Women's Qualy Draw

[janie]

copied from Jorn:

Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ (1) v Shenay Perry USA
Zuzana Kucova SVK v Angela Haynes USA
Aurelie Vedy FRA v Stephanie Vongsouthi FRA
Anna Gerasimou GRE v Elena Baltacha GBR (15)

Maria Elena Camerin ITA (2) v Anna Tatishvili GEO
Florence Haring FRA v Carmen Klaschka GER
Catalina Castano COL v Chloe Babet FRA
Zuzana Ondraskova CZE v Melanie Oudin USA (14)

Vania King USA (3) v Regina Kulikova RUS
Tereza Hladikova CZE v Nina Bratchikova RUS
Abigail Spears USA v Sandra Zahlavova CZE
Selima Sfar TUN v Anastasija Sevastova LAT (16)

Stefanie Voegele SUI (4) v Ekaterina Dzehalevich BLR
Julia Vakulenko UKR v Polona Hercog SLO
Olga Puchkova RUS v Frederica Piedade POR
Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP v Mariana Duque Marino COL (13)

Stephanie Dubois CAN (5) v Greta Arn HUN
Tomoko Yonemura JPN v Kathrin Woerle GER
Chanelle Scheepers RSA v Aiko Nakamura JPN
Romina Oprandi ITA v Kimiko Date Krumm JPN (23)

Masa Zec Peskiric SLO (6) v Meng Yuan CHN
Mervana Jugic-Salkic BIH v Irina Begu ROU
Estrella Candle Head ESP v Vitalia Diatchenko RUS
Simona Halep ROU v Michaella Krajicek NED (17)

Andrea Petkovic GER (7) v Ekaterina Ivanova RUS
Chin-Wei Chan TPE v Neuza Silva POR
Yuliana Fedak UKR v The Hair RUS
Kristina Kucova SVK v Michelle Larcher De Screamo POR (20)

Katie O'Brien GBR (8) v Karla Mraz FRA
Anne Schaefer GER v Rika Fujiwara JPN
Katalin Marosi HUN v Julia Schruff GER
Arantxa Rus NED v Andreja Klepac SLO (19)

Anna Lapushchenkova RUS (9) v Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ
Tatiana Poutchek BLR v Corinna Dentoni ITA
Angelika Bachmann GER v Jorgelina Cravero ARG
Youlia Fedossova FRA v Su-Wei Hsieh TPE (24)

Tatjana Malek GER (10) v Elbo RUS
Madison Brengle USA v Olga Savchuk UKR
Renata Voracova CZE v Angelique Kerber GER
Laura Thorpe FRA v Yvonne Meusburger AUT (18)

Alberta Brianti ITA (11) v Ekaterina Bychkova RUS
Petra Martic CRO v Georgie Stoop GBR
Anastasia Rodionova AUS v Sophie Ferguson AUS
Angelika Roesch GER v Evgeniya Rodina RUS (21)

Julie Ditty USA (12) v Lenka Wienerova SVK
Ksenia Palkina KGZ v Lauren Albanese USA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE v Alexandra Panova RUS
Violette Huck FRA v Carly Gullickson USA (22)

[DBBN]

Rough draw for Elbo; Malek has been playing some fine ball of late.

Fun draw. Looks like we're getting back to some interesting qualies after a year or so of boring fields. A good batch of Hidden Worlders these days! I expect a lot of turnover in 51-100 this year...lots of deadwood ripe for the plucking!

[janie]

Yes! Get that deadwood out and bring in a new batch of kids for us to rip to shreds!

[leelee]

Yeah, it's a tough draw. But, Elbo would lose to most here anyway.

[janie]

I didn't expect EB to win, but I did think she might win more than the 3 games she managed.
Also out already: Su-Wel and The Hair.

Thunder is through, and Neuza, and Mount Fuji and, unfortunately, de Screamo.

[janie]

Poor Candle Head, I think she served for the match in the 2nd set. I bet she choked like a dog at the prospect of winning a (q) match at a Slam.

[janie]

This place is a little too quiet for Slam-time.

[DBBN]

Seems like we lost about half our group in the last month or so. Meh.

[aussiestatman]

hello everyone, i'm back again
carly looks to be first thru followed by sesil

[aussiestatman]

thru to the final round, anyway

[janie]

60 61! Not bad from Carly.

[janie]

May 21, 2009 5:16:29 GMT -5 aussiestatman said:

hello everyone, i'm back again
carly looks to be first thru followed by sesil

Sesil went on to lose that 2nd set and is in a real battle now.

[aussiestatman]

May 21, 2009 6:05:57 GMT -5 janie said:

May 21, 2009 5:16:29 GMT -5 aussiestatman said:

hello everyone, i'm back again
carly looks to be first thru followed by sesil

Sesil went on to lose that 2nd set and is in a real battle now.

yeah, i was wrong, she lost in 3.
the young italian must be good on clay.

i saw sesil play here in australia, she hits a big groundie

[DBBN]

May 21, 2009 5:16:29 GMT -5 aussiestatman said:

hello everyone, i'm back again
carly looks to be first thru followed by sesil

Sesil just hasn't been playing very well this year. The THUNDER has dissipated.

Begu has blown at least 5 match points in the 7-6 game. Wonder how many she's had already.

[lexpretend]

Sesil has only had a couple of decent tournaments in her comeback, which is now 1 1/2 years old.

Sad about Krumm, but v optimistic about her chances on grass.

Two guaranteed Slam debutantes squaring off in Q3: Nina Bratchikova vs Anastasija Sevastova, Irina Begu vs Vitalia Diatchenko. Also a host of other potentials - Carmen Klaschka, Polona Hercog, Michelle Larcher de Brito, Arantxa Rus, Corinna Dentoni, Petra Martic.

[janie]

What happened to Kimiko? I only know she retired. Hope it's nothing serious.

[lexpretend]

Retired against Oprandi, who retired against Jeepers Scheepers, giving us a Woerle vs Scheepers match to get in the MD

[DBBN]

Scheepers qualified easily and has now made both Slam main draws this year

De Screamo is in. First Slam draw? I think so.

Same for Rus? The juniors are finally panning out.

Sevastova, definitely first time for the Latvian!

Same for the Vitalia Onion , who just pipped Begu

Dentoni isn't very good, but she claims her maiden Slam draw as well.

Vets Gullickson, the Shved, and Ooooh Zuzana claim spots.

Not sure about Petra Martic, but she's in too...Rodina should have won that one.

Just waiting on Malek-Mouseburger and MDM-Hercog.

[lexpretend]

Hercog in - first Slam for her too!

Could literally not care less about Malek and Mouseburger.