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Author:  danielitsa [ 7. August 2009 07:43 ]
Post subject:  Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
imageVenue:Cincinnati,Ohio-USA
Date: 10-16 August
Category: Premier 5
Draw Size:Sgl 56,Dbl 28
Prize Money: $2,000,000
Surface: Hard/Outdoors

ww.cincytennis.com

2008 Performance: did not play

Singles:
1R: Daniela Hantuchova def. Sara Errani (ITA) 3-6 6-3 6-1
2R: Daniela Hantuchova def. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 7-5 1-6 6-4
3R: Daniela Hantuchova def. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 7-6(6) 0-6 7-6(5)
QF: Flavia Penetta (ITA) def. Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 6-3

Doubles:
1R: bye
2R: Hantuchova/Sugiyama def. Oudin/Perry 6-3 6-2
3R: Ruano Pascual/Zheng def. Hantuchova/Sugiyama w/o
Author:  danielitsa [ 7. August 2009 07:56 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Grp Womens Open
Entry List

Player Nat Rank Player Nat Rank
1. Dinara Safina RUS 1
2. Serena Williams USA 2
3. Venus Williams USA 3
4. Elena Dementieva RUS 4
5. Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 5
6. Jelena Jankovic SRB 6
7. Vera Zvonareva RUS 7
8. Victoria Azarenka BLR 8
9. Caroline Wozniacki DEN 9
10. Nadia Petrova RUS 10
11. Marion Bartoli FRA 11
12. Ana Ivanovic SRB 12
13. Dominika Cibulkova SVK 13
14. Agnieszka Radwanska POL 14
15. Flavia Pennetta ITA 15
16. Jie Zheng CHN 16
17. Na Li CHN 18
18. Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 21
19. Patty Schnyder SUI 22
20. Virginie Razzano FRA 23
21. Alize Cornet FRA 24
22. Kaia Kanepi EST 25
23. Sybille Bammer AUT 26
24. Sorana Cirstea ROU 26
25. Agnes Szavay HUN 28
26. Anna Chakvetadze RUS 30
27. Alisa Kleybanova RUS 31
28. Daniela Hantuchova SVK 32
29. Alona Bondarenko UKR 33
30. Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 34
31. Iveta Benesova CZE 35
32. Shuai Peng CHN 36
33. Elena Vesnina RUS 37
34. Ai Sugiyama JPN 38
35. Sara Errani ITA 43
36. Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 40
37. Sabine K Lisicki GER 41
38. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 42
39. Francesca Schiavone ITA 43
40. Katarina Srebotnik SLO 44
41. Gisela Dulko ARG 45
42. Ekaterina Makarova RUS 46
43. Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 47
44. Lucie Safarova CZE 48
45. Vera Dushevina RUS 49
WC Kim Clijsters BEL Un
Author:  krima [ 7. August 2009 18:17 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Grp Womens Open
Entry list looks like a little GS. :shock:
Author:  asj001 [ 7. August 2009 23:21 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Grp Womens Open
Well, no Sharapova, so thats something.
We can't really hope for a good draw because with an entry list like this one good draws don't exist, especially when you're not seeded. I can see Daniela drawing Clijsters in the opening round :roll: ... all the pressure on Daniela and very little pressure on Kim (like the scenario when Daniela played Laura Robson at Wimbledon, only a much tougher opponant, who played very well at the Centre Court celebration day in May).
Author:  pmrd44 [ 8. August 2009 18:16 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
The draw is taking place now. Apparently, Clijsters has drawn Bartoli for her first match back.
Author:  eddy [ 8. August 2009 18:37 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
Draw:

Safina (1) bye
Vinci vs Q
Martinez Sanchez vs Dushevina
Peng Cibulkova (15)

Bartoli(12) vs Clijsters
Dulko vs Schnyder
Safarova vs Benesova
Kuznetsova (6) Bye

Venus Williams (3) bye
Q vs Makarova
Q vs Szavay
Q vs Pennetta (14)

Petrova (10) vs A Bondarenko
Errani vs HANTUCHOVA
Kleybanova vs Rezai
Zvonareva (7) Bye

Wozniacki (8) Bye
Suarez Navarro vs Wozniak
Cornet vs Czink
Q vs Ivanovic (11)

Razzano (16) vs Groenefeld
Shaugnessy vs Cirstea
Q vs Schiavone
Dementieva (4) Bye

Jankovic (5) bye
Kirilenko vs Q
Vesnina vs Chakvetadze
Kanepi vs Azarenka (9)

A.Radwanska (13) vs Sugiyama
Bammer vs Zheng
Q vs Rybarikova
S.Williams (2) Bye


DANIELA WILL PLAY 1ST ROUND AGAINST ERRANI

Not a bad 1st round draw by any means, although the 2nd round will be tricky especially if it's Petrova...and we all know Daniela's shite record against Zvonareva so I think the best Daniela can hope for is 3rd round anything better than that Daniela's played a fantastic tourney.
Author:  Radwanska [ 8. August 2009 23:51 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
Considering that amazing field, the draw is ok. Neither Petrova or Zvonareva have been in form lately, tough they both have excellent H2Hs vs. Daniela... Errani isn't the worst Match-Up for Danka, but she already lost to the Italian this year and Errani had a good week in Portoroz a few weeks ago. I really have no idea who will come through to the QF in this Quarter. If Zvonareva raises her level it's gonna be her, but Bondarenko might also have a good chance.
Author:  BMC [ 9. August 2009 10:46 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
Well, it's about the best draw we could have hoped for really.

I think Daniela just needs one really positive tournament to spring everything into action. She seems to have the form and the confidence, she just needs a few big name wins. If she can get into the quarters, taking out the likes of Zvon or Petrova it'd give her the extra bit of momentum she needs to possibly take out the likes of Dementieva and Safina - opponents she seemed half a chance of at the very least clinching a set from recently. Now seems like the time as well all things considered.

Ah well. One round at a time i supposed. Errani probably won't be a piece of cake considering she lost to her earlier this year. *fingers crossed*
Author:  krima [ 9. August 2009 13:58 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
Considering the entry list, that draw is really quite good IMO. Hope for a comfortable first round win and a good performance for the second one.
Author:  eddy [ 9. August 2009 16:28 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
There's been a lot of hype on tennisforum about Daniela's potential 2nd round match-up with Petrova. They haven't played each other in over 3 years and many are saying that Daniela can win that one...obviously they both have to win their prospective 1st round matches, but I must admit it'll be an intriging encounter should it happen, as I don't think Petrova is anywhere near where she was 3 years ago...also looking further ahead Zvonareva is coming back from injury...so maybe a QF is possible...????
Author:  chungwit [ 10. August 2009 00:36 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
Considering the players here, Errani's a good draw for Daniela.

Errani did beat Daniela in Brisbane and she got to the final in Palermo and Portoroz where she gave Safina a tough match, so she'll have a bit of confidence. But, the only good player she beat in either of these tournaments was Groenefeld and Errani had a lot of early exits between Australia and Palermo.
Daniela's form is better than it was at the start of the year while Errani hasn't done too much for most of this year. The courts are fairly fast which suits Daniela and as long as Daniela plays well she should win.

Petrova's the likely second round opponent and she'd be a good test of Daniela's level as she's a power baseliner similar to Safina or Dementieva but not quite as good. Petrova's the defending champion, albeit with against a weakened field as most of the top players were at the Olympics, and she has a winning record against Daniela although the last match was almost three years ago. It's going to be a tough match but a decent opportunity for a good win for Daniela. She has to beat Errani first though.
Author:  ever_the_optimist [ 10. August 2009 13:42 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
Doubles draw is out as well...

Black/Huber (1) vs. Bye
Mirza/Schiavone vs. Koryttseva/Poutchek
Senoglu/Shvedova vs. Kudryavtseva/Savchuk
Benesova/Kondratieva vs. Mattek-Sands/Petrova (8)

Hsieh/Peng (3) vs. Bye
Dushevina/Rodionova vs. Dekmeijere/Ditty
Granville/Gullickson vs. Amanmuradova/Niculescu
Bondarenko/Bondarenko vs. Groenefeld/Schnyder (6)

Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez (7) vs. Jans/Rosolska
Kirilenko/Vesnina vs. Chuang/Yan
Kleybanova/Makarova vs. Safarova/Voskoboeva
Bye vs. Pennetta/Raymond (4)

Ruano Pascual/Zheng (5) vs. Craybas/Spears
Dulko/Peer vs. Shaughnessy/Wozniacki
Clijsters/Wickmayer (WC) vs. Oudin/Perry (WC)
Bye vs. Hantuchova/Sugiyama (2)

As for the singles draw, every draw in the US Open series is going to be tough, especially with Daniela not being able to get a seeding at the moment, but all in all it could have been a lot worse, hopefully she can beat Errani and maybe pick up a 'surprise' win over Petrova to improve her chances of a top 20 place come September time

Scott
Author:  MartinH [ 10. August 2009 16:47 ]
Post subject:  Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati

- with posts from Williams sisters
Author:  pmrd44 [ 11. August 2009 04:43 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
Clijsters beat Bartoli in her first match back. :)
Author:  danielitsa [ 11. August 2009 06:20 ]
Post subject:  Re: Western & Southern Financial Group Womens Open, Cincinnati
Center Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Errani vs. Hantuchova
2. Safina vs. Vinci
3. Safarova vs. Kuznetsova
4. Clijsters/Wickmayer vs. Oudin/Perry
5. V.Williams vs. Govortsova (NB 19.00hrs)
6. Granville/Gullickson vs. Amanmuradova/Niculescu
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