Don't have much time and have a lot to post so this will be quick. The China Open was won by Jelena Jankovic in a repeat of the match up between her and Svetlana Kuznetsova last week, however this time Jankovic thrashed Kuznetsova. Na Li sadly lost to Schiavone in Round 1 whilst Anabel Medina Garrigues caused a few shocks before succumbing to Vera Zvonareva who pushed Jankovic to three sets in her semis.
Dominika Cibulkova showing herself to be a force to be recognised beat Mauresmo twice in two weeks and was only supressed by Kuznetsova. Whilst yet again Ivanovic showed herself badly and lost again to Jie Zheng though this time there was a glimmer of hope for Ivanovic.
In the Hansol Korea Open one of my favourites Maria Kirilenko won (and deservedly so). Melani South a lucky loser however was unable to fly the flag for Britain in Round 2 as she retired 6-1, 3-0 down. Kaia Kanepi was a force that looked to be en route to a tough match up between her and Kirilenko but Kirilenko prevailed. Samantha Stosur however was the talk of the town as she got to the finals - however she evaded quite a few seeds whilst getting to the final. Shahar Peer another player who has succumbed to the "San Henin" fever which has caused quite a few players to suddenly drop in their rankings bid, lost out to Craybas in the QF. Well the Thailand Open was a slight upset for me as Djokovic lost in the final but nonetheless he is still my favourite player - it's sad to see though tat Djokovic has been much more variable this year compared to previous ones where he won his first grand slam but has also lost to some obscure players on the tour.
Also sadly Marat Safin lost in Round 1 to a guy I have never heard of! Whilst Monfils did well but it was sad to see him lose like that to Tsonga who seems to be getting back into rhythm. In the ATP China open Andy Roddick won - yeah! If only Djokovic and Safin were in the final of the other and then it would have been a near perfect week! Anyway Ferrer was shocked in the second round by Dudi Sela - yeah I don't know what he's been doing recently! He also beat Robredo and Schuettler enroute to the finals! Sadly Gasquet wasn't capable of playing this see sweeper. Sam Querrey also succumed to an early defeat to my shock but Bjorn Phau (his succesor) also beat Fernando Gonzalez meaning Phau was another seed sweeper (don't like giant killer because Querrey and Gonzalez aren't giants in every term of the word!) of the week though most don't rememeber Phau! Anyway that meant that Roddick didn't have to play a single seed to win the title.However he did have to face former No.1 Ferrero (who seems to be out of it now) and two tough unseeded players being Sela and Phau.
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