Asia-Australia Women's Open Fantasy Tennis 2011

This is the second year that I'm playing this fantasy game.  This year, we will be including Australia and New Zealand into the mix.  I will be using the rankings released on December 14, 2011.

Well, I will pair the Top 16 in Asia and Australia using how the Top 16 was drawn in this year's Beijing Open.  With that, here are the eight pairings based on the rankings, regardless of how many entries there are per country -

Upper Draw:

Li Na (CHN) (1) vs. Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) (14)

Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) (12) vs. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (7)

Peng Shuai (CHN) (3) vs. Misaki Doi (JPN) (16)

Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) (11) vs. Zheng Jie (CHN) (5)

Lower Draw:

Ayumi Morita (JPN) (6) vs. Sania Mirza (IND) (10)

Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) (15) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) (4)

Marina Erakovic (NZL) (8) vs. Jelena Dokic (AUS) (9)

Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) (13) vs. Samantha Stosur (AUS) (2)

Australia has the most entries, with four, led by US Open Champion Samantha Stosur, Jelena Dokic, Jarmila Gajdosova and Anastasia Rodionova.  Japan has three entries with Misaki Doi, Kimiko Date Krumm, and Ayumi Morita.  China also has three entries with Li Na, Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie.  Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, India, New Zealand and Chinese-Taipei have one entry each.

Based on their head-to-head, the quarterfinal matches look like this -

Upper Draw:

Li Na (CHN) (1) vs. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (7)

Peng Shuai (CHN) (3) vs. Zheng Jie (CHN) (5)

Lower Draw:

Sania Mirza (IND) (10) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) (4)

Jelena Dokic (AUS) (9) vs. Samantha Stosur (AUS) (2)

Based on their head-to-head, the semi-final matches look like this -

Li Na (CHN) (1) vs.Zheng Jie (CHN) (5)

Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) (4) vs. Samantha Stosur (AUS) (2)

Based on their head-to-head, the finals look like this -

Zheng Jie (CHN) (5) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) (4)

BRONZE MEDAL MATCH:

Li Na (CHN) (1) vs. Samantha Stosur (AUS) (2)

2011 Asia-Australia Women's Open Fantasy Tennis Winners:

GOLD: Zheng Jie (CHN)

SILVER: Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)

BRONZE: Samantha Stosur (AUS)