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| Author: | chungwit [ 19. July 2011 21:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
Dates: July 25 - 31, 2011  Venue: Stanford, USA Tier: Premier Prize Money: $721,000 Surface: Hard/Outdoors Tournament Director: Kim Hall Uliasz Official Website: www.bankofthewestclassic.com 2010 Performance: 1st round. Lost to Shahar Peer 0-6 6-4 6-3 Singles: 1R: Daniela Hantuchova bt [Q] Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 6-0 6-2 2R: [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 2-6 6-4 |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 19. July 2011 22:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
Players The official player field for this year's Bank of the West Classic will feature four top-10 players and 11 players ranked within the top 30 in the world. Highlighting the 41st edition of the Bank of the West Classic will be 13-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams, three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova, defending champion Victoria Azarenka, 2011 French Open semi-finalist, Marion Bartoli, World No. 10 Samantha Stosur, and former World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic. Azarenka, Victoria BLR 4 Sharapova, Maria RUS 5 Bartoli, Marion FRA 9 Stosur, Samantha AUS 10 Radwanska, Agnieszka R. POL 14 Goerges, Julia GER 16 Ivanovic, Ana SRB 18 Hantuchova, Daniela SVK 22 Kirilenko, Maria RUS 25 Lisicki, Sabine K. GER 26 Errani, Sara ITA 37 Marino, Rebecca C. CAN 40 Morita, Ayumi JPN 48 Date-Krumm, Kimiko JPN 51 Halep, Simona ROU 61 Arvidsson, Sofia SWE 62 McHale, Christina USA 67 Zahlavova Strycova, Barbora CZE 73 Rodionova, Anastasia RUS 106 Williams, Serena USA 172 Stanford, CA () – The already impressive 2011 Bank of the West Classic player field is now even stronger with the addition of this year’s Wimbledon quarterfinalist Dominika Cibulkova who has been granted a wildcard into the tournament. With the return of Cibulkova to the 2011 Bank of the West Classic, the tournament field now boasts eight of the world’s top 20 WTA players. Cibulkova is currently ranked No. 20. |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 19. July 2011 22:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
It's an odd year and Daniela gets to at least the quarter-final here in odd years. A good run here would continue the great form she had in May and June and give her momentum for the hardcourt season. A lot will depend on how fit she is, especially her shoulder. |
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| Author: | pmrd44 [ 20. July 2011 00:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
So she's seeded (at least for the moment). |
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| Author: | Patti1989 [ 20. July 2011 08:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
can't wait to see her playing again:) |
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| Author: | Diego [ 21. July 2011 17:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
Danka was seeded till Cibulkova got the WC. So, Daniela is the next (alt) for a seed. What a shame... She could have avoided many dangerous players, like Top 4 seeds before the QF. |
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| Author: | Mik loves dani [ 23. July 2011 08:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
1 rnd Qualifier. 2nd rnd Maria.....Sharapova QF: Goerges or Serena. Bottom quater is stacked...also Makiri is in this quater. 
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| Author: | Benji [ 23. July 2011 08:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
Well that draw could have been friendlier. 
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| Author: | chungwit [ 23. July 2011 15:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
The first round is pretty good considering but Shazza in the second round is tough and the quarter-final isn't any easier. Given how well Daniela's been playing no one's going to want to play her and she'll have a lot of confidence as she's beaten the world number one, she beat a nemesis in Ivanovic and beat the Roland Garros champion and Venus in Eastbourne so she'll have lots of confidence. Daniela's not beaten Shazza for a while but she hadn't beaten a lot of other top players for a while or at all but she beat them recently. Still, Daniela has to beat the qualifier first and she's got to focus on that. Hopefully Daniela's fully fit and her shoulder isn't giving her any problems. A good run here will be great and good performances here will give her momentum for the hardcourt season. |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 23. July 2011 15:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
Singles draw:MDS.jpg |
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| Author: | asj001 [ 24. July 2011 16:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
Given the strong field, winning one round in an event like this is almost like winning two rounds in some of the other events on the tour. 60 points, a second round, and a competitive match with Maria would be a good enough start to the hard-court season. |
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| Author: | Diego [ 24. July 2011 22:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
Given the strong field, winning one round in an event like this is almost like winning two rounds in some of the other events on the tour. 60 points, a second round, and a competitive match with Maria would be a good enough start to the hard-court season. True. She got a Q in 1st round which is perfect. Considering who's on FQ round, it will be a training match for Daniela. Just to get use the surface and practise her shots. A r2 claswith h Maria is a very good chance: 1. to play a hard hitter on hard court 2. to test her current fitness condition 3. to play a Top 5 player 4. to beat her after 7 years 5. to meet Rena or Julia on QF So, I'm really pleased with the draw! But there is no doubles. |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 25. July 2011 01:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
Daniela's not playing doubles here so presumably she's wanting to rest and pace herself which is sensible as she'll be playing a lot of tennis over the next few weeks. Daniela's also had some injuries recently and probably doesn't want to put her body under additional stress - you do wonder how her shoulder is though. Agnieszka isn't playing doubles either. Apart from Huber/Raymond and Azarenka/Kirilenko the field isn't that strong and Daniela and Agnieszka would have a great chance here. We'll see if they play together in San Diego. Daniela will play her first round match on Tuesday and if she wins that, she'd play Shazza on Wednesday night. |
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| Author: | Marek12 [ 25. July 2011 17:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
I want to see her playing at last!  Good luck Dani |
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| Author: | ever_the_optimist [ 26. July 2011 10:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bank of the West Classic, Stanford |
Daniela will play Japan's Rika Fujiwara in her first round match. Fujiwara is ranked #191 Scott |
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