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Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Seville, Spain (clay)
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(Preview)
L32: Amanda Carreras WR 334 v Gaia Sanesi (SE) (ITA) WR 513 Gaia has just made the semis of the St Malo 25k despite being a Qualifier
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Coup Droit
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1994
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Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Clermont Ferrand, France - Hard
(Preview)
Either the player on the poster advertising this tournament is someone we know or there is a French player who looks uncannily like her ... http://bit.ly/1f3W0sq Lisa did reach the QFs here last year, but an overseas QF-ist who isn't taking part this year is an unusual Still, gone (temporarily) bu...
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steven
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1462
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Week 39 - ITF ($10K) - Marathon - Athens, Greece Hard
(Preview)
Q1: JANBAKHSH, Ines (GBR) UNR v WULCAN, Paulina (SWE) UNR There's a name we haven't seen for a while.
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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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steven
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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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tony_orient
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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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1 2 3
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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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steven
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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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embee
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977
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Week 37 - 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 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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steven
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Week 37 - ITF ($25K) - Sofia, Bulgaria Clay
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1 2
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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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(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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Coup Droit
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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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tony_orient
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762
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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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steven
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1038
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