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Week 20 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Lucy (seeded), Dasha, Jessica Simpson & Fran should be in the main draw. FQR: Antonia Smallbone UNR v (q2) Yekaterina Gubanova (KAZ) WR 1163 (= CH; top 250 junior earlier this year) FQR: Aimee Gibson UNR v (q5) Teodora Radosavljevic (SRB) WR 1212 (= CH; lost 1 & 1 to Katie today)
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Week 20 - ITF ($10K) - Sousse, Tunisia - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
Looks like Harriet and Jazzy are playing here this week. Quite a small field with only a handful of ranked players. It looks as if Harriet may be seeded. -- Edited by steven on Monday 12th of May 2014 09:26:08 PM
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Week 20 - ITF ($10K) - Bol, Croatia - Clay
(Preview)
Laura Deigman should be a DA here again. QR1: Elizabeth Thomas UNR v (q4) Stefanie Vorih (GER) WR 1167 (CH 1133 last Aug)
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steven
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Week 19 - ITF ($100K) - Cagnes-sur-Mer, France - Clay
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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(Preview)
L32: Heather Watson WR 122 v (LL) Giulia Gatto-Monticone (ITA) WR 215 (CH 214 last month) L32: Johanna Konta WR 111 v (WC) Myrtille Georges (FRA) WR 288 (CH 245 last May) -- Edited by steven on Monday 5th of May 2014 06:15:03 PM
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Week 19 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
The main draw is out but the new WTA rankings still aren't - possibly waiting for the Indian Harbour Beach doubles final that was held over until today. Anyway, Brits make up a quarter of the main draw! L32: Eden Silva WR 1129 v Ekaterina Tsiklauri (RUS) WR 1052 (CH 985 last Jun) L32: (7) Danielle Konotop...
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steven
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Week 19 - $50K Fukuoka, Japan Grass
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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(Preview)
Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 412 v TANAKA, Yuuki (JPN) 475 (CH=397 Jun 2013) Anna Smith was on the list of qualifiers but doesn't appear in the draw.Naomi, Sam, Tara and Jade are due to appear in the MD
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Peter too
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Week 20 - $10K Monzon, Spain Hard
(Preview)
Q1: MAGNER, Imogen (GBR) UNR v Bye
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Peter too
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Lisa Whybourn on the financial reality of being a tennis player & why so many players give up in their teens
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1 2
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(Preview)
Here are two interviews with Lisa that have appeared in our paper today where she talks about the financial hardship of being on tour and also how she was advised to give up tennis shortly before she broke on to the main tour. She touches on quite a number of issues in both articles, I hope they're of inter...
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embee
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Week 19 - ITF ($25K) - Tunis, Tunisia - Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
FQR: (q5) Amanda Carreras WR 392 v (q14) Anna Klasen (GER) WR 620 (CH 574 last Jul) or Yasmine ben Abdallah (TUN) UNR
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Week 19 - ITF ($10K) - Bol, Croatia - Clay
(Preview)
Q1: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) UNR v Bye Laura Deigman is on the list for the main draw -- Edited by steven on Friday 2nd of May 2014 06:00:12 PM
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Peter too
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Week 18 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
Katy, Katie, Dasha and Harriet should be in the main draw here and it looks like Fran has scraped in too. QR1: Aimee Gibson UNR v Sofia Sabljarevic (SRB) UNR FQR: Savannah Sills UNR v (q1/wc) Ola Abou Zekry (EGY) WR 951 (CH 949 last month) FQR: (q2) Eden Silva WR 1128 v Disha Satish Agarwal (IND) UNR FQR: Gi...
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steven
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Week 18 - ITF ($75K) - Gifu, Japan - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
Q1: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) 3 283 v YONEMURA, Akiko (JPN) 597 (CH=208 May 2008)Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 401 v MIYAMURA, Miki ((JPN) 6 310 (=CH)Q1: SMITH, Anna (GBR) 445 v HIGUCHI, Yuka (JPN) 491 (CH=396 Aug 2013) Edit: just to get the title into the usual format for ITFs, i.e. "ITF ($75K)"...
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Week 18 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
Eleanor Dean should be in the main draw again here. QR1: Mollie Crouch UNR v Luisa Ryskova (SVK) FQR: Crouch or Ryskova v (q1) Cristina Ene (ROU) WR 1194 (CH 825 in 2013)
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Week 18 - ITF ($25K) - Wiesbaden, Germany - Clay
(Preview)
L32: (6) Johanna Konta WR 111 v Viktorija Golubic (SUI) WR 170 (CH 156 last month)
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steven
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Week 17 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
L32: Eleanor Dean WR 922 v (Q) Anastasiya Prenko (TKM) UNR (CH 536 in 2010) Prenko has played Fed Cup for Turkmenistan the last couple of years but didn't play any ITF Pro Circuit matches between November 2012 and earlier this month.
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Week 17 - WTA Premier ($710K) - Stuttgart, Germany Clay
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
Q1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 8 117 v DANIILIDOU, Eleni (GRE) 290 (CH=14 2003)Edit: just to remove the 2nd "clay" -- Edited by steven on Friday 18th of April 2014 10:11:37 PM
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Peter too
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Week 16 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5
)
(Preview)
Katy should be seeded in the main draw, while Dasha and Sabrina have made it in too. FQR: Dominique Covington UNR v Ralina Kalimullina (RUS) UNR (world junior no. 405)
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steven
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Week 17 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
)
(Preview)
Q1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 1 1126 v Bye Eden's next opponent will be unranked, either Katarina Pavlovic (SRB) or Rio Kitagawa (JPN), Rio has a CH of 1103 in 2012. Sabrina Bamburac is also on the list but doesn't appear in the Q draw. In the main draw should be Katy Dunne Katie BoulterDanielle Konotoptsev...
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Peter too
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Week 17 - ITF ($25K) - Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
R1: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 5 242 v Qualifier R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 3 218 v GAMIZ, Andrea (VEN) 314 (CH=259 Jul 2013)
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Week 17 - ITF ($50K) - Seoul, Korea - Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Samantha Murray should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q1) Jade Windley WR 282 v Susanne Celik (SWE) WR 447 (CH 444 in Mar) QR1: Anna Smith WR 449 v (wc) Song Ah (KOR) UNR (CH 1130 a year ago)
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Week 17 - ITF ($25K) - Nán·níng, China - Hard
(Preview)
L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 401 v (6) Nao Hibino (JPN) WR 269 (CH 266 in Feb)
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steven
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Week 17 - ITF ($50k) - Charlottesville, USA - Clay
(Preview)
R1: Julia Cohen (USA) & Nicola Slater v (2) Asia Muhammad & Taylor Townsend (USA/USA)
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Week 16 - WTA International ($250,000) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q8) Samantha Murray WR 231 v Rika Fujiwara (JPN) WR 342 (CH 84 in 2005) Fujiwara is on a 5-match losing streak, all in 25Ks and 50Ks. The winner will play top Q seed Eri Hozumi (JPN) WR 167 (CH 165 in Mar) or Chan Chin-Wei (TPE) WR 325 (CH 152 in 2006) in the FQR. Edited to correct typo in title -- Edited b...
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steven
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Laura Robson to miss the French Open and Wimbledon
(Preview)
From her Facebook: I wanted to inform my lovely supporters that I have decided to have minor wrist surgery at the Mayo clinic with one of the best wrist doctors in the world, Dr. Richard Berger. Dr. Berger is very confident that I will be able to return to the tennis court pain free before you even have ti...
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Jaffa
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Week 16 - ITF ($25K) - Karshi, Uzbekistan - Hard
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1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
L32: (5) Naomi Broady WR 217 v Chantal Skamlova (SVK) WR 419 (CH 397 in Nov) L32: (7) Tara Moore WR 243 v (WC) Arina Folts (UZB) WR 917 (CH 913 in Mar; 17yo world junior no. 238) Edit: change in the draw - see posts below -- Edited by steven on Sunday 13th of April 2014 07:43:43 PM
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