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Sheddie · Sheddie

Bladetiger rates her as the hottest player in British tennis, so as you can imagine, I'm anxious to check this out. Now, Doug posted a link to a site with pics of all the female british players but alas I deleted the thread which the post was in, a while back. I wondered if he could re-post the link to th...

johnnylad · johnnylad

Tara Wigan makes the main draw but gets tp seed Ana Timotic of SRB ranked 310 in round 1.

She must be furious as the main draw lists 12 ( yes that's right 12) spaces for qualifiers or lucky losers, but she has to play the op seed. Of those 12 spots the only Brit still in it is Anna Hawkins w...

Happycynic · Happycynic

A little bit of a contrast from Qualifying in Glasgow... Q1: Lucy WARBURTON (GBR) (4) defeated Folashade OGUNSHOLA (NGR, UR) 60 60 Q2: Lucy WARBURTON (GBR) (4) defeated Beauty OGHENEKEVWE (NGR, UR) 61 60 I think Lucy has harder qualifying battles..... can't help but think this would be bette...

Happycynic · Happycynic

Q1: Danielle Brown vs SMYSER, Georgiana (USA), an UR 16 year old WC.

Happycynic · Happycynic

Australia 25K Q: Lucy Fletcher Lagos 25K Q: Lucy Warburton Quite a weak field, could make it through with a good draw. Should be seeded. Spain 10K MD: Kirsty Woolley Q: Romina Sceats, Anna Hawkins (should be seeded), Nikki Prosser, Amanda Carreras, Aimee Jarrett Portugal 10K MD...

Happycynic · Happycynic

MD: Anne K, Mel S, Katie O'B, Becky L as DA Wild cards: Naomi C, Georgie S, Karen P, Anna S Lots in qualifying-too many to type out!

johnnylad · johnnylad

Amanda Keen has popped up in qualifiers here. R1 bt Nadege Vergos of France 57 63 62

R2 bt Ekaterina Dzehalevich of Belarus 63 62

R3 bt Estelle Guisard of France 60 61

And therefore qualifies!!!!!!!!!!!

Sheddie · Sheddie

http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/PlayerDiaries/061009OBrien.htm?BSMGuid=f7e5c0c1-d503-4151-8266-57696cc303a5

Sheddie · Sheddie

Nominees: Katie O'Brien: Reached back to back 25K finals in Madrid and Nottingham. She won Nottingham, her first 25K title. She also won the Madrid doubles title. Amanda Keen: Runner-up in Nottingham 25K final in singles and won the doubles title. Naomi Cavaday: Reached semis of Nott...

johnnylad · johnnylad

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/get_involved/5410746.stm"With the Grand Slams there are so many opportunities to win," said Venus Williams after taking the singles and doubles titles at the Sydney Olympics. "A gold medal, it's just once every four years...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Mel South, Rebecca Llewellyn and Jane O'Donaghue are in the main draw. Amanda Keen should get a SE aswell.

johnnylad · johnnylad

Qualifying highlights R1 Sarah Needham 36 46 vs Marta Espigado Dlegado

Nikki Prosser 60 63 vs Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko

Aimee Jarrett vs bye!

Sarah Stallard vs bye!

R2 Prosser 16 61 64 vs De Block

Jarrett 06 06 vs Gago Fuentes :furio...

johnnylad · johnnylad

Qualifying highlights Madeleine Brooks (GBR) is seeded 5 and has byes through to the final qualifying round where any of her possible opponents will be unranked. Fran Kinsella (GBR) faces unranked Ukrainian ALina Shazhko in round one with the winner facing Austrian Birgit Ritschka fo...

Sheddie · Sheddie

From the LTA: Surrey 18-year-old Anna Smith has firmly established herself as a rising star of British tennis after enjoying a breakthrough month in September. Smith had a strong argument for taking the LTA.org.uk August player of the month title after winning the 18-and-under Ariel Bri...

Happycynic · Happycynic

Q1:Lucy FLETCHER (GBR) defeated Bianca ACQUISTAPACE (AUS, 1204) (10) 61 60 Q2: Lucy FLETCHER (GBR) defeated Michelle BRYCKI (AUS, UR) 62 60 Q3: Lucy FLETCHER (GBR) defeated Emelyn STARR (AUS, UR) 63 61 To make the main draw.

R1: vs D'AMELIO, Lisa (AUS, 388) Qualifying w...

johnnylad · johnnylad

Danielle Brown in qualifying. She beat Chrissier Seredini 61 61. Nex up is 6th seed Leanne Baker of NZL ranked 425 to Danielles 514.

Sheddie · Sheddie

The tournament starts on Wednesday. Entry list: 1 SOUTH, Melanie GBR 177 2 PICHET, Virginie FRA 181 3 RUUTEL, Margit EST 182 4 BORWELL, Sarah GBR 204 5 O'BRIEN, Katie GBR 237 6 HARING, Florence FRA 242 7 BREADMORE, Lauren AUS 255 8 OZEGOVIC, Nika CRO 271 9 LLEWELLYN, Rebecca...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Anne Keothavong has made the main draw here, there have already been 13 withdrawals so it looks as though it will be quite weak

Tournament starts on October 2nd There's appears to be no official website unfortunately

Sheddie · Sheddie

Qualifying: Rd1: Sarah Coles vs Franziska Etzel Etzel is a German clay-courter, currently ranked 442 [peaked at 376 in Dec 05]. Her best result this year has been reaching a 10K semi on Belgian clay. I'd expect Sarah to win this one but it may prove trickier than the stats suggest as the tourna...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Qualifying: Rd1: F Kinsella [GB] v V Simouli [Gre][WC] [unranked] M Brooks [GB][6] v A Sadikovic [Sui] [unranked] L Jacks [GB][7] v B Ritschka [Aut] [unranked]

Sheddie · Sheddie

Anne is 4th on the qualies list here. Reasonable chance of her making the main draw or if not, she'll be one of the top seeds in qualies which start on Sunday. Official website: http://www.gzopen.com.cn/eng/index.asp Thankf...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Entry list: 1 Jane O´DONOGHUE GBR 2 Karen PATERSON GBR 3 Naomi CAVADAY GBR 4 Claire PETERZAN GBR 5 Nadege VERGOS FRA 6 Georgie STOOP GBR 7 Nadja ROMA SWE 8 Piia SUOMALAINEN FIN 9 Pauline WONG NED 10 Emily WEBLEY SMITH GBR 11 Natasha KHAN GBR 12 Rebecca FONG GBR 13 Louise DOU...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Lots of British players are competing in Madrid next week: Melanie South, Sarah Borwell and Katie O'Brien will be seeded. Rebecca Llewellyn and Amanda Keen are also competing. Sarah Coles is 1st on the alternates list so she'll be extremely unlucky if she doesn't get in direct. Others to look ou...

Sheddie · Sheddie

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...

Sheddie · Sheddie

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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	Melissa Berry ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Bladetiger rates her as the hottest player in British tennis, so as you can imagine, I'm anxious to check this out. Now, Doug posted a link to a site with pics of all the female british players but alas I deleted the thread which the post was in, a while back. I wondered if he could re-post the link to th...	Sheddie	17	3182	Oct 22, 2006 by steven
	Sevilla 10K (Preview) Tara Wigan makes the main draw but gets tp seed Ana Timotic of SRB ranked 310 in round 1. She must be furious as the main draw lists 12 ( yes that's right 12) spaces for qualifiers or lucky losers, but she has to play the op seed. Of those 12 spots the only Brit still in it is Anna Hawkins w...	johnnylad	9	858	Oct 21, 2006 by Happycynic
	Lagos 25K (Preview) A little bit of a contrast from Qualifying in Glasgow... Q1: Lucy WARBURTON (GBR) (4) defeated Folashade OGUNSHOLA (NGR, UR) 60 60 Q2: Lucy WARBURTON (GBR) (4) defeated Beauty OGHENEKEVWE (NGR, UR) 61 60 I think Lucy has harder qualifying battles..... can't help but think this would be bette...	Happycynic	7	824	Oct 20, 2006 by Happycynic
	50K Houston (Preview) Q1: Danielle Brown vs SMYSER, Georgiana (USA), an UR 16 year old WC.	Happycynic	6	839	Oct 18, 2006 by johnnylad
	Other action, week 9th Oct (Preview) Australia 25K Q: Lucy Fletcher Lagos 25K Q: Lucy Warburton Quite a weak field, could make it through with a good draw. Should be seeded. Spain 10K MD: Kirsty Woolley Q: Romina Sceats, Anna Hawkins (should be seeded), Nikki Prosser, Amanda Carreras, Aimee Jarrett Portugal 10K MD...	Happycynic	14	1361	Oct 15, 2006 by Happycynic
	Jersey 25K ( 1 2 ) (Preview) MD: Anne K, Mel S, Katie O'B, Becky L as DA Wild cards: Naomi C, Georgie S, Karen P, Anna S Lots in qualifying-too many to type out!	Happycynic	17	1943	Oct 14, 2006 by VSandhi20
	50k Joue-Le-Tours (Preview) Amanda Keen has popped up in qualifiers here. R1 bt Nadege Vergos of France 57 63 62 R2 bt Ekaterina Dzehalevich of Belarus 63 62 R3 bt Estelle Guisard of France 60 61 And therefore qualifies!!!!!!!!!!!	johnnylad	5	835	Oct 11, 2006 by johnnylad
	Katie O'Brien's player diary (Preview) http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/PlayerDiaries/061009OBrien.htm?BSMGuid=f7e5c0c1-d503-4151-8266-57696cc303a5	Sheddie	0	615	Oct 9, 2006 by Sheddie
	Player of the month - September (Preview) Nominees: Katie O'Brien: Reached back to back 25K finals in Madrid and Nottingham. She won Nottingham, her first 25K title. She also won the Madrid doubles title. Amanda Keen: Runner-up in Nottingham 25K final in singles and won the doubles title. Naomi Cavaday: Reached semis of Nott...	Sheddie	7	717	Oct 9, 2006 by Sheddie
	The Ren sisters (Preview) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/get_involved/5410746.stm"With the Grand Slams there are so many opportunities to win," said Venus Williams after taking the singles and doubles titles at the Sydney Olympics. "A gold medal, it's just once every four years...	johnnylad	0	922	Oct 9, 2006 by johnnylad
	Nantes 25K ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Mel South, Rebecca Llewellyn and Jane O'Donaghue are in the main draw. Amanda Keen should get a SE aswell.	Sheddie	33	2277	Oct 9, 2006 by john
	Granada 10k (Preview) Qualifying highlights R1 Sarah Needham 36 46 vs Marta Espigado Dlegado Nikki Prosser 60 63 vs Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko Aimee Jarrett vs bye! Sarah Stallard vs bye! R2 Prosser 16 61 64 vs De Block Jarrett 06 06 vs Gago Fuentes :furio...	johnnylad	6	1020	Oct 6, 2006 by Sheddie
	Volos 10k (Preview) Qualifying highlights Madeleine Brooks (GBR) is seeded 5 and has byes through to the final qualifying round where any of her possible opponents will be unranked. Fran Kinsella (GBR) faces unranked Ukrainian ALina Shazhko in round one with the winner facing Austrian Birgit Ritschka fo...	johnnylad	8	942	Oct 5, 2006 by johnnylad
	Anna Smith - LTA junior player of the month for September (Preview) From the LTA: Surrey 18-year-old Anna Smith has firmly established herself as a rising star of British tennis after enjoying a breakthrough month in September. Smith had a strong argument for taking the LTA.org.uk August player of the month title after winning the 18-and-under Ariel Bri...	Sheddie	1	677	Oct 4, 2006 by Sheddie
	$25,000 Traralgon, Oz (Preview) Q1:Lucy FLETCHER (GBR) defeated Bianca ACQUISTAPACE (AUS, 1204) (10) 61 60 Q2: Lucy FLETCHER (GBR) defeated Michelle BRYCKI (AUS, UR) 62 60 Q3: Lucy FLETCHER (GBR) defeated Emelyn STARR (AUS, UR) 63 61 To make the main draw. R1: vs D'AMELIO, Lisa (AUS, 388) Qualifying w...	Happycynic	2	633	Oct 4, 2006 by Sheddie
	50K Troy, Alabama (Preview) Danielle Brown in qualifying. She beat Chrissier Seredini 61 61. Nex up is 6th seed Leanne Baker of NZL ranked 425 to Danielles 514.	johnnylad	2	775	Oct 3, 2006 by Sheddie
	25K Nottingham ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) The tournament starts on Wednesday. Entry list: 1 SOUTH, Melanie GBR 177 2 PICHET, Virginie FRA 181 3 RUUTEL, Margit EST 182 4 BORWELL, Sarah GBR 204 5 O'BRIEN, Katie GBR 237 6 HARING, Florence FRA 242 7 BREADMORE, Lauren AUS 255 8 OZEGOVIC, Nika CRO 271 9 LLEWELLYN, Rebecca...	Sheddie	35	2534	Oct 2, 2006 by Sheddie
	WTA Taskhent - tier IV (Preview) Anne Keothavong has made the main draw here, there have already been 13 withdrawals so it looks as though it will be quite weak Tournament starts on October 2nd There's appears to be no official website unfortunately	Sheddie	4	781	Oct 2, 2006 by Sheddie
	Barcelona 75K+H (Preview) Qualifying: Rd1: Sarah Coles vs Franziska Etzel Etzel is a German clay-courter, currently ranked 442 [peaked at 376 in Dec 05]. Her best result this year has been reaching a 10K semi on Belgian clay. I'd expect Sarah to win this one but it may prove trickier than the stats suggest as the tourna...	Sheddie	1	678	Oct 1, 2006 by Sheddie
	Thessaloniki 10K (Preview) Qualifying: Rd1: F Kinsella [GB] v V Simouli [Gre][WC] [unranked] M Brooks [GB][6] v A Sadikovic [Sui] [unranked] L Jacks [GB][7] v B Ritschka [Aut] [unranked]	Sheddie	1	655	Sep 26, 2006 by Sally
	WTA Guangzhou - tier IV (Preview) Anne is 4th on the qualies list here. Reasonable chance of her making the main draw or if not, she'll be one of the top seeds in qualies which start on Sunday. Official website: http://www.gzopen.com.cn/eng/index.asp Thankf...	Sheddie	3	754	Sep 25, 2006 by Sheddie
	10K Nottingham ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Entry list: 1 Jane O´DONOGHUE GBR 2 Karen PATERSON GBR 3 Naomi CAVADAY GBR 4 Claire PETERZAN GBR 5 Nadege VERGOS FRA 6 Georgie STOOP GBR 7 Nadja ROMA SWE 8 Piia SUOMALAINEN FIN 9 Pauline WONG NED 10 Emily WEBLEY SMITH GBR 11 Natasha KHAN GBR 12 Rebecca FONG GBR 13 Louise DOU...	Sheddie	26	2964	Sep 24, 2006 by Sheddie
	25K Madrid ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Lots of British players are competing in Madrid next week: Melanie South, Sarah Borwell and Katie O'Brien will be seeded. Rebecca Llewellyn and Amanda Keen are also competing. Sarah Coles is 1st on the alternates list so she'll be extremely unlucky if she doesn't get in direct. Others to look ou...	Sheddie	23	1802	Sep 24, 2006 by Sheddie
	WTA Kolkata - Tier 3 ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) 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...	Sheddie	40	2573	Sep 23, 2006 by Sheddie
	10K Mytilini (Preview) 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.	Sheddie	12	1037	Sep 21, 2006 by johnnylad
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