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Well in the Kremlin Cup Svetlana was beaten by Serena so Serena joins Elena Dementieva in the final. Gisela Dulko did wekk against Svetlana taking her into three sets. Marion Bartoli yet again lost in the early rounds against Dushevina who lost badly against Sevtlana. On the other side Serena fought a tough match against Nicole whilst Michaella lost early. In the second half Amelie Mauresmo lost in the first round with Maria Kirilenko leaving Dinara Safina and Anna Chakvetadze as the main players there. Dinara beat Anna and Vera to set up a Semi Final match against Elena however losing 6-0,6-1. Elena had also beaten Alicia Molik, Patty Schnyder and Victoria Azarenka to get there. Maria Sharapova lost to Victoria Azarenka. All this leaving Serena and Elena in a blockbuster final.
In Bangkok Jelena Jankovic retired early against Zi Yan to allow her through until the Quatres as Vania King after a tiring match against Dominika Cibulkova decided to withdraw. Virginie Razzano also couldn't make three week wins losing to Urzula Radwanska. The first half eventually pitted two asian players Zi Yan and Yung-Jan Cha against one another. On the other side Flavia Pennetta fought hard to defeat Shahar Peer whilst also defesting Venus Williams in the Semis. This gives Flavia a good chance to win the title against Yung-Jan Chan.
On the Men's side it has been less favourable to be. In the Kremlin cup Marat Safin, Andy Murray, Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny all fell short of their expected finishes. Leaving Nikolay Davydenko not having to play a single seed until the finals. Because my only representative Mikhail lost early it meant that any one else was able to go through to the final and that is Paul-Henri Mathieu. Overall quite dissapointed in the many second round losses.
In Stockholm my favourites Blake, Haas lost in the semis and Mario Ancic lost in the Quatres so overall dissapointed aswell leaving Thomas Johansson against Ivo Karlovic (I'm Ok about these two players but I would have rather watched Blake against Haas).
However one player will always bring a smile to my face and that is Novak Djokovic. He is quickly climbing the heights of being my faourite player after Andy Roddick and Marat Safin. I'm happy that Baghdatis lost early though :-). Overall like the other tournaments many seeds lost early leaving Noak against Stanislas. However the doubles side has been good in quite a strong field I am happy that Safin and Tursunov got into the final,wish them luck against Cibulec and Zovko.
Normally I don't comment on the Doubles side but the singles haven't been drawn yet and the doubles field look quite strong. The Bryan brothers lead the field with a possible opponent of Pavel and Vizner. On the second quartet Hanley amd Ullyett will probably face Aspelin and Knowle but Erlich and Ram are also strong opponents, Damm and Paes will probs face Bjorkman and Mirnyi who are both strong. On the lost quarter Knowles will play with Murray whilst Nestor and Zimonjic are on the other side however look out for Blake and Butorac against Murray and Knowles which would be quite interesting considering Murray played with Butorac earlier in the year.
In the Zurich Open a strong stellar field has assembled.
Justine Henin should find the first rounds to be fine with the most difficult player as Daniela Hantuchova however Daniela has an early scare against Dinara Safina who got into the Semis of the Kremlin Cup. On the second quarter a strong field is drawn against one another. Jankovic will have an early fight against Nicole (boo hoo) whilst Marion will play Amelie in the first round leaving a possible Mauresmo vs Jankovic match. On the third quarter Ivanaovic will probably have Maria Sharapova to face unless she succumbs to inury again where Kirilenko or Golovin will fill her space. Serena will have Patty Schnyder as her first round match and Dementieva her finalist opponent in the Kremlin Cup as her second round opponent. then Svetlana may face her, poor Serena she will be knackered after this. I think that Justine will come out victorious like she always does in these situations and a possible finalist I think will be either Williams or Kuznetsova.