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The Women's Tennis Association goes to Prague this week for the ECM Prague Open which is held in Prague, Czech Republic with a singles draw of thirty two and a doubles draw of sixteen. This event will be played as part of the International Level on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and the ladies will be playing for a total of $220,000. Get your membership now at the banners on this page access to our member's area and high quality streaming video right to your computer from the WTA Tournament as it happens.

 

 

Last year, Francesca Shiavone, ranked number 30 at the time, beat Sybille Bammer who was ranked 31st. Both players were the same age, 29, and that makes them both have one win each playing against each other. This year's tournament is July 12th through the 18^th and it should be a very exciting one as the ladies of the Women's Tennis Association strive to earn more ranking points and compete in even bigger tournaments. We'll see who is still standing after the WTA Tour makes its circuit around the world.

 

 

Let's take a look at the field for the WTA Prague Open. The main draws in order include top seed Lucie Safarova, Alexandra Dulgheru in second from Romania, third seed Timea Bacsinszky and fourth Anabel Medina Garrigues. The fifth seed is Gisela Dulko, sixth is Virginie Razzano from France and seventh and eighth seeds are Agnes Szavay and Magdalena Rybarikova. Get your membership now to watch these ladies compete in the WTA Prague Open. You can see the tournament in high quality video right from your computer.

 

Posted: 15th July 2009

 

The WTA goes to the Czech Republic this week for the ECM Prague Open, in a $220,000 international series tournament. Three natives from the Czech Republic make up the field of eight and they will most certainly be looking to take a win at home. Nicole Vaidisova is one of those and while currently unseeded, is a strong player who was previously ranked number seven in the world and who may be looking to build her career back up and take home a win in her home national this week. Francesca Schiavone is the top name in the field, after climbing back into the top thirty and proving that she can compete on any surface she chooses.

 

 

Franceca Shivavone will play Shahar Peer in her opener, who was the 2006 Prague Open title winner. Peer has beaten Shivavone both times that they had competed against each other. Other players that are participating are Tsvetana Pironkova from Bulgaria who will play number two seed from Australia Sybille Bammer. Bammer was out early in Budapest last week and will be hoping to take her game a bit further this time. However, Prionkova is a dangerous opponent and will be difficult to write off as an easy match. 

 

 

Karolina Pliskova is the seventeen year old wildcard player, and another from the Czech Republic and she will be facing third seeded Iveta Benesova a fellow Czech. More of the girls in the singles competition is Carla Suarez Navarro, the fourth seed, and she will be going up against Alexandra Dulgheru, from Romania who surprised everyone by winning the Warsaw Open in May. Then, there is also sister and sister Alona and kateryna Bonderenko, who are doubles teammates but are tied for head to head, meaning that them playing each other will be a crucial match. Get your membership today at the banners on this page and be there live for the Prague Open July 13^th through the 19^th.

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