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British girls heading on tour down under
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[url=http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061027Australia.htm?BSMGuid=cc555b87-3091-4456-b40f-f16175344739]http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061027Australia.htm?BSMGuid=cc555b87-3091-4456-b40f-f161753447...
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South Africa 10K
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R1 Ines JANBAKHSH (GBR) (6) defeated Natalie HANDLER (ISR, UR) 61 61 
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Augusta 25K
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Qualifying:
Rd1:
A Fitzpatrick [GB] v K Carson [USA]
D Brown [GB] v M Inoue [USA]
Winnable matches for Anna and Danielle. Kit Carson is ranked 911 and she's on a 6 match losing streak stretching back to July. The highlight of her year has been qualifying for a weak 25k in Canada where sh...
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St Cugat 25K - Spain
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Qualifying:
Rd1:
R Sceats [GB][wr:1392] bt V Vallis-Comamala [Esp] [wr:851] 6-4, 7-5 
B Morata [Esp][wr:802] bt A Carreras [GB][unranked] 6-2, 6-2
K Woolley [GB][14][wr:769] bt I Koripenko [Isr] 6-3, 6-3
Rd2:
G Mortello [It][10] [wr:685] bt R Sceats [G...
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Glasgow 25K
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MD WC's for: O'Donoghue Paterson Khan Smith
Cavaday and Stoop in qualifying.
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El Paso - G5 juniors - USA
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Rd1 results:
A Fitzpatrick [GB][3] v bye
E Ullathorne [GB][14] bt V Wojakowska [USA] 6-4, 6-3
J Dobbins [GB] bt N Reynolds [USA] 6-2, 6-0
Rd2:
A Fitzpatrick [GB][3] v A Allin [USA]
E Ullathorne [GB][14] v J Dobbins [GB]
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Melissa Berry
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Bladetiger rates her as the hottest player in British tennis, so as you can imagine, I'm anxious to check this out.
Now, Doug posted a link to a site with pics of all the female british players but alas I deleted the thread which the post was in, a while back. I wondered if he could re-post the link to th...
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Sevilla 10K
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Tara Wigan makes the main draw but gets tp seed Ana Timotic of SRB ranked 310 in round 1. 
She must be furious as the main draw lists 12 ( yes that's right 12) spaces for qualifiers or lucky losers, but she has to play the op seed.
Of those 12 spots the only Brit still in it is Anna Hawkins w...
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Lagos 25K
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A little bit of a contrast from Qualifying in Glasgow...
Q1: Lucy WARBURTON (GBR) (4) defeated Folashade OGUNSHOLA (NGR, UR) 60 60
Q2: Lucy WARBURTON (GBR) (4) defeated Beauty OGHENEKEVWE (NGR, UR) 61 60
I think Lucy has harder qualifying battles..... can't help but think this would be bette...
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50K Houston
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Q1: Danielle Brown vs SMYSER, Georgiana (USA), an UR 16 year old WC.
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Other action, week 9th Oct
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Australia 25K
Q: Lucy Fletcher
Lagos 25K
Q: Lucy Warburton
Quite a weak field, could make it through with a good draw. Should be seeded.
Spain 10K
MD: Kirsty Woolley
Q: Romina Sceats, Anna Hawkins (should be seeded), Nikki Prosser, Amanda Carreras, Aimee Jarrett
Portugal 10K
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Jersey 25K
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MD: Anne K, Mel S, Katie O'B, Becky L as DA
Wild cards: Naomi C, Georgie S, Karen P, Anna S
Lots in qualifying-too many to type out!
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50k Joue-Le-Tours
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Amanda Keen has popped up in qualifiers here.
R1 bt Nadege Vergos of France 57 63 62
R2 bt Ekaterina Dzehalevich of Belarus 63 62
R3 bt Estelle Guisard of France 60 61
And therefore qualifies!!!!!!!!!!!
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Katie O'Brien's player diary
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http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/PlayerDiaries/061009OBrien.htm?BSMGuid=f7e5c0c1-d503-4151-8266-57696cc303a5
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Player of the month - September
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Nominees:
Katie O'Brien: Reached back to back 25K finals in Madrid and Nottingham. She won Nottingham, her first 25K title. She also won the Madrid doubles title.
Amanda Keen: Runner-up in Nottingham 25K final in singles and won the doubles title.
Naomi Cavaday: Reached semis of Nott...
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The Ren sisters
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/get_involved/5410746.stm"With the Grand Slams there are so many opportunities to win," said Venus Williams after taking the singles and doubles titles at the Sydney Olympics.
"A gold medal, it's just once every four years...
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Nantes 25K
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Mel South, Rebecca Llewellyn and Jane O'Donaghue are in the main draw. Amanda Keen should get a SE aswell.
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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
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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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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
9 LLEWELLYN, Rebecca...
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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
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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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