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Week 8 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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Q1: Laura DEIGMAN (GBR) [q5] 1013 vs. Sirui HE (CHN) UNR Q1: Farah ABDELAZIZ (GBR) UNR vs. Melina FERRERO (ARG) [q9] 1119 He: 23yo CH:807 (08/2010) failed to qualify all 12 attempts at 10K level in last 12 months Ferrero: 20yo CH:792 (09/2009) qualified for MD lats 2 weeks in Sharm
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Week 7 - ITF ($25K) - Rancho Santa Fe, USA Hard
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Q1: SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 12 363 v MOLNAR, Sonja (CAN) 681
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Week 7 - ITF ($10K) - Linköping, Sweden - Hard, Indoor
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Sabrina Bamburac should be MD here. Q1: Danielle KONOTOPTSEVA (GBR) [q1] 1046 vs. Malene STRIPP (DEN) UNR Q1: Anna SMITH (GBR) UNR vs. Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE) UNR Q1: Grace DIXON (GBR) UNR vs. Gabbi TEPIC (SWE) UNR
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Week 7 - WTA Premier ($2.4M) Doha, Qatar - Hard
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Via Twitter and subject to confirmation when they can finally be bothered to post the official drawsheet (the draw was an hour and a half ago): L56: Laura Robson WR 45 v Daniela Hantuchová (SVK) WR 58 Laura has (fairly memorably) played the former world no. 5 once before, going a set up on her at Wimble...
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Week 7 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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Q1: Farah ABDELAZIZ (GBR) UNR vs. Natasha PILUDU (ITA) UNR Q1: Laura DEIGMAN (GBR) [q7] 1014 vs. BYE Q2: Laura DEIGMAN (GBR) [q7] 1014 vs. Alexandra SHCHIPAKINA (RUS) UNR - (14 yo JWR1109)
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Week 6 - ITF ($100K) - Midland, USA Hard
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R1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 260 v CRAWFORD, Samantha (USA) 267
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Week 6 - ITF ($25K) - Launceston, Australia Hard
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Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 466 v ByeQ1: SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 788 v MACIEJEWSKA, Zuzanna (POL) 875
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Week 7 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey Clay
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Q1: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: GOODMAN, Camille (GBR) UNR v MOCETE-TALAMANTES, Paula (ESP) 1 1010
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Week 6 - ITF ($25K) - Rancho Mirage, USA Hard
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Q1: SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 5 368 v NGUYEN, Cindy (USA) UNR
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Week 6 - ITF ($25K) Grenoble, France - Hard, Indoor
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Q1: Jade WINDLEY (GBR) [5] 449 vs. Melanie BENYADI (FRA) (WC) UNR (H2H: 0-0) Jade should qualify from a section mostly filled with local WC. The other seed is 29 yo Nicole Clerico [15] (CH 381)
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Week 6 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard
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R1: ABDELAZIZ, Farah (GBR) WC UNR v COPPOLA, Claudia (ITA) Q UNR
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Week 5 - ITF ($75K) - Eilat, Israel - Hard
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L32: (7) Johanna Konta WR 153 v Julia Glushko (ISR) WR 176 (CH 157 last Sep) Probably the worst R1 draw JoKo could have got as a seed - the H2H is 0-4 (0-2 in juniors & 0-2 in seniors), including a 3 & thrashing in the Lexington 50K Final last summer, though there are two 3-setters in that H2H as well...
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Week 5 - ITF ($10K) Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard
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L32: (2) Amanda Carreras WR 327 v Lidziya Marozava (BLR) WR 575
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Week 5 - WTA International ($235K) - Pattaya City, Thailand - Hard
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L32: (8) Heather Watson WR 50 v Timea Babos (HUN) WR 73 (CH 59 last Aug) Starting with her loss to Petkovic in New Haven (and includng her loss to JoKo at the USO), Babos is on an 8-match losing streak, though she did go very close against Mladenovic at the AO - the Impaler won 11-9 in the 3rd. The other seed i...
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Week 4 - ITF ($10K) - Preston, UK Hard
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Q1: FEDERICI, Sabrina (GBR) UNR v HONIGOVA, Sandra (CZE) 1 1045Q1: PETERSON, Nicole (GBR) UNR v EJDESGAARD, Malou (DEN) UNRQ1: PRADOVA, Martina (CZE) 2 1117 v LOHAN, Sinead (IRL) Q1: SMALLER, Rebecca (GBR) UNR v MULLINS, Ceire (GBR) UNRQ1: REN, Jessica (GBR) 3 1145 v LAWSON, Georgia (GBR) UNRQ1: S...
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Week 5 - ITF ($25K) - Burnie, Australia Hard
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Hope Emily can get back to some better form this year. Q1: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 466 [q7] vs BYE Q2: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 466 [q7] vs Yana MOGILNITSKAYA (RUS) 975 (CH 970) H2H: 0-0 Yana is 17 on Feb 5th, and seems based in Australia, as that's where she played all 7 of her pro events to date. She beat...
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(name in brackets if not immediately obvious from the twitter name) - http://twitter.com/annekeothavong - http://twitter.com/NaomiBroady - http://twitter.com/oliviascarfi - http://twitter.com/melaniesouth - http://twitter.com/laurarobson5 - http://twitter.com/ews24 (Emi...
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Week 3 - Australian Open (women's)
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L128: Laura Robson WR 50 v Melanie Oudin (USA) WR 82 (CH 31 in 2010) H2H: 1-1 in juniors, 1-0 in seniors - Laura won 3 & 4 in QR1 at the Aus Open last year) L128: Heather Watson WR 47 v Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) WR 89 (CH 65 last July) Cadantu is looking for her first grand slam main draw win, having lost in R1 a...
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Week 4 - ITF ($10K) Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Hard
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Amanda Carreras plays a tournament on a surface other than clay! Two late WC's mean that Mandy is not the #1 seed, as had looked likely. Any run of MD wins between now and the end of April should see Mandy climbing up and up and setting new CH's along the way. R1: Amanda CARRERAS (GBR) [3] 335 vs. Alix COLLO...
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Week 4 - ITF ($15K) - Lima, Peru Clay
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R1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) 826 v ALVES, Maria-Fernanda (BRA) 2 404
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Week 4 - ITF ($25K) Andrezieux-Boutheon, France Hard-Indoor
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Q1: Naomi BROADY 290 (GBR) [8] vs Fiona GERVIAS 995 (FRA) Nomes is in a good section, the other seed is #9, Magda Linette. Hope she can find some form this year. JoKo should be MD & seeded here. -- Edited by wolf on Saturday 19th of January 2013 12:08:08 AM
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Week 3 - ITF ($10K) Glasgow, UK Hard
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Q1: RACA, Edita (GBR) UNR v HAAS, Patricia (AUT) UNRQ1: FEDERICI, Sabrina (GBR) UNR v NEWMAN, Anouska (GBR) UNRQ1: REN, Jessica (GBR) 3 1145 v ByeQ1: PETERSON, Nicole (GBR) UNR v BEJENARU, Karola Patricia (ROU) UNRQ1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) 5 1153 v DU PLESSIS, Sarah Lynn (RSA)Q1: GIBSON, Ai...
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Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open Doubles
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R1: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova & Lucie Safarova (RUS/CZE) v Timea Babos (HUN) & Laura Robson R1: Marina Erakovic (NZL) & Heather Watson v (9) Anna-Lena Groenefeld & Kveta Peschke (GER/CZE)
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Week 3 - ITF ($25K) - Port St Lucie, FL, USA - Clay
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QR1: Sabrina Bamburac WR 825 v Mari Osaka (JPN) WR 914 Osaka is a 16-year-old who looks to be heavily under-ranked, having played only intermittently last year and reached a 10K Final, reached the FQR last week and qualified for the last 25K she played in 2012. -- Edited by steven on Monday 14th of Janua...
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British Tour 2013
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There are some very interesting ties in this week's British Tour. Anna Smith continues her return to competitive tennis and faces Mel South tomorrow. This will be a good measure of where her games is. In another QF, Fitzy plays Fran Stephenson. The top seed is Tara, and 13 year old Katie Swan took seven...
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