$25,000 SEOUL, KOREA (FEED UP)

22 Apr 2002 - 28 Apr 2002 Last Updated: 16 Apr 2002


Rank Date: 01 Apr 2002

16 April 2002 International Tennis Federation

Main Draw Nation Ranking Prot'd Points Information

1 HSIEH Su-Wei (04/01/1986) TPE 154 :D
2 ASAGOE Shinobu (28/06/1976) JPN 168 :D
3 PULLIN Julie (05/11/1975) GBR 171
4 KIM Eun-Ha (08/03/1975) KOR 194
5 PENNETTA Flavia (25/02/1982) ITA 219
6 WOODROFFE Lorna (18/08/1976) GBR 234 P
7 CHOI Young-Ja (30/05/1975) KOR 238
8 JEON Mi-Ra (06/02/1978) KOR 241 :bounce:
9 HISAMATSU Shiho (04/07/1979) JPN 259
10 MUSGRAVE Trudi (10/09/1977) AUS 269
11 YOSHIDA Yuka (01/04/1976) JPN 271 :D
12 TONG Ka-Po (17/03/1981) HKG 272 :D
13 CHANG Kyung-Mi (25/02/1982) KOR 272 P :D
14 VAN ELDEN Kristen (18/09/1981) AUS 280
15 INOUE Haruka (07/06/1977) JPN 286
16 KEOTHAVONG Anne (16/09/1983) GBR 298
17 BELOBRAJDIC Jenny (03/06/1982) AUS 300
18 COLLIN Hannah (18/02/1982) GBR 306
19 SEKULOVSKI Beti (17/05/1983) AUS 309
20 TAKASE Ayami (13/12/1978) JPN 329
21 KIM Jin-Hee (14/06/1981) KOR 365
22 SCHMIDT Elizabeth (23/08/1977) USA 383
23 GERS Ilke (26/10/1981) NZL 397
24 BAKER Leanne (08/01/1981) NZL 411
25 ITO Chisayo (10/07/1981) JPN 414


32 Qualifying Nation Ranking Prot'd Points Information

1 KINJO Satomi (13/10/1980) JPN 415 :D
2 KITAMURA Yumiko (20/04/1971) JPN 419
3 AOYAMA Kaori (26/08/1981) JPN 420 :D
4 O'CONNOR Tracey (24/09/1982) NZL 428
5 AUGUSTUS Amanda (19/01/1978) USA 442
6 VIRATPRASERT Suchanan (01/01/1983) THA 450 :D
7 TAKEMURA Ryoko (02/06/1976) JPN 461
8 FREYE Kirstin (29/05/1975) GER 471
9 CHOI Jin-Young (24/08/1979) KOR 475 :D
10 SEWELL Nicole (04/01/1981) AUS 477
11 CHAE Kyung-Yee (02/10/1980) KOR 488 :D
12 WENG Tzu-Ting (01/07/1978) TPE 491
13 TEZUKA Remi (09/06/1980) JPN 515 :D
14 BALACI Liana (02/01/1985) ROM 578
15 CHUANG Chia-Jung (10/01/1985) TPE 587
16 WANG I-Ting (21/11/1981) TPE 601
17 TAMEISHI Keiko (22/04/1977) JPN 602 ;)
18 PITTS Nicole (03/11/1986) USA 604 =
19 FREUDENBERG Brandi (12/06/1979) USA 611 =
20 DZIAMIDZENKA Natalia (09/11/1983) BLR 631
21 CHUNG Yang-Jin (06/11/1978) KOR 648
22 RATANAKRONG Prariyawan (03/01/1984) THA 653
23 KHOO Chin-Bee (04/05/1977) MAS 673 :D
24 WADA Nana (04/09/1979) JPN 681
25 NAKAMURA Aiko (28/12/1983) JPN 682 :D
26 LIU Amber (06/07/1984) USA 689 :)
27 CHAO Hsiao-Han (21/02/1984) TPE 695 =
28 JUNG Yoo-Mi (19/04/1984) KOR 699 :D

thanx heaps danker! :)

good luck to all asians...
esp su-wei, shinobu, miho, mi-ra, shiho, chia jung, suchanan and yuka! :bounce: x8 ;)

good luck

Flavia ;)
Renata Voracova
Kristen Van Elden :)
Hannah Collin ;)
Elena Baltacha :)
Anne K :)

Good luck to:

Su-Wei :bounce:
Chia-Jung :D
Tzu-Ting :)
Ka-Po :)

So I guess Su-Wei will play Chinese Taipei International Junior Championships(Apr 17-21) ;)

Kyung-mi Chang entered the main draw with special ranking #272. So, TAKASE goes to qualify draw.

Updated Entry List ( as of April 2)

Main draw
17 Kyung-Mi Chang KOR 272
25 FLORIS Anna ITA 310 --> Main draw cut off


Qualify Draw
1 TAKASE Ayami JPN 329
28 CHUANG Chia-Jung TPE 587 ---> Qualify Draw cut off

Waiting list for Qualifying
1 INOUE Maiko JPN 594
9 Yang-jin Chung KOR 648

And good thing is some juniors can enter this event with wildcards. It is supposed to be awarded to a winner (main draw) and runner-up(quali draw) in Lee Duk-Hee Cup Junior tounament.

Hope that So-jung Kim and Yu-mi Chung do well there to get the wild cards. :wavey:

Good luck to Su-Wei and Voracova! :)

Best luck to Mi-ra Jeon!
:bounce:

Good luck ALL the Aussies :) but especially Kristen, Beti & Jenny ;)

GOOD LUCK

Julie Pullin
Elena Baltacha
Anne Keothavong
Hannah Collin

Thanks for the info...

I'm planning on going to the tourney, and I'll try to give a report. I'm looking forward to seeing Hsieh. She and Widjaja seem to be two of the most promising Asian players in ages.

I can't go. This tournament has always been on the same week as my mid-term :(

Hi Hoon and tommyk75 :wavey:

Can you guys kindly give us the latest results and maybe live score during the tourney,thanks :)

Thanks in advance for the report, tommyk75 :)

I will if I can. I have quite a few midterm exams that week, but they never used to stop me, so.. :o

Tommy might help you with that :cool:

I'll do my best with the reports. I guess I'll try to be the Bud Collins of Korea, ha ha.

I went to the regional Davis Cup matches here last year and I had a blast (I got a ball signed by Hyung-Taik Lee, which was way cool). So I can't wait to see this tourney either.

And Hoon, you should just bring your books with you to the courts and study there!!! Think of it, the best of both worlds. :)

go Trudi, Lisa, Yuka, Flavia and Julie!!!!!! xxoo

List updated :)

danker : Thanks for updating! :D

It seems some players have withdrawn,... :rolleyes:

Anyway,... Go, Mi-ra!


:bounce:

List updated for final time. :)

good luck Flavia
Evie
Trudi
Kristen Van Elden
Hannah

qualies
Natallia
Nicole Pitts

3 wildcards(main & quali) were determined yesterday.

So-jung Kim and Da-jung Hong will fight for maindraw wildcard today,..... the loser will take quali wildcard.

In the ongoing junior tournament, Kim beat the defending champion, Yoo-Mi Chung and Hong beat Hee-sun Ryu from Bollieri to reach the final.

Semi-finalist Ryu got wildcard for quali, too,.. and another semi-finalist Chung will enter the quali with her ranking points thanks to lowered quali cut-off.

Hope that So-jung get the maindraw wildcard and play top seed Su-wei there. I think her aggressiveness can hamper Su-wei's solid play.
Would be interesting match from two promising young girls.

:D

As expected, So-jung Kim gets maindraw wildcard for this event. :D

She beat Da-jung Hong in three sets,.. 5-7 6-4 6-2. She was leading 4-1 in the first,.. then lost. I hope she wasn't tanking for her senior teammate. :rolleyes: ;) Her first word after the match was,.." I'm sorry for her to win against her,... " something like that. :rolleyes:

Anyway,... she will be the major force from Asia region along with Su-wei and Angie. I've seen their matches several times,... and So-jung's play is the most aggressive one.

Su-wei and Angie have solid stroke game,..(and Angie's all-round game),... but they don't have big weapon to hurt top players, yet. We could see that early this year,.... Jennifer crushing Angie with no mercy. :o
But they have surely top 30 potential, I think.

So-jung's game is not complete yet,... but she has more aggressive game,... strong forehand (of course one handed ;) ),.. good serve and volley,.. go to the net more....

It'd be interesting to see how they will progress this year.

:D

Thanks for all these details Eric :) .

Will you be present at the tournament?

No problem, Steveg. :wavey:
It's almost nothing comparing what you did the other week. ;)

Hope that So-jung Kim & Mi-ra Jeon have good result here.

Go, girls!
:bounce:

Thanks for the news Eric! :wavey:

I must admit, I'm surprised that So-Jung came out as the winner, because her pro results previously have been very ordinary.

It's good to hear that she's an agressive player.

I heard though that Su-Jin Kim is the hardest hitting Korean junior. Do u know if this is true? :confused:

When is qualifying starting ??