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steven · steven

L128: Laura Robson WR 50 v Melanie Oudin (USA) WR 82 (CH 31 in 2010) H2H: 1-1 in juniors, 1-0 in seniors - Laura won 3 & 4 in QR1 at the Aus Open last year) L128: Heather Watson WR 47 v Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) WR 89 (CH 65 last July) Cadantu is looking for her first grand slam main draw win, having lost in R1 a...

AliBlahBlah · AliBlahBlah

Amanda Carreras plays a tournament on a surface other than clay! Two late WC's mean that Mandy is not the #1 seed, as had looked likely. Any run of MD wins between now and the end of April should see Mandy climbing up and up and setting new CH's along the way. R1: Amanda CARRERAS (GBR) [3] 335 vs. Alix COLLO...

Peter too · Peter too

R1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) 826 v ALVES, Maria-Fernanda (BRA) 2 404

AliBlahBlah · AliBlahBlah

Q1: Naomi BROADY 290 (GBR) [8] vs Fiona GERVIAS 995 (FRA) Nomes is in a good section, the other seed is #9, Magda Linette. Hope she can find some form this year. JoKo should be MD & seeded here. -- Edited by wolf on Saturday 19th of January 2013 12:08:08 AM

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: RACA, Edita (GBR) UNR v HAAS, Patricia (AUT) UNRQ1: FEDERICI, Sabrina (GBR) UNR v NEWMAN, Anouska (GBR) UNRQ1: REN, Jessica (GBR) 3 1145 v ByeQ1: PETERSON, Nicole (GBR) UNR v BEJENARU, Karola Patricia (ROU) UNRQ1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) 5 1153 v DU PLESSIS, Sarah Lynn (RSA)Q1: GIBSON, Ai...

wolf · wolf

R1: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova & Lucie Safarova (RUS/CZE) v Timea Babos (HUN) & Laura Robson R1: Marina Erakovic (NZL) & Heather Watson v (9) Anna-Lena Groenefeld & Kveta Peschke (GER/CZE)

steven · steven

QR1: Sabrina Bamburac WR 825 v Mari Osaka (JPN) WR 914 Osaka is a 16-year-old who looks to be heavily under-ranked, having played only intermittently last year and reached a 10K Final, reached the FQR last week and qualified for the last 25K she played in 2012. -- Edited by steven on Monday 14th of Janua...

SMC1809 · SMC1809

There are some very interesting ties in this week's British Tour. Anna Smith continues her return to competitive tennis and faces Mel South tomorrow. This will be a good measure of where her games is. In another QF, Fitzy plays Fran Stephenson. The top seed is Tara, and 13 year old Katie Swan took seven...

steven · steven

QR1: (q22) Anne Keothavong WR 142 v Grace Min (USA) WR 178 2nd on Court 5 after 23.00 GMT, so probably around 00.30 GMT The other seed in Anne's section is (q4) Tatjana Malek (GER) WR 115 (CH 64 in 2009), whom she beat in Ismaning in 2011, having lost to her 5 years earlier. QR1: Johanna Konta WR 153 v Anastas...

Maza1987 · Maza1987

http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/bt_sport_gambles_on_watson_and_robson_in_wta_rights_swoop

Peter too · Peter too

R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 53 v STEPHENS , SLOANE (USA) 8 38

RBBOT · RBBOT

Since no-one else has stepped up to the plate, here be this year's ranking prediction competition. I've made some changes to the rules in order to try and make each player's performance have an equal contribution to your score regardless of their current ranking, and to mitigate the effects of injur...

steven · steven

QR1: Sabrina Bamburac WR 821 v (q13) Tereza Martincova CZE WR 481

steven · steven

L32: Heather Watson WR 49 v (5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) WR 27 (CH 23 in 2009) A tough draw for Hev (especially considering that she would probably have been seeded in the International with more prize money in Shenzhen) but she does lead the H2H 1-0 - that stunning comeback from 0-5* down in the final set in M...

steven · steven

Andy may be due to play Tipsy in the exo in Abu Dhabi in the next few minutes, but the proper season starts at midnight our time tonight, with this match first on Court 10: QR1: Johanna Konta WR 156 v (q4) María Teresa Torró Flor (ESP) WR 98 (CH 95 in Oct) These two met once in a grade 3 junior ITF on clay in Spain...

steven · steven

Laura should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: (q3) Anne Keothavong WR 143 v (wc) Xu Shilin (CHN) WR 1148 14-year-old Xu is world junior no. 65. The winner will play (q6) Nastassja Burnett (ITA) WR 155 (CH 135 in July) or Yurika Sema (JPN) WR 203 (CH 142 in 2009) in the FQR. Anne beat Sema 5 & in a 75K i...

RBBOT · RBBOT

http://beta.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00syclw/Gabby_Logan_06_07_2010

philwrig · philwrig

I was a bit late to post on the 2012 review thread, so thought I would start a new thread looking ahead to 2013 and what ranking targets are attainable for our top female tennis players. In ranking order : 1. Hev Watson Seems to be having a good offseason, breaking personal bests in the Gym and sounding rea...

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: CRAWFORD, Liberty (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: CRAWFORD, Liberty (GBR) UNR v KRUGER, Jone (RSA) UNR

Peter too · Peter too

R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 1032 v Qualifier -- Edited by Peter too on Friday 7th of December 2012 10:24:49 PM

Scouseandy · Scouseandy

I started a similar topic this time last year so thought i would do the same again as it has been an interesting year. I would like to know what people think about the rise of 'Wabson' and their great end to the season. More generally, looking at Steven's great T25 table, i see that in week 23 for example m...

daisy · daisy

31/12/12 - 6/1/13 http://www.shenzhenopentennis.com/2013/eng/index.phpEntry List - alphabetical Player 1 Babos, Timea (HUN) Player 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) Player 3 Beck, Annika (GER) Player 4 Benesova, Iveta (CZE) Player 5 Bratchikova, Nina (RUS) Player 6 Cadantu, Alex...

steven · steven

As discussed on the Toyota thread, Samantha Murray should now have a special exempt into the main draw here should she want to make the 8000 km trip. QR1: Emily Webley-Smith WR 467 v (q7) Jasmina Tinjic (BIH) WR 302 (CH 239 in 2011) QR2: (q3) Tara Moore WR 267 v Eva Hrdinová (CZE) WR 832 (CH 168 in 2008) or Sa...

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: KANVINDE, Natasha (GBR) UNR v SEN, Sudeshna (IND) UNR

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 467 v KUWATA, Hiroko (JPN) 603

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	Week 3 - Australian Open (women's) ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 24 ) (Preview) L128: Laura Robson WR 50 v Melanie Oudin (USA) WR 82 (CH 31 in 2010) H2H: 1-1 in juniors, 1-0 in seniors - Laura won 3 & 4 in QR1 at the Aus Open last year) L128: Heather Watson WR 47 v Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) WR 89 (CH 65 last July) Cadantu is looking for her first grand slam main draw win, having lost in R1 a...	steven	354	15342	Jan 28, 2013 by philwrig
	Week 4 - ITF ($10K) Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Hard ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Amanda Carreras plays a tournament on a surface other than clay! Two late WC's mean that Mandy is not the #1 seed, as had looked likely. Any run of MD wins between now and the end of April should see Mandy climbing up and up and setting new CH's along the way. R1: Amanda CARRERAS (GBR) [3] 335 vs. Alix COLLO...	AliBlahBlah	20	1677	Jan 27, 2013 by AliBlahBlah
	Week 4 - ITF ($15K) - Lima, Peru Clay (Preview) R1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) 826 v ALVES, Maria-Fernanda (BRA) 2 404	Peter too	9	1057	Jan 24, 2013 by AliBlahBlah
	Week 4 - ITF ($25K) Andrezieux-Boutheon, France Hard-Indoor ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Q1: Naomi BROADY 290 (GBR) [8] vs Fiona GERVIAS 995 (FRA) Nomes is in a good section, the other seed is #9, Magda Linette. Hope she can find some form this year. JoKo should be MD & seeded here. -- Edited by wolf on Saturday 19th of January 2013 12:08:08 AM	AliBlahBlah	48	3426	Jan 23, 2013 by steven
	Week 3 - ITF ($10K) Glasgow, UK Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Q1: RACA, Edita (GBR) UNR v HAAS, Patricia (AUT) UNRQ1: FEDERICI, Sabrina (GBR) UNR v NEWMAN, Anouska (GBR) UNRQ1: REN, Jessica (GBR) 3 1145 v ByeQ1: PETERSON, Nicole (GBR) UNR v BEJENARU, Karola Patricia (ROU) UNRQ1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) 5 1153 v DU PLESSIS, Sarah Lynn (RSA)Q1: GIBSON, Ai...	Peter too	56	6429	Jan 21, 2013 by Peter too
	Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open Doubles (Preview) R1: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova & Lucie Safarova (RUS/CZE) v Timea Babos (HUN) & Laura Robson R1: Marina Erakovic (NZL) & Heather Watson v (9) Anna-Lena Groenefeld & Kveta Peschke (GER/CZE)	wolf	11	714	Jan 17, 2013 by AliBlahBlah
	Week 3 - ITF ($25K) - Port St Lucie, FL, USA - Clay (Preview) QR1: Sabrina Bamburac WR 825 v Mari Osaka (JPN) WR 914 Osaka is a 16-year-old who looks to be heavily under-ranked, having played only intermittently last year and reached a 10K Final, reached the FQR last week and qualified for the last 25K she played in 2012. -- Edited by steven on Monday 14th of Janua...	steven	1	762	Jan 14, 2013 by steven
	British Tour 2013 (Preview) There are some very interesting ties in this week's British Tour. Anna Smith continues her return to competitive tennis and faces Mel South tomorrow. This will be a good measure of where her games is. In another QF, Fitzy plays Fran Stephenson. The top seed is Tara, and 13 year old Katie Swan took seven...	SMC1809	4	709	Jan 12, 2013 by Shhh
	Week 2 - Australian Open women's qualifying 2013 ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (Preview) QR1: (q22) Anne Keothavong WR 142 v Grace Min (USA) WR 178 2nd on Court 5 after 23.00 GMT, so probably around 00.30 GMT The other seed in Anne's section is (q4) Tatjana Malek (GER) WR 115 (CH 64 in 2009), whom she beat in Ismaning in 2011, having lost to her 5 years earlier. QR1: Johanna Konta WR 153 v Anastas...	steven	124	5306	Jan 12, 2013 by DF
	No more WTA tour on Eurosport (Preview) http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/bt_sport_gambles_on_watson_and_robson_in_wta_rights_swoop	Maza1987	2	713	Jan 11, 2013 by Josh
	Week 2 - WTA International ($235K) - Hobart, Australia Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 53 v STEPHENS , SLOANE (USA) 8 38	Peter too	65	4443	Jan 10, 2013 by tony_orient
	2012 Womens Ranking Predictions ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) Since no-one else has stepped up to the plate, here be this year's ranking prediction competition. I've made some changes to the rules in order to try and make each player's performance have an equal contribution to your score regardless of their current ranking, and to mitigate the effects of injur...	RBBOT	73	7913	Jan 8, 2013 by RBBOT
	Week 2 - ITF ($25K) - Innisbrook, FL, USA - Clay (Preview) QR1: Sabrina Bamburac WR 821 v (q13) Tereza Martincova CZE WR 481	steven	1	633	Jan 7, 2013 by Peter too
	Week 1 - WTA International ($235K) - Auckland, New Zealand - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 7 ) (Preview) L32: Heather Watson WR 49 v (5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) WR 27 (CH 23 in 2009) A tough draw for Hev (especially considering that she would probably have been seeded in the International with more prize money in Shenzhen) but she does lead the H2H 1-0 - that stunning comeback from 0-5* down in the final set in M...	steven	96	5536	Jan 4, 2013 by jake270392
	Week 1 - WTA Premier ($1M) Brisbane - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Andy may be due to play Tipsy in the exo in Abu Dhabi in the next few minutes, but the proper season starts at midnight our time tonight, with this match first on Court 10: QR1: Johanna Konta WR 156 v (q4) María Teresa Torró Flor (ESP) WR 98 (CH 95 in Oct) These two met once in a grade 3 junior ITF on clay in Spain...	steven	52	3177	Jan 3, 2013 by tony_orient
	Week 1 - WTA International ($500K) - Shenzhen, China - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (Preview) Laura should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: (q3) Anne Keothavong WR 143 v (wc) Xu Shilin (CHN) WR 1148 14-year-old Xu is world junior no. 65. The winner will play (q6) Nastassja Burnett (ITA) WR 155 (CH 135 in July) or Yurika Sema (JPN) WR 203 (CH 142 in 2009) in the FQR. Anne beat Sema 5 & in a 75K i...	steven	131	7898	Jan 2, 2013 by Madeline
	Heather Watson Interview ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) http://beta.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00syclw/Gabby_Logan_06_07_2010	RBBOT	56	5823	Dec 22, 2012 by tony_orient
	Looking Ahead to 2013 and what we might expect/hope for ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I was a bit late to post on the 2012 review thread, so thought I would start a new thread looking ahead to 2013 and what ranking targets are attainable for our top female tennis players. In ranking order : 1. Hev Watson Seems to be having a good offseason, breaking personal bests in the Gym and sounding rea...	philwrig	21	1946	Dec 18, 2012 by kundalini
	Week 50 - ITF ($10K) - Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Q1: CRAWFORD, Liberty (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: CRAWFORD, Liberty (GBR) UNR v KRUGER, Jone (RSA) UNR	Peter too	18	1780	Dec 12, 2012 by Peter too
	Week 49 - ITF ($10K) - Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard (Preview) R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 1032 v Qualifier -- Edited by Peter too on Friday 7th of December 2012 10:24:49 PM	Peter too	10	1581	Dec 6, 2012 by Peter too
	End of 2012 season thoughts (Preview) I started a similar topic this time last year so thought i would do the same again as it has been an interesting year. I would like to know what people think about the rise of 'Wabson' and their great end to the season. More generally, looking at Steven's great T25 table, i see that in week 23 for example m...	Scouseandy	9	1230	Nov 29, 2012 by tony_orient
	Shenzhen (China) Entry List (Preview) 31/12/12 - 6/1/13 http://www.shenzhenopentennis.com/2013/eng/index.phpEntry List - alphabetical Player 1 Babos, Timea (HUN) Player 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) Player 3 Beck, Annika (GER) Player 4 Benesova, Iveta (CZE) Player 5 Bratchikova, Nina (RUS) Player 6 Cadantu, Alex...	daisy	0	532	Nov 28, 2012 by daisy
	Week 48 - ITF ($75K) - Dubai, UAE - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) As discussed on the Toyota thread, Samantha Murray should now have a special exempt into the main draw here should she want to make the 8000 km trip. QR1: Emily Webley-Smith WR 467 v (q7) Jasmina Tinjic (BIH) WR 302 (CH 239 in 2011) QR2: (q3) Tara Moore WR 267 v Eva Hrdinová (CZE) WR 832 (CH 168 in 2008) or Sa...	steven	49	3869	Nov 28, 2012 by indiana
	Week 48 - ITF ($10K) - Kolkata, India Hard (Preview) Q1: KANVINDE, Natasha (GBR) UNR v SEN, Sudeshna (IND) UNR	Peter too	6	816	Nov 26, 2012 by insomniacfolder
	Week 47 - ITF ($75K+H) - Toyota, Japan Carpet ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 467 v KUWATA, Hiroko (JPN) 603	Peter too	79	5925	Nov 24, 2012 by indiana
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