Week 41 - WTA ($220K) - Osaka, Japan Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 41 - WTA ($220K) - Osaka, Japan Hard

philwrig · Hall of fame

Probably on at about 3.30a.m in the morning.
Hopefully Laura has fully recovered from sore throat etc., and can perform at her best.
If she can she has a very good chance of qualifying.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Just taken a look at the weather forecast which predicts 100% chance of rain for all daylight hours tomorrow, not clearing up until Sunday midday, so will depend on whether they have a roof, or have indoor facilities to guarantee completion.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

If she's fit, Laura has a good chance here. It's feasible (but very unlikely) that she could qualify here without playing anyone from the top 500!

The section is:

2 CASTANO, Catalina (COL) 177 vs ONISHI, Kaori (JPN) 671
HISAMATSU, Shiho (JPN) 426 vs LUZHANSKA, Tetiana (UKR) 297
OKADAUE, Chiaki (JPN) 267 vs ITO, Kazusa (JPN) 629
5 ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 5 212 v TAKAHATA, Kotomi (JPN) WC 569

-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 8th of October 2010 07:19:08 PM

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Has anyone managed to locate a link for livescores for this tournie ?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

As it is a WTA tournament, they should be available on the WTA site.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Madeline wrote:

As it is a WTA tournament, they should be available on the WTA site.

Yes, but it is not showing, yet.

steven · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:

Madeline wrote:

As it is a WTA tournament, they should be available on the WTA site.
Yes, but it is not showing, yet.

http://www.protennislive.com/frameset.asp?year=2010&wkno=41&lang=en&tabno=3&eventid=M020

(for future reference, if it's a main tour event then if you click the ATP or WTA live scores link for the relevant week's GB top 25 table, it'll be on the dropdown list - or equivalently, use the live scores link for one of the current week's tournaments on the ATP or WTA site and change the week number)

Peter too · Tennis legend

Matches should start about 2am UK, so about 3.30am for Laura.

http://www.protennislive.com/frameset.asp?year=2010&wkno=41=en&tabno=3&eventid=0405&ref=www.sonyericssonwtatour.com

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Thanks. Raining in Osaka so no play yet.

philwrig · Hall of fame

OOP out for tomorrow, showing Laura as fourth on. Good for us as it means she will be playing at a more respectable hour, bad for her as it means she will be hanging around for a long time with the weather forecast better , but still not great for tomorrow. Probably will have to play two matches on Monday to catch up, assuming of course she wins.

http://www.hp-open.jp/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Sun-10-Oct.pdf

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Laura's match starting at approx 6.15 am - bit more civilized than of late - for us anyway !

Julia Carrot · All-time great

I see Laura's opponent beat one Pliskova sister this year but lost to the other (sound familiar?)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

0-1* Laura broken in 1st game

Julia Carrot · All-time great

*1-1 breaks back