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Week 42 - Womens ITF (50K) - Saint-Raphael, France
(Preview)
Amanda Elliott looks to get back to winning ways here. She is the 4th seed in qualies.
Q1: Amanda ELLIOTT (GBR) (4) 315 vs BYE
Q2: Amanda ELLIOTT (GBR) (4) 315 vs Gracia RADOVANOVIC (FRA) 760/ Valentina SASSI (ITA) 610 (CH=144 2002)
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (10K) - Sevilla, Spain
(Preview)
Carreras should be the 7th seed in the main draw. There is some British interest in qualies.
Q1: Elizabeth THOMS (GBR) UNR vs BYE
Q1: Jodie MCKINNON (GBR) UNR vs Maria-Teresa TORRO-FLOR (ESP) UNR
Q2: Elizabeth THOMS (GBR) UNR vs Eleonora PUNZO (ITA) (4) 1037
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Week 42 - ITF 10K - St. Loius, MO, USA
(Preview)
Nicola Slater, needing just one more point to get a much deserved ranking, is a DA here in this weak 10k, but has drawn the 4th seed. Still it's a winnable match for Nic who is by far our best unranked player. L32: Nicola Slater UNR v (4) Tomoko Dokei WR 659 (CH 360 in Nov 04)
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (50K) - Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA
(Preview)
Georgie Stoop has returned home after her successful American series, so attention turns to Johanna Konta, who is in the same qualifying section as doubles specialist Margot Carter:
(3) Christina McHale (USA) v Brooke Bolender (USA)
Brittany Augustine (USA) v Margot Carter (GBR)
Svetlana K...
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (10K) - Lisbon, Portugal Hard
(Preview)
R1: MOONEY, Nicola (GBR) 980 v CAZEAUX, Amandine (FRA) 970
R1: WARBURTON, Lucy (GBR) 1037 v ALEKSANDROVA, Alla (RUS) 1090
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Naomi Broady
(Preview)
I thought I would let British tennis dudes know that Naomi has a site ........www.naomibroady.co.uk In my opinion she will be top 100 B4 next year.
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Week 41 - Womens ITF (50K) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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(Preview)
This is Georgie Stoop's final event in the US for the time being, and it will be hard for her after Troy, in combination with all the matches she has played in the last 3 weeks. Georgie should be in the main draw, while doubles specialist Margot Carter is in qualifying: Lindsay LEE-WATERS (USA) (1) BYE Ma...
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Week 41 - ITF 50K - Barnstaple, Great Britain
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(Preview)
Elena Baltacha and Katie O'Brien should be seeded here, and Amanda Elliot is also a DA. Wild cards have gone to Anna Smith, Jade Curtis and Tara Moore, leaving one left to someone who is not on the entry list, more than probably Laura Robson, I can't see the organisers turning her down if she asked for one...
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (25K) - Lagos, Nigeria Hard
(Preview)
Q1: WILLIAMS, Jodie (GBR) v Bye
Q2: WILLIAMS, Jodie (GBR) UNR v MONTEIRO, Nicole (NED) 3 875
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Week 41 - Womens ITF (25K) - Traralgon, Australia
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(Preview)
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
(Preview)
Q1: INCE, Michaela (GBR) UNR v BARBOSA, Ines (POR) UNR
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Week 41 - Womens ITF (25K) - San Luis Potosi, Meico
(Preview)
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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1 2 3 4 5
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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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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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