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Tournament:Baku Cup
Dates: July 23 - 28, 2012
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Tier: International
Prize Money: $220,000

Surface: Hard/Outdoors

Tournament Director: Leila Meskhi

PERVAK, Ksenia
BONDARENKO, Kateryna
TATISHVILI, Anna
PANOVA, Alexandra
CORNET, Alize
BRATCHIKOVA, Nina
HLAVACKOVA, Andrea
GOVORTSOVA, Olga
MINELLA, Mandy
AMANMURADOVA, Akgul
MAYR-ACHLEITNER, Patricia
TSURENKO, Lesia
POUS-TIO, Laura
JOVANOVSKI, Bojana
BIRNEROVA, Eva
BRIANTI, Alberta
TANASUGARN, Tamarine
RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena
KUDRYAVTSEVA, Alla
COHEN, Julia
GARCIA, Caroline
DIYAS, Zarina
CABEZA CANDELA, Estrella
ZANIEWSKA, Sandra

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Qualifying Draw

(1)Sacha Jones (AUS)/BYE
WC Anna Smolina (RUS) v (5)Daria Gavrilova (RUS)

(2)Aleksandra Krunic (SRB)/BYE
WC Oleksandra Korashvili (UKR) v (7)Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN)

(3)Valeria Solovieva (RUS)/BYE
Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR) v (8)Stephanie Bengson (AUS)

(4)Rika Fujiwara (JPN)/BYE
WC Nina Khrisanova (RUS) v (6)Qiang Wang (CHN)

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Main Draw

(1)Ksenia Pervak (KAZ) v Julia Cohen (USA)
WC Kamilla Farhad (AZE) v Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
WC Varvara Flink (RUS) v Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
(8)Eva Birnerova (CZE) v Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

(3)Mandy Minella (LUX) v Qualifier
Caroline Garcia (FRA) v Marta Domachowska (POL)
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) v Alberta Brianti (ITA)
(7)Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) v Olga Puchkova (RUS)

(5)Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) v Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
Qualifier v Olga Savchuk (UKR)
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) v Laura Pous-Tio (ESP)
(4)Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) v Qualifier

(6)Nina Bratchikova (RUS) v Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT)
Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) v WC Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO)
Sandra Zaniewska (POL) v Elina Svitolina (UKR)
(2)Alexandra Panova (RUS) v Qualifier

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Order Of Play - Monday, July 23, 2012

Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)

1. Mandy Minella vs. Wang Qiang
2. Kamilla Farhad vs. Alla Kudryavtseva
3. Aleksandra Krunic vs. Andrea Hlavackova
4. Valeria Solovieva vs. Olga Savchuk (NB 16.00hrs)

Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)

1. Varvara Flink vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn
2. Bratchikova/Panova vs. Domachowska/Minella (NB 14.30hrs)
3. Farhad/Korashvili vs. Flink/Mayr-Achleitner (NB 16.00hrs)

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Pervak/Tsurenko vs. Dzehalevich/Puchkova
2. Jovanovski/Krunic vs. Cohen/Jones (NB 16.00hrs; after suitable rest)

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Order Of Play - Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)

1. Estrella Cabeza Candela vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
2. Ksenia Pervak vs. Julia Cohen (NB 11.30hrs)
3. Nina Bratchikova vs. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
4. Bojana Jovanovski vs. Lesia Tsurenko
5. Zarina Diyas vs. Alberta Brianti (NB 16.00hrs)

Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)

1. Olga Puchkova vs. Akgul Amanmuradova
2. Sacha Jones vs. Alexandra Panova (NB 16.00hrs)

Court 2 (from 10.00hrs)

1. Magdalena Rybarikova vs. Eva Birnerova
2. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn vs. Laura Pous-Tio (NB 16.00hrs)

Court 3 (from 10.00hrs)

1. Caroline Garcia vs. Marta Domachowska
2. Sandra Zaniewska vs. Elina Svitolina (NB 16.00hrs)

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RESULTS
Singles - First Round
(3) Mandy Minella (LUX) d. (Q) Wang Qiang (CHN) 62 57 63
(Q) Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d. (4) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 61 67(11) 64
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (WC) Kamilla Farhad (AZE) 61 60
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. (WC) Varvara Flink (RUS) 36 63 62
(Q) Valeria Solovieva (RUS) d. Olga Savchuk (UKR) 16 63 76(1)

Doubles - First Round
(1) Bratchikova/Panova (RUS/RUS) d. Domachowska/Minella (POL/LUX) 63 64
Cohen/Jones (USA/AUS) d. Jovanovski/Krunic (SRB/SRB) 64 36 103
Dzehalevich/Puchkova (BLR/RUS) d. Pervak/Tsurenko (KAZ/UKR) 62 63
(WC) Flink/Mayr-Achleitner (RUS/AUT) d. (WC) Farhad/Korashvili (AZE/UKR) 61 63

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Order Of Play - Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)

1. Tamarine Tanasugarn vs. Magdalena Rybarikova
2. Sandra Zaniewska vs. Alexandra Panova
3. Alberta Brianti vs. Olga Puchkova
4. Mandy Minella vs. Marta Domachowska (NB 16.00hrs)

Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)

1. Julia Cohen vs. Alla Kudryavtseva
2. Bojana Jovanovski vs. Valeria Solovieva
3. Buryachok/Solovieva vs. Gorgodze/Svitolina (NB 16.00hrs)
4. Bengson/Zaniewska vs. Birnerova/Brianti (NB 17.00hrs)

Court 3 (from 10.00hrs)

1. Nina Bratchikova vs. Estrella Cabeza Candela
2. Laura Pous-Tio vs. Aleksandra Krunic
3. Cabeza Candela/Pous-Tio vs. Kudryavtseva/Tanasugarn (NB 16.00hrs)
4. Bratchikova/Panova vs. Garcia/Smolina

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RESULTS - Tuesday
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Order Of Play – Thursday, July 26, 2012

Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)

1. Julia Cohen vs. Magdalena Rybarikova
2. Bojana Jovanovski vs. Aleksandra Krunic
3. Mandy Minella vs. Olga Puchkova (NB 13.00hrs)
4. Nina Bratchikova vs. Alexandra Panova (NB 16.00hrs)

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Flink/Mayr-Achleitner vs. Birnerova/Brianti
2. Cohen/Jones vs. Kudryavtseva/Tanasugarn (NB 15.00hrs; after suitable rest)
3. Buryachok/Solovieva vs. Dzehalevich/Puchkova (NB 16.00hrs; after suitable rest)

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RESULTS - Wednesday
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Order Of Play – Friday, July 27, 2012

Centre Court (from 12.00hrs)

1. Bojana Jovanovski vs. Alexandra Panova
2. Julia Cohen vs. Olga Puchkova
3. Bratchikova/Panova vs. Buryachok/Solovieva (NB 15.00hrs; after suitable rest)

Court 1 (N.B. 15.00hrs)

1. Birnerova/Brianti vs. Cohen/Jones (after suitable rest)

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Order Of Play - Saturday, July 28, 2012

Centre Court (from 12.00hrs)

1. Singles Final: Julia Cohen vs. Bojana Jovanovski
2. Doubles Final: Buryachok/Solovieva vs. Birnerova/Brianti

[AutocadOemM]

Nice run for Julia, whom I found very easy to root for at the Phoenix challenger! (Though a lot of that was probably that Coco Vandeweghe was on the other side of the net...)

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Cohen Faces Jovanovski For Baku Title
July 27, 2012

BAKU, Azerbaijan - Prior to touching down in Azerbaijan for this week's Baku Cup, Julia Cohen had won just one WTA main draw match. Five days and four wins later, she stands on the verge of her maiden title.

Her latest victory came on Friday, when she saw off Russia's Olga Puchkova over three grueling sets. In a match that contained no shortage of epic rallies - including one lasting 41 strokes - or service breaks, it was the American who kept her cool in the afternoon heat to eventually prevail after over two and a half hours on court.

After splitting two topsy-turvy sets, Cohen made the first move in the decider, securing an early break to move 4-1 ahead and within touching distance of the final. Puchkova - who had earlier received treatment on an injured right ankle - battled back bravely, reducing arrears to 4-3 before eventually succumbing, 36 60 63.

Meeting Cohen for the title will be fellow final debutante, Bojana Jovanovski, who caused the week's latest upset by knocking out No.2 seed Alexandra Panova.

After seeing Jovanovski struggle past World No.213 Aleksandra Krunic in the quarterfinals, Panova could have been forgiven for casting one eye ahead to the final. And the early exchanges, in which she carved out a break point in the opening game, gave little indication of the one-sided match that would follow.

However, this was to be the only chance offered up by the Serb, who was near faultless for much of the next hour and 10 minutes, romping home a 62 62 winner.

A few hours later, Panova's day went from bad to worse as, alongside partner Nina Bratchikova, she was dumped out of the doubles in straight sets by Irina Buryachok and Valeria Solovieva. In the other semifinal, Eva Birnerova and Alberta Brianti defeated Cohen and Sacha Jones.

http://www.wtatennis.com/news/201207...256076_2862895

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Nice run for Julia, whom I found very easy to root for at the Phoenix challenger! (Though a lot of that was probably that Coco Vandeweghe was on the other side of the net...)

Julia has long been one of my "scrub" favorites, from Juniors through her ITF career, and I cannot tell you how THRILLED I am for her run this week in Baku!

[fubyFrery]

Julia has long been one of my "scrub" favorites, from Juniors through her ITF career, and I cannot tell you how THRILLED I am for her run this week in Baku!

Great week for her, she will be in the top 100 on Monday.

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RESULTS
Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
Singles - Final


(5) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. Julia Cohen (USA) 63 61



Doubles - Final


(4) Buryachok/Solovieva (UKR/RUS) d. (3) Birnerova/Brianti (CZE/ITA) 63 62