Am i amazing or what?! :p

[1]Sfar vs Sewell
WC Berry vs Baker
Summerside vs LL-Van Den Hurk
Grier vs [5]Keothavong

[3]Liggan vs q-Hawkins
Lefevre vs O'Riain
Lebescond vs LL-Boulykina
Caiazzo vs [8]Dekjemere

[9]Crook vswc-Janes
Bastrikova vs q-Horiatopolous
q-Stone vs Schmidle
Collin vs [4]Heitz

[6]Baltacha vs Malhotra
Doyle vs q-Linetskaya
Trik vs Brianti
wc-Coombs vs [2]Ahl

thanks for posting the draw

good luck to selima and lucie

Some Horrible draws there!

Good luck to :

Keothavong
Hawkins
Janes
Ahl
Collin

and finally BALTACHA :D

OH and yes paul you are amazing lol

OMG Anne Keothavong may win a match:eek:

Should get to the quarters!

Elena B ok draw will be tough if she plays Doyle

Good luck to Hannah:D

draw is awful. Baltacha is actually teh 3rd highest ranked player in the draw, but cause they r using old ranks :fiery:

poor Helen, her original draw was Michele Summerside, which would be an easy win, she can take care of Keothaving on current form (anne's not helen's) and oculd probably give selima a scare. as it is she is unliekly to bt janes, although amadna hasnt played on grass that much, and IF she wins she could play Bastrikova!!

dont even get me started on lucie and bally :fiery: :sad: :confused: why did they put them in the same 1/4? Lucie has final points to defend, and Bally could have taken this title.

I think it will be a very intersting match.

Also ouch at hawkins vs kelly, i like both

good luck

Anna Bastrikova ;)
Evgenia Linetskaya ;)
Irina Boulykina ;)
Elena Baltacha :)
Liga Dekmeijere :)

Hannah Collin :)
Selima Sfar :)
Cristelle Grier :)
Anna Hawkins :)

Evgenia will take care of Yvonne :p

Nicole Sewell did very poorly in Nottingham last week, losing to Lutrova, so I can't see her being a threat to Sfar. Doyle's not the most difficult draw Evgenia could have had, certainly.
Here's the doubles draw:
Leanne Baker (NZ)/ Manisha Malhotra (IND) V Christina Horiatopoulos / Sarah Stone (2*AUS)
Anna Hawkins (GB)/ Kelly Liggan (IRE) V Marina Caiazzo/ Sophie Lefevre (FRA*2)
Helen Crook/ Victoria Davies (2*GB) V Irina Boulykina/ Evgenia Linetskaya (RUS*2)
Anna Bastrikova (RUS) / Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) V Bilyana Pavlova (BUL)/ Visnja Vuletic (YUG*2)
Melissa Berry/ Karen Paterson (GB*2) V Hannah Collin/ Amanda Janes (GB*2)
Chantal Coombs (GB)/ Elsa O'Riain (IRE) V Anne-Laure Heitz (FRA)/ Selima Sfar (TUN)
Alberta Brianti (ITA)/ Natalie Neri (GB) V Michelle Summerside (AUS)/ Anne Keothavong (GB)
Yvonne Doyle (IRE)/ Suzanne Trik (NED) V Amanda Augustus (USA)/ Nicole Sewell (AUS)

Good luck to:
Selima Sfar
Anne Keothavong
Anna Bastrikova
Hannah Collin
Eugenia Linetskaya
and Lucie Ahl!!

Hoping for a Selima and Lucie final! :D

Good luck to :

Kelly Liggan
Yvonne Doyle
Elsa O'Riain
Lucie Ahl
Amanda Janes
Anne Keothavong
Elena Baltacha

Good luck Sina Smiedle

eugenia l, bastrikova and baltacha are threat to selima.

but she`ll win!!!!!

GO SFAR!

Good luck Susanne, Andrea, Elsa, Kelly and Yvonne! :D

Bally/Lucie not playing doubles :sad:

It looks like there were no matches played at all today, due to the heavy rain. The Wednesday draw is out, and all the 1st round matches are due to be played tomorrow instead.

Go Christina H!!! But what a tough opener :(

Good luck all other Aussies too!

BTW, Nicole Sewell is quite a handy little grass court player, with an effective backhand, but she's gotten her fair share of bagels recently so I dont think she'll trouble Selima :(

[1]Sfar d. Sewell 3-6 6-3 6-4 :)
Baker d. WC-Berry 6-3 6-1 :(
LL-Van Den Hurk d. Summerside 6-4 6-1 :(
[5]Keothavong d. Grier 6-0 4-6 6-2 :)

[3]Liggan d. q-Hawkins 6-4 6-4 :sad:
O'Riain d. Lefevre 6-3 3-6 6-3

more to follow later

Woohoo! Andrea, Kelly and Elsa all won! :D Now just hoping Susanne and Yvonne will too! :D

Well Done Anne Finally a win :D

Nicole :( Great effort tho

Michelle :( She's lost the plot right now. A break and some serious training would do her good.

Well done Selima :)

Congrats to Kelly :)

That is a terrible score from Selima.... :(

Just got off teh phone to Helen Crook who gave me all the results for brits.

Lucie bt Chantal 6/2 6/3 (or something like that - she cant remember!)

Bally won easily (she lost Malhotra in quarters here last year and avenged her defeat easily)

The Keothavong v Grier match was awful apparently "both hit teh side netting all the time. Grier couldnt find court in 1st set, anne coudlnt in 2nd, neither could in 3rd until anne raced away with it" - Helen Crook

She didnt tell me Hannah's score.

Anna lost but played really well, Helen expects ehr to be as big if not bigger than Jane.

Melissa lost quite easily (as we know)

Final result she agem me was teh best one ever - [9]Crook bt [wc]Janes!!!! :D:D:D

that was a really good result as amanda's ranking in no way reflect her ability.

Crook/Davies also won their doubles matches.

It was sunny until late into the afternoon.

Isnt life gr8 when ur friends with a pro tennis player? :p

Paul

How did you get her number?

I wish i was friends with a british tennis player:sad:


Hopefully Anne can pick up her play for the next round!

Lebescond d. LL-Boulykina 6-3 1-6 7-5 :mad:
[8]Dekjemere d. Caiazzo 6-3 6-2 :D

[9]Crook vswc-Janes 6-1 6-3
q-Horiatopolous d. Bastrikova 7-6(8) 6-1 :mad: :sad:
LL-Augustus d. q-Stone 6-4 6-1 :(
Collin d. [4]Heitz 6-3 6-1 :)

[6]Baltacha d. Malhotra 6-4 6-2 :)
Doyle d. q-Linetskaya 7-6(6) 3-6 6-2 :sad: :mad:
Brianti d. Trik 6-1 rtd
[2]Ahl d. wc-Coombs 6-2 6-3

what a terrible day :(

Susanne! :sad: But :D Yvonne! 4/5 girls through isn't bad! :D

omg Christina :eek: :D What a great win!! Im sorry for Anna, but thrilled for Hori! A nice boost to the ranking :):)

thanks for all the scores :)

what a brilliant day!! :D:D

Omg Bastrikova lost :eek: i thought she could make semis. is she not happy on grass?

Hannah :D

GREAT WIN for Helen, very easy. A bit surprised actually, though Amanda might win this as Helen isnt in that good form.

Paul

doubles round1:

Horitaopolous/Stone bt [1]Malhotra/Baker 6/2 7/5 :eek:

Caiazzo/Lefevre bt Hawkins/Liggan 7/5 6/3 :sad:

[4]Crook/Davies bt Linetskaya/Boulykina 7/5 6/0 :D

Bastrikova/Dekjemeire bt Pavlova/Vuletic 7/6(7) 7/6(3) :)

wc-Collin/Janes bt Berry/Paterson 6/4 7/6(4) :) :sad:

[3]Heitz/Sfar bt Coombs/O'Riain 6/4 6/2 :) :(

Keothavong/Summerside bt Brianti/Neri 6/2 6/4 :sad: :)

[2]Augustus/Sewell bt alt-Homewood/Cowper 6/1 6/1 :sad:

Paul :D

Baker d. Sfar 6-3 7-5 :mad:
[5]Keothavong d. Van Hurk 6-4 6-4 :)
[3]Liggan d. O'Riain 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3
[8]Dekjemere d. Lebescond 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(5)

q-Horiatopolous d. [9]Crook 7-5 7-6(0) :)
Collin d. LL-Augustus 6-4 6-3 :D
[6]Baltacha d. Doyle 6-2 6-3 :D
[2]Ahl d. Brianti 6-7(1) 7-5 6-1

today they played 2nd round AND Qf of singles and qf doubles.

i will post results if helen calls me :)

Selima :( :fiery:

Anne K :)

Kelly :)

Helen :sad: :(

Hannah :)

Bally :D

Lucie :D

Poor Helen, shame she couldnt get through this, although she probably would have lsot to Hannah anyway. Who is Horiatopolous girl anyway?

Paul

She's an Aussie 18 yr old girl so she will know how to play on grass just cos she's an Aussie ;)

that loss to Leanne Baker is terrible :(

Hannah should make SF to play Bally i hope.

lol @ eggy

quarter results should be out soon i think.

Paul

Christina H reached last year's Wimbledon juniors final in doubles with Betthanie Mattek. :)

Selima is really struggling this season. Why she's not in Casablanca :confused:

Poor Anna B. looks like a promise that will never fulfill expectations :sad:

Leanne ;)

Evgenia L. :mad: but not a bad loss against and old and experienced irish on grass.

Hannah :eek: :)

Quarters results from teletext

Baker def Keothavong 6-2 6-2:sad:
Ballie beat Ahl 5-7 7-5(4) 6-1:eek:
Hannah lost 7-5 3-6 6-3:sad:

What a match Ballie and Lucie had!

Anne:sad: But at least she woin 2 matches hopefully a title next week:D

Anne very evry poor

Bally :D

Lucie :sad:

Hannah :(

I kinda hoped Lucie would win this, as she reached teh final last year and has MEGA points to drop off. She will fall out of top 200 in 2 weeks tme :sad:

Looks the title is all Elena's ;)

Christina :)

Hannah :sad:

Leanne :) you couldn't lose against Anne K

damn ... selima and lucie lost :sad:

i only have kelly left ;)

Elena better win this now

Liga :sad:
Hannah :sad:

Christina probably bts Bally too i bet :o

Lucie will drop to about 210 :sad:

Shes had her best year ever, but her ranking isnt going up, lol!! :(
:confused:

Selima....go to 10k's.......

:sad:

Any news on the doubles?

How much will this help Bally? How far can she move up with a victory?

C'MON ELENA!!!

Today's doubles results (2nd round):

Christina Horiatopoulos/ Sarah Stone (AUS *2) BEAT Marina Caiazzo/ Sophie Lefevre (FRA *2) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Helen Crook/ Vicky Davies (GB*2) BEAT Anna Bastrikova/ Liga Dekmeijere (RUS/ LAT) 6-7, 6-1, 6-0
Anne-Laure Heitz/ Selima Sfar (FRA/ TUN) BEAT Hannah Collin/ Amanda Janes (GB*2) 6-4, 6-3
Amanda Augustus/ Nicole Sewell (USA/ AUT) BEAT Michelle Summerside/ Anne Keothaviong 6-0, 6-3

Christina :bounce: Woohoo! Her best ever result, well done kid!!! :kiss:

This will boost her rank up around 200 spots to the mid 400s I think!!! A great rise from 1000 just a few weeks ago!

She has a game tailor made for this surface as she likes to serve and volley...and dont be surprised if she wins the doubles with Sarah Stone...they are arguably one of our best young doubles players!

Elena better be on her guard, cos Christina has absolutely nothing to lose!

Semis

Elena Baltacha d. Christina Horiatopoulos 6-2 3-6 6-3 :D
Kelly Liggan d. Leanne Baker ??????? in other


good luck Bally :)

Christina :sad: But great effort all week :)

Hope Elena can cap off a fine couple of weeks now.

This tournament has gone very quick!!!

I'll be going to finals day tomorrow. The 25k matches start at 12pm, but I'm unsure about the British tour finals.

Well done elena Baltacha but I want an Irish victory for the final so go KELLY LIGGAN!

I've just rung Felixstowe LTC, and the British tour men's and ladies finals will both start at 10:30 a.m (assuming it's not raining!) with the 25k finals at 12pm (but might be delayed if the men's British tour final is a three-setter).

Liggan won 6/3 6/0 :D

Helen/Vicki lost 6/1 in the third. Vicki (Davies) has badly injured hr knee.

Helen (Crook) is now on her way to spain.

Just to clarify, the final of the doubles is:

Horiatopoulos/ Stone V Augustus/ Sewell

I know no more scores than Paul has just posted. Blame the LTA not updating their website!

The British tour semi-final results at Felixstowe today were:

Visnja Vuletic BEAT Alice Barnes 7-6, 6-3
Julia Smith BEAT Luisa Cowper 6-4, 0-6, 7-5

Elena Baltacha (GB) bt Kelly Liggan (Ireland) 4-6 6-2 6-3 :bounce: :D


Brit Tour Final
Women's final
Julia Smith (Sussex) bt Visnja Vuletic (Yugoslavia) 6-1 6-3 :)


well done Elena & Julia

Wooohooooooo well done Elena!!!!! :D:D:D:D

And the other scores were

21 & under final: Alice Barnes BEAT Luisa Cowper 6-2, 6-3
This was the same match-up as at the Tunbridge Wells British tour final last year. The result was different though, as Luisa won that match last August in three sets.
Today's match was a strangely lacklustre performance from Luisa who usually has such a bustling & energetic style

Doubles Final:

Amanda Augustus (USA) & Nicole Sewell (AUS) BEAT Christina Horiatopoulos & Sarah Stone (AUS *2) 7-6, 6-4. In both sets, the Stone partnership led for much of the time, before the greater doubles experience of the older pair took over.
Despite their win, Sewell never seemed to be moving smoothly around the court. Clearly the heavy strapping on her left ankle had something to do with this.

So how did Ballie play today?

Poor Kelly :sad:

Well, it wasn't really a great performance by Elena. Her first serve % was very poor in the first set, and a few double faults crept in too. This lack of confidence in her serve spread to her returns too. The final critical break came when Elena was serving to stay in the set at 4-5.
Kelly had argued about line-calls a couple of time in the first set. But she got even worse in the second! Clearly this was mainly borne out of frustration at her own serve, which is never going to be as powerful as Elena's but needs to compensate with accuracy. 3 breaks of her serve in the 2nd set tells you she failed to do that.
By the third set, both players looked tired in what was becoming a hot & sunny afternoon. No breaks came until the 7th game, for Elena to make it 4-3. Where Elena was surrendering her own service games in the 1st set, they looked invincible now, as she broke again to make it 6-3.
Both Elena's mum and Jo Durie were their to watch her.

Also watching was Evgenia Linetskaya, the exciting Russian junior, who having lost to Doyle earlier in the week, I guess, may be travelling to Frinton this evening.

Thanks for the report bluepastures.
Any other information on Kelly would be much appreciated!

tx for the report on the doubles final bluepastures :)

Christina/Sarah :sad: But congrats to Nicole & Amanda.

Well done Elena on the singles title.