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sd51rby


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Agreed, very impressive start lets hope for more of the same in round 2


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great results from the girls, very pleased to see them all jump straight into the new season. Good luck in the second round (presumably that gets played this evening/tonight?)

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Brilliant set of results.

QR2
Mel South v Anne Kremer (2) [82]
Elena Baltacha v Vladimira Uhlirova [948, ranked 19 in doubles]
Naomi Cavaday v Angelique Kerber (4) [88]

-- Edited by wolf at 12:08, 2007-12-29

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What an opportunity for Bally!

5/5 for the Brit women so far this year! clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

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I did not know the season already! What a great start for the women! I agree Bally got a great chance, Naomi got a tough match hopefully she will pull through.

may i ask how long the girls haven been Down Under? Its just they seem to adapt to the pyhsical conditioning and the weather.



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Check out photos from rd1 qualies on our site photo gallery:

http://britishtennisphotos.myfreeforum.org/index.php

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Great start to the season. It's the first time for at least 10 years that more than 2 Brit girls have won WTA qualies matches in the lead up to the Oz Open, and it is Mel's first ever win in a GS or WTA Tour qualy outside the UK.

I read on Mel's website that she spent most of December in Australia, and she was joined in mid-December by Anne, after her stint sparring with Ana Ivanovic at the National Tennis Centre.

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Fantastic start from all three.
Bally wasn't back playing this time last year so she could get plenty out of this.
Good luck to the others as well.

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Order of Play (Naomi starts at 9pm GMT)

Centre Court 10:00
Jill Craybas (USA) vs Shuai Zhang (CHN)
NB 11:00
Anne Kremer (LUX) vs Melanie South (GBR)
Maria Emilia Salerni (ARG) vs Vesna Manasieva (RUS)

Court 4 10:00
Angelique Kerber (GER) vs Naomi Cavaday (GBR)
NB 11:00
Jorgelina Cravero (ARG) vs Lilia Osterloh (USA)
Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)

Court 6 10:00
Ayumi Morita (JPN) vs Ahsha Rolle (USA)
NB 11:00
Elena Baltacha (GBR) vs Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)

Bally will start as favourite, but Mel and Naomi have tough opponents.

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Oddly on the ASB Classic's own site, it has Bally playing Naomi in QR2. Their draw is clearly rubbish though - they also have the no,. 1 and 3 seeds playing each other!

http://www.asbclassic.co.nz/draws/qualifiers

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Previews:

Cavaday-Kerber: Last time they met was in Glasgow, autumn 2006 indoors and Kerber took it 6-3, 6-3. That was before an outstanding first 6 months of the 2007 season catapulted the 19 year old German to world no 88. She made no less than 5 finals at 25K and 50K level and then two 75K finals on the clay and the quarters of a grass wta. She struggled with the step up to wta level though afterwards, losing 11 straight matches to end the year.

South-Kremer: The veteran Kremer is ranked 82 but knows what it takes to make the top having been as high as 18. She won the Auckland title back in 2000. Qualified for lots of wtas last year but only made the last 8 once, on Budapest clay where she beat Kirilenko 3&4. She beat Keothavong 3&3 in the Fed Cup

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VSandhi20 wrote:
may i ask how long the girls haven been Down Under? Its just they seem to adapt to the pyhsical conditioning and the weather.

As DavidC says, Mel and Anne have been down under for quite a long time but Naomi's been training in Britain over the off season I think....she left for Auckland just after Christmas Day

 



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Kerber 3-3 Cavaday

Cavaday broke for 3-2 but has just been broken back to 15

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But Naomi breaks again and now consolidates to lead 5-3

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First set Naomi 6-4 !!

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