Maria in quarterfinal in Rome !

Maria won wednesday in the round of 16 of Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome against Dominika Cibulkova (SVK). The score : 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in two hours and 13 minutes.

The quarterfinal will be against the world number one, Serena Williams (USA) ! Maria has played her twice before and was defeated in 2004 at the French Open and in 2006 in Los Angeles.

To see the singles results, click here.

Then, Maria played the doubles match with compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and won by retirement their second round against Cara Black (ZIM) and Elena Vesnina (RUS). The score : 6-2, 0-0.

To see the doubles results, click here.

Maria Kirilenko in Rome

Aurélie with Maria and Elena Vesnina

Hi Maria!

I send you this photo because I think this is a very good photo with you, Elena Vesnina and me. You are one of my favorite tennis player and I am very happy to have a photo with you. It was a the player party at the Kremlin Cup 2009. It was amazing. Thanks for the photo. And I want to congratulate you for your good way in single in Moscow and for your victory with Nadia in double. Thanks for your smile and for your great tennis.

Kiss from Switzerland.

Aurélie

Maria Kirilenko, Aurelie and Elena Vesnina in Moscow

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Vesnina withdrew against Kleybanova-Schiavone

Maria only played the double tournament of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with Elena Vesnina. They won tuesday in the first round against Patty Schnyder and Anna-Lena Groenefeld. The score : 6-4, 7-5. But Elena couldn’t play the quarterfinal because of a left thigh strain.

To see the doubles results, click here.

Toray Pan Pacific Open
September 28 – October 3, 2009
Tokyo, Japan

Toray Pan Pacific Open

Tier : Tour Event
Prize Money : $2,000,000
Surface : Hard/Outdoors
Official website : http://www.toray-ppo.co.jp

End of the US Open for Maria

The russian duet Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova defeated Maria and Elena Vesnina tuesday in quartefinal of the doubles tournament of US Open. The score : 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. To see the statistics of the match, click here.

To see the doubles results, click here.

Maria Kirilenko

Photo by John Nguyen (www.gototennis.net)

MARIA SCHEDULE
September 21th, 2009
Hansol Korea Open – Seoul $220,000

September 28th, 2009
Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo $2,000,000

October 3rd, 2009
China Open – Beijing $4,500,000

October 12th, 2009
Japan Women’s Open Tennis – Osaka $220,000

October 19th, 2009
Kremlin Cup – Moscow $1,000,000

Maria and Vesnina in quarterfinal!

In the third round of the doubles tournament of US Open, Maria and Elena Vesnina won sunday on Granstand court against the american duet Alexa Glatch and Carly Gullickson. The score : 7-6 (3), 6-2. To see the statistics of the match, click here.

In quartefinal, Maria and Elena will play against the russian duet Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova.

To see the doubles results, click here.

Maria Kirilenko and Elena Vesnina

King Leung with Maria and Vesnina

Hi Maria!

My name is King Leung, this picture of us was taken at the Rogers Cup last wednesday after you and Elena finished practicing. It was nice to watch both of you practicing and having fun. I also went to watch you guys play the doubles match later that day. Both of you played a great match, but it was unfortunate that you guys lost. Anyway, hopefully you can rest up and relax a little before the US Open. I hope both you and Elena will play great at the tournament this year. It was great to have met you and to have taken a picture with you.

Good luck and all the best at the US Open and the rest of the season.

King

King Leung, Maria and Elena Vesnina

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Pennetta won in two sets

The Italian Flavia Pennetta defeated Maria tuesday in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto in one hour and 37 minutes. The score : 6-3, 6-3.

To see the singles results, click here.

Maria Kirilenko in Toronto
Photo Jean-Sébastien Marceau (www.wtennisphotos.com)

In doubles, Maria and Elena Vesnina won monday in the first round against the Canadian duet Stéphanie Dubois and Rebecca Marino. The score : 6-2, 6-7 (5), 10-6.

To see the doubles results, click here.