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09-16-2007, 07:52 PM
Results - Sunday, September 16, 2007
Singles - Final
Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. (2) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 64 36 62
Doubles - Final
(3) Ji/S.Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Craybas/Grandin (USA/RSA) 63 62
Final Facts
- Davenport wins her 52nd career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title in her first singles tournament back after nearly a year off due to having her first child; she is now 52-38 lifetime in career Tour singles finals.
- Davenport is the second mother to win a Tour singles title this year, after Bammer (Pattaya City); this is the first time in Tour history that two different mothers have been victorious in the same season; prior to this season, the last time a mother won a Tour singles title was in 1989 (Arraya in San Juan).
- At No.234, Davenport is the lowest-ranked Tour singles titlist this season, and the fourth-lowest-ranked of all time after Widjaja (No.579 at 2001 Bali), Zuluaga (No.285 at 2002 Bogota) and Paszek (No.259 at 2006 Portoroz).
- Hantuchova falls to 1-1 in Tour singles finals this year (winning at Indian Wells) and 2-5 lifetime; she also falls to 0-7 lifetime against Davenport.
- Ji and Sun earned their first individual Tour titles of any kind with their win in the doubles; they are now 1-1 in Tour doubles finals, having finished runners-up at Prague earlier this year; they had won three ITF Women's Circuit doubles events together as well.
Quotes
Lindsay Davenport, 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic singles champion:
"It's crazy. Maybe the pregnancy gave me some magical powers, I don't know. I was definitely getting tired there in the second set but was able to re-group and get a second or third wind for the third set. That was important. I don't know exactly where that came from, but I definitely felt a little bit fresher in the third than I did in the second."
Daniela Hantuchova, 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic singles runner-up:
"I think I used the right tactics, but it just didn't work out. All the credit to her and how she was playing. She was serving great. Maybe I was trying for too much and that's where the errors started coming. Against a player like that, you can't really afford to do that."
Singles - Final
Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. (2) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 64 36 62
Doubles - Final
(3) Ji/S.Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Craybas/Grandin (USA/RSA) 63 62
Final Facts
- Davenport wins her 52nd career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title in her first singles tournament back after nearly a year off due to having her first child; she is now 52-38 lifetime in career Tour singles finals.
- Davenport is the second mother to win a Tour singles title this year, after Bammer (Pattaya City); this is the first time in Tour history that two different mothers have been victorious in the same season; prior to this season, the last time a mother won a Tour singles title was in 1989 (Arraya in San Juan).
- At No.234, Davenport is the lowest-ranked Tour singles titlist this season, and the fourth-lowest-ranked of all time after Widjaja (No.579 at 2001 Bali), Zuluaga (No.285 at 2002 Bogota) and Paszek (No.259 at 2006 Portoroz).
- Hantuchova falls to 1-1 in Tour singles finals this year (winning at Indian Wells) and 2-5 lifetime; she also falls to 0-7 lifetime against Davenport.
- Ji and Sun earned their first individual Tour titles of any kind with their win in the doubles; they are now 1-1 in Tour doubles finals, having finished runners-up at Prague earlier this year; they had won three ITF Women's Circuit doubles events together as well.
Quotes
Lindsay Davenport, 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic singles champion:
"It's crazy. Maybe the pregnancy gave me some magical powers, I don't know. I was definitely getting tired there in the second set but was able to re-group and get a second or third wind for the third set. That was important. I don't know exactly where that came from, but I definitely felt a little bit fresher in the third than I did in the second."
Daniela Hantuchova, 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic singles runner-up:
"I think I used the right tactics, but it just didn't work out. All the credit to her and how she was playing. She was serving great. Maybe I was trying for too much and that's where the errors started coming. Against a player like that, you can't really afford to do that."