Friday, September 21, 2007
DAVIS CUP RESULTS
WORLD GROUP
Playoffs
Note: Winners to 2008 World Group; losers to 2008 Zonal Group I
Israel 1, Chile 1
At Canada Stadium
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Nicolas Massu, Chile, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, def. Noam Okun, Israel, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.
BANKA KOPER SLOVENIA OPEN
At Portoroz, Slovenia
Purse: $145,000 (Tier IV)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Second Round
Meilen Tu (9), United States, def. Ana Vrljic, Croatia, 7-6 (1), 6-0.
Emilie Loit (6), France, def. Nathalie Vierin, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.
Katarina Srebotnik (4), Slovenia, def. Meghann Shaughnessy, United States, 6-2, 6-0.
Gisela Dulko (7), Argentina, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Stephanie Foretz, France, and Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Switzerland, def. Katarina Kachlikova, Slovakia, and Katie O’Brien, Britain, 6-4, 6-3.
Semifinals
Lucie Hradecka and Renata Voracova (3), Czech Republic, def. Emilie Loit, France, and Meilen Tu (1), United States, 3-6, 6-4, 10-7 tiebreak.
WTA TOUR SUNFEAST OPEN RESULTS
At Calcutta, India
Purse: $175,000 (Tier III)
Surface: Hard-Indoor
Singles
Second Round
Daniela Hantuchova (2), Slovakia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Russia, 6-2, 6-1.
Flavia Pennetta (7), Italy, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-1, 6-3.
Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-1.
Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, def. Vania King, United States, 6-1, 6-2.
Anne Keothavong, Britain, def. Sunitha Rao, India, 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Ipek Senoglu, Turkey, and Yaroslava Shvedova, Russia, def. Sandy Gumulya, Indonesia, and Whitney Jones, United States, 6-2, 7-6 (3).
Vania King, United States, and Alla Kudryavtseva (1), Russia, def. Tara Iyer, India, and Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 6-1, 5-7, 10-4 tiebreak.
WTA TOUR CHINA OPEN RESULTS
At Beijing
Purse: $600,000 (Tier II)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Second Round
Lindsay Davenport, United States, def. Eleni Daniilidou (8), Greece, 7-5, 6-3.
Akiko Morigami, Japan, def. Aiko Nakamura, Japan, 7-5, 6-3.
Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, 6-2, 6-0.
Jelena Jankovic (2), Serbia, def. Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Chuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei (3), Taiwan, def. Akiko Morigami and Aiko Nakamura, Japan, 6-1, 7-5.
Peng Shuai and Yan Zi (2), China, def. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, and Jasmin Woehr, Germany, 6-1, 6-4.
Catalina Castano, Colombia, and Abigail Spears, United States, def. Alina Jidkova, Russia, and Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 1-6, 6-1, 10-3 tiebreak.