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All very winnable ties for the Brits in the singles except for Yasmin, if she beats Vinci I will drive all the way to Barnstaple to shake her hand. Katie v Amanda is a tough one to call, but I imagine Katie will be low on confidence and Amanda will be the opposite. Anne and Bally both should win, as should Anna if she plays anywhere near as well as she did in the first set and a half against Ani in Shrewsbury. With Laura you never really know I suppose because she is so young she will be inconsistent. It will be hard for Tash to beat Boffa, and she has done well to get this far.

PS If the organiser want to actually attract people to the tournament it might be good for them to post an OOP on their website...

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Is it me or is this strong field for a 50k event?

4 inside the top 100 and another 3 inside the top 150. with the 8th seed being 159.

I'm not expecting much from Laura this week. Hoping to be surprised but if the draw goes to ranking then it's pretty tough.

All good experience though. One would assume this maybe Laura's last event of the season?

I read somewhere she is keen to play AO juniors which is good for me as i should get to see her play.

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You will be at the AO, gjr? Oh good - reports on Brit matches, please!

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gjr wrote:

All good experience though. One would assume this maybe Laura's last event of the season?


Your assumption forgets the fact there are some Octagon tournaments left this year. wink



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Madeline wrote:

You will be at the AO, gjr? Oh good - reports on Brit matches, please!



First wave of tickets go on sale on Thursday. I'm undecided about how far to go because the prices have gone up by a good margin from last year.



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jamatthews wrote:

gjr wrote:

All good experience though. One would assume this maybe Laura's last event of the season?


Your assumption forgets the fact there are some Octagon tournaments left this year. wink



So you think Luxembourg Tier III is likely? (Salmon mentioned it as a possibility a couple of months ago)

Personally I don't quite get why they are so defensive about her. If you win junior Wimbledon at 14 then you are going to get a lot of hype so just get used to it. If they wanted to avoid the hype then she shouldn't have entered junior Wimbledon.



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http://www.fortis-championships.lu/players_main_en.php wink




-- Edited by Drew at 13:36, 2008-10-07

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jamatthews wrote:

http://www.fortis-championships.lu/players_main_en.php wink




-- Edited by Drew at 13:36, 2008-10-07


Wow now that is a surprise....she will be among some very illustrious company !!

 



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If she thinks she can keep that sort of company, playing the seventh seed here should be a walk in the park.

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Something to cheer at last: Natasha Khan won her final qualifying match 6-1 4-6 6-4 biggrin and plays Brianti in the main draw.

-- Edited by The Hoose at 16:42, 2008-10-07

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Unfortunately, Yasmin Clarke's gone down 6-1 6-4 to the fourth seed in rd 1 - but at least Wolf won't be destroying the environment this week.

British round 1 interest:

R1: CLARKE, Yasmin (GBR) WC 626 lost to VINCI, Roberta (ITA) 4 97 1-6 4-6 cry

R1: KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR) WC 1 82 v SCHEEPERS, Chanelle (RSA) 162
R1: VICKERS, Samantha (GBR) WC UNR v PERKOVIC, Korina (GER) 528
R1: OBRIEN, Katie (GBR) 6 138 v ELLIOTT, Amanda (GBR) 315
R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) WC UNR v KERBER, Angelique (GER) 7 141
R1: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) 5 124 v KLAFFNER, Melanie (AUT) 258
R1: SMITH, Anna (GBR) 371 v UNGUR, Liana-Gabriela (ROU) 233
R1: KHAN, Natasha (GBR) Q 675 v BRIANTI, Alberta (ITA) 175

-- Edited by The Hoose at 16:51, 2008-10-07

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R1
ANDERSON (RSA) / LAINE (FIN) (3) defeated PARISH (GBR) / PROESE (GER) 6-4 6-3
MAROSI (HUN) / TAVARES (BRA) defeated O'BRIEN (GBR) / ROBSON (GBR) 6-4 4-6 [10-8]

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good win there for Natasha...can't complain about beating someone 300 places higher

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From TF (don't know what their source is, maybe they called):

O'Brien def Elliott 6-1 6-2

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Khan lost to Brianti 6-4 6-2. (The LTA site seems to be the first to provide updates.)

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