women's Qualy Draw

[janie]

There are a bunch of intriguing matches in r1; wish I could go.

Please take care of business in your first match, Chin-Wei. Same to you, Angie Haynes. Welcome back to Slamland, Giant Barbie! Good luck!

Meng Yuan [1] vs Hana Sromova
Ye-Ra Lee vs Christina Wheeler
Elena Bovina vs Monique Adamczak
Alexandra Panova vs Julia Schruff [18]

Mathilde Johansson [2] vs Racquel Kops-Jones
Kristina Kucova vs Naomi Cavaday
Oxana Lyubtsova vs Anne Schaefer
Anastasia Pivovarova vs Ayumi Morita [28]

Julie Ditty [3] vs Rika Fujiwara
Soeldad Esperon vs Sunitha Rao
Polona Hercog vs Sandra Zahlavova
Junri Namigata vs Kirsten Flipkens [20]

Anna Lapshchenkova [4] vs Yuliana Fedak
Jarmila Gajdosova vs Maria Kondratieva
Yevgnia Savranska vs Kristie Haerim Ahn
Akiko Yonemura vs Jelena Pandzic

Stephanie Dubois (5) vs Eva Hrdinova
Shuai Zhang vs Jorgelina Cravero
Melissa Torres Sandoval vs Youlia Fedossova
Alberta Brianti vs Melanie South [27]

Su-Wei Hsieh [6] vs Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP
Madison Brengle vs Ana Jovanovic
Alina Jidkova vs Audra Cohen
Arina Rodionova vs Kristina Barrois [26]

Melinda Czink [7] vs Sloane Stephens
Greta Arn vs Stefanie Vogele
Lauren Albanese vs Kimberly Couts
Ekaternina Ivanova vs Lucie Hradecka [21]

Stephanie Foretz [8] vs Kumiko Iijima
Irena Pavlovic vs Erika Takao
Regina Kulikova vs Tetiana Luzhanska
Kathrin Woerle vs Anna-Lena Groenfield [30]


Anastasiya Yakimova [9] vs Neuza Silva
Xinyun Han vs Ana Vrljic
Roberta Vinci vs Estrella Cabeza Candela
Masa Zec Peskiric vs Urszula Radwanska [23]

Rosanna De Los Rios [10] vs Liana Ungur
Eva Birnerova vs Zuzana Ondraskova
Tomoko Yonemura vs Zuzana Kucova
Ekaterina Dzehalevich vs Catalina Castano [32]

Yaroslava Shevedova [11] vs Corinna Dentoni
Alexandra Stevenson vs Chin-Wei Chan
Johanna Larsson vs Veronika Chvojkova
Chanelle Scheepers vs Vesna Manasieva [19]

Tzipora Obziler [12] vs Jingjing Lu
Angelique Kerber vs Shenay Perry
Margalita Chakhnashvili vs Varvara Lepchenko
Christina McHale vs Olga Savchuk [17]

Olga Puchkova [13] vs Sesil Karatantcheva
Amanda McDowell vs Julie Coin
Margit Ruutel vs Carly Gullickson
Anna Korzeniak vs Elena Baltacha [25]

Renata Voracova [14] vs Tatiana Poutchek
Julia Boserup vs Nina Bratchikova
Betina Jozami vs Alexa Glatch
Petra Martic vs Katie O'Brien [29]

Iona Raluca Olaru [15] vs Sandra Martinovic
Nika Ozegovic vs Marie-Eve Pelletier
Abigail Spears vs Karolina Sprem
Angela Haynes vs Michelle Larcher De Brito [22]

Mariana Duque Marino [16] vs Kira Nagy
Sanda Mamic vs Sophie Ferguson
Anna Tatishvili vs Lilia Osterloh
Ksenia Palkina vs Maria Elena Camerin [24]

[janie]

Already some results! I didn't know it started today. Kops-Jones and Little Ayumi lost.

[janie]

So, is this Candle Head's first Slam? I hope she'll qualify. The Tour is depressingly low on candleheads.

[janie]

Arnophiles will be dismayed while Corswandt will rejoice to learn that the Great one lost to Miss V

[janie]

okay, why is my post being cut off? I have more news!

[Iorix]

Go the Tarmac Heiress against the Sloaney one in R2.

Go Corinna.

Show the world that those who can qualify at The Biggest, Bestest Tournament in the World can qualify anywhere.

[janie]

Pandzic, who played 10K qualies last year, got her first Slam win today!

Angie Haynes, OTOH, has been out there for hours and hours fighting against de Screamo. She must have earplugs in. Sadly, I'm pretty sure she lead by a set and 5-3 and then lost that set 5-7.

[janie]

Oh, it's over. Surprise, surprise, Angie lost.

And it turns out she was up 5-2 in the 2nd ...

[Wagasi]

FIGHTER! de screamo

I can see the awkward commercials already

[sasha]

Oh, they're coming.

Constantly smiling like Guga. But, she also grunts louder than Maria. GIRL POWER~

[DBBN]

Aug 19, 2008 17:46:49 GMT -5 janie said:

Pandzic, who played 10K qualies last year, got her first Slam win today!

Oh, no no no. Pandzic qualified and won a main draw match at the French. Some fan you are!

[sasha]

And I watched that Pandzic win! She stinks.

[lexpretend]

The KGZ girl took boring Camerin to three sets but lost

Our best hope to stop Screamo is...Olaru :/

[janie]

Aug 19, 2008 21:37:53 GMT -5 DBBN said:

Aug 19, 2008 17:46:49 GMT -5 janie said:

Pandzic, who played 10K qualies last year, got her first Slam win today!

Oh, no no no. Pandzic qualified and won a main draw match at the French. Some fan you are!

oops! :red:

[janie]

Aug 19, 2008 21:59:34 GMT -5 @sasha said:

And I watched that Pandzic win! She stinks.

I know.

[janie]

ALG is seeded in qualies! This is a good comeback.

Good luck today to Betina, Su-Wei, Bally, Shenayray, Steph, Meli Torres (in the US Open!! ), Jorgi, and, it goes without saying, Giant Barbie and Chin-Wei Chan.

[DBBN]

Aug 20, 2008 6:51:55 GMT -5 janie said:

Aug 19, 2008 21:59:34 GMT -5 @sasha said:

And I watched that Pandzic win! She stinks.

I know.

She's doing okay! Most Hidden Worlders stink. Look at Pelletier! But who stinks less will win the prize!

[janie]

Good point! So what if she has no serve or forehand; she's out there living her dream!

Meanwhile, Chin-Wei took her time about it, but finally managed to send Alex Stevenson to the Zoo, 7-5 in the 3rd.

[janie]

Giant Barbie is off to a good start, leading 4-1 ... hope she's not too

[janie]

61, 10 and trying to hold on to her serve here ...

[janie]

61 20 -- I hope Adamczak is getting discouraged by now

[lexpretend]

Hsieh's 10K-and-Slams strategy continues to pay off with a win over Soler Espinosa!

The Hair lost to Scheepers :/ She's in a bit of a slump right now.

Who is the Sloane Stephens WC chick who beat Czink?

[DBBN]

Ye-Ra Lee (not to be confused with She-Ra, Princess of Power) beat Julia Cohen (ALT) 6-1 6-0

I love when people talk about no-pace moonballers. Because...really, I don't know exactly what they'd call Julia Cohen were they ever to see her play.

[janie]

Aug 20, 2008 14:42:37 GMT -5 lexpretend said:

Who is the Sloane Stephens WC chick who beat Czink?

She is an African-American Floridian 15-year-old. Not sure if she's from Bollettieri's stable or not, but I hope not.

Poor Julia Cohen! She must be devastated. I'm glad she's found a happy home in college tennis, where she does quite well, I believe.

[janie]

I found this on Nicy B's web site, in an article on upcoming African-American kids from across the whole country, but I don't think she's working with him.

Sloane Stephens
Boca Raton

Comes from a very athletic family. Her mother was a 1988 All-American swimmer at Boston University and her father is former New England Patriots running back John Stephens, a first-round draft pick in 1988. Last year she led her U.S. 14s team to a world championship in the Czech Republic.

[sasha]

Audra Cohen was the good college tennis one.

[DBBN]

The good pro tennis one too, as she won her Q-1R match today over Leelee Jidkova

[DBBN]

Yuan (1) easily ousted by Snorova...Bovina may actually have more trouble with her.

THUNDER with an easy win over brainless Puchkova, and she should qualify with her terribly weak draw: whatever Coin or mediocre NCAA champ McDowell next, then craptastic NWAPANWBAP Baltacha or possibly "comeback"ing Carly Gullickson in the Q round.

[janie]

Is Baltacha really that hopeless?

[janie]

It will be fun if Estrella Candle Head falls in love with fellow qualy hopeful Victor Estrella of [Go] DOM (who incidentally took out X. "can I please phone my doctor" Malisse today). Estrella Estrella would be almost as good a name as Candle Head!