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Mel South, Rebecca Llewellyn and Jane O'Donaghue are in the main draw. Amanda Keen should get a SE aswell.



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Qualies rd1:

Anna Smith bt Violette Huck [Fr][5] 6-3, 6-2

Fantastic win for Anna in 1 hr 17min over the 18 year old French girl who's ranked several hundred places higher at 382, and it was indoors too.

Anna's stats for the match:

0 Aces, 3 Double Faults
53% 1st serve %
21/26 Points won on 1st serve
14/23 Points won on 2nd serve
26/56 Return points won
Break points saved 1/1
Break points converted 4/7

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In rd2 tomorrow [the final qualies round] Anna faces Adriana Serra Zanetti who beat the 13th seed 6-4, 7-5. Adriana reached a high of 38 in the world in 2002 but due to injury she's now dropped to 1187. She's now 30. Incidentally she's double-handed off both sides.

She returned to action in August but has lost 4 out of her 5 matches.

She is incredibly consistent at her best, Baltacha played her once and after losing in 3 sets described her opponent as a "bloody pain in the arse"

-- Edited by UltimateBoggoFan at 16:33, 2006-09-30

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UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

In rd2 tomorrow [the final qualies round] Anna faces Adriana Serra Zanetti who beat the 13th seed 6-4, 7-5. Adriana reached a high of 38 in the world in 2002 but due to injury she's now dropped to 1187. She's now 30. Incidentally she's double-handed off both sides.

She returned to action in August but has lost 4 out of her 5 matches.

She is incredibly consistent at her best, Baltacha played her once and after losing in 3 sets described her opponent as a "bloody pain in the arse"

-- Edited by UltimateBoggoFan at 16:33, 2006-09-30


When did Bally play Adriana? I know she played Antonella last year in Orange, but WTA doesn't list any meetings between Bally and Adriana.



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Ah, I've got mixed up between the Serra Zanettis !

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Main draw:

(1) Renata Voracova CZE v WC Stephanie Vongsouth FRA
Qualifier v Ana Timotic SCG
WC Estelle Guisard FRA v Iryna Kuryanovich BLR
Qualifier v (5) Selima Sfar TUN

(4) Virginie Pichet FRA v Ekaterina Makarova RUS
WC Julie Herve FRA v SE Amanda Keen GBR
Qualifier v Qualifier
Qualifier v (8) Eva Hrdinova CZE

(7) Giulia Gabba ITA v Lina Stanciute LIT
Jane O'Donoghue GBR v Qualifier
Gaelle Widmer SUI v Florence Haring FRA
Qualifier v (3) Melanie South GBR

(6) Ana Vrljic CRO v Meilyne Andrieux FRA
Aurelie Vedy v Qualifier
Julie Coin FRA v WC Anne-Laure Heitz FRA
Rebecca Llewellyn GBR v (2) Petra Cetkoyska CZE

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Mel and Jane both have qualifiers so they should win but it may prove a little difficult as qualifiers have already won 2 matches on the surface. Mel could do with a couple of wins her to get back in form, however if she gets through to rd2, she could face the on-form Florence Haring which would be tough.

Amanda has a fairly easy draw, her 16 year old opponent is unranked in both seniors and juniors and has lost all 4 of the matches she's played on the senior tour.

Rebecca has by far and away the most difficult draw

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Anna Smith def Adriana Serra Zanetti 0-6 7-6(8) 6-1 saving a match point.

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Hope she doesn't draw Mel or Jane



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Quite a comeback there!


Fingers crossed for avoiding Mel and Jane...



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Superb comeback from Anna

Her match stats:

2 Aces, 2 Double Faults
81% 1st serve %
39/68 Points won on 1st serve
5/16 Points won on 2nd serve
39/82 Return points won
Break points saved 6/12
Break points converted 6/9
Match points saved 1/1




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Unfortunately Anna plays Jane in rd1

Jane is ranked much higher but on this form my money's on Anna to win in 3

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Anna d. Jane 64 46 64

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Another great result for Anna


Unfortunately I tyhink Jane is our female version ofArvind Parmar. Going nowhere fast.



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Anna Smith faces 7th seed Giulia Gabba of italy in R2. Ranked 219 its the sort of opponent Anna is aspiring to become in the next 6 months. Lets hope she can grind out another win!

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