Nordea Nordic Light Open

[03/04/2008 10:00]

[14/02/2008 17:00]

[10/02/2008 00:00]

The qualification round for the $25 000 ITF Rexona Salk Ladies starts today. The tournament is to be played in Salkhallen in Bromma, Stockholm. Several young Swedish players have received Wild Cards for the qualifyers.

[05/08/2007 14:05]

Agnieszka Radwanska captured her first WTA-title when defeating Vera Dushevina in today's final match at the Nordea Nordic Light Open, 6-1, 6-1.

[04/08/2007 18:00] Radwanska second to reach final in Nordea Nordic Light Open.
After winning strait sets 6-4, 6-3. 

[04/08/2007 15:10] Vera Dushevina won a tough three set match against qualifyer Julia Goerges, final score was 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

[04/08/2007 11:50] Polish Agniezska Radwanska had no problems defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, 6-4, 6-1.

[04/08/2007 11:33] Due to an injury Emilie Loit has to withdraw from her QF against Julia Goerges. Goerges will now face russian Vera Dushevina.

[03/08/2007 22:30] Remaining QFs are scheduled for Saturday morning, starting at 10 am. Tomorrow's schedule

[03/08/2007 16:45]

It's raining on Stockholms olympic stadium.
The score in the match between
Emilie Loit and Julia Goerges is for the moment 0-1.

More information to come.

[03/08/2007 16:29] Russian Vera Dushevina won in three set against Dominika Cibulkova on centre court.

[02/08/2007 21:55] Danish Wozniacki impressed when she beat sixth seed Elena Vesnina of Russia in the first evening match.

[02/08/2007 16:38] Stephanie Cohen-Aloro advanced to QF by defeating fellow countrywoman Youlia Fedossova in three sets.

[02/08/2007 08:00]

We are looking forward to another fantastic day at Nordea Nordic Light Open.
Matches start at 1pm and the evening session at 5.30pm

[01/08/2007 19:52] Tsvetana Pironkova showed no mercy when ousting German Anna-Lena Grönefeld, 6-4, 6-4. Can she repeat her achievement from last year when she managed to reach the SF?

[01/08/2007 18:42] Finnish Emma Laine lost to Vera Dushevina from Russia in two strait sets, 6-3, 6-3. Laine looked confident in the beginning of second set but never really coped with Dushevinas pace.

[01/08/2007 15:46]

Emily Loit of France made it to QF despite having two match points against her. Spannish Virginia Ruano Pascual seemed strong as she won the first set by 6-4. The following two sets had to be settled with tie-breaks.

 

[01/08/2007 14:15]

Polish Agnieszka Radwanska impressed as she outshined Marta Domachowska by 6-0, 6-3.

 

[31/07/2007 21:20] It was a though first round match between Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) and Lina Stanciute (LTU).

[31/07/2007 18:50]

Finnish Emma Laine the first scandinavian to qualifiy to the second round.

[31/07/2007 14:15]

Sofia Arvidsson will play against Elena Vesnina. Sofia won the only clash between the two, in the QF in Quebec City 2005, with 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. Can she repeat the success?

[31/07/2007 11:52] Final scores and standings on center court, court 1 and 2 are continually updated on the website. Live scores for the center court will start at 3 p.m.

[31/07/2007 11:35] Welcome to see great matches on Stockholm stadium today

[30/07/2007 21:50]

Swede Michaela Johansson lost her first match ever on the WTA tour against Klara Zakopalova, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6.

[30/07/2007 17:47] French Emily Loit really showed her full potential as she beat Andrea Petkovic from Germany in the first round by 6-4, 6-2. Loit, considered as one of the favourites for the title, played consistant and never really let Petkovic into the match.

[30/07/2007 13:55]

It is finally time for the biggest tennis tournament in Scandinavia- Nordea Nordic Light Open. This is the sixth consecutive year, and the forth year at Stockholm's Olympic stadium.

[27/07/2007 18:18]

The draws for the Nordea Nordic Light Open 2007 were announced on Friday.

[27/07/2007 15:22] The sun has came back to Stockholm Stadion and the court is almost dry and people are working with the commercial-signs right now. See the picture.

[27/07/2007 13:29] It's raining in Stockholm right now and the the courts are very wet. It's dark clouds in the sky and the players will have to practice in our inside-courts right know. See the pictures from our center court.

[27/07/2007 11:03] The sign-in will begin 13.00-16.00. After that 16.30, they will make the draw to both the qualifications and the maindraw.

[16/07/2007 16:39]

The website had a chat with Camilla Bergqvist from SSP Event, who will be doing the catering for Nordea Nordic Light Open this year, and who will do everything in their power to make sure that everyone is full and satisfied.

[15/07/2007 19:42]

The website had a chat with Sofie Tibbling, who’ll have the foremost responsibility concerning Nordea Masters – where the two best 14-year-old girls will compete for the honour of being the best of their age in the Nordic and Baltic region.

[14/07/2007 22:36]

The website took the chance to interview Norwegian tennis player Karolina Steiro, who last week received a wild card to the qualifying round of Nordea Nordic Light Open.

[12/04/2007 12:54]

More prize money, shorter season and more exclusive events. This is the formula when the Sony Ericsson WTA tour is entirely restructured starting from after next season.

   -Nordea Nordic Light Open gets a substantial lift in status in the new WTA tour, and this gives us greater possibilities on all levels, not least in creating an even better line-up, says Jenny Lindström, Tournament Director for Nordea Nordic Light Open.

[22/02/2007 23:00]

Forr years The All England Club has resisted demands for female equality. Today Wimbledon bosses announced that this year women players' will be offered the same prize money as men.

[09/01/2007 12:30]

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Board of Directors has voted unanimously to extend the contract of Tour Chairman & CEO Larry Scott for an additional five years, through 2011, the Tour announced today. Scott, who assumed the helm of the Tour in April 2003, has engineered an aggressive growth program that has led women’s professional tennis to record performances in the areas of sponsorship, television, marketing and media.

[29/11/2006 09:59] Nordea Nordic Light Open 2007 bli be played between July 30th - August 5th. For the fourth consecutive time in the history of Nordea Nordic Light Open the Stockholm Olympic Stadium will be the venue for the region's only tournamnet on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

[13/08/2006 23:24]

Jie Zheng of China ousted Anastasia Myskina in today’s Final of Nordea Nordic Light Open, 6-4, 6-1. The match started outdoors, but after just two games the rain got too intense. Instead the match was moved to the indoor facility at the Royal Tennis Hall. A big part of the crowd from Stockholms Stadium walked the one-mile march to the new arena to watch the game.

[13/08/2006 16:32]

The Final between Anastasia Myskina and Jie Zheng is suspended due to rain. The match will start as sonn as the rain stops.

[13/08/2006 01:33]

Anastasia Myskina of Russia faces Jie Zheng in today's final in Nordea Nordic Light Open. Zheng, who defeated Tsvetana Pironkova in her Semifinal, is also playing Doubles Final today along with compatriot Zi Yan.

[12/08/2006 17:15]

Top-seed Anastasia Myskina ousted Swedish hope Sofia Arvidsson i two straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. Myskina played well in front of the cheering croud and had a bigger confidence than before. Arvidsson played better than she had during her other matches but could’t keep up with Myskina’s pace. In the final Myskina faces either Jie Zheng or Tsvtana Pironkova.

[11/08/2006 23:35]

The Swedish hope, Sofia Arvidsson is in her first semifinal of the Nordea Nordic Light Open. Her opponent, Eva Birnerova gave up when the score was 4-6, 6-3, 2-0 in favour of the Swede. This is Arvidsson’s third semifinal on the WTA- tour and what a great feeling it must be for her to live up to the Swedish people’s expectations on home soil.

 

[11/08/2006 21:29]

The first clash on centre court this morning was between Danish hope Caroline Wozniacki and Jie Zheng of China. Caroline, who has had a terrific week so far, seemed a bit tired from past days’ tennis. The more experienced Zheng took control of the game at an early stage and kept it through the entire game.

[11/08/2006 03:38]

Nordea Nordic Light Open spectators were treated to an all-Swedish match-up Thursday night, as No.4 seed Sofia Arvisson and wild card Johanna Larsson faced off for a spot in the quarterfinals. After suffering through a lull in the second set, Arvidsson regrouped in the third to pull out a 6-2 1-6 6-4 victory.

[10/08/2006 17:15]

Eva Birnerova is through to the quarter final after defeating Jarmila Gajdosova in two sets: 6-2, 6-3.

[09/08/2006 22:46]

Number one seed Anastasia Myskina did what was expected against the Polish youngster. The 15 year old played as if she was used to play on centre courts. With no respect to hold her back, she made Myskina run for the points. The top-seed didn’t play impressive tennis, due to Radwanska’s offensive game.

-I have met her sister before and knew that it was going to be a tough match, Myskina said after the match.

[09/08/2006 19:35] The chinese doubles team, Zi Yan and Jie Zheng, ranked as no.2 in the world, defeated Polish couple Jans/Rosolska. The top-seeded Chinese duo didn´t loose one single game in the broiling sun and continue to impress.

[09/08/2006 18:56] Nordea Nordic Light Open, the largest women’s tennis tournament in the Nordic region, is celebrating its five-year anniversary. This winter a study was made to find out how the project could increase its contribution to the development of Nordic tennis over the next five years. Against this background Nordea Nordic Light Open has made the following decisions.

[09/08/2006 03:04]

The Swedish tennis queen, Sofia Arvidsson defeated Finish number one, Emma Laine in a match that seemed to have no ending. Both players did their absolute best in the two hour and a half long battle between the Nordic tennis stars. They were both struggling to control the baseline and performed some tremendous baseline tennis. In the end however it was the Swede who made it through to the second round.

 

[08/08/2006 23:25]

According to plan the number 1 seed, Anastasia Myskina won against Australian Alicia Molik. The Russian is playing for the second time here in Stockholm and this year she is going for the title. With a tough first round draw she had to play her best tennis to beat Molik.

[08/08/2006 20:34]

The Swedish 17 year-old Johanna Larsson made another Nordic upset at the Nordea Nordic Light Open this afternoon. In her first appearance on the WTA Tour she defeated German Kristina Barrois, ranked 126 in the world.

[08/08/2006 17:00]

During this morning as many as a quarter million users were connected to the Live score, which created congestion on the servers. We are sorry for the delay and are currently working on it.

[08/08/2006 12:45]

Today Arvidson, Myskina and Zheng will enter the first round of Nordea Nordic Light Open. Matches commence with qualifier Sorana Cirstea aganist Kaia Kanepi who will face each other at 11 am. Cirstea, the 16-year-old of Romania, has been looking very solid during the qualifying rounds.

[07/08/2006 23:26] Nearly 1500 saw chinese hope Na Li defeat Maret Ani of Estonia on centre court in her first round tonight.

[07/08/2006 21:39] The Danish supertalent Caroline Wozniacki showed no mercy against the 7^th seeded Iveta Benesova. In only about an hour she outclassed the Czeck girl with the scores 6-2, 6-0. The way she played today she is definitely one of the players to look for during the week of the Nordea Nordic Light Open.

[05/08/2006 21:40]

The Swedish tennis audience is up for a huge treat from day one of this year’s Nordea Nordic Light Open. The first round alone is packed with grand -slam-calibre match ups. Probably the most anticipated of those is last year’s Nordic Light Open runner up, Anastasia Myskina, against the champion of 2004, Alicia Molik. Molik, who hasn’t played much tennis this year due to a debilitating virus, has been given a wild-card at this years tournament and is expected to deliver a high-quality match against Myskina, who reached the quarter final of this year’s Wimbledon and lost to champion Amelie Mauremeso.

[04/08/2006 00:09]

Swedish tennis hope Sofia Arvidsson had her first practice session in Stockholm on Wednesday ahead of Nordea Nordic Light Open. The 22-year-old from the county of Halland has not competed since Wimbledon and is looking forward to this year’s tennis happening at Stockholms Stadion.
   - For a while tennis came to dominate my life almost too much, and perhaps I became a little tired of the tennis circuit towards the end. But now I’m feeling hungry again. And I’m always happy to play on hard court, which is the surface that suits me best, she says.

[04/08/2006 00:07]

In conjunction with Nordea Nordic Light Open 2006, this year will see the premiere of Nordea Masters, a tournament for the top eight 14-year-old girls in the Nordic countries. The Nordic tennis federations have selected two girls each to play for the first Nordea Masters title. The winner will receive a travel stipend worth 25,000 Swedish kronor. The tournament is organised by Karina Jacobsgaard of Denmark, a former member of the Nordea Tennis Team.

[04/08/2006 00:06]

The first players in this year’s Nordea Nordic Light Open have now arrived in Stockholm. Catalina Castano of Colombia was the first to arrive and has been in the Swedish capital since Monday evening.
   - I’m here early so I can practice and prepare properly for the tournament. Obviously I’m going sightseeing as well and I’ve already been a bit around the city, says Castano, who was defeated last week in the quarter finals of the Budapest WTA tournament as the number one seed.

[20/07/2006 10:39] After an entertaining event for spectators in Synsam Swedish Open, Sweden’s tennis public are now looking forward to Stockholms Stadion and Nordea Nordic Light Open. And women's tennis is attracting great interest.
  -We have never experienced greater demand for tickets. It appears we are going to beat last year’s attendance record of just under 10,000 visitors. It is evident that many people want to take the opportunity to see our Swedish world star Sofia Arvidsson play on home ground, says Tournament Director Jenny Lindström.

[15/07/2006 10:33] The latest issue of Sportmagasinet features an extensive interview with Sofia Arvidsson. In the story,  Sweden’s new world star talks among other things about her first WTA title, about her winner instinct and about how valuable it is to hold a WTA tournament on home ground. Here you can see some of the vintage pictures that accompany the text about Sofia.

[10/07/2006 10:30] Jie Zheng and Zi Yan on Sunday took their second grand slam title for the year when they defeated Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano Pascal from Spain and Argentina respectively. The Chinese women made a great impact at Wimbledon during recent weeks and have really confirmed their country’s reputation as a prospective great tennis nation.

[08/07/2006 10:25] Caroline Wozniacki is soon no longer one of the tennis world’s most promising players. She is on the way to becoming one of the game’s biggest stars. Last Saturday the 16-year-old from Odense won the finals of Wimbledon’s junior tournament. She defeated Magdalena Rybarikova from Slovakia after having come back from a set down 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. The win means that Caroline now steps up to the position of number two in the world among female players under the age of 18.

[23/05/2006 17:55] As Sofia Arvidsson and Emma Laine depart Melbourne, Nordic eyes turn to the Australian Open juniors event where Caroline Wozniacki powered through in the opening round. The Danish phenom barely broke sweat as she ran through Aussie Bridget Healy 6-0, 6-4. She is joined in the second round by Swedish rising star Johanna Larsson who ousted Stephanie Jeanes, also of Australia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

[20/09/2005 09:56]

Nordea Nordic Light Open celebrates its fifth anniversary 7th-13th August 2006 and the tournament will be held in Stockholm Sweden also next year.

Nordea Nordic Light Open wants thank all partners including the volunteers for making our Nordic Idea come true for the fourth time.

We welcome spectators and partners back in August 2006!

[13/08/2005 20:14]

Anastasia Myskina lost the first set in her meeting with Emilie Loit today, but in the end, won her third three-set match and a place in the Nordea Nordic Light final.

[12/08/2005 21:25]

This was the most anticipated match of the tournament. Local hero, Sofia Arvidsson, against grand slam champion Anastasia Myskina.

[12/08/2005 19:13] Emilie Loit of France beat Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain in straight sets this afternoon, under the bright sun on centre court.

[12/08/2005 17:42] Catalina Castano began today's first match on centre court positive, pumping her fist after ever point she won. But after two sets, the fist was not moving and  Katarina Srebotnik began an amazing comeback.

[11/08/2005 23:16]

Anastasia Myskina had another slow start this evening but in the end, defeated Camille Pin of France.

[11/08/2005 20:00]

Sweden's number two player, Hanna Nooni, and Erica Krauth of Argentina were defeated by Emilie Loit and Katarina Srebotnik just moments ago.

[11/08/2005 18:36] This was Douchevina and Schruff's first head-to-head meeting.

[11/08/2005 14:23] Yesterday's doubles match betweed Sofia Arvidsson/ Emma Laine and Claire Curran/ Maria Jose Martinez continued this afternoon with all of its previous suspense.

[11/08/2005 13:20]

[11/08/2005 12:29] It looked like it was going to be an early night for Nordic duo Sofia Arvidsson and Emma Laine, but after quickly loosing the first set, they managed to turned things around in an amazing late night display.

[10/08/2005 23:05] Two Spaniards took to centre court in a close second round match this evening.

[10/08/2005 19:49] The rain stopped at 3.30 today. As soon as it did, the sun came out and Emma Laine and Catalina Castano stepped on to centre court.

[10/08/2005 00:21] It was a match that everyone thought Myskina would walk away with, but after a half an hour of play people began to wonder if this would be the Russian's last appearance at this year's Nordic Light Open.

[09/08/2005 23:49]

Finland's Nordic Light qualifier, Emma Laine, played her first match in the main draw today.

[09/08/2005 23:37] Caroline Wozniacki, the 15-year old Danish girl who played doubles with Anastasia Myskina last night, played her first singles match of the tournament today against Martina Sucha of Slovakia.

[09/08/2005 18:36]

Today’s first match on centre court was between Eva Birnerova of the Czech Republic and  Julia Schruff of Germany.

[09/08/2005 00:07]

It was cold and dark outside but that did not stop Anabel Medina Garrigues from winning the last match of the day.

[08/08/2005 22:19] Anastasia Myskina and Caroline Wozniacki walked on centre court tonight with matching outfits and the belief that they could win.

[08/08/2005 19:53] Caroline Wozniacki- she is only 15 and already playing with some of the top pros in the world.

[08/08/2005 14:36]

Later tonight Anastasia Myskina, favourite to win this year's singles title, will pair up with 15-year old Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.

[08/08/2005 14:01] Emma Laine, the only Nordic woman left in the qualifying finals, beat Elena Vesnina in straight sets today to secure a place in the Nordea Nordic Light main draw. 

[07/08/2005 18:03]

Emma Laine kept Nordic hopes alive after defeating New  Zealand's Leanne Baker in today's first match on centre court.

[06/08/2005 18:20] Swedish hopeful Hanna Nooni lost her first round, qualifying match to Aniko Kapros of Hungary in straight sets (6-4, 6-2) earlier today.

[06/08/2005 14:05]

Venus Williams, seeded number one in this year's Nordea Nordic Light Open, has announced today that she will no longer  be competing because of flu.

[05/08/2005 21:51]

The names of the 28 players accepted for the main singles draw of Nordea Nordic Light Open 2005 have been announced today (Friday).

[16/06/2005 16:23]

Anastasia Myskina and Venus Williams will be the top seeds in the singles tournament – setting up the possibility of a final worthy of a Grand Slam tournament. Myskina is set to enter the center court for the first time on Tuesday the 9^th whereas Williams will make her first appearance the following day, on August 10^th.

[22/04/2005 22:39]

The 1912 Olympic Stadium in Stockholm will be the setting of yet another landmark in Nordic sports history. On Wednesday, four-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams and last year’s Roland Garros champion Anastasia Myskina, announced that they both will play in Nordea Nordic Light Open 2005, the only Nordic tournament on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. The event will be held August 8^th-14^th.

[06/03/2005 22:38] Strasbourg local and clay specialist Paul Henri Mathieu sealed the deal in the fifth rubber against Sweden, defeating Thomas Johansson by 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4. As Sweden will have to qualify to keep their place in the World Group, France moves on to the quarter finals against Russia i July, in a rematch of the 2002 Davis Cup final.

[03/03/2005 15:56] Last summer she barely had time to unpack before Henrieta Nagyova sent her home winning by two sets to one in the first round of Nordea Nordic Light Open. But this year has so far seen a Flavia Pennetta in convincing form. Last week the Italian 23-year-old won in Acapulco, claiming her second consecutive title on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

[23/02/2005 18:49]

Swedish Communication group Edita is the new main sponsor for Nordea Nordic Light Open 2005.

   - We look forward to a wonderful event come August, says Ulf Dubois, president of Edita.

[22/02/2005 15:49]

Swedish Davis Cup captain Mats Wilander has announced his team for next week's encounter against France in the first round of Davis Cup. The squad consists of Thomas Johansson, Jonas Björkman, Simon Aspelin and Robin Söderling.

[20/02/2005 21:51] 17-year-old Olga Savchuk of Ukraine won her second ITF-title by beating Emma Laine in impressive fashion,  6-1, 6-2, in the final match of SALK Ladies. Savchuk, who had to qualify for the main tournament, came through without losing a single set.

[18/02/2005 04:45] Finnish player Emma Laine has advanced to the quarterfinals in the ITF tournament SALK Ladies in Stockholm. In straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, she defeated Tzvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. Next, she will face Nika Ozegovic who sent home local hope Sofia Arvidsson in the first round.

[21/10/2004 13:26] Nordea Nordic Light Open 2005 will be held in the 1912 Olympic Stadium of Stockholm. City of Stockholm will once again be official host city and Nordea remains as title sponsor.

[22/08/2004 22:45] Alicia Molik won the title in Stockholm and her shape is still splendid. She won a bronze medal in the Olympics. In the bronze match she beat Anastasia Myskina in straight sets, 6-3,6-4.

[09/08/2004 22:37] Nordea Nordic Light Open will be played also in 2005, but where? You will find the answer at www.nordiclightopen.com as soon as possible. You may also read a lot about all the other things that happen in the world of women's tennis. So don't forget to check out the webpage.

[08/08/2004 20:20] Alicia Molik won the final of Nordea Nordic Light Open against Ukarine's Tatiana Perebiynis in two sets, 6-1,6-1. She also won the doubles teaming up with Barbara Schett. In the final they won against Groenfeld/Gagliardi from Germany/Switzerland. The result in the final was 6-3,6-3.

[07/08/2004 19:28] Martina Navratilova wasn't happy after her loss in the first round of the doubles tournament. But she's coming back to Stadion for another match. She is playing an exhibition game again Hanna Nooni at 1 pm.

[07/08/2004 19:00]

Alicia Molik from Australia and Tatiana Perebiynis from Ukraine is in the final of Nordea Nordic Light Open.

Molik won against Farina Elia in two sets, 7-5,6-3. Perebiynis beat the Czech Sandra Kleinova, 7-5,6-3.

[07/08/2004 11:48] Although Martina Navratilova lost her first game in the tournament she is coming back to Stadion during the weekend. Then there will be opportunities to collect autographs.

[06/08/2004 21:50] Alicia Molik and Barbara Schett is in the final after beating Ostrovskaya/Müller in two sets. Tomorrow it decides whom they meet in the final.

[06/08/2004 17:54] Kleinova from Czech Republic, Perebiynis from Ukraine and Alicia Molik from Australia are all ready for the semis. Alicia Molik was the most impressive winner when she won against Denisa Chladkova in straight sets. She's the favourite to capture the title of Nordea Nordic Light Open.

[05/08/2004 19:47] Martina Navratilova and Elena Tatarkova never really had a chance against Italy's Camerin/Panneta. The italian team were better in almost everything and Martina wasn't happy after the match.

- I'm disappointed for the tournament and for Tatarkova's sake. She really need some points but I wasn't too much help.
We played together once before but it was two years ago. My next goal will be the Olympics in Athens.

[05/08/2004 16:51] Today it's Petra Wartusch's birthday but there was no happy birthday. She lost to Tatiana Perebiynis, 6-0,6-4. She had no chance at all and when she made a double fault on the match ball it put an end to a non-exciting match.

On court 1 a real thriller was played. Barbara Schett had the lead in the third set, 4-1, but couldn't hold on to it. France's Severine Beltrame won six of the next seven games and moved on to the quarterfinal.

Results!

[05/08/2004 14:59]

The defending champion of Nordea Nordic Light Open, Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi, is out of the tournament. She had to withdraw from the match against Kleinova due to a leg injury after one set. Kleinova had no problem winning the set, 6-0.

[05/08/2004 14:20] - I am happy I played good right from the start, Molik said after the match.
I think it is a high quality of the players to be a tier 4 tournament. The arrangement is very good, we stay at a great hotel in the city. It is close to restaurants which is important for us and everything has worked
very smoothly so far. It is special to play at a stadium like this so I really enjoy it here.

Alicia Molik from Australia is not only enjoying life life in Stockholm, she is playing really good as well. Her match against Talaja only took about 50 minutes before she won, 6-3,6-1.

In the quarterfinal she'll face Denisa Chladkova.

[04/08/2004 21:10] Martina Navratilova is not playing before 16 30 at thursday. You can look at order of play here.

[04/08/2004 19:31] Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi had no problem winning her first match of the tournament, against Hungary's Melinda Czink, by 6–2,6–1. The defending champion is one of the favourites to win this years tournament as well.

[04/08/2004 17:19] Silvia Farina Elia is playing better and better during the week. Today she really impressed when she played germany's Julia Schruff. Farina Elia won in two sets, 6-2,6-3, and is one of the favourites to win the tournament.

[04/08/2004 15:38]

Maria Elena Camerin are going to meet Navratilova and Tatarkova in the doubles tomorrow but she's playing singles as well. Today she won against No. 8 seed Srebotnik.
But Camerin was nervous.

- I was a little bit nervous but it poured off me in the second set, she said. It'll be a blast to play Martina, she's a legend after all.

[04/08/2004 15:24] Denisa Chladkova had no problem winning her second match of the tournament, against Italy's Mara Santangelo, 6-4,6-0.
She was really satisfied when she talked to media after the match.

- Yeah, I think I played a lot better today than yesterday. Now I can go for 100% in singles after losing the doubles. I wanna go far in this tournament because I wanna reach higher on the ranking, Chladkova said.

[04/08/2004 10:56] In the first two days of the tournament the homepage registred 250 000 visits in two days.

- That's incredible strong figures. It shows the interest for the tournament, the editor for homepage Anders Forsberg says.

[03/08/2004 19:39]

If you wanna know when your favourite player is going on court tomorrow you'd better click here!

[03/08/2004 17:33] Barbara Schett went right away from San Diego to Stockholm and it didn't take long before she won her first match. She had no problem playing Lubomira Kurhajcova and won in straight sets, 6-3 7-6 (7).

- It was quite difficult to play today, Scett said. I was tired after the flight. I'll take round by round but I know I can beat everyone here.

[03/08/2004 17:29]

Silvija Talaja won against Elena Tatarkova, 2-6,6-2,6-4 and will in the next round play the winner of Hanna Nooni vs. Alicia Molik. Talaja herself thinks she is going to play Molik.
- Yeah, I think it's gonna be tough for Nooni. Molik is quite good and has improved lately.

Maybe that's Talaja's wish, she have once won against Molik by 
2 x 6-0.

[03/08/2004 17:24] Three out of five seeded players who has been on the court has been smashed away. The most recent of them was Iveta Benesova, she lost to Tatiana Perbiynis by 5-7,3-6.

[03/08/2004 15:01] Mara Santangelo had no trouble to win the reception of the interrupted match against Åsa Svensson. Santangelo only had to win one game today and she did it right away. 6-4,6-1.

In the earlier match at center court Chladkova beat italian Roberta Vinci, 7-5,4-6,6-3.

[03/08/2004 13:28] Patricia Wartusch won her first game in the main draw when she beat Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, 5-7,6-4,6-4. Wartusch entered the main draw by winning the qualifications.

[03/08/2004 09:14] The match between Santangelo and Svensson which was suspended yesterday continues today as the second match at centre court.

[02/08/2004 22:03]

Due to rain the match between Åsa Svensson and Mara Santangelo have been delayed to tomorrow. Santangelo is currently in the lead by 6–1,5–4.

[02/08/2004 19:34] Emma Laine, Finland, and Hanna Nooni, Sweden, played tremendously when they beat no. 4 seed Beygelzimer/Perebyinis in straight sets. They had no problem beating them by 6–2,6–0.

[02/08/2004 19:30]

The match between Nagyova and Panetta developed into a real thriller. Panetta won the first set, 7–5, and Nagyova the following, 7–6. In the third set Nagyova had the grip of the set by leading 5–2. She couldn't win the match although she had seven matchpoints in that game. Then she had to take a break because she had a lighter injury but she came back struggleing. She made an terrific effort as the match went on too tiebreak and finally Nagyova won the tiebreak, 10–8.

Nabyova-Panetta 5–7,7–6,7–6

[02/08/2004 18:00] Julia Vakulenko from Ukraina is injured and had to retire in the match against Katarina Srebotnik from Slovenia. Srebotnik was in the lead by 6-3,3-0 when Vakulenko retired.

[02/08/2004 17:47]

All the 32 players are now set for the main tournament and the last four players to join are Patricia Wartusch, Elena Tatarkova, Maria Goloviznina and Julia Schruff.

Also the doubles qualification has come to an end, Schruff and Meusburger made it to the main tournament.

[02/08/2004 16:02]

No. 5 seed Klara Koukalova is out of Nordea Nordic Light Open. She lost to Severine Beltrame from France, 2–6 6–4 6–7 (2). Beltrame was surprislingly versatile in her play and had the grip all the time.

[02/08/2004 13:27] Patricia Wartusch is the first player to reach the main tournament in Stockholm. She had no problem beating Jane O'Donoghue from Great Britain, 6–4 7–5. The ukrainian Tatarkova is also ready for the main tournament after her victory against Prusova, 6–3 6–3.

[02/08/2004 12:03] Stockholms Stadion is normally not a tennis stadium but Nordea Nordic Light Open made it possible to play tennis on the 92 year old stadium. To watch photos of how they did it, please click here.

[01/08/2004 15:11]

Martina Navratilova and her doublepartner Elena Tatarkova is facing an all-italian team in the first round of Nordea Nordic Light Open. The secondseeded team, Navratilova/Tatarkova, are likely to win the match and in that case they'll play against Santangelo/Talaja or Gagliardi/Groenefeld in the second round.

[01/08/2004 13:07] Julia Schruff, Germany, had no problems beating her compatriot Julia Hodes in straight sets, 6-0 6-1. Schruff was an impressive player to watch and might be a surprising experience for the main draw players.

[31/07/2004 13:48] When the qualifying began at Nordea Nordic Light Open it was'nt a blast for the swedish girls. Nadja Roma, Michaela Johansson and Natalia Papadopoulou all lost in straight sets. Karolina Borgersen from Norway also lost her match, against Patricia Wartusch with 4-6,4-6.

[31/07/2004 10:23] The qualifications of Nordea Nordic Light Open starts at 10.30 am. Former top 10 player Sandrine Testud will play 4th match on Centre Court. Finnish talent Emma Laine challenges Libuse Prusova.

[30/07/2004 00:01] Dinara Safina won't come to Stockholm next week. She injured her back in Wimbledon and the injury hasn't improved since.

[29/07/2004 12:15] Alicia Molik is on fire right now. Yesterday she beat Amelie Mauresmo in a stunning three-setmatch in San Diego. Mauresmo was struggleing but couldn't do anything against Molik's versatile play. Molik is right now one of the hottest girls on the tour right now and you can see her in Stockholm next week.

[26/07/2004 10:39] It's been four years since Lindsay Davenport beat Serena Williams on the WTA-tour. Yesterday she did it in Los Angeles when she won the final of JP Morgan Chase Open. She won by 6-1,6-3 and totally crushed Serena. This victory was Lindsay's fourth in Los Angeles.

[23/07/2004 09:00] Today Nordea Nordig Light Open handed out two wild cards. Åsa Svensson and Sofia Arvidsson, both from Sweden, are the ones that can look forward to play at Stockholms Stadion. If you click below you may read a Press Release in swedish from NNLO.

[22/07/2004 00:01] Tomorrow two wild cards to Nordea Nordic Light Open will be handed out. It might be a really big surprise among the wild cards so don't forget to check out www.nordiclightopen.com tomorrow to see who will get the wild cards.

[21/07/2004 09:54] Sandrine Testud, former world No. 9, is coming to Nordea Nordic Light Open. In 2002 she gave birth to a child and she is now trying to get back to the tour. Her first aim will be to reach the main tournament in Stockholm.

[21/05/2004 22:14]

Martina Navratilova, winner of 58 Grand Slam-titles, will participate in the doubles event of Nordea Nordic Light Open 2nd-8th August 2004. The tournament will be held at the Stockholm Olympic  Stadium. Navratilova is playing singles in French Open next week.

[03/05/2004 14:22] Venus Williams has made a strong comeback to the tour. Yesterday she won her second tournament in a row, this time in Warzaw. In the final she beat Kusnetzova from Russia, 6-1 6-4.

[12/04/2004 23:28] USA versus Belarus and France versus Spain. That's the result after the quarterfinals of Davis Cup 2004. The most sensational result is the match between Belarus and Argentina.

[06/04/2004 12:22] Martina Navratilova is playing singles for the first time since 1994. The place for her comeback is Amelia Island, Florida. Her opponent is Kristina Brandi from Puerto Rico.

[29/03/2004 23:05] For the first time in her career Emma Laine is in the top 400 of the world. She made it to the finals last week in the ITF-tournament in S:t Petersburg but she lost to Anastasia Yakimova in two sets.

[08/03/2004 19:34] Jarkko Nieminen went to semifinals in Dubai last week. In the semifinal World No. 1 Roger Federer were too difficult to beat, Federer won in two sets.

[23/02/2004 18:40] Finnish Emma Laine won on Sunday 22 Feb in Capriolo, Italy, her second Women's ITF 10.000$ Tournament. She beat the first seeded Croatian Nika Ozegovic (WTA 352) in the final.

[17/02/2004 20:30] The WTA tournament in Antwerp this week is a tremendous tournament. Both World No. 1 Justine Henin–Hardenne and No. 2 Kim Clijsters is playing. No Nordic players are competing in Antwerp but Sofia Arvidsson and Åsa Svensson is playing in Memphis this week.

[04/02/2004 14:43] Sweden plays versus Australia in the first round of Davis Cup this weekend. Today the swedish team captain Mats Wilander picked the team. Robin Söderling and Thomas Enqvist will play the singles and Joachim Johansson and Jonas Björkman will play the doubles.

[04/02/2004 09:40] The tickets for Nordea Nordic Light Open is now released. For information please click on the link Biljetter in the swedish version and Tickets in the english version.

[02/02/2004 19:28]

Last weeks news that the legendary Martina Navratilova might play in Nordea Nordic Light Open this summer was a big surprise for the Swedish media. Both Dagens Nyheters Björn Gyllenberg and Svenska Dagbladets Jonas Arnesen writes about Navratilovas wish to play in her sister's hometown Stockholm.

Links:
Dagens Nyheter
Svenska Dagbladet

[01/02/2004 11:23]

Roger Federer had no problem winning the final of Australian Open against Marat Safin. Marat Safin was exhausted due to the long matches earlier in the tournament. Todays Grand Slam victory was Federer's second, last year he won Wimbledon.

[31/01/2004 18:59] Justine Henin-Hardenne won Australian Open 2004. In the final she beat fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters in three sets. It is her third Grand Slam win, last year she won French Open and US Open.

[30/01/2004 12:14] The opponents in the first Grand Slam final of the year is Roger Federer and Marat Safin. Safin defeated Agassi yesterday in a tremendously exciting five sets-match and today Federer easily beat Spanis Ferrero in three sets.

[30/01/2004 11:48] Martina Navratilova has once again reached a Grand Slam final. This time it is in the mixed doubles with Indian Leander Paes as partner. They won their semifinal in two sets and will face Zemonjic/Bovina in the final.

[29/01/2004 12:33] It will be two women from Belgium in the first Grand Slam final of the year. Kim Clijsters beat Patty Schnyder in two sets and Justine Henin–Hardenne defeated Fabiola Zuluaga in two straight sets.

[29/01/2004 12:12]

There is no Swedes left in Australian Open. Both Michaela Johansson in the Girl's singles and Jonas Björkman in the men's doubles lost their matches. Johansson lost against Shahar Peer in two sets and Björkman lost his match with Woodbridge against the Bryan's from USA in two sets.

[28/01/2004 23:46]

Mona Sahlin och många andra har tackat ja till att vara ambassadör för Nordea Nordic Light Open. Det offentliggjordes under onsdagen.

Mer info om det finner ni här.

[28/01/2004 09:32] The young Swedish talent Michaela Johansson is in the third round after beating Mary Gambale in the second round in the Girl's singles in Australian Open. In the next round she will play against Shahar Peer from Israel.

[28/01/2004 09:28] Patty Schnyder who competed in Nordea Nordic Light Open 2002 and 2003 is through to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals she beat the American Lisa Raymond in two sets. Schnyder will make her first appearance in a Grand Slam semifinal when she is going to face Kim Cljisters.

[27/01/2004 14:14]

The 15 year old Swedish girl Michaela Johansson might be a newcoming star on the WTA tour. In the first round of the Australian Open's Girl's singles she beat No.4 seeded Yung Jan Chan from China in three sets. In the next round she will face Mary Gambale from USA.

[27/01/2004 14:09]

The defending champion of Australian Open, Andre Agassi, had no problems forcing his way to the semifinals. His opponent in the quarterfinal, Sebastien Grosjean, had to withdraw in the second set due to an injury.

[25/01/2004 13:13] Justine Henin-Hardenne, Amelie Mauresmo, Lindsay Davenport and Fabiola Zuluaga are the first four to reach the quarterfinals in Australian Open. So far we have only seen one big sensation, Venus Williams' loss in the third round. Tonight the remaining matches of the fourth round will be played.

[24/01/2004 12:54] Sweden's last player on the court, Joachim "Pim-Pim" Johansson, lost against Spanish Juan Carlos Ferrero in four sets. Although Johansson lost in the third round it is his best performance ever at Flinders Park in Melbourne. A match worth taking notice of is Tim Henman-Guillermo Canas. Henman lost the five sets-match after five hours and are still longing for his first Grand Slam victory.

[24/01/2004 12:48] Venus Williams failed to beat the No.30-seeded fellow American Lisa Raymond. Venus lost in two sets, 6-4 7-6(5). Another sensation is the 16 year old wild card Tatiana Golovin from France. She is through to the fourth round after defeating Lina Krasnoroutskaya from Russia in two sets.

[23/01/2004 10:47]

World No.1 Justine Henin-Hardenne is through to the fourth round after beating Svetlana Kusnetzova in two sets, 6-2 7-5. In the next round she will face the Italian Mara Santangelo.

[23/01/2004 10:42] Andre Agassi totally smashed Thomas Enqvist out in the third round of Australian Open. Andre Agassi won in three sets and Enqvist only won six games. In the next round Agassi will face Paradorn Srichaphan who beat Gustavo Kuerten in three sets.

[22/01/2004 08:22] Venus Williams had not played a match since Wimbledon last year when she entered Australian Open 2004. Now she has impressed heavily when she is through to the third round after defeating Vera Douchevina in the second round in two straight sets.

[22/01/2004 08:18] The swedish youngster Joachim "Pim-Pim" Johansson has reached the third round of Australian Open after beating Alberto Martin in three sets. In the next round he will meet Juan Carlos Ferrero. Ferrero, seeded No.3 won his match in three sets against Fillipo Volandri from Italy.

[21/01/2004 11:54]

The tickets for Nordea Nordic Light Open 2004 will be released Wednesday 4th February.

Ticket prices from 99 SEK.

[21/01/2004 08:23] The young swede Robin Söderling lost his second match in Australian Open. He lost in three sets against the wellknown french Nicloas Escude. Thomas Enqvist is in the third round after defeating the young player Karol Beck, three sets to one.

[20/01/2004 09:01] Sofia Arvidsson from Sweden played her first match in a Grand Slam ever when she entered the court to play Anastasia Myskina. The World No.7 Myskina won in two sets, 6-2 7-5. Åsa Svensson, Swedens other competitor in women's Australian Open, lost against World No.10 Chanda Rubin in three sets.

[19/01/2004 09:29]

Justine Henin-Hardenne wasted no time in her first match of Australian Open. She totally demolished Olivia Lukaszewicz in two sets, 6-0 6-0.

Meanwhile there was a big surprise at another court when World No.8 Elena Dementieva lost in two sets against Jelena Jankovic.

[19/01/2004 09:26]

Rainer Schüttler, last year an Australian Open finalplayer, lost in the first round of the Australian Open. Robin Söderling from Sweden won in five sets. It was a succesful day in Melbourne for Sweden, Thomas Enqvist also won his first match. He won against the American Vince Spadea in four sets.

[19/01/2004 01:20] Today the first Grand Slam of the year begins. On the first day of the tournament two Swedish players is on the court. The players are Robin Söderling and Thomas Enqvist. Söderling is the first player in tournament to enter the centrecourt when he plays the German player Rainer Schüttler.

[18/01/2004 01:00]

Tomorrow the first Grand Slam of the year begins and one of the favourites have a problem in her first round. Venus Williams has not played a match since Wimbledon last year and her return to the circuit will not be easy. She will play against her fellow American Ashley Harkleroad who made it to the finals last week in Auckland.

During the Australian Open you can find the most interesting news about the tournament here at www.nordiclightopen.com

[17/01/2004 12:26] World No.1 Justine Henin-Hardenne won her 15th career WTA single title when she defeated Amelie Mauresmo in the final in Sydney. Henin-Hardenne won in two sets, 6-4 6-4.