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Tournament: Toray Pan Pacific Open
Dates: September 25 - October 1, 2011
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $2,050,000
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Toshio Noji
Website: http://www.toray-ppo.co.jp/en/tournament/

Schedule:
Qualifying: September 23 (Fri) - 24 (Sat), 2011
Main Draw: September 25 (Sun) - October 1 (Sat), 2011

Caroline Wozniacki DEN 1
Vera Zvonareva RUS 2
Victoria Azarenka BLR 4
Petra Kvitova CZE 6
Maria Sharapova RUS 7
Marion Bartoli FRA 9
Samantha Stosur AUS 10
Andrea Petkovic GER 11
Agnieszka Radwanska POL 12
Jelena Jankovic SRB 14
Shuai Peng CHN 15
Dominika Cibulkova SVK 16
Ana Ivanovic SRB 17
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 18
Roberta Vinci ITA 19
Julia Goerges GER 20
Shahar Peer ISR 24
Flavia Pennetta ITA 25
Maria Kirilenko RUS 26
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS 30
Serena Williams USA 31
Kaia Kanepi EST 32
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 33
Venus Williams USA 36
Tamira Paszek AUT 37
Sara Errani ITA 38
Rebecca Marino CAN 39
Iveta Benesova CZE 41
Elena Vesnina RUS 43
Klara Zakopalova CZE 44
Petra Cetkovska CZE 45
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 46
Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 47
Ayumi Morita JPN 48
Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 50
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 51
Ksenia Pervak RUS 52
Simona Halep ROU 53
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 54
Bojana Jovanovski SRB 55
[WC] Misaki Doi JPN 104

[Bill-Watson]

It's hardly the days of Sugiyama-Asagoe, but nice seeing Japan get two ladies straight in.

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Qualifying Draw

(1)Angelique Kerber (GER) vs Erika Takao (JPN)
Kumiko Iijima (JPN) vs (10)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)

(2)Coco Vandeweghe (USA) vs Aiko Nakamura (JPN)
Abigail Spears (USA) vs (12)Madalina Gojnea (ROU)

(3)Urszula Radwanska (POL) vs WC Riko Sawayanagi (JPN)
WC Natsumi Hamamura (JPN) vs (16)Rika Fujiwara (JPN)

(4)Aravane Rezai (FRA) vs WC Miyu Kato (JPN)
WC Riza Ozaki (JPN) vs (11)Mandy Minella (LUX)

(5)Jill Craybas (USA) vs Sachie Ishizu (JPN)
Ryoko Fuda (JPN) vs (15)Junri Namigata (JPN)

(6)Shuai Zhang (CHN) vs WC Akiko Yonemura (JPN)
WC Shuko Aoyama (JPN) vs (14)Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

(7)Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs WC Ayumi Oka (JPN)
WC Akari Inoue (JPN) vs (13)Zarina Diyas (KAZ)

(8)Erika Sema (JPN) vs Misa Eguchi (JPN)
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs (17)Yurika Sema (JPN)

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Friday Order of Play - Qualifying

http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-A...011/603/OP.pdf

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Main Draw

(1)Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)/Bye
Rebecca Marino (CAN) vs Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
Qualifier vs Jie Zheng (CHN)
Kaia Kanepi (EST) vs (15)Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

(9)Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) vs WC Misaki Doi (JPN)
Qualifier vs Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) vs Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)
(8)Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/Bye

(3)Victoria Azarenka (BLR)/Bye
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Klara Zakopalova (CZE)
WC Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) vs (16)Shahar Peer (ISR)

(10)Shuai Peng (CHN) vs Qualifier
Christina McHale (USA) vs Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Irina Falconi (USA) vs Ayumi Morita (JPN)
(7)Marion Bartoli (FRA)/Bye

(6)Samantha Stosur (AUS)/Bye
Qualifier vs Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
WC Laura Robson (GBR) vs Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
Qualifier vs (12)Ana Ivanovic (SRB)

(14)Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) vs Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) vs Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR)
Gisela Dulko (ARG) vs Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
(4)Vera Zvonareva (RUS)/Bye

(5)Petra Kvitova (CZE)/Bye
Qualifier vs Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
Vania King (USA) vs Shuai Zhang (CHN)
Arantxa Rus (NED) vs (11)Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

(13)Julia Goerges (GER) vs Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
Greta Arn (HUN) vs Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) vs Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
(2)Maria Sharapova (RUS)/Bye

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Saturday 9/24/2011 Order of Play Qualifying

Centre Court Play starts: 11:30 AM

(1)Angelique Kerber (GER) vs (10)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)
(4)Aravane Rezai (FRA) vs (11)Mandy Minella (LUX)
(2)Urszula Radwanska (POL) vs (16)Rika Fujiwara (JPN)

Court 1 Play starts: 10:00 AM

(18)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) vs (14)Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
(2)Coco Vandeweghe (USA) vs Abigail Spears (USA)
(8)Erika Sema (JPN) vs WC Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)

Court 2 Play starts: 10:00 AM

(7)Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs (13)Zarina Diyas (KAZ)
(5)Jill Craybas (USA) vs Ryoko Fuda (JPN)
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Doubles Draw

(1)HUBER, Liezel/RAYMOND, Lisa vs WC FUJIWARA, Rika/MORITA, Ayumi
CHAN, Yung-Jan/GOERGES, Julia vs WC JOVANOVSKI, Bojana/REZAI, Aravane

(4)AZARENKA, Victoria/KIRILENKO, Maria vs DULGHERU,Alexandra/TANASUGARN, Tamarine
DATE-KRUMM, Kimiko/ZHANG, Shuai vs KOPS-JONES, Raquel/SPEARS, Abigail

CHUANG, Chia-Jung/PEER, Shahar vs GRANDIN, Natalie/UHLIROVA, Vladimira
HSIEH, Su-Wei/ZHENG, Jie vs (3)KING, Vania/SHVEDOVA, Yaroslava

JANS-IGNACIK, Klaudia/ROSOLSKA, Alicja vs BEGU, Irina-Camelia/RODIONOVA, Anastasia
BENESOVA, Iveta/ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, Barbora vs (2)DULKO, Gisela/PENNETTA, Flavia

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Aggie Radwanska




Caroline Wozniacki and Aggie Radwanska

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Chang Kai-Chen


Angelique Kerber

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Bepa


Samantha Stosur


Petra Kvitova


Maria Sharapova

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Order Of Play - Sunday, September 25, 2011

Center Court (from 11.00hrs)

1. Arantxa Rus vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2. Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Misaki Doi
3. Irina Falconi vs. Ayumi Morita
4. Date-Krumm/Zhang vs. Kops-Jones/Spears
5. Kaia Kanepi vs. Flavia Pennetta

Court 1 (from 10.30hrs)

1. Tamarine Tanasugarn vs. Petra Cetkovska
2. Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Pliskova
3. Kristyna Pliskova vs. Shahar Peer
4. Greta Arn vs. Sofia Arvidsson

Court 2 (from 10.30hrs)

1. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova vs. Anastasija Sevastova
2. Angelique Kerber vs. Bojana Jovanovski
3. Laura Robson vs. Alexandra Dulgheru

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Order of Play - Monday, September 26, 2011

Center Court (from 11.00hrs)

1. Anastasia Rodionova vs. Ana Ivanovic
2. Ayumi Morita vs. Marion Bartoli
3. Mandy Minella vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm
4. Tamarine Tanasugarn vs. Maria Sharapova (NB 17.00hrs)
5. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova vs. Jelena Jankovic

Court 1 (from 10.30hrs)

1. Coco Vandeweghe vs. Zheng Jie
2. Christina McHale vs. Tamira Paszek
3. Julia Goerges vs. Pauline Parmentier
4. Erika Sema vs. Maria Kirilenko

Court 2 (from 10.30hrs)

1. Gisela Dulko vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
2. Peng Shuai vs. Jill Craybas
3. Dominika Cibulkova vs. Magdalena Rybarikova
4. Vania King vs. Zhang Shuai
5. Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Angelique Kerber

Court 3 (from 10.30hrs)

1. Rebecca Marino vs. Jarmila Gajdosova
2. Urszula Radwanska vs. Klara Zakopalova
3. Iveta Benesova vs. Anastasiya Yakimova
4. Jans-Ignacik/Rosolska vs. Begu/An.Rodionova

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World number two Maria Sharapova Sunday admitted to concerns about playing in the Pan Pacific Open in Japan after the March earthquake-tsunami sparked the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

But the popular Russian said that the presence of seven of the world's top 10 women's players in Tokyo should serve as "a big statement" of support for Japan in a time of crisis.

"There was definitely a lot of talk before the tournament, a lot of players having concerns whether it's safe to come here," Sharapova said.

"I know that a few actually didn't come here because they were a little bit scared."

Before the matches began Sunday, organisers and players held a short ceremony to mourn the devastation wrought by the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami that left more than 20,000 dead or missing along Japan's northeastern Pacific coast.

The disasters triggered a series of meltdowns and explosions at the Fukushima nuclear power plant northeast of Tokyo.

World number one Caroline Wozniacki said she had been deeply moved at the Japanese people's stoicism.

"It's amazing to see how people are just staying strong and they are living… trying to get back to normal life, even though I know a lot of families have been affected," said the Dane.

"I really think that Japan and Japanese people have done a great job to come back."

http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news;...quake_20110925

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Misaki Doi


Aggie Radwanska


Irina Falconi


Ayumi Morita


Petra Cetkovska


Tamarine Tanasugarn


Laura Robson

[Lunims]

It must be raining in Tokyo. The only match being played is Bartoli/Morita and the rest are stalled.

I don't know if Bartoli is trying to retool her serve or something but she's been racking up the double faults like crazy. When she lost to King last week she had 17 double faults in two sets. She's up 3-1 in the third and has 8 doubles.

[Lunims]

Date-Krumm vs Minella is on now. D-K is up 6-1 0-5. (You can watch at http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-2/10/98/v-309839.html if you like.)

I've never seen Minella before. She is very tall and very thin. She has a giraffe like quality. She's a bit like a stretched out Pironkova. She has a big serve, probably thanks to her height. She tries to clock her ground strokes often, but rarely connects. She's competent at net. So far she's choked on some big points. It seems like she has the power, but not the confidence, to ever be a mainstay in the top 50 (she's 156 now).

Kimiko is smoking hot. Smoking.

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Kimiko Date-Krumm




Mandy Minella

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Ayumi Morita




Marion Bartoli

[CuittisIL]

Date-Krumm vs Minella is on now. D-K is up 6-1 0-5. (You can watch at http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-2/10/98/v-309839.html if you like.)

I've never seen Minella before. She is very tall and very thin. She has a giraffe like quality. She's a bit like a stretched out Pironkova. She has a big serve, probably thanks to her height. She tries to clock her ground strokes often, but rarely connects. She's competent at net. So far she's choked on some big points. It seems like she has the power, but not the confidence, to ever be a mainstay in the top 50 (she's 156 now).

Kimiko is smoking hot. Smoking.

Minella played Venus 1st round of USO in 2010. She indeed looked like she could be pretty solid. I think your analysis of her is spot on!

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Order of Play - Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Center Court (from 11.00hrs)

1. Victoria Azarenka vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
2. Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Angelique Kerber
3. Laura Robson vs. Ana Ivanovic
4. Samantha Stosur vs. Maria Kirilenko (NB 17.00hrs)
5. Caroline Wozniacki vs. Jarmila Gajdosova

Court 1 (from 10.30hrs)

1. Iveta Benesova vs. Anastasiya Yakimova
2. Coco Vandeweghe vs. Zheng Jie (tbc)
3. Petra Kvitova vs. Mandy Minella
4. [Coco Vandeweghe or Zheng Jie] vs. Kaia Kanepi (after suitable rest)

Court 2 (from 10.30hrs)

1. Dominika Cibulkova vs. Magdalena Rybarikova
2. Gisela Dulko vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (tbc)
3. Huber/Raymond vs. Fujiwara/Morita
4. [Gisela Dulko or Tsvetana Pironkova] vs. Vera Zvonareva (after suitable rest)

Court 3 (from 10.30hrs)

1. Peng Shuai vs. Jill Craybas
2. Vania King vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (NB 12.30hrs)
3. Klara Zakopalova vs. Shahar Peer (NB 13.30hrs)
4. [Dominika Cibulkova or Magdalena Rybarikova] vs. [Iveta Benesova or Anastasiya Yakimova] (after suitable rest)

Court 4 (from 10.30hrs)

1. Christina McHale vs. Tamira Paszek
2. Julia Goerges vs. Greta Arn (NB 12.30hrs)
3. Jans-Ignacik/Rosolska vs. Begu/An.Rodionova (after suitable rest)
4. [Peng Shuai or Jill Craybas] vs. [Christina McHale or Tamira Paszek] (after suitable rest)

Court TBA
Azarenka/Kirilenko vs. Dulgheru/Tanasugarn (NB 16.00hrs)
Y.Chan/Goerges vs. Rybarikova/Zakopalova (NB 16.00hrs)
Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova vs. Dulko/Pennetta (NB 16.00hrs)
Hsieh/Zheng vs. King/Shvedova (NB 16.00hrs)