Some of our ladies are moving on to the Qatar Total Open, which is a Tier II tournament. Prize money totals $600,000 and is played outside on hardcourt. The tournament starts today, February 27th, and lasts until March 4th.
Who’s playing?
Amelie Mauresmo
Nadia Petrova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Francesca Schiavone
Natalie Dechy
Anastasia Myskina
Daniela Hantuchova
Elena Likhovtseva
Jelena Jankovic
Maria Kirilenko
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K. CLIJSTERS
A. MAURESMO
L. DAVENPORT
J. HENIN-HARDENNE
M. SHARAPOVA
M. PIERCE
E. DEMENTIEVA
N. PETROVA
P. SCHNYDER
V. WILLIAMS
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Belgian fourth seed, Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Russian Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-2 in the finals of the Dubai Open. The victory marks the 12th consecutive win for Henin-Hardenne, and the second time in a row she’s won the tournament.
“I am very happy with the way I played this week,” the Belgian said. “It was a tough […]
Yes, that’s right. Mauresmo finally lost! To Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Women’s Open. Final score: 7-6 6-4.
Unfortunately for Amelie Mauresmo, the loss means that she won’t be taking Kim Clijsters’ position as the number one ranked women’s tennis player. Somewhere, Kim is cheering, I’m sure.
Meanwhile, in the other quaterfinal matches:
Russian […]
Thursday’s downpour has caused all four quarterfinals at the Dubai Women’s Open to be postponed until today (Friday). Mauresmo was leading 3-2 over Kuznetsova before the rain forced them to stop.
Other matches in the quarterfinals are:
Sharapova vs. Hingis
Davenport vs. Kirilenko
Henin-Hardenne vs. Schiavone
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During the finals in Antwerp, Kim Clijsters lost to Mauresmo 6-3, 3-6, 3-6, and in the process managed to reaggravate her right ankle, which she initially injured during the Australia Open. As a result, the player is opting to take three weeks to recover (a very smart move), forcing her to withdraw from the Indian […]
…sort of.
Amelie Mauresmo wishes not to be controversial and start a public flame war against fellow player Justine Henin-Hardenne, but she hints at the fact that she probably flames her in private.
AMELIE Mauresmo hinted that relations between her and Justine Henin-Hardenne might not be cordial after the Belgian’s failure to complete the Australian Open final […]
Former world number ones Maria Sharapova (Russia) and Lindsey Davenport (USA) went on a rather unique practice session at Ski Dubai, which is the world’s first indoor alpine ski resort.
Playing in minus two degrees Celsius and surrounded by snowy slopes and chalets, the world Nos. 3 and 4 rallied on a specially-built tennis court […]
In response to those who say that Maria Sharapova does not play in the Federation Cup for Russia because she doesn’t want to, the tennis player says, “Untrue!”
“There are so many rumours about me which are untrue and that’s one of them,” she said. “Some of them are so untrue you just have to laugh […]
The hottest of which, for the moment, is France’s Amelie Mauresmo, who in the past few months has won three tournaments in a row (including her first Grand Slam at the Australian Open) and fifteen consecutive matches. But as always, she won’t be alone in tackling the Middle Eastern hardcourt at the Dubai Duty […]
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