Akiko Morigami eased through to the semi’s of the Cincinnati Women’s Open. The 7th seed defeated the Swiss number 2 seed in straight sets 6-3, 6-1.

Morigami now faces tournament revelation Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan. The number 141 of the world defeated American Lillia Osterloh 6-1, 6-4.

Russian Anna Chakvetadze had a hard time winning against FedCup teammate and longtime friend Elena Vesnina. The number 1 seed lost the first set to Versnina in a tie-break. A shoulderinjury however ended the match prematurely for 6th seed Elena Vesnina. After 6-0 in the second set she retired the match in the final set on 4-1.

Chakvetadze now meets Indian sensation Sania Mirza who defeated Olga Govortsova from Belarus 6-1, 6-1. Mirza is looking forward to the telecharger texas holdemune régle du jeu de pokerpoker en ligne francaisdes règles jeu pokerjeux poker tourpartie de poker gratuitescomment jouer a pokerpoker online texasworld cup of pokertelecharger jeu poker gratuitespoker en ligne à télécharger gratuitementpoker multijoueur gratuitesapprendre texas holdempoker ligne gratuitespoker les regles du jeujeux seven card stud gratuitestournois de poker gratuitespoker 5 cartasstreep poker onlineplay 7 card studpoker descargajugar a poquerstrip poker flashjuegos on line pokerjuego cartas pokerpoker pagina internettorneos de poquercaribbean poker pagina webstip poker gratisstrep poker onlinejuegos pc pokerpoker descubiertocard studpai gow poker portales internetpoker online españolbunny pokerpoker americanopoquer pcpoker machine juegos on line,streep poker on line,poker on linepai gow pokerjuegos de polly pokercomo jugar poker texasjuegos poly pokerjugar a poker gratisnaipes para pokerplay poker texaspoker comonline poker gamepoker texascomo jugar a poker semi’s and told the press that the easy win has given her a big confidence booster.

Patty playing as the #4 seed on the Amelia Island tournament clay courts played Venus Williams in her second round and lost in three close sets 3-6 6-3 4-6.

Venus Williams is unseeded in the tournament mainly due to the injuries kept her inactive in the last season. Playing in front of the home crowd the American rallied behind to win against Patty.

Patty started the first set very well. Patty served superbly winning 90% of the first serve points. Patty raced to a 4-1 lead and successfully served for the set at 5-3.

After Venus won the second set with a similar score line, Patty started the third set well by gaining a 3-1 lead. Venus fought back winning 4 consecutive games and lead 4-3. In the next game, Patty had a very poor service game with two double faults and netted 2 easy back hands that allowed Venus to serve the match at 5-4.

Patty’s next tournament will be Charleston. This tournament also will be played on green Clay. Patty reached final last year in this tournament with an impressive victory over Justine Henin in the semi-finals. Patty must play well in the coming clay court tune ups to get good seeding for the French open.

Another disappointing result for Patty in the super Tier-I tournament Miami, where she lost to little known unseeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in the second round in straight sets 1-6, 4-6. In a windy afternoon, Patty struggled to adjust to the wind, that effected her serve and return game. Patty lost her serve 3 times and unable to capitalize the 2 break point chances she got from her opponent. Kai served well and won all of her service games.

Patty is still struggling to find her form and her usual consistency this season. She played 7 tournaments so far and the best results are from the Dubai and Doha tournaments where she reached the Quarter finals in both the tournaments. Her win-loss record so far is 9-7.

Clay court season starts next, and Patty is scheduled to play the two North american tournaments Amelia Island starts from April 2nd and Charleston starts from April 9th. Patty has a lot of points to defend in the next tournaments, she reached the tier I tournament Charleston final last year. Let’s Hope Patty will have a better clay court season. All the best for your next tournaments Patty!

The draw for Sony Ericsson Open has been released and Patty got the tough quarter with #1 seed Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Nicole Vaidisova all in Patty’s quarter. Patty is seeded #11 for this tournament and has a bye in the 1st round.

In the second round Patty will play either Kaia Kanepi of Estonia or Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. Patty played Tsvetana Pironkova once before in the 2006 Paris Open on indoor Carpet courts and Patty won that match in straight sets. Patty has never played Kaia Kanepi before.

Patty can meet #21 seeded Marion Bartoli of France in the third round. In the 4th round Patty could meet the talented teen Nicole Vaidisova and Maria Sharapova in the quarters. If Patty overcomes all these tough matches, Svetlana Kuznetsova or Martina Hingis will be possibly waiting for her in the Semis.

Second seed Justine Henin, Nadia Petrova, Jelena Jankovic, Indian wells champion Daniela Hantuchova are in the other half of the draw.

Amelie Mauresmo of France and Elena Dementieva of Russia pulled out of this event due to injuries.

Miami is the super Tier I tournament and considered one of the biggest tournaments outside Grandslams and the Championships. Patty played this event last year and pulled out from the 4th round due to an injury.

Patty will play her first round match most probably on Friday or Saturday. All the best to Patty and stay tuned for more news about all Patty’s matches right here!

Patty lost a tough battle against the the top seed Justine Henin in the quarter finals of Qatar Total Open in 3 sets 6-3, 4-6, 5-7. After winning the first set comfortably 6-3, Patty lost the second set 4-6.

A series of netcords helped the Belgian to steal the victory in the crucial final set.

Justine Henin used a net cord point in the fourth game to break the crafty left-handed Patty and draw even at 2-2.

The Belgian saved match point at 4-5, 30-40 on another net cord, breaking Patty when the ball clipped the net and fell in.

Justine won her next game at love and then completed the victory when the ball fell into Patty’s court after hitting the net on the last point.

Even the Belgian admitted that she was lucky to win the match against Patty,

“It was tough today, she really pushed me; I was lucky on a few points at crucial moments”[quoted by Justine Henin after the quarter-final match against Patty]

Even though Patty lost this match, she should be proud of how well she played and pushed a top quality player like Justine. Now let’s hope Patty carries this form to her next tournament.

Patty’s next tournament will be the Super Tier I tournament-Sony Ericsson Open, that starts from March 21 st.

Patty is through the quarters in Doha after she defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-3 6-4.  In the quarters Patty will play Justine Henin of Belgium.

Unlike her previous matches Patty played the match very well against a tough opponent like Anabel and rewarded with a straight set victory.

Patty trials the head to head against Justine 1-6, but Patty won her last match against Justine in charleston winning in 3 sets. Hope Patty carries this confidence from this match and puts up a good fight!

Justine Henin expects a tough quarter-final outing against Schnyder.

“She really gave me a lot of trouble in the past. We are always involved in big fights, in three sets,” Henin said.

“Last time she beat me in three sets in Charleston. She is a special player, unlike others as she is a lefty. It will be a tough one. I have to raise my level if I have to win.

Doha Open tournament Fifth seed Patty Schnyder defeated Aravane Rezai of france in 3 sets 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to move into the tournament’s second round.

Quotes from Pattty after today’s match:

“The first match is always a bit difficult, but I think overall I played well”.

“Rezai played quite well in the second set and I had problems with my serve.”

Patty will now play Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues, a surprise 3-6 6-3 6-2 winner over American Meghann Shaughnessy in the second round. Patty has played Anabel Medina Garrigues twice before and the series is tied 1-1. Last time they played is in 2005 Berlin Open on a clay court and Patty won this match in two tough sets 7-6(2) 6-4.

Other players advanced to the next round are Kateryna Bondarenko, Maria Kirilenko,Eleni Daniilidou, Maria Elena Camerin and Alicia Molik.

Patty will play her second round match on Thursday.

Patty heads to Doha next. The draw for the $1.3 million Tier II Qatar Total Open in Doha has been released and Patty is the #5 seed.

Patty got a tough draw considering this is a Tier II tournament. In the first round Patty will face Aravane Rezai of France. If she wins her first round, in the second round she will have to face either the American Meghann Shuaghnessy or Anabel Medina Garrigues from Spain. Patty is seeded to meet top seed Justine Henin of Belgium in the quarters. Martina Hingis and Svetlana Kuznetsova are on the other half of the draw

Patty didn’t play this tournament last year and there are no ranking points to defend. Patty has played Doha once before in 2005 and got to the 2nd round.

Patty will play her first round on Tuesday.

The top four seeds playing in the tournament are No. 1 Justine Henin, second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 3 Martina Hingis and fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic. Defending champion, Nadia Petrova, is not in the field this year. The tournament champion will earn $222,000.

Patty Schnyder lost to No.3 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the quarter finals of Dubai open in straight sets 3-6 4-6.

Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo are other players that reached the semis

Stay tuned for Patty’s upcoming matches…

After disappointing early exits in the 2 previous tournaments, Patty overcame Australian Alicia Molik in 3 sets 4-6 6-2 6-4 to reach the quarters of Dubai Open.

In the first set Patty made lots of unnecessary errors including hitting 3 consecutive double faults at one point. The Australian capitalized Patty’s mistakes and lead the set 5-2, Patty made a mini come back attempt winning the next 2 games, but Alicia broke back in the last game and took the first set 6-4

Patty started slow in the second set..a clearly frustrated Patty even had to broke a racquet to calm herself down. That incident proved to be the tuning point, Patty won the next 4 games consecutively to win the set 6-2

In the third set Patty got an early break in the 3rd set which was enough to serve for the match at 5-4. Patty struggled to close out the match at 5-4 and had to serve 5 match points to win the match.

“I was really pleased the way I just kept fighting for every point because it was not easy,” said Hantuchova. “I wasn’t playing my best, especially in the first set, but I just tried to turn it around and find my rhythm on the shots. The one thing that got me through was my belief.

“We were both playing great at some stages and then playing horrible, but I was expecting it was going to be like that because Maria also goes for her shots and we both like to hit a lot of winners.”

In the quarters to be played tomorrow, Patty will play Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia; Patty has played Svetlana 6 times before and trials the series 2-4.  Last time they played was on clay in 2006 AMELIA ISLAND where Patty lost to Sevtlana.