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embee · embee

Here's a piece on the benefits of US college tennis I did for the Cambridge News which (hopefully) might be of interest. The Watts sisters went through Sarah Borwell's Tennis Smart organisation - the players in the second piece found their own way through the system but also offered some interesting...

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 3 461 v Bye

steven · steven

Just 22 players here, so 10 R1 byes in the main draw! L16: (7) Laura Deigman WR 873 v Angeliki Kairi (GRE) WR 1133 (CH 1090 in May) If they don't get the point for reaching R2 if they go out in R2 having not played in R1, having a bye could be a disadvantage, but I'll check that out if it turns out to be relevant. H...

Peter too · Peter too

R1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 346 v WACHACZYK, Julia (GER) Q 742 (CH=703 Aug 2013, 19 years old) -- Edited by Peter too on Monday 9th of September 2013 05:00:30 PM

Shhh · Shhh

Nic Slater is in the draw here with Maria Sanchez, not on Mondays oop.

Peter too · Peter too

R1: SIMPSON, Jessica (GBR) 944 v Qualifier

steven · steven

L128: (30) Laura Robson WR 32 v Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) WR 52 (CH 40 in 2006) H2H 0-2, both close - LDL won 5 & 3 in Beijing last year and in 3 sets on clay in Katowice this year. The winner gets Garcia or Rogers, with 5th seed Li Na the other seed in the section. L128: Heather Watson WR 76 v (21) Simona H...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

That 'strong' woman from Brazil looks like causing us problems again: R1: Anna Smith (GBR) 709 v Carla Forte (BRA) (4) 539 Mel South (GBR) 669 v Melissa Sehovic (BIH) (LL) age 15 WR 1114 - if Mel wins this match, she plays Carla (above) Jessica Simpson (GBR) 937 v Diana Bogoliy (UKR) 1044 (CH 886)

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: HARVEY, Helen (GBR) UNR v HERRERO LINANA, Alicia (ESP) UNRQ1: MACPHERSON, Hayley (GBR) UNR v TORTSIKAVA, Kerstin (BLR) UNRQ1: SYME, Natalie (GBR) v TEHRANI, Tina (USA) Q1: MAGNER, Imogen (GBR) UNR v TRINGA, Julie (FRA) UNR

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 3 461 v CHALAGANIDZE, Tamari (GEO) UNR

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) WC 2 876 v Bye

Peter too · Peter too

R1: BEES, Hollie (GBR) 1184 v PISKUN, Oleksandra (UKR) 1086

steven · steven

L32: Anna Smith WR v Alexandra Grinchishina (KAZ) WR 798 (= CH after reaching 10K SFs 2 weeks ago) L32: (7) Melanie South WR 669 v Jessica Simpson WR 937

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: SANDERS, India (GBR) UNR v BRONZI, Shanon (BEL) WC UNR

steven · steven

QR1: (q1) Naomi Broady WR 305 has a bye & plays Nicole Rottmann (AUT) WR 433 or Jacqueline Cako (USA) WR 584 in QR2 QR1: (q5) Jade Windley WR 348 v Katerina Boiko (CAN) UNR QR1: (q8) Emily Webley-Smith WR 420 v Sonja Molnar (CAN) WR 579 Boiko is 1-10 in ITFs, having won her first match in qualifying her...

tony_orient · tony_orient

Heather WATSON (GBR) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) v Sandra KLEMENSCHITS (AUT) / Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) I don't know anything about Heather's opponents so I'll assume it's a decent draw. Laura understandably not playing doubles - Lisa Raymond is partnering Polona Hercog

steven · steven

Once she might get away with, twice and it risks becoming an addiction ... L32: Jess Ren WR 1084 v (Q) Ingy Hashish (EGY) UNR H2H 1-0 - Jess won 1 & at the same stage last week

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: BA, Marie (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: BA, Marie (GBR) UNR v VAN RIET, Lisanne (NED) 1 423

steven · steven

The US Open qualifying draws take place this evening, with JoKo, Sam, Tara and Bally all due to play. For completeness, there was one Brit (at college in the US) in the finals of US Open pre-qualifying as well (having won the Florida sectional pre-qualifying event) - those finals have been taking plac...

steven · steven

Looks like Dasha decided to go home a week early - she still shows as no. 5 on the acceptance list but is not in the main draw: L32: (WC) Elizabeth Thomas UNR v (LL) Sara Sherif (EGY) UNR L32: Jess Ren WR 1113 v (Q) Ingy Hashish (EGY) UNR I'm hoping Jess will be able to 'smoke' her opponent ... (igmc) -- Edited b...

steven · steven

QR1: Heather Watson WR 80 v Anna Schmiedlová (SVK) WR 107 (CH 97 last month) - junior top 10 a year ago QR1: Elena Baltacha WR 243 v Caroline Garcia FRA WR 78 (= CH) - junior top 5 two years ago

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v LARSEN, Sonja (GER) UNR

steven · steven

Helen Parish is a young Brit who impressed when she first started playing ITFs last year but who then suffered a shoulder injury that is going to continue to keep her out for a while yet. She has just started blogging, and she's brilliant at it: About Helen: http://helenparish.wordpress.com/about/...

Peter too · Peter too

R1: BROWN, Lucy (GBR) 642 v UBERALOVA, Petra (SVK) SE 3 496 -- Edited by steven on Friday 16th of August 2013 06:53:13 PM

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) UNR v ByeQ1: BERISHA, Rona (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) UNR v BOEPPLE, Madeleine (GER) UNRQ2: BERISHA, Rona (GBR) UNR v ROHIRA, Tanisha (IND) UNR

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	College tennis (Preview) Here's a piece on the benefits of US college tennis I did for the Cambridge News which (hopefully) might be of interest. The Watts sisters went through Sarah Borwell's Tennis Smart organisation - the players in the second piece found their own way through the system but also offered some interesting...	embee	1	848	Sep 14, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 37 - ITF ($50K) - Trabzon, Turkey Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 3 461 v Bye	Peter too	57	3195	Sep 13, 2013 by wolf
	Week 37 - ITF ($10K) - Mytilini, Greece - Hard (Preview) Just 22 players here, so 10 R1 byes in the main draw! L16: (7) Laura Deigman WR 873 v Angeliki Kairi (GRE) WR 1133 (CH 1090 in May) If they don't get the point for reaching R2 if they go out in R2 having not played in R1, having a bye could be a disadvantage, but I'll check that out if it turns out to be relevant. H...	steven	10	1129	Sep 12, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 37 - ITF ($25K) - Sofia, Bulgaria Clay ( 1 2 ) (Preview) R1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 346 v WACHACZYK, Julia (GER) Q 742 (CH=703 Aug 2013, 19 years old) -- Edited by Peter too on Monday 9th of September 2013 05:00:30 PM	Peter too	22	1253	Sep 12, 2013 by steven
	Week 37 - WTA $235k - Quebec, Canada (Carpet) - Doubles (Preview) Nic Slater is in the draw here with Maria Sanchez, not on Mondays oop.	Shhh	9	846	Sep 12, 2013 by indiana
	Week 37 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey Hard (Preview) R1: SIMPSON, Jessica (GBR) 944 v Qualifier	Peter too	8	707	Sep 12, 2013 by steven
	Week 35: US Open (women's main draw) - hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 14 ) (Preview) L128: (30) Laura Robson WR 32 v Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) WR 52 (CH 40 in 2006) H2H 0-2, both close - LDL won 5 & 3 in Beijing last year and in 3 sets on clay in Katowice this year. The winner gets Garcia or Rogers, with 5th seed Li Na the other seed in the section. L128: Heather Watson WR 76 v (21) Simona H...	steven	195	8084	Sep 9, 2013 by tony_orient
	Week 36 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey - Hard ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) That 'strong' woman from Brazil looks like causing us problems again: R1: Anna Smith (GBR) 709 v Carla Forte (BRA) (4) 539 Mel South (GBR) 669 v Melissa Sehovic (BIH) (LL) age 15 WR 1114 - if Mel wins this match, she plays Carla (above) Jessica Simpson (GBR) 937 v Diana Bogoliy (UKR) 1044 (CH 886)	Coup Droit	30	2408	Sep 8, 2013 by KK
	Week 37 - ITF ($10K) - Lleida, Spain Clay (Preview) Q1: HARVEY, Helen (GBR) UNR v HERRERO LINANA, Alicia (ESP) UNRQ1: MACPHERSON, Hayley (GBR) UNR v TORTSIKAVA, Kerstin (BLR) UNRQ1: SYME, Natalie (GBR) v TEHRANI, Tina (USA) Q1: MAGNER, Imogen (GBR) UNR v TRINGA, Julie (FRA) UNR	Peter too	9	717	Sep 8, 2013 by indiana
	Week 36 - ITF ($50K) - Trabzon, Turkey Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 3 461 v CHALAGANIDZE, Tamari (GEO) UNR	Peter too	58	4448	Sep 7, 2013 by Spectator
	Week 36 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Q1: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) WC 2 876 v Bye	Peter too	27	1971	Sep 6, 2013 by Peter too
	Week 36 - ITF ($15K) - Berlin, Germany Clay (Preview) R1: BEES, Hollie (GBR) 1184 v PISKUN, Oleksandra (UKR) 1086	Peter too	1	525	Sep 3, 2013 by steven
	Week 35 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey - Hard ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) L32: Anna Smith WR v Alexandra Grinchishina (KAZ) WR 798 (= CH after reaching 10K SFs 2 weeks ago) L32: (7) Melanie South WR 669 v Jessica Simpson WR 937	steven	35	2391	Sep 1, 2013 by john
	Week 36 - ITF ($10K) - Huy, Belgium Clay (Preview) Q1: SANDERS, India (GBR) UNR v BRONZI, Shanon (BEL) WC UNR	Peter too	3	761	Sep 1, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 31 - ITF ($100K) - Vancouver, Canada - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 29 ) (Preview) QR1: (q1) Naomi Broady WR 305 has a bye & plays Nicole Rottmann (AUT) WR 433 or Jacqueline Cako (USA) WR 584 in QR2 QR1: (q5) Jade Windley WR 348 v Katerina Boiko (CAN) UNR QR1: (q8) Emily Webley-Smith WR 420 v Sonja Molnar (CAN) WR 579 Boiko is 1-10 in ITFs, having won her first match in qualifying her...	steven	426	17368	Sep 1, 2013 by Miriambee
	Week 35: US Open (doubles) - hard (Preview) Heather WATSON (GBR) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) v Sandra KLEMENSCHITS (AUT) / Andreja KLEPAC (SLO) I don't know anything about Heather's opponents so I'll assume it's a decent draw. Laura understandably not playing doubles - Lisa Raymond is partnering Polona Hercog	tony_orient	4	572	Aug 31, 2013 by Spectator
	Week 35 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard (Preview) Once she might get away with, twice and it risks becoming an addiction ... L32: Jess Ren WR 1084 v (Q) Ingy Hashish (EGY) UNR H2H 1-0 - Jess won 1 & at the same stage last week	steven	8	909	Aug 30, 2013 by steven
	Week 35 - ITF ($25K) - Fleurus (near Charleroi), Belgium - Clay (Preview) Q1: BA, Marie (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: BA, Marie (GBR) UNR v VAN RIET, Lisanne (NED) 1 423	Peter too	1	531	Aug 26, 2013 by Peter too
	Week 34 - US Open women's qualifying - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 13 ) (Preview) The US Open qualifying draws take place this evening, with JoKo, Sam, Tara and Bally all due to play. For completeness, there was one Brit (at college in the US) in the finals of US Open pre-qualifying as well (having won the Florida sectional pre-qualifying event) - those finals have been taking plac...	steven	184	10025	Aug 24, 2013 by PaulM
	Week 34 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard (Preview) Looks like Dasha decided to go home a week early - she still shows as no. 5 on the acceptance list but is not in the main draw: L32: (WC) Elizabeth Thomas UNR v (LL) Sara Sherif (EGY) UNR L32: Jess Ren WR 1113 v (Q) Ingy Hashish (EGY) UNR I'm hoping Jess will be able to 'smoke' her opponent ... (igmc) -- Edited b...	steven	3	794	Aug 22, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 34 - WTA Premier ($690,000) - New Haven, CT, USA - Hard ( 1 2 ) (Preview) QR1: Heather Watson WR 80 v Anna Schmiedlová (SVK) WR 107 (CH 97 last month) - junior top 10 a year ago QR1: Elena Baltacha WR 243 v Caroline Garcia FRA WR 78 (= CH) - junior top 5 two years ago	steven	24	2697	Aug 22, 2013 by philwrig
	Week 34 - ITF ($10K) - Portschach, Austria - Clay (Preview) Q1: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v LARSEN, Sonja (GER) UNR	Peter too	1	673	Aug 18, 2013 by Peter too
	Helen Parish blog ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Helen Parish is a young Brit who impressed when she first started playing ITFs last year but who then suffered a shoulder injury that is going to continue to keep her out for a while yet. She has just started blogging, and she's brilliant at it: About Helen: http://helenparish.wordpress.com/about/...	steven	52	7786	Aug 17, 2013 by steven
	Week 33 - ITF ($10,000) - Innsbruck, Austria - Clay ( 1 2 ) (Preview) R1: BROWN, Lucy (GBR) 642 v UBERALOVA, Petra (SVK) SE 3 496 -- Edited by steven on Friday 16th of August 2013 06:53:13 PM	Peter too	21	2148	Aug 17, 2013 by Coup Droit
	Week 33 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Q1: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) UNR v ByeQ1: BERISHA, Rona (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) UNR v BOEPPLE, Madeleine (GER) UNRQ2: BERISHA, Rona (GBR) UNR v ROHIRA, Tanisha (IND) UNR	Peter too	48	2897	Aug 16, 2013 by indiana
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