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No. 7 ranked Elena Dementieva of Russia is seeded No. 1 for the $700,000 WTA Open GDF Suez being played in Paris, France, February 8-10, 2010. After a 1st round bye, Dementieva will take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia who was a 1st round winner over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.

The top seeds include:

No. 2 seed, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, pulled out of the 2009 WTA Tour Internazionali Femminili di Palermo being played in Palermo, Italy July 13-19, 2009.

Schnyder had breezed through the first two rounds, defeating Anastasia Pivovarova of Russia, 6-4, 6-0, and Nuria Llaqostera Vives of Spain 6-2, 6-2. That put her up against Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany in the Quarterfinals, where she retired in the first set trailing 3-4.

It was an all Italy final at the Italian tournament, pitting No. 1 seed and 13th ranked, Flavia Pennetta against No. 38 ranked Sara Errani. Pennetta came out the winner, 6-1, 6-2.

Happy birthday to Swiss tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, who was born Dec. 14, 1978 in Basel, Switzerland. That means she is turning the big 30!

Schnyder ended the year ranked # 14 in singles, and 50 in doubles. She had one Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title and one doubles title in 2008. That brings her career total to eleven singles and five doubles titles, with earnings at about $7.5 million. If no one is throwing her a 30th birthday party, she should be able to afford to go out and celebrate with her family.

Tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder was eliminated in the 2nd round from the WTA Generali Ladies Linz tournament played Oct. 20-26 in Linz, Austria. She lost to Alona Bondarenko in an up-and-down match 2-6, 6-2, 1-6.

Patty Schnyder, ranked No. 11, had a bye in the 1st round. However, the No. 33 ranked Bondarenko from the Ukraine was too tough for her in the 2nd round.

After winning the WTA Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic four tournaments ago, Schnyder has been able to win only one match in the last three tournaments. That seems to be a plague affecting a lot of the top players toward the end of the season – inconsistency. Too bad there’s not a vaccination for the “inconsistency” disease.

She’s the Champion! Patty Schnyder, the tennis cutie pie from Switzerland, ranked 13th in the world and seeded 2nd in the tournament, proudly holds her trophy after winning the finals of the 2008 WTA Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia. Schnyder easily defeated 85th ranked Austrian, Tamira Paszek, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0. Great championship win, Patty!

This was Patty Schnyder’s first championship of the year. She reached one other final, in the Bangalore Open where she lost to Serena Williams 5-7, 3-6.

Tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, of Switzerland has received the # 2 seeding in the 2008 WTA Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic being played in Bali, Indonesia.

Patty Schnyder, currently ranked 13th in the world, had a Bye into the 2nd round. In the 2nd round she faced 98th ranked Meng Yuan of China, defeating her 6-2, 7-5. In the Quarterfinal round, she defeated 57th ranked Marta Domachowska of Poland, 6-2, 6-2.

Schnyder will now face the 4th seed, 22nd ranked Nadia Petrova of Russia in the Semifinals. She is making a good run in this tournament. Perhaps she can take home some hardware to add to her collection.

Tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, from Switzerland has been beaten out of the U.S. Open in the Quarterfinals. Her opponent, another featured cutie pie, Elena Dementieva, from Russia, easily won the match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.

This was a much better showing for Patty Schnyder, than at the last Grand Slam at Wimbledon where she was beaten out in the 1st round. Schnyder had not made the Quarterfinals at the U.S. Open since 1998. However, the 29-year old 15th ranked Schnyder was just no match for 6th ranked 26 year-old Dementieva.

It was a good run, Patty. Keep on trying!

Swiss tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, has qualified for the Quarterfinals of the 2008 U.S. Open tennis tournament. Her latest conquest is Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia in a tough 3-setter 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Patty Schnyder is ranked 15th in the world and Srebotnik is # 28. That made a great match up and a close contest. Patty’s last two matches have been tough 3-setters, but she has been up to the task.

Patty’s next opponent is another featured cutie pie, Elena Dementieva, of Russia. Dementieva is ranked # 5 in the world and has yet to drop a set through four rounds. This should be a really tough match for both players.

Swiss tennis cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, has made it into the 2nd week of the 2008 U.S. Open by sneaking past 89th ranked Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

Patty Schnyder broke her “magic 3” formula (every set in the first two matches had a “3″ in it) and had a close 1st set. Patty won the tie-break, and went on to win in straight sets.

Patty’s 4th round opponent will be 28th ranked Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia. Srebotnik upset 3rd seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in round 2, so it could be a tough match.

Patty Schnyder, tennis cutie pie from Switzerland, has won her way with a magic 3 into the 3rd round of the 2008 U.S. Open. By magic 3, I mean every set score through two matches has a three. Patty Schnyder won her first match 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, and her second match 6-3, 6-3.

The first magic 3 victim was 18-year old 166th ranked Anastasia Pivovarova of Russia. The 2nd magic 3 casualty was
another Anastasia from Russia, 17-year-old Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

I think Patty has run out of Anastasias to play, but perhaps she can use the magic 3 some more. Go Patty!