This is Georgie Stoop's final event in the US for the time being, and it will be hard for her after Troy, in combination with all the matches she has played in the last 3 weeks. Georgie should be in the main draw, while doubles specialist Margot Carter is in qualifying:
Lindsay LEE-WATERS (USA) (1) BYE Margot CARTER (GBR) Vs Mami INOUE (USA) Angelina GABUEVA (RUS) Vs Bo VERHULSDONK (NED) Sofia MELIKISHVILI (GEO) Vs Liga DEKMEIJERE (LAT) (8)
In the main draw it is Georgie v. Russian double-fault queen part 3 !
(6)Varvara Lepchenko (USA) v Alexandra Stevenson (USA) (wc)Shenay Perry (USA) v Abigail Spears (USA) Audra Cohen (USA) v Q/LL Georgie Stoop (GBR) v (3)Olga Puchkova (RUS)
Just looking at the tournament notes for this event at http://dps.usta.com/usta_master/usta/doc/content/doc_734_1356.pdf?10/4/2008%201:16:39%20PM, I notice that in 30+ USTA Pro Circuit events (i.e. ITFs) for women this year, no no. 1 seed has yet won an event this year (they are 0-6 in Finals) but 10 events have been won by qualifiers and 7 events have been won by (5 different) unranked players!
-- Edited by steven at 23:11, 2008-10-08
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