A strong 25K field with cut just inside 200, should feature Georgie Stoop in the main draw. Emily Webley-Smith was a late withdrawal from qualifying because of injury, but 4 other Brits made the 48 strong draw. If Jade wins her first match she runs up against last year's US Junior Open finalist, whilst Anna faces a former Wimbledon semi-finalist
Qualifying Sections
(2)Chin-Wei Chan TPE vs. Bye Mandy Minella LUX vs. Chanelle van Nguyen USA Maria Irigoyen ARG vs. Jade Curtis GBR (11)Gabriela Paz VEN vs. Bye
(4)Irina-Camelia Begu ROU vs. Bye Mirjana Lucic CRO vs. Anna Smith GBR Yi Chen TPE vs. Alexandra Leatu USA (12)Megan Moulton-Levy USA vs. Bye
(5)Sunitha Rao IND vs. Bye Natalia Ryzhonkova RUS vs. Chloe Jones USA Naomi Broady GBR vs. Claire E. Gray USA (15)Heidi El Tabakh CAN vs. Katerina Kramperova CZE
(7)Polona Hercog SLO vs. Bye Grace Min USA vs. Tara Moore GBR Chieh-Yu Hsu USA vs. Jennifer Elie USA (16)Veronica Spiegel ARG vs. Lauren Herring USA
QR1: Jade Curtis WR 506 lost to Maria Irigoyen (ARG) WR 409 by 4 & 3 QR1: Anna Smith WR 391 lost to Mirjana Lucic (CRO) WR 415 by 2 & 3 QR1: Naomi Broady WR 410 beat Claire E Gray (USA) UNR by 1 & 2 QR1: Tara Moore WR 644 beat Grace Min (USA( WR 836 by 6-2 4-6 6-0
QR2: Naomi Broady WR 410 v (q15) Heidi el Tabakh (CAN) WR 321 QR2: Tara Moore WR 644 v (q7) Polona Hercog (SLO) WR 233
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L16: Georgie Stoop WR 192 v (7) Jessica Moore (AUS) WR 142
Moore has a W 2 L 7 record so far this year, her only wins coming against a lower-ranked fellow WC at the AO (9-7 in the 3rd) and against a lucky loser in R1 here. Three of the lsses have been thrashings by top 100 players, but she has lost to players ranked well below Georgie too. She has a 9-2 record against Brits, both losses coming aginst Amanda Elliott.
Half of Moore's ranking points come from being drawn against and beating WCs ranked outside the top 200 in the USO and the AO (even Chris Eaton's not that lucky! ), so her top 150 ranking doesn't have a very solid base and Georgie should be going into this match as the favourite.
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