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This maybe two days old but it's news to me :D thought we'd start off
with some latest updates on the race to YEC.

Chakvetadze Qualifies for Madrid

LINZ, Austria - Anna Chakvetadze has become the sixth player to qualify for the singles event at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships, set to take place in Madrid's Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo, November 6-11. The Russian has assured herself of a berth in Madrid with 2626 points on this week's Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships Standings, behind Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Ana Ivanovic and Serena Williams.

This marks the first time the Russian has qualified for the prestigious year-ending event. She is the third newcomer to have qualified for this year's Championships from the six singles players announced to date and is also the sixth player from Russia to crack the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's Top 5 Rankings in the last three years.

"I'm so excited to play in my first Sony Ericsson Championships," Chakvetadze said. "I love the beautiful city of Madrid and I'm hoping to perform very well. This has been an amazing year for me, having reached the Top 5 in the world, and I am looking forward to finishing strongly in Madrid."

"Anna Chakvetadze has been one of the breakthrough stars of 2007," said Larry Scott, Chairman & CEO of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. "Anna’s debut at this year's Sony Ericsson Championships further reflects the terrific mix of established names and new faces that will descend on Spain's capital this year."

"With the Sony Ericsson Championships taking place now in less than two weeks, the excitement is continuing to build as we see Anna Chakvetadze, who has had a phenomenal year, be the sixth player to qualify." said Dee Dutta, CVP and Global Head of Marketing at Sony Ericsson. "The Sony Ericsson Championships is all about being the very best; it's a week not to be missed and should be placed firmly on everyone’s calendar."

"We are very happy that Chakvetadze has qualified for Madrid," said Tournament Director and Spanish tennis legend Manolo Santana. "She has had an impressive season and we look forward to seeing her compete at her highest level in a few days here."

Chakvetadze is having the best season of her career, having won four singles titles (only world No.1 Justine Henin has claimed more in 2007) at Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati and Stanford. She has won over 50 singles matches, reached the semifinals of the US Open and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and Roland Garros, in addition to winning over $1 million so far.

The Sony Ericsson Championships is the richest annual women's sporting event in the world. The tournament is the year-ending punctuation to an 11-month global Tour which finally gathers the Top 8 singles players and Top 4 doubles teams from the season to battle it out for a share of the $3-million prize purse. Since its inception in 1972, the event has been held in such notable venues as Madison Square Garden, New York City, the Olympiahalle in Munich and The Forum and Staples Centre in Los Angeles. Former singles champions include Tracy Austin, Kim Clijsters, Chris Evert, Evonne Goolagong, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Martina Navratilova, Gabriela Sabatini and Serena Williams. The reigning champions are Henin (singles) and Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur (doubles).

Oh great! I'm really happy for her to have reached the YEC

thanx for the news JOIE
and btw it's news to me too coz i'm totaly outdated

thanks for the article JOIE, it's news to me too

Crazy Lady wrote:Oh great! I'm really happy for her to have reached the YEC

hmm it's not news to me.. but the Antwerp gang had a little thing going about Anna did it not? - like we did about Schiavone in Zurich!

Hehe yeah, not about but with lol

Crazy Lady wrote:Hehe yeah, not about but with lol

Results from Linz:

Friday, October 26, 2007

Singles - Quarterfinals
(6) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. (1) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 61 60
(2) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 64 16 63
(3) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Julia Vakulenko (UKR) 61 16 64
(5) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) d. (4) Dinara Safina (RUS) 63 76(7)

Doubles - Semifinals
(2) Srebotnik/Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) d. (4) Peschke/Stubbs (CZE/AUS) 76(3) 46 106

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(1) Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) d. A.Bondarenko/K.Bondarenko (UKR/UKR) w/o (A.Bondarenko: right elbow injury)

i hope patty can beat bartoli

Nadl wrote:i hope patty can beat bartoli

Patty is fighting hard in the first set..wondering if the news about Bartoli's serious knee injury was really that serious

15all
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6/5 Patty


hehe

I know...I know...stupid joke

yvonne wrote:15all
15/30
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6/5 Patty


hehe

I know...I know...stupid joke

ohhh my God..my heart stopped for a sec :D

Come on Patty!!

yvonne wrote:15all
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hehe

I know...I know...stupid joke

what joke, u put 4 posts together in one, u will never be topposter

Pez wrote:

what joke, u put 4 posts together in one, u will never be topposter

yeah I know, I'm not good enough

yvonne wrote:

Pez wrote:

what joke, u put 4 posts together in one, u will never be topposter

yeah I know, I'm not good enough

lol we know u r better :D

Pez wrote:

yvonne wrote:

Pez wrote:

what joke, u put 4 posts together in one, u will never be topposter

yeah I know, I'm not good enough

lol we know u r better :D

so true!

thank you guys... you're so sweet

seems Bartoli gave up..doing nothing on the court

bettiboop wrote:seems Bartoli gave up..doing nothing on the court

something's wrong with her left knee

bettiboop wrote:seems Bartoli gave up..doing nothing on the court

i just saw they still play ...

Pez wrote:

bettiboop wrote:seems Bartoli gave up..doing nothing on the court

i just saw they still play ...

they play, but B has knee problems and cant give 100%

bettiboop wrote:

Pez wrote:

bettiboop wrote:seems Bartoli gave up..doing nothing on the court

i just saw they still play ...

they play, but B has knee problems and cant give 100%

ah now i got what u meant ... sorry ... yea shes walking from left to right only ...

yvonne wrote:

bettiboop wrote:seems Bartoli gave up..doing nothing on the court

something's wrong with her left knee

..The French world number nine had limped out of the Zurich Open in tears after injuring her left knee during her quarter-final clash with compatriot Tatiana Golovin.

When she returned home and was examined by a doctor, she received a pessimistic diagnosis.

"The doctor told me I will have six months off the court, I would have surgery and maybe my career will stop because my knee was too injured," she said at the Linz Open, where she has reached the quarter-finals.
"It was really bad news and I cried for two days during the weekend. But on Monday morning my dad drove me to Lyon because he knows the best knee specialist in France there. I was feeling inside it was not so bad as the first doctor told me.
"In the end I went to see three different doctors and they told me I had twisted my knee but it wasn't that bad.
"My patella went out of position so they put it back in place and they said that if I wanted to go and play on Thursday it was fine for them but if I was feeling pain again when I tried to practise on Tuesday and Wednesday then I could not go to Linz.

"So I practised at home in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday because I really wanted to come here and I didn't feel any pain so I knew I was fine to come."

The number three seed at the Linz Open came through her opening match against 16-year-old Austrian Tamira Paszek in style, winning 6-2 6-1 on Thursday.

"It's not 100 percent but still all right to be able to play," said Bartoli.
"I feel sometimes a little pain, especially when I move and I have a hard step to take on my left leg. I'm using my leg and not too much my upper body when I serve usually but like this I cannot use my leg and have to use my upper body, so that's good for me."

Bartoli said the injury had taught her a lesson.

"When you have that kind of news from a doctor, when you're just able to walk and go onto the court each morning you're happy," she said. "Maybe this episode has learned me one thing.
Before, I was putting so much pressure on myself to play good every day and try to be at my best.
"But I learned from this experience that if you lose, play bad, it doesn't matter really. I have to take some pressure off myself because it's so much fun to just go on court and play."

huh..she is fighting again

bettiboop wrote:huh..she is fighting again

Patty thought its easy already but it seems she's wrong