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Vale do Lobo 10K - Portugal
(Preview)
There won't be such a strong British contingent in the Tipton 25K qualies this week as most of the players who would be entering have headed to Portugal for this 10K. Anna Smith has made the main draw. Emily Webley-Smith, Melissa Berry, Lucy Warburton, Melissa Gibb, Deborah Armstrong and Anna Ha...
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25K Palm Desert
(Preview)
The US 25K tour moves on to California. Sarah Borwell is 15th on the entry list. No Brits in qualies as Sarah Coles has returned to GB for the Sutton tournament
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Paterson eyes Fed Cup place
(Preview)
Karen Paterson is desperate to follow in the footsteps of childhood friend and British No.1 Andy Murray by gatecrashing the world's elite in 2007. "I grew up with Andy Murray and his progress is a real inspiration," said Paterson. "We've always known that Andy is a talente...
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Hull 10K
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(Preview)
MD with Rebecca Llewellyn, Karen Paterson, Danielle Brown, Natasha Khan and WCs Julia Bone, Anna Fitzpatrick, Naomi Broady, Jocelyn Rae Qualifying draw (1) Katerina Kramperova CZE BYE Elizabeth Thomas GBR v Nicola Mooney GBR Lisa Sutton GBR v Laura Morrill GBR (14) Claire Ricketts GBR BYE (2)...
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Cljisters to coach British tennis players
(Preview)
The LTA are thought to be currently doing a deal with Kim Cljisters to get her to coach the British girls for 10 weeks a year once she's retired. Just a rumour at this stage but if it's true it sounds like great news !
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Capriolo 25K Italy
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(Preview)
Georgie Stoop is 8th seed in qualifying! QR1 Stoop bt Alessandra Ferrazzi (1029) (ITA) (WC) 6-4 6-3  QR2 (298) Stoop vs Corina-Claudia Corduneanu (374) (Q16) (ROM) She should qualify here!
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Waikoloa 50K for Women (USA)
(Preview)
Singles Main Draw (1)Edina Gallovits (ROM) v Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) Kelly Liggan (IRL) v Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) (wc)Neha Uberoi (USA) v Q (8)Natalie Grandin (RSA) v Q (4)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) v Sunitha Rao (USA) Jenifer Widjaja (BRA) v (wc)Mary Gambale (USA) Julie Ditty (USA) v Jessica Kirklan...
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Tales from the tour
(Preview)
Found out some stories today, both concerning Emily Webley-Smith: According to Emily, her most embarassing moment on the tour was once in a tournament when she finished the 5min warm-up before her match and then took her tracksuit bottoms off forgetting that she hadn't got her skirt on unde...
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Elena Baltacha
(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061023Bally.htm?BSMGuid=015c9b49-a37d-4e60-9cb9-9a018e1004c3
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Australian Open Wheelchair Women's
(Preview)
Lucy Shuker is representing Britain here, in singles and doubles. R1: Lucy Shuker GBR d. Agnieszka Bartczak POL 6-1 4-6 6-2 R2: Lucy Shuker GBR v Sharon Walravan NED (3) All this talk of Andy Murray and you've all missed our best chance of an Australian Open winner. Tough one here for Lucy tho...
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2006 player of the year poll
(Preview)
Nominees: Mel South: Mel began 2006 ranked in the 400s and ended the year at 167. Undoubtedly, the highlight of her season came at Wimbledon when she played the match of her life to upset world no 14 Francesca Sciavone in 3 sets in round 1 before going out to American Shenay Perry in straight sets...
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ITF Sunderland - 10k [15th Jan 2007]
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(Preview)
Karen Paterson, Danielle Brown, Julia Bone, Anna Fitzpatrick, Olivia Scarfi and Rebecca Fong in the main draw.
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ITF Stuttgart - 10k [15th Jan 2007]
(Preview)
Georgie Stoop and Natasha Khan in the main draw with Stoop seeded second behind Sandra Martinovic, ranked 296 in the world and getting on abit imo, shes 27.
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Fort Walton 25K
(Preview)
Sarah Coles in qualifying, Sarah Borwell in MD.
Qualifying: QR1 Sarah COLES (GBR) def Jennifer ELIE (USA, 619) 76(6) 75 QR2 Sarah Coles (GBR) def Caitlyn Baines (USA, UR) 61 60 QR3 Sarah Coles (GBR) def (3)Agnes Szatmari (ROM, 317) 26 62 61  Main Draw: Sarah Borwell (GBR) v (Q)S...
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Australian Open Qualifying (women)
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(Preview)
QR1: Anne Keothavong v Junri Namigata (JPN) (the winner is likely to have to play no. 1 seed Kateryna Bondarenko, unfortunately)
QR1: Katie O'Brien v Yanchong Chen (CHN) (winner to play (q24) Margarita Chakhnashvili (GEO) or the infamous Nastya P)
QR1: Melanie South v (q10) Timea Backinsky (S...
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ITF Tampa - 25k [15th Jan 2007]
(Preview)
Sarah Borwell in the main draw and likely to be seeded 7.
Sarah Coles and Jane O'Donoghue in qualies.
Borwell is still deciding which tourney to go for since she is on the entry list for Fort Walton Beach - 25k which is in the same week. -- Edited by VSandhi20 at 00:09, 2007-01-07 -- E...
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Moorilla Hobart International 2007
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(Preview)
Since Georgie Stoop winning her first 25k last week, Stoop as well as the first 2 winners of the 3 week tour in Australia got a Qualie WC for Hobart! So we'll keep on eye on her progree, hopefully she'll win a round in the qualies!
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Q&A with Jessica Ren
(Preview)
I'm going to try and do a short Q&A with Jessica Ren for this site (and britishtennis.net) after her Orange Bowl final tomorrow.
Please post any questions you'd like me to ask, in this thread
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WTA Auckland - tier IV
(Preview)
This starts tonight.
Anne Keothavong, Mel South and Katie O'Brien are in the qualies.
Full draw:
(1)RAZZANO, Virginie vs KURYANOVICH, Iryna
CHEN, Yanchong vs KREMER, Anne
ZHANG, Shuai vs GULLICKSON, Carly
FUDA, Ryoko vs (7)ROLLE, Ahsha
(2)TU, Meilen vs (WC)BARRY, Elle...
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Melanie South: Surrey comet article
(Preview)
New Malden tennis professional Melanie South is planning a year of Grand Slam competition after finishing 2006 ranked in the world's top 200 for singles and doubles.
Since the US Open, South has completed a gruelling schedule of 17 competitions in six different countries. It has seen the Briti...
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45th Juniors International Orange Bowl
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(Preview)
At first i thought i ask, but nevertheless decided do it anyway!!
Direct entries:
Under 16's:
BROADY Naomi, CLARKE Yasmin, ULLATHORNE Elizabeth
Under 18's:
CURTIS Jade, FITZPATRICK Anna, MOORE Tara PROSSER Nikki
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Prince Cup 2006
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(Preview)
well the entry list is nowhere to be found but according to the guy I called there ARE brits on the entry lists... just that the little bastard said he couldnt tell me who they were and that yes the lists were released and readily available...
if you'd like to hear the phone convo i recorded it... :biggr...
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Natasha gets boost from new national coach
(Preview)
Natasha Khan has been singled out as one of the players who can revitalise British tennis.
Khan, from Hove, has rocketed up the world rankings from 900 and is now inside the world's top 500.
Lewes-based Nigel Sears, the new national head coach for women, is impressed with her form and wants he...
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Jane feeling the benefits of new training base
(Preview)
Jane O’Donoghue, one of Britain’s top tennis players, says making the University of Bath her training base has given her tennis career a new lease of life.
The 23-year-old, originally from Wigan, is currently number 11 in the British women’s rankings and 383 in the world, but is determined to wo...
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Dubai 75K.
(Preview)
Mel South is 12th on the lists. Initially she was outside the top 35, I think.
No Brits in qualies draw. Not even the Dubai based 15 year old Jennifer Smith.
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