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Anne and Katie should be in the draw, made later today, for qualifying for this prestigious $2.1M tournament in the Californian desert. The qualifying draw is 48 player, with 2 rounds scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. Last year Anne reached final qualifying and both are aiming to become the first British woman to reach a Tier 1 Main Draw since 1999. 

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Qualies draw
http://www.pacificlifeopen.com/4/assets/common/TrackIt.asp?file=/4/assets/pdfs/draws/08WTA_QS1.pdf

Katie vs sfar is first on court 4
Anne vs bremond last on court 5

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KATIE WON THE FIRST SET 6-3!! 3-2 DOWN IN THE SECOND

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Make that 4-2 :(

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Now 4-4 - just over half the games in the match have been breaks of serve. (this doesn't seem at all out of the ordinary for a Katie match!)

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Scoreboard goes on strike, all matches.

Then finally, tiebreak time ...

1-0 Katie m/b biggrin
2-0 Katie hold
2-1 Katie double fault bleh
3-1 Katie restores the m/b biggrin
3-2 Katie - Sfar hold
4-2 Katie hold
5-2 Katie hold (two on the trot! smile)
5-3 Katie - Sfar hold
5-4 Katie - Safr hold (also two on the trot! cry)
5-5 Sfar breaks back, right on cue bleh (Katie just a bit too close to winning)
6-5 but Katie holds on to get a match point smile
6-6 Sfar holds
7-6 Katie breaks again biggrin match point no. 2
8-6 Katie wins biggrin

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QR1: (q15) Katie O'Brien WR 124 beat Selima Sfar (TUN) WR 167 by 6-3 7-6(6) smile.gif

That's 10 points and she plays (q3) Cetkovska or Zahlavova Strycova (both Czechs, currently 1 set all) for a place i nthe main draw.

-- Edited by steven at 19:52, 2008-03-10

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Well done to Katie! clap.gif

BRemond can blow nhot and cold. Lets hope Anne can take advantage!

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Good win. And 10 very handy ranking points. Qualies at tier 1/gs are very rewarding.

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clap.gif go Katie!!

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Well done Katie. A really encouraging win. Keep battling.

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The 3rd seed in Katie's section, Cetkovska, has been knocked out by Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

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Which would normally gift Katie a golden chance, except Zahlavova won a 25K event recently... so... er... best of luck Katie!

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Pleased that Katie took this opportunity - her third consecutive favourable draw (Sfar has not won a set all year) but Barbora ZS is in good form, as Silver says, and will be tougher.

Bremond looked very good a year ago when she was top 40, but has hardly won a match recently so should be low in confidence. The match before Anne's has just started the second set.

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Keeping an eye on Anne's score while having a laugh watching Fed trying to find a way to tank hard enough against Pete in the 2nd set to let him actually win it and keep the crowd happy smile.gif

Anne's serve was far more under pressure early on, but she got the first break for 4-3.

Got broken back straight away, natch ...

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