1R: Anastasia Poltoratskaya - Alisa Kleybanova (6) 7-6(3) 6-7(4) 6-4

Doubles:
1R: Kleybanova/Pivovarova d. Buzarnescu/Kiszczynska (4) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-2
QF: Kleybanova/Pivovarova d. Lukic/Pioppo 6-1 6-2

SF vs Rakhim/Rodionova (2), good luck!

Next tournament! :)

Maindraw:
(1)Iroda Tulyaganova (UZB) v Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)
Lina Stanciute (LTU) v (Q)Katerina Avdiyenko (UKR)
Oxana Lyubtsova (UKR) v (Q)Elena Pioppo (ITA)
(5)Anna Lapushchenkova (RUS) v Arina Rodionova (RUS)

(3)Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR) v Lenka Tvaroskova (SVK)
Johanna Larsson (SWE) v Magdalena Kiszczynska (POL)
Ana Veselinovic (SRB) v (wc)Ofelya Poghosyan (ARM)
(8)Maria Kondratieva (RUS) v (Q)Ksenia Palkina (KGZ)

(6)Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) v Anastasia Poltorataskaya (RUS)
Amina Rakhim (KAZ) v (wc)Aleksandra Razumova (RUS)
(Q)Sofia Shapatava (GEO) v (wc)Ekaterina Komarova (RUS)
(4)Vojislava Lukic (SRB) v Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU)

(7)Eugenia Grebenyuk (RUS) v Galyna Kosyk (UKR)
Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS) v Ye-Ra Lee (KOR)
Maria Abramovic (CRO) v Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
(2)Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) v (wc)Nadejda Guskova (RUS)

Doubles:
(1)Bratchikova/Lefevre (RUS/FRA) v (wc)Guskova/Razumova (RUS)
Grebenyuk/V.Kapshay (RUS/UKR) v (wc)Kovaleva/Nartsissova (KAZ/RUS)
(3)Davydova/Kondratieva (RUS) v (wc)Komarova/Poghosyan (RUS/ARM)
Fitzpatrick/Veselinovic (GBR/SRB) v Dzehalevich/T.Kapshay (BLR)

Lukic/Pioppo (SRB/ITA) v Tsybycheva/Tvaroskova (RUS/SVK)
(4)Buzarnescu/Kiszczynska (ROU/POL) v Kleybanova/Pivovarova (RUS)
Palkina/Poltoratskaya (KGZ/RUS) v Efremova/Ivanova (RUS)
(2)Rakhim/Rodionova (KAZ/RUS) v Dulgheru/Shamayko (ROU/RUS)

Good luck!!

SF: Anastasia Pivovarova RUS - Alisa Kleybanova RUS (1) 6-3 6-3

Too bad :( But Alisa is into top-200 again.. :) Moscow 50k next..

(Tnx to Leks)

Alisa doing the draw:

QF: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (1) - Kristina Antoniychuk UKR 4-6 6-3 6-3

Well done! :)
Now against Anastasia Pivovarova, who defeated Kiszczynska 6-0 6-0..
H2H vs Pivovarova: 0-0
Good luck!!

QF: Kiszczynska/Poltoratskaya POL/RUS - Kleybanova/Rodionova RUS (2) 6-7(8) 7-5 6-2

(Thanks to Arina's Fan http://www.rodionova.net )

2R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (1) - Maya Gaverova RUS (Q) 6-1 ret.

It's unfortunate for Maya, but well done Alisa :)
I don't know her next opponent yet..

1R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (1) - Anastasia Poltoratskaya RUS 6-3 6-1

Well done :) Maya Gaverova (q) next... good luck!

I hope Alisa recovered a bit from Universiade ;)
Coz her next tournament is already coming, 25k Moscow!

Maindraw:
(1)Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) v Anastasia Poltoratskaya (RUS)
(Q)Maya Gaverova (RUS) v (wc)Valentina Ponomartseva (RUS)
Galyna Kosyk (UKR) v (SE)Kristina Antoniychuk (UKR)
(7)Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) v (wc)Mariya Kovaleva (KAZ)

(3)Maria Kondratieva (RUS) v Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS)
(LL)Maria Mokh (RUS) v (wc)Nadejda Guskova (RUS)
Magdalena Kiszczynska (POL) v (Q)Elena Pioppo (ITA)
(6)Ye-Ra Lee (KOR) v (Q)Marina Shamayko (RUS)

(8)Lina Stanciute (LTU) v (wc)Ekaterina Komarova (RUS)
Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) v (Q)Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
Arina Rodionova (RUS) v Stella Menna (ITA)
(4)Vesna Manasieva (RUS) v (Q)Nina Bratchikova (RUS)

(5)Teodora Mırcic (SRB) v Oxana Lyubtsova (UKR)
(Q)Ana Timotic (SRB) v (Q)Katerina Avdiyenko (UKR)
(Q)Sofia Shapatava (GEO) v (LL)Irina Kuzmina (LAT)
(2)Anna Lapushchenkova (RUS) v Ana Veselinovic (SRB)

Doubles:
(1)Bratchikova/Lefevre (RUS/FRA) v Andrieux/Davydova (FRA/RUS)
(wc)Guskova/Nartsissova (RUS) v (wc)Ippolitova/Kovaleva (KAZ)
(3)Lee/Mırcic (KOR/SRB) v Fitzpatrick/Veselinovic (GBR/SRB)
Kuzmina/Pioppo (LAT/ITA) v (wc)Komarova/Pushkareva (RUS)

Buzarnescu/V.Kapshay (ROU/UKR) v Tsybycheva/Zharkova (RUS)
(4)Kondratieva/Manasieva (RUS) v Palkina/Shamayko (KGZ/RUS)
Kiszczynska/Poltoratskaya (POL/RUS) v Avdiyenko/Teplyakova (UKR)
(2)Kleybanova/Rodionova (RUS) v Menna/Stanciute (ITA/LTU)

Good luck!!!

A gold medal for Alisa! And a silver one! Very well done!

F: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (3) - Margit Rüütel EST (4) 6-1 6-2

F: Hrdinova/Snobel CZE (2) - Kleybanova/Krasnoroutsky RUS (1) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4

Some comments from Alisa:
(before the final) "I arrived here knowing it would be difficult as I had to play a lot of matches in the heat. I'm happy that I got through to the final and I will try to finish in first place,''

(after the final) "It was one of the most difficult tournaments ... the weather conditions were very tough," said Kleybanova. "For me it was more difficult to stay alive than to play tennis."

 Gold!

 Silver!

(Credit to Jiro from http://www.jirobkk.com!)

Guess what? Alisa is through to the mixed dubbel final as well!

SF: Kleybanova/Krasnoroutsky RUS (1) - Chuang/Chen TPE (3) 3-6 6-3 6-0

Good luck tomorrow in the both finals!!

And other news, I just read something, Alisa is studying at the Russian State University.. The first year student of Physical Education.. Good luck!
I am going to study as well, in just about 3 weeks.. Museology..

QF: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (3) d. Joanna Sakowicz POL (15) 6-3 6-4
SF: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (3) d. Chin-Wei Chan TPE (2) 6-0 6-1

wow, well done Alisa! Now into the gold-medalmatch against Margit Rüütel..

The H2H between them:
1-0 for Alisa
2007 $25,000 Monteroni D'arbia FR Clay (O)  A.KLEYBANOVA 6-1 7-5

Good luck!!

Mixed doubles:
QF: Kleybanova/Krasnoroutsky RUS (1) d. Kim/Kwon KOR (7) 6-3 6-3

The semi final is underway, but they are down 3-6 against the 3rd seeds Chuang/Chen..

4R: Alisa Kleybanova (3) - Jin-a Lee 7-6(5) 2-6 7-5

Well done for the fight in the last set! She was 3-5 down..
Joanna Sakowicz next, good luck!..
Quarterfinal line up:
(9)Sandy Gumulya (INA) - Suchanun Viratprasert (THA)
(4)Margit Rüütel (EST) - (5)Eva Hrdinova (CZE)
(15)Joanna Sakowicz (POL) - (3)Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)
(7)Stanislava Hrozenska (SVK) - (2)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)

Mixed doubles
2R: Kleybanova/Krasnoroutsky (1) - Potgieter/Heyl 6-2 6-4

(Credit to Jiro from http://www.jirobbk.com , website mainly about thai players, but a very good one)

3R: (3) Alisa Kleybanova - Sandrine Jabra 6-0 6-0

In 35 mins, well done, Jin-a Lee from Korea next..

1R: (1) Kleybanova/Krasnoroutsky - Mende/Arta 6-1 6-0

This is her next tournament, the Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand..
She's playing singles, and mixed as well, with Alexander Krasnoroutsky..

Maindraw:
First round
Sanaa Bhambri (IND) d. Maja Senica (SLO) 61 61
Tadala Kandulu (MAW) d. Chiranthi Kongala Liyanage (SRI) 60 60
Audrey Bergot (FRA) d. Olga Votavova (CZE) 62 63

everybody else v bye

Second round
(1)Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) d. Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 61 63
Anna Movsisyan (ARM) d. Elna de Villiers (NAM) 63 60
Madina Rakhim (KAZ) d. Sara Mansoor (PAK) 60 60
(9)Sandy Gumulya (INA) d. Olga Vasileiadou (GRE) 60 60
(10)Zuzana Kucova (SVK) d. Daniela Bercek (SRB) 16 62 61
Iuliia Trubachova (UKR) d. Dunja Antunovic (HUN) wo.
Suchanun Viratprasert (THA) d. Lydia Steinbach (GER) 62 60
(8)Melissa Torres-Sandoval (MEX) d. Samantha Murray (GBR) 36 62 62

(4)Margit Rüütel (EST) d. Tadala Kandulu (MAW) 60 60
Lei Lei Cheong (MAC) d. Patsihpa Neth (FSM) wo.
Mi Yoo (KOR) d. Vanessa Wellauer (SUI) 61 62
(16)Olga Panova (RUS) d. Kimberley Coventry (AUS) 60 64
(14)Marija Abramovic (CRO) d. Jing Zhou (CHN) 61 62
Akari Inoue (JPN) d. Susara Potgieter (RSA) 46 62 60
Klaudia Jans (POL) d. Anne-Marie Hogan (IRL) 62 62
(5)Eva Hrdinova (CZE) d. Anne-Laure Heitz (FRA) 63 64

(6)Ivana Abramovic (CRO) d. Ishara Seneviratne (SRI) 60 60
Hanna Verena Krampe (GER) d. Zahra Omar Khan (PAK) 60 60
Elrien de Villiers (NAM) d. Sonam Yangchen (BHU) 60 61
(15)Joanna Sakowicz (POL) d. Karin Schlapbach (SUI) 61 61
Jin-a Lee (KOR) d. (12)Jing Ren (CHN) 75 76(5)
Miki Miyamura (JPN) d. Darya Ivanov (AUS) 61 62
Sandrine Jabra (LIB) d. Tamisha Hurley (ISV) 63 16 63
(3)Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Olga Sarli (GRE) 62 61

(7)Stanislava Hrozenska (SVK) d. Lavinia Tananta Hartoni (INA) 61 61
Vanja Corovic (SRB) d. Michelle van Staden (RSA) 63 75
Aya Elakkad (EGY) d. Nyasha Theresa Munyoro (ZIM) 60 60
(11)Amina Rakhim (KAZ) d. Valeriia Petrovych (UKR) 61 60
(13)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) d. Evelyn Zuagar (LBR) 60 60
Katherine Baker (GBR) d. Beatriz Rios (MEX) 75 61
Ankita Bhambri (IND) d. Leigh Walsh (IRL) 61 60
(2)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) d. Audrey Bergot (FRA) 60 62

Mixed Doubles
First round
(1)Kleybanova/Krasnoroutsky (RUS) v Mende/Arta (IND)
Maekawa/Kibi (JPN) v Potgieter/Heyl (RSA)
Antunovic/Tatar (HUN) v Butindo/Kibirige (UGA)
(7)Kim/Kwon (KOR) v Steinbach/Eckert (GER)

(3)Chuang/Chen (TPE) v Senica/Jurman (SLO)
Corovic/Grubin (SRB) v de Villiers/Kuschke (NAM)
Hogan/O`Brien (IRL) v Kandulu/Msatiyenda (MAW)
(8)Jans/Nijaki (POL) v Arias/Diaz Barriga (MEX)

(5)I.Abramovic/Cerovic (CRO) v A.Bhambri/Prashanth (IND)
Wellauers/Schaerer (SUI) v Akkad/Abdelaziz (EGY)
Trubachova/Klymenko (UKR) v Cheong/Kuan (MAC)
(4)Tongsalee/Ratiwatana (THA) v Zhao/Tan (CHN)

(6)Kucova/Bruthans (SVK) v Yangchen/Dendup (BHU)
Bergot/Burquier (FRA) v Mansoor/Ejaz (PAK)
Coventry/Hensel (AUS) v Hurley/Dennis (ISV)
(2)Hrdinova/Snobel (CZE) v Murray/Skupski (GBR)

QF: Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI (wc/6) - Alisa Kleybanova RUS 7-6(6) 4-6 6-4

Unfortunately.. Alisa went to 6-1 in the first set tie-break, and still lost the set.. I don't know what happened, Gagliardi playing better or Alisa crumbled? I didn't see the match, just the live scores.. Too bad for Alisa.. She also nearly lost the 2nd set, but went to win this and to 3-1 in the final set, and then I didn't know what happened.. Gagliardi came back to win this tie..
But still a good tournament I guess, and she's nearly in the top-200's in the rankings.. around 205..

And her next tournament is in Moscow, a 25k - 20 August, and maybe she'll play 50k (also in Moscow) the week after as well, the entrylist from this 50k is not out yet..

QF: Ani/Klepac EST/SLO (4) - Kleybanova/Mayr RUS/AUT 7-6(1) 6-1

Good luck vs Gagliardi tomorrow!

2R: Alisa Kleybanova - Stanislava Hrozenska (Q) 7-5 6-2

Well done!! ;-)