A host of Brits are going to make their way to this 10k event. The highlight will hopefully be Laura Robson's professional debut, she is still on the alts list though.
In the main draw there, Anna Smith should be the top seed, Yasmin Clarke the 3rd seed, Emily Webley-Smith the 8th seed, and they are joined by Olivia Scarfi. Nicola Mooney and Lucy Warbuton could turn up in qualifying.
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$10K Limoges, France Hard Q1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) UNR v NAUMOVA, Anna (UKR) UNR Q1: MOONEY, Nicola (GBR) 4 980 v LAGEDAMONT, Caroline (FRA) WC UNR Q1: WARBURTON, Lucy (GBR) 6 998 v KUSHNEREVA, Julia (RUS) UNR
Woooooo, go Laura! She's more than capable of winning the next round too
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive.... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience
The other two Brits managed a couple of pretty deep lows to balance out Laura's convincing win:
FQR: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) UNR beat LIM, Alize (FRA) 2 961 by 2 & 0 FQR: MOONEY, Nicola (GBR) 4 980 lost to SORG, Marine (FRA) UNR by 2 & 0 FQR: WARBURTON, Lucy (GBR) 6 998 lost to SAVINYKH, Valeria (RUS) UNR by 3-6 6-3 6-3
L32: SMITH, Anna (GBR) 1 361 v HITIMANA, Caroline (FRA) Q 1053 L32: SCARFI, Olivia (GBR) 870 v CAZEAUX, Amandine (FRA) Q 965 - winner to play winner of previous match L32: CLARKE, Yasmin (GBR) 4 636 v DOUCHET, Sylvie (FRA) WC UNR L32: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 8 687 v SAVINYKH, Valeria (RUS) Q UNR - in same Q as Yasmin, same half as Anna L32: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) UNR v BALDUCCI, Alica (ITA) 875 - winner likely to play no. 2 seed in R2
Pretty good R1 draws all round then!
-- Edited by steven at 18:18, 2008-09-14
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