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Week 22 - $10K Hilton Head Island, USA Hard
(Preview)
Q1: WHITE, Katherine (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: WHITE, Katherine (GBR) UNR v PROFIT, Elizabeth Anita Alexandria (USA) 5 1086
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Week 21 - Roland Garros women's qualifying
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(Preview)
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/draws/us/r1s1.html-- Edited by Jan on Tuesday 20th of May 2014 04...
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Week 22 - ITF ($25K) - Grado, Italy - Clay
(Preview)
Methinks that Amanda has got rather the short straw for a first round Q . . . Q1: (Q7) Amanda Carreras WR 396 v Tornado Alicia Black (USA) WR 895, 16 year-old junior 7 -- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 23rd of May 2014 09:41:40 PM -- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 24th of May 2014 08:43:08 AM -- Edited by Cou...
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Week 21 - ITF ($25K) - Karuizawa, Japan - Grass
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(Preview)
All 3 Brits have drawn Japanese qualifiers in R1 - unfortunately, Emily was defeated 1 & by her opponent in Gifu last year though. L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 404 v (Q) Riko Sawayanagi (JPN) WR 429 (= CH) L32: (5) Tara Moore WR 253 v (Q) Yurina Koshino (JPN) WR 568 (CH 533 in 2012) L32: (2) Samantha Mur...
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Week 21 - ITF ($10K) - Sousse, Tunisia - Hard
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(Preview)
Harriet should be in the main draw here. FQR: Jazzamay Drew UNR v Ivana Horvat (AUT) UNR
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Week 21 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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(Preview)
Just 28 players in the main draw here, but we'll be lucky to get more than one Brit through (or perhaps even one, though Yuriko is the lower-ranked Miyazaki), I think. That said, Bojanic is very up and down and Dasha was competitive against her opponent last week, so you never know! L32: Antonia Smallbo...
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Week 21 - ITF ($10K) - Ramle, Israel - Hard
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(Preview)
L32: (7) Manisha Foster WR 689 v Anna Bogoslavets (UKR) UNR (16yo; CH 1020 last Jun)
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Week 21 - $10K Sumter, USA Hard
(Preview)
Q1: WHITE, Katherine (GBR UNR beat JOHNS, Charity (USA) UNR 6-2 6-0 Q2: WHITE, Katherine (GBR UNR v COCHRAN, Megan (USA) UNR -- Edited by Peter too on Wednesday 21st of May 2014 05:37:42 PM
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Week 21 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey Hard
(Preview)
R1: HILLYER, Natasha (GBR) UNR v FOMINA, Alona (UKR) WC 8 695
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Week 20 - ITF ($100K+H) - Prague, Czech Republic - Clay
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(Preview)
L32: Heather Watson WR 112 v (2) Klára Koukalová (CZE) WR 31 (CH 20 in 2013) Not a great R1 draw for either of them, I'd say. I was surprised to see Klara listed under her maiden name - turns out she got divorced in January and reverted back from Zakopalová to Koukalová last month. -- Edited by steven on Mond...
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Week 21 - $10K Bol, Croatia Clay
(Preview)
Q1: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) v Bye Q2: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) UNR v CURNIC, Marija (CRO) 3 1257
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Week 20 - ITF ($50K) - Kurume, Japan - Grass
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(Preview)
Naomi, Samantha and possible Tara should be seeded in the main draw. Jade withdrew 4 days ago. QR1: (q3) Emily Webley-Smith WR 410 v (wc) Makoto Yamaguchi (JPN) UNR (17yo) QR1: Anna Smith WR 454 v (q7) Tori Kinard (USA) WR 425 (= CH) -- Edited by steven on Saturday 10th of May 2014 04:02:05 PM
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Week 20 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Lucy (seeded), Dasha, Jessica Simpson & Fran should be in the main draw. FQR: Antonia Smallbone UNR v (q2) Yekaterina Gubanova (KAZ) WR 1163 (= CH; top 250 junior earlier this year) FQR: Aimee Gibson UNR v (q5) Teodora Radosavljevic (SRB) WR 1212 (= CH; lost 1 & 1 to Katie today)
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Week 20 - ITF ($10K) - Sousse, Tunisia - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
Looks like Harriet and Jazzy are playing here this week. Quite a small field with only a handful of ranked players. It looks as if Harriet may be seeded. -- Edited by steven on Monday 12th of May 2014 09:26:08 PM
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Week 20 - ITF ($10K) - Bol, Croatia - Clay
(Preview)
Laura Deigman should be a DA here again. QR1: Elizabeth Thomas UNR v (q4) Stefanie Vorih (GER) WR 1167 (CH 1133 last Aug)
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Week 19 - ITF ($100K) - Cagnes-sur-Mer, France - Clay
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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(Preview)
L32: Heather Watson WR 122 v (LL) Giulia Gatto-Monticone (ITA) WR 215 (CH 214 last month) L32: Johanna Konta WR 111 v (WC) Myrtille Georges (FRA) WR 288 (CH 245 last May) -- Edited by steven on Monday 5th of May 2014 06:15:03 PM
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Week 19 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
The main draw is out but the new WTA rankings still aren't - possibly waiting for the Indian Harbour Beach doubles final that was held over until today. Anyway, Brits make up a quarter of the main draw! L32: Eden Silva WR 1129 v Ekaterina Tsiklauri (RUS) WR 1052 (CH 985 last Jun) L32: (7) Danielle Konotop...
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Week 19 - $50K Fukuoka, Japan Grass
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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(Preview)
Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 412 v TANAKA, Yuuki (JPN) 475 (CH=397 Jun 2013) Anna Smith was on the list of qualifiers but doesn't appear in the draw.Naomi, Sam, Tara and Jade are due to appear in the MD
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Week 20 - $10K Monzon, Spain Hard
(Preview)
Q1: MAGNER, Imogen (GBR) UNR v Bye
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Lisa Whybourn on the financial reality of being a tennis player & why so many players give up in their teens
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1 2
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(Preview)
Here are two interviews with Lisa that have appeared in our paper today where she talks about the financial hardship of being on tour and also how she was advised to give up tennis shortly before she broke on to the main tour. She touches on quite a number of issues in both articles, I hope they're of inter...
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Week 19 - ITF ($25K) - Tunis, Tunisia - Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
FQR: (q5) Amanda Carreras WR 392 v (q14) Anna Klasen (GER) WR 620 (CH 574 last Jul) or Yasmine ben Abdallah (TUN) UNR
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Week 19 - ITF ($10K) - Bol, Croatia - Clay
(Preview)
Q1: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) UNR v Bye Laura Deigman is on the list for the main draw -- Edited by steven on Friday 2nd of May 2014 06:00:12 PM
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Week 18 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
Katy, Katie, Dasha and Harriet should be in the main draw here and it looks like Fran has scraped in too. QR1: Aimee Gibson UNR v Sofia Sabljarevic (SRB) UNR FQR: Savannah Sills UNR v (q1/wc) Ola Abou Zekry (EGY) WR 951 (CH 949 last month) FQR: (q2) Eden Silva WR 1128 v Disha Satish Agarwal (IND) UNR FQR: Gi...
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Week 18 - ITF ($75K) - Gifu, Japan - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
Q1: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) 3 283 v YONEMURA, Akiko (JPN) 597 (CH=208 May 2008)Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 401 v MIYAMURA, Miki ((JPN) 6 310 (=CH)Q1: SMITH, Anna (GBR) 445 v HIGUCHI, Yuka (JPN) 491 (CH=396 Aug 2013) Edit: just to get the title into the usual format for ITFs, i.e. "ITF ($75K)"...
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Week 18 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
Eleanor Dean should be in the main draw again here. QR1: Mollie Crouch UNR v Luisa Ryskova (SVK) FQR: Crouch or Ryskova v (q1) Cristina Ene (ROU) WR 1194 (CH 825 in 2013)
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