Anne Keothavong just missed out on the opportunity to play in Beijing during the Olympics, but is in the Chinese capital for a strong Tier 2 event. She will have to play qualifying as in Tokyo, but at least will be spared the prospect of a rematch with Katarina Srebotnik in qualifying, who has waltzed into the quarters in Tokyo, after defeating Anne.
The qualifying draw comes out around lunchtime on Friday.
Srebotnik is in the semis now so not a bad loss from Anne lol.
(1) WOZNIAK, Aleksandra CAN v LU, Jingjing CHN HAN, Xinyun CHN v HWANG, I-Hsuan TPE (WC) JI, Chunmei CHN v SAVCHUK, Olga UKR COHEN, Audra USA v (6) KEOTHAVONG, Anne GBR
Again in the same section as the no.1 seed. :o Hope she can get past the first 2 matches and then lets see what happens. Wozniak definatly is beatable - she has been patchy since winning Stanford.
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Anne Keothavong - Heather Watson - Naomi Cavaday - Laura Robson - Elena Baltacha - Everyone else!
Anne is 4th match, after Wozniak v Lu. probably around 8.30am. Her opening match should be comfortable but Savchuk beat Anne earlier this year in the Gold Coast