[新聞]WTA Tour Championships Preview

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November 6, 2005 Preview: Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche LOS ANGELES, California, USA - The stars of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour will collide in Los Angeles, California this week at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche. The $3-million season-ending event will feature an elite eight-player field, including current world No.1 Lindsay Davenport, reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters and defending champion Maria Sharapova. Davenport and Clijsters, arguably the hottest players on the Tour this year, will look to do their best this week, as the year-end No.1 ranking is on the line and whoever performs better in Los Angeles will clinch it. The two players lead the Tour this year not only in titles won (Clijsters has nine, Davenport six) but also in match wins (Clijsters has won 66, Davenport 58) and win-loss percentage (Clijsters is .904, Davenport is .879). They have faced each other three times this year, with all three matches going to three sets and the American owning a slight 2-1 advantage. Should they continue playing the way they have been, particularly in the latter half of the season, they could very well have their fourth meeting in the final. Sharapova, who consolidated her 2004 Wimbledon title with an exciting run here at the Tour Championships last year, could be the biggest obstacle this week for Davenport and Clijsters. The Russian teenager is the only player other than Davenport to have held the No.1 ranking this year, spending seven weeks at the top spot between August and October. She is also the only player to have reached the semifinals at three of the tennis calendar's four biggest stages, the Grand Slams, featuring in the final four at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, falling to the eventual champion each time, twice in thrilling three set matches. Sharapova is undoubtedly a big-match player, and there is no bigger time to shine than here. Hoping to put France on the Tour Championships map for the first time will be Amelie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce, who have travelled very different paths to get here. Mauresmo has been an exceptionally consistent performer throughout the year, reaching the quarterfinals or better at 13 events, capturing three titles and reaching three other finals. Pierce qualified on the strength of an inspiring second half of the season, reaching Grand Slam finals at both Roland Garros and the US Open and capturing two Tier I titles. Both Frenchwomen have reached finals at the Tour Championships in the past, and will likely crave the taste again. Rounding out the participants this week will be resurgent Swisswoman Patty Schnyder, talented Russian Nadia Petrova and the always-dangerous Elena Dementieva. All three players have been enjoying standout seasons in 2005. Schnyder has worked her way back into the Top 10 with incredibly consistent results, including winning two titles and reaching two Tier I finals; Petrova has also had impressively consistent results, and recently captured her career-first Tour singles title; Dementieva has been playing some of her best tennis in the latter half of 2005, highlighted by her heroic Fed Cup final performance and notching wins over both Davenport and Clijsters. While Dementieva actually qualified in ninth position, sixth-placed Justine Henin-Hardenne, the Roland Garros champion, was unable to compete in Los Angeles due to an ongoing hamstring injury. Fellow 2005 major winners - Wimbledon titleholder Venus Williams and Australian Open champ Serena Williams - finished in 10th and 11th positions respectively, hampered by knee injuries towards the end of the season. The eight qualifying players were placed into two groups of four at the draw ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, with the Green Group comprising Davenport, Sharapova, Schnyder and Petrova, while the Black Group consists of Clijsters, Mauresmo, Pierce and Dementieva. http://www.wtatour.com/newsroom/stories/NewsArticle_8372_rx.asp 大概就是今年大家的狀況。 -- ╭ALL-RUSSIANS ─────────────────────────────◥ │ 國家體育場汗水, 鬥志, 膽識 ║ │ PttTennis 網球 Σ網球/國家/區域/球星 ║ │ ALL-RUSSIANS 國家 ◎ ║ │ 歡迎光臨 ▁▄▇ 俄羅斯球員板 ▇▄▁ ║ ◣ ═══════════════════════════════════╯ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.193.33.8