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Week 41 - Womens ITF (25K) - Traralgon, Australia
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The quartet who played in the September 25Ks down under (Naomi Broady, Elizabeth Thomas, Jocelyn Rae and Sophie Proctor) have been joined by Melanie South and Emily Webley-Smith for the October series. Em will be looking to replace the distressing experience she had here earlier in the year with so...
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Week 41 - Womens ITF (10K) - Espinho, Portugal Clay
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Q1: INCE, Michaela (GBR) UNR v BARBOSA, Ines (POR) UNR
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Week 41 - Womens ITF (25K) - San Luis Potosi, Meico
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Johanna Konta's application for British citizenship has dragged on interminably (or has she backtracked?). She is currently playing challengers in Mexico (lost in the first qualifying round last week) still under the Australian banner, and is in the following qualifying section this week: Oks...
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Week 41 - Womens ITF (10K) - Barcelona, Spain Clay
(Preview)
Q1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 2 648 v SANA LOPEZ, Monica (ESP) WC UNR
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Week 40 - Womens ITF (50K) - Troy, USA Hard
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(Preview)
Q1: CARTER, Margot (GBR) UNR lost to LUMPKIN, Elizabeth (USA) UNR 2-6 0-6
R1: STOOP, Georgie
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Week 41 - Womens ITF (50K+H) - Jounieh, Lebanon Clay
(Preview)
Q1: JANBAKHSH, Ines (GBR) UNR v SCHUETZ, Marie-Louise (AUT) UNR
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800
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Week 40 - Womens ITF (25K) - Helsinki, Finland Hard
(Preview)
R1: SMITH, Anna (GBR) 367 v ANDERSON, Kelly (RSA) Q 649
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Week 40 - ITF 10K - Les Franqueses Del Valles, Spain
(Preview)
Amanda and Katharina should be in the main draw.
Q1: Helen PARISH (GBR) UNR vs BYE
Q2: Alexandra ZANIEWSKI (GBR) UNR vs Marina OLLE-HURTADO (ESP) UNR
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Week 40 - ITF 10K - Porto, Portugal
(Preview)
Q1: Nicola MOONEY (GBR) (1) 983 vs BYE
Q1: Michaela INCE (GBR) UNR vs Vlatka JOVANOVIC (CRO) UNR
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Week 40 - WTA Tier 4 - Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(Preview)
Katie O'Brien returns to the scene of her only Tour QF. Her opponent is a teenage Romanian who has dropped out of the top 100 this year, but is reviving and qualified plus won a round at the US Open. Nevertheless it is a reasonable draw. She is in the bottom quarter: (5)Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) v Kathri...
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Week 40 - Womens ITF (10K) - Mytilini, Greece Hard
(Preview)
R1: WARBURTON, Lucy (GBR) 1003 v PIVEN, Ganna (UKR) 767
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Week 39 - ITF 75K - Shrewsbury, Great Britain
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1 2 3 4 5 … 15
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(Preview)
Main draw includes Katie O'Brien, Elena Baltacha, wild cards have gone to Amanda Elliot, Anna Smith, Jade Curtis. Qualifying includes Sarah Borwell, Yasmin Clarke, Jade Windley, Amy Sargeant as well as wild cards Lisa Whybourn and Elizabeth Ullathorne. A whole host of unranked Brits are nea...
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Week 39 - Womens ITF (10K) - Clermont Ferrand, France
(Preview)
Olivia and Emily remain in France.
R1: Olivia SCARFI (GBR) 876= vs Giulia GATTO-MONTICONE (ITA) 420 (1)
R1: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 686 (7) vs Q
Q1: Nicola MOONEY (GBR) 978= (2) vs BYE
Q2: Nicola MOONEY (GBR) 978= (2) vs Alina BARONOVA (UZB) UNR
Tough draw for Olivia which threatens to end he...
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Week 39 - Womens ITF (25K) - Granada, Spain
(Preview)
Natasha Khan tries to build on her successful week in Madrid with another qualification for a Spanish 25K, and is joined by 3 other Brits here, with 2 matches to qualify: (6)Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO) v Helen Parish (GBR) (10)Ana Salas-Lozano (ESP) v Elliesa Ball (GBR) (8)Natasha Khan (GBR) v Lucia Mart...
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Week 39 - Womens ITF (50K) - Ashland, Kentucky, USA
(Preview)
Georgie Stoop again just mises the cut so has to come through a qualifying section including former Wimbledon semi-finalist Mirjana Lucic. (2)Georgie Stoop (GBR) v Lauren Herring (USA) Gail Brodsky (USA) v Sarah Foster (USA) Tiya Rolle (USA) v Samantha Powers (USA) (5)Maria-Fernanda Alves (BR...
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Week 39 - WTA Tier 4 - Seoul, Korea
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1 2
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(Preview)
Melanie South is in Seoul for what should be a considerably weaker qualifying draw than she faced in Tokyo. The draw should be out late Friday morning.
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Week 34 - US Open Qualifying (Women)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
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(Preview)
For the first time in a decade there is British representation in the US Open main draw, thanks to Anne Keothavong's top 100 ranking. Tomorrow evening sees the draw for qualifying, as 4 Brits try to end an 11 year sequence without a qualifier. As can be seen from the historical records below only Naomi C...
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Week 38 - Womens ITF (10K) - Limoges, France
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1 2
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(Preview)
A host of Brits are going to make their way to this 10k event. The highlight will hopefully be Laura Robson's professional debut, she is still on the alts list though. In the main draw there, Anna Smith should be the top seed, Yasmin Clarke the 3rd seed, Emily Webley-Smith the 8th seed, and they are joine...
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Week 38 - Womens ITF (25K) - Kawana, Australia
(Preview)
The quartet of Naomi Broady, Liz Thomas, Jocelyn Rae and Sophie Proctor take part in the second 25K down under. Naomi and Liz should be in the main draw, whilst in qualification: Jocelyn Rae (GBR) 4 v bye Renee Lampret (AUS) v Elizabeth James (AUS) Mary-Ann Balint (AUS) v Oriana Nowicki (AUS) Lucia Gon...
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Week 39 - WTA Tier 2 - Beijing, China
(Preview)
Anne Keothavong just missed out on the opportunity to play in Beijing during the Olympics, but is in the Chinese capital for a strong Tier 2 event. She will have to play qualifying as in Tokyo, but at least will be spared the prospect of a rematch with Katarina Srebotnik in qualifying, who has waltzed in...
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Week 38 - Women's ITF (75K) - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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1 2
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(Preview)
Georgie Stoop had a very successful summer in the States, and has returned for a series of strong challengers, just missing the main draw cut here: Qualifying draw: (1)Georgie Stoop (GBR) bye Theresa Logar (USA) vs Zoe Gwen Scandalis (USA) Mami Inoue (USA) vs Kim-Anh Nguyen (USA) Lena Litvak (USA) v...
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Week 38 - Womens ITF (25K) - Madrid, Spain Hard
(Preview)
Q1: LAWTON, Maria (GBR) UNR v SANTIAGO, Esther (ESP) UNR Q1: KHAN, Natasha (GBR) 14 789 v APAOLAZA-MIRADEVILLA, Laura (ESP) UNR Q1: BALL, Elliesa (GBR) UNR v BOROVNICA, Bojana (SCG) UNR -- Edited by Peter too at 20:45, 2008-09-12
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Week 38 - Womens ITF (100K) - Sofia, Bulgaria
(Preview)
Sarah Borwell continues her partership with Courtney Nagle, they play Neda Kozic and Laura Siegemund in R1.
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Week 38 - Women's ITF (50K) - Mestre, Italy
(Preview)
Amanda Elliott continues to try to qualify for strong clay court challengers. Her opening opponent has had some success in similar qualifying tournaments, and reached the quarter-final of a main draw $100K event, so should provide strong opposition. Her match is second on court 2 (the first start...
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Week 38 - WTA Tier 1 - Tokyo, Japan
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1 2
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(Preview)
Anne Keothavong returns to action following her successful US Open in this Tier 1 tournament. In previous years Anne would have expected to have been in a moderate standard qualifying tournament, as the timing immediately after the Australian Open did not attract many top players. The change of sc...
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