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Tournament Name: Bank of the West Classic
Dates: July 26 - August 1, 2010
Location: Stanford University USA
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $700,000
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director:Kim Hall Uliasz
Ball: Penn

Singles Draw: 32
Singles Qual Draw: 32
Doubles Draw: 16

Dementieva, Elena RUS 5
Stosur, Samantha AUS 7
Radwanska, Agnieska POL 8
Bartoli, Marion FRA 12
Peer, Shahar ISR 14
Wickmayer, Yanina BEL 16
Sharapova, Maria RUS 17
Zvonareva, Vera RUS 22
Zheng, Jie CHN 24
Hantuchova, Daniela SVK 25
Kleybanova, Alisa RUS 27
Kirilenko, Maria RUS 28
Oudin, Melanie USA 34
Govortsova, Olga BLR 38
Ivanovic, Ana SRB 45
Cibulkova, Dominika SVK 46
Wozniak, Aleksandra CAN 48
Bammer, Sybille AUT 49
Date Krumm, Kimiko JPN 64
Harkleroad, Ashley USA 72
Chan, Yung-Jan TPE 83
Kudryavtseva, Alla RUS 85
Scheepers, Chanelle RSA 87

[vintsqyuid]

Interested to see if Pebbles can get back to her early 2008 form before her emergency surgery, child and her making extra $$$.

[whatisthebluepill]

Interested to see if Pebbles can get back to her early 2008 form before her emergency surgery, child and her making extra $$$.

who is Pebbles?

[invest7manager]

who is Pebbles?

Ashley Harkleroad, Omess. She lived in Flintstone, Gerogia at one time, which is where she got the tag.

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Qualifying Draw

(1)Kai-Chen Chang vs Jelena Pandzic
WC Liga Dekmeijere vs Michelle Larcher de Brito
Kristie Ahn vs Mashona Washington
Marie-Eve Pelletier vs (7)Alison Riske

(2)Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs Madison Brengle
Lindsay-Lee Waters vs Jamie Hampton
Olga Puchkova vs Christina McHale
Alina Jidkova vs (6)Misaki Doi

(3)Shenay Perry vs Ajla Tomljanovic
Yurika Sema vs WC Natalie Dlllon
WC Nicole Gibbs vs WC Beatrice Capra
Alexandra Stevenson vs (8)Olga Savchuk

(4)Michaella Krajicek vs Valerie Tetreault
WC Paris Williams vs WC Lindsay Burdette
WC Svetlana Krivencheva vs WC Tamaryn Hendler
Heidi El Tabakh vs (5)Mirjana Lucic

[jessyhalm]

Qualifying Draw

(1)Kai-Chen Chang vs Jelena Pandzic
WC Liga Dekmeijere vs Michelle Larcher de Brito
Kristie Ahn vs Mashona Washington
Marie-Eve Pelletier vs (7)Alison Riske

(2)Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs Madison Brengle
Lindsay-Lee Waters vs Jamie Hampton
Olga Puchkova vs Christina McHale
Alina Jidkova vs (6)Misaki Doi

(3)Shenay Perry vs Ajla Tomljanovic
Yurika Sema vs WC Natalie Dlllon
WC Nicole Gibbs vs WC Beatrice Capra
Alexandra Stevenson vs (8)Olga Savchuk

(4)Michaella Krajicek vs Valerie Tetreault
WC Paris Williams vs WC Lindsay Burdette
WC Svetlana Krivencheva vs WC Tamaryn Hendler
Heidi El Tabakh vs (5)Mirjana Lucic

Who is Paris Williams? Any relation to the sisters? I don't think I've ever encountered that name before and she's been given a wc so obviously...she's done something....

I googled her (and got pics of Venus and Serena in Paris) and checked out the WTA site and....nada...

Anyone familiar with her?

[MexicoCity]

Who is Paris Williams? Any relation to the sisters? I don't think I've ever encountered that name before and she's been given a wc so obviously...she's done something....

I googled her (and got pics of Venus and Serena in Paris) and checked out the WTA site and....nada...

Anyone familiar with her?

I'm looking at the draw right now from Stanford's site and there is no Paris Williams on it.

[whatisthebluepill]

Who is Paris Williams? Any relation to the sisters? I don't think I've ever encountered that name before and she's been given a wc so obviously...she's done something....

I googled her (and got pics of Venus and Serena in Paris) and checked out the WTA site and....nada...

Anyone familiar with her?

I'm looking at the draw right now from Stanford's site and there is no Paris Williams on it

Bethel High School's soon-to-be senior Paris Williams gets her chance to play some of the best tennis players in the world today after becoming a wild-card entrant in the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University.

Williams turned 16 last December and competes in her second tournament against adults this year. She won the Oakland City Championships in June
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_15593015



Yeah she is out now

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Saturday Order of Play - Qualifying

STADIUM - 10.00

Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) vs Jelena PANDZIC (CRO)
Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) vs Madison BRENGLE (USA)
Kristie AHN (USA) vs Mashona WASHINGTON (USA)

NB 2:00
Nicole GIBBS (USA) vs Beatrice CAPRA (USA)
Michaella KRAJICEK (NED) vs Valerie TETREAULT (CAN)
Heidi EL TABAKH (CAN) vs Mirjana LUCIC (CRO)

COURT 6 - 10:00

Liga DEKMEIJERE (LAT) vs Michelle LARCHER DE BRITO (POR)
Alina JIDKOVA (RUS) vs Misaki DOI (JPN)
Yurika SEMA (JPN) vs Natalie DILLON (USA)

NB 2:00
Marie-Eve PELLETIER (CAN) vs Alison RISKE (USA)
Natalie GRANDIN (RSA) vs Lindsay BURDETTE (USA)

COURT 11 - 10:00

Lindsay LEE-WATERS (USA) vs Jamie HAMPTON (USA)
Olga PUCHKOVA (RUS) vs Christina MCHALE (USA)
Shenay PERRY (USA) vs Ajla TOMLJANOVIC (CRO)
Svetlana KRIVENCHEVA (BUL) vs Tamaryn HENDLER (BEL)
Alexandra STEVENSON (USA) vs Olga SAVCHUK (UKR)

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Bethel High School's soon-to-be senior Paris Williams gets her chance to play some of the best tennis players in the world today after becoming a wild-card entrant in the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University.

Williams turned 16 last December and competes in her second tournament against adults this year. She won the Oakland City Championships in June
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_15593015



Yeah she is out now

Natalie Grandin replaced Paris Williams.

[invest7manager]

Very nice seeing Jidkova's name in the qualy draw. But you gotta wonder (and I don't say this to slight her, because I like her) where does the drive come from at this stage of your career?

She's 33 and hasn't made it to a main level WTA match all year (she has not won a WTA level main draw match since the old Quebec City event back in the fall of 2007). She mixes ITF events with attempts to qualify into a number of tour events each year.


Stanford qualies is the 14th event she has entered this season. Her record for the year is 7-13. Yet she finds the motivation to pick up and move on to the next city week after week, while not even (seemingly) making enough money for airfare to the next tournament.

[jessyhalm]

Very nice seeing Jidkova's name in the qualy draw. But you gotta wonder (and I don't say this to slight her, because I like her) where does the drive come from at this stage of your career?

She's 33 and hasn't made it to a main level WTA match all year (she has not won a WTA level main draw match since the old Quebec City event back in the fall of 2007). She mixes ITF events with attempts to qualify into a number of tour events each year.


Stanford qualies is the 14th event she has entered this season. Her record for the year is 7-13. Yet she finds the motivation to pick up and move on to the next city week after week, while not even (seemingly) making enough money for airfare to the next tournament.

It's probably the same thing that keeps Jill Craybas coming back year after year after year after century....without doing that much of significance in the tennis world......except coming back year after year after year after ....century!

That year that she did really well at Wimbledon....she was interviewed by the sports desk covering the event and the only thing she had say really...(beaming all the while) is that she loves tennis How's that for motivation?

[Mjypksun]

No doubles pairing of Sharapova/Wickmayer. They weren't given a wildcard because they'd have to be in top 10 to get one for doubles, per Wickmayer

[KatoabamyHant]

Very nice seeing Jidkova's name in the qualy draw. But you gotta wonder (and I don't say this to slight her, because I like her) where does the drive come from at this stage of your career?

She's 33 and hasn't made it to a main level WTA match all year (she has not won a WTA level main draw match since the old Quebec City event back in the fall of 2007). She mixes ITF events with attempts to qualify into a number of tour events each year.


Stanford qualies is the 14th event she has entered this season. Her record for the year is 7-13. Yet she finds the motivation to pick up and move on to the next city week after week, while not even (seemingly) making enough money for airfare to the next tournament.

What I don't understand is the fiscal feasibility of it all. All those travel expenses, hotels, etc. I just don't understand how she can begin to break even financially.

[aspinswramymn]

Very nice seeing Jidkova's name in the qualy draw. But you gotta wonder (and I don't say this to slight her, because I like her) where does the drive come from at this stage of your career?

She's 33 and hasn't made it to a main level WTA match all year (she has not won a WTA level main draw match since the old Quebec City event back in the fall of 2007). She mixes ITF events with attempts to qualify into a number of tour events each year.


Stanford qualies is the 14th event she has entered this season. Her record for the year is 7-13. Yet she finds the motivation to pick up and move on to the next city week after week, while not even (seemingly) making enough money for airfare to the next tournament.

Jidkova ALSO "won" the Texas section for this US Open National Playoff business to try to earn a way into the qualifying for the US Open. Which BTW I think is totally ridiculous- too many current scrubs and former players who have been in Slam draws have been allowed to play in this thing. Makes this even IMO a LOT less fun, or fair.

[Mjypksun]

Was following the draw announcement - some crazy match-ups, highlighted by Dinara Safina vs... Kimiko Date Krumm

[OixKKcj1]

Was following the draw announcement - some crazy match-ups, highlighted by Dinara Safina vs... Kimiko Date Krumm

Oh my. I wonder if Dinara regrets asking for that WC now...

[jessyhalm]

Oh my. I wonder if Dinara regrets asking for that WC now...

Kimiko's no threat to Dinara if she is healthy.......

[Mjypksun]

Kimiko's no threat to Dinara if she is healthy.......

I think Dinara started hitting like a week ago...

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Main Draw

(1)Samantha Stosur /BYE
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Dominika Cibulkova vs WC Hilary Barte
Yung-Jan Chan vs (7)Yanina Wickmayer

(4)Marion Bartoli vs Ashley Harkleroad
Alisa Kleybanova vs WC Ana Ivanovic
Melanie Oudin vs Aleksandra Wozniak
Ayumi Morita vs (8) WC Victoria Azarenka

(6)Shahar Peer vs Daniela Hantuchova
Maria Kirilenko vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Jill Craybas
Chanelle Scheepers vs (3)Agnieszka Radwanska

(5)Maria Sharapova vs Jie Zheng
Alla Kudryavtseva vs Olga Govortsova
Kimiko Date-Krumm vs WC Dinara Safina
(2)Elena Dementieva/BYE