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Eastbourne Logistics
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Another thread, 2 in a day. I'm seriously thinking about extending my trip to Eastbourne this year in fact I've already booked a hotel close to the venue, could cancel it nearer the time. Does anybody have any experience of this venue ? For instance can you buy tickets on the day or does it sell out in adva...
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Week 21 - ITF $10K - Marathon, Athens, Greece - Hard
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R1: Francesca STEPHENSON (GBR) 909 vs. Jade SCHOELINK (NED) 954 (CH: 949 04-2013 - H2H: 0-0 - 3rd event in 6 months; Nov 2012, lost to Grace Dixon in Edgbaston but beat Anna Smith in Loughborough) R1: Lucy Brown (GBR) 803 [7] vs. (Q) Eleni KORDOLAIMI (GRE) UNR (CH: UNR - H2H: 0-0 - Last week was first event...
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Week 21 - WTA Premier ($690,000) Brussels, Belgium - Clay
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L32: (WC) Elena Baltacha WR 206 v Stefanie Vögele (SUI) WR 56 H2H 0-1, 4 & 3, Shrewsbury 75K 2008 Vögele is at a career high after reaching the semis in Charleston recently with a win against Wozniacki. -- Edited by steven on Saturday 18th of May 2013 11:44:40 AM
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Week 21 - ITF $25K - Casablanca, Morocco - Clay
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Both Brits are in the 2nd quarter with 3rd seed Kostova & 6th seed Smitkova. L32: Jade Windley WR 393 v (Q) Louise Boinay (SUI) UNR (CH 1061 last Oct) L32: Amanda Carreras WR 308 v Cecilia Costa Melgar (CHI) WR 368 (= CH) This week last year, Melgar needed a 3rd set tiebreak to see off Nik Slater in Sumte...
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Week 21 - WITF ($10K) - Girona, Spain Clay
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Q1: DREW, Jazzamay (GBR) UNR v GOMAR ISART, Anais (ESP) UNRQ1: HARVEY, Helen (GBR) UNR v GUINART ESPANA, Marina (ESP) UNR
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Double Faults in the women's game.
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Just glancing at Ana Konjuh's first match back after long term injury (currently in a third set against a player ranked in the 200s, so not bad at all), and she has already served 13 DFs. She's by a country mile the best junior in the world. This morning, Bartoli lost serving 10 DFs to an Italian whi served...
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Week 20 - ITF $10K - Landisville, PA, USA - Hard
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Q1: Katherine WHITE (GBR) UNR lost to Yolande LEAC0CK (TRI) UNR 3-6 1-6  Doubles FQR: (QWC) Katherine WHITE/Alexandra WALTERS (GBR/USA) defeated Hiroko KUWATA/Tara VASOVIC (JPN/CAN) 6-7(2) 6-3 [10-6]  R1: (Q) Katherine WHITE/Alexandra WALTERS (GBR/USA) vs. Danielle MILLS/Deni...
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Week 20 - WTA Premier ($2.369M) Rome, Italy - Clay
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Subject to confirmation, because they are making a complete dog's breakfast of the draw (not actually showing the drawsheet at all) and it's all in Italian, but I think: L56: Laura Robson WR 41 v Venus Williams (USA) WR 21 (CH 1 in 2002) ... with the winner getting Serena in R2 edit: now confirmed --...
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Week 20 - ITF $10K - Marathon, Athens - Hard
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R1: Laura DEIGMAN (GBR) 988 vs. (Q) Aspasia AVGERI (GRE) UNR (CH: UNR - 14 yo, 2nd tournament; last week was her 1st.) R1: Francesca STEPHENSON (GBR) 903 vs. Erin CLARK (USA) 874 (CH: 849 04/2013 - H2H: 0-0 - they took the double title together last week!) R1: Lucy BROWN (GBR) 751 vs. Sviatlana PIRAZHENK...
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Week 21 - WITF ($10K) - Sumter, USA Hard
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Q1: WHITE, Katherine (GBR) UNR v ROLDAN, Danielle (USA) UNR
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Week 20 - ITF $10K - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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Not the draw Anna would have been hoping for  R1: Anna FITZPATRICK (GBR) 815 vs. Melis SEZER (TUR) 372 [2] (CH: 348 09/2012)
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Week 20 - ITF $25K - Balikpapan, Indonesia - Hard
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L32: Melanie South WR 475 v (Q) Alison Bai (AUS) WR 482 (CH 397 in 2011) H2H 2-0, both in straight sets in 2007 L32: (5) Samantha Murray WR 240 v (WC) Lavinia Tananta (INA) WR 667 (CH 301 in 2010) Mel and Sam are both in the top quarter with top seed Rodionova L32: (3) Lisa Whybourn WR 255 v Han Sung-Hee (KOR) WR...
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Week 20 - ITF $10K - Antalya, Turkey Hard
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Q1: HILLYER, Natasha (GBR) UNR v ZHANG, Yukun (CHN) UNR
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week 20 - ITF $50K+H - Saint-Gaudens, France Clay
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Q1: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) 5 207 v Bye
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Week 20 - ITF $10K - Monzon, Spain Hard
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Q1: HARVEY, Helen (GBR) UNR v KOUSSENKOVA, Valeria (ESP) UNRQ1: FOSTER, Manisha (GBR) UNR v Bye
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Week 20 - ITF $10K - Båstad, Sweden Clay
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Q1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 4 1098 v PAALMA, Eva (EST) UNR Edit: sorry, Peter, only experimenting with the Swedish accent after Steven tried to amend it earlier... -- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 14th of May 2013 09:48:27 PM
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Week 19 - ITF $50K+H - Johannesburg, South Africa - Hard
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The two highest-ranked Brits here meet in R1 (and are in top seed Babos's quarter), which is a pity, but given Jade's draw and the points on offer, we can't have too many complaints overall: L32: (7) Samantha Murray WR 254 v Emily Webley-Smith WR 436 (H2H 1-1 but both way back in 2006, 1 a ret.) L32: Jade Wi...
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Week 19 - WTA Premier ($4.03M) Madrid, Spain - Clay
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R1: Laura ROBSON (GBR) 41 vs. Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK) 48 Winner to play either A-Rad or Pironkova Slovakian opposition in the doubles too: R1: Laura ROBSON/Lisa RAYMOND (GBR/USA) 103 vs. Janette HUSAROVA/Sabine LISICKI (SVK/GER) 84 Winners to play #2 seeds Petrova/Srebotnik
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Week 20 - ITF $10K - Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy Clay
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Q1: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v PREOTESCU, Irina Elena (ROU) UNR
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Week 19 - ITF $10K - Marathon, Athens Hard
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R1: STEPHENSON, Francesca (GBR) 903 v RADANOVIC, Dejana (SRB) 851
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Week 19 - ITF $25K - Raleigh, USA Clay
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Q1: WHITE, Katherine (GBR) UNR v ELLISON, Sierra (USA) UNR -- Edited by Peter too on Sunday 5th of May 2013 01:27:26 AM
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Week 19 - ITF $10K - Antalya, Turkey Hard
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R1: REN, Jessika (GBR) 1137 v GABUEVA, Angelina (RUS) 1 460R1: HILLYER, Natasha (GBR) UNR v CHUBAROVA, Yulia (RUS) Q UNR
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Week 19 - ITF $10K - Ramat Hasharon, Israel - Hard
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L32: (7) Laura Deigman WR 989 v Rona Lavian (ISR) UNR (CH 1018 in 2010 & ex-top 150 junior)
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Week 18 - ITF $10K - Edinburgh, UK Clay
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Q1: DIXON, Grace (GBR) UNR v HILLYER, Natasha (GBR) UNRQ1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 2 1096 v ByeQ1: CRAVEN, Georgia (GBR) UNR v RAAHOLDT, Andrea (NOR) UNRQ1: REN, Jessica (GBR) 3 1100 v ByeQ1: PAYNE, Sian (GBR) UNR v BEES, Hollie (GBR) UNRQ1: FEDERICI, Sabrina (GBR) UNR v ByeQ1: DREW, Jazzamay (GBR) UNR v Bye...
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Week 19 - ITF $10K - Båstad, Sweden - Hard
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L32: Danielle Konotoptseva WR 932 v (4) Cindy Burger (NED) WR 580 (= CH) L32: Sabrina Bamburac WR 831 v (Q) Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaaard (DEN) UNR Burger reached the Final of a 10K in Italy last week. Looks like a decent draw for Sabrina until you realise that Jacobsgaard is a 33-year-old who reached a car...
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