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Week 1 - WTA International ($235K) - Auckland, New Zealand - Hard
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L32: Heather Watson WR 49 v (5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) WR 27 (CH 23 in 2009) A tough draw for Hev (especially considering that she would probably have been seeded in the International with more prize money in Shenzhen) but she does lead the H2H 1-0 - that stunning comeback from 0-5* down in the final set in M...
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Week 1 - WTA Premier ($1M) Brisbane - Hard
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Andy may be due to play Tipsy in the exo in Abu Dhabi in the next few minutes, but the proper season starts at midnight our time tonight, with this match first on Court 10: QR1: Johanna Konta WR 156 v (q4) María Teresa Torró Flor (ESP) WR 98 (CH 95 in Oct) These two met once in a grade 3 junior ITF on clay in Spain...
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Week 1 - WTA International ($500K) - Shenzhen, China - Hard
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(Preview)
Laura should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: (q3) Anne Keothavong WR 143 v (wc) Xu Shilin (CHN) WR 1148 14-year-old Xu is world junior no. 65. The winner will play (q6) Nastassja Burnett (ITA) WR 155 (CH 135 in July) or Yurika Sema (JPN) WR 203 (CH 142 in 2009) in the FQR. Anne beat Sema 5 & in a 75K i...
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Heather Watson Interview
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http://beta.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00syclw/Gabby_Logan_06_07_2010
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Looking Ahead to 2013 and what we might expect/hope for
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I was a bit late to post on the 2012 review thread, so thought I would start a new thread looking ahead to 2013 and what ranking targets are attainable for our top female tennis players. In ranking order : 1. Hev Watson Seems to be having a good offseason, breaking personal bests in the Gym and sounding rea...
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Week 50 - ITF ($10K) - Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard
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Q1: CRAWFORD, Liberty (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: CRAWFORD, Liberty (GBR) UNR v KRUGER, Jone (RSA) UNR
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Week 49 - ITF ($10K) - Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard
(Preview)
R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 1032 v Qualifier -- Edited by Peter too on Friday 7th of December 2012 10:24:49 PM
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End of 2012 season thoughts
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I started a similar topic this time last year so thought i would do the same again as it has been an interesting year. I would like to know what people think about the rise of 'Wabson' and their great end to the season. More generally, looking at Steven's great T25 table, i see that in week 23 for example m...
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Shenzhen (China) Entry List
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31/12/12 - 6/1/13 http://www.shenzhenopentennis.com/2013/eng/index.phpEntry List - alphabetical Player 1 Babos, Timea (HUN) Player 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) Player 3 Beck, Annika (GER) Player 4 Benesova, Iveta (CZE) Player 5 Bratchikova, Nina (RUS) Player 6 Cadantu, Alex...
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Week 48 - ITF ($75K) - Dubai, UAE - Hard
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As discussed on the Toyota thread, Samantha Murray should now have a special exempt into the main draw here should she want to make the 8000 km trip. QR1: Emily Webley-Smith WR 467 v (q7) Jasmina Tinjic (BIH) WR 302 (CH 239 in 2011) QR2: (q3) Tara Moore WR 267 v Eva Hrdinová (CZE) WR 832 (CH 168 in 2008) or Sa...
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Week 48 - ITF ($10K) - Kolkata, India Hard
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Q1: KANVINDE, Natasha (GBR) UNR v SEN, Sudeshna (IND) UNR
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Week 47 - ITF ($75K+H) - Toyota, Japan Carpet
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Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 467 v KUWATA, Hiroko (JPN) 603
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Week 47 - ITF ($10K) - Vallduxo, Spain Clay
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Q1: BLACKWELL, Mariella (GBR) UNR v MADRONAL, Sonia (ESP) UNR
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Ak Womens Rankings
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My Women's Ak Rankings... Ak Rank AK Rating Age60Laura Robson697.6 18y 7m72Elena Baltacha676.2 29y 1m73Heather Watson673.5 20y 3m137Anne Keothavong613.7 28y 11m139Johanna Konta613.1 21y 3m296Tara Moore491.6 20y 1m311Naomi Broady485.4 22y 6m429Amanda Carreras426.9 22y 3...
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Auckland Entry List
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4 Agnieszka Radwanska 18 Julia Goerges 23 Yanina Wickmayer 26 Zheng Jie 27 Sorana Cirstea 29 Yaroslava Shvedova 33 Christina McHale 39 Mona Barthel 47 Simona Halep 49 Heather Watson 54 Kirsten Flipkens 55 Petra Cetkovska 61 Romina Oprandi 62 Magdalena Rybarikova 63 Kiki Bertens 66 Pauline Parmien...
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Week 46 - ITF ($10K) - Edgbaston, UK Hard
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Q1: PRADITNGAM, Gemma (GBR) UNR v RUCKERT, Katie (USA) 1 924Q1: MCMINN, Lauren (GBR) UNR v REID, Holly (GBR) WC UNRQ1: EALES, Laura (GBR) UNR v MENDO, Chiara (ITA) 2 1044Q1: DREW, Jazzamay (GBR) UNR v VAN BAAL, Ghislaine (NED) UNRQ1: DIXON, Grace (GBR) UNR v SCHOELINK, Jade (NED) 3 1053Q1: KONOTOPTSE...
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Week 46 - ITF ($25K) - Zawada, Poland - Carpet
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L32: Lisa Whybourn WR 299 v (Q) Jesika Maleckova (CZE) WR 558 - an 18-y-o ex-top 20 junior L32: Naomi Broady WR 278 v (Q) Denisa Allertova (CZE) WR 637 (CH 449 in Mar) - a 19-y-o ex-top 30 junior
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Week 45 - ITF ($10K) - Loughborough, UK Hard
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Q1: ASGHAR, Jasmine Amber (GBR) WC UNR v RUCKERT, Katie (USA) 1 930Q1: HADEN-SCOTT, Natalie (GBR) UNR v CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) WC UNRQ1: DREW, Jazzamay (GBR) UNR v DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNRQ1: ABDELAZIZ, Farah (GBR) UNR v SCHOLTEN, Nina-Isabella (GER) UNRQ1: REN, Jessica (GBR) 4 1146 v ELLIOTT, Aman...
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Week 45 - ITF ($75K) - Phoenix, USA Hard
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Q1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 1 282 v SUOMALAINEN, Pii (FIN) 471Q1: SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 780 v MAKAROVA, Christina (USA) 904
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Week 45 - ITF ($25K) Asunción, Paraguay - Clay
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L32: Amanda Carreras WR 384 v Tatiana Bua (ARG) WR 434 (CH 372 in 2009) H2H 0-1 - Bua was the player who beat Amanda 3 & 5 in her last 10K Final in Madrid in September.
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Week 45 - ITF ($25K) - Minsk, Belarus Hard
(Preview)
R1: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 302 v Bye
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Week 45 - ITF ($25K) - Equeurdreville, France Hard
(Preview)
R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 279 v KUCOVA, Kristina (SVK) 281 They played in 2010 with Naomi winning in three.
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British Women's Tennis - not as healthy as WE thought
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With Laura and Heather's late season heroics, things have mostly been looking positive at the top end of GB women's tennis lately. However, here's a slightly sobering statistic: at the start of this year, 32 members of this board predicted what the ranking of the then top-10 GB women would be tomorro...
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Week 45 - WTA ($125K Challenger) Pune, India
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Originally scheduled for Delhi, but moved late on to Pune, this is the second of the WTA events pitched below International Level for emerging tennis geographies. Points and monetary rewards are higher than an ITF $100K, but on the evidence so far, the field depth is far short of that. As can be evide...
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Week 45 - ITF ($10K) - Guimaraes, Portugal Hard
(Preview)
Q1: NORTON, Dakota (GBR) UNR v MESQUITA, Ines (POR) UNR
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