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Tournament: Bank of the West Classic
Dates: July 9 - 15, 2012
Location: Stanford, CA USA
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $740,000
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Kim Hall Uliasz
Web Site: http://www.bankofthewestclassic.com/Home_53.htm


Player Country Rank

Williams, Serena USA 5
Bartoli, Marion FRA 8
Kerber, Angelique GER 10
Cibulkova, Dominika SVK 16
Jankovic, Jelena SRB 21
Petrova, Nadia RUS 29
Niculescu, Monica ROU 33
Wickmayer, Yanina BEL 35
McHale, Christina USA 36
Erakovic, Marina NZL 42
Cirstea, Sorana ROU 43
Scheepers, Chanelle RSA 45
Martic, Petra CRO 50
Paszek, Tamira AUT 52
King, Vania USA 57
Lepchenko, Varvara USA 63
Daniilidou, Eleni GRE 69
Stephens, Sloane USA 70
Gajdosova, Jarmila AUS 72
Radwanska, Urszula POL 79

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OUT: Kerber, Petrova, Niculescu, Mchale, Paszek

In: Keothavong, Morita, Hlavackova, Dubois, Jovanovski

Alternates: Chang, Watson, Czink

Out of Qualies: Keothavong, Morita, Oudin, Giorgi, Glatch

In Qualies: Min, Boserup, Saisai Zheng, L.Kichenok, Perez

Qualifying Alternates: Bouchard, Peers, Paz, Litvak, Spears, Kops-Jones and Uhrilova

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Qualifying Draw

(1)Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) vs Abigail Spears (USA)
WC Alessondra Parra (USA) vs (7)Grace Min (USA)

(2)Coco Vandeweghe (USA) vs WC Simone Kalhorn (USA)
WC Ellen Tsay (USA) vs (5)Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA)

(3)Erika Sema (JPN) vs WC Kristie Ahn (USA)
Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) vs (8)Saisai Zheng (CHN)

(4)Alexa Glatch (USA) vs Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)
WC Jana Juricova (SVK) vs (6)Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

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WC'S to Nicole Gibbs (2012 NCAA Champ), Malory Burdette (2012 NCAA R-Up) and Larcher de Brito

via @Bank of theWestCI

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Main Draw

(1)Serena Williams (USA)/BYE
WC Nicole Gibbs (USA) vs Qualifier
WC Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) vs Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
Qualifier vs (6)Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)

(3)Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)/BYE
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Ayumi Morita (JPN) vs Stephanie Dubois (CAN)
Vania King (USA) vs (7)Petra Martic (CRO)

(8)Marina Erakovic (NZL) vs Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) vs Urszula Radwanska (POL)
Melinda Czink (HUN) vs Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)
(4)Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/BYE

(5)Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) vs Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)
Sloane Stephens (USA) vs Heather Watson (GBR)
WC Mallory Burdette (USA) vs Anne Keothavong (GBR)
(2)Marion Bartoli (FRA)/BYE

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Order Of Play - Friday, July 13, 2012

Stadium (from 12.00hrs)

1. Urszula Radwanska vs. Coco Vandeweghe
2. Yanina Wickmayer vs. Marion Bartoli (NB 14.00hrs)
3. Dominika Cibulkova vs. Sorana Cirstea
4. Serena Williams vs. Chanelle Scheepers (NB 19.00hrs)

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RESULTS
Singles - Second Round
(2) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (WC) Mallory Burdette (USA) 75 60
(3) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. (Q) Erika Sema (JPN) 61 63
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. (8) Marina Erakovic (NZL) 63 36 64
(9) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (LL) Zheng Saisai (CHN) 63 63

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(3) Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) d. Daniilidou/U.Radwanska (GRE/POL) w/o (U.Radwanska: heat illness)

[Peabelilt]

Oh Jelena. How the mighty have fallen. I'm still hoping for a Li/Schiavone-esque run from her at some point in time.

[RuttyUttepe]

Currently watching Sorana vs Domi and this is possibly the worst umpiring job ever. There have been around 6 calls that were wrong, all against Sorana and overturned by challenges. Some even inside the line by inches and the umpire did not over turn any of them. Really awful job by some unknown umpire.

[RuttyUttepe]

Currently watching Sorana vs Domi and this is possibly the worst umpiring job ever. There have been around 6 calls that were wrong, all against Sorana and overturned by challenges. Some even inside the line by inches and the umpire did not over turn any of them. Really awful job by some unknown umpire.

Also Domi's coach is blatantly signaling to Domi where to serve and hit the ball. And the chair has said nothing.

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Order Of Play - Saturday, July 14, 2012

Stadium (from 13.00hrs)

1. Coco Vandeweghe vs. Yanina Wickmayer
2. Gajdosova/King vs. Chan/Chan
3. Serena Williams vs. Sorana Cirstea (NB 19.00hrs)
4. Grandin/Uhlirova vs. Erakovic/Watson

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RESULTS
Singles - Quarterfinals
(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. (6) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 64 60
(5) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (2) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 63 62
(9) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (3) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 67(5) 62 60
(LL) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) 64 64

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Something tells me this tournament will be missing a top seed very shortly.

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Something tells me this tournament will be missing a top seed very shortly.

[Fuerfsanv]

So Coco, a California girl, has to play quailes while Larcher deBrito gets a WC?

[effenseshoora]

Someone said in Twitter today thT Serena is still expecte to play Stanford.

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Order Of Play - Monday, July 9, 2012

Stadium (from 11.00hrs)

1. Yanina Wickmayer vs. Chang Kai-Chen
2. Michelle Larcher de Brito vs. Jarmila Gajdosova
3. Grace Min vs. Chanelle Scheepers
4. Glatch/Zheng vs. Cirstea/Keothavong
5. Sloane Stephens vs. Heather Watson (NB 19.00hrs)
6. Melinda Czink vs. Coco Vandeweghe

Court 6 (from 13.00hrs)

1. Chan/Chan vs. Kalhorn/Parra
2. Daniilidou/U.Radwanska vs. Lee-Waters/Moulton-Levy (NB 14.30hrs)

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SERENA WILLIAMS TO HIGHLIGHT DAY SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 11

STANFORD, Calif. (www.BankOfTheWestClassic.com) - Defending tournament champion Serena Williams will play her first 2012 Bank of the West Classic match on Wednesday, July 11.

Williams' opening match will take place during Wednesday's day session, with the contest not to be played before 3 p.m. Following a first-round bye, Williams will either face a qualifier or Stanford junior Nicole Gibbs, the 2012 NCAA singles and doubles champion.

Williams added another title to her trophy collection yesterday, outlasting Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to capture her fifth career Wimbledon title and 14th major championship.

Currently ranked No. 6, Williams has now won 42 career titles. Williams, who defeated Marion Bartoli 7-5, 6-1 in last year's Bank of the West Classic singles final, is bidding to become the first player to win the Bank of the West Classic in consecutive seasons since Kim Clijsters accomplished the feat in 2005 and 2006.

Monday's order of play will be announced later this afternoon. The 2012 Bank of the West Classic will be held from July 9-15 at the Taube Family Tennis Center at Stanford University. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 866-WTA-TIXS (866-982-8497) or by logging on to www.BankoftheWestClassic.com. Individual session tickets to the tournament's opening round start at $26.


ABOUT THE BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC: The Bank of the West Classic is one of the oldest women-only professional tennis tournaments in the world and is the first stop of the Emirates Airline US Open Series. A WTA Premier event, the Bank of the West Classic features a 28-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw with total prize money of $740,000. Held on Stanford University's campus at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium since 1997, former champions include: Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Andrea Jaeger, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams. The Bank of the West Classic is owned and operated by IMG.

ABOUT BANK OF THE WEST: Founded in 1874, $62.4 billion-asset Bank of the West (www.bankofthewest.com), member FDIC and equal housing lender, offers a wide range of personal, commercial, wealth management and international banking services. The bank operates more than 700 retail and commercial banking locations in 19 Western and Midwestern states. Bank of the West is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, which has a presence in 80 countries with nearly 200,000 employees.

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Doubles Draw

[1] GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila AUS/KING, Vania USA - BYE
GLATCH, Alexa USA/ZHENG, Saisai CHN vs CIRSTEA, Sorana ROU/KEOTHAVONG, Anne GBR

[4] CHAN, Yung-Jan/CHAN, Hao-Ching TPE vs WC KALHORN, Simone/PARRA, Alessondra USA
CIBULKOVA, Dominika/HUSAROVA, Janette SVK vs DEKMEIJERE, Liga LAT/LERTCHEEWAKARN, Noppawan THA

DANIILIDOU, Eleni GRE/RADWANSKA, Urszula POL vs LEE-WATERS, Lindsay/MOULTON-LEVY, Megan USA
WC BURDETTE, Mallory/GIBBS, Nicole USA vs [3] GRANDIN, Natalie RSA/UHLIROVA, Vladimira CZE

]KARATANTCHEVA, Sesil KAZ/SEMA, Erika JPN vs ERAKOVIC, Marina NZL/WATSON, Heather GBR
CHANG, Kai-Chen TPE/SCHEEPERS, Chanelle RSA vs [2] KOPS-JONES, Raquel/SPEARS, Abigail USA

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I forgot that she was defending champion.