Tokyo Live
The Women's Tennis Association will head to Tokyo, Japan, for the next tournament on the tour, called the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament, and is a hard court tournament with prize money totaling $2,000,000 that takes place September 26th through October 2nd. The singles draw is 56, with the doubles draw 16 for the main draw. The qualifying singles are 32. You can watch this tournament live from your computer by clicking on the banners on this page for access to tennis streams for an entire year.
Last year this Premier Level event happened on October 3rd for the final, with a $2,000,000 purse, and the final was between Jelena Jankovic who was ranked 8th, and Maria Sharapova, who was ranked 25th. The big winner was Maria Sharapova. It was Sharapova's first title since she was injured last year, winning the Toray Pan pacific Open. Jankovic was the number seven seed last year, and she got into the final by winning four matches in a row. As for Maria Sharapova, she was unseeded in the draw and beat Francesca Shiavone in the first round to eventually get into the final.
There is some serious talent hitting the courts for this tournament, which features many of the best players in the world. Serena Williams will be attending, ranked number one right now as well as the number two player Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark. Jelena Jankovic is playing as well as Samantha Stosur and Francesca Schiavone. Elena Dementieva and Maria Sharapova, last year's champion will also be in attendance. Get your membership at the links on this page for access to high quality video for tennis streams all year around.
Posted: 30th September 2009
The ladies of the Women's Tennis Association will move onto their next tournament, an event in Tokyo, Japan called the Toray Pan Pacific Open and this tournament is in particular a special one, not only because it is a premier level tournament with a giant purse pf $2,000,000 dollars held on the outdoor hardcourts of the Ariake Collosseum in Tokyo but also because the WTA season is reaching the end of the 2009 season. You can catch this tournament right here on www.watchlivetennis.org with your membership, as it starts on September 27th.
Everyone in the WTA's current top ten will be headed to Tokyo except for Serena Williams who had an injury and had to bow out. Dinara Safina is the top seed for this tournament as well as the defending champion from 2008. Venus Williams will be playing, even though her sister is out with injury and will be the number two seed for this tournament. The other three names that round out the rest of the top five seeds are Caroline Wozniacki, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova who was the runner up in last year's final to Dinara Safina.
Other names on the tournament list include Agniezka Radwanska, Samatha Sosure, Nadia Petrova, Marion Bartoli, Ana Ivanovic, Li and Virginie Razzana. Maria Sharapova will also be playing and will bear watching as well as two of Japan's best, Ai Sugiyama and Kimiko Date Krumm who both earned a wildcard. If you want to watch this exciting WTA Premier Level tournament simply click on the banners on this page to get started with your membership. You'll get access to our exclusive member's area where you can watch this tournament in high quality streaming video. The WTA Tokyo tournament starts on September 27th.
Tags: Tokyo, Jelena Jankovic, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Toray Pan Pacific, Dinara Safina, Venus Williams, Nadia Petrova Posted: 27th September 2010 WTA Tour » Tokyo Live |
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