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Week 25 - 's-Hertogenbosch (Tier III) 2008.


Keothavong has a Feed Up into this, thanks to the tourney she won in Lebanon. It's nice of her to accept it as this frees up a wild card at Eastbourne.

Initial Entry list -

1 CHAKVETADZE Anna RUS 7
2 DEMENTIEVA Elena RUS 9
3 HANTUCHOVA Daniela SVK 10
4 SAFINA Dinara RUS 17
5 SCHIAVONE Francesca ITA 20
6 BONDARENKO Alona UKR 25
7 KIRILENKO Maria RUS 27
8 PENNETTA Flavia ITA 29
9 SREBOTNIK Katarina SLO 30
10 CIBULKOVA Dominika SVK 31 1
11 MIRZA Sania IND 33
12 CORNET Alize FRA 34
13 SUGIYAMA Ai JPN 36
14 SAFAROVA Lucie CZE 42
15 KRAJICEK Michaella NED 43
16 VESNINA Elena RUS 44
17 PARMENTIER Pauline FRA 49 2
18 BONDARENKO Kateryna UKR 50
19 ZAKOPALOVA Klara CZE 51
20 KORYTTSEVA Mariya UKR 57 2
21 ERRANI Sara ITA 58 2
22 WC
23 WC
24 WC Gold/Silver Exempt
25 Feed Up - Anne Keothavong
26 Feed Up - Alexis Gordon
27 Q
28 Q
29 Q
30 Q

Alternates -

1 ARVIDSSON Sofia SWE 60 1
MDO 2 SHAUGHNESSY Meghann USA 61 2
3 HARKLEROAD Ashley USA 62
MDO 4 KLEYBANOVA Alisa RUS 64 2
MDO 5 AMANMURADOVA Akgul UZB 65 2
MDO 6 CRAYBAS Jill USA 66 2
7 PIN Camille FRA 67
MDO 8 PIRONKOVA Tsvetana BUL 69 2
9 RODIONOVA Anastasia RUS 70 1
MDO 10 BACSINSZKY Timea SUI 71 2


Not that any of them are likely to turn up, but Katie is 19 places off the qualies draw, Mel 41 places, Tara Moore 175 and Janbaksh 184.

-- Edited by Madeline at 19:57, 2008-06-08

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RE: Week 24 - 's-Hertogenbosch (Tier III) 2008.


It's also smart for Anne as her record at Eastbourne is poor. The event is Week 25 not 24 though!

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RE: Week 25 - 's-Hertogenbosch (Tier III) 2008.


Sorry for that - wasn't thinking. Thanks for the edit, Madeline!



Does anyone know about Anne's plans regarding the Olympics? Will she take the WC if she is offered one? They gave an Aussie a WC last year, so it's not impossible that she will get one if she does well in the next few weeks!

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The main draw is out and Anne has a plum, against a player who has not won a match on grass at WTA level (there should also be good memories as she beat Errani en route to the semis in Kolkata).

Elena Dementieva [RUS,1] - Bye
Sara Errani [ITA] - Anne Keothavong [GBR]
Mariya Koryttseva [UKR] - Arantxa Rus [NED, WC]
Sorana Cirstea [ROU] - Maria Kirilenko [RUS,6]

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Instant karma at its best, eh?

Anne doesn't play Eastbourne, a selfless action that's rare in tennis, a sport where people normally care abut nothing but money (and that's okay). I think she deserves the good draw here for freeing up the WC. smile.gif

Good luck and hopefully she'll make the most of it.

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It's true, I really applaud her decision. It shows that she really cares about british tennis. I mean Andy can droan on about how lazy the other players are but what has he ever done for them? A lot of them just can't afford to go the route that he took. So yeah, hopefully she can do well. Will be nice to see her test herself against Dementieva. And considering it will be Elena's first match on grass, she could to well.

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Italians tend to play quite well on grass though - Vinci, Schiavone etc...

Hopefully Anne can pull of a win in R1 but I think Dementedeva will be WAY too strong.

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Schiavone, good on grass. Are you having a laugh?

I think its a great oppertuinity for Anne. A chance to get some bigger points here and with a good wimbledon draw who knows.

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Have to agree, hope Anne wins to keep her good form going but realy can't see her getting past Dementieva in Rd 2 with all her experience. Maybe sneak a set but that's all.

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Sorry, I menat Pennetta but on a second look she has tailed off a little on grass more recently. smile.gif

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Anne plays first up tomorrow (10am BST) on Court 3 and plays doubles with Sofia Arvidsson later in the day


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Anne breaks in the first game - and then gets broken! It's 1-1

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She was 0% on the first serve for 8 points. What a great start. :o

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She got broken to 0 but came right back 2-3. Please pick it up on the serve, Anne.

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Anne to serve at 2-3 down, both players have broken twice, which is weird. All sorts of weird things are happening there, though - like Granollers-Pujol leading a set 4-0 on grass.

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