Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: Orange 25K - 2007.


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 10013
Date:
Orange 25K - 2007.


Naomi will have to qualify and the main draw field is extremely strong.

http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/tournamentacceptanceList.asp?tournament=1100014894&event=&order=Position

Qualies draw will be out tomorrow.

-- Edited by The Panda Bear at 14:00, 2007-03-10

__________________

  



Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 10013
Date:

Naomi can play just two more tournaments after this till April 24th. One of them is the 25K in Redding just after this.

She isn't playing the one in Hammond, so maybe she will play in the Luxilon Cup?

__________________

  



administrator

Status: Offline
Posts: 18307
Date:



3 top 100 players and 19 in the top 150 for a 25K !!!! This tourney is crazily strong.

Naomi's got an uphill battle just to qualify here, if she doesn't get through to the main draw, she'll get no points so would that mean this doesn't count towards the no of tourneys she can play before 24th April ?

Playing the Luxilon Cup would be great, it'd be good to see some brits going for that. Gives the juniors such a boost to compete alongside the world's elite.

do you think she'll play some of the big junior tourneys on European clay in April ?

__________________


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 10013
Date:

Jamatthews said that it doesn't count, or I think that he said that - it's a bit too late out here and I am going to fall asleep on my keyboard very soon.


I think that Luxilon has Livescores, not sure about it. Jade was invited there last time. I'm sure that Naomi would get a call if she wants to play.


I think that she'll play one or two Juniors (in Europe or the US), but she doesn't need to - she's going to be top 300 by French Open Juniors and is guaranteed a seeding then.
The Spring Championships list will be out by the 15th, so we'll know soon.



I wonder if there's a chance that she'll get a qualies wild card for Miami... Bollettieri half runs that tournament and he can get a wild card for anyone he wants. Would you believe it, Larcher De Brito is getting a main draw one!

-- Edited by The Panda Bear at 04:50, 2007-03-11

__________________

  



Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 10013
Date:

Lovely draw!

http://dps.usta.com/usta_master/usta/doc/content/doc_13_16402.pdf?3/6/2007%203:16:07%20PM

__________________

  



administrator

Status: Offline
Posts: 18307
Date:

The Panda Bear wrote:

Lovely draw!


Rd1:  N Cavaday (GB)(15)  v  A Glatch (USA)

Hmmm, I doubt Naomi feels the same way Arks. Glatch is still only 17 and in 2005 she reached a high of no 5 in the juniors and made the US Open girls final !  She also hammered Nastya P 6-2, 6-2, reached 4 straight G1 finals and when only 15, made the quarters of the Orange Bowl in 2004.

On the womens circuit, Glatch is ranked 507 but has a career best of 224 which she reached in 2005. She spent the first half of 2006 out with injury and  since hasn't been able to find the same form as 2005. Only played 1 tournament this year, qualified for the Clearwater 25K before getting hammered 2 and 1 in rd1. However, she's still an incredibly talented player..easily capable of qualifying and making the latter stages here.

__________________


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 10013
Date:

Blame my terrible knowledge of girls tennis and the fact that I was in so much of a hurry that I didn't check Glatch's profile.

__________________

  



Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 10013
Date:

She beat Glatch 36 63 64.

__________________

  



Pro player

Status: Offline
Posts: 1109
Date:

Go Naomi!

__________________


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 10013
Date:

(15) Naomi CAVADAY (GBR) d. Teodora MIRCIC (SRB) 62 63

__________________

  



Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 7255
Date:



__________________

To look at a thing is quite different from seeing a thing and one does not see anything until one sees its beauty


Oscar Wilde



administrator

Status: Offline
Posts: 18307
Date:

Wow, those are two fantastic results I have to admit, I didn't think Naomi would win either !

I know she's ranked higher than Glatch and Mircic but Glatch was an incredible player back in 2005 (reaching no 224 in womens and the top of the juniors at just 16) and 18 year old Mircic's form has been brilliant of late. At the end of February she qualified and then reached the semis of a strong 25K in Clearwater.



__________________


administrator

Status: Offline
Posts: 18307
Date:

Final qualies round: N Cavaday (GB)(15) v Kim-Anh Nguyen (USA)

Nguyen's ranked 588, career high of 531 which she reached last August. Hasn't done much so far this year, lost in rd1 of Waikoloa 50K (got a wc) and lost in qualies for Palm Desert 25K and St Paul 50K.

However, in rd2 here she absolutely hammered the 8th seed Lauren Breadmore 6-1, 6-0 !!

Nguyen has a great record of losing in the final qualies round, lets hope it continues

__________________


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 10013
Date:

Naomi isn't doing the 25K in Hammond either.

__________________

  



administrator

Status: Offline
Posts: 18307
Date:

But you already knew that Arks

So, after Redding she can play 1 more womens tournament before 24th April, right ?

Maybe she's planning to compete in one of the Bath 10Ks or one of the clay-court European 25Ks in Italy/France prior to/after the Spring championships ?

Or maybe as you suggested earlier in this thread, she's got a qualies wc for Miami ?

__________________
1 2 36  >  Last»  | Page of 6  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.

Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse
Powered by ActiveBoard