(SPO) ISTANBUL CUP TENNIS TOURNAMENT BEGINS.ISTANBUL, Jul 27, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The main draw matches in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Istanbul Cup 2009 International Women's Tennis Tournament will begin in Istanbul on Monday. Russia's Vera Zvonareva, the top seed of the tournament, will take on Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine in the first round while second seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland meets Rossana De Los Rios Rossana Neffa de los Rios (born September 16, 1975) is a professional Paraguayan tennis player. She is currently ranked 128 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. She was born in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, and now lives in Miami, USA, with her 10-year-old daughter Ana Paula Neffa de of Paraguay. Third seed Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain will take on a qualifier, and fourth seed Arevane Rezai of France meets Viktoriya Kutuzova of Ukraine. Three Turkish players will take part in this year's main draw. Ipek Senoglu was drawn against Maria Elena Camerin Maria Elena Camerin (born March 21, 1982 in Motta di Livenza, Italy) is a professional female tennis player from Italy. On October 11, 2004, Camerin reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41. of Italy while Pemra Ozgen will take on Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands and Cagla Buyukakcay will have to battle against eighth seed Lucia Hradecka of Czezh Republic. The tournament will end on August 2. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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