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August 10^th starts a big tournament for the ladies of the WTA. It's the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open, with a big purse of $2,000,000 on hard outdoor courts. The singles draw is 56 and the doubles is 28. The tournament is in Cincinnati, Ohio and will be from August 10^th through the 16^th. Last year's tournament ended August 17^th, 2008, and the final was between Russia's Nadia Petrova and France's Nathalie Dechy. That ended with Petrova beating Dechy in two sets, 6-2, 6-1. In the last game of the doubles, Maria Kirilenko and compatriot Nadia Petrova defeated Su-Wei Hsieh and Yaraslova Shvedova 6-3, 4-6, 10-8.

 

 

This tournament is part of the Olympus U.S. Open Series, which includes the LA Tennis Open, The Indianapolis Tennis Championships in July, The Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, DC, the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, played this month, Rogers Masters and Rogers Cup, Pilot Pen Tennis, as well as this tournament and the U.S. Open which will be held August 31^st. This tournament not only includes the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open, but also the Western and Southern Financial Group Masters, for the men.

 

 

Commitments to play this year make the women's field the strongest in a very long time, but the men's is looking good too. Eighteen of the world's top 20 tennis players will be playing, with Dinara Safina and Serena Williams headlining. Sister Venus will also be competing and Svetlanda Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva and Kim Clijsters as well. For the men, Roger Federer will compete, Nadal, Andy Roddick and Andy Murray as well as 2008 finalist Novak Djokovik. Don't miss this exciting event. Get your membership at the banners on this page to watch this tournament in high quality video streams. It all happens August 10^th through the 16^th.

 

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