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DavidC


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Katie O'Brien begins a series of European clay court tournaments in Sicily, whilst Anna Smith  is in qualifying.  Anna  has avoided a seed in the first round, and her section is:

(2) FEDAK, Yuliana UKR v HAN, Xinyun CHN
FERREIRA, Catarina POR v SHAMAYKO, Marina RUS
SCHAEFER, Anne Priska GER v SMITH, Anna GBR
COMPOSTIZODE ANDRES, Eloisa ESP v (8) ZEC PESKIRIC, Masa SLO

the order of play tomorrow is:

Court 4
Starting at 3.00 p.m local time
Carolin KOTTUTZ (GER)vs Anja POGLAJEN (SLO)
followed by.
Anne Priska SCHAEFER (GER)vs Anna SMITH (GBR)


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I've just checked Schaefer's record, and in the last year she has lost all 11 matches she has played amassing a measly 11 games!

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why is Anna S playing on clay and not on the Felixstowe grass ??? confused.gifconfused.gif

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why knows?

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forgot to add, Annas scheduling has always been bizare

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I guess it is part of a strategy to develop Anna's game on clay, which will be more beneficial in the long-term. She played in Sweden last week and goes on to a 25K in Belgium next week, then a 75K in Luxemburg (all on clay) - and I imagine joining with Katie in Palermo will give her the chance to get some coaching from Jens Gerlach and possibly play Tour doubles.

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Maybe. But loosing to a player ranked in the 800's can't have done her much good.

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No, but she's on track today - 60 60 apparently

In the main draw:

(1)Flavia Pennetta (ITA) v Sandra Kloesel (GER)
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) v Katie O`Brien (GBR)

Dominguez Lino lost to Anne in the final in Jounieh, and has had a strong tournament this week, reaching the semis of a 100K event.

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Good to see Anna giving this a go and a nice win.

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All the seeds are out in Anna's section, so she plays Compostizo de Andres. However she is ranked 299 and is a clay court specialist who won a match in a Tier 4 main draw recently, so Anna will not be favourite to win.

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According to WTA world, Anna lost 2 & 2

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In the doubles main draw

Chakhnashvili/O`Brien (GEO/GBR) v Han/Xu (CHN)

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Katie plays both singles and doubles tomorrow, but it is not worth looking for live scores - this tournament is one of the worst on the WTA Tour for providing information (and that's saying something!)

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Katie lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-0

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cry.gif

They don't have Livescores at a Tour event? omg.gif

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