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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...

markymc1983 · markymc1983

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?

TomTraubert · TomTraubert

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...

steven · steven

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...

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: SARGEANT, Amy (GBR) v TALBERT, Miranda (USA) UNR

korriban · korriban

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...

Peter too · Peter too

R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 5 955 v Bye

paulisi · paulisi

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...

TomTraubert · TomTraubert

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...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

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

steven · steven

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...

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: JANBAKHSH, Ines (GBR) UNR v WULCAN, Paulina (SWE) UNR There's a name we haven't seen for a while.

steven · steven

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

tony_orient · tony_orient

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?

Peter too · Peter too

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...

steven · steven

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

steven · steven

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.

embee · embee

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...

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 3 461 v Bye

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	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	6520	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	4931	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	1697	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	2201	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	3330	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	1254	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	2614	Oct 4, 2013 by Coup Droit
	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?	markymc1983	5	710	Oct 3, 2013 by tony_orient
	Week 40 - WTA Premier Mandatory - Beijing,China - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (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...	TomTraubert	118	7640	Oct 3, 2013 by TomTraubert
	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...	steven	1	655	Sep 30, 2013 by Peter too
	Week 39 - ITF ($10K) - Amelia Island, USA Clay ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Q1: SARGEANT, Amy (GBR) v TALBERT, Miranda (USA) UNR	Peter too	29	2325	Sep 29, 2013 by Coup Droit
	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...	korriban	9	1631	Sep 29, 2013 by steven
	Week 39 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard ( 1 2 ) (Preview) R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 5 955 v Bye	Peter too	17	1661	Sep 28, 2013 by indiana
	Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Loughborough, UK Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (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...	paulisi	106	6677	Sep 26, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 39 - WTA $125K Series - Ningbo, China - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (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...	TomTraubert	75	5240	Sep 26, 2013 by philwrig
	Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Seville, Spain (clay) ( 1 2 ) (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	Coup Droit	24	1848	Sep 26, 2013 by wolf
	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...	steven	11	1398	Sep 25, 2013 by Coup Droit
	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.	Peter too	2	551	Sep 23, 2013 by Peter too
	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	steven	10	1019	Sep 20, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 38 - WTA ($500K) - Guangzhou, China - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 19 ) (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?	tony_orient	277	12926	Sep 21, 2013 by PaulM
	Week 38 - ITF ($25K) - Shrewsbury, UK Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (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...	Peter too	128	7791	Sep 20, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 38 - WTA ($500K) - Seoul, Korea - Hard ( 1 2 3 ) (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	steven	44	4795	Sep 19, 2013 by indiana
	Week 37 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard ( 1 2 ) (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.	steven	28	1993	Sep 15, 2013 by indiana
	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...	embee	1	905	Sep 14, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 37 - ITF ($50K) - Trabzon, Turkey Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 3 461 v Bye	Peter too	57	3402	Sep 13, 2013 by wolf
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