KIA International in Canberra

Red Clay-Outdoor

Main Draw

1 RAO, Sunitha USA 161 1
2 FERGUSON, Sophie AUS 265 1
3 DELL'ACQUA, Casey AUS 300 1
4 BREADMORE, Lauren AUS 320 1
5 DOMINIKOVIC, Daniella AUS 328 1
6 WATSON, Cindy AUS 352 1
7 HEWSON, Emily AUS 382 1
8 WHEELER, Christina AUS 400 1
9 DITTMANN, Mirielle AUS 421 1
10 KOLB, Annette GER 462 1
11 HORIATOPOULOS, Christina AUS 472 1
12 TEZUKA, Remi JPN 483 3
13 SZILI, Adriana AUS 499
14 SRNDOVIC, Aleksandra SWE 572 1
15 BARR, Cassandra AUS 585 1
16 LUKASZEWICZ, Olivia AUS 601
17 JOHANSSON, Michaela SWE 651 1
18 SEKULOVSKI, Beti AUS 682
19 PICONE, Lara AUS 719 1
20 ACQUISTAPACE, Bianca AUS 738 1

Quali

1 LEE, Shona NZL 783=
2 KERSTEN, Natasha AUS 829 1
3 DZIEDZIC, Julia AUS 868 1
4 ENGELS, Jessica AUS 1086=
5 GONZALEZ, Lucia AUS 1108 1
6 BENAD, Sarah AUS 1151 1
7 VAN BENNEKOM, Josanne NED 1216= 1
WCM BAI, Alison AUS 1216= 1
8 JAKOVLJEVIC, Dragana AUS 1228 1
WCM SMITH, Bianca AUS 1246
9 ETO, Naoko JPN 1247= 1
10 GALLIOS, Sevvy AUS 1252=
11 CALDERWOOD, Tyra AUS 1270=
12 BRYCKI, Michelle AUS
13 CAO, Holly AUS 1
14 MIRKOVIC, Marija AUS
15 SAVIC, Branka AUS 1
WCM GOLDS, Shannon AUS 1
16 SIVAGANAM, Tinusha MAS
17 ATELJ, Anna-Marie AUS 1
18 HEALY, Bridget AUS
19 CALDERWOOD, Bree AUS 1
20 MOHAMMED, Berveine AUS 1
21 SCHAER, Jessica AUS 1
22 LIEFELD, Erin AUS 1
23 HEDGES, Abby AUS 1
24 AUSTIN, Johanna AUS
25 ZAHMEL, Kelli AUS 1
26 RUXTON, Kimberley AUS 1
27 ANTONIC, Marinela AUS 1
28 HAMANAKA, Karin JPN
29 WLODARCZAK, Karolina AUS 1
30 ALBERTINI, April AUS
31 CHIDRAWI, Bianca AUS 1
32 KNIGHT, Kara AUS
33 SHEMON, Alison AUS 1
34 BOUFFLER, Nicole AUS 1
35 BARBIR, Natalie AUS 1
36 JEANES, Stephanie AUS
37 SAYLE, Nikita AUS 1
38 LYNCH, Monique AUS
39 BARCLAY, Katarina AUS
WCM SWIFT, Jenny AUS 1

DRAWS

Quali Draw-1st Round

(1)Natasha Kersten BYE
Monique Lynch d. Nikita Sayle 63 60

Jessica Schaer BYE
Bree Calderwood d. Alison Shemon 62 63

(2)Shona Lee BYE
Stephanie Jeanes d. Abby Hedges 75 61

Natalia Barbir d. Bianca Chidrawi 61 63
Kimberley Ruxton BYE

(3)Julia Dziedzic BYE
Branka Savic BYE

Bridget Healy d. Kara Knight 62 76(6)
Tinusha Sivaganam d. Rachael Dean 60 60

(4)Tracey O'Connor BYE
Kelli Zahmel BYE

Nicole Bouffler BYE
(13)Renee Lampret BYE

(5)Vera Leontieva BYE
Berveine Mohammed BYE

Sacha Jones d. Marija Mirkovic 36 63 62
(10)Josanne Van Bennekom BYE

(6)Kit Carson BYE
Anna-Marie Atelj d. Katarina Barclay 60 60

Karolina Wlodarczak BYE
(12)Sevvy Gallios BYE

(7)Jessica Engels BYE
Holly Cao BYE

Erin Liefeld d. April Albertini 62 63
(11)Dragana Jakovljevic BYE

(8)Lucia Gonzalez BYE
Marinela Antonic d. Karin Hamanaka 62 64

Johanna Austin BYE
(9)Sarah Benad BYE

2nd Round

(1)Natasha Kersten d. Monique Lynch 61 63
Jessica Schaer d. Bree Calderwood 67(4) 62 60

(2)Shona Lee d. Stephanie Jeanes 36 61 64
Natalie Barbir d. Kimberley Ruxton 64 63

Branka Savic d. (3)Julia Dziedzic 76(5) 63
Tinusha Sivaganam d. Bridget Healty 62 16 75

(4)Tracey O'Connor d. Kelli Zahmel 64 75
(13)Renee Lampret d. Nicole Bouffler 75 62

(5)Vera Leontieva d. Berveine Mohammed 62 60
Sacha Jones d. (10)Josanne Van Bennekom 61 63

(6)Kit Carson d. Anna-Marie Atelj 75 67(5) 63
Karolina Wlodarczak d. (12)Sevvy Gallios 64 60

Holly Cao d. (7)Jessica Engels 62 62
(11)Dragana Jakovljevic d. Erin Liefeld 63 64

(8)Lucia Gonzalez d. Marinela Antonic 62 75
(9)Sarah Benad d. Johanna Austin 63 64

Final Round

(1)Kersten d. Schaer 60 63
(2)Lee d. Barbir 63 61

Sivaganam d. Savic 75 62
(13)Lampret d. (4)O'Connor 26 64 61

Jones d. (5)Vera Leontieva 64 61
Wlodarczak d. (6)Carson 64 62

Cao d. (11)Jakovljevic 62 61
(8)Gonzalez d. (9)Benad 36 63 63

Main Draw

(1)Sunitha Rao v (wc)Shannon Golds 63 62
(wc)Alison Bai d. (wc)Bianca Smith 61 61

Christina Horiatopoulos v (Q)Renee Lampret 61 60
Beti Sekulovski d. (LL)Kit Carson 61 62

(3)Sophie Ferguson v Cassandra Barr 63 60
(Q)Karolina Wlodarczak v (Q)Tinusha Sivaganam 61 61

Michaela Johansson d. Adriana Szili 16 64 63
Aleksandra Srndovic d. (8)Emily Hewson 62 46 60

(6)Daniella Dominikovic v Remi Tezuka 63 62
(Q)Holly Cao d. (Q)Sacha Jones 62 62

(Q)Natasha Kersten v (Q)Lucia Gonzalez 61 63
(4)Lauren Breadmore v (wc)Jenny Swift 62 60

(7)Christina Wheeler v Bianca Acquistapace 63 61
(LL)Tracey O'Connor d. Lara Picone 62 63

(Q)Shona Lee d. Annette Kolb 63 16 64
(2)Casey Dellacqua v Mirielle Dittmann 75 36 62

2nd Round

(1)Rao d. (wc)Bai 64 60
Sekulovski d. Horiatopoulos 62 61

(3)Ferguson d. (Q)Wlodarczak 30 Ret.
Srndovic d. Johansson 06 75 62

(6)D.Dominikovic d. (Q)Cao 76(2) 75
(4)Breadmore d. (Q)Kersten 60 63

(7)Wheeler d. (LL)O'Connor 64 63
(2)Dellacqua d. (Q)Lee 76(3) 64

QF

Sekulovski d. (1)Rao 61 67(4) 64
Srndovic d. (3)Ferguson 64 64
(4)Breadmore d. (6)D.Dominikovic 75 61
(2)Dellacqua d. (7)Wheeler 36 64 75

SF

Sekulovski d. Srndovic 16 64 76(4)
(4)Breadmore d. (2)Dellacqua 75 76(2)

Final

(4)Lauren Breadmore d. Beti Sekulovski 75 64

Late Withdrawl

Lukaszewicz
Watson

Doubles Main Draw

Picone/Szili d. (LL)Jeanes/Lynch 61 61
(wc)Bai/Swift d. (wc)Engels/Smith 62 75

(4)Ferguson/Wheeler v (Q)Dziedzic/Gallios 60 62
Gonzalez/Horiatopoulos v Carson/Kersten 75 62

Breadmore/Kolb v Benad/Dittmann 63 60
(3)Rao/Tezuka v (wc)Golds/Jakovljevic 67(4) 76(5) 60

Acquistapace/Johansson v (Q)Healey/Lee 62 62
(2)Dellacqua/Dominikovic v Calderwood/Lampret 63 75

QF

(wc)Bai/Swift d. Picone/Szili 26 75 75
(4)Ferguson/Wheeler d. Gonzalez/Horiatopoulos 63 76(5)
Breadmore/Kolb d. (3)Rao/Tezuka W/O
(2)Dellacqua/Dominikovic d. Acquistapace/Johansson 61 63

SF

(wc)Bai/Swift d. (4)Ferguson/Wheeler W/O
(2)Dellacqua/Dominikovic d. Breadmore/Kolb 60 64

Final

(2)Dellacqua/Dominikovic v (wc)Bai/Swift

Good Luck Annette Kolb :kiss:

Good field of players, go Shona!!!

Go Sunitha! Defend your points, and get Evie! :worship:

Yeah Sophie!

:lol: Now they're calling Canberra "Lyneham"? Where is this I wonder, certainly not the same spot as the Richard Luton thing in Jan? Coz there is only like 4 courts there and they are rebound ace... and I can't imagine they'll cover it with clay! ;) But it's also in Lyneham...

clay in Oz :eek: surely not ;)

clay in Oz :eek: surely not ;)

:haha: There is a clay court at the AO site - don't think anyone actually uses it though! :angel:

Well the $25K event in Canberra last year was on clay...

Well the $25K event in Canberra last year was on clay...

yeah it was - god only knows why though! ;)

Jaslyn Hewitt still not back from surgery :sad:

Worst thing was, she had surgery when she was ranked like 307, just 7 places shy of being able to obtain and injury rank! So unfair, poor girl

Lyneham is just a wanky name for a suburb in Canberra. From what I can remember (I try to block all memories of Canberra, it's a fuckin' freezing hole from hell full of politicians!!! :rolleyes: :lol: ), it's a fairly central suburb of Canberra.

Lyneham is just a wanky name for a suburb in Canberra. From what I can remember (I try to block all memories of Canberra, it's a fuckin' freezing hole from hell full of politicians!!! :rolleyes: :lol: ), it's a fairly central suburb of Canberra.

Yes, Lyneham is a suburb of Canberra, but it's not central - it's northern burbs! :p (Trust me - I stay in Lyneham at least once a year). ;) It's right near the turn off to go back to Melbourne! ;)

I didnt notice,I just copied and paste the surface.

Clay court in Australia :rolls:,like grass court in Germany :lol:

I didnt notice,I just copied and paste the surface.

Clay court in Australia :rolls:,like grass court in Germany :lol:

yeah, I know...it's :retard:ed! ;)

yeah, I know...it's :retard:ed! ;)
Sarah :wavey:

Arent other Australian circuit events on Hard? Why force the same players to play clay for one week :smash:

And dont think they are good on clay either :help:

Sarah :wavey:

Arent other Australian circuit events on Hard? Why force the same players to play clay for one week :smash:

And dont think they are good on clay either :help:

:wavey:

Yes, all the other tourneys are on hard, but they also used to have 3 tourneys in QLD and then 3 in SA all after each other, now they have the ones in QLD, the Canberra one, and thn a gap of a few weeks untill SA now... Talk about :retard:ed! Why would players from other countires wanna come here to play then go home, then come back? I mean it's not like we're Germany and we're close to lots of other countries! ;)

The whole "series" is just getting dumb! ;)

:wavey:

Yes, all the other tourneys are on hard, but they also used to have 3 tourneys in QLD and then 3 in SA all after each other, now they have the ones in QLD, the Canberra one, and thn a gap of a few weeks untill SA now... Talk about :retard:ed! Why would players from other countires wanna come here to play then go home, then come back? I mean it's not like we're Germany and we're close to lots of other countries! ;)

The whole "series" is just getting dumb! ;)
Yeah,so true,players can play the tournements than will visit Australia,Australia,Australia again :rolls:,schedule of the tournements are just :rolleyes:

I looked to main draw again,you have 2 Swedish,1 German thats all from Europe :p

Yeah,so true,players can play the tournements than will visit Australia,Australia,Australia again :rolls:,schedule of the tournements are just :rolleyes:

I looked to main draw again,you have 2 Swedish,1 German thats all from Europe :p

yeah, that's my points, and in the quallies...probabaly like 10 from overseas max (and then some would be NZ and Asia). I know there was 1 Dutchie and one Swedish in quallies (the Swede made the MD). ;)

On the other hand, having the big gap between the circuits, hopefully makes the draws easier so our hacks can win a match or two.

On the other hand, having the big gap between the circuits, hopefully makes the draws easier so our hacks can win a match or two.

:lol: Why? So they can get an inflated ranking and go play somewhere else and lose 1st r every time? :p

:lol: Why? So they can get an inflated ranking and go play somewhere else and lose 1st r every time? :p

:p :ras: (http://www.wtaworld.com/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=16#)

Main Draw Changes:

Castellvi replaced by Horiatopoulos
Kachlikova replaced by Jolk
Haring replaced by Tezuka
Kix replaced by Perkovic
Czafikova replaced by Szili
Noorlander replaced by McDowell
Adamczak :sad: replaced by Srndovic
Chakravarthi replaced by Shamayko
Jolk replaced by Barr
Perkovic replaced by Lukaszewicz
Shamayko replaced by D'Amelio
D'Amelio replaced by Johansson

No Jones or O'Connor:sad:. Go Shona Lee...please get at least a win here. You need one badly for you're confidence. Jones will be back at school this week because school holidays finish this friday:sad:. Not sure about the story with O'Connor, mabey shes run out of money or something:mad::sad:.

Yer Shona is struggling to make any advances in 2005!
I seen her 2 years ago in Perth and she's a nice girl so good luck to her!

I believe this will be

Another tournament win for Casey coming up.

:p :ras: (http://www.wtaworld.com/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=16#)

:angel: Well, it's true! :p

:haha: OMG, Noorlander actually signed up for this (and has now withdrawn)...wtf for, it's not like she was even gonna come here to play 1 $25k - wouldn't be worth it! :haha:

:angel: Well, it's true! :p

:haha: OMG, Noorlander actually signed up for this (and has now withdrawn)...wtf for, it's not like she was even gonna come here to play 1 $25k - wouldn't be worth it! :haha:

Noorlander always has a crazy schedule so it could have been... I remember a couple of years ago she played in south america, next week in asia and the week after that in europe... :eek:
I also remember a great story about her travelling to tournaments around Europe with her camper ('caravan' in dutch) - she doesn't seem to care what anyone thinks of her, so she's pretty cool in my book :worship: :worship: :worship:

Noorlander always has a crazy schedule so it could have been... I remember a couple of years ago she played in south america, next week in asia and the week after that in europe... :eek:
I also remember a great story about her travelling to tournaments around Europe with her camper ('caravan' in dutch) - she doesn't seem to care what anyone thinks of her, so she's pretty cool in my book :worship: :worship: :worship:

:lol: Oh yeah, I like Seda, but financially it wouldn't be worth coming to Oz for 1 tourney when it's only a $25k :lol:

And :eek: That is one crazy schedule! I had also heard about her travelling to tourneys in Europe in her caravan (also english word ;).

Ohhhhhhh
what my eyes see

Good luck to Branka Savic... she lives around the corner from me... i hope she does well

Wild Cards

Main Draw

Alison Bai
Bianca Smith
Shannon Golds
Jenny Swift

Quali

Nobody need that :p

Evie's withdrawn! Woohoo. Go Soph on clay!

Evie's withdrawn! Woohoo. Go Soph on clay!

:lol: That's not nice! ;)

lmao woohoo

Go Sunitha!!!

"Where is this I wonder, certainly not the same spot as the Richard Luton thing in Jan? Coz there is only like 4 courts there and they are rebound ace..."

It is the same place. The courts in the north-western part of the complex are rebound ace. But there are other courts that are clay (put in just a few years ago) - behind the porta-loos.

the WC's are :retard:

It is the same place. The courts in the north-western part of the complex are rebound ace. But there are other courts that are clay (put in just a few years ago) - behind the porta-loos.

ahh thanks! :D and :eek: :lol: Oh yeah... actually, I do remember seeing some other courts back there! Couldn't have told you what surface they were though! :lol: Why the heck don't they just use the rebound ace courts then? :scratch: All the other tourneys on this circuit are hard!

do they have a site we can check results on when the tournament starts?

do they have a site we can check results on when the tournament starts?

:lol: :tape:

do they have a site we can check results on when the tournament starts?

:spit: :haha: Nice joke! ;)

Tennis Australia supposedly gives us the results, but we usually have to wait like 3 days after the matches to get them! ;)

well doesnt that suck!

^^ yes, pretty much! ;)

Go Casey..........

Quali Draw - round 1

Sacha Jones d. Marija Mirkovic 3-6 6-3 6-2

Quali Draw - round 2

Sacha Jones d. Josanne Van Bennekom 6-1 6-3
Shona Lee d. Stephanie Jeanes
Tracey O'Connor d. Kelli Zahmel 6-4 7-5

Quali Draw - round 3

Sacha Jones v Vera Leontieva

Quali Draw Attached.

Quali Draw - round 1

Sacha Jones d. Marija Mirkovic 3-6 6-3 6-2

Quali Draw - round 2

Sacha Jones d. Josanne Van Bennekom 6-1 6-3
Shona Lee d. Stephanie Jeanes
Tracey O'Connor d. Kelli Zahmel 6-4 7-5

Quali Draw - round 3

Sacha Jones v Vera Leontieva

:bigcry: Josanne!

Josanne :sad:

Yessssss

Go Savic

Shona Lee, one match away ;)

Vera L ;)
Sacha Jones :)

Jessica Engels :( :(

Do you guys even know Josanne? :shrug: :p

Quali Draw - round 3

Sacha Jones d. Vera Leontieva 6-4 6-1 :)
Shona Lee d. Natalie Barbir 6-3 6-1 :)
Renee Lampret d. Tracey O'Connor 2-6 6-4 6-1 :sad:

Main Draw

(1)Sunitha Rao v (wc)Shannon Golds
(wc)Bianca Smith v (wc)Alison Bai

Christina Horiatopoulos v (Q)Renee Lampret
(5)Cindy Watson v Beti Sekulovski

(3)Sophie Ferguson v Cassandra Barr
(Q)Karolina Wlodarczak v (Q)Tinusha Sivaganam

Adriana Szili v Michaela Johansson
(8)Emily Hewson v Aleksandra Srndovic

(6)Daniella Dominikovic v Remi Tezuka
(Q)Sacha Jones v (Q)Holly Cao

(Q)Natasha Kersten v (Q)Lucia Gonzalez
(4)Lauren Breadmore v (wc)Jenny Swift

(7)Christina Wheeler v Bianca Acquistapace
Lara Picone v LL

Annette Kolb v (Q)Shona Lee
(2)Casey Dellacqua v Mirielle Dittmann

Late Withdrawl

Lukaszewicz

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Sekulovski/Watson v Picone/Szili
(wc)Engels/Smith v (wc)Bai/Swift

(4)Ferguson/Wheeler v Q
Gonzalez/Horiatopoulos v Carson/Kersten

Breadmore/Kolb v Benad/Dittmann
(3)Rao/Tezuka v (wc)Golds/Jakovljevic

Acquistapace/Johansson v Q
(2)Dellacqua/Dominikovic v Calderwood/Lampret

Quali Final Round

(1)Kersten d. Schaer 60 63
(2)Lee d. Barbir 63 61

Sivaganam d. Savic 75 62
(13)Lampret d. (4)O'Connor 26 64 61

Jones d. (5)Vera Leontieva 64 61
Wlodarczak d. (6)Carson 64 62

Cao d. (11)Jakovljevic 62 61
(8)Gonzalez d. (9)Benad 36 63 63


Good Luck in MD

Lauren :kiss:
Beti ;)
Annette :)

Wow Tinusha! :eek: :D
Holly :yeah:

Good luck also to Sunitha, Remi & Alison in the MD. :)

Tracey O'Connor gets the LL position!

This draw sucks :(

Dittmann gets the number 2 seed again, Barr gets a seed again, and Sekulovski vs Watson! This annoys me when the rest of the draw is so weak.

You might as well just put the 8 seeds into the Quarter Final now, although I think Beti might get passed Watson again

Not happy with that draw !!!

Poor Mirelle vs Casey and Beti vs Cindy . . . . 4 players who most of us would love to see playing in the quarters !!

Again Good Luck Aussies and Kiwis !!

Casey and Christina in same quater :fiery:

Poxy draw that should be a semi or the final!

Hmm I quite like the draw.

Hmm I quite like the draw.

Im sure you do, you might as well put Sophie in the Semi's now, just like Lauren and Sunitha should just be put in the quarters!

Shona :woohoo: ;) :D
Sacha :)

good luck in MD to
(1)Sunitha Rao ;)
Christina Horiatopoulos ;)
(3)Sophie Ferguson ;) :D
Michaela Johansson ;)
(6)Daniella Dominikovic ;)
(Q) Sacha Jones ;)
(Q)Shona Lee :angel:

Im sure you do, you might as well put Sophie in the Semi's now, just like Lauren and Sunitha should just be put in the quarters!

;) Who do you go for Ausboy?

Go Casey :yeah:

Good luck :hug: to :
* Aleksandra Srndovic :kiss:
* Christina Wheeler
* Anette Kolb :)

good luck to Thanusha and Karolina,...too bad they have to face eachother in r1

Main draw - round 1

1 Sunitha RAO d. WC Shannon GOLDS 63 62
WC Alison BAI d. WC Bianca SMITH 61 61
3 Sophie FERGUSON d. Cassandra BARR 63 60
Q Karolina WLODARCZAK d. Q Tinusha SIVAGANAM 61 61
Q Natasha KERSTEN d. Q Lucia GONZALES 61 63
7 Christina WHEELER d. Bianca ACQUISTAPACE 63 61
LL Tracey O'CONNOR d. Lara PICONE 62 63
Q Shona LEE d. Annette KOLB 63 16 64

Good work Soph

If Casey and Christina play off in quarters and casey wins I know my sis will go on to win the tournament. rao may be in her way of winning the 3rd straight tournament.

Go Dittman (SeanyQ I am a new fan...momentarily...;))

Christina and Sophie :D well done and great scores!

Go Dittman (SeanyQ I am a new fan...momentarily...;))

:rolleyes: :p only coz sophie is incapable of beating casey :lol: :tape:

:rolleyes: :p only coz sophie is incapable of beating casey :lol: :tape:

Nah because it would be funny and shut westcoast1 up...Soph is capable of anything and everything. She will smash Casey on clay.

GO Natassha Kersten and Tacy O'connor

I was at Lyneham today for a few hours. I saw Sophie's match and a bit of Rao's. It was very windy which made it frustrating for everyone, lots of double faults - Cassandra Barr must have had at least 20!
I also saw John Alexander there wearing his green and gold "Fed Cup team" tracksuit :tape:

:rolleyes: :p only coz sophie is incapable of beating casey :lol: :tape:

I wouldnt go that far.... especially on clay

I wouldnt go that far.... especially on clay

i would! :p ;)

Shona :woohoo: ;) :yeah:
Sophie :D
Sunitha :)

Sunitha & Alison :D

Tinusha :sad:

Sunitha :)
Christina W :)
Sophie :)

Good luck to Dani D, Christina Hori, Beti and Lauren B

There is no reason why Sunitha shouldn't win this. I'm hesitant to say she will, but I sure hope she does. It's about time the girl wins a title for herself!

I was at Lyneham today for a few hours. I saw Sophie's match and a bit of Rao's. It was very windy which made it frustrating for everyone, lots of double faults - Cassandra Barr must have had at least 20!
I also saw John Alexander there wearing his green and gold "Fed Cup team" tracksuit :tape:
Hey Invisible Fan! Aside from all the double faults. Can u give us a bit of a run down on the Cassie vs Sophie match. What was Cassie's style like & do u see much potential?

Go Dittman (SeanyQ I am a new fan...momentarily...;))
:lol: :lol: Wouldn't it be nice if Mireille hammered Casey! :lol: Don't like our chances though.

Holly Cao def Sacha Jones 6-1 6-2

I think Mireille will be lucky to get more than 4 games! :sad:

Hey SeanyQ- settle down. Casey is on a winning streak. Anyhow Casey won in 3 sets. Be quiet SeanyQ!!

Wow good job Holly!

Anette :(
all these tough 3-set losses make me :banghead:

Hey SeanyQ- settle down. Casey is on a winning streak. Anyhow Casey won in 3 sets. Be quiet SeanyQ!!
What r u on about? I support Mireille more than any other player (ie. I used to be "Dittmannfan") why wouldn't I encourage her? We don't all have to be going for Casey do we mate?

Holly Cao def Sacha Jones 6-1 6-2

I think Mireille will be lucky to get more than 4 games! :sad:
7-5,3-6,6-2 - not a bad effort!!

Holly Cao :eek: :hearts: great win considering the form she has been in!

Casey :kiss: Well done good luck for rest of week!

other r1 scores

horiatopoulos def lampret 61 60
sekulovski def ll-carson 61 62
johansson def szili 16 64 63
srndovic def 8-hewson 62 46 60
dominikovic def tezuka 63 62
breadmore def swift 62 60
wheeler def acquistapace 63 61

Daniella ;) :yeah:
Michaela ;)
Christina :yeah: ;)

Holly :D
Remi :sad:

Ozfan, Holly hasn't been in bad form. She only lost to Casey twice. :confused:

Hey SeanyQ- settle down. Casey is on a winning streak. Anyhow Casey won in 3 sets. Be quiet SeanyQ!!

Who are you to tell people to be quiet westcoast1? Fire up. The streak will inevitably end.

Who are you to tell people to be quiet westcoast1? Fire up. The streak will inevitably end.

Yes no need to get cocky and rub it in westcoast

Lauren :D

Good Start ;)

Hey Invisible Fan! Aside from all the double faults. Can u give us a bit of a run down on the Cassie vs Sophie match. What was Cassie's style like & do u see much potential?

Yeah it wasn't a great match, I've forgotten most of what happened already!
I got there when it was about 3-1 in the first set. Sophie got to 5-1 at one stage but needed two attempts to serve it out. The second set was as one sided as the score suggests. Barr was having bit of a nightmare in this set everything seemed to go wrong. Getting the serve in at all seemed like a monumental achievement for her! Sophie was struggling a bit too but only had a handful of doubles. The match had very few long points and Sophie won most of those. Barr was very frustrated by the end and started missing easy shots (along with the double faults) and it was over quickly.
It was hard to judge the players, based on this match. I'm sure Cassandra is alot better than this match showed(!).

Wow, good win Aleksandra Srndovic :)
good luck vs Michaela ;)

Holly Cao training at the same club where I play for competitive ;) Yes, I saw her in person ;)

Good Luck to Sunitha Rao :D :bounce:

There is no reason why Sunitha shouldn't win this. I'm hesitant to say she will, but I sure hope she does. It's about time the girl wins a title for herself!

:yeah:

Go Shona!!!

Any results today?!?

Second round singles
(2)Casey Dellacqua(AUS) bt (Q)Shona Lee(NZL) 7-6(3) 6-4
(7)Christina Wheeler(AUS) bt (Q)Tracey O'Connor(NZL) 6-4 6-3

Second round singles
(2)Casey Dellacqua(AUS) bt (Q)Shona Lee(NZL) 7-6(3) 6-4
(7)Christina Wheeler(AUS) bt (Q)Tracey O'Connor(NZL) 6-4 6-3

Great fight Shona! Too bad Tracey, but a great tourney for both!

Go Casey

Casey :bounce:
Christina :bounce:

Shona :sobbing: :sad:

Casey :yeah:

Other results:

2nd Round

Sunitha RAO (USA) defeated Alison BAI (AUS) 64 60
Beti SEKULOVSKI (AUS) defeated Christina HORIATOPOULOS (AUS) 62 61
Sophie FERGUSON (AUS) defeated Karolina WLODARCZAK (AUS) 30
Aleksandra SRNDOVIC (SWE) defeated Michaela JOHANSSON (SWE) 06 75 62
Daniella DOMINIKOVIC (AUS) defeated Holly CAO (AUS) 76(2) 75
Lauren BREADMORE (AUS) defeated Natasha KERSTEN (AUS) 60 63
Christina WHEELER (AUS) defeated Tracey O'CONNOR (NZL) 64 63
Casey DELL'ACQUA (AUS) defeated Shona LEE (NZL) 76(3) 64

Sunitha :)
Daniella :banana: ;)
Sophie :yeah:

Michaela :sad:

come on sophie :kisses:

Sunitha :)
Alison :sad:
Holly, so close. :mad:

GO Lauren, Beti, Sunitha

Go Sophie :kiss:

Soph and Christina won their doubles 63 76(5) and face Bai and Swift in the semis

Dominikovic steps closer to crown and wildcard
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Thursday, 13 October 2005

With a wildcard into the main draw of next year's Australian Open on the line, the competition is heating up at the Kia Pro Tour event in Lyneham.



And proving she just might have what it takes to go all the way is Australia's Daniella Dominikovic.

In last year's tournament, Dominikovic made it to the semi-finals, while her sister Evie was runner-up.

This week, Dominikovic, 18, is determined to claim the crown at the $33,000 international challenger tournament, and she came a step closer to her goal yesterday with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 second-round win over Remi Tezuka from Japan. "I didn't know her style of play previous to the match," she said. "She was solid from the baseline and didn't miss much, but couldn't hurt." Normally a hard-court player, Dominikovic has had to adapt to the slower ball on clay.




"I played solid, made her play every ball and waited for the right ball to put away," she said. "My serve was working well, and I kept pushing heavy balls to her forehand and backhand.

"It's fun playing on clay because you get to slide everywhere, but it's hard to hit winners."

While the sixth seed would like to improve on her performance here last year, Dominikovic is not getting ahead of herself.

"I'm just taking one match at a time, and every match I get through is a bonus."

Dominikovic, from Blakehurst in NSW, started playing tennis 16 years ago and is now training at the Australian Institute of Sport.

She entered the pro-circuit two years ago, and is currently Australia's top-ranked junior.

After last year's performance at the women's Kia International, Dominikovic's world ranking jumped from 1200 to 324. And if all goes to plan this year, she's hoping to make the 300 bracket.

Also making her way up the rankings is Melbourne's Beti Sekulovski. Since the beginning of the year, the 22-year-old has risen from 1141 to 430 in the world.

Yesterday, Sekulovski helped her cause storming her way through to the third round after defeating American Kit Carson 6-1, 6-2.

"My ground strokes were my strength, but I didn't have to do anything special," she said. "Anyone can play average, because it's clay, dirty tennis.

"That means you don't have to play your best tennis, just try and get by. It's whoever can hold up for the longest. You have to be a bit more patient than normal on clay, so those players who are patient by nature will do well."

A highlight of Sekulovski's tennis career was making it to the second round of the doubles in this year's Australian Open. She has also appeared in Wimbledon - the movie not the tournament - as an opponent for actor Kirsten Dunst.

Sekulovski now faces Australian Christina Horiatopoulos in the third round of the this week's event, while Dominikovic heads into her next game against Holly Cao.

Play will begin at 10am today at Lyneham's National Sports Club, with the much-anticipated final scheduled for Sunday.

Aleksandra :eek: :) another $25K QF

Lauren :D

Nice results !!

QF:
Sekulovski d. 1-Rao - 6-1,6-7(4),6-4 :bounce: :worship:
Srndovic d. 3-Ferguson - 6-4,6-4 :sad:
4-Breadmore d. 6-Dominikovic - 7-5,6-1 :worship: :bounce:
2-Dellacqua d. 7-Wheeler - 3-6,6-4,7-5 :sad:

Beti passes another test!!! Shows she is top 200-250 material.

Great fight by Casey, Christina has the claycourt pedigree but if she hasn't played on it for ages, then that would've been the leveller. Casey obviously full of confidence!

Loz would've frustrated the hell out of Dani :D and on clay she'll stay out there forever!!!

Sophie - dissappointing loss.

This one was Sophs...take out the doubles mate, yet to win a title.

Sunitha :mad:

Well done Beti and Lauren

Casey :kiss: :bounce: Great Fight Bad Luck Christina

Lauren nice win :cool:

Sophie :mad:

Beti :banana: Now take out the foreigner!!!!

Congrats to Casey!! She is full of confidence and determination.
What a great victory over Wheeler. Breadmore will be tough to beat. Good luck!!

Hope they win the doubles!!

omg Beti :banana: :D These are the results I've always known she was capable of! Looks like it's a race between Casey and Beti all of a sudden ;)

Dani :mad: I knew she'd lose this...she doesnt have a good record against Lauren, hers is the type of game Lauren thrives on! I believe this is Lauren's first ever $25K semi final so congrats!!! :D

Christina :fiery: so close....

Come on Beti...take it out

Awesome Beti . . just make it too the final now !!

WTF :mad:

Sunitha :( :(
Daniella :sad: :(
Sophie :( :(

Lauren :banana: :woohoo:

She has a great game to play on clay ;),she is very patient on rallies ;)

Lauren :banana: :woohoo:

She has a great game to play on clay ;),she is very patient on rallies ;)

Her matches take long enough on hardcourts as for clay.............. :eek:

Casey :D

Dani :mad: I knew she'd lose this...she doesnt have a good record against Lauren, hers is the type of game Lauren thrives on! I believe this is Lauren's first ever $25K semi final so congrats!!! :D

You're right! 1st ever $25k SF for Loz. :bounce: :worship: Hopefully it will become a final ;)

Her matches take long enough on hardcourts as for clay.............. :eek:
Yes :lol:,as far as I saw on her matches she is trying to get everything back,dont panic to go for big shots early,havent got that big shot but she was very patient,and mixing her shots with high balls/moonballs and It was why she was winning 61 62 in 2 hours :lol:,like Nadal doing,winning 61 61 in 2 hours :rolls:

Also she is asking to ballboy for towel after every point :eek:

Sophie :rolleyes: :sad: :(

Sunitha and Sophie :fiery:

Come on Casey :banana:

Wow, this tournament went from great (with Sunitha doing well) to shit! :fiery:

Beti :eek: Another good tournament! :bolt:

wonder why soph and christina w/o the doubles- maybe just too upset with their singles losses.

Casey :D
Sophie :sad:
Daniella :bigcry: :mad:

Aleksa :eek: :D

Semi Final Update

Just rang the tournament office.

Lauren Breadmore beat Casey Dellacqua :bigcry:

well done Loz of course im pissed coz casey lost but not surprising coz loz woulda stayed out there all day and frustrated the hell out of casey with her moonballs! Good Luck in the final loz!

Aleksandra Srndovic leads Beti Sekulovski 6-1 1-1 :mad:

C'mon beti fight back and at least take it to three sets we can't let the intruder through to the final!!

Lauren :eek: impressive but why couldnt Christina do it!!!

Pls fight back Beti

Aleksandra :eek:

Lauren :eek: impressive but why couldnt Christina do it!!!

Pls fight back Beti

wheelz was travelling with casey and her mum on qld circuit so maybe casey just knew how to play her :confused: plus loz has the confidence of a few wins over casey before!

Semi Final Update

:bounce: :bounce:

Beti sekulovski is fighting back and has taken second set in her semi final against srndovic and is on serve early in third set!

Semi Final Update

:bounce: :bounce:

Beti sekulovski is fighting back and has taken second set in her semi final against srndovic and is on serve early in third set!
Keep going Beti!! :bounce: I thought I jinxed her when I mentioned on the Beti thread that their last meeting was 6-1,6-3 to Srndovic. Good to see it's going to at least be a much better scoreline this time. Fight Beti!!
Well done Lauren!! :worship: 1st ever $25k singles final - good luck tomorrow girl :D

Lauren :woohoo: :banana: :kiss: :yeah:

Thats wonderful to see her in final! I am so happy for her :D

Ozfan,I wrote also in her thread this summer,she is a great game for clay,true,can stay there forever,and can hit over 50 stroke rallies all day long ;)

Getting everything back,and If her oppenent is little impatient,oppenent can miss her shots and frustrating very much.And she has great "c'mon"s and "yeah"s on court too :devil:

I bet It has to be 3 hour match If it is a 3 set match with Loz ;)

Just called the tournament phone.
Lauren beat Casey - 7-5,7-6 :eek: :worship:
Beti just had a match point in the 3rd set tiebreaker while I was on the phone. She blew the match point though. Still very close :tape: :tape:

Lauren d. Casey - 7-5,7-6 (2) :woohoo: :woohoo:
Beti d. Aleksandra Srndovic 1-6,?-?,7-6 (4) :woohoo: :woohoo:
Well done girls!!
Aside from if Mireille Dittmann reached the final - I couldn't be happier with the finalists. Great effort from both girls. Let's hope they both get the Aus Open MD WC's that they deserve ;) :bounce:

Aleksandra :sad: but awesome weeks lately :)! You totally deserved it after fighting so much through the years ;)!

Yeah Im thrilled for both these girls, both train so hard. Overtraining was the reason Beti got injured in the first place and its great she has come back so strong the last two months, and Lauren with her marathon efforts is so deserving of this final spot too.

Lauren :D

She was so sad about her results,thats what she need and what she deserves :banana:

Aleksandra :tears:

Brilliant !!

Good Luck 2morow Girls !!

Yeah great final

Lauren? saw her play at aus open qualies. Can anyone say 'boring' (?). lol. But soooo committed to grinding out EVERY point. Floating balls back deep, or going for plenty of topspin... sometimes she will suddenly try and flatten out, but veeeeery rarely. She just camps behind that baseline and grinds you down!
You can't say she doesn't wanna win though. Apparently she played a young Korean girl once and beat her 6-0 6-1 in 2.5 hours. :o lol.

Casey :crying2:

Beti :banana:

Go Lauren, take the title!

Beti :bolt:

Casey :( :( :sobbing:
Take the title Beti :banana:

Beti!! :worship:

I bet It has to be 3 hour match If it is a 3 set match with Loz ;)

Even if it's a two set match.

Beti :D Lauren :D

I couldn't be happier with these two finalists. Both well deserved.

I'm all for Beti to take it out, but I really don't mind who wins it.

Final Update:

Lauren Breadmore leads Beti Sekulovski 7-5 3-2*

Thx For Update :worship:

Lauren :eek: :woohoo: keep going,win this ;)

Thanks for the update Ozfan ;)
I feel torn with this match. I think Beti's going to get an Aus open wc anyway. Based on previous Aus open's, it's Lauren who's always missed out. So for that reason, I think this match is more important for Loz. So I'm going for Loz. Either way, I'll be happy with whoever wins - so long as it's a close match (which it is so far).

Go Lauren!!!! :) u deserve this

Singles final:
Lauren Breadmore d. Beti Sekulovski - 7-5,6-4 :bounce: :worship:
Well done Loz ;) I'm really happy for you!! :D

Beti, fight back!! ;)

Ugh, too late! :lol: Well done, Lauren! :)

Thanx for update guys ;)

Lauren :woohoo: :banana: :yeah: :kiss:

I am sooooo happy for her,she worked hard and wanted to be successful,thats just what she need ; some winning confidence...

Well Done Girl :kiss:,keep this up in Japan ;)

Beti :sad:

But well done Lauren :aparty: Finally she has her moment after years of hard work. Gotta admire the kids heart and determination :)

Well done to Breadmore, a true aussie grinder... she's the young apprentice of Nicole Pratt in my opinion, a true fighter and retreiver, she prooves that talent, power and natural ability is not always as important as working hard.
Shame though, as she moves up in standards, she will find top 150 girls can put her away. But we will see how she goes. ;)

Well done to Breadmore, a true aussie grinder... she's the young apprentice of Nicole Pratt in my opinion, a true fighter and retreiver, she prooves that talent, power and natural ability is not always as important as working hard.
Shame though, as she moves up in standards, she will find top 150 girls can put her away. But we will see how she goes. ;)
I thought exactly the same when I saw her game ;)

She looked like mixture of Pratt & Kuznetsova to me ;)

wow congats Lauren :bolt:

Congrats Lauren :yeah:

A bit late, but I was there yesterday so a bit of a match summary for anyone who's interested:

At the start of the match it was well contested with quite a few long points (as expected) and both players holding serve. Then there was a break each and Beti seemed to be getting on top when she broke again to lead 5-4.
Unfortunately serving for the set Beti started with a double fault and that seemed to throw her off and she threw in a few bad errors to lose the game.
Lauren held then Beti had another crap service game to lose the set.

After coming out positively hitting a (rare) couple of winners at the start of the 2nd Beti played really badly to fall behind 3-1. She got the break back though with the help of a dubious line call and then got back to 3-3. The next game despite her momentum Beti started getting pissed off throwing her racket, swearing etc!
Lauren ultimately won it despite letting 40-0 go back to deuce. She then broke for 5-3. When Lauren served for it Beti played probably her best game of the match hitting a forehand winner then 'outlasting' Lauren in a 30 or 40 shot rally. She was agreesive in this game and Lauren a bit tentative I guess.
But Lauren saved two break points, one with a nice volley after another long rally.
Then at deuce as Lauren was about to serve a mobile phone rang!
Lauren seemed a bit pissed by this poorly timed interuption but the thing kept ringing - it soon became clear why - it was her phone! :D
So to the amusement of everyone (including Beti) she had to go to her bag and switch it off!
Anyway she won the next point but on match point served a double!
Beti then broke.
But after losing the first point of the next game Beti yelled out "this girl is the most annoying person on the planet!" a reference to Laurens playing style, which she then proceeded to call "crappy Tennis" so everyone could hear :)
She saved two more match points, but tossed in one final error to give Lauren the title.

Not the greatest match ever although the last half a set was entertaing and amusing at times!
Beti just made too many errors - too impaitent I guess, although she was playing pretty well until 5-4 in the first.
Having not see her before, Lauren was pretty much like I'd seen her described here - moonballing, retreiving everything, mixing it up etc

I also saw some of the doubles final with Dominivic/Dellacqua too good for Bai/Swift. They were too experienced and obviously the better team. Dominivic hit quite a few nice volleys, she was excellent in a fairly easy win.

Thanx :D

Typical Lauren ;)

Was it her phone? :haha: ;)

Doubles Final

(2)Dellacqua/Dominikovic d. Bai/Swift 64 63

Yeah she probably should have turned it off!
I was wondering if it was one of you guys,trying to get a score update :D

Yeah she probably should have turned it off!
I was wondering if it was one of you guys,trying to get a score update :D
Possible ;)

Is she still in white Nike cap and Adidas t-shirt,skirt (Looks like Molik's outfit of Aussie Open) ?

And is she still have her grunts on :drool:

Well done Lauren :) :yeah:

Yeah she had that cap and a red adidas outfit which looked like a Justine number!

Still got the grunt, it was a fairly noisy match Beti has a yell too and she was constantly talking to herself!

Yeah she had that cap and a red adidas outfit which looked like a Justine number!

Still got the grunt, it was a fairly noisy match Beti has a yell too and she was constantly talking to herself!
I watched her 3 match this summer,I will search my comments from these days to you,please look and try to see a difference :lol:

Casey and Daniela :kiss: :banana:

Well done Casey & Daniella! Thats 3 straight doubles titles. WooHoo!!

Wow go LOZ

Then at deuce as Lauren was about to serve a mobile phone rang!
Lauren seemed a bit pissed by this poorly timed interuption but the thing kept ringing - it soon became clear why - it was her phone! :D
So to the amusement of everyone (including Beti) she had to go to her bag and switch it off!
Anyway she won the next point but on match point served a double!
Beti then broke.
But after losing the first point of the next game Beti yelled out "this girl is the most annoying person on the planet!" a reference to Laurens playing style, which she then proceeded to call "crappy Tennis" so everyone could hear :)
She saved two more match points, but tossed in one final error to give Lauren the title.



Beti sounds like a bit of a character. :lol: @ her reference to Loz's style!!

Thanks for the report!!!

So deserving for Lauren - be interesting if she enters a few more clay challengers down the track. She would cause many headaches!!

Interesting to see if they can land Aus Open w/c's. Apart from the tennis camp, I would hope that both would get a w/c into either Gold Coast, Hobart or Canberra in which a win or a good performance could swing it their way.

congrats Lauren!!!!!

How can Lauren be Nike and Adidas?

I don't think we will see Lauren progress too much further.... but she is definently dangerous because she is willing to spend 3-4 hours on court to beat you.... also, she just runs like a @#%$. lol. I think when she starts playing European girls... some of them will put enough pop on the ball to force Lauren to play outside of her defensive game style. Otherwise, she does well outlasting most Australian and Asian players. :)

Beti :crying2:

Casey & Daniella :yeah: