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Week 44 - Womens ITF (10K) - Pretoria, South Africa
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Unranked Jodie Williams sneaks in here as a DA. L32: Jodie Williams UNR v (Q) Stacey Grant (RSA) UNR -- Edited by wolf at 20:15, 2008-10-26 -- Edited by Drew at 18:40, 2008-10-27
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Week 44 - WTA Tier 3 - Quebec, Canada
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The last open event on the 2008 WTA Tour sees Sarah Borwell in qualifying, though her main interest will be in the doubles, where she needs a very good week to close on the top 100. Singles qualifying: [2] Mara Santangelo (ITA) vs. Alexandra Stevenson (USA) Alexa Glatch (USA) vs. Maria Mokh (RUS) Sar...
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Tennishead bloggers
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With Anne Keothavong, Sarah Borwell & Anna Fitzpatrick all blogging for tennis head at the moment, I might thought I might as well create a thread where we can discuss their blogs. http://www.tennishead.net/prozone/interviews/ Today, Sarah gives her thoughts on Barnstaple and Anna gives u...
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Week 43 - Womens ITF (25K) - Port Pirie, Australia
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The British sextet (Melanie South, Naomi Broady, Elizabeth Thomas, Emily Webley-Smith, Jocelyn Rae and Sophie Proctor) head to Port Pirie for the final leg of the Australian 25Ks. This time Liz, Jos, Emily and Sophie are in different qualifying sections, with most players having byes in QR1. The o...
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Week 43 - Womens ITF (25K) - Glasgow
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Curiously, I can't see a thread for this, a home tournie. Delete if I am wrong... Anna Smith, Amanda Elliot are DAs WC to Jade Curtis, Lucy Warburton, Tash Kahn and Jade Windley Tara and Jen Ren appear to be in qualies, along with Kat Brown, Amy Sargeant, Sam Vickers, Olivia Smith, Nickki Prosser, wit...
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Week 43 - Womens ITF (10K) - St. Cugat, Spain Clay
(Preview)
Q1: BALL, Elliesa (GBR) UNR v RIGOZZI, Chantelle (AUS) UNR Q1: MCKINNON, Jodie (GBR) UNR v STAELENS, Daphne (BEL) UNR Q1: BANOS-GREGORIANS, Emilia (GBR) UNR v ALVAREZ-BILBAO, Natalia (ESP) UNR -- Edited by Peter too at 23:51, 2008-10-17
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Week 43 - WTA Tier 3 - Luxemburg
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(Preview)
While most British interest in Luxemburg will centre on Laura Robson's WTA Tour debut, courtesy of a wildcard (it is also possible that Anne Keothavong made the main draw at the last minute - she withdrew from Poitiers yesterday), there is also a Brit in the qualifying tournament:
QR1:
(4) Johan...
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Week 43 - Womens ITF (10K) - Vila Real De Santo Antonio, Portugal Clay
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Q1: RACA, Edita (GBR) v Bye
Q1: THOMS, Elizabeth (GBR) UNR v Bye
Q2: RACA, Edita (GBR) v Bye
Q2: THOMS, Elizabeth (GBR) UNR lost to SAMOYLO, Nadezda (RUS) UNR 2-6 2-6
Q3: RACA, Edita (GBR) v PALHOTO, Maria (POR) UNR
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Week 43 - Womens ITF (25K) - Augusta, Georgia
(Preview)
Johanna Konta has so far had a fruitless series of Challenger qualifiers in North America. She has moved on to Augusta, and we are at least assured of a 'Brit' in final qualifying: (7)Mary Gambale (USA) v Alexandra Anghelescu (USA) (11)Johanna Konta (AUS) v Margot Carter (GBR)
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Week 43 - Womens ITF (25K) - Lagos, Nigeria Hard
(Preview)
Q1: WILLIAMS, Jodie (GBR) UNR v OGHENEKEVWE, Beauty (NGR) UNR
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Week 43 - Womens ITF (100K) - Poitiers, France
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Anne Keothavong withdrew on Friday, leaving Elena Baltacha as the sole Brit in this strong Challenger event. She faces top 100 player Lucie Safarova, who blows hot (very hot at times - beating Kuznetsova and Henin back-to-back in Paris indoors) and cold, having a lot of power which she finds difficu...
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Where is Naomi Cavaday?
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I don't think she's played since the US open. If i were to be my house on a british girl being ranked 75 in october of this year it would have been Naomi. But instead shes fallen down to 260. I know she's had a few problems with her ankle and this 'personal problem' that shes been having. Is she injured again o...
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (25K) - Mount Gambier, Australia
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Melanie South and Naomi Broady again make the cut for the second of this month's 25Ks down under. Elizabeth Thomas, Emily Webley-Smith, Jocelyn Rae and Sophie Proctor feature in qualifying. Unfortunately Liz and Jos are seeds in the same section. Section 4: Tyra Calderwood (AUS,4) Bye Julia Moria...
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Week 43 - WTA Tier 2 - Linz, Austria
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Katie O'Brien is the sole Brit in a fairly strong qualifying draw. She starts against an opponent who beat her earlier in the year in Dubai: (1) Ekaterina Makarova RUS v Dominika Nociarova SVK Eva Hrdinova (CZE) v Katie O'Brien (GBR) Elena Vesnina (RUS) v Nina Bratchikova (RUS) Kathrin Woerle (GER) v...
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (100K + H) - Ortisei, Italy
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(Preview)
This ITF event is so strong that Anne Keothavong, the only Brit playing singles here, is unseeded. Her first round draw is one of the best available. Live scoring and live streaming are on offer at times during the week.
Lucie Safarova CZE [5] vs Jelena Kostani Tosi CRO
Andreja Klepac SLO vs Anne Ke...
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (50K) - Saint-Raphael, France
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Amanda Elliott looks to get back to winning ways here. She is the 4th seed in qualies.
Q1: Amanda ELLIOTT (GBR) (4) 315 vs BYE
Q2: Amanda ELLIOTT (GBR) (4) 315 vs Gracia RADOVANOVIC (FRA) 760/ Valentina SASSI (ITA) 610 (CH=144 2002)
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (10K) - Sevilla, Spain
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Carreras should be the 7th seed in the main draw. There is some British interest in qualies.
Q1: Elizabeth THOMS (GBR) UNR vs BYE
Q1: Jodie MCKINNON (GBR) UNR vs Maria-Teresa TORRO-FLOR (ESP) UNR
Q2: Elizabeth THOMS (GBR) UNR vs Eleonora PUNZO (ITA) (4) 1037
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Week 42 - ITF 10K - St. Loius, MO, USA
(Preview)
Nicola Slater, needing just one more point to get a much deserved ranking, is a DA here in this weak 10k, but has drawn the 4th seed. Still it's a winnable match for Nic who is by far our best unranked player. L32: Nicola Slater UNR v (4) Tomoko Dokei WR 659 (CH 360 in Nov 04)
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (50K) - Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA
(Preview)
Georgie Stoop has returned home after her successful American series, so attention turns to Johanna Konta, who is in the same qualifying section as doubles specialist Margot Carter:
(3) Christina McHale (USA) v Brooke Bolender (USA)
Brittany Augustine (USA) v Margot Carter (GBR)
Svetlana K...
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (10K) - Lisbon, Portugal Hard
(Preview)
R1: MOONEY, Nicola (GBR) 980 v CAZEAUX, Amandine (FRA) 970
R1: WARBURTON, Lucy (GBR) 1037 v ALEKSANDROVA, Alla (RUS) 1090
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Naomi Broady
(Preview)
I thought I would let British tennis dudes know that Naomi has a site ........www.naomibroady.co.uk In my opinion she will be top 100 B4 next year.
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Week 41 - Womens ITF (50K) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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This is Georgie Stoop's final event in the US for the time being, and it will be hard for her after Troy, in combination with all the matches she has played in the last 3 weeks. Georgie should be in the main draw, while doubles specialist Margot Carter is in qualifying: Lindsay LEE-WATERS (USA) (1) BYE Ma...
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Week 41 - ITF 50K - Barnstaple, Great Britain
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(Preview)
Elena Baltacha and Katie O'Brien should be seeded here, and Amanda Elliot is also a DA. Wild cards have gone to Anna Smith, Jade Curtis and Tara Moore, leaving one left to someone who is not on the entry list, more than probably Laura Robson, I can't see the organisers turning her down if she asked for one...
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Week 42 - Womens ITF (25K) - Lagos, Nigeria Hard
(Preview)
Q1: WILLIAMS, Jodie (GBR) v Bye
Q2: WILLIAMS, Jodie (GBR) UNR v MONTEIRO, Nicole (NED) 3 875
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Week 41 - Womens ITF (25K) - Traralgon, Australia
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The quartet who played in the September 25Ks down under (Naomi Broady, Elizabeth Thomas, Jocelyn Rae and Sophie Proctor) have been joined by Melanie South and Emily Webley-Smith for the October series. Em will be looking to replace the distressing experience she had here earlier in the year with so...
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