The second of this current set of Aussie 25Ks moves to the Barossa valley in South Australia, with the same British cast as in Port Pirie, with the exception of Natasha Khan.
Early qualifying results for sections with British interest:
Sorry I jst realised that both my links lead to the same place, but i'm sure you guys can work it out. Thats a tough draw for Jade when you consider the draws for the other qualifiers excluding Haberkorn. Lee seems to be a good player and she beat bally in incheon this year
Jade won her match 7-5 7-5. Amanda won 6-0 6-2 (or maybe 6-2 6-0, already forgotten, sorry!)
main draw:
136 GBR O'BRIEN, Katie [1] v Q 430 GER HABERKORN, Laura 344 TPE HWANG, I-Hsuan v 299 NED THYSSEN, Nicole Q 676 GBR ELLIOTT, Amanda 6 396 TPE CHUANG, Chia-Jung Q 563 GBR CURTIS, Jade v 244 KOR LEE, Ye-Ra [7]
178 ROU NICULESCU, Monica [4] v 661 AUS MUSGRAVE, Trudi WC 498 AUS KRIZ, Nicole v 380 USA TWEEDIE-YATES, Story Q 484 AUS WLODARCZAK, Karolina v 301 FRA PAVLOVIC, Irena WC 880 AUS DOMINIKOVIC, Daniella v 266 GBR BORWELL, Sarah [8]
RSA GRANDIN, Natalie [5] v WC 1145 AUS ROGOWSKA, Olivia 329 AUS HEWSON, Emily v 397 GER MATIC, Antonia 347 NED WONG, Pauline v Q 376 AUS MOORE, Jessica 308 GBR STOOP, Georgie v 167 AUS ADAMCZAK, Monique [3]
GBR SOUTH, Melanie [6] v Q RSA ANDERSON, Kelly Q 394 NZL BARRY, Ellen v 323 RUS RODIONOVA, Arina Q 409 THA TANGPHONG, Montinee v 295 MRI GIRAUD, Marinne WC 653 AUS GOLDS, Shannon v 160 AUS FERGUSON, Sophie [2]
Quality stuff from Jade yet again, qualified for all 5 of the australian 25k's in the past 5 weeks she isnt playing doubles this week so just concentrating on singles which is good imo.
she may not have xollected a vast amount of points as she could have done in series of 10k's but her match experience from this tour is great. and she will be so good in 2008 from it
I think playing away from home and winning a lot of matches is a good thing. Playing players ranked much higher then in the maindraw is a great learning curve, she may even pull off an upset.
Its what tends to happen to players who keep gettign bad draws. They loose a lot to the bigger players then they pull off a shock win. Things looking good for 2008 with Jade, her and Amanda should be up with the big girls in 2008.