[drugsprevi]

Any word on whether or not Shahar Pe'er will be there?

[RooxiaNof]

Any word on whether or not Shahar Pe'er will be there?

At the moment, the word is Yes she will be in Dubai

[Scukonah]

Qualifying Draw

PASZEK, Tamira AUT vs BYE
JANBAKHSH, Ines GBR vs KUCOVA, Kristina SVK
MORITA, Ayumi JPN vs BYE
AL-NABHANI, Fatma OMA vs KUTUZOVA, Viktoriya UKR

VESNINA, Elena RUS vs BYE
BESSER, Astrid ITA vs SFAR, Selima TUN
PIN, Camille FRA vs BYE
DE LATTRE, Magali POR vs SCHRUFF, Julia GER

RODIONOVA, Anastasia RUS vs BYE
HRDINOVA, Eva CZE vs KLEPAC, Andreja SLO
YAN, Zi CHN vs BYE
GIRAUD, Marinne MRI vs POUTCHEK, Tatiana BLR

RADWANSKA, Urszula POL vs TVAROSKOVA, Lenka SVK
KOPS-JONES, Raquel USA vs SILVA, Neuza POR
LAPUSHCHENKOVA, Anna RUS vs TSEPLUKHOVA, Alina RUS
KUCOVA, Zuzana SVK vs MANASIEVA, Vesna RUS

[Scukonah]

Saturday Order of Play - Qualifying

COURT 1
Starting At: 10:30 AM

Zi Yan vs Tatiana Poutchek
Camille Pin vs Julia Schruff
Ayumi Morita vs Viktorya Kutuzova
Elena Vesnina vs Selima Sfar

COURT 3
Starting At: 10:30 AM

Eva Hridnova vs Andreja Klepac
Tamira Paszek vs Kristina Kucova
Anna Lapuschenkova vs Vesna Manasieva
Urszula Radwanska vs Raquel Kops-Jones

TBA
Starting Not Before 3:00 PM

Anastasia Rodionova vs Eva Hridnova/Andreja Klepac

[Sniliabiz]

The Dubai draw is out: http://www.barclaysdubaitennischampi.../2009/wmds.pdf. Sania, Dushevina and Voegele get the three WCs.

[Scukonah]

Main Draw

(1) Serena Williams USA Bye
Yung-Jan Chan TPE vs Sara Errani ITA
Samantha Stosur AUS vs Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
QUALIFIER vs (13) Zheng Jie CHN

(9) Agnieszka Radwanska POL vs QUALIFIER
Agnes Szavay HUN vs Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
QUALIFIER vs Alisa Kleybanova RUS
(8) Ana Ivanovic SRB Bye

(4)Elena Dementieva RUS Bye
Mariya Koryttseva UKR vs Sybille Bammer AUT
Olga Govortsova BLR vs Alona Bondarenko UKR
Amelie Mauresmo FRA vs (14) Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP

(10) Alize Cornet FRA vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER
QUALIFIER vs Petra Kvitova CZE
Maria Kirilenko RUS vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
(6) Venus Williams USA Bye

(7) Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS Bye
QUALIFIER vs Li Na CHN
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL vs QUALIFIER
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs (12) Dominika Cibulkova SVK

(16) Kaia Kanepi EST vs QUALIFIER
(WC) Sania Mirza IND vs Ekaterina Makarova RUS
Peng Shuai CHN vs Monica Niculescu ROU
(3) Jelena Jankovic SRB Bye

(5) Vera Zvonareva RUS Bye
(WC) Vera Dushevina RUS vs QUALIFIER
Francesca Schiavone ITA vs Casey Dellacqua AUS
Ai Sugiyama JPN vs (11) Marion Bartoli FRA

(15) Anna Chakvetadze RUS vs Shahar Peer ISR
(WC) Stefanie Voegele SUI vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR vs Virginie Razzano FRA
(2) Dinara Safina RUS Bye

[Scukonah]

Doubles Draw

(1)Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) v BYE
Mirza/Santangelo (IND/ITA) v U.Radwanska/Voegele (POL/SUI)
Cibulkova/Razzano (SVK/FRA) v Hrdinova/Rosolska (CZE/POL)
(8)Y.J.Chan/Sun (TPE/CHN) v (wc)Al-Nabhani/De Lattre (OMA/POR)

(3)Stosur/Stubbs (AUS) v BYE
Kanepi/Paszek (EST/AUT) v Kutuzova/Lapushchenkova (UKR/RUS)
Errani/Schruff (ITA/GER) v Klepac/Morita (SLO/JPN)
(6)Yan/Zheng (CHN) v Bondarenko/Bondarenko (UKR)

(7)Niculescu/Vesnina (ROU/RUS) v Z.Kucova/Tvaroskova (SVK)
Pin/Sfar (FRA/TUN) v Kleybanova/Makarova (RUS)
Dushevina/Koryttseva (RUS/UKR) v Poutchek/An.Rodionova (BLR/RUS)
(4)Medina Garrigues/Schiavone (ESP/ITA) v BYE

(5)Hantuchova/Sugiyama (SVK/JPN) v Kops-Jones/Uhlirova (USA/CZE)
Amanmuradova/Chuang (UZB/TPE) v Groenefeld/Peer (GER/ISR)
Kirilenko/A.Radwanska (RUS/POL) v Cirstea/Ar.Rodionova (ROU/RUS)
(2)Peschke/Raymond (CZE/USA) v BYE

[Scukonah]

Sunday Order of Play

CENTRE COURT
Starting At: 12:00 noon

1. Kanepi vs Paszek
2. Schruff v Kvitova
3. Rodionova v Zheng
4. Kirilenko v Pavlyuchenkova (Not Before 7:00 PM)
5. Vesnina vs Li

COURT 1
Starting At: 12:00 noon

1. Pironkova vs Kutuzova
2. Lapushchenkova v Kleybanova
3. Dushevina vs Yan
4. Kanepi/Paszek vs Kutuzova/Lapushchenkova

COURT 2
Not Before 6:00 PM
1. Dushevina/Koryttseva vs Poutchek/Rodionova

COURT 3
Starting At: 12:00 noon

1. Chan vs Errani
2. Koryttseva vs Bammer
3. Al-Nabhani/De Lattre vs Chan/Sun
4. Errani/Schruff vs Klepac/Morita

[Flikemommoilt]

Why is Serena in the draw?

[verybigf]

Why is Serena in the draw?

Because the draw was out before she withdrew from Paris, I think.

Foxy

[Sniliabiz]

Because the draw was out before she withdrew from Paris, I think.

Foxy

But I thought I read that Serena said that she still hopes to play here...Did she say something different?

[Flikemommoilt]

So she may or may not play. Great. And while I like to take Serena at her word, it wouldn't be the first time that a player bailed on a smaller event (Paris) in favor of her preparation for a more important event (Dubai)... Not saying that's the case. I'm just saying it wouldn't be the first time.

They should make ALL professional tennis players participate in Fantasy Tennis at least once every year. Just so they'd know what it's like.

[zlopikanikanz]

So she may or may not play. Great. And while I like to take Serena at her word, it wouldn't be the first time that a player bailed on a smaller event (Paris) in favor of her preparation for a more important event (Dubai)... Not saying that's the case. I'm just saying it wouldn't be the first time.

They should make ALL professional tennis players participate in Fantasy Tennis at least once every year. Just so they'd know what it's like.

Tell me about it. I was about to dump Vera but now I'm having the much funner option of waiting till the last freaking minute to see if I keep her and kick Serena. Oh, the joy of team management.

[Flikemommoilt]

Tell me about it. I was about to dump Vera but now I'm having the much funner option of waiting till the last freaking minute to see if I keep her and kick Serena. Oh, the joy of team management.

You know what's even MORE happy fun? The Bogota draw isn't even going to come out until tomorrow, probably after play has started in Dubai. So if anyone wants points in Bogota, unless they basically have the top 4 seeds, they're going to be flying by the seat of the pants!

[RIjdrVs3]

They should make ALL professional tennis players participate in Fantasy Tennis at least once every year. Just so they'd know what it's like.

Chris Cooley held a fantasy draft with some of his Redskins teammates (and cheerleaders I think.) Highlights included QB Jason Campbell picking another QB with his first pick, Chris Cooley later picking Jason Campbell (his QB) then Jason Campbell picking Chris Cooley. Talk about contest and real life schizo!

[Mifsnavassy]

Why is Serena in the draw?

Seven figure appearance fees?

[Henldyhl]

Any word on whether or not Shahar Pe'er will be there?

She was denied a visa (source: BBC) so she will not be allowed to enter Dubai.
The WTA will hold "talks" about holding future events in Dubai (Translation: they will talk how many more events will be held there and how much money in the form of guarantees they will get from gulf states, and that will be it).

[Scukonah]

The official WTA statement is in the "Not Faux" news thread.

[verybigf]

It is being reported that MoMo has withdrawn from Dubai.

Foxy

[penpizdes]

It is being reported that MoMo has withdrawn from Dubai.

Foxy

She better not! I just put her on my team!!!