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Welcome to Stockholm, Sweden for the Nordea Nordic Light Open!

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Remember this is a Tier IV Harcourt tournament.

Deadline for entries is Tuesday 21:30 GMT. Deadline for Points is Wednesday 19:00 GMT. I will be running Singles and Doubles here so get points in for both. All Old points have been deleted. Good luck to everyone competing :wavey:

Singles Entry List
As of Post #18

CHN Yan Zi
GBR Anne Keothavong
RUS Nadia Petrova
JPN Akiko Morigami
ARG Gisela Dulko
ISR Shahar Peer
SWE Sofia Arvidsson
SVK Dominika Cibulkova

Doubles Entry List
As of Post #15

GBR Curtis/Cavaday
RUS Jidkova/Petrova
JPN Sugiyama/Morita
ARG Suarez/Salerni
ISR Peer/Smashnova
SWE Arvidsson/Larsson
SVK Hantuchova/Cibulkova

Akiko Morigami for Japan please

Sweden:

Singles: Sofia Arvidsson

Doubles: Sofia Arvidsson/Johanna Larsson

If we are having doubles: Ai Sugiyama/Ayumi Morita for Japan :)

I running Doubles for Stockholm so commitments for Singles and Doubles please :wavey:

is this tournament on hardcourt?
if so...

Singles: Shahar Peer
Doubles: Shahar Peer & Anna Smashnova

Bonus pts from wk. 11

Japan 15pts
China 10pts
Australia 10pts
Belgium 5pts
Spain 5pts

Only 1 article last week :o Remember Blogger of the week is available

Argentina

Single: Gisela Dulko

Doubles: Suarez/Salerni

Good luck Argentina:)

Slovakia
Singles - Dominika Cibulkova

Doubles - Daniela Hantuchova/Dominika Cibulkova

Patch, what does blogger of the week do?

Blogger of the week writes articles about anything they like tournament wise. Just like what Serena did this week for the WTAtour in Zurich. You can write about the tournament in general, nights out or your matches and the reward goes like this.

1 or 2 article = 10 bonus pts for next tournament
3 or 4 article = 20 bonus pts for next tournament
5+ article = 30 bonus pts for next tournament

Intrested?

Keothavong and Curtis/Cavaday for GBR

Russia: Nadia Petrova

doubles: Jidkova/Petrova ;)

Blogger of the week writes articles about anything they like tournament wise. Just like what Serena did this week for the WTAtour in Zurich. You can write about the tournament in general, nights out or your matches and the reward goes like this.

1 or 2 article = 10 bonus pts for next tournament
3 or 4 article = 20 bonus pts for next tournament
5+ article = 30 bonus pts for next tournament

Intrested?

Hmmmm.... sounds very exciting. sure ill do it! :bounce:

Then Sharar Peer is blogger of the week for Stockholm :)

China
Yan Zi

Azarenka
Poutchek/Azarenka

QUALIES DRAW (http://v1.tournawiz.com/8draw.php?id=32&uid=wtt_maker)
If you want the WC then commit a player and send points by Midday tommorow :)

MAIN DRAW (http://v1.tournawiz.com/8draw.php?id=33&uid=wtt_maker)
Get those points in :bounce:

DOUBLES DRAW (http://v1.tournawiz.com/8draw.php?id=34&uid=wtt_maker)
(there are no seeds as no doubles rankings yet)

Same applies as to singles ;)
Points to me!
No WCs in doubles sorry

Can Venus Williams Please get a WC into this event!

Venus gets the WC ;)

When first round?

Qualys tonight
Doubles 1st round maybe tonight
Singles 1str round tommorow

Can't wait. :yeah:

Hopefully I qualify. :scared:

Shahar Blogs in Stockholm

"Hey there guys. Sorry I haven't blogged that much, I caught a little cold so for the past couple of days I've been getting over that and trying to get some training in. It's really pretty here in Stockholm. I got to go to a garden cafe with Anna earlier for brunch and it was really tasty. All the flowers here have so much color and they're so beautiful to look at. I ran into Venus Williams today at the training courts, she told me that she got a wild card entry into the tournament, at first I almost shit myself because she's Venus Williams and whenever a Williams sister is in the draw, you know they're going to be able to do a lot of damage. As long as she's not in my side of the draw I'll be happy. But I'm still really happy that she's playing here as well, she's a great person to hang out with even though she'll kick my ass on the court. Well, that's all for now, I'm going to go order some room service and watch Futurama on dvd. Later gators."

Last matches tonight are the Qualys LIVE

SVK Dominika Cibulkova vs. SWE Sofia Arvidsson
then.
ISR Shahar Peer vs. USA Venus Williams

Please stick around and watch :wavey:

Shahar :lol::yeah:

Matches will be at 20:20 GMT :yeah:

Sam is here. :angel:

:lol:

Sam :secret:

Sharar vs. Venus = Great Match :sssshhhh:

Stockholm

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Sam :secret:

Sharar vs. Venus = Great Match :sssshhhh:

;) I'll be there. :lol:

Stockholm

Qualification Round

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GO Cibulkova!!!

Stockholm

Qualification Round

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Good debut from Domi. She upsets the home crowd with some very good and slolid play today and will go on to face Russian Nadia Petrova. Should be a good encounter.

Stockholm

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Congrats Dominika!! :D

Now, go Venus! :p

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Stockholm

Qualification Round

ISR Shahar Peer vs. USA Venus Williams

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Domi! :woohoo: Great job!

C'mon Vee!!

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USA Venus Williams def. ISR Shahar Peer 6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(2)

And the Charleston crowd thought they got good matches. Awesome match from both and both fought amazingly. Venus played like a seasoned pro coming from behind in the first two sets and saving match points but Sharar fought like a champion clawing back from 0-4 down to force it into a tiebrake. Overall one of the best matches on the tour so far and congrats to Venus on such an amazing debut win.

Well Done Domi and Venus :worship::yeah:
Shahar and Sofia :sad::hug:

QF Doules tommorow and maybe even singles ;)

*cough* ARTILCES!!! *cough*

Venus! :eek: :scared:

Sad loss for Shahar. :sad:

Congrats Vee! ;) :worship: Sharar :sad:

Sharar or Sofia could get a LL spot in the draw if a certain team dont hurry up with their points :bounce:

Shahar :bounce: ;)

Slovakia starts off with a bang

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Dominika Cibulkova, 18, started off her country's debut with a win, defeating Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2 4-6 6-4 in a hard fought win.

"I was very solid and kept getting everything back with a lot of power. My serve was consistent today as well. It's great to start off my first match with a win!"

Her play began to decline in the second set and Arvidsson
took advantage of the situation with big groundstrokes and won the second set 6-4.

However, the young Slovak began to regain her earlier form and became more aggressive and showed the crowd favorite the door, winning the match 6-2 4-6 6-4.

In doubles, she plays with Daniela Hantuchova.

"Daniela is a very nice girl and we practice a lot. She gives me great advice so I can't wait to play our first match together!"

Venus Williams Debuts in Stockholm

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The Americans have a new coach, GracefulVenus, and he has added a star studded line-up to his team. Lindsay Davenport, Venus and Serena Williams, and Ashley Harkleroad will round out his squad for the USA.

"I'm really looking forward to my team coming on tour and doing well from the start. Match-play will be spread evenly between these four super stars in order for them to rest up for future tournaments and help to prepare thier team mates for future tournaments.

Debuting in Stockholm will be Venus Williams. I'm looking for her to help the USA get their first title here on the hardcourts of Stockholm."

Good luck to Venus and Domi! :D

Patch- please for the sake of my heart put less spaces during the scores! :lol:

Venus, great match. :hug:
you deserve it.

the ONE person i did not want to go against...
oh patch... you're so cruel to me...
just cause Shahar is kicking Elena's butt in SWTA. :rolleyes:

;)

Patch- please for the sake of my heart put less spaces during the scores! :lol:
Venus, great match. :hug:
you deserve it.

the ONE person i did not want to go against...
oh patch... you're so cruel to me...
just cause Shahar is kicking Elena's butt in SWTA. :rolleyes:

;)

The spaces make it intresting :lol:

You played a great match :hug: there is still doubles ;)

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Were I wont play you as Il be out before then :tape:

Just Doubles QF today - later on ;)

Who do I play next?

In singles Nadia Petrova

In doubles look at the draw :p

Sam is here and wants to see more some good matches. :angel:

Doulbes is supposed to be today...they might be just pic scoring i havnt decided :shrug:

It's ok, I think. :p

Nadia vs. Dominika :scared:

Good luck to Nadia! :p

Sofia better get LL into her home event :o

:armed:

Doubles will be tonight but not live sorry just pic scoring im making some banners in my graphics thread first but then ill be on to it ;)

:armed:

Good luck to you too. :p

Good luck to you too. :p

Thank you. :angel: :D

Good luck, Yuran. :)

BLR Poutchek/Azarenka def. RUS Jidkova/Petrova 1-6 6-4 0-6

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JPN Sugiyama/Morita def. SWE Arvidsson/Larsson 6-2 0-6 6-2

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GBR Curtis/Cavaday def. ISR Peer/Smashnova 6-7(8*) 6-4 6-4

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*Coin Toss

SVK Hantuchova/Cibulkova def. ARG Suarez/Salerni 6-0 7-6(6)

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Arvidsson/Larsson :o

:woohoo: Slovakia! :rocker2:

Well Done Doubles Winners :D Losers :sad:

Sorry about awful quality of results but it will be improved tommorow ;)

Curtis/Cavaday :woohoo:

Congrats to all winners! :D RUS :o

Unfortunaltely tomorrow Sam won't be here. :sad: ;) She'll make sightseeing in Charleston. :p

Il make sure Sam dosnt play tommorow then so she dosnt miss anything ;)

Singles today or tomorrow? :D

Il make sure Sam dosnt play tommorow then so she dosnt miss anything ;)

But she is the #1 Fan, you know. :p

Tommorow sorry :sad: but they will be live :D

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o X 1000000000 :help:


what a thrash of Nadia/Alina :tape:

Russia :hug: one day you will be winning :yeah:

I guess Indoors :p

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o X 1000000000 :help:


what a thrash of Nadia/Alina :tape:

:hug: At least no double bagel :tape: :lol: ;)

Russia :hug: one day you will be winning :yeah:

I guess Indoors :p

ok, and before indoors russian girls will all be bagel girls :hearts:


At least no double bagel

we still don't know singles result ;)

Oh Patch.
one sad loss after another.

well Shahar has two blogs coming tonight-ish.
and tomorrow there's going to be a big news article.
prepare for the drama tomorrow!

my girls may be out of the tournament.
but we're gonna leave like rockstars!

Oh Patch.
one sad loss after another.

well Shahar has two blogs coming tonight-ish.
and tomorrow there's going to be a big news article.
prepare for the drama tomorrow!

my girls may be out of the tournament.
but we're gonna leave like rockstars!

:hug: Your points actually are not that bad you were just faced with Venus (enough said) and then a 200 pts team :hug:

China???

are playing later today in the QF :p

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o X 1000000000 :help:


what a thrash of Nadia/Alina :tape:

er..I just noticed somthing :tape::tape: I used the wrong BLR points... you actually lost 1-6 6-4 0-6 im really sorry :wavey::tape::banghead::o:o:o:o

Scoring the QFs...

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Order Of Play

Centre Court

4 RUS Nadia Petrova vs. Q SVK Domonika Ciblukova
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Q USA Venus Williams vs. 3 BLR Victoria Azarenka
followed by.
JPN Akiko Morigami vs. 2 GBR Anne Keothavong
followed by.
1 CHN Yan Zi vs. ARG Gisela Dulko

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Solid victory from the Slovaks to progress to the semis in their debut. Russia, again, will have to wait another week but they are getting there, slowly but surely. However, this was nicely done today by Domi.