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Welcome to Bangok, Thailand for the PTT Bangkok Open!

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This is a Tier III Hardcourt tournament so entries are limited!

Only 10 spots are available in Bangkok (6 MD; 4 QD) so its first come first serve. Entries to this tournament close on Wednesday 18:00GMT. Draw will be made soon after.

Qualifying points need to be in by Wednesday 20:00GMT. Main Draw Deadline for points is Thursday 18:30GMT. No Doubles.

:wavey: Good Luck to Everyone Competing :wavey:

Entry List

Singles Main Draw

UZB Iroda Tulyaganova - 175pts
CHN Na Li - 175pts
ITA Flavia Pennetta - 100pts
AUS Sam Stosur - 170pts
POL Agnieszka Radwanska - 160pts
UKR Yuliyana Fedak - 145pts
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Qualification Draw

PUR Kristina Brandi - 150pts
GBR Jade Curtis - 200pts
NED Michaela Kraijeck - 200pts
JPN Akkiko Morigami - 170pts

QUALIFICATION DRAW (http://v1.tournawiz.com/8draw.php?id=23&uid=wtt_maker)
SINGLES DRAW (http://v1.tournawiz.com/8draw.php?id=24&uid=wtt_maker)

Blogger of the Week



Last weeks Blogger of the Week was...

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Kim Clijsters!!!

Thanks for the blogs Kim!! Due to your three blogs you have given your teamate, Justine Henin 20 Bouns points to use in Antwerp - lets hope she uses them well ;)

Three Blogs is a good amount but can anybody beat that. Theres only one way to find out - be Blogger of the week. (No Blogger of the Week so far...)




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Performance of the Week - Week 6
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Well Done to Spain - not only for thier win in Acapulco but also but for their articles which ended up being the desicion on why they got POTW. See Articles get rewards :p - 20 bouns pts. Good Luck!!
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Poland!! - For thier second WTT Title - 10 Bouns pts
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China - Peng Shuai beat USA last week though they had more points - 5 Bouns pts.



:wavey: Good Luck to Everyone Competing! :wavey:

You can commit now - Good Luck to everyone competing!!

Agnieszka Radwanska for Poland

Sarah Borwell is in for singles
Jade Curtis in for Qualy
Baltacha/O' Brien for doubles

China is definitely playing here.;)
China:Na Li
Thanks.:)

Iroda Tulyaganova and Varvara Lepchenko for Usbekistan.

Flavia Pennetta
Francesca Schiavone
Karin Knapp/Stefania Chieppa

Japan: Akiko Morigami

Australia - Stosur ;)

PUR: Kristina Brandi

Ukraine in

Singles : Fedak
Doubles : Bondarenko/Bondarenko

Only 1 space left :eek:

Netherlands in!

Singles: Krajicek
Doubles: Tamaela/Rus

Entires Closed here - Everyone else in Antwerp!

alrighty... this time Japan's going into the main draw!
if anyone tries to stop us... :armed:
if you do stop us... :crying: :crying2: :sobbing: :sad:
you dont wanna do that now do you? :lol:

POTW and Points for the players have been added in Post #2 and Post #3

Draws in Hour!

Draws are out!!

QUALIFICATION DRAW (http://v1.tournawiz.com/8draw.php?id=23&uid=wtt_maker)
SINGLES DRAW (http://v1.tournawiz.com/8draw.php?id=24&uid=wtt_maker)

As always - Courtesy of Random.org :angel:;)

Good Luck everyone - send points!!

Have I send my points?

No Points from Poland yet ;)

Against a 200 Point Team in the 1st Round :help:

UKR Yuliyana Fedak

It's just Yuliana. ;)

Need points from UZB JPN(qualys) ITA POL

Qualy should start today...

Need points from UZB JPN(qualys) ITA POL

Qualy should start today...

Will it be livescores? :p

Will it be livescores? :p

Semi Onwards Live :p

But Qualy Result coming up in next five minutes...

PUR Kristina Brandi def. JPN Akkiko Morigami W/O

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NED Michaela Kraijeck def. GBR Jade Curtis 7-6(10) 6-0

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:bigclap: Well Done to Qualifers! :bigclap:

So its Iroda-Michaella and Flavia-Kristina

Quarters now :eek: ;)

[Q] NED Michaela Kraijeck def. 1 UZB Iroda Tulyaganova 7-6(0) 6-4

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[Q] PUR Kristina Brandi def. 3 ITA Flavia Pennetta W/O

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4 AUS Sam Stosur def. POL Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2 1-6 6-4

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2 CHN Na Li def. UKR Yuliana Fedak 6-4 3-6 6-3

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Winners:

Michaella :eek: :worship:
Kristina :yeah: ;)
Sam :bigclap: :)
Na :rocker2: :worship:

Losers:

Iroda :( :sad:
Flavia :shrug: :(
Aga :sad: :hug:
Yuliana :bigcry: :hug:

No more results in Bangkok tonight

How about articles instead!! :angel: :p ;)

So semi finals

[Q] NED Michaela vs. [Q] PUR Kristina - Battle of the Qualifiers :speakles: :D
[4] AUS Sam vs. [2] CHN Na - Battle of the Seeds ;)

So final will be Qualifier vs. Seed - but which two...

Misa :D :woohoo:

China!:D
Aussies next!:scared:

I'd like to write articles but I'll be having BIG exams for the next 7 days.
But after the week after next week,I'll be quite free then.;)

Puerto Rico's draw could not have been any easier... lolz... but now we're faced with probably the best player in this tournament.

Too tough...

Damn draw :mad:

Kristina Brandi waves the Flag for Puerto Rico

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Brandi out on the practice courts


This week in Bangkok, the only thing more surprising than Uzbekistan's early exit, is Kristina Brandi and Puerto Rico's second consecutive Semifinal appearance. Prior to last week's maiden semifinal in Acapulco (defeating 4th seed BEL's Kim Clijsters en route), Puerto Rico had yet to win a main draw match the entire season. Although their path to the semis seemed easily paved (they were given two straight walkovers), Kristina sees it a bit differently. "I'm sad. I came to play my game and it's a shame that I have yet to do so." Kristina is now faced with the daunting task of defeating Michaela Krajicek of the Netherlands, who is responsible for the early dismissal of top seed Uzbekistan's Iroda Tulyaganova. Michaela has yet to drop a set in the entire tournament.

Although the task ahead of her and the Puerto Rican team seems like too much to handle, Brandi still has support on her mind. "With my team behind me, supporting me and cheering me on, I still win in the end. Being a part of the WTT truly is an amazing experience. It means that there's someone right there to pick you up when you're down. It also means that I'm 100% willing to leave it all out there on the court for them and that's just what I'll be doing against Michaela tomorrow."

We wish her and the Puerto Rican team the best of luck.

thetennisutopian

[Q] PUR Kristina Brandi def. 3 ITA Flavia Pennetta W/O

why not LL's?

Need points from UZB JPN(qualys) ITA POL

Qualy should start today...

sorry i was very busy. next time please send me a pm, thnx ;)

[Q] PUR Kristina Brandi def. 3 ITA Flavia Pennetta W/O

why not LL's?

that actually would have made so much more sense.

Honestly, I never thought about that. Now I am unsure what to do I dont think I should replay the match as its already been played so what do I do?!?! :tape:

Just move on with the semifinals!:drool: :p
Just do it for next time.That's all.No worries.

I think I will yes sorry GBR but Il get it right next time ;)

Anyway Antwerp Semis are on the way so these ones soon!

Anyone here to see the Semi??

China here.:scared:

CHN-AUS coming up in 5 ;)

I think it will be a close match between AUS and CHN.Will it be?

Bangkok

Singles Semi Finals

4 AUS Sam Stosur vs. 2 CHN Na Li

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I think it will be a close match between AUS and CHN.Will it be?

Good Tacitcal match ;)

Bangkok

Singles Semi Finals

4 AUS Sam Stosur vs. 2 CHN Na Li

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lost?.....

Bangkok

Singles Semi Finals

4 AUS Sam Stosur vs. 2 CHN Na Li

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[2] Li def. [4] Stosur 3-6 6-3 7-5

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:worship: What a great match! Na Li points fitted perfectly into the Australians stragety and again their clever tactical play was their opponents downfall. Its been seven weeks since China have been in a final but their back their now and they could eve start as favourite if they play a match like that. Well Done Sam for a good match to - you played very well ;)

Well Done to Na Li! Good Luck in Final you can change points if you wish!

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Great match Sam.;) :hug:

Second SF in a minute...

Who's in the final?:unsure:
A 200 point opponent?:unsure:

NED Michaela Kraijeck def. PUR Kristina Brandi 6-0 6-4

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I said last week Netherlands would have a breakthorugh tournament sooner or later and it has came sooner for them. Michaela dominated again in this match and will be a formidable opponent for China but Good Luck to Both in the final should be a very intresting line up.

I didnt live score becaouse it was so one sided (sorry NED)

Well Done to Netherlands and China for making the final :bigclap:
Kristina and Sam :hug::bigcry:

Indeed a 200 point opponent.I'll definitely change points but depends whether Netherlands coach will be active or not.;)

Well Live Final will be today about 10:30 GMT (1hr away)

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Hope you will be there to watch it ;)

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Great match Sam.;) :hug:

:ras: ;)

Good luck in the final Na! ;)

Anyway,Australia always lose in the semifinal... 3 semis in a row. :tape:

Final results 0:6 7:5 6:2 to Na Li

Well Done to China!!

^^^ Same as China.:wavey: but this week is our breakthrough week.:p

Article to come.....after 2 hours.:p

China Wins First Title in Bangkok

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Na Li from China made her country proud by winning their first title in WTT in the tier III hardcourt tournament held at Bangkok,Thailand after defeating qualifier Michaella Krajicek from the Netherlands 0-6,7-5,6-2 in the final.

China was the second seed coming into the match against the qualifier but it was not an easy match for the second seed as Michaella Krajicek is pretty strong on this surface and has upset first seed Iroda Tulyaganova of Uzbekistan 7-6(0),6-4 in the quarterfinal and eliminated another qualifier Kristina Brandi representing Puerto Rico 6-0,6-4 in their semifinal match-up.China also defeated Yuliyana Fedak of Ukraine 6-4,3-6,6-3 in the quarterfinal and battled past Australia's Samantha Stosur 3-6,6-3,7-5 in the semifinal.

The qualifier started the final match very strongly where she won the first nine games before the Chinese claimed their first game of the match.From then on,Li fought hard to be back on track and levelled the second set at 4 all.Although China has 4 set points when Li was serving for the set at 5-4 but the Dutchwoman played some unbelievable shots to save all set points and eventually won the break point.However,the second seed broke back immediately and claimed the second set 7-5 on her fifth set point.This went to a deecisive set where China was leading 4-2.It was nerve-wracking when Li was serving at the seventh game where it went for about 5 deuces and 2 break points before finally claiming the game 5-2 and eventually the match after one hour and fifty two minutes play on court when Krajicek hit a forhand croosscourt wide on China's second championship point.

"Wow!It was a very nail-biting match for me.I was basically clueless at the beginning of the match as she(Krajicek) was hiting the ball so well.I couldn't get any chances to play back the shots.But I started to fugure out how she played in going into the second set so I just play everything I could in order to get some momentum and forcing her to make some errors.It was actually a good plan it seemed.And thank god I eventually won that second set.She looked pretty tired then so I just took the advantage and hit all the balls as clean as possible and cut down some unforced errors.And then I won!!!"said China's Na Li about her final match.

"It was a great week for China as we had been in the semifinals for the last two weeks.Our team hoped for a breakthrough this week as we chose to play on hardcourt which is my best surface.And our effort paid off.I was very ecstatic when I knew I have helped China to get our first title on the tour and this is a very big step for us."said the Chinese representative about their performance on tour.Their lone appearance in the final before this was in Gold Coast,Australia.

There was another final match-up in Antwerp,Belgium where Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo helped France to win their second title in WTT after beating Serbian's Jelena Jankovic in the final.

There will be two events held on Week 8:Tier II hardcourt event in Dubai,UAE and Tier III grasscourt event in 's-Hertogenbosch.However,China hasn't confirmed their participation in either tournaments."We'd love to play on grass court but it depends which countries are going to play.We'd still have a decent chance to win both events if strong competitors are not present in them."

Great article China :yeah: :worship:

Great article China :yeah: :worship:

Thanks.:kiss: ;)

Great article China :yeah: :worship:
Indeed... and congrats!

Indeed... and congrats!

Thanks.:hug::wavey: