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DavidC


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The first of the season's 9 Grade A tournaments (including Grand Slams) is the weakest in terms of rankings, given the timing and location of the event. Heather Watson is the main British hope here, being seeded 5. The top seed is the player she beat in the Yucatan Cup final - world number 6 Ana Bogdan

Girls Singles R1

(WC) Berenice NEGRETE (MEX) Vs Nicola GEORGE (GBR)
(5) Heather WATSON (GBR)  Vs (LL) Koritza BENEDITT (HON)

-- Edited by DavidC at 13:43, 2008-12-29

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Nicola takes advantage of her kind draw to be the first Brit into the last 32. Heather and Alex play later today.

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Nicola GEORGE (GBR) d. (WC) Berenice NEGRETE (MEX) 6-1 6-1

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...and Heather follows suit:

R1

(5) Heather WATSON (GBR) d. (LL) Koritza BENEDITT (HON) 6-0 6-0

R2

Nicola George (GBR) v (12) Katerena Paliivets (CAN)
(5) Heather Watson GBR v Melissa Bolivar COL


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From what i have seen i like Heathers draw, nothing to be scared of. Big chance for some big points and a big move in the rankings.

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Mervatron wrote:

From what i have seen i like Heathers draw, nothing to be scared of. Big chance for some big points and a big move in the rankings.

Nothing to be scared of, but she will have strong opposition in the QF if she wins through today, as she will either play her doubles partner and number 2 seed Ajla Tomljanovic or an American (Nicole Gibbs) who reached the final of the Canadian G1.

R2

(12) Katerena Paliivets (CAN) d. Nicola George (GBR) 6-3 6-2
(5) Heather Watson GBR d. Melissa Bolivar COL 6-1 7-6(5)

R3

(5) Heather Watson GBR v (11) Paula Ormeachea (ARG)


 



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Keep going Heather

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....she does, and plays her doubles partner in the QF:

R3

(5) Heather Watson GBR d (11) Paula Ormeachea (ARG) 6-2 6-4

QF

(5) Heather Watson GBR v (2) Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO)

The pair are through to the doubles QF together (beating Nicola and partner in the previous round)

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Doubles R2 (L16)

TOMLJANOVIC (CRO) / WATSON (GBR) (1) d. DRAEGER (GER) / GEORGE (GBR) 6-3 6-0

Doubles QF

TOMLJANOVIC (CRO) / WATSON (GBR) (1) d. FOLCH (MEX) / GUZMAN (MEX) 7-6(5), 6-1

Doubles SF

TOMLJANOVIC (CRO) / WATSON (GBR) (1) v BURGER (NED) / LOOMANS (NED)

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End of the road in singles for Heather, but she will still move into the top 15 after this week:

QF

(2) Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. (5) Heather Watson GBR 6-3 7-5

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Just one match to go for Heather in her bid for a first Grade A title:

Doubles SF

TOMLJANOVIC (CRO) / WATSON (GBR) (1) d. BURGER (NED) / LOOMANS (NED) 6-4 6-3

Final

TOMLJANOVIC (CRO) / WATSON (GBR) (1) v BOGDAN (ROU) / EJDESGAARD (DEN) (5)



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Good stuff in the doubles, shame about the singles.

If my calculations are right Heather will be #13 if she wins the doubles final.

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Will this improve her AO seeding or has that been decided by the entry list?

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No it will affect her seeding.

But remember players who are top 300 in WTA are guranteed a seeding in junior slams. Don't know who that will affect.

I think Heather will be seeded, it's now a question of how high. I would like her to grab a top 8 seeding.

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Just one player on the initial acceptance list had a high enough ITF ranking to be pushed up into a high seeding - Ksenia Pervak.

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How does Grade A fit into the Grade 1-Grade 4 scale?

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