For real this time! The move to Philadelphia took a lot more out of me than I expected, but I'm finally settled and ready to tackle the women's tennis tour. You probably won't see daily newsletters until major tournaments roll around again. However, you can expect a weekly update on Sunday and/or Monday and http://WTAtoday.com will always list the current rankings, tournaments, and the awesome Google calendar I created that updates tournament results and birthdays. Please let me know if you're a Google calendar user and would like to add the free WTA Today public calendar to your Google calendar.

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ITF Tournament Review
14-20 November 2011 Events 

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$25,000 Level Events

-Traralgon, Australia (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: 1. Casey Dellacqua (AUS), 2. Olivia Rogowska (AUS), 3. Isabella Holland (AUS), 4. Sacha Jones (NZL), 5. Misa Eguchi (JPN), 6. Arina Rodionova (RUS), 7. Emily Webley-Smith (GBR), 8. Akiko Omae (JPN)

-Bratislava, Slovak Republic (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: ...coming soon...

-Asuncion, Paraguay (Surface: Clay)
Seeds: 1. Julia Cohen (USA), 2. Florencia Molinero (ARG), 3. Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR), 4. Vivian Segnini (BRA), 5. Maria Irigoyen (ARG), 6. Tereza Mrdeza (CRO), 7. Tina Schiechtl (AUT), 8. Vanesa Furlanetto (ARG)

$10,000 Level Events

-Vinaros, Spain (Surface: Clay)
Seeds: 1. Bianca Botto (PER), 2. Rocio De La Torre-Sanchez (ESP), 3. Carolina Pillot (ITA), 4. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP), 5. Nanuli Pipiya (RUS), 6. Eugeniya Pashkova (RUS), 7. Arabela Fernandez-Rabener (ESP), 8. Benedetta Davato (ITA)

-Monastir, Tunisia (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: ...coming soon...

-Manila, Philippines (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: 1. Luksika Kumkhum (THA),  2. Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN), 3. Peangtarn Plipuech (THA), 4. Ting-Fei Juan (TPE), 5. Jia-Jing Lu (CHN), 6. Wing-Yau Venise Chan (HKG), 7. Yurina Koshino (JPN), 8. Hua-Chen Lee (TPE)

-Equerdreville, France (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: 1.  Sofia Shapatava (GEO), 2. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL), 3. Patrycja Sanduska (POL), 4. Maryna Zanevska (UKR), 5. Elixane Lechemia (FRA), 6. Myrtille Georges (FRA), 7. Lisanne Van Riet (NED), 8. Nicolette Van Uitert (NED)

-Concepcion, Chile (Surface: Clay)
Seeds: 1. Carla Lucero (ARG), 2. Camila Silva (CHI), 3. Daniela Seguel (CHI), 4. Gabriela Coglitore (VEN), 5. Karina Venditti (BRA), 6. Flavia Guimaraes Bueno (BRA), 7. Fernanda Brito (CHI), 8. Belen Luduena (CHI)

About the ITF Women's Circuit
(Source: ITF Tennis Website)

The ITF Women's Circuit provides entry level tournaments enabling players to eventually reach the WTA Tour. The ITF women's Circuit offers some 400 tournaments in 600 countries worldwide and has four prize money levels (US$): $10K, $25K, $50, $75, $100K. Total prize money is over $8.5 million.

WTA Ranking Chart (.PDF)

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ITF Tournament Review
7-13 November 2011 Events 

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ITF Tournament Review
10-16 October 2011 Events 

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Istanbul, Turkey - Petra Kvitova had many highs against Victoria Azarenka and a few mental lapses that turned into lows in the final of the WTA Championships at Istanbul, Turkey. Overall, Kvitova dictated play during most of the match and I could see her finishing as #1 player in 2012 if she stays healthy and can work on consistency. Petra finishes the season as #2 player in the world and Victoria Azarenka claims the #3 spot.

Doubles - Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond took out the top seeds Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik in the double final. It's Huber's 48 WTA doubles title and Raymond now holds and incredible 74 doubles titles.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Singles - Final
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 75 46 63

Doubles - Final
(2) Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond (USA/USA) d. (1) Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) 64 64

Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions
Bali, Indonesia
3-6 November 2011
(Archive)

Players

Direct Qualifiers
Marion Bartoli
Sabine Lisicki
Roberta Vinci
Daniela Hantuchova
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Nadia Petrova

Wildcards
Ana Ivanovic
Shuai Peng

Draw will be made on Tuesday afternoon.

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Istanbul, Turkey - Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka won their semifinal matches at the WTA Championships and will play for the title AND the year-end, number two ranking tomorrow in the final at Istanbul, Turkey. The doubles final will also be played tomorrow.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Singles - Semifinal
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 57 63 63
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 62 63

Doubles - Semifinal
(1) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) d. (3) King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ)
(2) Huber/Raymond (USA/USA) d. (4) Dulko/Pennetta (ARG/ITA) 46 63 10-7

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Sinan Erdem Dome (from 14.30hrs)
1. (Doubles-Final) Peschke/Srebotnik vs. Huber/Raymond

2. (Singles-Final) Petra Kvitova vs. Victoria Azarenka (NB 17.00hrs)
Head to Head: Kvitova leads 3-2 overall, but Azarenka won their only hard court match back in 2009 at the Australian Open in straight sets. Petra was ranked #40 at the time of that match and Azarenka was seeded #13 and ranked #14.

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Istanbul, Turkey - Samantha Stosur and Vera Zvonareva became the final two qualifiers for the semifinal round at the WTA Championships. Stosur moved into the semifinal round with a crushing win over Li Na and Zvonareva earned her spot after Agnieszka Radwanska lost in straight sets to Petra Kvitova. Remember that the semifinals and final are single elimination matches.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Round Robin - Red Group
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 76(4) 63

Round Robin - White Group
(Alt.) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 57 64 64
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Li Na (CHN) 61 60

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Sinan Erdem Dome (from 13.00hrs)
1. (Doubles-Semifinal) Peschke/Srebotnik vs. King/Shvedova

2. (Singles-Semifinal) Petra Kvitova vs. Samantha Stosur (NB 15.00hrs)
Head to Head: Kvitova leads 2-0. Stosur lost in straight sets at the 2011 Australian Open in only hard court match.

3. (Singles-Semifinal) Victoria Azarenka vs. Vera Zvonareva
Head to Head: Zvonareva leads 6-3 overall and is 5-3 on hard courts. Azarenka won their only match in 2011 with easy 60, 63 victory in Miami.

4. (Doubles-Semifinal) Dulko/Pennetta vs. Huber/Raymond

Final Round Robin Standings

Singles - Red Group
Petra Kvitova (3-0) (Sets: 6-0) (qualified for semifinal)
Vera Zvonareva (1-2) (Sets: 3-5) (qualified for semifinal) (games won/lost: 48.6% won)
Agnieszka Radwanska (1-2) (Sets: 3-5) (eliminated) (games won/lost: 45.5% won)
Caroline Wozniacki (1-2) (Sets: 3-5) (eliminated) (games won/lost: 45.3% won)

Singles - White Group
Victoria Azarenka (2-0) (Sets: 4-0) (qualified for semifinal)
Samantha Stosur (2-1) (Sets: 4-2) (qualified for semifinal)
Li Na (1-2) (Sets: 2-4) (eliminated)
Maria Sharapova (0-2) (Sets: 0-4) (withdrew)
--Marion Bartoli enters the mix as alternate due to Sharapova's withdrawal.

Doubles (Single Elimination starting Saturday)
Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik vs. Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova
Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond vs. Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta

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Istanbul, Turkey - Victoria Azarenka and Petra Kvitova both earned spots in the semifinals at the WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Azarenka booked her spot in the semifinal round after her victory against Li Na and Kvitova took out Caroline Wozniacki to secure her spot in the final four. The final two spots will be determined on Friday.

WTA CHAMPIONSHIPS (Draw)
Istanbul, Turkey
25-30 October, 2011
(Archive) (Rules)

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Round Robin - Red Group
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 64 62
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 16 62 75

Round Robin - White Group
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Li Na (CHN) 62 62

Friday, October 28, 2011

Sinan Erdem Dome (from 17.00hrs)
1. Li Na vs. Samantha Stosur
Head to Head: Stosur is 5-0 against Na. Let's not forget that Sharapova was 9-0 against Stosur until Stosur won in first round robin match.

2. Petra Kvitova vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
Head to Head: Kvitova is 2-0 against Radwanska.

3. Marion Bartoli vs. Victoria Azarenka
Head to Head: Azarenka is 7-1 against Bartoli. Bartoli's only win came this year at Eastbourne in a match Azarenka retired from.

-Singles matches are round robin format within Red and White groups. Top two players move into semifinal round.

Standings

Singles - Red Group
Petra Kvitova (2-0) (Sets: 4-0) (qualified for semifinal)
Agnieszka Radwanska (1-1) (Sets: 3-3)
Vera Zvonareva (1-2) (Sets: 3-5)
Caroline Wozniacki (1-2) (Sets: 3-5) (eliminated)

Singles - White Group
Victoria Azarenka (2-0) (Sets: 4-0) (qualified for semifinal)
Samantha Stosur (1-1) (Sets: 2-2)
Li Na (1-1) (Sets: 2-2)
Maria Sharapova (0-2) (Sets: 0-4) (withdrew)
--Marion Bartoli enters the mix as alternate due to Sharapova's withdrawal.

Doubles (Single Elimination starting Saturday)
Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik vs. Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova
Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond vs. Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta

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Istanbul, Turkey - It's amazing how much news came out of three matches today at the WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Here's a quick review: Maria Sharapova lost again and then withdrew from the WTA Championships due to an ankle injury, Marion Bartoli will replace Sharapova in the round robin stage, Victoria Azarenka destroyed Samantha Stosur in Azarenka's first match of the tournament, and Caroline Wozniacki lost to Vera Zvonareva. It wasn't all losses for Wozniacki though. Caroline clinched the #1 ranking for the second year in a row.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Round Robin - Red Group
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 62 46 63

Round Robin - White Group
Li Na (CHN) d. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 76(4) 64
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 62 62

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Sinan Erdem Dome (from 17.00hrs)
1. Victoria Azarenka vs. Li Na
Head to Head: Li Na has a 4-1 record against Azarenka.

2. Caroline Wozniacki vs. Petra Kvitova
Head to Head: Wozniacki is 3-1 against Kvitova. They've only played once on hard courts and that went to Wozniacki in straights.

3. Vera Zvonareva vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
Head to Head: Radwanska is 3-2 against Zvonareva and has won three straight against Vera.  All Aga's wins came in 2011.

-Singles matches are round robin format within Red and White groups. Top two players move into semifinal round.

Standings

Singles - Red Group
Petra Kvitova (1-0) (Sets: 2-0)
Caroline Wozniacki (1-1) (Sets: 3-3)
Vera Zvonareva (1-1) (Sets: 2-3)
Agnieszka Radwanska (0-1) (Sets: 1-2)

Singles - White Group
Victoria Azarenka (1-0) (Sets: 2-0)
Li Na (1-0) (Sets: 2-0)
Samantha Stosur (1-1) (Sets: 2-2)
Maria Sharapova (0-2) (Sets: 0-4)
--Marion Bartoli enters the mix as alternate due to Sharapova's withdrawal.

Doubles (Single Elimination)
Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik
Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond
Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta
Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova

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Istanbul, Turkey - Round Robin matches started today at the WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey and Samantha Stosur pulled off a huge straight set win against Maria Sharapova. Entering the match, Sharapova had an amazing 9-0 record against Stosur and was only pushed to three sets in two of those matches.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Round Robin - Red Group
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 57 62 64
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 62 64

Round Robin - White Group
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 61 75

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Sinan Erdem Dome (from 17.00hrs)
1. Samantha Stosur (1-0) vs. Victoria Azarenka (0-0)
Head to Head: Azarenka is 4-0 against Stosur. All matches were played on hard courts.

2. Maria Sharapova (0-1) vs. Li Na (0-0)
Head to Head: Sharapova is 5-3 overall against Na and 3-0 on hard courts. 

3. Caroline Wozniacki (1-0) vs. Vera Zvonareva (0-1)
Head to Head: Overall series is tied 4-4 and Wozniacki has the 4-3 edge on hard courts.

-Singles matches are round robin format within Red and White groups. Top two players move into semifinal round.

Standings

Singles - Red Group
Caroline Wozniacki (1-0)
Petra Kvitova (1-0)
Vera Zvonareva (0-1)
Agnieszka Radwanska (0-1)

Singles - White Group
Samantha Stosur (1-0)
Victoria Azarenka (0-0)
Li Na (0-0)
Maria Sharapova (0-1)

Doubles (Single Elimination)
Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik
Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond
Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta
Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova

Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions
Bali, Indonesia
3-6 November 2011
(Archive)

Players

Direct Qualifiers
Marion Bartoli
Sabine Lisicki
Roberta Vinci
Daniela Hantuchova
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Nadia Petrova

Wildcards
Ana Ivanovic
Shuai Peng

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Moscow, Russia & Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Dominika Cibulkova picked up her first WTA title at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia and Victoria Azarenka proved to be too much for crafty Monica Niculescu at the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open in Luxembourg. Look for Azarenka to be a strong contender at next week's WTA Championships at Istanbul, Turkey.

Kremlin Cup (Draw)
Moscow, Russia
October 17-23, 2011
$721,000/Premier
Hard/Indoors
(Archive)

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Singles - Final
(8) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 36 76(1) 75

BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open (Draw)
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
October 17-23, 2011
$220,000/International
Hard/Indoors
(Archive)

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Singles - Final
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 62 62

Doubles - Final
(1) Iveta Benesova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. (2) Lucie Hradecka/Ekaterina Makarova (CZE/RUS) 75 63

WTA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Istanbul, Turkey
25-30 October, 2011
(Archive)

-Singles matches are round robin format within Red and White groups. Top two players move into semifinal round.

Singles - Red Group
Caroline Wozniacki
Petra Kvitova
Vera Zvonareva
Agnieszka Radwanska

Singles - White Group
Maria Sharapova
Victoria Azarenka
Li Na
Samantha Stosur

Singles Reserves
Marion Bartoli & Andrea Petkovic

Doubles (Single Elimination)
Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik
Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond
Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta
Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova

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Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Victoria Azarenka of Belarus continued her strong play before next week's WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Azarenka is the top seed at Luxembourg this week and took out 6th-seed Julia Goerges in straight sets today to earn a spot in the finals against Monica Niculescu.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Singles - Semifinals
(8) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 60 62
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 67(4) 64 63

Doubles - Final
(2) King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ) d. (4) Rodionova/Voskoboeva (AUS/KAZ) 76(3) 63

Centre Court (from 13.00hrs)
Singles Final: Dominika Cibulkova vs. Kaia Kanepi
Head to Head: Kanepi leads head to head 2-0. Both matches were played on hard courts.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Singles - Semifinals
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. (Q) Anne Keothavong (GBR) 75 46 63
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (6) Julia Goerges (GER) 63 63

Doubles - Semifinals
(2) Hradecka/Makarova (CZE/RUS) d. (4) Medina Garrigues/Pavlyuchenkova (ESP/RUS) 62 36 13-11

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Central (from 12.00hrs)
Doubles Final: Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova vs. Hradecka/Makarova
Singles Final: Victoria Azarenka vs. Monica Niculescu (NB 15.00hrs)
Head to Head: Azarenka leads head to head 3-0.

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Moscow, Russia - Agnieszka Radwanska locked up the final qualifying spot at the WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey after Marion Bartoli was forced to withdraw from her quarterfinal match today. Bartoli suffered from a viral illness and will still make the trip to Istanbul as an alternate. The official listing of players/teams that qualified for next week's WTA Championships is below.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Singles - Quarterfinals
(8) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. (1) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 46 64 64
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (3) Marion Bartoli (FRA) w/o (viral illness)
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 61 62
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 64 64

Doubles - Semifinals
(2) King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ) d. (3) Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) 64 26 108
(4) Rodionova/Voskoboeva (AUS/KAZ) d. U.Radwanska/Rodina (POL/RUS) 60 64

Centre Court (from 13.00hrs)
1. (SF) Dominika Cibulkova vs. Elena Vesnina
Head to Head: Vesnina leads 3-1 overall, but they're 1-1 on hard courts.

2. (SF) Kaia Kanepi vs. Lucie Safarova
Head to Head: Safarova is 4-1 overall and 3-1 on hard courts.

Court 1 (from 15.30hrs)
1. Doubles Final: Rodionova/Voskoboeva vs. King/Shvedova

BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open (Draw)
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
October 17-23, 2011
$220,000/International
Hard/Indoors
(Archive)

Friday, October 21, 2011

Singles - Quarterfinals
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 63 62
(6) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 52 ret. (right hip injury)
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. (LL) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 64 64
(Q) Anne Keothavong (GBR) d. (Q) Bibiane Schoofs (NED) 63 62

Doubles - Semifinals
(1) Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova d. Halep/Husarova 62 75

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Central (from 12.00hrs)
1. Medina Garrigues/Pavlyuchenkova vs. Hradecka/Makarova

2. (SF) Monica Niculescu vs. Anne Keothavong (NB 14.00hrs)
Head to Head: Niculescu leads 3-1 overall. All matches have been played on hard courts.

3. (SF) Victoria Azarenka vs. Julia Goerges (NB 16.00hrs)
Head to Head: Series is tied 1-1. This will be first hard court match they've played against each other.

Preview

WTA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Istanbul, Turkey
25-30 October, 2011
(Archive)

Qualifiers (as of 21 Oct 11)
Singles
Caroline Wozniacki
Maria Sharapova
Victoria Azarenka
Petra Kvitova
Li Na
Vera Zvonareva
Samantha Stosur
Agnieszka Radwanska

Doubles
Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik
Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond
Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta
Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova

The year-ending WTA Championships will feature the world's Top 8 singles players and Top 4 doubles teams.

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Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Bibiane Schoofs of The Netherlands has been the talk of the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open this week. Never heard of Bibiane Schoofs? You're not alone. The Luxembourg Open is her first WTA event and reaching the quarterfinals isn't a bad way to debut. Her first appearance in a WTA event will become even sweeter if she can take out fellow qualifier Anne Keothavong tomorrow and reach the semifinals.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Singles - Second Round
(3) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Ksenia Pervak (RUS) 61 61
(6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 75 75
(8) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 76(5) 62
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (Q) Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) 63 64

Doubles - Quarterfinals
U.Radwanska/Rodina (POL/RUS) d. (1) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) 64 63
(2) King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ) d. Diatchenko/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) 46 24 ret. (Diatchenko: right knee injury)
(4) Rodionova/Voskoboeva (AUS/KAZ) d. Cornet/Rosolska (FRA/POL) 57 63 12-10

Centre Court (from 13.00hrs)
1. Marion Bartoli vs. Elena Vesnina
2. Vera Zvonareva vs. Dominika Cibulkova
3. ATP: Davydenko vs. Berrer (NB 16.30hrs)
4. Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Kaia Kanepi (NB 18.30hrs)

Court 1 (from 13.00hrs)
1. ATP: Kohlschreiber vs. Chardy
2. ATP: Bogomolov Jr. vs. Troicki
3. ATP: Cermak/Polasek vs. Donskoy/Gabashvili
4. Vera Dushevina vs. Lucie Safarova (NB 18.30hrs)

Court 2 (from 14.00hrs)
1. Grandin/Uhlirova vs. King/Shvedova
2. U.Radwanska/Rodina vs. An.Rodionova/Voskoboeva

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Singles - Second Round
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Alberta Brianti (ITA) 60 61
(Q) Anne Keothavong (GBR) d. (5) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 63 62
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. Simona Halep (ROU) 62 62
(Q) Bibiane Schoofs (NED) d. Rebecca Marino (CAN) 16 61 75
(LL) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. (Q) Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) 63 64

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(1) Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. Klepac/Tatishvili (SLO/GEO) 36 63 10-4
Halep/Husarova (ROU/SVK) d. (3) Jans-Ignacik/Woehr (POL/GER) 64 64
(4) Medina Garrigues/Pavlyuchenkova (ESP/RUS) d. Erakovic/Niculescu (NZL/ROU) 67(3) 64 10-5

Friday, October 21, 2011

Central (from 13.00hrs)
1. Lucie Hradecka vs. Monica Niculescu
2. Anne Keothavong vs. Bibiane Schoofs
3. Victoria Azarenka vs. Iveta Benesova (NB 17.00hrs)
4. Anastasija Sevastova vs. Julia Goerges
5. Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova vs. Halep/Husarova (after suitable rest)

Qualifiers (as of 20 Oct 11)
Singles
Caroline Wozniacki
Maria Sharapova
Victoria Azarenka
Petra Kvitova
Li Na
Vera Zvonareva
Samantha Stosur
Agnieszka Radwanska (not secured)

-Marion Bartoli is three wins from taking the 8th qualifying spot away from Agnieszka Radwanska. A loss by Bartoli will secure the spot for Radwanska.

Doubles
Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik
Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond
Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta
Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova

The year-ending WTA Championships will feature the world's Top 8 singles players and Top 4 doubles teams.

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Moscow, Russia - All Agnieszka Radwanska had to do to qualify for the WTA Championships was win one match in Moscow. On Wednesday, Radwanska played Lucie Safarova in that one match to secure the 8th qualifying spot and Safarova sent Radwanska packing with a 64, 46, 64 victory. It's Safarova's fourth win in five tries against Radwanska. Luckily for Radwanska, she still has a pretty good shot at qualifying for the WTA Championships next week, because in order for Marion Bartoli to knock Agnieszka out of the 8th qualifying spot, Marion will need to win the Moscow title. Bartoli won't play a seed until the semifinals against 1st-seed Vera Zvonareva (if there are no upsets) and the highest seed left in the bottom of the draw for the final currently is Svetlana Kuznetsova at number six, so there's definitely still hope for Bartoli and her fans.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Singles - Second Round
(1) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 61 61
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 64 46 64
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (4/WC) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 64 57 76(7)
Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 62 76(3)

Singles - First Round
(8) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Polona Hercog (SLO) 63 76(3)
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (WC) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 60 61

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(3) Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) d. Hercog/Pervak (SLO/RUS) 46 63 1311

Doubles - First Round
(1) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) d. Llagostera Vives/Parra Santonja (ESP/ESP) 46 60 104
(2) King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ) d. Kondratieva/Martic (RUS/CRO) 62 62
(4) Rodionova/Voskoboeva (AUS/KAZ) d. A.Bondarenko/Savchuk (UKR/UKR) 60 64

Centre Court (from 13.00hrs)
1. Elena Vesnina vs. Ekaterina Ivanova
2. Marion Bartoli vs. Ksenia Pervak
3. ATP: Benneteau vs. Tursunov (NB 16.30hrs)
4. ATP: Tipsarevic vs. Kunitsyn (NB 18.30hrs)
5. Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Tsvetana Pironkova

Court 1 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Klara Zakopalova vs. Dominika Cibulkova

Court 2 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Peschke/Srebotnik vs. U.Radwanska/Rodina
2. ATP: Cermak/Polasek vs. Cerretani/Marx (NB 14.30hrs)
3. Diatchenko/Vesnina vs. King/Shvedova

Court 3 (from 14.00hrs)
1. An.Rodionova/Voskoboeva vs. Cornet/Rosolska

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Singles - Second Round
(6) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 64 62
Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. (7) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) w/o (right ankle injury)
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 76(5) 36 61

Singles - First Round
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 62 64
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. (4) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 63 62
(5) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) 76(2) 64
Simona Halep (ROU) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 64 75
(Q) Bibiane Schoofs (NED) d. (WC) Angelique Kerber (GER) 26 62 61

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(2) Hradecka/Makarova (CZE/RUS) d. Parmentier/Sfar (FRA/TUN) 75 63

Doubles - First Round
Halep/Husarova (ROU/SVK) d. Kerber/Minella (GER/LUX) 61 60
Erakovic/Niculescu (NZL/ROU) d. Soler-Espinosa/Suárez Navarro (ESP/ESP) 63 63

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Central (from 12.00hrs)
1. Bibiane Schoofs vs. Rebecca Marino
2. Lucie Hradecka vs. Alexandra Cadantu
3. Ana Ivanovic vs. Anne Keothavong (NB 17.30hrs)
4. Victoria Azarenka vs. Alberta Brianti

Court 1 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Anastasija Sevastova vs. Simona Halep
2. Erakovic/Niculescu vs. Medina Garrigues/Pavlyuchenkova (NB 15.00hrs)
3. Jans-Ignacik/Woehr vs. Halep/Husarova (after suitable rest)
4. Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova vs. Klepac/Tatishvili

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Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Canadian Rebecca Marino came up with the upset of the day at Luxembourg as she knocked out 2nd-seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets.

Moscow, Russia - 5th-seed Jelena Jankovic was the upset victim at Moscow. She lost her first round match to qualifier Ekaterina Ivanova. All eyes will be on the Agnieszka Radwanska/Lucie Safarova match on Wednesday. If Radwanska wins, she books her trip to Istanbul as the eighth qualifier for the WTA Championships. Not so fast though. Lucie Safarova has a 3-1 head-to-head record against Radwanksa.

Kremlin Cup (Draw)
Moscow, Russia
October 17-23, 2011
$721,000/Premier
Hard/Indoors
(Archive)

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Singles - First Round
(Q) Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) d. (5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 64 16 64
(6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (Q) Alizé Cornet (FRA) 63 63
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (LL) Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 67(7) 64 63
Ksenia Pervak (RUS) d. (Q) Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 75 64
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. (Q) Olga Savchuk (UKR) 63 61
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Petra Martic (CRO) 61 ret. (left foot blister)

Doubles - First Round
Diatchenko/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) d. Govortsova/Kudryavtseva (BLR/RUS) 36 64 10-5
Hercog/Pervak (SLO/RUS) d. Dushevina/Koryttseva (RUS/UKR) 61 63
U.Radwanska/Rodina (POL/RUS) d. (WC) Gasparyan/Gavrilova (RUS/RUS) 64 26 10-5

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Riba vs. Troicki
2. Vera Zvonareva vs. Bojana Jovanovski (NB 13.00hrs)
3. Kaia Kanepi vs. Francesca Schiavone
4. ATP: Davydenko vs. Gabashvili (NB 16.30hrs)
5. ATP: Benneteau vs. Donskoy (NB 18.30hrs)
6. Lucie Safarova vs. Agnieszka Radwanska

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Polona Hercog vs. Dominika Cibulkova
2. ATP: Bogomolov Jr. vs. Kukushkin (NB 12.30hrs)
3. Elena Vesnina vs. Alla Kudryavtseva
4. Vera Dushevina vs. Nadia Petrova

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Kondratieva/Martic vs. King/Shvedova

Court 3 (from 12.00hrs)
1. An.Rodionova/Voskoboeva vs. A.Bondarenko/Savchuk
2. Peschke/Srebotnik vs. Llagostera Vives/Parra Santonja
3. Hercog/Pervak vs. Grandin/Uhlirova

BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open (Draw)
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
October 17-23, 2011
$220,000/International
Hard/Indoors
(Archive)

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Singles - First Round
Rebecca Marino (CAN) d. (2) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 16 63 63
(6) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Elena Baltacha (GBR) 75 61
(LL) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. (8) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 67(3) 75 61
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. (Q) Karin Knapp (ITA) 67(2) 75 76(3)
Alberta Brianti (ITA) d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 63 16 63
(Q) Anne Keothavong (GBR) d. (WC) Mandy Minella (LUX) 63 16 63
(Q) Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) 61 64

Doubles - First Round
(1) Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. Barthel/Siegemund (GER/GER) 63 64
(2) Hradecka/Makarova (CZE/RUS) d. Klemenschits/Malek (AUT/GER) 61 75
Parmentier/Sfar (FRA/TUN) d. Kremer/Razzano (LUX/FRA) 62 57 10-4
Klepac/Tatishvili (SLO/GEO) d. Daniilidou/Groenefeld (GRE/GER) 57 63 10-6

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Central (from 12.00hrs)
1. Angelique Kerber vs. Bibiane Schoofs
2. Flavia Pennetta vs. Anastasija Sevastova
3. Ana Ivanovic vs. Virginie Razzano
4. Victoria Azarenka vs. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (NB 17.30hrs)
5. Tamira Paszek vs. Julia Goerges

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Kimiko Date-Krumm vs. Simona Halep
2. Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Monica Niculescu
3. Iveta Benesova vs. Maria Kirilenko
4. Kerber/Minella vs. Halep/Husarova (NB 15.00hrs)
5. Erakovic/Niculescu vs. Soler-Espinosa/Suárez Navarro
6. Parmentier/Sfar vs. Hradecka/Makarova

Birthdays
Martina Navratilova is celebrating her birthday today! Martina was born in Prague, Czech Republic in 1956 and currently resides in Sarasota, Florida

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Luxembourg - Today was Anne Kremer's birthday and she celebrated it at her home tournament. Unfortunately, her birthday present from her opponent Anabel Medina Garrigues ended up being two bagels.

Singles Qualifiers - Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ), Alize Cornet (FRA), Olga Savchuk (UKR), and Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS)

Monday, October 17, 2011

Singles - First Round
Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. (7) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 76(4) 64
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 60 75
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 63 60
Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 64 76(3)

Doubles - First Round
(3) Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) d. Birnerova/Zakopalova (CZE/CZE) 63 63
Cornet/Rosolska (FRA/POL) d. Lefèvre/Moulton-Levy (FRA/USA) 60 64

Singles Qualifying - Final Round
(1) Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 63 64
(4) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) 63 26 62
Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. (7) Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 62 62
Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 60 36 62

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Muller vs. Kravchuk
2. Ksenia Pervak vs. Galina Voskoboeva (NB 13.00hrs)
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Alizé Cornet
4. ATP: Bogomolov Jr. vs. Lajovic (NB 16.30hrs)
5. ATP: Ramos vs. Tursunov (NB 18.30hrs)
6. Ekaterina Ivanova vs. Jelena Jankovic

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Petra Martic vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
2. ATP: Kohlschreiber vs. Berlocq
3. Lucie Safarova vs. Arantxa Parra Santonja

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Fleming/Hutchins vs. Donskoy/Gabashvili
2. Olga Savchuk vs. Klara Zakopalova
3. Gasparyan/Gavrilova vs. U.Radwanska/Rodina

Court 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Cerretani/Marx vs. Beck/Mertinak
2. Govortsova/Kudryavtseva vs. Diatchenko/Vesnina
3. ATP: Benneteau/Murray vs. Seppi/Zelenay
4. Hercog/Pervak vs. Dushevina/Koryttseva

Singles Qualifiers - Anne Keothavong (GBR), Alexandra Cadantu (ROU), Karin Knapp (ITA), and Bibiane Schoofs (NED)

Monday, October 17, 2011

Singles - First Round
(7) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 76(5) 36 30 ret.
Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 62 62
Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 36 63 62
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. (WC) Anne Kremer (LUX) 60 60

Doubles - First Round
(3) Jans-Ignacik/Woehr (POL/GER) d. Keothavong/Watson (GBR/GBR) 75 64

Singles Qualifying - Final Round
(7) Anne Keothavong (GBR) d. (1) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 63 63
(8) Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. (3) Mona Barthel (GER) 62 57 64
Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (5) Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 61 75
Bibiane Schoofs (NED) d. (WC) Yulia Putintseva (RUS) 64 62

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Central (from 12.00hrs)
1. Alberta Brianti vs. Anna Tatishvili
2. Daniela Hantuchova vs. Lucie Hradecka
3. Rebecca Marino vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
4. Elena Baltacha vs. Julia Goerges (NB 17.30hrs)
5. Anne Keothavong vs. Mandy Minella

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Anastasiya Yakimova vs. Alexandra Cadantu 
2. Monica Niculescu vs. Karin Knapp 
3. Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova vs. Barthel/Siegemund
4. Parmentier/Sfar vs. Kremer/Razzano
5. Daniilidou/Groenefeld vs. Klepac/Tatishvili
6. Klemenschits/Malek vs. Hradecka/Makarova

Birthdays
Anne Kremer is celebrating her birthday today! Anne was born in Luxembourg, Luxembourg in 1975 and currently resides in Hesperange, Luxembourg.

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$50,000 Level Events

-Limoges, France (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: 1. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE), 2. Laura Pous-Tio (ESP), 3. Sorana Cirstea (ROU), 4. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE), 5. Iryna Bremond (FRA), 6. Michaella Krajicek (NED), 7. Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB), 8. Alexandra Panova (RUS)

$25,000 Level Events

-Seville, Spain (Surface: Clay)
Seeds: 1. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT), 2. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (ESP), 3. Estrella Cabeza-Candela (ESP), 4. Margalita Chakhnashvili (GEO), 5. Reka-Luca Jani (HUN), 6. Elena Bogdan (ROU), 7. Leticia Costas-Moreira (ESP), 8. Jana Cepelova (SVK)

-Seoul, S Korea (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: 1. Yurika Sema (JPN), 2. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE), 3. Aiko Nakamura (JPN), 4. Erika Takao (JPN), 5. Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA), 6. So-Jung Kim (KOR), 7. Yue-Yue Hu (CHN), 8. Sung-Hee Han (KOR)

-Rock Hill, South Carolina (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: ...coming soon...

-Makinohara, Japan (Surface: Carpet)
Seeds: 1. Erika Sema (JPN), 2. Karolina Pliskova (CZE), 3. Kristyna Pliskova (CZE), 4. Junri Namigata (JPN), 5. Sachie Ishizu, 6. Misa Eguchi (JPN), 7. Akiko Omae (JPN), 8. Quiang Wang (CHN)

-Lagos, Nigeria (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: ...coming soon...

-Glasgow, Great Britain (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: ...coming soon... 

$10,000 Level Events

-Montego Bay, Jamaica (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: ...coming soon...

-Goiania, Brazil (Surface: Clay)
Seeds: 1. Maria-Fernanda Alves (BRA), 2. Carolina Zeballos (ARG), 3. Carla Lucero (ARG), 4. Paula Cristina Goncalves (BRA), 5. Barbara Luz (POR), 6. Gabriela Ce (BRA), 7. Florencia Di Biasi (ARG), 8. Karina Venditti (BRA)

-Dubrovnik, Croatia (Surface: Clay)
Seeds: ...coming soon...

-Annaba, Algeria (Surface: Clay)
Seeds: 1. ...coming soon...

-Almaty, Kazakhstan (Surface: Hard)
Seeds: 1. Vlada Ekshibarova (UZB), 2. Ekaterina Yashina (RUS), 3. Alexandra Artamonova (RUS), 4. Alexandra Romanova (RUS), 5. Bermet Duvanaeva (KGZ), 6. Prerna Bhambri, 7. Nikola Frankova (CZE), 8. Kamila Kerimbayeva (KAZ)

-Antalya, Turkey (Surface: Clay)
Seeds: 1. Diana Enache (ROU), 2. Laura-Ioana Andrei (ROU), 3. Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO), 4. Maryna Zanevska (UKR), 5. Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO), 6. Christina Shakovets, 7. Danielle Harmsen (NED), 8. Nicolette Van Uitert (NED)

About the ITF Women's Circuit
(Source: ITF Tennis Website)

The ITF Women's Circuit provides entry level tournaments enabling players to eventually reach the WTA Tour. The ITF women's Circuit offers some 400 tournaments in 600 countries worldwide and has four prize money levels (US$): $10K, $25K, $50, $75, $100K. Total prize money is over $8.5 million.

WTA Ranking Chart (.PDF)

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ITF Tournament Review
10-16 October 2011 Events 

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