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Week 38 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
(Preview)
L32: (7) Laura Deigman WR 955 v Andressa Cristina Souza (BRA) WR 1184 (CH 1140 in Apr) The Brazilian got her ranking back today but has lost to Brits the last two weeks, Fran beating her 3 & last week and Anna double bagelling her the week before, so Laura is on a GB hat-trick, as it were 
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Week 38 - WTA ($500K) - Guangzhou, China - Hard
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(Preview)
Johanna Konta plays in the qualifying draw: Johanna KONTA (8) WR141 v Maria Fernanda ALVAREZ TERAN WR342 Match is on at 2pm local time. Winner probably plays top seed Kurumi Nara Laura might be in the main draw here?
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Week 38 - ITF ($25K) - Shrewsbury, UK Hard
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(Preview)
Q1: DEAVES, Eleanor (GBR) UNR v EL SAYED, Yasmina (GBR) UNRQ1: GIBSON, Aimee (GBR) UNR v FRANKOVA, Nikola (CZE) 11 1017Q1: SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 3 639 v ByeQ1: REN, Jessica (GBR) 13 1041 v TUEN-MATTHEWS, Tzarina (GBR) UNRQ1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) 5 694 v BERISHA, Rona (GBR) UNRQ1: SIMPSON, Je...
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Week 38 - WTA ($500K) - Seoul, Korea - Hard
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(Preview)
Not the easiest R1/potential R2 draw for Hev  L32: Heather Watson WR 77 v Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) WR 63 (CH 4 in 1995) L16: Watson or Date-Krumm v (2) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) WR 20 (CH 10 in Jun) or Qualifier -- Edited by steven on Saturday 14th of September 2013 08:38:36 AM
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Week 37 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
Byes (2) in the main draw here too ... L32: (6) Anna Fitzpatrick WR 870 v Angelina Gordienko (RUS) UNR L32: (7) Fran Stephenson WR 914 v Andressa Cristina Souza (BRA) UNR (CH 1140 in Apr) Souza was the player Anna double-bagelled last week.
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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...
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Week 37 - ITF ($50K) - Trabzon, Turkey Hard
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(Preview)
Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 3 461 v Bye
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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...
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Week 37 - ITF ($25K) - Sofia, Bulgaria Clay
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(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
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Week 37 - WTA $235k - Quebec, Canada (Carpet) - Doubles
(Preview)
Nic Slater is in the draw here with Maria Sanchez, not on Mondays oop.
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Week 37 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey Hard
(Preview)
R1: SIMPSON, Jessica (GBR) 944 v Qualifier
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Week 35: US Open (women's main draw) - hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
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(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...
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Week 36 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey - Hard
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1 2 3
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(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)
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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
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Week 36 - ITF ($50K) - Trabzon, Turkey Hard
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 3 461 v CHALAGANIDZE, Tamari (GEO) UNR
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Week 36 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
Q1: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) WC 2 876 v Bye
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Week 36 - ITF ($15K) - Berlin, Germany Clay
(Preview)
R1: BEES, Hollie (GBR) 1184 v PISKUN, Oleksandra (UKR) 1086
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Week 35 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey - Hard
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1 2 3
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(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
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Week 36 - ITF ($10K) - Huy, Belgium Clay
(Preview)
Q1: SANDERS, India (GBR) UNR v BRONZI, Shanon (BEL) WC UNR
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Week 31 - ITF ($100K) - Vancouver, Canada - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 29
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(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...
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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
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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
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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
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Week 34 - US Open women's qualifying - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 13
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(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...
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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...
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