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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
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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...
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Week 42 - ITF ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (hard)
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(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.
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Week 43 - ITF ($10K) - Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay
(Preview)
Q1: DEAVES, Eleanor (GBR) UNR v ZOKIC, Anamarija (CRO) UNR Zokic is 15 years old.
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Week 42 - ITF ($50K) - Limoges, France Hard
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(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
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Week 42 - ITF ($25K) - Lagos, Nigeria - Hard
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(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.
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Week 42 - WTA ($235K) - Luxembourg (BGL BNP Paribas), Luxembourg - Hard
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(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
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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
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Week 41 - WTA ($235K) - Osaka, Japan - Hard
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(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
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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
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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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(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
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Week 41 - ITF ($10K) - Marathon - Athens, Greece Hard
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(Preview)
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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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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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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1 2
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(Preview)
Q1: SARGEANT, Amy (GBR) v TALBERT, Miranda (USA) UNR
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WTA Future Stars - Tennis.com Article
(Preview)
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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1 2
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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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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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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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