The Fortis Championships are well underway and some of the results from the second round have come through.
Going on to the Quarter Finals:
Elena Dementieva (def. Samantha Stosur 7-5, 6-1)
Patty Schnyder (def. Chandra Rubin 6-0, 6-3)
Kveta Peschke (def. Karin Knapp 6-4, 6-4)
Dinara Safina (def. Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-3)
Still in the 2nd round:
Venus Williams vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
Roberta […]
The Fortis Championships in Luxembourg is a Tier II tournament on hardcourt, with $600,000 in prize money.
Last year, it was won by Kim Clijsters, but this year it’s anybody’s guess.
Draws for this year’s tournament are available here.
Players still in the running:
Elena Dementieva (1st seed)
Samantha Stosur
Mara Santangelo
Agnieszka Radwanska
Venus Williams
Ana Ivanovic
Patty Schnyder
Chandra Rubin
Tatjana Malek
Roberta Vinci
Michaella Krajicek
Francesca Schiavone
Anna-Lena […]
And to add a bit of glamour to this here sports blog, here’s our dear Anna Kournikova doing what she does best: posing for the camera.
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Well, the China Open is over, and it looks like our world number one, Amelie Mauresmo, got the floor wiped with her by Svetlana Kuznetsova. Final score: 6-4, 6-0. Ouch. What happened, Amelie??
Oh well. Congratulations to Kuznetsova.
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Yesterday there were some pending matches, so I thought I’d sweep in and put down the results from the matches.
Lindsey Davenport defeated Jie Zheng 6-2, 7-6, and will move on to face Amelie Mauresmo in the semifinals.
Nadia Petrova bested Eleni Danilidou 6-1, 6-2, and will be facing Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals.
And last but not […]
Well, not all the matches have finished yet, but there’s quite a few of the ladies passing on to the semifinals already.
Top seed, Amelie Mauresmo defeated Tiantian Sun 6-3, 6-2 and moved on to the semifinals. Against whom is yet to be determined, but I bet it will be against Lindsey Davenport, assuming the American […]
Here’s the second round draw, including results from today’s finished matches:
Amelie Mauresmo vs. Tiantian Sun
Jie Zheng vs. ?
Nadia Petrova vs. Eleni Danilidou
Marion Bartoli vs. Jelena Jankovic
Maria Kirilenko vs. Shuai Peng (PENG moves on to the third round, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.
Ai Sugiyama vs. Nicole Vaidisova
Na Li vs. Elena Vesnina
Jelena Kostanic vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
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Looks like our beloved number 2 will be benched until November. She was forced to withdraw from the Fed Cup on Sunday due to a knee injury, and has no plans to return to the court before the end of season WTA championships in November.
As a sidenote, I’ve returned from my vacation abroad, visiting my […]
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