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Q1: Nicola SLATER (GBR) [q7] 787 vs. Bye

EWS should be MD here

Worth comparing this $25K to the current one in Rancho Santa Fe. Tara, Sam, Lisa & Mel would all be MD & seeded here. In America none were seeded. Mel had to qualify, and Lisa got MD because of a rush of last minute withdrawals.



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It's rare to find a grass court event with a relatively weak field - and Emily has gone halfway across the world to find one.

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Emily is indeed in Mildura:

"Grasscourt season in Feb??Don't mind if I do.Minor difference is that its 38 degrees, perfect :) http://yfrog.com/obip7pfj "

The pic at the link (grainy as it is) definitely made me smile



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Q2: SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 787 beat MLADIN, Deeon (AUS) UNR 6-2 6-1

Q3: SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 787 v COLLIE, Nicole (AUS) UNR

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7 hours since Peter posted this and nobody has suggested that Nicola's FQR opponent might prove to be a dogged competitor? Standards are slipping! (or should that be 'rising' )

The main draw is out too - Emily will play a qualifier in R1.

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steven wrote:

7 hours since Peter posted this and nobody has suggested that Nicola's FQR opponent might prove to be a dogged competitor? Standards are slipping! (or should that be 'rising' )

The main draw is out too - Emily will play a qualifier in R1.

 At least her previous opponent didn't manage to pull a genie out of the bottle.



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No score yet for Nik, but good news:

"Not the prettiest of wins and never easy against someone who plays same style and loves grass just as much. But into main draw. Good bonus"



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Glad she put the underdog in her place.

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Q3: SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 787 beat COLLIE, Nicole (AUS) UNR 6-2 2-6 6-3

R1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 9 460 v KEIR, Ashley (AUS) Q 904
R1: SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 783 Q v LU, Jing Jing (CHN) Q 908



-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 18th of February 2013 04:34:44 PM

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Well done Nik. Onwards and upwards

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Storm & Nic team up gor the third time in 4 weeks. Having beaten one of the top two seeds in both previous events, but having run out of steam, this week they get an easier looking route. Perhaps they can get a more tangible reward this week.

As noted previously, one of Em's opponents seems like a game Lassie.

R1: Storm SANDERS/Nicola SLATER (AUS/GBR) 940 vs. Tammi PATTERSON/Viktorija RAJICIC (AUS/AUS) 1056
R1: Bojana BOBUSIC/Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (AUS/GBR) [2] 514 vs. (Q) Nicole COLLIE/Leah DAW (AUS/GBR)

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The draw is available on the Tennis Australia site. http://www.tennis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/WMDS2.pdf

Nik has the Q v Q slot and faces Jing Jing Lu. EWS to play Ashley Keir.

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Looks a good draw for Nik. I really hope that she gets the win. All the best too to Emily.

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Peter too wrote:
steven wrote:

Lu is actually ranked (at WR 908 having dropped 131 places today) and was a top 200 player as recently as 2011 (a year in which she won a 25K and a 50K in China), that being the fourth year in a row she had finished in the top 250.

Funnily enough, Melanie South has played her twice in 25K Finals, beating her in China in 2006 then losing to her in Pune in 2008.

 

I tried for about 10 minutes to find Lu's ranking off the WTA's appaling system. With so many Lus and Lius and Jings and Jangs it's a nightmare. Sometimes it even comes back with pages and pages of names that don't even include a Jing or a Lu. frustrated.gifangered.gif

I've stopped trying with the WTA website and just put the names into google with tennis at the end.

Wikipedia does a fab job of producing the information!  Although I'm not sure the current ranking of 300 is right especially since Steven has her at 908 per the WTA rankings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_Jingjing



-- Edited by daisy on Monday 18th of February 2013 07:50:18 PM



-- Edited by daisy on Monday 18th of February 2013 07:53:18 PM

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Lu is actually ranked (at WR 908 having dropped 131 places today) and was a top 200 player as recently as 2011 (a year in which she won a 25K and a 50K in China), that being the fourth year in a row she had finished in the top 250.

Funnily enough, Melanie South has played her twice in 25K Finals, beating her in China in 2006 then losing to her in Pune in 2008.

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