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Tournament: Whirlpool Monterrey Open
Dates: February 20 - 26, 2012
Location: Monterrey, Mexico
Tier: International
Prize Money: $220,000
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Hernan G Echavarria

1.WILLIAMS, SERENA
2.CIRSTEA SORANA
3.VINCI, ROBERTA
4.ERRANI, SARA
5.DULGHERU, ALEXANDRA
6.DULKO, GISELA
7.DOKIC, JELENA
8.POUS-TIO, LAURA
9.JOHANSSON, MATHILDE C
10.DOMINGUEZ LINO, LOURDES
11.SOLER-ESPINOSA, SILVIA
12.DATE-KRUMM, KIMIKO
13.OPRANDI, ROMINA S
14.CORNET, ALIZE
15.ARN, GRETA
16.DUBOIS, STEPHANIE
17.MAYR-ACHLEITNER, PATRICIA
18.BIRNEROVA, EVA
19.CANDANTU, ALEXANDRA
20.MINELLA MANDY
21.REZAI, ARAVANE
22.PANOVA, ALEXANDRA
23.VANDEWEGHE, COCO
24.SAVINYKH, VALERIA
25.PIVOVAROVA, ANASTASIA
26.ZHANG, SHUAI

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Tournament: Whirlpool Monterrey Open
Dates: February 20 - 26, 2012
Location: Monterrey, Mexico
Tier: International
Prize Money: $220,000
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Hernan G Echavarria

1.WILLIAMS, SERENA

Yeah right


Alt: She must be desperate!

[addyta.org]

No word on Serena's preparation for Monterrey after Fed Cup.

[glamourcitys]

I did a double take myself. We'll see.

[glamourcitys]

Qualifying Draw

(1)Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) vs WC Ivette Lopez (MEX)
Tatjana Malek (GER) vs Garbine Muguruza Blanco (ESP)
Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL) vs Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR)
Romana Tabak (SVK) vs (8)Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)

(2)Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) vs Lenka Wienerova (SVK)
Maria Joao Koehler (POR) vs WC Camila Fuentes (USA)
Darija Jurak (CRO) vs WC Ana Sofia Sanchez (MEX)
Maria Abramovic (CRO) vs (6)Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)

(3)Petra Rampre (SLO) vs Katalin Marosi (HUN)
Leticia Costas-Moreira (ESP) vs Catalina Castano (COL)
WC Marcela Zacarias (MEX) vs Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN)
WC Ana Paula De La Pena (MEX) vs (7)Sharon Fichman (CAN)

(4)Florencia Molinero (ARG) vs Amra Sadikovic (SUI)
Marina Shamayko (RUS) vs WC Nadia Abdala (MEX)
Amanda Fink (USA) vs Ines Ferrer Suarez (ESP)
Andrea Koch-Benvenuto (CHI) vs (5)Monica Puig (PUR)

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Main Draw

(1)Roberta Vinci (ITA) v Coco Vandeweghe (USA)
Nina Bratchikova (RUS) vs Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS)
Alexandra Panova (RUS) vs Qualifier
Shuai Zhang (CHN) vs (6)Greta Arn (HUN)

(4)Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) vs Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) vs Jelena Dokic (AUS)
Valeria Savinykh (RUS) vs Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
Qualifier vs (8)Lourdes Dominguez Lono (ESP)

(5)Gisela Dulko (ARG) vs Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT)
Qualifier vs Eva Birnerova (CZE)
WC Ximena Hermoso (MEX) vs Timea Babos (HUN)
Stefanie Voegele (SUI) vs (3) WC Sorana Cirstea (ROU)

(7)Mathilde Johansson (FRA) vs Mandy Minella (LUX)
WC Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs Qualifier
Alize Cornet (FRA) vs Tetiana Luzhanska (USA)
Stephanie Dubois (CAN) vs (2)Sara Errani (ITA)

[ViagraFeller]

I was SHOCKED to see Serena's name missing from the draw, so I checked out The Ticker.

Serena Williams pulls out of Monterey February 18, 2012 Serena Williams has pulled out of next week's Monterey Open in Mexico with a left ankle injury, organizers stated. Serena has not played since helping lead the United States to victory over Belarus in Fed Cup two weeks ago.

Serena first injured her ankle during the tournament in Brisbane. but did manage to play at the Australian Open, although she was clearly hobbled.

ESPN Deportes reports that she re-injured her ankle in her last practice in Los Angeles prior to Monterey. The tournament's posters feature Serena and 60 percent of the tickets have been sold.

"People in Serena's camp called my daughter Daniela and they said that they didnt' even dare to call Serena after this happened," tournament director Hernan Garza said.

Her next scheduled tournament is in Miami, which begins the third week of March.

[JulieSmithdccd]

At least she was nice enough to give two days notice I guess

Dunno why I even assumed Pous-Tios was playing and made her my avatar...sigh

[gogona]

See ya in miami Serena, and then the French.

[fuesquemill]

Shocking indeed. Maybe she'll mosey on down to Monterrey and do a promo day for them...

[zzbust]

See ya in miami Serena, and then the French.

I wouldn't be so sure about the latter...

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Order Of Play - Monday, February 20, 2012

Central (from 11.00hrs)

1. Sesil Karatantcheva vs. Romana Tabak (Singles Q Final)
2. Nina Bratchikova vs. Anastasia Pivovarova (NB 12.00hrs)
3. Alexandra Cadantu vs. Jelena Dokic (NB 15.00hrs)
4. de la Peña/López vs. Fichman/Sun
5. Roberta Vinci vs. Coco Vandeweghe (NB 19.00hrs)
6. Stéphanie Dubois vs. Sara Errani

Cancha 1 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Amra Sadikovic vs. Monica Puig (Singles Q Final)
2. Katalin Marosi vs. Sun Sheng-Nan (Singles Q Final; NB 12.00hrs)
3. Luzhanska/Wienerova vs. Date-Krumm/Zhang (NB 14.00hrs)

Cancha 2 (from 12.00hrs)

1. Maria Joao Koehler vs. Maria Abramovic (Singles Q Final)

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RESULTS
Singles - First Round
(1) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 75 75
(2) Sara Errani (ITA) d. Stéphanie Dubois (CAN) 62 62
Nina Bratchikova (RUS) d. Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS) 63 61
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. Jelena Dokic (AUS) 36 61 75

Doubles - First Round
(2) Date-Krumm/Zhang (JPN/CHN) d. Luzhanska/Wienerova (USA/SVK) 36 63 10-5
Fichman/Sun (CAN/CHN) d. (WC) de la Peña/López (MEX/MEX) 62 62

Singles Qualifying - Final Round
(1) Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) d. Romana Tabak (SVK) 62 61
(5) Monica Puig (PUR) d. Amra Sadikovic (SUI) 76(6) 62
Maria Abramovic (CRO) d. Maria Joao Koehler (POR) 57 63 64
Katalin Marosi (HUN) d. Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) 76(3) 64

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Order Of Play – Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Central (from 11.00hrs)

1. Alizé Cornet vs. Tetiana Luzhanska
2. Yaroslava Shvedova vs. Sesil Karatantcheva
3. Ximena Hermoso vs. Timea Babos (NB 15.00hrs)
4. Mathilde Johansson vs. Mandy Minella
5. Stefanie Voegele vs. Sorana Cirstea (NB 19.00hrs)
6. Gisela Dulko vs. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner

Cancha 1 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Alexandra Dulgheru vs. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa
2. Valeria Savinykh vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm
3. Monica Puig vs. Lourdes Domínguez Lino
4. Errani/Vinci vs. Cornet/Dulgheru (NB 15.00hrs; after suitable rest)
5. Babos/Savinykh vs. Bratchikova/Jurak (NB 17.30hrs; after suitable rest)
6. Katalin Marosi vs. Eva Birnerova

Cancha 2 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Alexandra Panova vs. Maria Abramovic
2. Zhang Shuai vs. Greta Arn
3. Costas-Moreira/Ferrer Suárez vs. Cabeza Candela/Cadantu (NB 14.00hrs)
4. Abramovic/Buzarnescu vs. Koryttseva/Malek (after suitable rest

[fuesquemill]

Shocking indeed. Maybe she'll mosey on down to Monterrey and do a promo day for them...

She did Serena flies to Monterrey despite pullout
Ticker - Monday, February 20, 2012

Serena Williams exchanged volleys with Gisela Dulko over water on a plaza in Monterrey, Mexico on Sunday in an exhibition of mini-tennis. Serena pulled out of the Monterrey Open last weekend with a left ankle injury, but still flew to Mexico to help promote the event.

"It hurts me because I wanted to play here and that way I came, but sometimes things get in the way of your plans," said Williams, who tore ligaments in her ankle at the tournament in Brisbane. "I suffered the injury two days ago, and I was fighting to come, but I couldn’t with my ankle." http://tennis.com/articles/templates...6545&zoneid=25

Good.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Central (from 15.00hrs)

1. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa vs. Alexandra Cadantu
2. Roberta Vinci vs. Nina Bratchikova
3. Alizé Cornet vs. Sara Errani (NB 19.00hrs)
4. Valeria Savinykh vs. Lourdes Domínguez Lino

Cancha 1 (from 15.00hrs)

1. Husarova/Marosi vs. Minella/Voegele
2. Birnerova/Panova vs. Dulko/Suárez
3. Costas-Moreira/Ferrer Suárez vs. Date-Krumm/Zhang (NB 18.00hrs)

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RESULTS
Singles - First Round
(3/WC) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 63 26 75
Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. (4) Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 63 63
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) d. (5) Gisela Dulko (ARG) 64 76(2)
(6) Greta Arn (HUN) d. Zhang Shuai (CHN) 61 64
Mandy Minella (LUX) d. (7) Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 61 57 76(5)
(8) Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) d. (Q) Monica Puig (PUR) 63 63
Eva Birnerova (CZE) d. (Q) Katalin Marosi (HUN) 76(3) 64
Valeria Savinykh (RUS) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 62 63
Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Tetiana Luzhanska (USA) 64 76(3)
Timea Babos (HUN) d. (WC) Ximena Hermoso (MEX) 62 63
(Q) Maria Abramovic (CRO) d. Alexandra Panova (RUS) 75 64
(WC) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. (Q) Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) 61 46 63

Doubles - First Round
(1) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. Cornet/Dulgheru (FRA/ROU) 61 61
(3) Bratchikova/Jurak (RUS/CRO) d. Babos/Savinykh (HUN/RUS) 64 62
Abramovic/Buzarnescu (CRO/ROU) d. Koryttseva/Malek (UKR/GER) 36 61 10-8
Costas-Moreira/Ferrer Suárez (ESP/ESP) d. Cabeza Candela/Cadantu (ESP/ROU) 64 36 10-7

[JulieSmithdccd]

Appologies to the three seeds who lost because I had them on my Around The World team

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Order Of Play – Thursday, February 23, 2012

Central (from 15.00hrs)

1. Maria Abramovic vs. Greta Arn
2. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner vs. Eva Birnerova
3. Mandy Minella vs. Yaroslava Shvedova (NB 19.00hrs)
4. Timea Babos vs. Sorana Cirstea

Cancha 1 (from 15.00hrs)

1. Errani/Vinci vs. Husarova/Marosi
2. Fichman/Sun vs. Bratchikova/Jurak
3. Dulko/Suárez vs. Abramovic/Buzarnescu (NB 18.00hrs; after suitable rest)

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RESULTS
Singles - Second Round
Nina Bratchikova (RUS) d. (1) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 75 75
(2) Sara Errani (ITA) d. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 62 63
(8) Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) d. Valeria Savinykh (RUS) 64 62
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 76(6) 63

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(2) Date-Krumm/Zhang (JPN/CHN) d. Costas-Moreira/Ferrer Suárez (ESP/ESP) 63 36 10-7

Doubles - First Round
(WC) Dulko/Suárez (ARG/ARG) d. (4) Birnerova/Panova (CZE/RUS) 75 63
Husarova/Marosi (SVK/HUN) d. Minella/Voegele (LUX/SUI) 76(3) 67(5) 10-8