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Anne K's new official website
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Only just discovered this...looks like we'll get Anne's thoughts on her matches on a regular basis http://www.annekeothavong.co.uk
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Predictions for 2009
(Preview)
We have a thread for the men so why not the women? Keothavong 50 South 92 O'Brien 140 Baltacha 150 Stoop 160 Cavaday 190 Webley-Smith 210 Robson 220 Smith 250 (but may convert to Sweden) Elliot 280 Br...
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Week 1 - WTA International - Brisbane, Australia
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Melanie South is the only Brit in qualifying for the season opener and plays Russian Ekaterina Bychkova, ranked just below her, in the first qualifying round. -- Edited by DavidC at 20:24, 2009-01-01
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The Official BRITISH SUCCESSES Thread : 2008
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WEEK 03:ANNA SMITH wins doubles at SUNDERLAND 10K WEEK 07:ANNA SMITH wins doubles at STOCKHOLM 25K WEEK 08: SARAH BORWELL wins doubles at CAPRIOLO 25K WEEK 08: OLIVIA SCARFI wins doubles at BENIN CITY 10K WEEK 08: ANNE KEOTHAVONG wins CAPRIOLO 25K WEEK 08: ANNA FITZPATRICK wins doubles at CLEARWATE...
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Week 52 - Womens ITF ($50k) - Dehli, India
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No Christmas break for Emily....with any luck anyway as she is a DA here
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Player of the Year Polls - Most Improved Female
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By Peter Too.. Most Improved Players in 2008 14 year old Laura Robson won the junior title at Wimbledon and entered some $10K events before reaching the SF of the $75K at Shrewsbury. She entered the senior ranking lists on 13th October at 550, already half way up the list, and reached a career high of 507...
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Week 49 - Women's ITF (25K) - Sorrento, Australia
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The last time a 25K was held in Sorrento Melanie South came away with both titles. Aiming to emulate Mel are Jade Curtis in the main draw and in qualifying: Jocelyn RAE (GBR) (4) BYE Kat BAILEY (AUS) Vs Brie WHITEHEAD (USA) Storm SANDERS (AUS) Vs Veronika MAKOVEY (AUS) Julia MORIARTY (AUS) (10) BYE Jade...
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British Tour Masters - Nottingham
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http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2008%20British%20Tour/Masters%20-%20Nottingham/Womens%20Singles.pdfYas withdrew from Dubai to play this. QF Line Up Clarke v Walker Farley v Ince Jessica Ren v Whybourn Ankutse v Jennifer Ren
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Player of the Year Polls - Best Female
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By Peter Too... This has been the year of breakthroughs as far as the British girls are concerned. The player who started it all off was Elena Baltacha. She got into the mood by winning the 25K in Jersey in week 13, then restarted the record books by winning the $75K in Tourhout the following week, the hig...
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Week 51 - Womens ITF (75K) - Dubai, UAE Hard
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Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 7 408 v SCHROEDER, Tracy (USA) UNR
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Player of the Year Polls - Top Female Doubles Player
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By Peter too I have collected the following list of all the players who have won at least one $25K this year. Sarah Bowell and Anna Hawkins are now both doubles specialists.Jocelyn Rae is the best of the newcomers. Several other players have a higher ranking than these but haven't won a doubles title...
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Week 50 - Womens ITF (10K) - Benicarlo, Spain Clay
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Q1: ALLEN, Jade (GBR) UNRv XI, Li (CHN) UNR Amanda Carreras is on the list for the main draw. -- Edited by Peter too at 12:20, 2008-12-06
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Auckland Entry List
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World Ranking, Name 4 - Elena Dementieva (Russia) 11 - Nadia Petrova (Russia) 12 Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 20 Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 22 - Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 34 Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) 38 Shahar Peer (Israel) 41 - Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 46 Anastasia Pavlyu...
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Week 50 - Womens ITF (25K) - Prerov, Czech Republic
(Preview)
Emily Webley-Smith is in qualies here. She is also in qualies for 75K Dubai and 50K Dehli - great to see her still going for the bigger events -- Edited by Sally at 17:30, 2008-12-06
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Week 49 - Womens ITF (10k) - Vinaros, Spain
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R1: Amanda Carreras WR 550 v Qualifier
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Week 48 - Women's ITF (75K+H) - Toyota, Japan
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Mel South is the no. 1 seed here and has drawn a qualifier in R1. Unfortunately the other seed in her section is 38-year-old former world no. 4 (albeit over 13 years ago!) Kimiko Date.
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Week 48 - Women's ITF (25K) - Perth, Australia
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Melanie South reached the final of the last 3 25K events in Australia. Trying to emulate Mel are Jade Curtis (the only direct acceptance) along with Jade Windley, Natasha Khan and Jocelyn Rae, who have to qualify. Q1: Brittany SHEED (AUS) (2) BYE Katarina BARCLAY (AUS) Vs Monika WEJNERT (AUS) Kat BAI...
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Week 48 - Women's ITF (25K) - Saint Denis, La Reunion Island
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Katie O'Brien and Amanda Elliott move over from Mauritius for the main draw here, whilst in qualifying: (3)Ekaterina Dranets (RUS) v BYE Kesy Moison (REU) v Jodie Williams (GBR) (6)Katharina Brown (GBR) v BYE (11)Tegan Edwards (RSA) v (wc)Diane Trebalag (REU) (8)Yasmin Clarke (GBR) v BYE (12)Ste...
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Week 48 - Womens ITF 10K - Vallduxo, Spain
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Amanda Carreras returns to action here Plays a qualifier in first round and the number 5 seed Irene Rehberger-Bescos (WR 427) likely to await in L16
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Week 47 - Women's ITF (100K) - Odense, Denmark
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Elena Baltacha needs to win this tournament to make the Australian Open main draw, but that will be a tall order given the presence of local top 20 star Caroline Wozniacki. In qualifying, we have interest in 3 sections, with the most interesting pairing being Sarah with her doubles partner Courtney:...
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British Tour - Notts Women
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Haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere - Final: Jennifer Ren d. Jessica Ren 6-2 6-2
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Week 47 - Women's ITF (25K) - Opole, Poland
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L32: (4) Georgie Stoop WR 210 v Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) WR 341 -- Edited by steven at 22:16, 2008-11-18
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Week 47 - Womens ITF (25K) - Phoenix, Mauritius Hard
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Q1: CLARKE, Yasmin (GBR) 11 696 v WILLIAMS, Jodie (GBR) UNR Q1: BROWN, Katharina (GBR) 7 590 v Bye
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Week 47 - Women's ITF (50K) - Kolkata, India
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Melanie South could seal her place in the Australian Open with a good performance here. In qualifying all 5 girls have made a good start, but Emily Webley-Smith and Natasha Khan have to face off in the next round.:
QR1:
Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) (2) BYE
Jade WINDLEY (GBR) defeated Parul GOS...
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Week 47 - ITF 10k - Dubai, UAE
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L32: (WC) Emily Leenen UNR v Qualifier L32: Nicola Mooney WR 998 v Ofelya Poghosyan (ARM) UNR Seems to be Leenen's first ever pro match. She hasn't even got a bio on ITF yet so no idea as to her age etc.
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