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WTA Kolkata - Tier 3
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Anne Keothavong has made the main draw for the WTA tournament, the first time she's made a WTA draw on her own ranking  Given that there are a large number of European 25Ks this week plus a tier 4 in Slovenia which she would have got into easily, going for this tournament which has much bigger...
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10K Mytilini
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Qualifying:
6: Francesca Kinsella
Francesca is 19, she reached no 211 in the juniors in 2005. She's currently unranked, she needs 2 more tournaments in which she wins ranking points.
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WTA Bangkok - tier III
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This tournament starts on October 9th
Anne Keothavong is entered, she was 25th on the qualifying list on 12th September
Official website:
http://www.pentanglepromotions.com
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10K Limoge
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Qualifying:
3: Romina Sceats [GB] - ranked 1367
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Lleida 10K
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Some disappointing results from qualifying:
Rd1: N Rodriguez [Esp] bt J Allan [GB] 6-3, 6-0
L Gallego [Esp] bt N Lee [GB][3] 6-3, 6-4
X Hermoso [Mex] bt A Carreras [GB] 6-3, 3-6, 7-6[5]
F Sintes [Esp] bt L Jacks [GB][14] 6-4, 6-2
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Kentucky grade 1 juniors
(Preview)
Jade Curtis is playing here. She's seeded 10th and so has been given a bye through rd1.
In rd2 she faces either Sarah Guzick or Christina Liles, both are from the USA.
Jade could face 8th seeded Aussie Jessica Moore in rd3. They've played twice this year, Jessia won 7-6, 6-4 in rd2 of a 10K down un...
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Naomi's US Open diary
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http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/060911Cavaday.htm?BSMGuid=e2db2d47-5088-4bf2-9f33-1657ca5a837d
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US Open Juniors
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Player of the month - August
(Preview)
Nominees:
Katie O'Brien - Reached the final of the Changsha 50K challenger
Amanda Keen - Reached the semis of the Vigo 25K Challenger
Rebecca Llewellyn - Reached the Coimbra 25K Challenger quarters
Jane O'Donaghue - Reached the final of the Wrexham 10K futures
Anna Fitzpatr...
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WTA Bali - tier 3
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Anne Keothavong is on the alternates list for this tournament next week, I don't think she'll quite make it into the main draw but it looks like she'll play qualifying which starts on Saturday.
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LTA US Open juniors reports
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On Jade Curtis' 3 set rd1 win: Jade Curtis joined Naomi Cavaday to give Britain a dual presence in the second round of the US Open girls’ singles on Monday. But just like her compatriot a day earlier, 16-year-old Curtis had to overcome a major case of Grand Slam nerves as well as her opponent. Eventually...
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Melanie South's diary
(Preview)
[url=http://www.melaniesouth.net/diary.asp?entryid=28]http://www.melaniesout...
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Sarah Borwell declares war on GBtennisgirls
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An unwell Sarah Borwell was not remotely happy about some of the comments on GBtennisgirls after the disappointing results for the british women in qualifying for the US Open, making clear her feelings on both her Lusciousmontenegro blog and in a post on the GBtennisgirls messageboard.
I have to...
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10K Dusseldorf
(Preview)
Qualifying:
Rd1: R Sceats [GB][2] v bye
Rd2: R Sceats [GB][2] bt S Kihm [Ger] 6-1, 6-4 
Rd3: L Steinback [Ger] bt R Sceats [GB][2] 6-2, 6-2 
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10K Enschede
(Preview)
Qualifying:
Rd1:
Olivia Scarfi [GB][3] v bye
Madelaine Brooks [GB] bt B Koch [Ger] 6-2, 6-0
X Guo [Ch] bt Linsey Jacks [GB][11] 6-1, 6-1
Rd2:
O Scarfi [GB][3] bt T Jonkman [Hol][WC] 7-6[1], 6-2
M Brooks [GB] bt I Hertzberg [Nor][5] W/O
Great win for Olivia to qua...
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$25K Alphen A/D Rijn
(Preview)
Q1:
Anna Smith bt Yi-Miac Zhou (Chn, 1292) 3-6 6-3 7-6
Next up: Q2: vs 5 V. Kapshay (UKR, 389)
M Ravestein (NED, UR) bt Olivia Scarfi 6-4 7-6
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Vigo 25K Challenger
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(Preview)
Qualifying rd1:
A Hawkins [GB] v O Kirpicheva [Rus]
N Lee [GB] v M Kiszczynska [Pol][8]
Anna Hawkins has the best chance of progressing through to rd2, her opponent is ranked just over 200 places higher - 1038. However, the players ranked above 1000 all have a similar number of points and...
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10K action, week 28/08
(Preview)
Molerusa, Spain
MD:
Jane O'DONOGHUE, Karen PATERSON,
Kirsty WOOLLEY, Laura Peterzan
Q:
Abbie Probert
Q1: bye
Q2: bt Feliu-Charfoli (Spa, UR) 6-2 6-1
10K Istanbul:
MD: Emily Webley-Smith, Melissa Percy, Ines JANBAKHSH
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Cumberland 10k
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Qualies draw:
(1) Natasha Hillyer GBR BYE
Madelaine Brooks GBR v Carly Homewood GBR
(2) Krushmi Chheda IND BYE
Georgina Hingley GBR v Lucy Warburton GBR
(3) Olivia Scarfi GBR v Charlotte Martin GBR
Francesca Foster GBR v Laura Alarcon-Blythin MEX
(4) Natalie Fehse GER v Mar...
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US junior grade 3 tournament
(Preview)
Jade Curtis was competing here as 3rd seed in a warm-up for USO junior qualies next week.
She lost in rd1 to Lauren McHale 3-6, 7-6[6], 6-3. A shocking result given that McHale is 16, doesn't even have a junior ranking and hadn't won a junior tour singles match before qualifying for this tournament...
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Borwell v Cohen-Aloro
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This match is 4th on court 6, starting at around 8.30 pm GMT.
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro has been as high as 61 in the world [reached in 2003] but she's currently plummeted to 157. She's at her best on clay, winning a 25K challenger earlier this year and reaching a 50K semi in July. On hard courts, she's st...
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South v Nagy
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This match is 4th on court 5 at approx 8.30pm GMT.
Nagy's currently ranked 126, she's a clay-court specialist and has recently won 25K and 50K challengers. She won a 25K challenger on the hard courts of Mexico earlier this year but generally she's not as effective on faster surfaces, being beaten...
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O'Brien v Weinhold
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(Preview)
Katie has the best draw of all the Brits, she faces 16 year old American wildcard Ashley Weinhold. She's ranked 571 and has a junior ranking of 75.
Weinhold won a 10K in the USA on hard courts at the start of July, she played the Lexington 25K challenger at the end of July and lost in rd2. She hasn't play...
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10K tournaments THIS week!
(Preview)
Belgium Westende.
Singles Qualifying Draw (1)Claire De Gubernatis (FRA) v BYE Annelies Bornauw (BEL) v Elisa Salis (ITA) (2)Celine Cattaneo (FRA) v BYE Marija Mirkovic (AUS) v Catherine Grotz (BEL) (3)Claire Feuerstein (FRA) v BYE Audrey Bergot (FRA) v Magalie Girard (FRA) (4)Laura Bsoul (GE...
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British female player of the month - July
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Nominees:
Anne Keothavong: Reached quarters of the Lexington 50K Challenger moving closer to bettering her career best ranking of 140
Mel South: Won her first 25K challenger title in Chengshu and reaching 25K semis in Felixstowe and Chongging. Overtook Sarah Borwell to move into top 200...
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