Jennifer Ren is the top seed. Jessica Ren is the third seed. Sian Bayliss is the sixth seed.
Laura Robson, Amy Askew, Abbi Melrose, Dena Daly, Lucy Brown, Hannah Martin Merchant, Chloe Murphy, Roisin Mullins and Joanna Henderson are also in there.
I haven't heard of all those girls, but Laura, Amy Askew and Henderson are highly rated.
The seeds got first round byes. Hannah Martin Merchant, Amy Askew and Laura Robson () were the only ones to win in the first round. Joanna couldn't make it.
Grace Min USA d. Joanna Henderson GBR 63 62 Janine Erasmus RSA d. Roisin Mullins GBR 76 [5] 75 Patricia Martins POR d. Chloe Murphy GBR 75 76 [3] Ellen Tsay USA d. Lucy Brown GBR 62 61 Hannah Martin Merchant GBR d. Louise Brunskog SWE 62 62 Liat Zimmerman ISR d. Dena Daly GBR 64 64 Laura Robson GBR d. Thale Myhre NOR w/o Amy Askew GBR d. Joanna Nalborska POL 63 62 Nina Nagode SLO d. Abbi Melrose GBR 17 75 63
Nasty draw for Laura in round two. I wonder if Amy Bowtell, the girl playing Sian, is Mark Bowtell's sister...
In case anyone lives in or near Bolton, I highly recommend that you miss school/uni/work and go to see this. You will almost surely get to see quite a few future Grand Slam winners for FREE! Imagine how much you could boast today if you had seen Andy Murray do the double out here in 2001.