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WTA statistics - GB interest
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Whilst looking at one of the sites showing statistics for 2008, I noticed the following information in the surface leaders section that I thought was worth a mention (with apologies if any of this has been written about before) For WTA major events: Carpet - no 1 Anne Keothavong 4-0 For WTA Challe...
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Week 21 - French Open Grand Slam Qualifying - Paris
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This year's French Open offers more hope than for some years that a long hoodoo can be broken. Looking at previous drawsheets on Wikipedia I deduce that Clare Wood was the last Brit to come through qualifying into the main draw here in 1988 - and then only as a Lucky Loser!
Anne Keothavong and Katie O'B...
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Week 21 - Womens ITF (10K) - Falkenberg, Sweden
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R1: Tara Wigan (GBR) WR 932 v Sheila Solsona-Carcasona (ESP) WR 961
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Week 21 - WTA Tier 3 - Strasbourg, France
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Amanda Elliott continues to tackle high-powered clay court tournaments, but has a tough qualifying first round draw against the world number 91, who once reached the 4th round at Roland Garros. Her match is first on court 3 at 9am BST (4) DE LOS RIOS, Rossana PAR vs ELLIOTT, Amanda GBR
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Projected rankings
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1. 99(+5) Anne Keothavong 16/9/83
2. 116(+6) Katie OBrien 2/5/86
3. 145(-3) Elena Baltacha 14/8/83
4. 153(+2) Melanie South 3/5/86
5. 192(+3) Naomi Cavaday 24/4/89
6. 276(+14) Sarah Borwell 20/8/79
7. 324(-1) Anna Fitzpatrick 6/4/89
8. 403(-5) Amanda Elliott 1/11/89
9. 410(+4) Georgi...
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Week 20 - Womens ITF (10K) - Badalona, Spain
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Q1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 1 785 v ZANDER, Nina (GER) UNR
Q1: GOUYETTE, Katie (GBR) WC UNR v EL ALLAMI, Fatima (MAR) 4 899
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Week 19 - Mostar 10K - 2008.
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I can't believe none of us have noticed this yet!!! Johanna Konta... Qualies - 64 B BYE 32 W Ema POLIC (SRB) 6-3 6-0 16 W Nives PAVLOVIC (SRB) 6-1 6-0 Main draw - 32 W Tamara STOJKOVIC (CRO) 7-5 6-1 16 W Zorica PETROV (SRB) 6-1 6-3 QF W Anja PRISLAN (SLO) 6-4 6-1 SF W Tereza MRDEZA (CRO) ...
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Week 19 - Womens ITF (50K + H) - Jounieh, Lebanon
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Anne Keothavong is in the main draw here and needs to reach the final to have any realistic chance of direct entry to the Wimbledon main draw. In qualifying: (2)Mailyne Andrieux (FRA) v BYE Ines Janbakhsh (GBR) v Yuliya Lyndina (UKR) Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA) v BYE (8/wc)Rebeca Neves (BRA) v BYE
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Week 20 - Womens ITF (50K) - Kurume, Japan
(Preview)
$50K Kurume, Japan Carpet
R1: SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 1 155 v MALHOTRA, Anastasia (JPN) Q 874
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Week 20 - Womens ITF (25K) - Raleigh, USA
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$25K Raleigh, USA Clay
R1: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) 335 v ALBANESE, Lauren (USA) 4 269
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photos of women players
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http://www.wta96.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Newimages&until=20080506103234
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Week 19 - Womens ITF (25K) - Irapuato, Mexico
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Another chance for Sarah Borwell and Anna Fitzpatrick, who should be seeded here in a weak 25K. In qualifying: (3) Paula-Catalina Robles-Garcia (Col) v Bye Anna Hawkins (Gbr) v Hilary Toole (USA) (5) Lena Litvak (USA) v Bye (9) Tara Moore (Gbr) v Bye (7) Natalia Ryzhonkova (Rus) v Bye Nicola Slater...
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Week 19 - Womens ITF (50K) - Fukuoka, Japan
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Melanie South is our sole entrant in the second of the 3 50Ks in Japan. Mel is in a good quarter of the draw, with dangerous floater Kimiko Date-Krumm in the top half. Mel is seeded to meet Tamarine Tanasugarn in the semi-finals (who she lost to at the Australian Open). Third quarter: Akiko YONEMURA (JPN...
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Week 19 - Womens ITF (50K) - Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, USA
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Naomi Cavaday meets a familiar opponent in the first round here. Naomi won in 3 sets against the promising young American at the same stage last year. If successful a former top 100 player awaits in the second round. (4)Monique Adamczak (AUS) v Audra Cohen (USA) Neha Uberoi (USA) v (wc)Stacia Fonseca...
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Week 20 - Womens ITF (25K) - Caserta, Italy
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Q1: CARTER, Margot (GBR) UNR v GIOVINE, Claudia (ITA) 11 893
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Week 20 - Womens WTA (1.34M Tier I) - Rome, Italy
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Q1: O'BRIEN, Katie (GBR) 123 v BENESOVA, Iveta (CZE) 19 85
Matches start at 10am local time tomorrow and Katie is 4th on court 4.
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Week 18 - Womens ITF (50K) - Gifu, Japan
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3-Melanie South (GBR) vs Yi-Jing Zhou (CHN) Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) vs WC-Yuka Kuroda (JPN) Kanae Hisami (JPN) vs Ellen Barry (NZL) Anne Yelsey (USA) vs 6-Kumiko Iijima (JPN) -- Edited by seagull at 15:58, 2008-04-28
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Week 19 - Womens ITF (10K) - Edinburgh
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Main Draw wild cards so far for Amy Sargeant, Jennifer Ren and Amy Askew who join Jade Curtis, Liz Thomas, Katrina Brown, Naomi Broady and Yasmin Clarke. Qualifying wild cards for Laura Collins, Lottie Fox and Emily Askew
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Week 19 - Womens ITF (25K) - Changwon, Korea
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Georgie Stoop and Natasha Khan are here for the third Korean 25K. It is the last chance for Tash to salvage some points from a disappointing Tour, and her qualifying section is: Natasha KHAN (GBR) (8) Vs Soo-Min KIM (KOR) Yoo-Mi JUNG (KOR) Vs Mu-Ying CHEN (TPE) Joohyoung KIM (KOR) Vs Jin YOO (KOR) Jeong...
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Week 19 - Womens ITF (25K) - Florence, Italy
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It is another week with British involvement spread around various Challengers. Here in qualifying: (3)Irina Buryachok (UKR) v Margot Carter (GBR) (10)Constance Sibille (FRA) v (wc)Gaia Tanganelli (ITA) (7)Anna Smith (GBR) v Valentina Franchini (ITA) (15)Nancy Rustignoli (ITA) v Serena Fraz...
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Week 19 - Womens ITF (75K) - Zagreb, Croatia
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Q1: ELLIOTT, Amanda (GBR) 449 beat CUTURA, Matea (CRO) WC UNR 6-2 6-2
Q2: ELLIOTT, Amanda (GBR) 449 v GEROVAC, Roberta (CRO) UNR
R1: OBRIEN, Katie (GBR) 5 115 v SCHAUL, Claudine (LUX) SR 419
R1: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) 146 v FEDOSSOVA, Yulia (FRA) 177
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Week 19 - Womens ITF (10K) - Vic, Spain
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Q1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) WC UNR v TORRO-FLOR, Maria-Teresa (ESP) UNR
Q1: GOUYETTE, Katie (GBR) UNR v SAINZ-PELEGRI, Lucia (ESP) UNR
R1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) WC
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Week 18 - Womens ITF (25K) - Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
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Some weeks have a glut of Challengers presenting opportunities in some relatively weak events. This Challenger is one of them, with Sarah Borwell and Anna Fitzpatrick both likely to be seeded in the main draw. Anna Hawkins and Nicola Slater are in Qualifying: (2)Vanesa Furlanetto (ARG) v BYE Anna H...
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Week 18 - Womens ITF (10K) - Bournemouth
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Wild Cards into Main Draw for Jennifer Ren, Amanda Cunningham, Michelle Farley, & Lisa Whybourn joining, Liz Thomas, Naomi Broady, Yasmin Clarke & Jocelyn Rae. Wild Cards in qualifying to Amy Askew, Margot Carter and Nicole Peterson. May go down for a day if the predicted heatwave ever hap...
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Week 18 - Womens ITF (100K + H) - Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
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In 1999 Lucie Ahl won a 25K title here on the French Riviera. Since then it has been upgraded to a 100K + H event so Anna Smith will be hard pressed to qualify for the main draw let alone emulate Lucie. Her section is: (2)Teliana Pereira (BRA) v (wc)Joanna Bougon (FRA) Julia Landauer (GER) v (wc)Fanny Frac...
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