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Wimbledon Main Draw Preview
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A bit early possibly to look at this but anyway the draw is out on Friday and I thought it would be interesting to analyse the main draw entry list and work out what would be the best draws for our contingent. Of the potential seeds I reckon the following are good draws: 005 SAFINA, DINARA RUS 007 KUZNETS...
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New career highs
(Preview)
The new rankings are out early this week showing new career highs for Elenor 52, Laura 234, Heather 249, Johanna 255, Jocelyn 455 and Nicola 934. We also have another top hundred player with Laura moving up to 99 in the doubles.
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Week 24 - WTA Premier 600k - Eastbourne (grass)
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(Preview)
Qualifying:
Aleksandra Wozniak [1] vs. Alicia Molik
Ayumi Morita vs. Arina Rodionova
Irina Begu vs. Monica Niculescu
Jill Craybas vs. Akgul Amanmuradova [7]
Renata Voracova [2] vs. Abigail Spears
Karolina Sprem vs. Edina Gallovits
Anna Lapushchenkova vs. Anna Chakvetadze
Naomi Br...
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Week 24 - ITF ($10K) - Mount Pleasant, USA Clay
(Preview)
Q1: SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 2 960 v Bye Q1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) UNR v KISSELL, Joelle (USA) UNR
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Radio Wimbledon qualifying podcast - your questions please!
(Preview)
Hello all Like the last four years, I will be covering the Wimbledon qualifying tournament this week at Roehampton, interviewing players for the Radio Wimbledon daily podcast that is available for free download from the official Wimbledon website. I would like to make the podcast more interactiv...
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Week 24 - WTA International 220k - S-hertogenbosch (grass)
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Laura is in the main draw, and Sally Peers is in Qualifying. I wonder if they will get the opportunity to get some doubles practice in before Wimbledon?
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Week 24 - ITF ($10K) - Koeln, Germany - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) v BYE QR2: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) v wc KAMINKOVA, Katerina (CZE)
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Week 24 - ITF ($10K) - Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal Hard
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Q1: JOHNSON, Hope (GBR) UNR v STAMATOVA, Julia (BUL) UNR Q1: PHILLIPS. Helena (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: PHILLIPS. Helena (GBR) UNR v LLERA, Ana Gabriela (PUR) UNR -- Edited by Peter too on Saturday 12th of June 2010 09:49:15 AM
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Week 23 - ITF ($25K) - El Paso, USA Hard
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Q1: BEDDOW, Robyn (GBR) UNR v URBINA, Nazari (MEX) UNR
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Week 23 - WTA International 220k - Birmingham (grass)
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(Preview)
Noone has any idea what the entry list is for this tournament apart from a chosen few. However we do know that Bally, Katie and Anne are main draw acceptances and won't need a wild card. Heather will definitely play but might be undercooked on the grass as she has just arrived in this country after gradua...
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Wimbledon wild cards
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http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/pdf/WildCards_2010.pdf
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Week 23 - Wimbledon Qualifying WC Play-Offs
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(Preview)
L16: (1) Lisa Whybourn (*) WR 413 v Danielle Brown WR 572 L16: Anna Fitzpatrick WR 634 v (WC) Victoria Brook UNR L16: (3) Jocelyn Rae WR 499 v (WC) Eleanor Dean UNR L16: Claire Ricketts UNR v (WC) Daneika Borthwick UNR L16: Amanda Elliott WR 892 v (WC) Lucy Brown UNR L16: (4) Jade Windley WR 560 v Tara Moore W...
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Week 23 - WTA International 220k - Birmingham Doubles (grass)
(Preview)
(1)Huber/Mattek-Sands v (wc)Robson/Watson (wc)Keothavong/South v Pelletier/Senoglu (3)Hsieh/Kudryavtseva v Dzehalevich/Poutchek Czink/Errani v King/Shvedova Grandin/Spears v Kondratieva/Uhlirova Ditty/Savchuk v (4)Chuang/Govortsova Borwell/Kops-Jones v Rodionova/Rodiono...
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Week 23 - ITF ($10K) - Apeldoorn, Netherlands - Clay
(Preview)
R1: BROWN, Katharina (GBR) WR 778 v wc NA, Florence (NED) UNR
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Pics from Birmingham- Monday
(Preview)
Some pics. from Mel's, Laura's and Heather's 1st round matches
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Week 23 - ITF ($25) - Budapest, Hungary Clay
(Preview)
Q1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 4 427 v Bye
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Week 23 - ITF ($10) - Amarante, Portugal Hard
(Preview)
Q1: RACA, Edita (GBR) UNR v Bye Q1: PHILLIPS, Helena (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: RACA, Edita (GBR) UNR v MOURA, Margarida (POR) 2 1058 Q2: PHILLIPS, Helena (GBR) UNR v SANTOS, Maria Joao (POR) UNR
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7 June WTA rankings
(Preview)
http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/RankingsNSingles/0,,12781~0~70,00.html
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Laura's Right to Play charity video
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Laura has made a video for the charity Right to Play:
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Week 22 - ITF ($50K) - Nottingham, Grass
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(Preview)
The wildcards have been announced for the opening grass court event, with qualifying beginning on Saturday, which means that entries currently look like this: Main Draw Elena Baltacha Naomi Cavaday (WC) Katie O'Brien (WC) Anne Keothavong (WC) Melanie South (WC) Anna Smith Qualifying Naomi Broa...
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Week 22 - Nottingham 50K Doubles
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(1)Grandin/Spears (RSA/USA) v Rae/Webley-Smith (GBR) Broady/OŽBrien (GBR) v (wc)Fitzpatrick/Windley (GBR) (3)Rodionova/Savchuk (RUS/UKR) v (wc)Moore/Whybourn (GBR) Bratchikova/Savinykh (RUS) v Doi/Han (JPN/CHN) Chang/Peers (TPE/AUS) v Cavaday/Smith (GBR) (4)Marino/Pelletier (...
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Week 22 - ITF ($10K) - Galatina, Italy Clay
(Preview)
R1: ALLAN, Jennifer (GBR) UNR v FAFALIOU, Stamatia (GRE) 875
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Week 22 - ITF ($10K) - Hilton Head, USA Hard
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Q1: Holly FLEMING (GBR) UNR vs BYEQ1: Katie GATER (GBR) UNR vs BYEQ1: Danielle KONOTOPTSEVA (GBR) vs BYE Q2: Holly FLEMING (GBR) UNR vs Emily ORIST (USA) USA or Jacquelynn TANG (USA) UNRQ2: Katie GATER (GBR) UNR vs Brooke BOLENDER (GBR) UNR or Sabrina KIERBERG (USA) UNRQ2: Danielle KONOTOPTSEVA (GB...
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Week 22 - ITF ($25K) - Brno, Czech Republic Clay
(Preview)
Q1: BROWN, Katharina (GBR) 9 778 v ZAVODSKA, Veronika (CZE) WC UNR -- Edited by Peter too on Sunday 30th of May 2010 05:42:25 PM
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Race for Wimbledon Main Draw
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(Preview)
With Bally already guaranteed direct entry, the race behind her to gain spots through either DA or WC is hotting up. Anne and Katie still have their chances to get a DA spot, and the rest are looking to get that top 250 spot which they need to have a chance of being recommended for a wild card. Heather and La...
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