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Banka Koper Slovenia Open Thursday results and 7/25 Order of Play

Wed, 24 Jul 2008 20:04:00 GMT

posted by jess3781

Maria Kirilenko, top seed, stormed past Roberta Vinci and made it to the quarterfinals of the Slovenia Open.

Katarina Srebotnik, second seed and local favorite, was upset in 2 sets by Julia Goerges. This is a surprised results because Srebotnik always did good here, last year she was the finalist.

The other 2 players that reached the quarters today are Sara Errani, 8th seed, and qualifier, Elena Bovina.

Check out the scores from the Slovenia Open in Portoroz and Fridays Order of play...

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Singles - Second Round
(1) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 61 62
Julia Goerges (GER) d. (2) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 64 62
(8) Sara Errani (ITA) d. Mara Santangelo (ITA) 62 64
(Q) Elena Bovina (RUS) d. Camille Pin (FRA) 63 57 76(6)

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(1) Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual (ESP/ESP) d. Pin/Wickmayer (FRA/BEL) 61 61
Dushevina/Makarova (RUS/RUS) d. Hradecka/Klepac (CZE/SLO) 62 76(5)
Bychkova/Manasieva (RUS/RUS) d. Borwell/Nagle (GBR/USA) 64 62

Banka Koper Slovenia Open Friday Order of Play
Friday, July 25, 2008

Centre (from 17.00hrs)
1. Wozniacki vs. Dushevina
2. Kirilenko vs. Errani (NB 19.00hrs)
3. Martic vs. Goerges

Court 1 (from 17.00hrs)
1. Bovina vs. Medina Garrigues
2. Dushevina/Makarova vs. Bychkova/Manasieva (after suitable rest)
3. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual vs. Martínez Sánchez/Parra Santonja

Banka Koper Slovenia Open Wednesday results and 7/24 Order of Play

Tue, 23 Jul 2008 20:47:00 GMT

posted by jess3781

The Slovenia Open continues with second round matches on Wednesday.
Carolina Wozniaki, 3rd seed, had a great 2 set win over Karolina Sprem. Wozniaki only lost 2 games during the match.

Other seeded player that continues her way to the final is Anabel Medina Garrigues, who defeated Julia Vakulenko in 2 sets as well.

Klara Zakopalova was not able to advance as she failed to Petra Martic in 3 close sets.

Check out the scores from the Banka Koper Slovenia Open...

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Singles - Second Round
(3) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (WC) Karolina Sprem (CRO) 61 61
(4) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Julia Vakulenko (UKR) 64 64
Petra Martic (CRO) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 63 46 76(4)
Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. Katie O'Brien (GBR) 63 62

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(4) Martínez Sánchez/Parra Santonja (ESP/ESP) d. Elliot/Han (GBR/CHN) 62 61

Doubles - First Round
(1) Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascu (ESP/ESP) d. Perebiynis/Rodina (UKR/RUS) 60 61
Dushevina/Makarova (RUS/RUS) d. (3) Errani/Santongelo (ITA/ITA) 61 63
Bychkova/Manasieva (RUS/RUS) d. Erakovic/Hercog (NZL/SLO) 64 64
Hradecka/Klepac (CZE/SLO) Pavlova/Rottman (BUL/AUT) 60 63

Banka Koper Slovenia Open Thursday Order of Play
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Centre (from 17.00hrs)
1. Santangelo vs. Errani
2. Goerges vs. Srebotnik (NB 19.00hrs)
3. Kirilenko vs. Vinci

Court 1 (from 17.00hrs)
1. Pin vs. Bovina
2. Bychkova/Manasieva vs. Borwell/Nagle
3. Hradecka/Klepac vs. Dushevina/Makarova
4. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual vs. Pin/Wickmayer

Maria Kirilenko participates in the making of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open Draw

Sat, 20 Jul 2008 19:43:00 GMT

posted by jess3781

Maria Kirilenko was part of the making of the singles main draw for the Banka Koper Slovenia Open that took place at the Alaya bar in Portoroz.

Maria Kirilenko is the top seed and she drew the number plates that define the players. WTA Supervisor, Catherine Hall, and Tournament Director, Andrej Bizjak, were also there to make sure everything was ok.

Katarina Srebotnik has a nice start, she will be facing Sanda Mamic, ranked 224th in the first round of the tournament.
Andreja Klepac will have a tough match against Caroline Wozniacki, 3rd seed.
Polona Hercog first round opponent is Julia Vakulenko, ranked 84, while Maria Kirilenko will have to beat a qualifier to move through to the 2nd round.

Karolina Sprem, ranked 223 but going up, received gold exempt wild card will be facing Evgeniya Rodina, world number 89, and Petra Martic, ranked 236, will be play Angelique Kerber.

The silver exempt rule according to last year’s ranking was applied for both Italian players that are playing in Portoroz. Mara Santangelo, ranked 284th, will try her luck against Yanina Wickmayer, ranked 69, while Roberta Vinci will meet a qualifier.

Article and photo from Banka Koper Slovenia Open

Banka Koper Slovenia Open Qualy Saturday results and 7/20 Order of Play

Sat, 20 Jul 2008 14:28:00 GMT

posted by jess3781

It was a great day for the seeded players at the Banka Koper Slovenia Open. All of them made it to the second round of the qualy.

Maria Jose Martines Sanchez, top seed, defeated Biljana Pavlova in 2 sets losing only 1 game during the match.
Maria Elena Camerin, second seed, advanced with a win over Arantxa Parra Santonja while Vesna Manasieva got past Anja Poglajen.

Check out all the scores from the Banka Koper Slovenia Open and Sunday Order of Play...

(3)Vesna Manasieva (RUS) def Anja Poglajen (SLO) 60 63
Tina Obrez (SLO) def Gianna Doz (CRO) 63 61
Amanda Elliott (GBR) def Mirjana Lucic (CRO) 64 75
Nicole Rottmann (AUT) def Petra Pajalic (SLO) 36 62 61
(2)Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) def Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 61 63
Xinyun Han (CHN) def Jasmina Kajtazovic (SLO) 75 60
(1)Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) def Biljana Pavlova (BUL) 61 60
(7)Nika Ozegovic (CRO) def Alicja Rosolska (POL) 62 64
Nastja Kolar (SLO) def Maja Kambic (SLO) 64 64
Astrid Besser (ITA) def Anne Priska Schaefer (GER) 61 60
(4)Mariana Duque Marino (COL) def Kristina Andlovic (SWE) 61 64
Dominika Nociarova (SVK) def Anja Prislan (SLO) 63 61
Nicole Vajdova (SVK) def Eva Pigova 61 63
(8)Elena Bovina (RUS) def Yi-Fan Xu (CHN) 61 46 63
(6)Alberta Brianti (ITA) def Sarah Borwell (GBR) 75 64
Hyuliya Velieva def Stamatia Fafaliou (GRE) 62 64

Banka Koper Slovenia Open Sunday Order of Play
Central Court starts at 10 AM
1. Kolar vs Ozegovic
2. Obrez vs Han
3. Camerin vs Rottmann

Court 1 starts at 10 AM
1. Manasieva vs Velieva
2. Duque Marino vs Vajdova
3. Elliott vs Bovina

Court 2 starts at 10 AM
1. Martinez Sanchez vs Besser
2. Nociarova vs Brianti

Banka Koper Slovenia Open Tuesday results and 7/23 Order of Play

Mon, 22 Jul 2008 21:37:00 GMT

posted by jess3781

Today we had 4 seeded players in action at the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portoroz and 3 of them made it to the next round.

Maria Kirilenko, top seed, had not problems against Nika Ozegovic, qualifier, and advanced losing only 2 games during the match.

Katarina Srebotnik, second seed and local favorite, also had an easy start, she defeated Sanda Mamic in 2 sets as well, while Sara Errani had to battle during 3 sets to get past Maria Elena Camerin.

Marina Erakovic, 6th seed, was the only upset today. She was defeated by Camille Pin in a hard 3 set encounter.

Check out all the scores from the Banka Koper Slovenia Open and Wednesday Order of Play...

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Singles - First Round
(1) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (Q) Nika Ozegovic (CRO) 61 61
(2) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d. Sanda Mamic (CRO) 62 62
Camille Pin (FRA) d. (6) Marina Erakovic (NZL) 75 57 63
(8) Sara Errani (ITA) d. (Q) Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 67(4) 62 61
Mara Santangelo (ITA) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 46 76(2) 64
(WC) Karolina Sprem (CRO) d. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 46 63 63
(Q) Elena Bovina (RUS) d. Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 63 64

Banka Koper Slovenia Open Wednesday, July 23, Order of Play

Center (from 17.00hrs)
1. Bychkova/Manasieva vs. Erakovic/Hercog
2. Zakopalova vs. Martic (NB 19.00hrs)
3. Wozniacki vs. Sprem

Court 1 (from 16.00hrs)
1. Vakulenko vs. Medina Garrigues
2. Pavlova/Rottmann Vs. Hradecka/Klepac
3. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual vs. Perebiynis/Rodina

Court 2 (from 16.00hrs)
1. Dushevina vs. O'Brien
2. Martínez Sánchez/Parra Santonja vs. Elliot/Han
3. Dushevina/Makarova vs. Errani/Santangelo