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Week 41 - WTA ($235K) - Linz (Generali Ladies), Austria - Hard
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(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
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Week 39 - WTA Premier 5 - Tokyo, Japan - Hard
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(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...
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Week 41 - ITF ($50K) - Joue-Les-Tours, France Hard
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(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
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Week 41 - ITF ($25K) - Sant Cugat, Spain (clay)
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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
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Week 41 - ITF ($10K) - Marathon - Athens, Greece Hard
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Q1: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) v Bye Q2: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v NIEDMERS, Nora (GER) UNR
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Week 40 - ITF ($25K) - Vallduxó, Spain (clay)
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(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)...
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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
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Week 40 - ITF ($10K) - Marathon - Athens, Greece (hard)
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(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...
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Bally
(Preview)
I may be missing some information but is it correct that Elena has not played since the US Open qualies? Does anybody know what she is up to? Is she injured again?
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Week 40 - WTA Premier Mandatory - Beijing,China - Hard
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(Preview)
laura gets zakopalova (33) in R1 - pretty decent draw kerber in R2 - she might be tired after a good run this week in tokyo hev got a MD wc and has lepchenko (55) in R1 - again pretty good and hev beat her in eastborn this year kvitova in R2 - also tired after this week in tokyo -- Edited by TomTraubert on Frida...
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Week 40 - ITF ($10K) - Hilton Head Island, SC, USA - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: Katherine White UNR v Jessie Lynn Paul (USA) UNR Katherine is 25, played Tipton 10K singles in 2005 and doubles in 2006 and then tried again last year, winning a 10K qualifying match for the first time. However, she is 0-8 in ITF singles since. No sign of Amy Sargeant and there are players in qualify...
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Week 39 - ITF ($10K) - Amelia Island, USA Clay
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(Preview)
Q1: SARGEANT, Amy (GBR) v TALBERT, Miranda (USA) UNR
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WTA Future Stars - Tennis.com Article
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Nice article from tennis.com on 5 young women to watch with pros and cons. Which of course includes "Our Laura". Interesting that an American journalist is already used to the "Our Laura" type sentiment. Likeability and marketability is something Ms Robson has in abundance...
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Week 39 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard
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(Preview)
R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 5 955 v Bye
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Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Loughborough, UK Hard
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(Preview)
Just 3 GB direct entries - Sam, Tara and Jade. Mel, Lucy, Katie and Freya have wildcards. Qualifying draw is out. One GB player guaranteed qualification, but Anna F and Anna S should get through. A few interesting ties: Beth Askew gets the Swede that Lauren beat Dasha v Rona again Jazzy Drew may well b...
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Week 39 - WTA $125K Series - Ningbo, China - Hard
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(Preview)
tough draw for joko lauren davis (8) WR 75 but i fancy her chances the 125k series are normaly very under strength for the points on offer but they usual away from where the tour is or quiet parts of the year this one being in asia whilst tour is in full asian swing means loads of players are in the area alr...
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Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Seville, Spain (clay)
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(Preview)
L32: Amanda Carreras WR 334 v Gaia Sanesi (SE) (ITA) WR 513 Gaia has just made the semis of the St Malo 25k despite being a Qualifier
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Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Clermont Ferrand, France - Hard
(Preview)
Either the player on the poster advertising this tournament is someone we know or there is a French player who looks uncannily like her ... http://bit.ly/1f3W0sq Lisa did reach the QFs here last year, but an overseas QF-ist who isn't taking part this year is an unusual Still, gone (temporarily) bu...
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Week 39 - ITF ($10K) - Marathon - Athens, Greece Hard
(Preview)
Q1: JANBAKHSH, Ines (GBR) UNR v WULCAN, Paulina (SWE) UNR There's a name we haven't seen for a while.
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Week 38 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
(Preview)
L32: (7) Laura Deigman WR 955 v Andressa Cristina Souza (BRA) WR 1184 (CH 1140 in Apr) The Brazilian got her ranking back today but has lost to Brits the last two weeks, Fran beating her 3 & last week and Anna double bagelling her the week before, so Laura is on a GB hat-trick, as it were 
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Week 38 - WTA ($500K) - Guangzhou, China - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 19
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(Preview)
Johanna Konta plays in the qualifying draw: Johanna KONTA (8) WR141 v Maria Fernanda ALVAREZ TERAN WR342 Match is on at 2pm local time. Winner probably plays top seed Kurumi Nara Laura might be in the main draw here?
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Week 38 - ITF ($25K) - Shrewsbury, UK Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
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(Preview)
Q1: DEAVES, Eleanor (GBR) UNR v EL SAYED, Yasmina (GBR) UNRQ1: GIBSON, Aimee (GBR) UNR v FRANKOVA, Nikola (CZE) 11 1017Q1: SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 3 639 v ByeQ1: REN, Jessica (GBR) 13 1041 v TUEN-MATTHEWS, Tzarina (GBR) UNRQ1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) 5 694 v BERISHA, Rona (GBR) UNRQ1: SIMPSON, Je...
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Week 38 - WTA ($500K) - Seoul, Korea - Hard
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(Preview)
Not the easiest R1/potential R2 draw for Hev  L32: Heather Watson WR 77 v Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) WR 63 (CH 4 in 1995) L16: Watson or Date-Krumm v (2) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) WR 20 (CH 10 in Jun) or Qualifier -- Edited by steven on Saturday 14th of September 2013 08:38:36 AM
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Week 37 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
Byes (2) in the main draw here too ... L32: (6) Anna Fitzpatrick WR 870 v Angelina Gordienko (RUS) UNR L32: (7) Fran Stephenson WR 914 v Andressa Cristina Souza (BRA) UNR (CH 1140 in Apr) Souza was the player Anna double-bagelled last week.
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College tennis
(Preview)
Here's a piece on the benefits of US college tennis I did for the Cambridge News which (hopefully) might be of interest. The Watts sisters went through Sarah Borwell's Tennis Smart organisation - the players in the second piece found their own way through the system but also offered some interesting...
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