PierreC
05-25-2008, 06:16 PM
Results - Saturday, May 24, 2008
Singles - Final
(2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (1) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 63 62
Doubles - Final
(3) Craybas/Govortsova (USA/BLR) d. Erakovic/Hercog (NZL/SLO) 61 62
Final Facts
- Radwanska wins her third career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title; she is now 3-0 lifetime in Tour singles finals, having won her two previous finals, at Stockholm last summer and Pattaya City earlier this year; she is also 4-0 lifetime in overall Tour finals, having won her only previous Tour doubles final, at Istanbul last year (with sister Urszula).
- Radwanska notched her sixth career Top 10 win over the No.7-ranked Dementieva in the final.
- Radwanska will surpass $1 million in career prize money earnings with the $30,500 winner's cheque; she is the first Polish player in Tour history to pass that prize money milestone.
- Dementieva falls to 1-2 in Tour singles finals this year, having won at Dubai but finishing runner-up at Berlin (to Dinara Safina); she is now 9-13 lifetime in Tour singles finals.
- Dementieva falls to 7-1 lifetime in Istanbul, having gone 4-0 to win the title last year and 3-1 during her runner-up finish this year.
- Craybas and Govortsova win their first Tour doubles title together; it is Craybas' third career Tour doubles title while Govortsova picks up her first Tour title of any kind.
Quotes
Agnieszka Radwanska, 2008 Istanbul Cup singles champion:
"In the warm-up I couldn't put the ball in the court because I was so nervous, so the first few games were more like my warm-up. Then I started playing my game and being more aggressive. After winning the first set I won the first few games of the second set and things got better, and I did it."
Elena Dementieva, 2008 Istanbul Cup singles runner-up:
"Against Agnieszka you have got to be really concentrated and really focused, because she has a great defensive game and the ball will probably come back. She didn't miss much from the ground and she did really well at the net today too; she just played really well."
Singles - Final
(2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (1) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 63 62
Doubles - Final
(3) Craybas/Govortsova (USA/BLR) d. Erakovic/Hercog (NZL/SLO) 61 62
Final Facts
- Radwanska wins her third career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title; she is now 3-0 lifetime in Tour singles finals, having won her two previous finals, at Stockholm last summer and Pattaya City earlier this year; she is also 4-0 lifetime in overall Tour finals, having won her only previous Tour doubles final, at Istanbul last year (with sister Urszula).
- Radwanska notched her sixth career Top 10 win over the No.7-ranked Dementieva in the final.
- Radwanska will surpass $1 million in career prize money earnings with the $30,500 winner's cheque; she is the first Polish player in Tour history to pass that prize money milestone.
- Dementieva falls to 1-2 in Tour singles finals this year, having won at Dubai but finishing runner-up at Berlin (to Dinara Safina); she is now 9-13 lifetime in Tour singles finals.
- Dementieva falls to 7-1 lifetime in Istanbul, having gone 4-0 to win the title last year and 3-1 during her runner-up finish this year.
- Craybas and Govortsova win their first Tour doubles title together; it is Craybas' third career Tour doubles title while Govortsova picks up her first Tour title of any kind.
Quotes
Agnieszka Radwanska, 2008 Istanbul Cup singles champion:
"In the warm-up I couldn't put the ball in the court because I was so nervous, so the first few games were more like my warm-up. Then I started playing my game and being more aggressive. After winning the first set I won the first few games of the second set and things got better, and I did it."
Elena Dementieva, 2008 Istanbul Cup singles runner-up:
"Against Agnieszka you have got to be really concentrated and really focused, because she has a great defensive game and the ball will probably come back. She didn't miss much from the ground and she did really well at the net today too; she just played really well."