Beijing and Tokyo Results.

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Novak Djokovic won in Beijing this weekend. Svetlana defeated Aggie Radwanska in the final 6-2, 6-4. Kuznetsova after her win gave this little gem of a quote "'I like the tournament, especially that the prize money is higher than the men's, I think we deserve it." Now is she crazy? I have no problem with women making equal money, but more is just obsurd. After thinking about it, I realized why the women were paid more at the same venue. The mens tournament in which Novak Djokovic defeated Marin Cilic in the final 6-2, 7-6 was a considerably "smaller" level tournament. Now they had some big names with Nadal, Djokovic, Verdasco, Roddick, Soderling etc. in the field, but the total field size was only 32 players. The women's tournament in Beijing was what they call a "Premier Mandatory" event which had a field of 64. Its just a bigger event, and more important in relativity to their respective tours. This was a big time WTA event. Not a grand slam, but just a notch below. While this was just a regular mens tour stop. That is probably why the monetary difference was different. It was brought to my attention and people were kind of shocked by the pay difference. Plus when Kuznetsova uses that quote to kind of rub it in or bring more attention to that she won more money than the male winner. It was just stupid on her part. But she is the one walking away with $775,500 bucks. I'd talk shit too probably.

Now lets get to the results:

Like i mentioned Kuznetsova defeated Agnieszka Radwanska in the China Open final 6-2, 6-4.
My prediction of Dementieva over Serena in the final was once again off. This is the second time in the past few weeks I picked Dementieva to win. I've learned my lesson.

I hit on the mens Beijing tournament. I picked Djokovic over Nadal. Djokovic did end up winning the tournament, but it wasn't over Rafael Nadal. Djokovic defeated Marin Cilic 6-2, 7-6 to take the title. He walked away with $500,000. Not a bad for a weeks pay. I wonder if he was kicking, screaming, and sulking he didn't make as much as the girls. Knowing him, there's a good chance.

The Tokyo event featured Juan Martin Del Potro's return after his U.S. Open Championship. It was short lived. Jobber Eduoard Roger-Vasselin upset DelPo in the first round. So my prediction went to piss after that. My runner-up pick and Muhammad Ali look-a-like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the title in Tokyo by defeating Russian Mikhail Youzhny, who is more famous for busting his head open with his own racket in frustration rather than his actual tennis game. Tsonga won 6-3, 6-3

Tomorrow will feature a look at this weeks events and a possible name change for "Fuzzy Yellow Balls".