Kleybanova wins Seoul championship

Alisa Kleybanova won the Korea Open today. She defeated Klara Zakopalova 6-1, 6-3. Kleybanova was seeded fifth at the tournament.

Julia Goerges and Palona Hercog won the doubles title. They defeated 4th seeds Natalie Grandin and Vladamira Uhlirova 6-3, 6-4.

Zakopalova & Kleybanova to play in Seoul final

Top seed Nadia Petrova retired with a gastro-intestinal illness today during the first set of her semifinal match in Seoul. Her opponent, Klara Zakopalova, will play 5th seed Alisa Kleybanova in the final. Kleybanova defeated 8th seed Agnes Szavay 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals.

The doubles final will be contested between the teams of Natalie Grandin and Vladamira Uhlarova and Julia Goerges and Palona Hercog. Grandin and Uhlirova are seeded fourth in the tournament.

Date Krumm advances to both quarterfinals and semifinals in Seoul

Defending champion Kimiko Date Krumm upset 2nd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova today in Seoul. Date Krumm's 6-2, 6-1 victory puts her into the quarterfinals, in which she will face 8th seed Agnes Szavay.

3rd seed Maria Kirilenko was upset by counrywoman and wild card Dinara Safina, 4th seed Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez was upset by Ekaterina Makarova, and 6th seed Yaroslava Shvedova was defeated by Kirsten Flipkens.

Shvedova and partner Vania King--Wimbledon and U.S. Open champions--were upset in the doubles quarterfinals by Date Krumm and partner Ayumi Morita.

In the Tashkent quarterfinals, top seed Alexandra Dulgheru was upset 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 by 5th seed Monica Niculescu. 7th seed Alla Kudryavtseva upset 2nd seed Akgul Amanmuradova 7-6, 6-3.

Petrova defeats Groth in Seoul

Top seed Nadia Petrova defeated Guangzhou champion Jarmila Groth 6-3. 6-2 in the first round of the Korea Open today. Rain has postponed much of early round play. 2nd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advanced by defeating Anastasia Rodionova 7-6, 6-1, and defending champion Kimiko Date Krumm also advanced to the next round. Vera Dushevina defeated wild card and 7th seed Ana Ivanovic 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

3rd seed Anna Chakvetadze retired today in Tashkent. Chakvetadze is suffering with a viral illness.