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Tournament: Citi Open
Dates: July 25 - 31, 2011
Location: Washington DC, USA
Tier: International
Prize Money: $220,000
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Sam Duvall

Player Rank Country

Shahar Peer #24 Israel
Nadia Petrova (W) #32 Russia
Polona Hercog #37 Slovenia
Tamira Paszek #41 Austria
Jelena Dokic #48 Australia
Bojana Jovanovski #56 Serbia
Elena Baltacha #58 Great Britain
Sania Mirza #63 India
Anna Chakvetadze #64 Russia
Alberta Brianti #69 Italy
Alla Kudryavtsev #76 Russia
Virginie Razzano #78 France
Jie Zheng #81 China
Shuai Zhang #84 China
Chanelle Scheepers #93 South Africa
Anne Keothavong #95 Great Britain
Olga Govortsova #97 Belarus
Melanie Oudin #100 USA
Varvara Lepchenko #101 USA
Irina Falconi #102 USA
Heather Watson #106 Great Britain
Romina Oprandi #108 Italy
Jill Craybas #115 USA
Sloane Stephens (W) #131 USA
Yaroslava Shvedova #141 Russia
Melinda Czink #167 Hungary

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Main Draw

[1] PEER, Shahar ISR vs QUALIFIER
KUDRYAVTSEVA, Alla RUS vs SCHEEPERS, Chanelle RSA
LEPCHENKO, Varvara USA vs STEPHENS, Sloane USA
KEOTHAVONG, Anne GBR vs [8] BRIANTI, Alberta ITA

[3] PASZEK, Tamira AUT vs OUDIN, Melanie USA
CZINK, Melinda HUN vs QUALIFIER
DANIILIDOU, Eleni GRE vs WATSON, Heather GBR
DUBOIS, Stephanie CAN vs [7] MIRZA, Sania IND

[8] BALTACHA, Elena GBR vs SHVEDOVA, Yaroslava KAZ
RAZZANO, Virginie FRA vs WC DOI, Misaki JPN
GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR vs FALCONI, Irina USA
ZHANG, Shuai CHN vs [4] DOKIC, Jelena AUS

[5] JOVANOVSKI, Bojana SRB vs QUALIFIER
CRAYBAS, Jill USA vs ZHENG, Jie CHN
RISKE, Alison USA vs WC BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN
QUALIFIER vs [2] WC PETROVA, Nadia RUS

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Qualie draw will be out later this evening.

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Qualifying Draw

[1] COHEN, Julia USA/BYE
MILLS, Danielle USA vs MUELLER, Alexandra USA
BYE/WC MORTON, Skylar USA
BYE/[8] MUHAMMED, Asia USA

[2] ALBANESE, Lauren USA/BYE
GRAJDEK, Kim GER/BYE
WC IYER, Tara IND vs DEKMEIJERE, Liga LAT
BYE/[6] FUDA, Ryoko JPN

[3] RAMPRE, Petra SLO/BYE
WC VICKERY, Sachia USA/BYE
WC PETERS, Eleanor USA vs DABROWSKI, Gabriela CAN
BYE/[7] PATTERSON, Tammi AUS

[4] BRENGLE, Madison USA/BYE
JONES, Whitney USA vs WC GRAMMATIKOPOULOU, Valentini GRE
BYE/RUCKERT, Katie USA
BYE/[5] CAPRA, Beatrice USA

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Order Of Play - Monday, July 25, 2011

Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)

1. Kim Grajdek vs. Ryoko Fuda (Singles Q Final)
2. Madison Brengle vs. Beatrice Capra (Singles Q Final)
3. Elena Baltacha vs. Yaroslava Shvedova (NB 15.00hrs)
4. Varvara Lepchenko vs. Sloane Stephens
5. Stéphanie Dubois vs. Sania Mirza (NB 19.00hrs)
6. Zhang Shuai vs. Jelena Dokic (NB 20.30hrs)

Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)

1. Petra Rampre vs. Gabriela Dabrowski (Singles Q Final)
2. Alexandra Mueller vs. Asia Muhammed (Singles Q Final)
3. Virginie Razzano vs. Misaki Doi (NB 15.00hrs)
4. Eleni Daniilidou vs. Heather Watson
5. Falconi/Riske vs. Cohen/Jones (NB 18.30hrs)
6. Grajdek/Patterson vs. Govortsova/Kudryavtseva (NB 20.00hrs)

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Doubles Draw

[1] MIRZA, Sania IND/SHVEDOVA, Yaroslava KAZ vs CAPRA, Beatrice/MUHAMMED, Asia USA
LEE-WATERS, Lindsay/MOULTON-LEVY, Megan USA vs BRENGLE, Madison USA/DABROWSKI, Gabriela CAN

[4] PEER, Shahar ISR/STEPHENS, Sloane USA vs OUDIN, Melanie USA/ZHANG, Shuai CHN
DEKMEIJERE, Liga LAT/MUELLER, Alexandra USA vs WC DOKIC, Jelena AUS/SCHEEPERS, Chanelle RSA

FALCONI, Irina/RISKE, Alison USA vs COHEN, Julia/JONES, Whitney USA
CRAYBAS, Jill USA/CZINK, Melinda HUN vs [3] BRIANTI, Alberta ITA/DANIILIDOU, Eleni GRE

KEOTHAVONG, Anne/WATSON, Heather GBR vs WC BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN/DOI, Misaki JPN
GRAJDEK, Kim GER/PATTERSON, Tammi AUS vs [2] GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR/KUDRYAVTSEVA, Alla RUS

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Order Of Play - Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Centre Court (from 15.00hrs)

1. Alexandra Mueller vs. Nadia Petrova
2. Jill Craybas vs. Zheng Jie
3. Shahar Peer vs. Ryoko Fuda (NB 18.30hrs)
4. Tamira Paszek vs. Melanie Oudin

Court 1 (from 15.00hrs)

1. Olga Govortsova vs. Irina Falconi
2. Alison Riske vs. Eugénie Bouchard
3. Mirza/Shvedova vs. Capra/Muhammed
4. Craybas/Czink vs. Brianti/Daniilidou

Court 2 (from 15.00hrs)

1. Anne Keothavong vs. Alberta Brianti
2. Bojana Jovanovski vs. Petra Rampre
3. Zhang Shuai vs. Jelena Dokic (NB 19.00hrs)

Court 3 (from 15.00hrs)

1. Melinda Czink vs. Madison Brengle
2. Alla Kudryavtseva vs. Chanelle Scheepers
3. Keothavong/Watson vs. Bouchard/Doi (after suitable rest)
4. Grajdek/Patterson vs. Govortsova/Kudryavtseva

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Order Of Play - Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Centre Court (from 15.00hrs)

1. Lee-Waters/Moulton-Levy vs. Brengle/Dabrowski
2. Irina Falconi vs. Zhang Shuai
3. Eugénie Bouchard vs. Nadia Petrova (NB 18.30hrs)
4. Peer/Stephens vs. Oudin/Zhang

Court 2 (from 17.00hrs)

1. Elena Baltacha vs. Virginie Razzano
2. Bojana Jovanovski vs. Jill Craybas
3. Dekmeijere/Mueller vs. Dokic/Scheepers

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RESULTS
Singles - First Round
(1) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (Q) Ryoko Fuda (JPN) 64 62
(2/WC) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (Q) Alexandra Mueller (USA) 62 62
(3) Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) 76(2) 36 62
Zhang Shuai (CHN) d. (4) Jelena Dokic (AUS) 63 64
(5) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. (Q) Petra Rampre (SLO) 60 62
(8) Alberta Brianti (ITA) d. Anne Keothavong (GBR) 63 64
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 46 64 62
Irina Falconi (USA) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 63 64
Jill Craybas (USA) d. Zheng Jie (CHN) 26 63 62
(Q) Madison Brengle (USA) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 76(5) 75
(WC) Eugénie Bouchard (CAN) d. Alison Riske (USA) 63 62

Doubles - First Round
(1) Mirza/Shvedova (IND/KAZ) d. Capra/Muhammed (USA/USA) 61 62
(2) Govortsova/Kudryavtseva (BLR/RUS) d. Grajdek/Patterson (GER/AUS) 64 76(6)
(3) Brianti/Daniilidou (ITA/GRE) d. Craybas/Czink (USA/HUN) w/o (Czink: viral illness)
Keothavong/Watson (GBR/GBR) d. (WC) Bouchard/Doi (CAN/JPN) 63 36 10-8

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(WC) Eugénie Bouchard (CAN) d. Alison Riske (USA) 63 62

Bouchard is a 17-year old. She started the year ranked 549 in the WTA rankings. She's won two ITF tournaments this year (in Burnie, Australia and Sibenek, Croatia). Ranked sixth in the ITF junior rankings, she's reached the semis of the Australian Open juniors (losing to Monica Puig) and the quarters of Wimbledon juniors(losing to Irina Kromacheva), and won the Copa Gerdau in Brazil in April. She's also won three junior doubles titles this year.

[Lunims]

Bouchard is a 17-year old. She started the year ranked 549 in the WTA rankings. She's won two ITF tournaments this year (in Burnie, Australia and Sibenek, Croatia). Ranked sixth in the ITF junior rankings, she's reached the semis of the Australian Open juniors (losing to Monica Puig) and the quarters of Wimbledon juniors(losing to Irina Kromacheva), and won the Copa Gerdau in Brazil in April. She's also won three junior doubles titles this year.

I just tuned in to Petrova-Bouchard. Petrova is up a set and two breaks and hasn't faced a break point yet.

Petrova playing well is a bit of a surprise, but I suppose this scoreline makes sense. Bouchard is used to juniors and ITF, and Petrova is one of the hardest hitting players in the world. Bouchard looks a bit stunned at these shots.

The BIG shock is that Petrova is wearing a flattering outfit. It's simple and slimming, the complete opposite of her usual ruffled disasters.

[Bill-Watson]

Bouchard is a 17-year old. She started the year ranked 549 in the WTA rankings. She's won two ITF tournaments this year (in Burnie, Australia and Sibenek, Croatia). Ranked sixth in the ITF junior rankings, she's reached the semis of the Australian Open juniors (losing to Monica Puig) and the quarters of Wimbledon juniors(losing to Irina Kromacheva), and won the Copa Gerdau in Brazil in April. She's also won three junior doubles titles this year.

And she really likes Joe Jonas!

http://sbn.to/qciy5y

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Order Of Play - Thursday, July 28, 2011

Centre Court (from 15.00hrs)

1. Varvara Lepchenko vs. Alberta Brianti
2. Heather Watson vs. Stéphanie Dubois
3. Shahar Peer vs. Alla Kudryavtseva (NB 18.30hrs)
4. Tamira Paszek vs. Madison Brengle

Court 2 (from 17.00hrs)

1. Mirza/Shvedova vs. Lee-Waters/Moulton-Levy
2. Falconi/Riske vs. Brianti/Daniilidou
3. Keothavong/Watson vs. Govortsova/Kudryavtseva (after suitable rest)

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RESULTS
Singles - Second Round
(2/WC) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (WC) Eugénie Bouchard (CAN) 62 62
(5) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 64 57 64
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (6) Elena Baltacha (GBR) 64 62
Irina Falconi (USA) d. Zhang Shuai (CHN) 64 ret. (heat illness)

Doubles - First Round
(4) Peer/Stephens (ISR/USA) d. Oudin/Zhang (USA/CHN) w/o (Zhang: heat illness)
Lee-Waters/Moulton-Levy (USA/USA) d. Brengle/Dabrowski (USA/CAN) 62 76(2)
Dekmeijere/Mueller (LAT/USA) d. (WC) Dokic/Scheepers (AUS/RSA) w/o (Dokic: right shoulder injury)

[Zugaxxsn]

Here is a very nice interview with Shahar Peer

dry doesn't need to watch it

http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/4809

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Here is a very nice interview with Shahar Peer

dry doesn't need to watch it

http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/4809

Very nice interview! But the writeup was kind of weird

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Order Of Play - Friday, July 29, 2011

Centre Court (from 15.00hrs)

1. Shahar Peer vs. Alberta Brianti
2. Virginie Razzano vs. Irina Falconi
3. Tamira Paszek vs. Stéphanie Dubois (NB 18.30hrs)
4. Bojana Jovanovski vs. Nadia Petrova

Court TBA (NB 17.00hrs; after suitable rest)

1. Peer/Stephens vs Dekmeijere/Mueller (after suitable rest)

Court TBA (NB 17.00hrs; after suitable rest)

1: Brianti/Daniilidou vs Govortsova/Kudryavtseva (after suitable rest)

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RESULTS
Singles - Second Round
(1) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 61 64
(3) Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. (Q) Madison Brengle (USA) 63 61
(8) Alberta Brianti (ITA) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 61 62
Stéphanie Dubois (CAN) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 36 75 61

Doubles - Quarterfinals
(1) Mirza/Shvedova (IND/KAZ) d. Lee-Waters/Moulton-Levy (USA/USA) 63 64
(2) Govortsova/Kudryavtseva (BLR/RUS) d. Keothavong/Watson (GBR/GBR) 75 63
(3) Brianti/Daniilidou (ITA/GRE) d. Falconi/Riske (USA/USA) 57 63 10-5

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Shahar on a roll! Easy win over Brianti

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Shahar on a roll! Easy win over Brianti

Shahar is playing well.
I hope that she can win the tiurnament and regain some confidence going thorugh the rest of the hardcourt season