10,000$ Saitama, Japan

The Green Women´s Circuit 2007

Surface: Hard

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Saitama (さいたま市, -shi? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese)) is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saitama_Prefecture) in Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan), situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urawa%2C_Saitama), Ōmiya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cmiya-ku%2C_Saitama), Yono (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yono%2C_Saitama) and Iwatsuki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwatsuki-ku%2C_Saitama). It is a city designated by government ordinance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_designated_by_government_ordinance_%28Japan%2 9). Being in the Greater Tokyo Area (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area) and lying 15 - 30 kilometres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre) north of central Tokyo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo), many of its residents commute into Tokyo.

Previous Winners:
2004: Tomoko YONEMURA JAP d. Maya KATO JAP 63 63
2005: Beti SEKULOVSKI AUS d. Mari TANAKA JAP 36 64 63
2006: Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP d. Remi TEZUKA JAP 75 67 76

2007 Draws



Quali
(1) Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP vs Marina TAKIMURA JAP 62 61
(13) Tomoko TAIRA JAP vs Mutsuko HIROSE JAP 64 60
(2) Mari INOUE JAP vs Yuri KASYUA JAP 46 06
(16) Naoko ETO JAP vs Mitsumi KAWASAKI JAP 16 06
(3) Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP vs Yuri GONTO JAP 61 62
(9) Natsumi YOKOTA JAP vs Yukiko YABE JAP 61 61
(4) Yuan JIA CHN vs Courtney VERNON USA 26 26
(10) Maki ARAI JAP vs Xi LU CHN 46 36
(5) Minori TAKIMOTO JAP vs Airi HAGIMOTO JAP 57 36
(14) Mitsuko ISE JAP vs Catriona STEWART GBR 60 61
(6) Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP vs Rui BAO CHN 62 60
(15) Sayaka UMEDA JAP vs Kaoru MAEZAWA JAP 63 46 26
(7) Kei SEKINE JAP vs Canna FURUTA USA 62 75
(12) Shan-Shan LI CHN vs Yuriko SAKAI JAP 63 46 63
(8) Yumi NAKANO USA vs Lindsay SULLIVAN USA 63 62
(11) Shuang WU CHN vs Mayumi SEKI JAP 76 16 26
2nd round
(1) Sakiko SHIMZU JAP d. (13) Tomoko TAIRA JAP 46 62 61
Mitsumi KAWASAKI JAP d. Yuri KASUYA JAP 76 63
(3) Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP d. (9) Natsumi YOKOTA JAP 60 57 62
Courtney VERNON USA d. Xi LU CHN 63 61
Airi HAGIMOTO JAP d. (14) Mitsuko ISE JAP 61 61
(6) Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP d. Kaoru MAEZAWA JAP 61 64
(12) Shan-Shan LI CHN d. (7) Kei SEKINE JAP 64 62
(8) Yumi NAKANO JAP d. Mayumi SEKI JAP 36 60 62


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MAIN DRAW

(1) Shan-Shan SONG CHN vs Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP 46 62 75
Kasumi AIKO JAP vs wc Jessica NGUYEN USA 16 36
q Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP vs q Sakiko SHIMZU JAP 26 63 63
(5) Kanae HISAMI JAP vs q Yumi NAKANO JAP 63 60
(3) Erika SEMA JAP vs q Airi HAGIMOTO JAP 62 60
Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN vs Tomoko DOKEI JAP 63 62
Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP vs q Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP 26 63 46
(8) Tomoko SUGANO JAP vs wc Rie KOGANEI JAP 61 62
(7) Jie HAO CHN vs Yi CHEN TPE 26 16
q Mitsumi KAWASAKI JAP vs q Shan-Shan LI CHN 64 36 16
Maya KATO JAP vs Shona LEE NZL 62 61
(4) Ellen BARRY NZL vs Ayumi OKA JAP 64 62
(6) Mari TANAKA JAP vs Nicole KRIZ AUS 62 64
wc Rie IMAI JAP vs q Courtney VERNON USA 62 16 36
wc Kana WATANABE JAP vs Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP 36 06
(2) Remi TEZUKA JAP vs Eriko MIZUNO JAP 62 62
2nd round
(1) Shan-Shan SONG CHN d. wc Jessica NGUYEN USA ret
q Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP d. (5) Kanae HISAMI JAP 36 61 64
Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN d. (3) Erika SEMA JAP 63 11 ret
q Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP d. (8) Tomoko SUGANO JAP 63 62
Yi CHEN TPE d. q Shan-Shan LI CHN 61 62
(4) Ellen BARRY NZL d. Maya KATO JAP 61 62
(6) Mari TANAKA JAP d. q Courtney VERNON USA 61 63
Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP d. (2) Remi TEZUKA JAP 63 61
QF
(1) Shan-Shan SONG CHN d. q Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP 61 36 64
Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN d. q Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP 60 64
(4) Ellen BARRY NZL d. Yi CHEN TPE 62 36 64
(6) Mari TANAKA JAP d. Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP 61 16 63
SF
Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN d. (1) Shan-Shan SONG CHN 63 67 61
(6) Mari TANAKA JAP d. (4) Ellen BARRY NZL 76 76
Final
Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN d. (6) Mari TANAKA JAP 64 63


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DOUBLES MAIN

(1) Ayumi OKA/Tomoko SUGANO JAP vs Maiko INOUE/Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP 46 62 06
Jie HAO/Yuan JIA CHN vs Shan-Shan LI CHN/Remi TEZUKA JAP 75 63
(4) Maki ARAI/Erika SEMA JAP vs Eriko MIZUNO/Tomoko TAIRA JAP 61 36 76
Airi HAGIMOTO/Rie IMAI JAP vs Mitsuko ISE/Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP 61 63
Tomoko DOKEI/Yukiko YABE JAP vs Mari INOUE/Kei SEKINE JAP 64 64
(3) Nicole KRIZ AUS/Shona LEE NZL vs Haruka FUJISHIRO/Sakiko SHIMZU JAP 62 64
Rui BAO/Xi LU CHN vs Yuri KASUYA/Mitsumi KAWASAKI JAP 46 16
(2) Shan-Shan SONG/Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN vs Maya KATO/Yumi NAKANO JAP 64 46 64
QF
Maiko INOUE/Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP d. Jie HAO/Yuan JIA CHN 63 62
Airi HAGIMOTO/Rie IMAI JAP d. (4) Maki ARAI/Erika SEMA JAP ret
Tomoko DOKEI/Yukiko YABE JAP d. (3) Nicole KRIZ AUS/Shona LEE NZL 62 61
(2) Shan-Shan SONG/Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN d. Yuri KASUYA/Mitsumi KAWASAKI JAP 62 75
SF
Maiko INOUE/Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP d. Airi HAGIMOTO/Rie IMAI JAP 63 63
Tomoko DOKEI/Yukiko YABE JAP d. (2) Shan-Shan SONG/Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN 26 63 64
Final
Maiko INOUE/Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP d. Tomoko DOKEI/Yukiko YABE JAP 64 75

winner: Mari Tanaka
RU: Remi Tezuka

Go Krizzy!

Pfft why are you playing here Ellen :p

Good luck to Ellen Barry, she should win this tournament easily

DB: Sekine and Shimizu

DB: Vernon over Jia, Taira over Hirose

DB Wu and Sekine

DB: Shimizu, Sekine

DB: Nakano over Sullivan
Wu over Seki

DB Quali: Taira over Hirose
Sekine over Furuta

No Jessica Nguyen :(

Q.DB : Taira & Sekine

DB: Sekine, Taira

Remi must take this Title!!

Q.DB: Inoue, Stewart

DB: Taira and Sekine

DB

Kitazaki & Ise

Qualifying 1st Round

Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN) (1) defeated Marina TAKIMURA (JPN) 6-2 6-1
Tomoko TAIRA (JPN) (13) defeated Mutsuko HIROSE (JPN) 6-4 6-0

Yuri KASUYA (JPN) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) (2) 6-4 6-0
Mitsumi KAWASAKI (JPN) defeated Naoko ETO (JPN) (16) 6-1 6-0

Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) (3) defeated Yuri GONTO (JPN) 6-1 6-2
Natsumi YOKOTA (JPN) (9) defeated Yukiko YABE (JPN) 6-1 6-1

Courtney VERNON (USA) defeated Yuan JIA (CHN) (4) 6-2 6-2
Xi LU (CHN) defeated Maki ARAI (JPN) (10) 6-4 6-3

Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) defeated Minori TAKEMOTO (JPN) (5) 7-5 6-3
Mitsuko ISE (JPN) (14) defeated Catriona STEWART (GBR) 6-0 6-1

Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) (6) defeated Rui BAO (CHN) 6-2 6-0
Kaoru MAEZAWA (JPN) defeated Sayaka UMEDA (JPN) (15) 3-6 6-2 6-4

Kei SEKINE (JPN) (7) defeated Canna FURUTA (USA) 6-2 7-5
Shan-Shan LI (CHN) (12) defeated Yuriko SAKAI (JPN) 6-3 4-6 6-3

Yumi NAKANO (JPN) (8) defeated Lindsay SULLIVAN (USA) 6-3 6-2
Mayumi SEKI (JPN) defeated Shuang WU (CHN) (11) 6-7(9) 6-1 6-2

Singles Main Draw

(1)Shan-Shan Song (CHN) v Ayaka Maekawa (JPN)
Kasumi Aiko (JPN) v (wc)Jessica Nguyen (USA)

Q v Q
(5)Kanae Hisami (JPN) v Q

(3)Erika Sema (JPN) v Q
Tomoko Dokei (JPN) v Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN)

Haruka Fujishiro (JPN) v Q
(8)Tomoko Sugano (JPN) v (wc)Rie Koganei (JPN)

(7)Jie Hao (CHN) v Yi Chen (TPE)
Q v Q

Shona Lee (NZL) v Maya Kato (JPN)
(4)Ellen Barry (NZL) v Ayumi Oka (JPN)

(6)Mari Tanaka (JPN) v Nicole Kriz (AUS)
(wc)Rie Imai (JPN) v Q

Mayumi Yamamoto (JPN) v (wc)Kana Watanabe (JPN)
(2)Remi Tezuka (JPN) v Erika Mizuno (JPN)

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Oka/Sugano (JPN) v Inoue/Yamamoto (JPN)
Li/Tezuka (CHN/JPN) v Hao/Jia (CHN)

(4)Arai/Sema (JPN) v Mizuno/Taira (JPN)
(Q)Ise/Kitazaki (JPN) v (wc)Hagimoto/Imai (JPN)

Inoue/Sekine (JPN) v Dokei/Yabe (JPN)
(3)Kriz/Lee (AUS/NZL) v Fujishiro/Shimizu (JPN)

(wc)Bao/Lu (CHN) v (Q)Kasuya/Kawasaki (JPN)
(2)Song/Zhao (CHN) v Kato/Nakano (JPN)

RU: Hisami
DB: Sugano and Yamamoto

Jessica received a WC for winning the play-offs! :D

maybe Shona vs Ellen in r2
good luck girls

W: Tezuka
RU: Sema
DB: Song, Sugano

RU: Ellen Barry
DB: Sugano, Yamamoto (r1)

winner: Barry
RU: Hisami

RU: Barry
DB: Sugano and Sema

RU: Mizuno

W: Nguyen
RU: Chen
DB: Sugano, Tezuka

Go Krizzy try win a set :o

RU: Nguyen

Runner up ; Sema
DB ; Sema and Hisami.

Ru: Tanaka
DB: Sugano and Yamamoto

RU: Shan Shan Song

RU: Sema

DB

Sugano

RU: Tanaka
DB: Sugano ( R1 )

2nd round
(1) Sakiko SHIMZU JAP d. (13) Tomoko TAIRA JAP 46 62 61
Mitsumi KAWASAKI JAP d. Yuri KASUYA JAP 76 63
(3) Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP d. (9) Natsumi YOKOTA JAP 60 57 62
Courtney VERNON USA d. Xi LU CHN 63 61
Airi HAGIMOTO JAP d. (14) Mitsuko ISE JAP 61 61
(6) Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP d. Kaoru MAEZAWA JAP 61 64
(12) Shan-Shan LI CHN d. (7) Kei SEKINE JAP 64 62
(8) Yumi NAKANO JAP d. Mayumi SEKI JAP 36 60 62


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MAIN DRAW

(1) Shan-Shan SONG CHN vs Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP 46 62 75
Kasumi AIKO JAP vs wc Jessica NGUYEN USA 16 36
q Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP vs q Sakiko SHIMZU JAP
(5) Kanae HISAMI JAP vs q Yumi NAKANO JAP
(3) Erika SEMA JAP vs q Airi HAGIMOTO JAP
Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN vs Tomoko DOKEI JAP 63 62
Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP vs q Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP
(8) Tomoko SUGANO JAP vs wc Rie KOGANEI JAP 61 62
(7) Jie HAO CHN vs Yi CHEN TPE
q Mitsumi KAWASAKI JAP vs q Shan-Shan LI CHN
Maya KATO JAP vs Shona LEE NZL 62 61
(4) Ellen BARRY NZL vs Ayumi OKA JAP 64 62
(6) Mari TANAKA JAP vs Nicole KRIZ AUS
wc Rie IMAI JAP vs q Courtney VERNON USA
wc Kana WATANABE JAP vs Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP 36 06
(2) Remi TEZUKA JAP vs Eriko MIZUNO JAP

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DOUBLES MAIN

(1) Ayumi OKA/Tomoko SUGANO JAP vs Maiko INOUE/Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP
Jie HAO/Yuan JIA CHN vs Shan-Shan LI CHN/Remi TEZUKA JAP 75 63
(4) Maki ARAI/Erika SEMA JAP vs Eriko MIZUNO/Tomoko TAIRA JAP 61 36 76
Airi HAGIMOTO/Rie IMAI JAP vs Mitsuko ISE/Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP 61 63
Tomoko DOKEI/Yukiko YABE JAP vs Mari INOUE/Kei SEKINE JAP
(3) Nicole KRIZ AUS/Shona LEE NZL vs Haruka FUJISHIRO/Sakiko SHIMZU JAP 62 64
Rui BAO/Xi LU CHN vs Yuri KASUYA/Mitsumi KAWASAKI JAP 46 16
(2) Shan-Shan SONG/Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN vs Maya KATO/Yumi NAKANO JAP

DB: Courtney Vernon ( R1 )

DB R1: Vernon, Sema

First round completed:

(1)Shan-Shan SONG (CHN) def Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) 4-6 6-2 7-5
(WC)Jessica NGUYEN (USA) def Kasumi AIKO (JPN) 6-1 6-3
(Q)Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) def (Q)Sakiko SHIMZU (JPN) 2-6 6-3 6-3
(5)Kanae HISAMI (JPN) def (Q)Yumi NAKANO (JPN) 6-3 6-0
(3)Erika SEMA (JPN) def (Q)Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) 6-2 6-0
Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) def Tomoko DOKEI (JPN) 6-3 6-2
(Q)Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) def Haruka FUJISHIRO (JPN) 6-2 3-6 6-4
(8) Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) def (WC)Rie KOGANEI (JPN) 6-1 6-2

Yi CHEN (TPE) def (7)Jie HAO (CHN) 6-2 6-1
(Q)Shan-Shan LI (CHN) def (Q)Mitsumi KAWASAKI (JPN) 4-6 6-1 6-3
Maya KATO (JPN) def Shona LEE (NZL) 6-2 6-1
(4)Ellen BARRY (NZL) def Ayumi OKA (JPN) 6-4 6-2
(6)Mari TANAKA (JPN) def Nicole KRIZ (AUS) 6-2 6-4
(Q)Courtney VERNON (USA) def (WC)Rie IMAI (JPN) 2-6 6-1 6-3
Mayumi YAMAMOTO (JPN) def (WC)Kana WATANABE (JPN) 6-3 6-0
(2)Remi TEZUKA (JPN) def Eriko MIZUNO (JPN) 6-2 6-2

When is this tournament due to end, it seemed to take a week to complete just qualies and the first round

Second round:

(1)Shan-Shan Song (CHN) def (WC)Jessica Nguyen (USA) W/O
(Q)Etsuko Kitazaki (JPN) def (5)Kanae Hisami (JPN) 3-6 6-1 6-4
Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN) def (3)Erika Sema (JPN) 3-6 1-1 Ret.
(Q)Anastasia Malhotra (JPN) def (8)Tomoko Sugano (JPN) 6-3 6-2

Yi Chen (TPE) def (Q)Shan-Shan Li (CHN) 6-1 6-2
(4)Ellen Barry (NZL) def Maya Kato (JPN) 6-1 6-2
(6)Mari Tanaka (JPN) def (Q)Courtney Vernon (USA) 6-1 6-3
Mayumi Yamamoto (JPN) def (2)Remi Tezuka (JPN) 6-3 6-1

Jessica, what happened? :(

Maya :yeah:

Quarters:

(1)Shan-Shan Song (CHN) def (Q)Etsuko Kitazaki (JPN) 6-1 3-6 6-4
Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN) def (Q)Anastasia Malhotra (JPN) 6-0 6-4
(4)Ellen Barry (NZL) def Yi Chen (TPE) 6-2 3-6 6-4
(6)Mari Tanaka (JPN) def Mayumi Yamamoto (JPN) 6-1 1-6 6-3

Mari :D
I am surprised Malhotra made the quarters :eek:

Win it all Shan-Shan! Shame losing in the doubles SF... Go! :banana:

Enough of the 3 setters Ellen, bagel the next two matches please

Semi:

Yi-Jing Zhao CHN v. Shan-Shan Song CHN (1) 6-3 6-7 (3) 6-1
Maria Tanaka JPN (6) v. Ellen Barry NZL (4) 7-6 (6) 7-6 (4)

:yeah: Mari - at least I got 1 finalist. :lol:

Ellen :( :sad:

Mari :yeah: :woohoo:

Ellen lost in 2 TB's :o

Ellen :sad: :sad:

Mari :eek: :banana:

3rd final in a row for Mari (including the domestic money event last week). :yeah:

Hopefully 3rd time lucky. ;)

Yi-Jing Zhao :bounce:

Enough of the 3 setters Ellen, bagel the next two matches please
Not quite :lol:

H2H 1-1

2005 $25,000 Wuxi 32 Hard (O) Y.ZHAO 6-3 6-4
2005 $25,000 Nanjing 2 64 Hard (O) M.TANAKA 0-6 3-6

Maybe Ellen didnt want to win a 10k event, incase she gained a reputation of winning just 10k events and nothing else

Maybe Ellen didnt want to win a 10k event, incase she gained a reputation of winning just 10k events and nothing else

Right, because getting a reputation for winning only $10k's is so much worse than having a reputation for winning nothing at all. :p

lol kittyking. as a professional im sure you win where you can, you cant afford the luxury of being choosy!!

Final

Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) def. Mari TANAKA (JPN) (6) 6-4 6-3

Right, because getting a reputation for winning only $10k's is so much worse than having a reputation for winning nothing at all. :p

In a few years time once Ellens backhand is upto standard you will see her playing on the Wta tour, she may not win any Wta tournaments but yes winning matches on the Wta tour is better than winning a 10k title.
Disagree with me all you like but thats where I stand

In a few years time once Ellens backhand is upto standard you will see her playing on the Wta tour, she may not win any Wta tournaments but yes winning matches on the Wta tour is better than winning a 10k title.
Disagree with me all you like but thats where I stand

You said nothing about winning matches on the WTA Tour...and still having a $10k title is better than having no title, whether you are winning matches on WTA Tour or not. :p

Yi-Jing, the first title after 05's injury. hope u come on track :)

Mari :o :bigcry:

In a few years time once Ellens backhand is upto standard you will see her playing on the Wta tour, she may not win any Wta tournaments but yes winning matches on the Wta tour is better than winning a 10k title.
Disagree with me all you like but thats where I stand
With the same way of thinking she will rather doesnt want to win a WTA event to win Grand Slam.

With the same way of thinking she will rather doesnt want to win a WTA event to win Grand Slam.

Thats where it changes, because I dont value Grand Slams with much higher importance than the YEC, Tier I's and Tier II's

But yes I do value a quarterfinal or better performance at a Grandslam better than winning the ASB Classic (Tier IV)

Mari is a good player though, Kittyking :shrug:

With the same way of thinking she will rather doesnt want to win a WTA event to win Grand Slam.

:haha: Good one. ;)

Mari :banghead:

Congrats to Yi-Jing :bolt:

Yi-Jing :woohoo: