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2005		WTA Tour in Tokyo, Japan
		Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo-JPN $1,300,000 (Tier I) Carpet / Indoors January 31-February 6, 2005 INTERNET: Visit: www.toray-ppo.co.jp www.wtatour.com/results For Draws Visit: www.wtatour.com/draws Results - Sunday, February 6, 2005 Singles - Final (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (1) Lindsay Davenport (USA) 61 36 76(5) Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes Doubles - Final (2) Husarova/Likhovtseva (SVK/RUS) d. Davenport/Morariu (USA/USA) 64 63 Final Facts: Sharapova wins her eighth Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title; her first in 2005 This was Sharapova's first Tier I title Davenport is a four-time champion of Toray Pan Pacific Open and was appearing in her sixth final at the event Husarova/Likhovtseva won their second career title as a team Husarova now has 19 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles titles, while Likhovtseva has 22 Davenport/Morariu were making their second consecutive final together, falling at the Australian Open to Kuznetsova/Molik Quotes: Sharapova: "It's my first Tier I title so I'm really happy. It was down to the wire and I beat the No.1 player and was able to finish it off. I'm thrilled! It means a lot to me. It's my third title in Japan so I have good memories here. The fans were amazing and helped raise my game." Davenport: "I tried to keep the points short because I couldn't really move that well. I strained it (left hamstring) in my warmup this morning. Surprisingly, the difference in the match was just a few points. I had to go for more shots and take some chances so I made some errors in the tiebreak, but she came up with some great shots at the end. When I took the injury timeout, my coach wanted me to stop but I didn't want to disappoint the fans." "I served well so that allowed me to stay in the match. Playing injured, you have to think of the future but you have to think about the fans and the tournament also. I managed to stick it out til the end, so I have something to be proud of in a loss. It's been a long trip, starting in Australia, and I hope to get and stay healthy and enjoy playing this year. I think I've started off great this year." Husarova: "We started playing in Linz last year and decided to try to play as a team in 2005. We speak to each other in Russian, English, sometimes Italian. We seem to communicate well as we ended up winning the title here. We are very happy with our results here this year and hope to be back to defend our title next year." Results - Saturday, February 5, 2005 Singles - Semifinals (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) 64 76(3) (1) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 61 76(2) Doubles - Semifinals Davenport/Morariu (USA/USA) d. (3) Dementieva/Sugiyama (RUS/JPN) walkover (Dementieva: sprained finger) (2) Husarova/Likhovtseva (SVK/RUS) d. (4) Pratt/Vento-Kabchi (AUS/VEN) 63 63 Results - Friday, February 4, 2005 Singles - Quarterfinals (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (6) Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 63 63 Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) d. (4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 63 64 (1) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 61 62 (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (8) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 76(4) 76(4) Doubles - Quarterfinals (4) Pratt/Vento-Kabchi (AUS/VEN) d. Takemura/Yonemura (JPN/JPN) 64 76(4) Order of Play - Saturday, February 5, 2005 Center Court (from 13.00hrs) 1. Asagoe vs. Sharapova 2. Davenport vs. Kuznetsova 3. Pratt/Vento-Kabchi vs. Husarova/Likhovtseva Please note that Dementieva withdrew from her doubles semifinal match (with partner Sugiyama) due to a right ring-finger sprain. Davenport/Morariu will receive a walkover into the final. Results - Thursday, February 3, 2005* Singles - Second Round Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 60 62 (4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Akiko Morigami (JPN) 62 62 (6) Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 75 46 62 (1) Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. Saori Obata (JPN) 64 63 Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. (WC) Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 36 75 64 (8) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 46 60 62 Doubles - Quarterfinals (3) Dementieva/Sugiyama (RUS/JPN) d. Krizan/Vinci (SLO/ITA) 62 63 (2) Husarova/Likhovtseva (SLO/RUS) d. Callens/McShea (BEL/AUS) 76(2) 75 Davenport/Morariu (USA/USA) d. (1) Black/Huber (ZIM/RSA) 61 63 Results - Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Singles - First Round (WC) Aiko Nakamura (JPN) d. (Q) Ryoko Fuda (JPN) 36 64 62 Akiko Morigami (JPN) d. Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (ESP) 64 61 Jill Craybas (USA) d. Tatiana Panova (RUS) 64 46 75 Singles - Second Round (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Maria Vento-Kabchi (VEN) 76(3) 60 (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (Q) Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (SUI) 63 61 Doubles - First Round (1) Black/Huber (ZIM/RSA) d. Lee/Peng (TPE/CHN) 62 57 60 (Q) Takemura/Yonemura (JPN/JPN) d. Cho/Jeon (KOR/KOR) 76(4) 26 75 (3)Dementieva/Sugiyama (RUS/JPN) d. Asagoe/Jankovic (JPN/SCG) 63 06 61 Davenport/Morariu (USA/USA) d. Okamoto/Yoshida (JPN/JPN) 62 62 (4) Pratt/Vento-Kabchi (AUS/VEN) d. Jidkova/Parra Santonja (RUS/ESP) 63 62 (2) Husarova/Likhovtseva (SVK/RUS) d. Dekmeijere/Osterloh (LAT/USA) 63 75 Results - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 Singles - First Round Saori Obata (JPN) d. (WC) Miho Saeki (JPN) 60 61 (Q) Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (SUI) d. Nicole Pratt (AUS) 64 63 Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. (7) Jelena Jankovic (SCG) 16 63 61 Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Shuai Peng (CHN) 63 62 Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (5) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 26 63 62 Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) d. (Q) Yuka Yoshida (JPN) 62 61 (8) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Alina Jidkova (RUS) 61 64 Maria Vento-Kabchi (VEN) d. (Q) Lilia Osterloh (USA) 63 61 (6) Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) d. Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 60 60 Doubles - First Round Krizan/Vinci (SLO/ITA) d. (WC) Morigami/Saeki (JPN/JPN) 62 75 Callens/McShea (BEL/AUS) d. Craybas/Tu (USA/USA) 60 26 75 Doubles Qualifying - Final Round (2) Takemura/Yonemura (JPN/JPN) d. (1) Nakamura/Obata (JPN/JPN) 64 67(4) 76(6)