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Week 8 - WTA Premier ($2M) Dubai, UAE - Hard
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Like Heather in Memphis, Laura has drawn a "Kazakh" in R1. L28: (WC) Laura Robson WR 45 v (WC) Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) WR 97 (= CH) ITF isn't working at the moment, but I know Laura beat Putintseva in Aus Open juniors in 2010, the year after Laura reached the Final there and two years before Puti...
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Week 9 - WTA ($235K) - Acapulco, Mexico - Clay
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Q1: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [q8] 53 Vs. Amra SADIKOVIC (SUI) 237 Sadikovic: 23yo CH237 (05/2012) H2H: 0-0 Winner to play Catalina Castano/Laura Thorpe. Sevastova is in JoKo's section, and the other seed is [1] Fichman Johanna's match is at 17:00 UK -- Edited by blob on Saturday 23rd of February 2013 01:3...
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Week 8 - ITF ($25K) - Surprise, USA - Hard
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(Preview)
Tara, Sam & Lisa should be MD here Q1: Melanie SOUTH (GBR) [q9] 369 vs. Jamie LOEB (USA) 699 Loeb: 17yo CH:690 (12/2012) JWR:56
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Week 8 - WTA ($235K) - Memphis, USA - Hard
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(Preview)
R1: Heather WATSON (GBR) [4] 41 vs. Galina VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ) 109 Winner to play Oudin/Hlavackova. Hrdecka [5] is next seed in the section (with Soler-Espnosa, Voegele & a Qualifier). Seems a promising draw - hopefully Hev can fully exploit it.
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Week 8 - WTA ($235K) - Copa Claro, Colombia Clay
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Q1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 4 143 v MELICHAR, Nicole (USA) 436
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Week 8 - ITF ($10K) - Helsingborgs, Sweden - Carpet, Indoor
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Q1: Jessica REN (GBR) [q4] 1116 vs. (WC) Paulina WULCAN (SWE) UNR Q1: Anna SMITH (GBR) UNR vs. Ella LEIVO (FIN) [q6] 1119 Wulcan: 17yo CH:UNR JWR992 never won senior itf level match Leivo: 18yo CH:1110 (12/2012) former JWR410 first match for 18 months Bamburac should be MD, Danielle not staying on t...
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Week 8 - ITF ($25K) - Mildura, Australia - Grass
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Q1: Nicola SLATER (GBR) [q7] 787 vs. Bye EWS should be MD here Worth comparing this $25K to the current one in Rancho Santa Fe. Tara, Sam, Lisa & Mel would all be MD & seeded here. In America none were seeded. Mel had to qualify, and Lisa got MD because of a rush of last minute withdrawals.
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Week 8 - ITF ($10K) - Mallorca, Spain - Clay
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Q1: Eleanor Deaves (GBR) UNR vs. Laura GIBANEL VELASCO (ESP) UNR Gibanel Velasco: 17yo CH:UNR JWR:622 4 10K qualies in last year, made MD once Lucy Brown should be MD here
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Week 8 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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Q1: Laura DEIGMAN (GBR) [q5] 1013 vs. Sirui HE (CHN) UNR Q1: Farah ABDELAZIZ (GBR) UNR vs. Melina FERRERO (ARG) [q9] 1119 He: 23yo CH:807 (08/2010) failed to qualify all 12 attempts at 10K level in last 12 months Ferrero: 20yo CH:792 (09/2009) qualified for MD lats 2 weeks in Sharm
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Week 7 - ITF ($25K) - Rancho Santa Fe, USA Hard
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Q1: SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 12 363 v MOLNAR, Sonja (CAN) 681
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Week 7 - ITF ($10K) - Linköping, Sweden - Hard, Indoor
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Sabrina Bamburac should be MD here. Q1: Danielle KONOTOPTSEVA (GBR) [q1] 1046 vs. Malene STRIPP (DEN) UNR Q1: Anna SMITH (GBR) UNR vs. Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE) UNR Q1: Grace DIXON (GBR) UNR vs. Gabbi TEPIC (SWE) UNR
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Week 7 - WTA Premier ($2.4M) Doha, Qatar - Hard
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Via Twitter and subject to confirmation when they can finally be bothered to post the official drawsheet (the draw was an hour and a half ago): L56: Laura Robson WR 45 v Daniela Hantuchová (SVK) WR 58 Laura has (fairly memorably) played the former world no. 5 once before, going a set up on her at Wimble...
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Week 7 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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Q1: Farah ABDELAZIZ (GBR) UNR vs. Natasha PILUDU (ITA) UNR Q1: Laura DEIGMAN (GBR) [q7] 1014 vs. BYE Q2: Laura DEIGMAN (GBR) [q7] 1014 vs. Alexandra SHCHIPAKINA (RUS) UNR - (14 yo JWR1109)
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Week 6 - ITF ($100K) - Midland, USA Hard
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R1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 260 v CRAWFORD, Samantha (USA) 267
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Week 6 - ITF ($25K) - Launceston, Australia Hard
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Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 466 v ByeQ1: SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 788 v MACIEJEWSKA, Zuzanna (POL) 875
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Week 7 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey Clay
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Q1: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v MOCETE-TALAMANTES, Paula (ESP) 1 1010
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Week 6 - ITF ($25K) - Rancho Mirage, USA Hard
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Q1: SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 5 368 v NGUYEN, Cindy (USA) UNR
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Week 6 - ITF ($25K) Grenoble, France - Hard, Indoor
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Q1: Jade WINDLEY (GBR) [5] 449 vs. Melanie BENYADI (FRA) (WC) UNR (H2H: 0-0) Jade should qualify from a section mostly filled with local WC. The other seed is 29 yo Nicole Clerico [15] (CH 381)
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Week 6 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard
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R1: ABDELAZIZ, Farah (GBR) WC UNR v COPPOLA, Claudia (ITA) Q UNR
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Week 5 - ITF ($75K) - Eilat, Israel - Hard
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L32: (7) Johanna Konta WR 153 v Julia Glushko (ISR) WR 176 (CH 157 last Sep) Probably the worst R1 draw JoKo could have got as a seed - the H2H is 0-4 (0-2 in juniors & 0-2 in seniors), including a 3 & thrashing in the Lexington 50K Final last summer, though there are two 3-setters in that H2H as well...
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Week 5 - ITF ($10K) Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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L32: (2) Amanda Carreras WR 327 v Lidziya Marozava (BLR) WR 575
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Week 5 - WTA International ($235K) - Pattaya City, Thailand - Hard
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L32: (8) Heather Watson WR 50 v Timea Babos (HUN) WR 73 (CH 59 last Aug) Starting with her loss to Petkovic in New Haven (and includng her loss to JoKo at the USO), Babos is on an 8-match losing streak, though she did go very close against Mladenovic at the AO - the Impaler won 11-9 in the 3rd. The other seed i...
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Week 4 - ITF ($10K) - Preston, UK Hard
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Q1: FEDERICI, Sabrina (GBR) UNR v HONIGOVA, Sandra (CZE) 1 1045Q1: PETERSON, Nicole (GBR) UNR v EJDESGAARD, Malou (DEN) UNRQ1: PRADOVA, Martina (CZE) 2 1117 v LOHAN, Sinead (IRL) Q1: SMALLER, Rebecca (GBR) UNR v MULLINS, Ceire (GBR) UNRQ1: REN, Jessica (GBR) 3 1145 v LAWSON, Georgia (GBR) UNRQ1: S...
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Week 5 - ITF ($25K) - Burnie, Australia Hard
(Preview)
Hope Emily can get back to some better form this year. Q1: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 466 [q7] vs BYE Q2: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 466 [q7] vs Yana MOGILNITSKAYA (RUS) 975 (CH 970) H2H: 0-0 Yana is 17 on Feb 5th, and seems based in Australia, as that's where she played all 7 of her pro events to date. She beat...
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British women's Twitter accounts
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(name in brackets if not immediately obvious from the twitter name) - http://twitter.com/annekeothavong - http://twitter.com/NaomiBroady - http://twitter.com/oliviascarfi - http://twitter.com/melaniesouth - http://twitter.com/laurarobson5 - http://twitter.com/ews24 (Emi...
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