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steven · steven

Just checking the Poitiers site (http://www.ifv86.com/) to see if the qualifying draw was out yet and the webcam on the homepage is already running. A player is practicing (first running drills, now hitting) and I'm wondering if it might be JoKo - height, build and hair look about right but it's a bit...

steven · steven

L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 428 v (Q) Anaís Gomar Isart (ESP) UNR L32: (6) Naomi Broady WR 284 v (Q) Smriti Joon (IND) WR 1200 (CH 1183 in Sep) Nice R1 draws but the winner of Emily's match is likely to get the top seed in R2.

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: MAGNER, Imogen (GBR) UNR v GOMAR ISART, Anais (ESP) UNRQ1: MACPHERSON, Hayley (GBR) UNR v NAGYMIHALY, Luca (HUN) UNRQ1: SYME, Natalie (GBR) UNR v BOUZO ZANOTTI, Noelia (ESP) UNREdit: just a small typo in the location -- Edited by steven on Sunday 27th of October 2013 08:49:46 AM

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v VAN DER MEIJ, Charlotte (NED) UNRQ1: COVINGTON, Dominique (GBR) UNR v Bye

steven · steven

L32: Jade Windley WR 305 v (WC) Agatha Timsit (FRA) UNR (CH 1088 in 2011) Timsit is more used to losing in 10K qualifying than playing 25K main draws

Former top 60 player Brianti is likely to await the winner in R2.

Peter too · Peter too

R1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 804 v STAMENKOVIC, Dunja (SRB) 5 638 (CH=628 Sept 2013)

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

Well, Lucy was number 9 on the list but there's a HUGE difference between number 9 (random draw) and number 8 (seeded) and, so, such is life, Lucy gets the number one seed: R1: Lucy Brown WR 605 v (1) Zuzana Luknarova (SVK) WR 447 (CH 260 in 2011) Edit: just editing in the CH, since it's quite a long way above...

Peter too · Peter too

Q1:WHITE, Katherine (GBR) UNR v GUTHRIE, Abigail (NZL) 14 1188 (CH=1173 Aug 2013) Abigail is 23 -- Edited by Peter too on Saturday 19th of October 2013 11:47:23 PM

Spectator · Spectator

Was browsing the ZooTennis blog and noticed that Ms Horn, having just arrived at university, appears to be making quite a name for herself already. She and her partner won the regional doubles championship and have therefore apparently qualified for the next national tournament. Not bad for one's...

paulisi · paulisi

Katy Dunne is over in Egypt for the next two weeks and a good chance to pick up some soft points as only 25 players have entered, plus any wildcards. Thus no qualifying and some byes for the seeds. Katy should be seeded now she has the points from Loughborough added.

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: DEAVES, Eleanor (GBR) UNR v ZOKIC, Anamarija (CRO) UNR Zokic is 15 years old.

Peter too · Peter too

R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 4 117 v QualifierIt may not be a qualifier, the organisers have so far only listed the seeds. -- Edited by Peter too on Saturday 12th of October 2013 05:31:18 PM

steven · steven

Would you believe it? They go all the way to Nigeria and ... L32: (7) Naomi Broady WR 286 v Emily Webley-Smith WR 427 ITF H2H 2-2 - Naomi won in 2008 and 2010, Emily in 2011 and this year - one 2-set win and one 3-set win each.

steven · steven

Heather has a main draw wild card. QR1: Melanie South WR 604 v Stephanie Vogt (LIE) WR 143 (= CH) -- Edited by steven on Friday 11th of October 2013 02:59:45 PM

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: MCMINN, Lauren (GBR) 1 1195 v ByeQ1: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v ByeQ1: COVINGTON, Dominique (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: MCMINN, Lauren (GBR) 1 1195 v KOLAROVA, Veronika (CZE) UNRQ2: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v BELLUCCO, Marta (ITA) UNRQ2: COVINGTON, Dominique (GBR) UNR v KALIMULLINA, Aida (RUS) UNR

TomTraubert · TomTraubert

could be worse hev begins her defense of the title against picapower puig [8] WR45 kurumi nara or caro garci possible in R2 Laura [7] gets home darling kimi D-K WR 58 h2h is 1-1 doi or silver espinosa in r2

steven · steven

QR1: Amy Sargeant UNR v Caitlin A Cridland (USA) UNR (*) QR1: Katherine White UNR v Petra Januszkowa (CAN) WR 1087 (CH 1069 in Sep) (*) the winner of this match will play world junior no. 6 (q2) Louisa Chirico (USA) WR 342 (CH 340 in Sep) in QR2

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

Q1 : Sam Murray WR 166 v (WC) Yvonne Neuwirth WR 428 scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday) mid/late afternoon -- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 4th of October 2013 07:08:27 PM

kundalini · kundalini

Qualifying (5) Heather Watson 78 v Yurika Sema 229 (Career high 142) Alla Kudryavtseva v (11) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Sema's best win this year seems to be Anna Schmiedlova 125. She hasn't played any top 100 players in 2013 (as far as I can see) though she did beat Saisai Zheng. Lots of big names wit...

Peter too · Peter too

R1: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 219 v RAMIALISON, Irina (FRA) WC 321 (CH=310 August 2013) If Tara wins she will probably play the top seed Yulia Putintseva 95 in R2 -- Edited by Peter too on Monday 7th of October 2013 12:50:01 AM

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

Mandy has a WC to the MD. And: QR1 : Hayley MacPherson (A) UNR - Bye QR2 : Hayley MacPherson (A) UNR v. Pilar Dominguez-Lopez (ESP) WR 820 (CH 573 in 2010) Hayley is 17. Edit: just for a small typo in the location -- Edited by steven on Saturday 5th of October 2013 08:07:26 PM

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) v Bye Q2: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v NIEDMERS, Nora (GER) UNR

steven · steven

Vall de Uxó (in Spanish), Vall d'Uixo (in the local dialect), Vallduxó according to TenisSpain, so I'll go with that! LOL Much more importantly, Amanda should be the in the main draw here and Manisha is back on tour after a couple of months out. QR1: (q12) Manisha Foster WR 823 v Victoria Smirnova (BEL)...

wolf · wolf

R1: (8) Laura Deigman WR 933 v Marcela Alves Pereira Valle (BRA) UNR R1: (4) Laura Deigman & Anastasiya Shestakova (UKR) v bye Edit: just to update Laura's ranking & correct her opponent's nationality -- Edited by steven on Monday 30th of September 2013 02:30:03 PM

steven · steven

Lucy Brown should be in the main draw here. QR1: Ines Janbakhsh UNR v Julia Klackenberg (SWE) UNR (CH 1008 in 2009) QR1: Kyria Dunford UNR v Konstantina Tsekoura (GRE) UNR Tsekoura looks to be making her pro circuit debut. From a Greek site, she was born in 1998, so must be 14 or 15. The top seed in this sect...

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	Week 43 - ITF ($100K) - Poitiers, France - Indoor Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 13 ) (Preview) Just checking the Poitiers site (http://www.ifv86.com/) to see if the qualifying draw was out yet and the webcam on the homepage is already running. A player is practicing (first running drills, now hitting) and I'm wondering if it might be JoKo - height, build and hair look about right but it's a bit...	steven	193	9611	Oct 27, 2013 by LordBrownof
	Week 43 - ITF ($25K) - Lagos, Nigeria - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 428 v (Q) Anaís Gomar Isart (ESP) UNR L32: (6) Naomi Broady WR 284 v (Q) Smriti Joon (IND) WR 1200 (CH 1183 in Sep) Nice R1 draws but the winner of Emily's match is likely to get the top seed in R2.	steven	57	3704	Oct 27, 2013 by indiana
	Week 44 - ITF ($10K) - Benicarlo, Spain Clay (Preview) Q1: MAGNER, Imogen (GBR) UNR v GOMAR ISART, Anais (ESP) UNRQ1: MACPHERSON, Hayley (GBR) UNR v NAGYMIHALY, Luca (HUN) UNRQ1: SYME, Natalie (GBR) UNR v BOUZO ZANOTTI, Noelia (ESP) UNREdit: just a small typo in the location -- Edited by steven on Sunday 27th of October 2013 08:49:46 AM	Peter too	1	776	Oct 27, 2013 by Peter too
	Week 43 - ITF ($10K) - Heraklion, Greece Carpet ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Q1: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v VAN DER MEIJ, Charlotte (NED) UNRQ1: COVINGTON, Dominique (GBR) UNR v Bye	Peter too	15	1667	Oct 26, 2013 by TomTraubert
	Week 43 - ITF ($25K) - Casablanca, Morocco - Clay (Preview) L32: Jade Windley WR 305 v (WC) Agatha Timsit (FRA) UNR (CH 1088 in 2011) Timsit is more used to losing in 10K qualifying than playing 25K main draws Former top 60 player Brianti is likely to await the winner in R2.	steven	12	1555	Oct 25, 2013 by wolf
	Week 43 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard (Preview) R1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 804 v STAMENKOVIC, Dunja (SRB) 5 638 (CH=628 Sept 2013)	Peter too	11	915	Oct 24, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 43 - ITF ($10K) - Stockholm, Sweden (Hard) (Preview) Well, Lucy was number 9 on the list but there's a HUGE difference between number 9 (random draw) and number 8 (seeded) and, so, such is life, Lucy gets the number one seed: R1: Lucy Brown WR 605 v (1) Zuzana Luknarova (SVK) WR 447 (CH 260 in 2011) Edit: just editing in the CH, since it's quite a long way above...	Coup Droit	4	731	Oct 23, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 43 - ITF ($25K) - Florence, USA Hard (Preview) Q1:WHITE, Katherine (GBR) UNR v GUTHRIE, Abigail (NZL) 14 1188 (CH=1173 Aug 2013) Abigail is 23 -- Edited by Peter too on Saturday 19th of October 2013 11:47:23 PM	Peter too	4	1051	Oct 23, 2013 by wolf
	Pippa Horn at University (Preview) Was browsing the ZooTennis blog and noticed that Ms Horn, having just arrived at university, appears to be making quite a name for herself already. She and her partner won the regional doubles championship and have therefore apparently qualified for the next national tournament. Not bad for one's...	Spectator	1	771	Oct 23, 2013 by aleena
	Week 42 - ITF ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (hard) ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Katy Dunne is over in Egypt for the next two weeks and a good chance to pick up some soft points as only 25 players have entered, plus any wildcards. Thus no qualifying and some byes for the seeds. Katy should be seeded now she has the points from Loughborough added.	paulisi	36	2825	Oct 20, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 43 - ITF ($10K) - Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay (Preview) Q1: DEAVES, Eleanor (GBR) UNR v ZOKIC, Anamarija (CRO) UNR Zokic is 15 years old.	Peter too	3	584	Oct 20, 2013 by Jaggy1876
	Week 42 - ITF ($50K) - Limoges, France Hard ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 4 117 v QualifierIt may not be a qualifier, the organisers have so far only listed the seeds. -- Edited by Peter too on Saturday 12th of October 2013 05:31:18 PM	Peter too	33	2700	Oct 20, 2013 by steven
	Week 42 - ITF ($25K) - Lagos, Nigeria - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) Would you believe it? They go all the way to Nigeria and ... L32: (7) Naomi Broady WR 286 v Emily Webley-Smith WR 427 ITF H2H 2-2 - Naomi won in 2008 and 2010, Emily in 2011 and this year - one 2-set win and one 3-set win each.	steven	62	4101	Oct 19, 2013 by Spectator
	Week 42 - WTA ($235K) - Luxembourg (BGL BNP Paribas), Luxembourg - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Heather has a main draw wild card. QR1: Melanie South WR 604 v Stephanie Vogt (LIE) WR 143 (= CH) -- Edited by steven on Friday 11th of October 2013 02:59:45 PM	steven	59	4455	Oct 19, 2013 by korriban
	Week 42 - ITF ($10K) - Heraklion, Greece Carpet (Preview) Q1: MCMINN, Lauren (GBR) 1 1195 v ByeQ1: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v ByeQ1: COVINGTON, Dominique (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: MCMINN, Lauren (GBR) 1 1195 v KOLAROVA, Veronika (CZE) UNRQ2: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v BELLUCCO, Marta (ITA) UNRQ2: COVINGTON, Dominique (GBR) UNR v KALIMULLINA, Aida (RUS) UNR	Peter too	9	1056	Oct 17, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 41 - WTA ($235K) - Osaka, Japan - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (Preview) could be worse hev begins her defense of the title against picapower puig [8] WR45 kurumi nara or caro garci possible in R2 Laura [7] gets home darling kimi D-K WR 58 h2h is 1-1 doi or silver espinosa in r2	TomTraubert	121	6973	Oct 15, 2013 by philwrig
	Week 42 - ITF ($25K) - Rock Hill, SC, USA - Hard (Preview) QR1: Amy Sargeant UNR v Caitlin A Cridland (USA) UNR () QR1: Katherine White UNR v Petra Januszkowa (CAN) WR 1087 (CH 1069 in Sep) () the winner of this match will play world junior no. 6 (q2) Louisa Chirico (USA) WR 342 (CH 340 in Sep) in QR2	steven	3	728	Oct 15, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 41 - WTA ($235K) - Linz (Generali Ladies), Austria - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Q1 : Sam Murray WR 166 v (WC) Yvonne Neuwirth WR 428 scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday) mid/late afternoon -- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 4th of October 2013 07:08:27 PM	Coup Droit	48	3313	Oct 14, 2013 by steven
	Week 39 - WTA Premier 5 - Tokyo, Japan - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) Qualifying (5) Heather Watson 78 v Yurika Sema 229 (Career high 142) Alla Kudryavtseva v (11) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Sema's best win this year seems to be Anna Schmiedlova 125. She hasn't played any top 100 players in 2013 (as far as I can see) though she did beat Saisai Zheng. Lots of big names wit...	kundalini	89	6115	Oct 14, 2013 by john
	Week 41 - ITF ($50K) - Joue-Les-Tours, France Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) R1: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 219 v RAMIALISON, Irina (FRA) WC 321 (CH=310 August 2013) If Tara wins she will probably play the top seed Yulia Putintseva 95 in R2 -- Edited by Peter too on Monday 7th of October 2013 12:50:01 AM	Peter too	72	4659	Oct 13, 2013 by indiana
	Week 41 - ITF ($25K) - Sant Cugat, Spain (clay) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Mandy has a WC to the MD. And: QR1 : Hayley MacPherson (A) UNR - Bye QR2 : Hayley MacPherson (A) UNR v. Pilar Dominguez-Lopez (ESP) WR 820 (CH 573 in 2010) Hayley is 17. Edit: just for a small typo in the location -- Edited by steven on Saturday 5th of October 2013 08:07:26 PM	Coup Droit	15	1588	Oct 12, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 41 - ITF ($10K) - Marathon - Athens, Greece Hard ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Q1: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) v Bye Q2: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v NIEDMERS, Nora (GER) UNR	Peter too	27	2085	Oct 12, 2013 by TomTraubert
	Week 40 - ITF ($25K) - Vallduxó, Spain (clay) ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Vall de Uxó (in Spanish), Vall d'Uixo (in the local dialect), Vallduxó according to TenisSpain, so I'll go with that! LOL Much more importantly, Amanda should be the in the main draw here and Manisha is back on tour after a couple of months out. QR1: (q12) Manisha Foster WR 823 v Victoria Smirnova (BEL)...	steven	38	3133	Oct 6, 2013 by TomTraubert
	Week 40 - ITF ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (hard) (Preview) R1: (8) Laura Deigman WR 933 v Marcela Alves Pereira Valle (BRA) UNR R1: (4) Laura Deigman & Anastasiya Shestakova (UKR) v bye Edit: just to update Laura's ranking & correct her opponent's nationality -- Edited by steven on Monday 30th of September 2013 02:30:03 PM	wolf	14	1198	Oct 4, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 40 - ITF ($10K) - Marathon - Athens, Greece (hard) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Lucy Brown should be in the main draw here. QR1: Ines Janbakhsh UNR v Julia Klackenberg (SWE) UNR (CH 1008 in 2009) QR1: Kyria Dunford UNR v Konstantina Tsekoura (GRE) UNR Tsekoura looks to be making her pro circuit debut. From a Greek site, she was born in 1998, so must be 14 or 15. The top seed in this sect...	steven	23	2493	Oct 4, 2013 by Coup Droit
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