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Granada 10k
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Qualifying highlights
R1
Sarah Needham 36 46 vs Marta Espigado Dlegado 
Nikki Prosser 60 63 vs Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko 
Aimee Jarrett vs bye!
Sarah Stallard vs bye!
R2
Prosser 16 61 64 vs De Block
Jarrett 06 06 vs Gago Fuentes :furio...
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Volos 10k
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Qualifying highlights
Madeleine Brooks (GBR) is seeded 5 and has byes through to the final qualifying round where any of her possible opponents will be unranked.
Fran Kinsella (GBR) faces unranked Ukrainian ALina Shazhko in round one with the winner facing Austrian Birgit Ritschka fo...
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Anna Smith - LTA junior player of the month for September
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From the LTA:
Surrey 18-year-old Anna Smith has firmly established herself as a rising star of British tennis after enjoying a breakthrough month in September.
Smith had a strong argument for taking the LTA.org.uk August player of the month title after winning the 18-and-under Ariel Bri...
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$25,000 Traralgon, Oz
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Q1:Lucy FLETCHER (GBR) defeated Bianca ACQUISTAPACE (AUS, 1204) (10) 61 60
Q2: Lucy FLETCHER (GBR) defeated Michelle BRYCKI (AUS, UR) 62 60
Q3: Lucy FLETCHER (GBR) defeated Emelyn STARR (AUS, UR) 63 61
To make the main draw. 
R1: vs D'AMELIO, Lisa (AUS, 388)
Qualifying w...
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50K Troy, Alabama
(Preview)
Danielle Brown in qualifying.
She beat Chrissier Seredini 61 61.
Nex up is 6th seed Leanne Baker of NZL ranked 425 to Danielles 514.
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25K Nottingham
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(Preview)
The tournament starts on Wednesday.
Entry list:
1 SOUTH, Melanie GBR 177
2 PICHET, Virginie FRA 181
3 RUUTEL, Margit EST 182
4 BORWELL, Sarah GBR 204
5 O'BRIEN, Katie GBR 237
6 HARING, Florence FRA 242
7 BREADMORE, Lauren AUS 255
8 OZEGOVIC, Nika CRO 271
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WTA Taskhent - tier IV
(Preview)
Anne Keothavong has made the main draw here, there have already been 13 withdrawals so it looks as though it will be quite weak
Tournament starts on October 2nd
There's appears to be no official website unfortunately
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Barcelona 75K+H
(Preview)
Qualifying:
Rd1: Sarah Coles vs Franziska Etzel
Etzel is a German clay-courter, currently ranked 442 [peaked at 376 in Dec 05]. Her best result this year has been reaching a 10K semi on Belgian clay. I'd expect Sarah to win this one but it may prove trickier than the stats suggest as the tourna...
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Thessaloniki 10K
(Preview)
Qualifying:
Rd1:
F Kinsella [GB] v V Simouli [Gre][WC] [unranked]
M Brooks [GB][6] v A Sadikovic [Sui] [unranked]
L Jacks [GB][7] v B Ritschka [Aut] [unranked]
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WTA Guangzhou - tier IV
(Preview)
Anne is 4th on the qualies list here. Reasonable chance of her making the main draw or if not, she'll be one of the top seeds in qualies which start on Sunday.
Official website:
http://www.gzopen.com.cn/eng/index.asp
Thankf...
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10K Nottingham
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(Preview)
Entry list:
1 Jane OŽDONOGHUE GBR
2 Karen PATERSON GBR
3 Naomi CAVADAY GBR
4 Claire PETERZAN GBR
5 Nadege VERGOS FRA
6 Georgie STOOP GBR
7 Nadja ROMA SWE
8 Piia SUOMALAINEN FIN
9 Pauline WONG NED
10 Emily WEBLEY SMITH GBR
11 Natasha KHAN GBR
12 Rebecca FONG GBR
13 Louise DOU...
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25K Madrid
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(Preview)
Lots of British players are competing in Madrid next week: Melanie South, Sarah Borwell and Katie O'Brien will be seeded. Rebecca Llewellyn and Amanda Keen are also competing. Sarah Coles is 1st on the alternates list so she'll be extremely unlucky if she doesn't get in direct.
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WTA Kolkata - Tier 3
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(Preview)
Anne Keothavong has made the main draw for the WTA tournament, the first time she's made a WTA draw on her own ranking  Given that there are a large number of European 25Ks this week plus a tier 4 in Slovenia which she would have got into easily, going for this tournament which has much bigger...
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10K Mytilini
(Preview)
Qualifying:
6: Francesca Kinsella
Francesca is 19, she reached no 211 in the juniors in 2005. She's currently unranked, she needs 2 more tournaments in which she wins ranking points.
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WTA Bangkok - tier III
(Preview)
This tournament starts on October 9th
Anne Keothavong is entered, she was 25th on the qualifying list on 12th September
Official website:
http://www.pentanglepromotions.com
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10K Limoge
(Preview)
Qualifying:
3: Romina Sceats [GB] - ranked 1367
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Lleida 10K
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Some disappointing results from qualifying:
Rd1: N Rodriguez [Esp] bt J Allan [GB] 6-3, 6-0
L Gallego [Esp] bt N Lee [GB][3] 6-3, 6-4
X Hermoso [Mex] bt A Carreras [GB] 6-3, 3-6, 7-6[5]
F Sintes [Esp] bt L Jacks [GB][14] 6-4, 6-2
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Kentucky grade 1 juniors
(Preview)
Jade Curtis is playing here. She's seeded 10th and so has been given a bye through rd1.
In rd2 she faces either Sarah Guzick or Christina Liles, both are from the USA.
Jade could face 8th seeded Aussie Jessica Moore in rd3. They've played twice this year, Jessia won 7-6, 6-4 in rd2 of a 10K down un...
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Naomi's US Open diary
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http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/060911Cavaday.htm?BSMGuid=e2db2d47-5088-4bf2-9f33-1657ca5a837d
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US Open Juniors
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Player of the month - August
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Nominees:
Katie O'Brien - Reached the final of the Changsha 50K challenger
Amanda Keen - Reached the semis of the Vigo 25K Challenger
Rebecca Llewellyn - Reached the Coimbra 25K Challenger quarters
Jane O'Donaghue - Reached the final of the Wrexham 10K futures
Anna Fitzpatr...
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WTA Bali - tier 3
(Preview)
Anne Keothavong is on the alternates list for this tournament next week, I don't think she'll quite make it into the main draw but it looks like she'll play qualifying which starts on Saturday.
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LTA US Open juniors reports
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On Jade Curtis' 3 set rd1 win: Jade Curtis joined Naomi Cavaday to give Britain a dual presence in the second round of the US Open girls singles on Monday. But just like her compatriot a day earlier, 16-year-old Curtis had to overcome a major case of Grand Slam nerves as well as her opponent. Eventually...
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Melanie South's diary
(Preview)
[url=http://www.melaniesouth.net/diary.asp?entryid=28]http://www.melaniesout...
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Sarah Borwell declares war on GBtennisgirls
(Preview)
An unwell Sarah Borwell was not remotely happy about some of the comments on GBtennisgirls after the disappointing results for the british women in qualifying for the US Open, making clear her feelings on both her Lusciousmontenegro blog and in a post on the GBtennisgirls messageboard.
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