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The WTA Estoril Open will happen this week, and then it will be followed by the Mutua Madrid Open, which is the last tournament in April on the WTA Tour in 2011. The Mutua Madrid Open starts on April 30^th in Madrid, Spain, and after that, the series will move to Rome, Italy for the Internazionali BNL d'Italia a clay tournament that starts on May 9^th. Click on the links on this page and get your membership for access to high quality streaming video from your computer or mobile device from anywhere in the world.

 

 

The Estoril Open is an international level tournament held outdoors on red clay for a prize purse of $220,000. It starts on April 25^th and ends on the 30^th and has a singles draw of 32 and a doubles draw of 16. Last year in Estoril, Anastasja Sevastova joined Latvian countrymate Ernests Gulbis in making a name for herself on the WTA Circuit with her very first career title at the 2010 Estoril Open. She was able to take out Arantxa Parra Santonja with a final score of 6-2, 7-5 to take home the money, prestige and top prize for the tournament.

 

 

This year, the field is made up of some great women's tennis players as well. The top ranked player that will be participating in the Estoril Open is 24^th ranked Alisa Kleybanova from Russia. Jarmila Groth will be the second ranked player at 30^th and then Czech Rebublic's Klara Zakapalova is next. Other players in this tournament include Elena Vesnina, Greta Arn, Jie Zheng and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Click on the banners on this page and get your membership for access to high quality video from your computer anywhere in the world.

 

Posted: 8th May 2009

 

Estoril, Portugal will see the women of pro tennis compete this week for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. It all happens May 4^th through the 9^th as players compete for $220,000 in prize money. This tournament is part of the Tier 4 Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. The tournament is in it's 20^th year this season and fans are swarming into Portugal to see the women of professional tennis compete on the outdoor clay courts.

 

 

Last year in the singles tournament we saw Greta Arn , the defending champion decide not to compete which left it wide open for everyone else. The Semi-Finals saw Maret Ani pitted against Iveta Benesova. Benesova took both both matches with ease the first set 6-2 and the second 6-2. Next, Klara Zakapalova fought it out with Maria Kirilenko who lost to Zakapalova in the first set but took the second 6-3. The final set Maria took her match with two points over Zakapalova. This put Iveta Benesova against Maria Kirilenko in the finals. The first set was a hard fought battle ending up in Kirilenko's favor 6-4. She had a bit of an easier time in the second set, with a score of 6-2, winning her the Singles title for 2008. 

 

The doubles final was against Italian Flavia Pennetta and Maria Kirilenko, being opposed by Mervana Jugic-Salkic from Bosnia and Ipek Senoglu. They fought it out on the clay ending the first round in Kirilenko and Pennetta's favor 6-4. The second set was a repeat of the first with the same exact score and Pennetta and Kirilenko. 

 

 

This year the ladies of tennis will fight even harder for the 2009 titles and the $220,000 in prize money as the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour starts on May 4^th. Your membership gives you full access to all the event action, just by clicking on the link above or below.

 

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