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Post by Admin on Oct 6, 2014 0:56:07 GMT
 TOURNAMENT INFOWHEN: OSAKA, JAPAN WHERE: OCT 06 - OCT 12 TIER: International PRIZE MONEY: $250,000 SURFACE: Hard DIRECTOR: Mr. Ichiro Nakanishi Coming during the last week of the WTA calendar's Far East leg is the Japan Women's Open Tennis at Osaka's Utsubo Tennis Center. Samantha Stosur, who two years later would triumph at the US Open, captured the inaugural edition in 2009 and became the tournament's first two-time champion in 2013. The event made headlines in 2010 for featuring the oldest-known final in WTA history, with then-33-year-old Tamarine Tanasugarn beating 40-year-old Japanese native Kimiko Date-Krumm. And at the 2012 staging, Heather Watson became the first British WTA titlist since Sara Gomer won Aptos in 1988. A significant cultural center located in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu and its third-largest city by population, Osaka functions as one of the country's economic command hubs. Official Website:www.jw-open.jp/ |
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Post by Admin on Oct 6, 2014 0:58:37 GMT
PREVIOUS WINNERS Singles2013 Samantha Stosur 2012 Heather Watson 2011 Marion Bartoli 2010 Tamarine Tanasugarn 2009 Samantha Stosur Doubles2013 Flavia Pennetta / Kristina Mladenovic 2012 Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears 2011 Kimiko Date-Krumm / Shuai Zhang 2010 Lilia Osterloh / Kai-Chen Chang 2009 Lisa Raymond / Chia-Jung Chuang
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Post by Admin on Oct 6, 2014 1:05:05 GMT
WTA Osaka | Day 1 - Order of Play & Results (6 Oct):
[6] Heather Watson (GBR) d Jovana Jaksic (SRB) | 3 - 6 | 6 - 4 | 6 - 2 |
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) d [WC] Risa Ozaki (JPN) | 7 - 6 (3) | 6 - 3 |
[2] Madison Keys (USA) d Sachia Vickery (USA) | 6 - 3 | 6 - 3 |
Luksika Kumkhum (THA) d [7] Christina McHale (USA) | 4 - 6 | 6 - 1 | 6 - 3 |
[WC] Naomi Osaka (JPN) d Erika Sema (JPN) | 6 - 1 | 4 - 6 | 6 - 0 |
[3] Elina Svitolina (UKR) d Shelby Rogers (USA) | 7 - 6 (2) | 4 - 6 | 6 - 1 |
Eri Hozumi (JPN) d Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) | 7 - 6 (4) | 3 - 6 | 6 - 1 |
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Post by Admin on Oct 7, 2014 1:30:59 GMT
WTA Osaka | Day 2 - Order of Play & Results (7 Oct):
[1] Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Misa Eguchi (JPN) | 6 - 4 | 7 - 5 |
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) d [L] Miharu Imanishi (JPN) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 0 |
Misaki Doi (JPN) d [Q] Ana Bogdan (ROU) | 6 - 7 (4) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 2 |
[4] CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) d [WC] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 3 |
Ana Konjuh (CRO) d Jie Zheng (CHN) | 4 - 6 | 7 - 5 | 6 - 2 |
Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) d Tatjana Maria (GER) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 1 |
[5] Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d [Q] Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) | 7 - 6 (3) | 6 - 1 |
[8] Lauren Davis (USA) d [Q] Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) | 1 - 6 | 6 - 4 | 7 - 6 (3) |
[Q] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) d Renata Voracova (CZE) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 3 |
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Post by Admin on Oct 8, 2014 5:27:35 GMT
WTA Osaka | Day 3 - Order of Play & Results (8 Oct):
[3] Elina Svitolina (UKR) d [WC] Naomi Osaka (JPN) | 3 - 6 | 6 - 3 | 6 - 4 |
Luksika Kumkhum (THA) d Eri Hozumi (JPN) | 2 - 6 | 6 - 4 | 6 - 4 |
[2] Madison Keys (USA) d Misaki Doi (JPN) | 6 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) d [6] Heather Watson (GBR) | 6 - 4 | 7 - 5 |
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2014 13:20:44 GMT
WTA Osaka | Day 4 - Order of Play & Results (9 Oct):
[8] Lauren Davis (USA) d [Q] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 1 |
[5] Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) | 6 - 0 | 6 - 1 |
Ana Konjuh (CRO) d [4] CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) | 6 - 2 | 3 - 6 | 6 - 3 |
[1] Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) | 7 - 6 (4) | 1 - 0 | RET
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2014 13:21:49 GMT
WTA Osaka | Quarter-Finals - Order of Play & Results (10 Oct):
[3] Elina Svitolina (UKR) d [8] Lauren Davis (USA) | 6 - 2 | 6 - 4 |
[5] Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d Ana Konjuh (CRO) | 6 - 7 (4) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 2 |
[1] Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 1 |
Luksika Kumkhum (THA) d [2] Madison Keys (USA) | 6 - 2 | 4 - 3 | RET
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2014 10:47:17 GMT
WTA Osaka | Semi-Finals - Order of Play & Results (11 Oct):
[1] Samantha Stosur (AUS) d [3] Elina Svitolina (UKR) | 7 - 6 (6) | 6 - 2 |
[5] Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d Luksika Kumkhum (THA) | 6 - 2 | 7 - 5 |
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2014 10:47:46 GMT
WTA Osaka | Finals - Order of Play & Results (12 Oct):
[1] Samantha Stosur (AUS) d [5] Zarina Diyas (KAZ) | 7 - 6 (7) | 6 - 3 |
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2014 10:49:21 GMT
 Sam Stosur edged Zarina Diyas to win the Japan Women's Open Tennis title:Last year Samantha Stosur made the Japan Women's Open Tennis the first tournament she's ever won twice, and she continued to make it her favorite stomping grounds this year, edging Zarina Diyas in the final on Sunday to lift her third career title at the International event. Full-Story: www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4211728/title/sam-stosur-queen-of-osaka |
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