Women - Roland Garros -- 27 May

[Pamela Shriver]

106 of the top 108 players are in - those two being Lindsay and Kim.

Entrée Nom Clt WTA*
1 Justine HENIN (BEL) 1
2 Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) 2
3 Amélie MAURESMO (FRA) 3
4 Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) 5
5 Martina HINGIS (SUI) 6
6 Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) 7
7 Nicole VAIDISOVA (CZE) 8
8 Nadia PETROVA (RUS) 9
9 Dinara SAFINA (RUS) 10
10 Anna CHAKVETADZE (RUS) 11
11 Serena WILLIAMS (USA) 12
12 Elena DEMENTIEVA (RUS) 13
13 Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) 14
14 Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) 15
15 Shahar PEER (ISR) 16
16 Na LI (CHN) 17
17 Tatiana GOLOVIN (FRA) 18
18 Patty SCHNYDER (SUI) 19
19 Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS) 20
20 Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) 21
21 Venus WILLIAMS (USA) 22
22 Tathiana GARBIN (ITA) 23
23 Marion BARTOLI (FRA) 24
24 Sybille BAMMER (AUT) 25
25 Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) 26
26 Ai SUGIYAMA (JPN) 27
27 Samantha STOSUR (AUS) 28
28 Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP) 29
29 Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) 30
30 Mara SANTANGELO (ITA) 31
31 Shuai PENG (CHN) 32
32 Jie ZHENG (CHN) 33
33 Martina MULLER (GER) 34
34 Anastasia MYSKINA (RUS) 35
35 Olga POUTCHKOVA (RUS) 36
36 Séverine BREMOND (FRA) 37
37 Maria KIRILENKO (RUS) 38
38 Alona BONDARENKO (UKR) 39
39 Michaella KRAJICEK (NED) 40
40 Emilie LOIT (FRA) 41
41 Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) 42
42 Nicole PRATT (AUS) 43
43 Eleni DANIILIDOU (GRE) 44
44 Anna-Lena GROENEFELD (GER) 45
45 Flavia PENNETTA (ITA) 46
46 Meilen TU (USA) 47
47 Nathalie DECHY (FRA) 48
48 Nuria LLAGOSTERA VIVES (ESP) 48**
49 Sania MIRZA (IND) 49
50 Gisela DULKO (ARG) 50
51 Roberta VINCI (ITA) 51
52 Kaia KANEPI (EST) 52
53 Vasilisa BARDINA (RUS) 53
54 Aravane REZAI (FRA) 54
55 Akiko MORIGAMI (JPN) 55
56 Elena LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS) 56
57 Meghann SHAUGHNESSY (USA) 57
58 Virginie RAZZANO (FRA) 58
59 Alicia MOLIK (AUS) 59
60 Julia VAKULENKO (UKR) 60
61 Laura GRANVILLE (USA) 61
62 Anastasia RODIONOVA (RUS) 63
63 Romina OPRANDI (ITA) 64
64 Aiko NAKAMURA (JPN) 65
65 Lourdes DOMINGUEZ LINO (ESP) 66
66 Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) 67
67 Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) 68
68 Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) 69
69 Elena VESNINA (RUS) 70
70 Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS) 71
71 Shenay PERRY (USA) 72
72 Maria Elena CAMERIN (ITA) 73
73 Jill CRAYBAS (USA) 74
74 Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (RUS) 75
75 Eva BIRNEROVA (CZE) 76
76 Ashley HARKLEROAD (USA) 77
77 Anastasiya YAKIMOVA (BLR) 78
78 Ekaterina BYCHKOVA (RUS) 79
79 Iveta BENESOVA (CZE) 80
80 Katerina BONDARENKO (UKR) 81
81 Jelena KOSTANIC TOSIC (CRO) 82
82 Vania KING (USA) 83
83 Tamira PASZEK (AUT) 84
84 Varvara LEPCHENKO (UZB) 85
85 Tsvetana PIRONKOVA (BUL) 86
86 Camille PIN (FRA) 87
87 Catalina CASTANO (COL) 88
88 Anna SMASHNOVA (ISR) 89
89 Tiantian SUN (CHN) 90
90 Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (SVK) 91
91 Tzipora OBZILER (ISR) 92
92 Evgenia LINETSKAYA (RUS) 92**
93 Tatiana POUTCHEK (BLR) 93
94 Sandra KLOESEL (GER) 94
95 Jamea JACKSON (USA) 95
96 Alberta BRIANTI (ITA) 96
97 Yuliana FEDAK (UKR) 97
98 Edina GALLOVITS (ROM) 98
99 Karin KNAPP (ITA) 99
100 Ann KREMER (LUX) 100
101 Martina SUCHA (SVK) 101
102 Milagros SEQUERA (VEN) 102
103 Julia SCHRUFF (GER) 103
104 Zuzana ONDRASKOVA (CZE) 104
105 Yvonne MEUSBURGER (AUT) 105
106 Aleksandra WOZNIAK (CAN) 106
107 Melinda CZINK (HUN) 107
108 Karolina SPREM (CRO) 108

* Classement WTA du lundi 16 avril 2007.
** Joueuse bénéficiant d’un classement protégé.

[DBBN]

Linetskaya and Llagostera are in via Injury Ranking.

[Grarliner]

Clijsters is retarded.

[DevilishAttitude]

Withdrawals from Main Draw:
#4 Kim Clijsters - Retired
#6 Martina Hingis - Injured
#18 Tatiana Golovin - Injured
#20 Vera Zvonareva - Injured
#32 Shaui Peng - Injured
#62 Lindsay Davenport - Retired
#92 Eugenia Linetskaya - Personal Problems
#108 Karolina Sprem - Unknown

Withdrawals from Qualifying:
#125 Kristina Barrois - Unknown
#126 Tatiana Malek - Entering Problems
#130 Clarisa Fernandez - Injured
#132 Kirsten Filpkens - Injured
#139 Lilia Osterloh - Playing In France
#147 Marta Marrero - Unknown
#160 Chin-Wei Chan - Playing In Japan
#166 Shiho Hisamatsu - Playing In Japan
#170 Mary Pierce - Injured
#175 Simona Matei - Injured
#190 Yan-Chong Chen - Unknown
#196 Seiko Okamoto - Unknown
#201 Carly Gullickson - Unknown
#204 Amy Frazier - Retired
#209 Ansley Cargill - Unknown
#212 Ryoko Fuda - Unknown
#214 Masa Zec Peskiric - Playing In France
#215 Claudine Schaul - Injured
#217 Angela Haynes - Unknown
#220 Ekaterina Dzehalevich - Playing In Turkey
#222 Katerina Bohmova - Unknown
#223 Sophie Ferguson - Unknown
#225 Giulia Gabba - Playing In Italy
#226 Mandy Minella - Unknown
#227 Caroline Maes - Playing In France
#227 Elena Baltacha - Unknown
#229 Sunitha Rao - Unknown

[Grarliner]

rph said:

Withdrawals from Main Draw.

#4 Kim Clijsters - Personal problems
#62 Lindsay Davenport - Retired

She's not having personal problems ...

[DevilishAttitude]

grarline said:

rph said:

Withdrawals from Main Draw.

#4 Kim Clijsters - Personal problems
#62 Lindsay Davenport - Retired

She's not having personal problems ...

LOL.

She has personal problems on clay, I guess. Even though she's playing Warsaw.

The mind of Kim Clijsters. Difficult, and stupid.

[lexpretend]

Hang on, we've established this is because she shares some sponsor with Warsaw, right? Sentimental farewell my ass.

[DBBN]

First Main Draw w/d: Gagliardi replaced Linetskaya

[DBBN]

Qualifying List (as of 2 May)
1 A WOZNIACKI Caroline DEN 110
2 F BEYGELZIMER Yulia UKR 111
3 A KERBER Angelique GER 112
4 F RUANO PASCUAL Virginia ESP 113
5 F FEDOSSOVA Youlia FRA 114
6 F ROLLE Ahsha USA 115
7 A CORNET Alize FRA 116
8 F HSIEH Su-wei TPE 117
9 F KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla RUS 118
10 F POUS TIO Laura ESP 119
11 F MATTEK Bethanie USA 120
12 A VORACOVA Renata CZE 121
13 F SPEARS Abigail USA 122
14 A CIBULKOVA Dominika SVK 123
15 F VOSKOBOEVA Galina RUS 124
16 A BARROIS Kristina GER 125
17 A KORYTTSEVA Mariya UKR 126 SR
18 F SROMOVA Hana CZE 127
19 F ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA Barbora CZE 128
20 F ARVIDSSON Sofia SWE 129
21 TULYAGANOVA Iroda UZB 131
22 F FLIPKENS Kirsten BEL 132
23 A DELLACQUA Casey AUS 133
24 A DUBOIS Stephanie CAN 134
25 A JOHANSSON Mathilde FRA 135
26 F FORETZ Stephanie FRA 136
27 A ERRANI Sara ITA 137
28 F MARTINEZ SANCHEZ Maria jose ESP 138
29 F OSTERLOH Lilia USA 139
30 F LAINE Emma FIN 140
31 A BACSINSZKY Timea SUI 141
32 A CRAVERO Jorgelina ARG 142
33 A TAKAO Erika JPN 143
34 A ZAHLAVOVA Sandra CZE 144
35 CHAKHNASHVILI Margalita GEO 145
36 F KUTUZOVA Viktoriya UKR 146
37 F COHEN-ALORO Stephanie FRA 147
38 F MARRERO Marta ESP 147 SR
39 F ANI Maret EST 148
40 F ZAKOPALOVA Klara CZE 149
41 F SUAREZ Paola ARG 150
42 F YUAN Meng CHN 151
43 F SAVCHUK Olga UKR 152
44 A TAMAELA Elise NED 153
45 F LISJAK Ivana CRO 154
46 F PESCHKE Kveta CZE 155
47 F SZAVAY Agnes HUN 156
48 A PARMENTIER Pauline FRA 157
49 A SKAVRONSKAIA Lioudmila RUS 158
50 A NAGY Kira HUN 159
51 A CHAN Chin-wei TPE 160
52 F DOMACHOWSKA Marta POL 161
53 A OLARU Ioana raluca ROU 162
54 A ERAKOVIC Marina NZL 163
55 A ARGERI Maria jose ARG 164
56 A PICHET Virginie FRA 165
57 A HISAMATSU Shiho JPN 166
58 F BRANDI Kristina PUR 167
59 A KEOTHAVONG Anne GBR 168
60 A CETKOVSKA Petra CZE 169
61 A ANCIC Sanja CRO 171
62 A KLEPAC Andreja SLO 172
63 A ARN Greta GER 173
64 A IVANOVA Ekaterina RUS 174
65 A NAMIGATA Junri JPN 176
66 A PETKOVIC Andrea GER 177
67 A ABRAMOVIC Ivana CRO 178
68 A SANCHEZ Olivia FRA 179
69 A SOUTH Melanie GBR 180
70 A O'BRIEN Katie GBR 181
71 A GRANDIN Natalie RSA 182
72 A SEMA Yurika JPN 183
73 A HENKE Vanessa GER 184
74 S RODINA Evgeniya RUS 185
75 A MORITA Ayumi JPN 186
76 F SFAR Selima TUN 187
77 A ADAMCZAK Monique AUS 188
78 A PERIANU Anda ROU 189
79 DE LOS RIOS Rossana PAR 191
80 A GOJNEA Madalina ROU 192
81 WIDJAJA Jenifer BRA 193
82 A DITTY Julie USA 194
83 A KOPS-JONES Raquel USA 195
84 A OKAMOTO Seiko JPN 196
85 A SAKOWICZ Joanna POL 197
86 A SAVRANSKY Yevgenia ISR 198
87 A PELLETIER Marie-eve CAN 199
88 A GUBACSI Zsofia HUN 200
89 W
90 W
91 W
92 W
93 W
94 W
95 W
96 W

[DBBN]

Next In (as of 2 May)
1 F GULLICKSON Carly USA 201
2 F PEREBIYNIS Tatiana UKR 202
3 A WOERLE Kathrin GER 203
4 A NICULESCU Monica ROU 205
5 F MARTINEZ GRANADOS Conchita ESP 206
6 S MAKAROVA Ekaterina RUS 207
7 A AMANMURADOVA Akgul UZB 208
8 F JIDKOVA Alina RUS 210
9 S KURYANOVICH Iryna BLR 211
10 S KEEN Amanda GBR 213
11 S ZEC PESKIRIC Masa SLO 214
12 F VIERIN Nathalie ITA 216
13 HAYNES Angela USA 217
14 A BORWELL Sarah GBR 218
15 A RUUTEL Margit EST 219
16 A DZEHALEVICH Ekaterina BLR 220
17 A VRLJIC Ana CRO 221
18 A BOHMOVA Katerina CZE 222
19 A FERGUSON Sophie AUS 223
20 HLAVACKOVA Andrea CZE 224
21 A GABBA Giulia ITA 225
22 F CHUANG Chia-jung TPE 226
23 A MINELLA Mandy LUX 226 SR
24 A MAES Caroline BEL 227
25 F BALTACHA Elena GBR 227 SR
26 A LIGGAN Kelly IRL 228
27 A RAO Sunitha USA 229
28 KLASCHKA Sabine GER 230
29 A BACHMANN Angelika GER 231
30 S CABEZA CANDELA Estrella ESP 233
31 A SUN Shengnan CHN 235
32 F UBEROI Shikha IND 236
33 JOZAMI Betina ARG 238
34 F PASTIKOVA Michaela CZE 240
35 A UBEROI Neha USA 241
36 A GOERGES Julia GER 242
37 F YAN Zi CHN 248
38 A SCHULTZ-MCCARTHY Brenda NED 250
39 F PARRA SANTONJA Arantxa ESP 251
40 A OZEGOVIC Nika CRO 255
41 S CARVALHO Larissa BRA 256
42 A BRATCHIKOVA Nina RUS 257
43 S KLASCHKA Carmen GER 258
44 F SALERNI Ma. emilia ARG 259
45 S WIDMER Gaelle SUI 261
46 F HRADECKA Lucie CZE 262
47 S TETREAULT Valerie CAN 263
48 S GEHRLEIN Stephanie GER 263 SR
49 F KIRKLAND Jessica USA 264
50 S TORRES SANDOVAL Melissa MEX 266
51 HRDINOVA Eva CZE 267
52 S LUKIC Vojislava SRB 268
53 A BAKER Leanne NZL 270
54 A HARING Florence FRA 272
55 S GREBENYUK Evgenia RUS 274
56 A GARCIA SOKOL Maria vanina ARG 275
57 A STANCIUTE Lina LTU 276
58 JUGIC-SALKIC Mervana BIH 277
59 A SCHIECHTL Tina AUT 278
60 KRSTAJIC Danica MNE 279
61 A PIEDADE Frederica POR 281
62 SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla ESP 286
63 S SZATMARI Agnes ROU 288
64 A COIN Julie FRA 289
65 A MUSGRAVE Trudi AUS 292
66 S AFINOGENOVA Ekaterina RUS 293
67 CANEPA Alice ITA 295
68 A PANOVA Olga RUS 296
69 S TEDJAKUSUMA Romana INA 297
70 A ALVES Maria fernanda BRA 298
71 A KONDRATIEVA Maria RUS 301
72 A KOSINSKA Karolina POL 303
73 A OSTERTAG Tanja GER 304
74 A KACHLIKOVA Katarina SVK 305
75 A PAVLYUCHENKOVA Anastasia RUS 307
76 BLAHOTOVA Olga CZE 312
77 A BREADMORE Lauren AUS 314
78 A NOCIAROVA Dominika SVK 317
79 S PAVLOVIC Irena FRA 318
80 A LISICKI Sabine GER 319
81 A THORPE Laura FRA 320
82 A CIRSTEA Sorana ROU 321
83 A DABEK Tiffany USA 324
84 S ANDRIEUX Mailyne FRA 326
85 S RAKHIM Amina KAZ 328
86 A DEKMEIJERE Liga LAT 329
87 SAEKI Miho JPN 331
88 S KUCOVA Zuzana SVK 332
89 A RYBARIKOVA Magdalena SVK 335
90 A GAMBALE Mary USA 337
91 A RADWANSKA Urszula POL 342
92 A ROESCH Angelika GER 343
93 A MATIC Antonia GER 344
94 TVAROSKOVA Lenka SVK 352
95 A HEWSON Emily AUS 354
96 S PERKOVIC Korina GER 356
97 A COHEN Julia USA 361
98 A LUZHANSKA Tetiana UKR 369
99 S SCHEEPERS Chanelle RSA 371
100 S WEINHOLD Ashley USA 372
101 A STEVENSON Alexandra USA 373
102 FRANKOVA Nikola CZE 374
103 S KOSYK Galyna UKR 378
104 A KRIZ Nicole AUS 381
105 S SIEVEKE Andrea GER 386
106 LEE Ye-ra KOR 390
107 S SHAMAYKO Marina RUS 397
108 A JI Chunmei CHN 399
109 A OSPINA Diana USA 401
110 S QUERCIA Federica ITA 403
111 A TATISHVILI Anna GEO 405
112 DE GUBERNATIS Claire FRA 419
113 S DOZ Gianna CRO 426
114 A MEDJAHDI Samia ALG 438
115 A FEYS Debbrich BEL 442
116 A GLATCH Alexa USA 451
117 F RUBIN Chanda USA 488
118 S VERGOS Nadege FRA 490
119 S MAGLEY Jennifer USA 508
120 S ISRAILOVA Ivanna RUS 534
121 S NAGARAJ Sandhya IND 539
122 CATTANEO Celine FRA 540
123 S JOVANOVIC Ana SRB 548
124 BENITEZ Andrea ARG 564
125 RAMPRE Petra SLO 574
126 S BESSER Astrid ITA 576
127 A KRIVENCHEVA Svetlana BUL 579
128 A LEFEVRE Sophie FRA 592
129 S WRIGHT Georgette USA 602
130 A PIVOVAROVA Anastasia RUS 613
131 S BRUNEL Diana FRA 619
132 A SEREDNI Chrissie USA 636
133 KRAUTH Erica ARG 654
134 F HUSAROVA Janette SVK 661
135 S CAZEAUX Amandine FRA 710

please please please...

come on....

YES

[glow=red,2,300]136 S WHITEHEAD Brie USA 724[/glow]

137 A TICIC Timna CRO 807
138 S SCHAEFER Anne priska GER 810
139 S MALHOTRA Anastasia JPN 881
140 S MILLS Danielle USA 907
141 F BOVINA Elena RUS 992
142 S VLCKOVA Zora CZE 1013
143 S JONES Whitney USA 1016
144 S GJINE Stefi CAN 1028
145 S PICOT Eleonore FRA 1252
146 S JANBAKHSH Ines GBR 1271
147 S KVELSTEIN Barbara EST 1274
148 S BOHANNON Jacqueline USA 1320
149 S SUNDARAM Subi USA 1358
150 DRAGUT Elena USA
151 AL-RAMADHAN Sawsan sayel JOR
152 S ABOUBAKARE Carissa USA
153 S ABOUBAKARE Bianca USA
154 KIM Jin-hee KOR

[DBBN]

Every night I will pray that somehow, some way, Brie Whitehead gets to play in the qualifying draw at Roland Garros.

I deserve it! I've been so good

[DBBN]

Seventeen-year-old Madison Brengle of Dover, Del., has been awarded a wild-card entry into the 2007 French Open women’s singles qualifying tournament.
Brengle earned her entry into the French Open prelimin by winning an eight-player USTA Wild Card Tournament at the Boca West Tennis Club in Boca Raton, Fla.

Currently ranked No. 288 in the world, she won her first pro singles title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Baltimore in 2005 as a qualifier and reached the finals of two USTA Pro Circuit $25,000 events (Hammond, La., and Clearwater, Fla.) this year.

The USTA invited a group of eight American players, age 20 or younger, to compete for the women’s wild card last week. In the final, Brengle defeated Mary Gambale, who won the wild card in the French Open qualifying tournament two years ago, 6-4, 6-3.

Other players who participated in the tournament were Julia Cohen, Alexa Glatch, Jamie Hampton, Ellah Nze, Melanie Oudin and Ashley Weinhold.

Brengle won the Aussie Open main draw WC play-off as well. I think she'll be a decent US player in the future -- she handles the Big Chances well.

[janie]

Woohoo, Delaware's own Madison!

I'm impressed by her winning some matches on clay this week in Charlottesville. Of course, it's not RED clay. She'd better get over there early and start getting used to that, if her teachers will let her miss a month of classes.

[janie]

hurley said:

Every night I will pray that somehow, some way, Brie Whitehead gets to play in the qualifying draw at Roland Garros.

I deserve it! I've been so good

Okay, now I'll have to pray every night for God to ignore your prayers. In this way we will learn which of us God likes best!

[janie]

Hingie's out. (who prayed for THAT, I wonder! )

[DBBN]

[R. Black]

Argh.

How many more retirements we need so Brie can play qualies?

[corswandt]

janie said:

Hingie's out. (who prayed for THAT, I wonder! )

Not me.

I was really looking forward to see her get blown clean off the court by some deservedly obscure scrub.

[janie]

bagelresurrection said:

Argh.

How many more retirements we need so Brie can play qualies?

About 120 more.

[DBBN]

So Hingis is out, obviously Clijsters. Bepa and Nastya probably won't play. Sharapova may not as well. Vaidisova has a lingering injury. Ivanovic and Li will probably play, but who knows?

That is potentially a ton of good players missing.

[janie]

Back to RG, I bet Sharapova will play. Gimelstob said she's practicing. Her agent was making inquiries at Strasbourg-- but the tournament director said it's unlikely she'll play there, because the agent "wanted too much money". Oops, I think he was supposed to keep his gob shut about that.

[janie]

The knowledgeable Randy H. posits that Next-In players down to Borwell are almost sure to get in. You know what that means, don't you? Akgul the Giant will be at RG!

Still no joy for Candle Head, though.

[Traveling Man]

Martina Hingis has withdrawn.

[janie]

ali2 said:

Martina Hingis has withdrawn.

I know. We aleady cried about it in this thread.

Six WCs named today, according to a French poster at wtaworld:

- Alizé CORNET (FRA)
- Casey DELL’AQUA (AUS)
- Youlia FEDOSSOVA (FRA)
- Stéphanie FORETZ (FRA)
- Mathilde JOHANSSON (FRA)
- Pauline PARMENTIER (FRA)

[Wagasi]

Justine or Serena better win, if not the consequences could be dire

[DevilishAttitude]

Sharapova is definetly playing, she's back next week.

Myskina is supposedly training to return at RG, although it could be like Pierce last year.

I'd be surprised if Vaidisova, Ivanovic and Li didn't play. Specially Ivanovic, since she won Kuznetsova with no movement whatsoever.

Vera is 99% certain out, and Golovin's prospects aren't too promising, although it was the same last year.

It's amazing how with the losses of Clijsters, Hingis, Davenport, Pierce how weak the WTA Tour is becoming...

[sasha]

Give Brie a WC!

Or, at least let Daddy buy one for her!

Then, put her against Bovina or some horrible Frenchie!

[Maeby Fünke]

So, basically, nobody I like is playing this thing.

[R. Black]

I saw a thread at wtaw. about Myskina training for the French, but I didn't read it.

[janie]

Well, it said her foot is feeling better, so she's out practicing now. Who knows what that means in terms of playing, though.