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Girls: Luxilon Cup 2007.


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Anastasia Pivovarova - RUS - 5 - 879.
Sorana Mihaela-Cirstea - ROU - 11 - 320.
Naomi Cavaday - GBR - 24 - 343.
Petra Martic - CRO - 30 - 1133.
Tamaryn Hendler - BEL - 43 - Unr.
Michelle Larcher de Brito - POR - 59 - Unr.
Jasmina Tinjic - CRO - 81 - Unr.
Julia Boserup - USA - 104 - 1294.
Nastassya Burnett - ITA - 251 - 1429.
Jamie Hampton - USA - 267 - 789.
Allie Will - USA - 347 - 1069.
Maria Mokh - RUS - 744 - 736.

Read as :: Name - Country - ITF Junior Ranking - WTA Ranking.



Source : 'eurone' on WTAW.

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All I can say is - what an opportunity!

Last year's field was way stronger than this with people like Paszek, Sanja Ancic and Cibulkova.



Pivovarova and Cirstea are good, but they haven't done much in the women's game. I see no reason as to why Naomi can't beat them. Hendler and MLDB are going to create some serious fuss in a few year's time but are really young. The rest are quite behind Naomi's level.


If Naomi is on song like she was last week, she should walk away with : some serious hype, some prize money and most importantly - a precious precious precious wild card into next year's Tier I event in Miami.

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Yeah i can see her winning a few matches here. Larcher de Brito is a tough cookie, shes playing WTA miami this week with a WC.

There is no HUGE name in the event so Naomi certainly has a decent shot.

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Big prize for a junior tournament

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The wild cards aren't official, by the way. But usually the Luxilon girls champ and the Orange Bowl girls champ get wild cards into Miami. The boys champs get wild cards into the qualies draw.


I wonder why Tara isn't playing here.

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She probably didn't get invited. She may well do next year though. In 12 months she should be top 50 in juniors.

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It's a bit weird as Burnett is also 14 years old and is nowhere near Tara.

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Okay, the wild cards for the Luxilon Cup are official from this time on!



The boys field looks a treat. Although it was known, it's sad that there are no Brits.

http://www.juniortennis.com/Tournaments/SpecialEvents/2007/Luxilon/Luxilon.php

Loads of future ATP top 20 players!



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how comes theres only 12 girls? is it a proper tournament? how are the players selected for this tournament?

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No, this is an exhibition tournament with great prizes.

All the players are invited and there's no rule for who will be invited. Usually players who either train at any of IMG's two academies or are managed by IMG are invited.

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how are the other 4 players of boys and girls participate in this tournaments through WCs?



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Top four seeds get first round byes.

Last year's draw:

http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/draws/2006/gsr1s1.html

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Naomi's seeded 2 and so has a first round bye.

Next up in the quarters is either American Jamie Hampton or Holland's Brooke Bolander. Hampton is ranked in the 200s in juniors and 800s on the womens tour. Hasn't played much since making semis of the Easter Bowl last year. Bolander is only 15, must have been injured as she hasn't played much in the past year. Anna Fitzpatrick beat her 2 and 2 in the autumn.

Naomi will be happy that Larcher de Brito and Tamaryn Hendler are in the opposite half !

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Bolender replaces Tinjic.

Great draw for Naomi. Most of the good players are in the other half.



Bottom half should see the seeds meet in the semis. Will or Mokh don't have much of a chance of upsetting Pivovarova.

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Great darw for Naomi should easily get to the semis, i think she can even take out Pivorarova

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