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British no 5 Amanda Keen has entered qualifying for WTA Doha (Tier III) this weekend. The tall left-hander has only won 2 matches so far this year and she'll be hoping for a turnaround in form in the Middle East.

Amanda has drawn 20 year old Ukranian Mariya Koryttseva in rd1. Koryttseva is currently ranked 452 but reached a career high of 119 this time last year before being forced out for 7 months with an injury. She's also been as high as 56 in doubles. So far in 2007, she's won a match in a 75K and played in WTA Bangalore, losing in rd1

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Amanda played the Ukranian earlier today, no result yet

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It's a Tier II and she won her 1st round match and now faces Bondarenko K in the 2nd round.



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Amanda

She'll have to go something to beat Bondarenko though?

Any points for qualies wins on WTA tour?

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5 points for this win.

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Nice! Better than the inevitable challenger loss!

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No Paszek.

I was looking forward to seeing her after I saw her play Henin. They show a lot of WTA on TV out here.

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Katerina Bondarenko is the top seed and is currently ranked over 100 places higher than Amanda at 111. She has been in the top 100.

Bondarenko is also a quality doubles player with a current ranking of 61. She was in sublime form in rd1 in Doha, hammering Ireland's Kelly Liggan 6-1, 6-1. She has played just 3 tournaments so far in 2007, losing in rd1 of Aussie Open qualifying and WTA Pattaya and in qualifying for Dubai last week.

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Keen v Bondarenko is on court at midday today. The scoreboard should hopefully be working.

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Amanda lost 6-2 6-3

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Who was the last Brit to qualify for a WTA Tour event? Anne K at Strasbourg?

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Yes.

Active players to qualify for tour events:

Baltacha - Eastbourne 2001, Australian Open 2005
Keothavong - Hobart 2004, Strasbourg 2006
Keen - Eastbourne 2003
Borwell - Quebec 2005



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hope for a few more at Eastbourne this year!

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Thanks for that, Jamatthews!

I think that Naomi will qualify for a few this year. She came really close in Birmingham last year and has surely improved a lot from there.

I'd love to see her head to Asia right after the US Open. The fields are weak and more importantly, I would go and see her play.

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Getting WCs may harm Naomi's chances of qualifying (at least on the grass anyway).

The close calls (final qualifying round):

Stockholm 2004 Wartusch def O'Donoghue 6-4 7-5
Birmingham 2006 Czink def Cavaday 3-6 7-5 7-5
Wimbledon 1997 Schnitzer def Keen 7-6(1) 2-6 7-5
Birmingham 2005 Fujiwara def Borwell 6-2 6-4
Eastbourne 2004 Black def Baltacha 6-2 7-6(5)
Dubai 2006 Bondarenko def Baltacha 7-6(4) 7-6(4)
Doha 2006 Uberoi def Baltacha 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3
Hobart 2006 Kremer def Keothavong 6-4 6-1
US Open 2003 Drake def Keothavong 7-5 6-1

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