Q1: Nicola GEORGE (GBR) 8 870= defeated Abbie MYERS (AUS) UNR 6-3 1-6 6-2

-- Edited by PockyTastic on Sunday 27th of February 2011 10:02:02 AM

Q2: Nicola GEORGE (GBR) (8) defeated Sinead DISAYA (AUS) 6-1 6-0

FQR: Nicola GEORGE (GBR) (8) defeated Maya GAVEROVA (RUS) (11) 6-3 7-6(4)

Iijima is actually on a 4-match losing streak, starting with the Bangalore 50K Final last December, so she is 0-3 in 2011. Indeed, since winning two weak Japanese 25Ks in a row in Sep/Oct, she has lost in R1 in 6 of her last 9 events, including a 4 & 5 loss to Lisa Whybourn in Esperance. I imagine she'll still have too much for Nicola, but she does seem to blow very hot - mainly in Asia - and cold in most other places.

Katie played Takao once before, beating her 6-0 6-7(9) 6-1 in Bronx qualifying in 2006.

Rajicic is an up-and-coming 16-year-old, but like Iijima, she has also lost all her matches so far this year - 4 of them, the first two in WTA qualifying, the last two in 25Ks. She beat Eleanor Dean 9-7 in a final set t/b in Cairns qualifying last year.

-- Edited by steven on Monday 28th of February 2011 08:40:56 AM

L16: (2) WEBLEY-SMITH/MIRKOVIC (AUS) def GEORGE/WLODARCZAK (AUS) 6-1 6-2
L16: O'BRIEN/HSU (TPE) def BOBUSIC/DE WAEL (AUS/BEL) 5-6 6-1 10-7

QF: (2) WEBLEY-SMITH/MIRKOVIC (AUS) v O'BRIEN/HSU (TPE)

Katie breaks again to go 4-2 up

Serves 1st set out to 15:

Katie 6-3 0-0*

both remembering how to hold serve..

Katie *2-3