WTA TOUR 2013

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Fan Favorite Award Winners: Part I

Fan Favorite Award Winners: Part II

Fan Favorite Shot Of The Year
Agnieszka Radwanska (Miami QFs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8KvrhP1DtE

Fan Favorite Match Of The Year
Victoria Azarenka Vs Maria Sharapova (French Open SFs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moLrjm4Fbsk

Koja ce gde poceti novu sezonu

Six Top 10 players at the Brisbane International - Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic, Angelique Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki.

The two other Top 10 players will both be across the water at the Shenzhen Open - Li Na and Sara Errani.

A trio of Top 20 players will headline at the ASB Classic in Auckland, namely Roberta Vinci, Ana Ivanovic, Kirsten Flipkens and Venus Williams

Povratnice na teren

A few WTA stars will also be making long-awaited returns to the tour in Week 1 of the new season, perhaps most notably former World No.2 Vera Zvonareva, who is set to make her return from shoulder surgery in Shenzhen - it will be her first tournament since the London Olympics a year and a half ago.

Another pair of comebacks will take place in Auckland, with Iveta Melzer - formerly Iveta Benesova - making her comeback from a left shoulder injury, her last tournament coming at the US Open in 2012, and Garbiñe Muguruza playing her first tournament since Wimbledon this year after ankle surgery.

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Intervju Doroteje Erić: http://www.nettenis.org/ekskluzivno-dor ... -nettenis/

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Jelena Dokic izgubila od Gajdosove 6-2, 6-4 (vodila u drugom 3-1) (playoff za AO)

The 30-year-old Dokic played in black tracksuit pants to cover some of what she preferred was not seen, but reintroduced herself to competitive tennis against another adopted Australian attempting a comeback and was reasonably well satisfied with the outcome. If not the result.

''I thought it could have been worse, I thought I would be a lot more nervous,'' Dokic said. ''I'm just happy to get the first one out of the way - it's the worst one. And nearly two years out is a very long time, even for a top player. A top-five player, after two years, they're saying, 'Well, I'll just be happy to get a win or two', so where does that leave me with two years out?

''Of course, I have to be happy with today; the second set was close, I got a break and couldn't capitalise on it. Obviously, just disappointed with the fact that I lost, but not too disappointed with everything today.''

''I thought there were some positive things today,'' Dokic said. ''Obviously, for my capabilities, I'm not that happy. Obviously, you can't be, but it's a tough draw to get and I think she's definitely probably the favourite to win.''

Gajdosova, too, spoke with some optimism, after what was a tricky on-court reunion and personal return: ''We know each other very well. We've struggled, both of us, very much throughout the years, and she's trying to make a comeback, I'm trying to make a comeback. It was kind of unknown how it's gonna look, what's gonna happen … it's a long way from what we both can play.

''My illness was a bit shorter than hers, so she definitely has a tougher road than I do, but I think she can get on very fast, she just needs a few more matches, a few more months of practice, and she'll be fine.''
Earlier, the major upset of another damp day was achieved by 16-year-old Queenslander Akira Santillan, who upstaged second-seed Matt Reid 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 in a marathon match.

Ceo tekst

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Intervju sa Barbarom Bonic

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Za njene fanove

Eugenie Bouchard est la personnalité féminine de l'année 2013 au Québec.

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Ko se snađe, svaka mu čast, ali sad bi kao trebalo da je jednostavnije...

2014 New WTA ranking point distribution***
The WTA Board of Directors has approved an adjustment to the current WTA Ranking Point Distribution. The new ranking points will be introduced over a 12-month period from the start of the 2014 season.

The changes to the current ranking rules are:

- At both WTA and ITF level, the round to round distribution has been standardized

- Players are better rewarded for winning and going deep in tournaments

- First round points at Mandatory tournaments have been doubled

- Qualifying points at Internationals have been enhanced

- Grand Slam qualifying points have been adjusted to lessen the difference with WTA Premier events qualifying points, which have similarly-ranked qualifying draws

*New points will be added only as 2013 results drop off so change will be gradual.


Elements for Change

1. Grand Slam QLF reduced from 60/50/40/2 to 40/30/20/2

2. QLF Pts: GS - 40, PM - 30, P5 - 30, Premier - 25, International - 18

3. GS/WTA Round to Round Distribution: 65/60/55/55/55/55

4. WTA 125K and ITF Round to Round Distribution: 60/60/50/50/50

5. 1st Round Grand Slam and Premier Mandatory = 10 vs 5 / 1st Round Premier Mandatory Qualifying 2 vs 1

6. WTA Qualifier receives 45-50% at Premiers, 57% at Grand Slams, and 60% at Internationals of 1st Round Main Draw Win

7. ITF New 25+H Level with 60 pts to Winner…… ITF 15K receives 5 more points to distance from 10K
ITF 75K, 5 more points to winner. ITF 50+H, and 50K, 10 more points to winner.

Examples:

Grand Slam:

W 2000
F 1300
SF 780
QF 430
4R 240
3R 130
2R 70
1R 10

QR 40
Q3R 30
Q2R 20
Q1R 2

@ Internationals

W 280
F 180
SF 110
QF 60
2R 30
1R 1

QR 18
Q3R 14
Q2R 10
Q1R 1

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Kalendar za 2014. su 50 puta menjali a kao prvi je napravljen još krajem januara. Vidim sada brišu se Brisel, Palermo... Tokijo ostaje kao običan Premier i Kuala Lumpur ostaje i dadaje se još i Turnir u Tjencinu (verovatno kao zamena što Kina nema Završni).

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Kuala Lumpur je "kupio" licencu od Palerma, ovo ostalo ko zna. Mislim da je otpao i neki turnir tokom leta u SAD.

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Danka Kovinic igrace u 1. kolu kvalifikacija za Brizbejn protiv 87. teniserke svijeta Holandjanke Kiki Bertens. Mec je zakazan za petak u jedan sat posle ponoci. Ukoliko savlada Holandjanku u drugom kolu bi igrala protiv pobjednice meca Dusevina-Duval.

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Volela bih da se probije do nivoa da mogu da je gledam u nekom prenosu, ovako osim Fed kupa kod nas nisam je nikad gledala.

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Ana Konjuh (16 god) dobila WC za glavni zreb Ouklenda
Rezai ce verovatno dobiti WC za kvalifikacije. Trenutno je 525.

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Ispale i Danka i Vesna.