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Post by janie on Jul 22, 2006 7:21:12 GMT -5
Tara Snyder deserves a WC for speaking out about Joe Giuliano. Help her heal, USTA!
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Post by DevilishAttitude on Jul 22, 2006 12:59:48 GMT -5
I will do the withdrawals:
Main Draw Withdrawals #2 Kim Clijsters - Injured #14 Elena Bovina - Injured #18 Flavia Pennetta - Injured #23 Venus Williams - Injured
Qualifying withdrawals: #109 Maria Emilia Salerni - Unknown #110 Julia Vakulenko - Injured #119 Katerina Bohmova - Unknown #127 Nuria Llagostera Vives - Injured #131 Mashona Washington - Injured #141 Henrieta Nagyova - Injured #144 Yoon Jeong Cho - Injured #155 Lucie Hradecka - Unknown #159 Saori Obata - Retired #166 Mariya Koryttseva - Unknown #175 Timea Bacsinszky - Unknown #176 Rika Fujiwara - Injured #181 Conchita Martinez - Retired #185 Natalia Gussoni - Injured #198 Madalina Gojnea - Unknown #201 Alize Cornet - Unknown #204 Mervana Jugic Salkic - Unknown #213 Ludmilla Cervanova - Unknown #220 Sophie Ferguson - Unknown #223 Simona Matei - Unknown #225 Magdalena Rybarikova - Unknown #229 Elena Baltacha - Injured #230 Mandy Minella - Injured #244 Hanna Nooni - Injured
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Post by shenaynay on Jul 22, 2006 13:38:56 GMT -5
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Post by Grarliner on Jul 22, 2006 23:07:50 GMT -5
Obata retired!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Well, alright.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 23, 2006 0:17:16 GMT -5
Obata retired! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Well, alright. I always think it's sad when tennis loses a hot mamacita.
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Post by DBBN on Jul 23, 2006 1:43:12 GMT -5
Obata retired! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Well, alright. I always think it's sad when tennis loses a hot mamacita. So the Conchita retirement must be doubly, nay, triply horrific for you!
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 23, 2006 14:35:50 GMT -5
I always think it's sad when tennis loses a hot mamacita. So the Conchita retirement must be doubly, nay, triply horrific for you! Oh yes.
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Post by Eggy on Aug 6, 2006 10:52:05 GMT -5
Eva Hrdinova is now last player in qualies. 6 players in Q have withdrawn, not checking who though
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Post by :rolleyes: on Aug 6, 2006 15:34:10 GMT -5
theboiled egg showed up? what a surprise?
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Post by Pamela Shriver on Aug 16, 2006 17:58:59 GMT -5
MD WC's:
Serena Williams Chanda Rubin Alicia Molik Lauren Albanese Alexa Glatch Jessica Kirkland Bethanie Mattek Ahsha Rolle
Q WC's:
Madison Brengle Julia Cohen Yulia Fedossova Mary Gambale Chelsey Gullickson Jamie Hampton Alexandra Stevenson Neha Uberoi Ashley Weinhold
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Post by janie on Aug 16, 2006 18:12:15 GMT -5
Chanda and Alicia Alexandra
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Post by Pamela Shriver on Aug 16, 2006 18:31:29 GMT -5
Alex actually deserves a Q WC this year, though.
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Post by shenaynay on Aug 16, 2006 19:23:53 GMT -5
Albanese is the only head scratcher this year. Winning a 10k means nothing.
Alex is fine for the Q WC. I think a couple of the older players like Raquel and Snyder should have got one also, though.
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Post by janie on Aug 16, 2006 20:23:33 GMT -5
Albanese is the only head scratcher this year. Winning a 10k means nothing. From Bob Larson: Albanese, 16, earned her wild card by winning the 2006 USTA Girls' 18s National Championship last weekend in San Jose, Calif. She did not lose a set in seven matches en route to her first USTA national title. In July, Albanese had a nine-match winning streak on the USTA Pro Circuit, winning her first pro singles title at a $10,000 event in Wichita, Kan. She is currently ranked No. 644 in the world.
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Post by shenaynay on Aug 16, 2006 21:41:17 GMT -5
Do they give the winner of that a WC every year?
I don't follow these things too well. I thought they gave the NCAA champ one, but they haven't the last 2 years.
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Post by janie on Aug 17, 2006 5:51:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I think they do give the 18s winners WCs every year.
Some say the NCAA champs' WCs are no longer automatic because it's usually a couple of gol-danged furriners who win that prize nowadays. And the USTA don't care much for them dirty furriners.
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Post by shenaynay on Aug 17, 2006 11:05:04 GMT -5
Or it's because a non-American won. Well not this year, but before.
If Amber Liu was good enough to get one the two years she won... the last two should be better, since Amber still does play at Stanford.
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Post by Pamela Shriver on Aug 17, 2006 13:51:23 GMT -5
Clijsters withdrew today.
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Post by Maeby Fünke on Aug 17, 2006 13:59:01 GMT -5
Are they having a mens tournament this year?
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Post by janie on Aug 21, 2006 20:01:42 GMT -5
qualy draws are up
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Post by DevilishAttitude on Aug 22, 2006 6:06:23 GMT -5
Qualifying Draw:
Nicole Pratt AUS [1] v. Vilmarie Castellvi PUR Lindsay Lee-Waters USA v. Neha Uberoi USA Nina Bratchikova RUS v. Vanessa Henke GER Frederica Piedade POR v. Yung-Jan Chan TPE [27]
Vasilisa Bardina RUS [2] v. Aniko Kapros HUN Libuse Prusova CZE v. Tiffany Dabek USA Mariana Diaz-Oliva ARG v. Olga Blahotova CZE Chelsey Gullickson USA [WC] v. Laura Pous-Tío ESP [17]
Yulia Beygelzimer UKR [3] v. Chin-Wei Chan TPE Katarina Kachlikova SVK v. Madison Brengle USA [WC] Akgul Amanmuradova UZB v. Angelika Bachmann GER Mathilde Johansson FRA v. Antonella Serra Zanetti ITA [32]
Eva Birnerova CZE [4] v. Ayumi Morita JPN Miho Saeki JPN v. Zsofia Gubacsi HUN Kathrin Wörle GER v. Sunitha Rao USA Giulia Gabba ITA v. Yaroslava Shvedova RUS [29]
Olga Poutchkova RUS [5] v. Virginie Pichet FRA Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro FRA v. Sarah Borwell GBR Sabine Klaschka GER v. Ryoko Fuda JPN Melanie South GBR v. Kyra Nagy HUN [18]
Ivana Lisjak CRO [6] v. Oxana Lyubtsova UKR Junri Namigata JPN v. Yevgenia Savransky ISR Kristina Brandi PUR v. Yvonne Meusburger AUT Carly Gullickson USA v. Lioudmila Skavronskaia RUS [24]
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR [7] v. Valentina Sassi ITA Sara Errani ITA v. Shikha Uberoi IND Julia Cohen USA [WC] v. Pauline Parmentier FRA Kelly Liggan IRL v. Agnieszka Radwanska POL [20]
Lilia Osterloh USA [8] v. Angela Haynes USA Suchanan Viratprasert THA v. Mary Gambale USA [WC] Tatiana Panova RUS v. Maria-Fernanda Alves BRA Youlia Fedossova FRA [WC] v. Anne Keothavong GBR [30]
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA [9] v. Alisa Kleybanova RUS Shiho Hisamatsu JPN v. Michaela Pastikova CZE Ana Vrljic CRO v. Dominika Nociarova SVK Maria Vento-Kabchi VEN v. Sandra Klösel GER [21]
Maria Jose Martínez Sanchez ESP [10] v. Andrea Hlavackova CZE Elise Tamaëla NED v. Petra Cetkovska CZE Ting Li CHN v. Clarisa Fernandez ARG Adriana Serra Zanetti ITA v. Tzipora Obziler ISR [26]
Tatiana Poutchek BLR [11] v. Alexandra Stevenson USA [WC] Florence Haring FRA v. Ivana Abramovic CRO Claudine Schaul LUX v. Daniela Kix AUT Margalita Chakhnashvili GEO v. Alberta Brianti ESP [25]
Varvara Lepchenko UZB [12] v. Jamie Hampton USA [WC] Erika Takao JPN v. Rossana De Los Rios PAR Katie O'Brien GBR v. Ashley Weinhold USA [WC] Jenifer Widjaja BRA v. Anne Kremer LUX [31]
Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI [13] v. Lenka Nemeckova CZE Soledad Esperon ARG v. Barbora Strycova CZE Tina Schiechtl AUT v. Selima Sfar TUN Greta Arn GER v. Milagros Sequera VEN [19]
Kirsten Flipkens BEL [14] v. Ana Timotic SCG Sandra Zahlavova CZE v. Jorgelina Cravero ARG Natalie Grandin RSA v. Tatiana Perebiynis UKR Su-Wei Hsieh TPE v. Anda Perianu ROM [28]
Edina Gallovits ROM [15] v. Ansley Cargill USA [WC] Alla Kudryavtseva RUS v. Renata Voracova CZE Eva Hrdinova CZE v. Nathalie Vierin ITA Joanna Sakowicz POL v. Kristina Barrois GER [22]
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [16] v. Casey Dellacqua AUS Maria Jose Argeri ARG v. Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP Karin Knapp ITA v. Diana Ospina USA Margit Rüütel EST v. Aleksandra Wozniak CAN [23]
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Post by DevilishAttitude on Aug 22, 2006 6:11:14 GMT -5
I think these will qualify:
Pratt Bardina Beygelzimer Shvedova Poutchkova Brandi Bondarenko Osterloh or Haynes Kleybanova Obziler Poutchek or Stevenson Lepchenko Nagyova Grandin or Perebiynis Barrois Dubois
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Post by Grarliner on Aug 22, 2006 10:21:53 GMT -5
CANADIAN QUALIFIER! ROAR.
J. Widjaja is now the higher-ranked Widjaja? Wow.
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Post by janie on Aug 22, 2006 11:04:20 GMT -5
It's hilarious that Alexandra plays Pouty again.
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Post by shenaynay on Aug 22, 2006 12:31:28 GMT -5
Probable seeds:
1) Mauresmo 2) Henin-Hardenne 3) Sharapova 4) Dementieva
5) Petrova 6) Kuznetsova 7) Schnyder 8) Hingis
9) Vaidisova 10) Davenport. 11) Myskina 12) Safina
13) Schiavone (I assume Pierce is WD'ing, someone comment if I'm wrong.) 14) Groenefeld 15) Ivanovic 16) Hantuchova
17) Pennetta 18) Jankovic 19) Kirilenko 20) Peer 21) Srebotnik 22) Chakvetadze 23) Li Na 24) Medina, Ana Isabel
25) Bartoli 26) Golovin 27) Sugiyama 28) Zheng 29) Williams, P. 30) Dechy 31) Likhovtseva 32) Zvonareva
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Post by DevilishAttitude on Aug 22, 2006 12:44:59 GMT -5
According to her thread in WTAworld, Mary has announced she'll play and has no issues with injuries ;D
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Post by :rolleyes: on Aug 22, 2006 21:33:17 GMT -5
Lindsay Lee and Carly G. playing qualies? one of those should have a WC. --Serena's to be in fact. Making her play qualies would only result in whining from her camp and from Williams Fans. Tennis fans wouldn't mind it.
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Post by DevilishAttitude on Aug 23, 2006 9:27:39 GMT -5
Results Angelika Bachmann (GER) def Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 6-3 6-2 Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI)[13] def Lenka Nemeckova (CZE) 6-0 4-6 6-0 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)[10] def Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 2-6 7-5 6-1 Maria Fernanda Alves (BRA) def Tatiana Panova (RUS) 6-4 6-2 Sandra Zahlavova (CZE) def Jorgelina Cravero (ARG) 6-4 6-3 Mathilde Johansson (FRA) def Antonella Serra Zanetti (ITA)[32] 6-3 6-1 Stephanie Dubois (CAN)[16] def Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-3 6-2 Petra Cetkovska (CZE) def Elise Tamaela (NED) 6-4 6-1 Lioudmila Skavronskaia (RUS)[24] def Carly Gullickson (USA) 6-4 7-5 Karin Knapp (ITA) def Diana Ospina (USA) 6-4 7-5 Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)[14] def Ana Timotic (SCG) 3-6 6-4 6-1 Madison Brengle (USA) def Katarina Kachlikova (SVK) 2-6 6-3 6-3 Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)[23] def Margit Ruutel (EST) 6-3 7-6(6) Junri Namigata (JPN) def Yevgenia Savransky (ISR) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 Sunitha Rao (USA) def Kathrin Woerle (GER) 3-6 7-5 6-3 Youlia Fedossova (FRA) def Anne Keothavong (GBR)[30] 6-4 1-6 6-3 Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) def Anda Perianu (ROM)[28] 6-3 6-1 Angela Haynes (USA) def Lilia Osterloh (USA)[8] 4-6 6-3 6-2 Milagros Sequera (VEN)[19] def Greta Arn (GER) 6-0 6-1 Tzipora Obziler (ISR)[26] def Adriana Serra Zanetti (ITA) 6-1 6-2 Zsofia Gubacsi (HUN) def Miho Saeki (JPN) 6-2 2-6 6-3 Ivana Lisjak (CRO)[6] def Oxana Lyubtsova (UKR) 6-2 3-6 6-1 Clarisa Fernandez (ARG) def Ting (sr) Li (CHN) 6-2 4-6 6-4 Suchanan Viratprasert (THA) def Mary Gambale (USA) 7-6(3) 6-1 Natalie Grandin (RSA) def Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 6-1 6-2 Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR)[3] def Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) 6-1 6-2 Maria Jose Argeri (ARG) def Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 6-4 6-4 Kristina Brandi (PUR) def Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-3 6-3 Barbora Strycova (CZE) def Soledad Esperon (ARG) 6-4 6-2 Eva Birnerova (CZE)[4] def Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-4 7-6(2) Selima Sfar (TUN) def Tina Schiechtl (AUT) 4-6 7-5 6-2 Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS)[29] def Giulia Gabba (ITA) 6-7(3) 6-4 7-5
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