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ent or future Stanford players. Stanford’s Hilary Barte and two highly rated incoming Cardinal freshmen are among the final list of wild cards. Barte, who will be entering her senior year at this fall, is already a six-time All-American having earned singles and doubles honors her first three years. This will be her second appearance in the Bank of the West as a wild card in the main draw. The wild-card selections for the qualifying draw include two future Stanford players, Kristie Ahn and Nicole Gibbs. They have yet to take their first class at Stanford, but both will have the opportunity to play on
the courts they will call home over the next four years. Ahn and Gibbs are both currently ranked in the top 500 in the world. Finalizing the qualifying wild cards are Tamaryn Hendler and Coco Vandeweghe. Hendler, better known as Tammy Hendler, is 18 years of age and a former World Top 5 junior player. Hendler reached the quarterfinals in the 2008 US Open Girls’ singles tournament and the semifinals at 2008 Junior Wimbledon. Vandeweghe, who resides in Rancho Santa Fe (Ca.), defeated Hendler on her way to winning the 2008 US Open Girls’ Singles championship. Vandeweghe, currently ranked 200 in the world, is the niece of former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe. The 2010 Bank of the West Classic will feature a 30-player singles draw and 16-team doubles draw. The official tournament draw, and first-round matchups, will be announced on Saturday. Tickets for the 2010 can be purchased by calling the box office at 866-WTA-TIXS (866-9828497) or by logging on to www. BankoftheWestClassic.com. To help celebrate its 40th anniversary, the tournament will honor “Four Decades of Champions� prior to the 7:30 p.m. semifinal match on Saturday, July 31. The event will feature appearances by some of the tournament’s most prestigious winners, including Billie Jean King and Andrea Jaeger. Yet another special addition next week will be the first-ever US Open
National Playoffs that features 16 women vying for a wild-card entry into the 2010 US Open qualifying. The US Open National Playoffs began with 16 sectional qualifying tournaments held throughout the country from April through June. In all, 373 women competed in hopes of making
it to the final 16 at Stanford. No player will be entering the 16-player playoff with more professional experience than 33-year-old Alina Jidkova, a Russian immigrant who won the Texas Sectional Qualifying. Jidkova’s professional resumÊ includes appearances in all four
grand slams and a win over Serena Williams. The Women’s Championships will be held July 28-Aug. 1, during the Bank of the West Classic. The final will take place Sunday, Aug. 1 following the women’s Bank of the West doubles final. N
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