100K+H Saint Malo (Clay) - 15/2008

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Welcome to Saint Malo!!



Main Draw


(1) Mariana Duque vs bye
Astrid Besser vs Liz Thomas
Mathilde Johansson vs Natalie Grandin
Neuza Silva vs (8) Arantxa Parra

(6) Vladimira Uhlirova vs Sarah Borwell
Essi Laine vs Bianka Lamade
Ilke Gers vs Petra Kvitova
bye vs (3) Elena Baltacha

(4) Anne Keothavong vs bye
Melanie Klaffner vs Florencia Molinero
Claudine Schaul vs Nikola Hofmanova
Amanda Elliott vs (5) Palma Kiraly

(7) Anna Lapushchenkova vs Brenda Schultz
Johanna Larsson vs Laura Pous Tio
Jie Zheng vs Andrea Hlavacova
bye vs (2) Ekatherina Afinogenova



Week: 15/2008
Points: 75 / 55 / 40 / 20 / 10 / 1
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Deadline: Monday 19/05/2008 23:59 hs GMT
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Doubles Draw




(1) Keothavong / Uhlirova vs bye
Hofmanova / Johansson vs Besser / Grandin
Laine / Schaul vs Molinero / Schultz
Gers / Pous Tio vs (4) Baltacha / Elliott

(3) Duque / Parra vs Hlavacova / Thomas
Kiraly / Zheng vs Lamade / Larsson
Borwell / Klaffner vs Kvitova / Silva
bye vs (2) Afinogenova / Lapushchenkova

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Head to head
First Round





Besser vs Thomas: 0 - 1
- Hamburg 2008 (Quarterfinal) Thomas def Besser: 76 06 64

Grandin vs Johansson: 0 - 2
- Lagos 2007 (Round of 32) Myskina def Grandin: 36 64 63
- Berri 2008 (Semifinal) Johansson def Grandin: 63 62

Parra vs Silva: 2 - 0
- Tampico 2007 (Round of 16) Boonstra def Silva: walkover
- Lagos 2007 (Round of 16) Boonstra def Silva: 64 75

Borwell vs Uhlirova: 4 - 9
- Oberhaching 2005 (Round of 16) Borwell def Babos: 61 16 63
- Campos do Jordao 2005 (Round of 16) Babos def Borwell: 26 63 63
- Horb 2005 (Round of 16) Babos def Borwell: 16 62 63
- Tipton 2006 (Round of 16) Borwell def Babos: 75 64
- Cairo 2006 (Round of 16) Borwell def Babos: 46 76 64
- Dinan 2006 (Final) Babos def Borwell: 26 76 62
- Budapest 2006 (Quarterfinal) Babos def Borwell: 62 75
- Volos 2006 (Round of 32) Babos def Borwell: 64 76
- Pretoria 2006 (Round of 16) Babos def Borwell: 62 64
- Nuriootpa 2006 (Quarterfinal) Babos def Borwell: 64 64
- Hilton Head 2007 (Semifinal) Babos def Borwell: 76 76
- Cuneo 2007 (Quarterfinal) Borwell def Babos: 64 64
- FED CUP 6 - 2008/A (Quarterfinal) Uhlirova def Borwell: 63 76

Laine vs Lamade: 2 - 8
- Surbiton 2004 (Quarterfinal) Lamade def Ferguson: 64 36 76
- Buenos Aires 2004 (Round Robin) Lamade def Laine: 26 63 63
- Washington 2005 (Round of 32) Lamade def Laine: 76 67 62
- Tucson 2005 (Round of 32) Lamade def Laine: 75 64
- Presov 2005 (Quarterfinal) Lamade def Laine: 63 63
- Oberhaching 2006 (Quarterfinal) Lamade def Laine: 26 63 76
- Grenoble 2006 (Semifinal) Laine def Lamade: 26 76 76
- Surbiton 2006 (Round of 16) Laine def Lamade: Walkover
- Prague 2007 (Quarterfinal) Lamade def Laine: 64 75
- Buchen 2008 (Quarterfinal) Lamade def Laine: 16 63 63

Gers vs Kvitova: 0-0
- No previous records



Klaffner vs Molinero: 1 - 0
- Belfort 2008 (Quarterfinal) Klaffner def Molinero: 63 63

Hofmanova vs Schaul: 1 - 0
- Tampico 2007 (Round of 16) Hofmanova def Schaul: 62 64

Elliott vs Kiraly: 2 - 2
- FED CUP 2007/A (Quarterfinal) O´Donoghue def Kiraly: 36 64 63
- Estoril 2007 (Round of 16) Kiraly def O´Donoghue: 61 75
- Las Vegas 2008 (Round of 16) Elliott def Kiraly: 26 64 62
- FED CUP 6 - 2008/A (Quarterfinal) Kiraly def Elliott: 76 76

Lapushchenkova vs Schultz: 1 - 1
- Wellington 2007 (Round Robin) Schultz-McCarthy def Vakulenko: 64 76
- Gunma 2007 (Quarterfinal) Vakulenko def Schultz-McCarthy: 63 67 63

Larsson vs Pous Tio: 0-0
- No previous records

Hlavacova vs Zheng: 0-0
- No previous records

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First Round Results



Liz Thomas def Astrid Besser
6-3 7-6(0)

Natalie Grandin def Mathilde Johansson
walkover

(8) Arantxa Parra def Neuza Silva
6-4 6-2

Sarah Borwell def (6) Vladimira Uhlirova
1-6 6-4 6-2

Essi Laine def Bianka Lamade
6-0 7-5

Petra Kvitova def Ilke Gers
6-4 2-6 7-5



Florencia Molinero def Melanie Klaffner
6-4 6-7(2) 7-6(3)

Claudine Schaul def Nikola Hofmanova
6-1 7-5

(5) Palma Kiraly def Amanda Elliott
6-1 7-6(3)

(7) Anna Lapushchenkova def Brenda Schultz
6-2 6-3

Laura Pous Tio def Johanna Larsson
6-3 6-2

Jie Zheng def Andrea Hlavacova
6-3 5-7 6-2

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Head to head
Second Round



Duque vs Thomas: 0 - 0
No previus meetings

Grandin vs Parra: 4 - 5
- Biarritz 2005 (Final) Garbelotto def Wartusch: 36 76 64
- Caserta 2005 (Round of 16) Wartusch def Garbelotto: 64 57 63
- Santa Cruz De La Sierra 2005 (Quarterfinal) Wartusch def Mandula: 67 63 76
- Nordelta Buenos Aires 2005 (Round of 16) Wartusch def Mandula: 67 76 63
- Raanana 2006 (Round of 16) Wartusch def Mandula: 76 57 62
- FED CUP 2006/A (Semifinal) Wartusch def Mandula: 63 62
- Denain 2006 (Round of 32) Cortez def Wartusch: 63 26 75
- Keothavong Exhibition 2006 (Quarterfinal) Cortez def Wartusch: 63 64
- Tashkent 2007 (Round of 32) Grandin def Boonstra: 64 63

Borwell vs Laine: 5 - 1
- Cairo-2 2004 (Round of 16) Borwell def Laine: 64 76
- Dubai-1 2005 (Round of 16) Borwell def Laine: 61 16 61
- Rimini 2005 (Round of 32) Laine def Borwell: 06 63 63
- Keothavong Exhibition 2006 (Round of 16) Borwell def Laine: 06 62 61
- Dinan 2007 (Quarterfinal) Borwell def Laine: 62 26 64
- Estoril 2007 (Round of 32) Borwell def Laine: 76 36 63

Baltacha vs Kvitova: 1 - 0
- Pattaya 2008 (Quarterfinal) Baltacha def Kvitova: 64 46 63



Keothavong vs Molinero: 3 - 4
- Budapest 2006 (Round of 32) Keothavong def Kuzmina: Walkover
- Tokachi 2006 (Round of 16) Kuzmina def Keothavong: 63 63
- Pattaya 2007 (Round of 32) Chalova def Keothavong: 06 63 64
- St Petersbourg 2007 (Round of 16) Chalova def Keothavong: 16 62 75
- Cagnes Sur Mer 2007 (Round of 32) Chalova def Keothavong: 06 64 64
- La Coruña 2007 (Round of 16) Keothavong def Chalova: 64 76
- Biarritz 2008 (Quarterfinal) Keothavong def Molinero: 26 64 62

Kiraly vs Schaul: 0 - 1
- La Habana-1 2007 (Round of 16) Schaul def Kiraly: 36 63 63

Lapushchenkova vs Pous Tio: 9 - 1
- Biberach 2006 (Semifinal) Vakulenko def Pisnik: 63 36 64
- Raanana 2006 (Round of 16) Pisnik def Vakulenko: 76 64
- Caserta 2006 (Round of 16) Vakulenko def Pisnik: 64 36 64
- Gunma 2006 (Quarterfinal) Vakulenko def Pisnik: 57 75 63
- Córdoba 2006 (Round of 16) Vakulenko def Pisnik: 36 64 64
- Naples 2006 (Semifinal) Vakulenko def Takagishi: 36 76 64
- Kurume 2006 (Semifinal) Vakulenko def Takagishi: 63 36 63
- Puebla 2006 (Semifinal) Vakulenko def Takagishi: 76 46 64
- Athens 2007 (Final) Vakulenko def Takagishi: 62 36 64
- FED CUP 6 - 2008/A (Round of 16) Lapushchenkova def Pous Tio: 64 64

Afinogenova vs Zheng: 1 - 1
- Benalla 2005 (Quarterfinal) Afinogenova def Bastrikova: 63 57 64
- Waikoloa 2008 (Round of 16) Zheng def Afinogenova: 62 16 64

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May 19, 2008

Uhlirova seriously injured during opening round at $100k event
by Giadagiovanna Gorrochategui, staff reporter

St. Malo, France - It seems as though Vladimira Uhlirova can’t get a break. Just when her luck started to turn around she finds herself in yet another tough spot. During her opening round at one of LRWTT’s biggest events, the Czech player took a nasty fall during the final set against Sarah Borwell of Great Britain. After trailing 1-6 in the first round due to (according to Uhlirova) “extremely bad line calls from an apparently blind chair umpire” & “lucky shots from a wannabe top 10 player” Vladimira began to cramp up early in the second set. “I just couldn’t get my left thigh loose enough to run around. Luckily Sarah wasn’t moving as well and she couldn’t hit a forehand to save her life. That’s when I started to come to the net more in order to make the points shorter.”
Uhlirova’s strategy worked and she managed to win the second set 6-4 despite having mobility issues. She called for the LRWTT trainer for an injury timeout between sets in which case Borwell left the court for unknown reasons. “I really only needed 20-25 minutes for the trainer to work my lower half. By the time Eduardo was finished having his way with me Sarah was still missing in action. I’m not sure if she went out for lunch or took drugs but she definitely had more energy when she was back on the court.”
And it was this energy that caused a major meltdown for Uhlirova’s game. Borwell quickly won the first three games in the decisive set and made sure Vladimira ran all over the court. “She wanted to test just how injured I was. Sarah was hitting winners all over the place, shouting “Come on!”, pumping her fists, having facial tics, apparently talking to herself in between points and basically being an annoying bitch.” Uhlirova continued to stay focused and managed to hold and break serve at 2-3. However things got ugly while serving at 2-4, 0-30. Vladimira was showing signs of fatigue and it was apparent that her left thigh was still giving her problems. Borwell hit a dropshot which caused Uhlirova to scramble up to the net. The poor thing fell face first on the slick red clay and sustained many injuries including a sprained ankle, a tear in her left quadriceps, a fractured rip cage, a broken tailbone, a dislocated left shoulder, a sprained right wrist and much humiliation. “It was the first time I’ve ever done the splits on court. All that red clay got up my panties.”
Despite writhing in agony on court, Borwell continued to play out the remainder of the game – not to mention the rest of the match and winning the final set 6-2. “I can’t believe that nobody came out on court to see if I was okay” Vladimira said while trying to hold back tears, “and that insensitive troll just kept playing!” Help did arrive but only after Borwell won game-set-match and walked off the red clay smiling and waving to fans. Afterwards at a news conference chair umpire, Sergio dell Spazzio, admitted that he never saw Vladimira fall. “I was just so focused on the British girl playing unbelievably well. I was just an awe of her and I do apologize to Vladka for any inconvenience that might have been caused. I certainly would have stopped the match otherwise.” Uhlirova was then rushed, by ambulance to a local hospital where she received immediate care.

Head physician, Dr. Phil N. Good, says that he plans on having Vladimira on her back for as long as possible/

Vladimira still plans on playing her doubles match with Anne Keothavong but admits that her veteran partner may have to carry both in order to win. “I’ll do what I can on court” Vladka whispered before passing out from all the pain medication she was given.

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Doubles Results





Besser / Grandin def Hofmanova / Johansson
6-2 6-3

Laine / Schaul def Molinero / Schultz
6-0 3-6 7-6(1)

Gers / Pous Tio def (4) Baltacha / Elliott
6-4 6-0



Hlavacova / Thomas def (3) Duque / Parra
3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(1)

Kiraly / Zheng def Lamade / Larsson
6-2 6-0

Borwell / Klaffner def Kvitova / Silva
0-6 6-0 7-6(0)

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Second Round Results



(1) Mariana Duque def Liz Thomas
6-4 7-6(0)

(8) Arantxa Parra def Natalie Grandin
6-3 6-4

Sarah Borwell def Essi Laine
0-6 6-2 6-2

(3) Elena Baltacha def Petra Kvitova
7-6(7) 5-7 6-2



(4) Anne Keothavong def Florencia Molinero
2-6 6-4 6-2

Claudine Schaul def (5) Palma Kiraly
6-4 3-6 7-5

Laura Pous Tio def (7) Anna Lapushchenkova
3-6 7-5 6-4

Jie Zheng def (2) Ekaterina Afinogenova
3-6 6-2 6-2

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Head to head
Quarterfinals



Duque vs Parra: 7 - 5
- Porto 2004 (Round of 16) Sromova def Wartusch: 16 64 61
- Stuttgart 2005 (Round of 16) Wartusch def Balda: 76 46 76
- Sunderland 2005 (Quarterfinal) Wartusch def Balda: 62 64
- Bendigo 2005 (Round of 32) Balda def Wartusch: 64 16 62
- St. Petersbourg 2005 (Quarterfinal) Wartusch def Balda: 63 63
- Algiers-2 2007 (Semifinal) Boonstra def Duque Marino: 76 26 62
- Waikoloa 2007 (Round of 32) Duque Marino def Boonstra: 16 62 76
- Albuquerque 2007 (Semifinal) Duque def Boonstra: 64 36 64
- Xiamen 2007 (Round of 32) Duque def Boonstra: 64 26 63
- Sunderland 2008 (Round of 16) Parra def Duque: 63 63
- Pattaya 2008 (Round of 32) Duque def Parra: 64 26 63
- Las Palmas 2008 (Quarterfinal) Duque def Parra: 63 26 64

Baltacha vs Borwell: 2 - 2
- Cairo-1 2004 (Semifinal) Borwell def Baltacha: 61 16 76
- Minsk 2005 (Semifinal) Borwell def Baltacha: 62 16 75
- Felixstowe 2007 (Quarterfinal) Baltacha def Borwell: 63 67 62
- Frinton 2007 (Quarterfinal) Baltacha def Borwell: 63 57 62

Keothavong vs Schaul: 2 - 0
- Alcobaca 2006 (Quarterfinal) Keothavong def Schaul: 76 46 63
- Moscow 2006 (Round of 16) Keothavong def Schaul: 75 67 75

Pous Tio vs Zheng: 0-0
- No previous records

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Doubles Quarterfinals




(1) Keothavong / Uhlirova def Besser / Grandin
6-4 6-2

Laine / Schaul def Gers / Pous Tio
6-0 0-6 7-6(1)

Kiraly / Zheng def Hlavacova / Thomas
2-6 6-2 6-3

Borwell / Klaffner def (2) Afinogenova / Lapushchenkova
2-6 6-3 6-2



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Quarterfinal Results



(1) Mariana Duque Mariño def (8) Arantxa Parra Santoja
7-6(1) 3-6 6-3

(3) Elena Baltacha def Sarah Borwell
6-2 2-6 7-6(7)

(4) Anne Keothavong def Claudine Schaul
0-6 6-3 6-2

Laura Pous Tio def Jie Zheng
6-3 7-5



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Head to head
Semifinals



Baltacha vs Duque: 0 - 9
- Sunderland 2005 (Round of 16) Balda def Baltacha: 63 46 63
- Pattaya 2007 (qualy) Duque Marino def Baltacha: 75 62
- Melbourne 2007 (Quarterfinal) Duque Marino def Baltacha: 63 26 63
- Istanbul 2007 (Quarterfinal) Duque Marino def Baltacha: 62 16 64
- Pattaya 2008 (Final) Duque def Baltacha: 76 64
- Melilla 2008 (Quarterfinal) Duque def Baltacha: 63 64
- Las Vegas 2008 (Final) Duque def Baltacha: 64 64
- Las Palmas 2008 (Semifinal) Duque def Baltacha: 36 64 75
- Biarritz 2008 (Final) Duque def Baltacha: 64 64

Keothavong vs Pous Tio: 7 - 6
- Porto 2003 (Round of 16) Migliarini de León def Keothavong: 63 46 76
- Jersey 2003 (Round of 32) Keothavong def Migliarini de León: 36 64 64
- Opole 2003 (Round of 16) Migliarini de León def Keothavong: 46 64 76
- Waikoloa 2004 (Round of 16) Keothavong def Doyle: 64 46 63
- Buenos Aires 2004 (Round Robin) Keothavong def Doyle: 64 64
- Dinan 2005 (Round of 32) Doyle def Keothavong: Walkover
- Córdoba 2005 (Round of 16) Keothavong def Pisnik: 36 64 64
- Mallorca- 3 2005 (Round of 16) Keothavong def Pisnik: 16 63 63
- Kurume 2006 (Quarterfinal) Takagishi def Keothavong: 57 64 63
- Fed Cup 2006/B (qualy) Takagishi def Keothavong: 62 75
- México 2006 (Round of 16) Keothavong def Takagishi: 64 63
- Dinan 2007 (Quarterfinal) Takagishi def Keothavong: 16 64 62
- Makinohara 2007 (Round of 16) Keothavong def Takagishi: 62 36 75

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Doubles Semifinals



(1) Keothavong / Uhlirova def Laine / Schaul
0-6 6-0 6-1

Kiraly / Zheng def Borwell / Klaffner
6-4 6-4

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Semifinal Results


(1) Mariana Duque def (3) Elena Baltacha
6-4 6-4

Laura Pous Tio def (4) Anne Keothavong
6-3 6-4

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Head to head
Final Match


Duque vs Pous Tio: 1 - 1
- Dinan 2005 (Quarterfinal) Balda def Doyle: 62 63
- Keothavong Exhibition 2006 (Quarterfinal) Takagishi def Duque Marino: 63 76

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Schaul in QF, not bad! Sorry Laura/Gers in doubles
Good luck Laura in the final, you are hot this year

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Doubles Final



(1) Keothavong / Uhlirova def Kiraly / Zheng
7-5 4-6 7-5

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Final Match



(1) Mariana Duque def Laura Pous Tio
6-3 2-6 6-4