25K Mount Gambier

Sheddie · administrator

25K Mount Gambier

john · Top national player

Naomi has made the main draw. Does that make Karen Paterson top seed in qualifying now?

Michael · Pro player

Nope Goegire Stoop is.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Karen must have made the main draw then!

Michael · Pro player

No Georgie has a higher ranking than Karen ceuase of her recent fine form.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

ah ha!

Anyone found the draws yet?

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

i emailed the tournament office, though have to wait tomorrow for reply! qualies start early sunday (sunday morning AUS), so the main draw probably be done either sunday or monday since main draw action wont start till tuesday.

Sheddie · administrator

Great news about Naomi

Qualifying results:

Rd1:

Georgie is top seed for qualies, Karen is 2nd seed and Natasha is 5th seed. All got byes through rd1.

Emily Webley-Smith is the 10th seed, she beat America's Jodi Kenoyer [wr:1155] 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

Lucy Fletcher lost 7-6[5], 6-3 to New Zealand 9th seed Shona Lee who's ranked around 350 places higher at 654]

Claire Ricketts is seeded 12th, she beat Aussie Sonia Viskovitch [wr:1439] 6-1, 6-1

-- Edited by ultimateshedman at 00:07, 2006-11-06

Sheddie · administrator

Qualifying rd2:

Georgie Stoop double-bagelled unranked Aussie Renee Binnie

Unfortunately Karen Paterson suffered a shock defeat to Aussie Jenny Swift [wr:1235], retiring at 5-7, 1-3 down.

Emily Webley-Smith beat Austrian Andrea Hofinger [wr:959] 6-3, 6-3

Natasha Khan beat unranked Aussie Ashleigh Richardson 6-3, 7-6[1]

Claire Ricketts made it 4 players in the final qualies round with a 6-2, 6-7[3], 6-1 win over Aussie Benita Milenkiewicz [wr:1296]

Sheddie · administrator

Final qualies round:

Georgie plays Aussie 15th seed Alenka Hubacek [wr: 906] . Hubacek is just 15 but has already reached a 10K semi and quarter-final.

Emily plays Aussie 4th seed Daniella Dominikovic [wr: 495]. Her 2006 has been blighted by injury but she's recently won a 10K and last week made a 25K quarter-final in Melbourne.

Natasha plays Lucy's conqueror Shona Lee

Claire plays unranked Aussie Emily Haylock who knocked out the 8th seed in 3 sets in rd2.

Sheddie · administrator

Great news from the final qualifying round

Georgie had a comfortable win over Alenka Hubacek; 6-4, 6-2

Emily overturned a rankings difference of 211 places to beat 4th seed Dominikovic 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

Natasha had a great win over 9th seed Shona Lee, winning 6-2, 6-3

Unfortunately Claire couldn't make it 4 British qualifiers she lost 6-3, 6-1 to Emily Haylock

Sheddie · administrator

Main draw:

Jane O'Donoghue v Gaelle Widmer [Sui][8] [wr:273]

Natasha Khan v Shannon Golds [Aus][WC] [wr:644]

Rebecca Llewellyn v Raquel Kops-Jones [RSA][7] [wr:262]

Georgie Stoop v Claire De Gubenatis [Fra][q] [wr:428]

Naomi Cavaday v Emily Webley-Smith

Melanie South v Violette Huck [Fra] [wr:365]

Tricky match for Jane, Widmer has also come straight from Europe so they'll be on an even playing field in terms of preparation and adjusting to the conditions. Widmer had some great results earlier in the year but she's only reached 1 quarter-final since July.

Decent rd1 draw for Natasha but Golds is a lot better than her ranking. In Melbourne last week for a 25K, she beat someone ranked 289 in straight sets in rd1. She won a 10K title in September.

Very tricky draw for Rebecca. Kops-Jones won a round at the 50K in Bejing last week. Since August she's won a 25K, made a semi in Bronx [beating Keothavong in straights] and reached the quarters of a 25K in Melbourne.

Georgie aims to make the top 300 by the end of the year and to do so she needs tro make the quarters each week. She's got a great chance of winning a round her, playing another qualifier.

Naomi beat Emily 6-3, 6-2 in Glasgow a few weeks ago, I wonder if Emily's extra match practise will give her the edge this time.

Sheddie · administrator

Information and quotes after the 2nd qualifying round matches; on the LTA site:
http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061105Oz.htm?BSMGuid=bf242b45-1df3-4a95-92d7-42a90412b79e

Unfortunately Karen sustained a hip injury early in her match, she thought she could play through it but it became too bad and made her movement very restricted.

All the players said that the conditions were tough but they ground out wins in their matches. Coach Lucie Ahl said “The girls all prepared very well for their matches today,” she said.

“Since arriving here they’ve dealt with the jet-lag and conditions and worked hard on the court and in training, so it was no surprise that they got the results today.

“If they continue with this attitude and work ethic they all will have a great three weeks.”

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Doubles Main Draw

Khan/Violetta Huck (FRA) vs Llewellyn/O Donoghue

Stoop/Webley-Smith (785) vs Benad/Kovacevic (AUS) (WC) (1794)

Cavaday/South (728) vs Lynch/Starr (AUS) (unr)

johnnylad · Tennis legend

3/6 through qualifying is a pretty good show, especially with Karen's withdrawal.

Most of those first round matches are encouragingly winnable!