-4 Mon n7 s5 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n65 q Polona Hercog SLO 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 Mon *n39 Caroline Garcia FRA d n14 s6 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 6-3, 6-1 Mon n15 s7 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n46 CoCo Vandeweghe USA 6-0, 6-2 Mon *n40 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d n16 Sara Errani ITA 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Mon n19 Madison Keys USA d n20 Elina Svitolina UKR 7-6(4), 4-2 retired—low back injury Mon Madison about to swat a backhand *n45 q Roberta Vinci ITA d n24 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 6-1, 6-0 Mon Roberta after match point *n50 q Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n26 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6(2)-7, 6-3, 6-1 Mon n27 Alize Cornet FRA d n77 q Yulia Putintseva RUS 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 Mon n28 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU d n33 Zarina Diyas KAZ 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 Sun *n38 Barbora Strycova CZE d n31 Camila Giorgi ITA 6-2, 7-5 Sun *n59 sr Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n42 T Pironkova BUL 7-6(6), 6(5)-7, 6-3 Sun *n248 q Olga Savchuk UKR d n70 q Olga Govortsova BLR 4-6, 6-3, 4-0 retired—cramping Mon

New Haven, 2nd Rd, Tue noon, Wed 1pm losers' prize: $9,700 US; points: 55 n4 s2 Petra Kvitova CZE d n19 Madison Keys USA 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Wed n5 s3 wc Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n45 q Roberta Vinci ITA 6-4, 6(6)-7, 7-6(7) Wed Caroline's backhand drive n6 s4 wc Lucie Safarova CZE d n28 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 6-3, 6-4 Tue n7 s5 Karolina Pliskova CZE d n248 q Olga Savchuk UKR 6-4, 6-1 Wed n15 s7 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n27 Alize Cornet FRA 6-4, 6-2 Wed Agnieszka driving a backhand     Agnieszka said: "It's always a lot of running against [Alize], but in the important moments, I think I was playing really good aggressive tennis. The first set was very close, so I think that was another key to the win today." WTA story *n44 LL Lesia Tsurenko UKR d n38 Barbora Strycova CZE 6-3, 6-0 Tue Lesia driving a forehand n39 Caroline Garcia FRA d n50 q Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 7-6(5), 6-4 Tue *n59 sr Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n40 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 2-6, 7-6(1), 7-5 Tue Domi driving a backhand

New Haven, QFs, Thu 1pm losers' prize: $18,220 US; points: 100 n4 s2 Petra Kvitova CZE d n15 s7 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 7-5, 6-4 Petra driving a forehand     Petra said: "It wasn't only about the serve today. [Agnieszka] was returning really well. It was a good match from both of us, and I'm happy that I'm in the semifinals." WTA story n5 s3 wc Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n39 Caroline Garcia FRA 6-3, 6-0 n6 s4 wc Lucie Safarova CZE d n59 sr Dominika Cibulkova SVK 6(4)-7, 6-4, 7-5 Lucie and Domi driving backhand and forehand     Lucie said: "I was just fighting for each point because I know [Dominika is] a big fighter, and my [head-to-head] score wasn't positive against her. So I'm really happy to pull this out." WTA story *n44 LL Lesia Tsurenko UKR d n7 s5 Karolina Pliskova CZE 6-2, 6-2 Lesia after match point

New Haven, SFs, Fri 1pm & 7pm losers' prize: $33,865 US; points: 185 n4 s2 Petra Kvitova CZE d n5 s3 wc Caroline Wozniacki DEN 7-5, 6-1 Caro driving a forehand, and Petra about to swat a backhand n6 s4 wc Lucie Safarova CZE d n44 LL Lesia Tsurenko UKR 6-2, 7-6(4) Lesia driving a forehand, and Petra about to swat a backhand     After winning the 1st set, Lucie took a double break lead in the 2nd. But Lesia broke back twice, and took the set to a tiebreaker. Lucie said: "I had to go back to bascis to calm myself down. I just had to start to play more aggressive and go for the shots." WTA story

New Haven, Final, Sat 3pm+ loser's prize: $64,000 US; points: 305 winner's prize: $120,000 US; points: 470 n4 s2 Petra Kvitova CZE d n6 s4 wc Lucie Safarova CZE 6(6)-7, 6-2, 6-2 Lucie and Petra driving backhands

New Haven, Doubles Final, Sat losers' prize: $20,000 US winners' prize: $38,000 US s4 Julia Goerges & Lucie Hradecka d Chia-Jung Chuan & Chen Liang 6-3, 6-1 New Haven, Qualifying Finals, Sun Aug 23 11am losers' prizes: q1 $635 1pt; q2 $1,010 13pts; q3 $2,210 18pts; qualifier 25 points *n77 Yulia Putintseva RUS d n44 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 6-1, 6-0 n45 Roberta Vinci ITA d n56 Johanna Larsson SWE 7-6(3), 6-3 *n70 Olga Govortsova BLR d n49 Carina Witthoeft GER 6-0, 6-4 n50 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d n61 Christina McHale USA 6-2, 6-4 *n65 Polona Hercog SLO d n63 Annika Beck GER 6-3, 6-1 *n248 Olga Savchuk UKR d n92 Magda Linette POL 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 New Haven, Withdrawals n3 s1 Simona Halep ROU left thigh injury n12 Belinda Bencic SUI right wrist injury n13 Ekaterina Makarova RUS right lower leg injury n30 Sloane Stephens USA

    (March 21, 2013) The WTA Dallas tourney has folded and the WTA is seeking a new venue to take over that week on the schedule. Also, the New Haven tourney is seeking to have their prize money reduced from $690,000 to $235,000. Tennis.com story