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**CicyHannyCeli** · 02-10-2009, 01:38 PM

Okay, someone needs to explain these byes to me It isn't by seed...Na, A-Rad and Jankovic....

If you are a semifinalist for Toray..you automatically get a bye for the China Open? Does this happen anywhere else on the tour?

I thought Byes were dished out according to seeds.......

Yes, the semifinalists at Rome also got byes to Madrid earlier this year. The winners of the byes were Safina, Kuznetsova, V Williams, and Azarenka. Roadmap changed a few things. Originally, Madrid and Beijing were 64 player fields until the players got together with management about the schedule and this was agreed upon if I recall.

02-10-2009, 01:38 PM	#15
CicyHannyCeli Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 638 Senior Member	Okay, someone needs to explain these byes to me It isn't by seed...Na, A-Rad and Jankovic.... If you are a semifinalist for Toray..you automatically get a bye for the China Open? Does this happen anywhere else on the tour? I thought Byes were dished out according to seeds....... Yes, the semifinalists at Rome also got byes to Madrid earlier this year. The winners of the byes were Safina, Kuznetsova, V Williams, and Azarenka. Roadmap changed a few things. Originally, Madrid and Beijing were 64 player fields until the players got together with management about the schedule and this was agreed upon if I recall.
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