Quarterfinals

Katie O'BRIEN (GBR) (1) Vs Yurika SEMA (JPN) (6)
Trudi MUSGRAVE (AUS) Vs Ye-Ra LEE (KOR) (8)
Georgie STOOP (GBR) Vs Monica NICULESCU (ROU) (4)
Melanie SOUTH (GBR) (7) Vs Chia-Jung CHUANG (TPE)

The big threat to our three is Monica Niculescu, who has won 14 of her last 15 matches in straight sets. Two of those wins have been against Georgie, en route to 25K titles in Istanbul and Port Pirie. However Georgie dealt with Natalie Grandin in round 1, who had stopped her in 2 of the 3 25Ks in Australia last year, so perhaps she can lay another bogey to rest tomorrow.

According to WTA WORLD:

Quarterfinals

Katie O'Brien GBR [1] def. Yurika Sema JPN [6] 64 46 63
Ye-Ra Lee KOR [8] def. Trudi Musgrave AUS 75 62
Monica Niculescu ROU [4] def. Georgie Stoop GBR 62 62
Chia-Jung Chuang TPE def. Melanie South GBR [7] 63 76(8)

Disappointing for Mel after yesterday's double bagel, expected for Georgie and another nice win for Katie. Keep going.

Doubles Quarterfinals

Elliott/Stoop GBR def. Grandin RSA/Stephenson USA [1] 36 63 [10-2]
Matic GER/Niculescu ROU [3] def. Lee NZL/Srndovic SWE [ALT] 63 62
Ferguson/Musgrave AUS def. Hisamatsu/Sema JPN 60 61
Barry NZL/Kriz AUS def. Curtis GBR/Rodionova RUS 26 62 [10-7]

Doubles Semifinals

Matic GER/Niculescu ROU [3] def. Elliott/Stoop GBR 61 62
Ferguson/Musgrave AUS def. Barry NZL/Kriz AUS 63 63

hmmm, disappointing from Katie especially having beaten Lee 6-0, 7-5 last week...the Korean girl's only ranked 244 too....however she seems to have really hit form this week, beating Katie's nemisis Pavlovic too

Was hoping she'd make at least 1 final on this trip...as it is she'll now be ranked in low 120s (unless last weeks pts have been already added on ?)...and should have a good seeding for AO qualies....unless she has an amazing week in China and makes it directly