Ballbasher
Sep 29th, 2008, 09:16 PM
PYW Stuttgart
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Welcome to Suttgart, Germany! This week, it's the biggest tournament being played, being a Tier II, with further lower tiered events in Tokyo and Tashkent. Many players come here to play the fall indoor season and gain points for next year's Grand Slams already. Names like Jankovic, Dementieva, and the Williams Sisters are here to compete for a brand new Porsche. Vote now as the Porsche Tennis (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=318983#) Grand Prix gets started with the qualifying competition!
Ranking Points:
Tier II (32, $600.000):
W - 300
F - 215
SF - 140
QF - 75
R16 - 40
R32 - 1
Qualifier - 15 *
Q3 - 10
Q2 - 5
Q1 - 1
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.
Previous Finals:
2004 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) beat Mary Pierce (FRA) | 6-1 6-2
2005 - Anastasia Myskina (RUS) beat Alicia Molik (AUS) | 6-4 4-6 6-3
2006 - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) beat Elena Dementieva (RUS) | 6-1 6-7 6-4
2007 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) beat Tatiana Golovin (FRA) | 2-6 6-1 6-3
The Favourites:
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First Quarter: Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [8]
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Second Quarter: Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [2]
OUT OF COMPETITION
Third Quarter: Kateryna Bondarenko UKR [3]
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Fourth Quarter: Karin Knapp ITA [5]
Final Qualifying Round:
Chanelle Scheepers RSA vs Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [8]
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [2] vs Tatiana Perebiynis UKR [6]
Yuliana Fedak UKR vs Stefanie Voegele SUI
Sofia Arvidsson SWE [4] vs Karin Knapp ITA [5]
http://bartvermeulen.sp.nl/images/stuttgart.jpg
http://www.porsche-tennis.de/prod/pag/tennis.nsf/Site/SiteSettings/$file/logo.gif
Welcome to Suttgart, Germany! This week, it's the biggest tournament being played, being a Tier II, with further lower tiered events in Tokyo and Tashkent. Many players come here to play the fall indoor season and gain points for next year's Grand Slams already. Names like Jankovic, Dementieva, and the Williams Sisters are here to compete for a brand new Porsche. Vote now as the Porsche Tennis (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=318983#) Grand Prix gets started with the qualifying competition!
Ranking Points:
Tier II (32, $600.000):
W - 300
F - 215
SF - 140
QF - 75
R16 - 40
R32 - 1
Qualifier - 15 *
Q3 - 10
Q2 - 5
Q1 - 1
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.
Previous Finals:
2004 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) beat Mary Pierce (FRA) | 6-1 6-2
2005 - Anastasia Myskina (RUS) beat Alicia Molik (AUS) | 6-4 4-6 6-3
2006 - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) beat Elena Dementieva (RUS) | 6-1 6-7 6-4
2007 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) beat Tatiana Golovin (FRA) | 2-6 6-1 6-3
The Favourites:
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/190879.jpg
First Quarter: Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [8]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/311041.jpg
Second Quarter: Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [2]
OUT OF COMPETITION
Third Quarter: Kateryna Bondarenko UKR [3]
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photos/150x200/311299.jpg
Fourth Quarter: Karin Knapp ITA [5]
Final Qualifying Round:
Chanelle Scheepers RSA vs Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [8]
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [2] vs Tatiana Perebiynis UKR [6]
Yuliana Fedak UKR vs Stefanie Voegele SUI
Sofia Arvidsson SWE [4] vs Karin Knapp ITA [5]