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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
&nb...
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Cumberland 10k
(Preview)
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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(Preview)
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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(Preview)
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
(Preview)
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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10K tournaments this week
(Preview)
From various 10Ks...
$10,000 Guayaquil
Q: Tara Moore
Q1: Tara MOORE (GBR) defeated Rocio GALAN (COL) 63 75
Q2:Tara MOORE (GBR) defeated Sofia AYALA (ECU) 36 63 61
...putting her into the main draw.
(new person for me, UR, and no biog on ITF-however, ranking points here!).
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50k Bronx Challenger
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1 2
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(Preview)
Main Draw:
Anne Keothavong
Qualifying:
1R
Melanie South (GBR) [WR:175] v Tiffany Dabek (USA) [239]
Katie O'Brien (GBR) [257] v Shinaan Featherson (USA) [unranked]
Sarah Borwell (GBR) [202] v Napaporn Tongsalee (THA)[226]
the matches are to be played at 10...
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25K Coimbra
(Preview)
Main Draw:
Rebecca Llewllyn, Sarah Coles and (I think) SE Amanda Keen
Qualifying
R1
Claire PETERZAN (GBR) (4) BYE
Lucia JIMENEZ-ALMENDROS (ESP, 631) (14) defeated Romina SCEATS (GBR) 60 62
Tara WIGAN (GBR) defeated Joanna CARSWELL (NZL) 76(2) 61
R2:
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10K Wrexham
(Preview)
A good day in Q1 for British women...
(1) Anna Smith GBR d. Anna-Viktoria Lind SWE 7-5, 6-4 Zaruhi Harutyunyan ARM d. Natalie Handler ISR 6-0, 6-0 (2) Olivia Scarfi GBR d. Naomi Broady GBR 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 Lisa Sutton GBR d. Emma Tomlinson GBR 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 Margot Carter GBR d. (3, 1225) Edita M...
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25K Changsha
(Preview)
R1
Sandy GUMULYA (INA, 439) defeated Karen PATERSON (GBR) 75 6
Katie O'BRIEN (2)(GBR) defeated Tomoko SUGANO (JPN, 564) 62 64
Tomorrow:
Mel South vs MATIC, Antonia (GER, 398)
In doubles, R1:
MATIC (GER) / O'BRIEN (GBR) defeated HUANG (CHN) / XIE (CHN) 52 ret.:sm...
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10K Ilkley
(Preview)
Qualies: 1st Round Eleonor PICOT (FRA) defeated Suzanne CHAPMAN (GBR) 64 62 Emma TOMLINSON (GBR) defeated Andrea MORGADO (VEN) 61 32 Nikki PROSSER (GBR) defeated Sarah STALLARD (GBR) 60 61 Juliet BOCKLET (GER) defeated Lindsay RAWLING (GBR) 63 61 Lucy WARBURTON (GBR) defeated Linsey JACKS (GBR)...
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WTA washington
(Preview)
DOUBLES Anne Keothavong is playing with Alberta Brianti (ITA) in the doubles tourny. First round they are set to play the Americas Fusano/Kops-Jones The match is last on Court 4 SINGLES Anne Keothavong is set to play Brengle (USA)(wr-692). If she wins this she will most likly play 4th seeded Lepchen...
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Chengdu 25K
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1 2
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(Preview)
Same as last week for results so far
R1:
Lei HUANG (CHN, 498) defeated Katie O'BRIEN (GBR) 64 36 75
Jie HAO (CHN, 732) defeated Karen PATERSON (GBR) 63 16 64
Melanie SOUTH (GBR) defeated Tomoko SUGANO (JPN, 560) 61 46 75
R2:
Melanie SOUTH (GBR) defeated Yi-Fan XU (CHN,...
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10K Bucharest
(Preview)
The latest stop on the Ilie Nastase tour !
Qualifying rd1:
M Spenceley [GB] v D Muravnik [Isr]
N Doutre [GB] v P Dinuta [Rom]
Both the Brits and their opponents are unranked. Maria Spenceley is 18, born in Warsaw and currently residing in Sopot, Poland. Career best result is qualifyi...
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$50,000 Lexington
(Preview)
Sarah Borwell and Sarah Coles both lost in qualifying
BUt today see Anne Keathavong against Chan Chin Wei of Chines Taipei.
Chan is ranked a career high 167 and looks to be emerging. A tough match ofr Anne.
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European junior championships
(Preview)
The European junior championships is taking place this week on Swiss clay. As in the mens GB have two representatives.
Rd1: N Cavaday [GB][7] bt T Mohorcic [Slo] 6-0, 6-1
J Larsson [Swe][8] bt D Armstrong [GB] 6-2, 6-0
Great win from Naomi, thrashing the hapless 16 year old S...
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Women's Updates
(Preview)
Does the board want someone to try and pick up the womens scores a bit. I've noticed its tailed off recently. I dpn't have the channels and connections many have but could give it a go!
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La Coruna 10K
(Preview)
Nadia Lee lost in rd1 here to Spain's Sara Del Barrio-Aragon, 6-3, 6-2. The Spaniard is ranked 721 while Nadia is ranked 998.
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