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WTA Tour in Dubai |
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Dubai Duty Free Women's Open
Dubai-UAE
$1,000,000 (Tier II)
Hardcourt / Outdoors
February 28 - March 5, 2005
For Draws
Visit: www.wtatour.com/draws
Results - Saturday, March
5, 2005
Singles - Final (1) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. Jelena Jankovic (SCG) 64 36 64 (2 hours, 11 minutes) Doubles - Final (1) Ruano Pascual/Suarez (ESP/ARG) d. (2) Kuznetsova/Molik (RUS/AUS) 67(7) 62 61
Finals facts
* Davenport wins her 46th career Sony
Ericsson WTA Tour singles final in her 81st final; she improved to
1-2 in finals for 2005, having finished runner-up at Australian Open
(l. to S.Williams) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Sharapova) in her
two most recent appearances
* Jankovic was appearing in her second
career final, having won the 2004 Budapest title last May
* Jankovic led an early service break
(2-1) in the third set and later held three more break points (one
at 3-all and two at 4-all) only for Davenport to break to love in
the 10th game
* Davenport improves to 3-0 lifetime vs.
Jankovic, having beaten her twice last year at Charleston (2r) and
Filderstadt (QF)
* It is only the fourth singles title
(out of 46) Davenport has won as the world's No.1-ranked player
* In five editions of the Dubai Duty
Free Women's Open the world No.1 has won the title on three
occasions (Hingis - 2001, Henin-Hardenne - 2004, Davenport - 2005)
while the No.1 seed has won on four occasions (all of the above plus
world No.4 Henin-Hardenne in 2003)
* Ruano Pascual/Suarez win their 27th
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles title as a team, the 30th overall for
Ruano Pascual and 37th for Suarez; it was only their second pairing
for 2005, with a leg injury delaying Suarez's start to the season
* Doubles runners-up Kuznetsova/Molik
lose their first-ever match as a team (9-1), having won the
Australian Open title on debut in January; Molik had won her first
13 doubles matches of the season, having also won the Doha title
last week with Francesca Schiavone
Quotes
Lindsay Davenport, 2005 Dubai
singles champion:
"It was very tight. I never knew
what was going to happen. But I played a great point at 4-all when I
was down break point. It was a really long rally and I came up with
some great shots in that rally and that really saved me."
On Jankovic: "I think she is
incredibly fast out there, and she changes direction of the ball
very well. She likes to hit to the open court, and the amount of
balls and how she hit them on the run was very good."
Jelena Jankovic, singles
runner-up:
"It was just a few points at the
end. It was important when I had break point at 4-all and I let it
slip; it was the key. It was a long point and she won it, and then
I kind of gave it away. I was just too tired and I couldn't serve
anymore. I couldn't bend my legs."
"I'm getting better but I'm
still a lot weaker than the other players. I'm working on that
and that's my main goal. Sometimes when Lindsay hit the ball my
hand was hurting. I thought my wrist was going to fall off. But
I don't want to be like a bodybuilder!"
Results - Friday, March 4, 2005 Singles - Semifinals (1) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. (8) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 46 75 61 Jelena Jankovic (SCG) d. (2) Serena Williams (USA) 60 43 ret. (right shoulder tendon strain) Doubles - Semifinals (2) Kuznetsova/Molik (RUS/AUS) d. Yan/Zheng (CHN/CHN) 75 64 (1) Ruano Pascual/Suarez (ESP/ARG) d. (WC) Hantuchova/Schiavone (SVK/ITA) 57 64 75 Results - Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Singles - Second Round (8) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. (Q) Na Li (CHN) 63 76(9) (3) Anastasia Myskina (RUS) d. (Q) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 42 ret. (left patella tendonitis) (WC) Conchita Martinez (ESP) d. (7) Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 61 62 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 75 64 (2) Serena Williams (USA) d. Elena Bovina (RUS) 16 61 64 (1) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. (Q) Jie Zheng (CHN) 62 75
Results - Monday, February 28, 2005
Singles - First Round (WC) Conchita Martinez (ESP) d. Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) 63 64 (WC) Sania Mirza (IND) d. Jelena Kostanic (CRO) 67(2) 64 61 Jelena Jankovic (SCG) d. Paola Suarez (ARG) 63 61 Silvia Farina Elia (ITA) d. (5) Venus Williams (USA) 75 76(6) (8) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Magdalena Maleeva (BUL) 76(1) 62 Doubles - First Round (WC) Hantuchova/Schiavone (SVK/ITA) d. (Q) Baker/Lubiani (NZL/ITA) 62 64 (2) Kuznetsova/Molik (RUS/AUS) d. Callens/Stewart (BEL/AUS) 64 62 T.Li/Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Pratt/Stosur (AUS/AUS) 62 62 Singles Qualifying - Final Round (1) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 61 75 (2) Vera Douchevina (RUS) d. (8) Ana Ivanovic (SCG) 64 63 (5) Na Li (CHN) d. Cara Black (ZIM) 62 67(8) 63 Jie Zheng (CHN) d. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 36 64 75 Doubles - First Round
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