SEWTA Qualifying Draw.

[DBBN]

LLAGOSTERA VIVES, Nuria ESP [1] vs. MALEK, Tatjana GER
KUCOVA, Zuzana SVK vs. COHEN, Julia USA
LERTCHEEWAKARN, Noppawan THA vs. IIJIMA, Kumiko JPN
KOSTOVA, Elitsa BUL vs. CHANG, Kai-Chen TPE [19]

CHAN, Yung-Jan TPE [2] vs. ERAKOVIC, Marina NZL
ZEC-PESKIRIC, Masa SLO vs. FERGUSON, Sophie AUS
SEMA, Erika JPN vs. VRLJIC, Ana CRO
BEYGELZIMER, Yuliya UKR vs. SOLER-ESPINOSA, Silvia ESP [20]

RUS, Arantxa NED [3] vs. SANCHEZ, Olivia FRA
PANOVA, Alexandra RUS vs. LEE-WATERS, Lindsay USA
MURRAY, Samantha GBR (W) vs. GIORGI, Camila ITA
MOORE, Tara GBR (W) vs. MEUSBURGER, Yvonne AUT [16]

FALCONI, Irina USA [4] vs. GROENEFELD, Anna-Lena GER
BOGDAN, Elena ROU vs. LU, Jing-Jing CHN
JONES, Sacha NZL vs. SAVCHUK, Olga UKR
KUCOVA, Kristina SVK vs. NAMIGATA, Junri JPN [13]

TANASUGARN, Tamarine THA [5] vs. BUYUKAKCAY, Cagla TUR
TOMLJANOVIC, Ajla CRO vs. KULIKOVA, Regina RUS
KORYTTSEVA, Mariya UKR vs. ROGOWSKA, Olivia AUS
GEORGATOU, Eirini GRE vs. FORETZ GACON, Stephanie FRA [14]

GALLOVITS-HALL, Edina ROU [6] vs. MOLINERO, Florencia Andre ARG
WIENEROVA, Lenka SVK vs. LUZHANSKA, Tetiana UKR
ARRUABARRENA-VECIN, Lara ESP vs. GARCIA VIDAGANY, Beatriz ESP
STEPHENSON, Francesca GBR (W) vs. TSURENKO, Lesia UKR [15]

CAMERIN, Maria Elena ITA [7] vs. KRUNIC, Aleksandra SRB
DIATCHENKO, Vitalia RUS vs. GLUSHKO, Julia ISR
DELLACQUA, Casey AUS (W) vs. EL TABAKH, Heidi CAN
FITZPATRICK, Anna GBR (W) vs. DUBOIS, Stephanie CAN [23]

SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP [8] vs. VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI
IVANOVA, Ekaterina RUS vs. HAN, Xinyun CHN
SOUTH, Melanie GBR (W) vs. UNGUR, Liana ROU
BRENGLE, Madison USA vs. DOI, Misaki JPN [17]

BIRNEROVA, Eva CZE [9] vs. KREMER, Anne LUX
THORPE, Laura FRA vs. PLISKOVA, Kristyna CZE (W)
RODIONOVA, Arina RUS vs. KARATANTCHEVA, Sesil KAZ
JURIKOVA, Lenka SVK vs. NARA, Kurumi JPN [18]

BREMOND, Iryna FRA [10] vs. FLORIS, Anna ITA
CABEZA CANDELA, Estrella ESP vs. DENTONI, Corinna ITA
CADANTU, Alexandra ROU vs. BARTHEL, Mona GER
KRAJICEK, Michaella NED vs. SAVINYKH, Valeria RUS [24]

VORACOVA, Renata CZE [11] vs. GLATCH, Alexa USA
PEERS, Sally AUS vs. GARCIA, Caroline FRA
LINETTE, Magda POL vs. VOSKOBOEVA, Galina KAZ
PIQUION, Nathalie Agnes FRA vs. MINELLA, Mandy LUX [22]

STEPHENS, Sloane USA [12] vs. WINDLEY, Jade GBR (W)
OLARU, Ioana Raluca ROU vs. BRATCHIKOVA, Nina RUS
WOERLE, Kathrin GER vs. IRIGOYEN, Maria ARG
WOZNIAK, Aleksandra CAN vs. RADWANSKA, Urszula POL [21]

[DBBN]

omg so much :facepalm: in this draw...maybe only 3 or 4 of these girls can actually play on grass (and they're all OLD)

THINK | HOPE

Llagostera Vives | Chang
Erakovic | Beygelzimer
FACEPALM SECTION #1! Rus | O. Sanchez
Groenefeld | K. Kucova
Tanasugarn | Kulikova (has she been injured lately? Again?)
FACEPALM SECTION #2! Tsurenko | Tsurenko
Camerin | Dubois
FACEPALM SECTION #3! Voegele | Suarez Navarro
Kremer | Karatantcheva
Krajicek | Cadantu
Voskoboeva | Glatch
Wozniak | Olaru

[lexpretend]

Already? Gah.

THINK | HOPE

NLV | Iijima
Erakovic | Latisha
Rus | Moore
Savchuk | Lu
Foretz-Gacon | Tanasugarn
Stephenson | Stephenson
Dellacqua | Krunic
Voegele | Doi
Rodionova | Karatantcheva
Barthel | Cadantu
Voskoboeva | Garcia
Wozniak | Stephens

FACEPALM SECTION #2 is quite something.

No WC for Tammy but they break the rules for Lisicki Assuredly if Tammy was blonde and pretty she would have received one

[janie]

Lisicki does deserve one, though.

[lexpretend]

Yeah, I don't really object to Lisicki, apart from it being against the rules. Daniilidou is an odd choice but OK, she has grass pedigree and is in good form. I was sure Erakovic would get one! Especially as they have a spare that they're just giving to the next in.

[Brinyi]

Gooooooooooooooooo

LURCH
RG Champion Namigata
Jing-Jing Lu
The Pliskova who is playing
Ar-Rod
U-Rad
IRO
BGV
HET
S.Dubois
CandleHead

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo


Eva Birnerova(CZE)[9] vs. Anne Kremer(LUX), ugh!

[Paean]

I can do that Think/Hope thing as well.

NLV/Iijima
Erakovic/Sema
Meusbruger/Meusburger
Falconi/Namigata
Tanasugarn/Tanasugarn
Gallovits/Molinero
Dubois/Dubois
Voegele/Voegele
Birnerova/Kremer
Barthel/Cabeza Candela
Voskoboeva/Peers
Wozniak/Irigoyen

[janie]

Whoa, Candle Head CRUSHED Dentoni 62 60!

[Brinyi]

Pliskova! Bea! HET! S.Dubois! S.Stephens! LURCH! Namigata!

Katmandu. Jing-Jing Lu. Restless Julia. IRO. U-Rad.

Foretz.

Candle Head.

Al Groenfeld. :ttr:

Kraj. Thunder.

In my dream matchup, Eva Birnerova(CZE)[9] def. Anne Kremer(LUX) 6-4 6-4

[janie]

You accidentally left out Lindsay Lee-Waters in your smile line, Brinyi!

[Brinyi]

That's strange. I rarely miss a chance to jump for joy at a LLW win, as you know.

[Paean]

Namigata was lucky to draw someone in even worse form than herself. K.Kucova as the Junior GS champion is doing almost equally as bad as Lurch.

[janie]

She has taken the first set from Savchuk now.
And Rus needed a tb to win the first set from LLW.

[janie]

Candle Head won AGAIN! Is she the new Conchita?

[Paean]

Also Soler Espinosa is in the third round. And even though she's a set down, I expect NLV to beat the older Kucova! The Spaniards must have learnt how to play on grass!

Namigata wins again As the only Japanese so far....

[Brinyi]

Candle Head! Namigata!

S.Stephens lost a close one to Brat Chick. Too bad also for Lurch and BEA.

CSN has certainly botched what looked like a promising career. What is the story there?

[Edna Krabappel]

CSN has been injured a lot, I think.

What's the deal with LLW? She finished the season inside the top 50 sixteeen years ago. The only other time she was inside the top 100 was in 2004.
And she hasn't even turned 34 yet, I was sure she was pushing 40 by now.

[lexpretend]

This is just CSN's second tournament back after a serious knee (?) injury earlier in the year, I believe.

LLW is only 34?!

[janie]

LLW has 2 kids now. Can't believe she beat Rus!

[Paean]

Losing to any kind of Kucova these days is horrible. Shame on you Nuria!

[lexpretend]

So, our Q round, with potential debutantes bolded. It's been a bit of a massacre for the seeds so far.

Zuzana Kucova vs. (19) Kai-Chen Chang
Marina Erakovic vs. (20) Silvia Soler Espinosa
Lindsay Lee-Waters vs. Camila Giorgi
(4) Irina Falconi vs. (13) Junri Namigata
(5) Tamarine Tanasugarn vs. (14) Stephanie Foretz-Gacon
Tetiana Luzhanska vs. (15) Lesia Tsurenko
Vitalia Diatchenko vs. (23) Stephanie Dubois
Ekaterina Ivanova vs. (17) Misaki Doi
Kristyna Pliskova vs. Arina Rodionova
Estrella Cabeza Candela vs. Mona Barthel
Alexa Glatch vs. Galina Voskoboeva
Nina Bratchikova vs. Aleksandra Wozniak

[lexpretend]

Go:

Chang
Ugh, don't care
Giorgi
Namigata
Tanasugarn
Tsurenko
Diatchenko
Doi
Pliskova
Barthel
Voskoboeva
Bratchikova

[DBBN]

Would be a nice screw-you if Pliskova, the first junior champ in years not to go directly to the main draw, got in. "You let the likes of Lertcheewakarn in, but not me? " (Not that she seems much better.)

Ar-Rod has played a main draw? Where was I?

[lexpretend]

I don't think they really wanted to give Lurch a MD WC last year either, they left it for ages before announcing. This year there's even an unused WC, and Pliskova still didn't get it.

I kind of think it should be a rule that the previous year's junior champ gets a MD WC at all Slams.

Rodionova Minor qualified for the AO this year...

[DBBN]

I don't remember A Minor doing that. OK then.

I guess the rule is a guaranteed Q-WC for the junior champ...and lately, I think that is all that they deserve (both women AND men). Yes, it would make for an interesting name in the main draw, but, hell, like Pliskova, let them earn it through qualies.

[janie]

Anyone notice that Glatch, of all people, thrashed Future GOAT Caroline Garcia 61 60? Apparently not quite ready for Prime Time, notre jeune fille!

[Traveling Man]

I want big runs for Tammy and LLW.

[DBBN]

Jun 15, 2011 16:32:28 GMT -5 janie said:

Anyone notice that Glatch, of all people, thrashed Future GOAT Caroline Garcia 61 60? Apparently not quite ready for Prime Time, notre jeune fille!

The Glatch-Voskoboeva match-up was my hardest "Think" of above. Alexa's game is made for grass and I'm interested to see how she fares tomorrow; she's a much better player than Voskoboeva (as well as, oh, 75% of those ranked above her) but Galina is in form and Alexa can never get healthy

[lexpretend]

Voskoboeva actually seems to be a much more dangerous player on the comeback trail than she ever was in her first career. She's being coached by Alina Jidkova now! And IIRC, she has a bug serve.

[Brinyi]

Play is under way finally.

Go Giorgi Girl, and of course NAMIGATA. I'm sort of torn in the Pliskova - Ar-Rod situation.