Qualifying first round
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Channelle Scheepers (RSA-1, WC) vs Elizabeth Schmidt (USA)
Elena Poliakova (RUS) bt Thamara Yonkman (NED) 6/4 0/6 7/6(4)
Carmen Hernandez (ESP) bt Laura Quintanilla (ESP) 6/4 7/5 :):(
Lara del Saz (ESP) bt Patricia Almudever (ESP) 6/1 6/2:):(

Christine Alford (AUS) bt Paloma Ruiz Blanco (ESP) 6/0 6/1 :fiery:
Mariona Gallifa Puigdesens bt Estefania Aldana Estremera 6/1 6/1:):o
Astrid Waerners (ESP) bt Tara Wigam (GBR) 6/3 6/2 :D:D
Marta Fraga (ESP-7) vs Pilar Escandell (ESP)

Ana Salas (ESP) bt Anne Keothavong (GBR-2. WC) 7/6(5) 6/2 :kiss::D
Katia Sabate (ESP) bt Sanda Mamic (CRO) 3/6 6/3 6/3 :D:D
Anna Font (ESP) bt Patricia Munoz (ESP) 6/4 6/1:):(
Adriana Gonzalez Penas (ESP):kiss: :kiss: vs Carolina Rodriguez (ESP)

Lucia Jimenez (ESP) bt Ivana Brancun (ESP) w.o :o
Melanie Gerbasi (ITA) bt Miren Rico (ESP) 2/6 7/6(3) 6/4 :o:o
Laura Figuerola (ESP) bt Sharon Marin (ISR) 6/1 6/4 :D:D
Ivonne Doyle (IRL-8) bt Claudia Salgues (URU) 6/2 6/0

Olivia Sanchez (FRA-3) bt Matilde Munoz (ESP) 7/5 6/1 :fiery:
Raissa Gourevich (RUS) bt Paula Cantarutti (ARG) 6/2 6/0
Neuza Silva (POR) vs Tania Miro (ESP)
Juanas Miras (ESP) bt Gemma Olle (ESP) 6/3 7/6(5) :):sad:

Sara del Barrio (ESP. WC) bt Camilla Hsu (GBR) 6/1 6/3 :D:D
Alicia Ramirez (ESP) bt Sara del Arco (ESP) 6/1 6/0 :):o
Maria Pilar Sanchez Alayeto (ESP) bt Nuria Roig (ESP) 6/3 6/4
Leslie Butkiewicz (BEL-6) vs Caroline Ann Basu (GER)

Elodie Lebescond (FRA-4) bt Diana Aroutiounova (RUS) 6/0 6/0 :o
Kildine Chevalier (FRA) vs Maria Perez Garcia (ESP)
Irena Nossenko (UKR) bt Maria Jesus Sol (ESP) 6/3 6/3 :fiery:
Arancha Recio (ESP. WC) vs Helen Crook (GBR)

Lourdes Pascual (ESP) bt Laura Pous (ESP) 1/6 6/4 6/3 :):(
Sabina Mediano (ESP) bt Ana Martin (ESP) 6/4 6/4 :):(
Gemma Gallo (ESP) bt Alexandra Recio (ESP) 6/3 6/3 :):(
Natacha Randrianteffy (MAD-2) bt Gabriela Velasco(ESP) 2/6 6/2 6/1 :sad: :sad:

I hate 64 draws in 25K events ....... losers in rd 1 get nothing

Raissa :)
Irena :)
Elena :)

poor Diana :sad: got the dreaded 0 & 0
Anne K :sad:

Natacha :D

Keep going Marta, Leslie, Gemma, and Natacha!!!

Good luck the spaniards!!

im lazy right now to name all them :o

Anne K What the hell!

You should have rested this week:mad:

Last first Round Results:
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Elizabeth Schmidt (USA) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA-1, WC) 6/4 6/2
Marta Fraga (ESP) bt Pilar Escandell (ESP) 7/6(5) 6/7(4) 7/5:D:(
Adriana Gonzalez (ESP) bt Carolina Rodriguez (ESP) 6/3 3/6 7/6(2):hearts: :(
Neuza Silva (POR) bt Tania Miro(ESP) 6/2 6/4 :(
Caroline Ann Basu (GER) bt Leslie Butkiewicz (BEL-6) 7/5 7/5
Kildine Chevalier (FRA) bt Maria Perez Garcia 6/0 6/2 :o:o
Helen Crook bt Arancha Recio 6/1 6/1 :o:o

OH no.... Leslie :sad: :sad: :sad:

2nd Qualifying Round Results
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Elizabeth Schmidt (USA) bt Elena poliakova (RUS) w.o (injury) :o
Carmen Hernandez (ESP) bt Lara del Saz (ESP) 7/6(3) 7/6(10):D:(
Mariona Gallifa Puigdesens (ESP) bt Christine Alford (AUS) 6/2 6/2 :D
Marta Fraga (ESP-7) bt Astrid Waerners (ESP) 7/6(5) 6/7(5) 7/5 :D:(

Ana Salas (ESP) bt Katia Sabate (ESP) 7/5 6/3 :D:(
Anna Font (ESP) bt Adriana Gonzalez (ESP) 6/2 0/6 7/6(2) :(:(:(:(:(
Lucia Jimenez (ESP) bt Melanie Gerbasi (ITA) 6/3 6/0 :D:D
Yvonne Doyle (IRL-8) bt Laura Figuerola (ESP) 4/6 6/4 7/6(3) :(:(

Olivia Sanchez (FRA-3) bt Raissa Gourevich (RUS) 6/2 6/7(4) 6/1
Neuza Silva (POR) bt Juanas Miras 2/6 6/4 6/1 :(:(
Alicia Ramirez (ESP) bt Sara del Barrio (ESP) 2/6 6/4 6/1 :):(
Caroline Ann Basu (GER) bt [b]Maria Pilar Sanchez Alayeto (ESP) 6/3 7/5 :(:(

Elodie Lebescond (FRA-4) vs Kildine chevalier (FRA)
Helen Crook (GBR) bt Irena Nossenko (RUS) 6/3 6/0
Sabina Mediano (ESP) bt Lourdes Pascual (ESP) 7/6(5) 7/6(4):):):(
Natacha Randrianteffy (MAD-5) bt Gemma Gallo (ESP) 6/1 6/4 :(:(

3rd Qualifying Round Results
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Elizabeth Schmidt (USA) bt Carmen Hernandez (ESP) 6/1 6/2 :(:(
Mariona Gallifa (ESP) bt Marta Fraga (ESP-7) 7/5 6/3 :eek: :):o
Ana Salas (ESP) bt Anna Font (ESP) 6/2 7/5 :):(
Yvonne Doyle (IRL-8) bt Lucia Jimenez (ESP 6/2 6/4 :(:(

Olivia Sanchez (FRA-3) bt Neuza Silva (POR) 6/3 6/1
Caroline Ann Basu (GER) bt Alicia Ramirez (ESP) 2/6 6/3 6/2 :(:(
Helen Crook (GBR) vs Chevalier/Lebescond
Natacha Randrianteffy (MAD-2) vs Sabina Mediano (ESP)

Adriana :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

Vamos Ana, Sabina y Mariona!!! :bounce: :bounce:

Raissa :sad:
Elena ??????? :sad:
Irena :sad:

Olivia better qualify now :)

PFFF! Marta must've been tired in the 3rd round after her 1st and 2nd matches!:rolleyes:;)

Natacha :D

Hate the results :( :(

Anyway congrats Mariona & Ana, and good luck Sabina :)

Main Draw!!

(1)Nina Dubbers(GER) vs. (WC)Ma. Jose Sanchez Alayeto (ESP)
(LL)Helen Crook(GBR) vs. (Q) Olivia Sanchez(FRA)
Amandine Dulon(FRA) vs. Jasmine Woehr(GER)
Melisa Arevalo(ARG) vs. (7)Magdalena Zdenovcova(CZE)

(4)Olga Blahotova(CZE) vs. Oxana Karyshkova(RUS)
Liga Dekmeijere(LAT) vs. Elsa Morel(FRA)
Natalie Grandin(RSA) vs. (Q)Yvonne Doyle(IRL)
(WC)Nuria Sanchez(ESP) vs. (5)Sabine Klaschka(GER)

(8)Arancha Parra(ESP) vs. (Q)Natacha Randriantafy(MAD)
Beti Sekulovski(AUS) vs. Patty Van Acker(BEL)
WC-P. Fondevila Castro(ESP) vs. (q)Mariona Gallifa Puigdesens(ESP)
Ana Timotic(YUG) vs. (3)Francesca Lubiani(ITA)

(6)Anne-Laure Heitz(FRA) vs. Kelly Liggian(IRL)
Severine Beltrame(FRA) vs. Anousjka Van Exel(NED)
Trudi Musgrave(AUS) vs. Alexandra Kravets(UKR)
Kristen Van Elden(AUS) vs. (2)Elena Baltacha(GBR)

Francesca My Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vamos Francesca here you can do some damage!!!!!!

Good luck to Nina and Olga :)

good luck

Oxana K ;)
Alexandra ;)
Liga :)


SABINE KLASCHKA :hearts: :kiss:
Melisa Arevalo ;)
Olivia Sanchez :)
Kristen v Elena B :mad: ( go Elena)
Anne-Laure ;)
Francesca

Good luck Nina Dübbers
Good luck Sabina Klaschka
Good luck Jasmin Wöhr


:wavey:

Natacha !! :D
Ana :D

Good luck spaniards!! :D

C'mon Arancha, if you reach the quartefinals i will go to see you !! ;)

VAMOS ARANCHA , NURIA, MARIONA y Mariajo!!!!!!! :D

Go Patty :bounce:

Oh yeah, is there a website???

www.tenispain.com (this is not the oficial website, but there are scores photos...)

thx alex!

Go to the french tennis players :) :D :) :D ;) !!!!!

Any results?

Go Ballie and Helen Crook:D

Elena B def. Van Elden 6/2 6/2 (won in doubles too)

Klaschka def. Nuria :mad:

Beltrame def. Van Exel

Blahotova (4) def. Karyshova

Sekulovski def. Van Acker

Zdenovcova (7) def. Arévalo

Kelly is playing right now :)

Nuria :sad:

Great win Baltacha, is this tourney on clay if so the win is even more impressive.

:D

hard outdoors :wavey:

Sabine :kiss: :drool: :)

Elena :)
Oxana :sad: :(

well done Sabine :D

YAY BALLIE!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D

Patty :sad:

Great win Elena!! :)

Well done Beti :)

Poor Kristen :sad: A very tough draw

GO BALLIE:D

Any doubles results???? :confused:

Randriantefy / Baltacha def. Duebbers / Lubiani 6/3 6/3

Grandin / Musgrave (1) def. Salas / Díez (Q) 6/0 6/1

Crook / Davies def. Doyle / Keothavong 6/4 7/5

Kelly Liggan def. Anne Laure Heitz (6) 6/3 7/5

Anne-Laure :sad: :(

Well done Ballie in doubles

And Vicky/Helen even if you did beat Anne:mad:

Wednesday results

Arancha Parra (8) def. Natacha Randriantefy 4/6 7/5 6/1 :bounce:

Nina Duebbers (1) def. MJ Sánchez-Alayeto 6/1 6/3 - if only was on clay-

Francesca Lubiani (3) def. Ana Timotic 3/6 6/1 7/5 -great winning streak Ana-

Trudi Musgrave def. Alexandra Kravets 4/6 6/2 6/0

Amandine Dulon def. Jasmin Woehr 4/6 7/6 6/2

Olivia Sanchez def. Helen Crook 6/1 6/1

Elsa Morel def. Liga Dekmejeire 6/2 6/0

Grandin / Doyle & Mariona / Paula being played now

OMG Arancha phew!!! :D :D

Keep it going ;) i wanna see you live!! :kiss:

Maria Jose :sad:

Doubles first round

Basu / Scheepers def. Butkiewicz / Van Acker 7/6 6/2

Blahotova / Zdenovcova def. Arévalo / Chevalier 6/0 6/3

Well done Nina and Kelly :)

Alexandra :sad: :(
Liga :sad:

Francesca ;)
Olivia :)
Amandine :)

well done NINA :D

Francesca :bounce: Hurray Francesca !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D

Natacha :sad:
Ana :sad:

Second round matches today yes?

Yes

Patty & Leslie :sad:

:sad:Helen!

So any 2nd round results?

Any news on how Bally has done today yet????

Remaining 1st round single results:

Paula Fondevila-C. (WC) def. Mariona Gallifa-P. 6/4 7/5 :eek: :(

Nathalie Grandin def. Yvonne Doyle (Q) 3/6 7/6 7/6

Remaining 1st round doubles results:

Schmidt / Van Exel (2) def. Sekulovski / Van Elden 7/6 6/1

Baker / Malhotra (3) def. O. Sanchez / Silva 6/1 6/4

Liggan / Parra (4) def. Heitz / LeBescond 6/3 6/3 ;)

Congrats Nathalie Grandin !!!!!!

I hope you can make some points here !!!!!!!

Singles 2nd round:

Nina Duebbers (1) def. Olivia Sanchez 7/5 6/4

Magdalena Zdenovcova (7) def. Amandine Dulon 6/2 7/6

Nathalie Grandin def. Sabine Klaschka (5) 4/6 6/1 6/3

Olga Blahotova (4) def. Elsa Morel 6/4 6/2

Francesca Lubiani (3) vs Paula Fondevila-C. (WC) just started ;)

Arancha Parra (8) def. Beti Sekulovski 6/1 6/4 :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Severine Beltrame def. Kelly Liggan 6/0 6/3

Trudi Musgrave def. Elena Baltacha (2) 6/2 6/3 :eek: :eek: :eek:

Double's 2nd round

Blahotova / Zdenovcova def. Grandin / Musgrave (1) 6/4 2/6 7/5 *too much effort in singles, I guess ;) *

Baker / Malhotra def. Basu / Scheepers 6/2 4/6 6/3

Have fun in Valladolid, Anabel :p

Congrats

Nina Dübbers
Nathalie Grandin
Trudi Musgrave
Arancha Parra

BALLIE! :eek:

Sabine :sad: nooooooooooooooooo :mad: :(

Bally :(
Olivia :(

Francesca :bounce:

lol yes i will have. i already has bought the bus ticket :)

Arancha :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

I just hope Paula has won so i will get to see her too :D

Well done Nina and Olga :)

Nathalie :eek: - impressive win

Ballie:eek::mad::sad:

wow Trudi! What a win!!! :eek: Good to see!

Beti :sad:

Shame for Bally :-((

Anyone seen her dubs result yet?

always thought trudi was a chance, elena is still erratic in her play. Trudi also has gained a lot of confidence from her doubles results in reaching French Open Quarter Finals and Semi Final last week in WTA event. She is at a career high now in doubles and with less financial stress she can relax more on the court. Glad that with this result her ranking will move back into the top 300

Ballie :eek:

i hope Nina Dübbers can win this tournament :D

GOOOOOOOOO Nina Dübbers !!!

Francesca :bounce:


Now Beat Arancha right in front of Anabel's eyes ! :D

Friday's quarterfinals:

Magdalena Zdenovcova (7) def. Nina Duebbers (1) 6/3 7/6

Olga Blahotova (4) def. Nathalie Grandin 6/1 6/1

Francesca Lubiani (3) def. Arancha Parra (8) 7/5 6/3 :mad: :fiery: :( :sad:

Trudi Musgrave def. Severine Beltrame 4/6 7/5 6/1 :)

Friday's doubles semifinals

Baker / Malhotra (3) def. Blahotova / Zdenovcova 6/1 6/2

Baltacha / Randriantefy def. Crook / Davies 7/5 2/6 6/3

Francesca :bounce: :)
Trudi :)

:mad: :mad: :mad: Francesca defeated Paula in 2nd round 6/2 3/6 6/4 :sad:

Nina :sad:

Francesca and Olga :)

Ballie in the dubs final!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Francesca OMG!!!!! :D:D:D This is a great day!!!!!1 :D

Good luck against Trudi!!!! Allez!!!!!!

Does anyone know the dubs quarter final score between Ballie/ Randriantefy and Liggan/Parra? Thanks

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Hello !!

lol for sure this has been one of the weirdest days of my life. im right not at the bus stop of valladolid, i have to wait 9 hours here :sad: lol well i will go to cinema so i spend time.

Omg firstable i just want to say that maybe it has been one of the best days of my life and at the same time one of the worst days!!.

I take the bus from Gijon to Valladolid at 7.00 this morning. It was a long trip, 4 hours and a half. i arrived at Valladolid at 11.30, i quickly took a taxi and it took me to the tennis club.

lmao when i arrived 2 players where playing, Olga and Nathalie, i had never seen them before so i didnt recognise them. omg lol when i saw nathalie playing i though who the hell are those girls? i supposed that the game had not started yet and i was like " those girls maybe are player of the club who are training" omg nathalie was playing awful!! that's why i thought that. then when i heard the umpire saying their names lol i realised they were already playing. Olga played good but omg nathalie's game was just horrible. Then there were a break of about 20 minutes and the next match started. It was Nina vs Magdalena. I have to say that i liked more nina's game than magdalena's it is more beautiful to watch and i think a better game, but nina's serve didnt work in any way, she made lots of doubles faults and was always playing with 2nd serve. She had a break lead in the 2nd set but she lost it, and in the tie break at 5-5 and serve she made her 132545 th double fault. During the match i saw arancha for the first time. she was in the other side of the court watching also the match. omg i didnt recognise her when i first saw her, she looks so different when you meet her in person. She is so beautiful, she is very tall and very slim, i though she was a bit fat but no way she has great phisyc. lol then i started to get nervous...i didnt know what to do..if stay in my side watching the match or go to the other and tell her something. From where arancha was you could also watch court 1 match so i decided to go to there and watch that match but near of arancha lol, but when i get there i just blocked. i didnt tell her anything lol indeed i think i ignored her, but then i was all the time seeing to her lol and i think she realised of that. The doubles match was natasha and elena vs the others and it was being quite interesdting lol but i just was paying attention to arancha and how nice she was being with the ballkids. she was all the time joking and laughting with them. It was when i wanted to say something but i could not. Then she left and went to players room to lunch, i was some minutes watching her eating lol but then i decided to go around the club, lmao it was players everywhere but all speaking in forange languages and i didnt recognise anyone. I was not expecting that atmospehre, i mean the players where like the crowd, they were not having a different threath. I was watching for a long time practising some of them but then i decided to go for my own lunch and thats when my nightmare started.

but of corse i will not say what happend to me. well at 4.30 pm i was back in the club, the matches started at 5.30 pm so i had to wait. i was for 1 hour with olga and magdalena lol, they were waiting for her doubles match to start, lol it was very strabge to be just near them, not understanding nothing of what they were saying but i was amazing to be near of them. i know they are not different to us but oh god they are tennis players they are for me how hollywood stars and singer are for other people. Elena Balchata was training in one of the courts and i think it was kelly liggan ( not sure of this) who was all the day training from the morning untill arancha¡s match, lol that girl works hard. then another player came where olga and magadalena and me where, i didnt know who she was but it was a player defeated because i think seh came from getting her money. then at 5.45 pm beltrame vs trudi started. omg what an annoying girls, all the match complaning pfff i was so mad having to hear them. then was when i saw arancha again she was going around the club, sometimes she was watching beltrame's match sometimes she was watching olga and magda doubles match. then i decided i had to talk to her, that's why i had travel all that! so i went to her and omg i was sooooooooo shy, but i said "Hi Arancha", she turned and saw me and say "hi" ( of course all in spanish), lol she looked even more shy than me! i asked can i take a pic with you? and she agreed, lol we went to non sun side and an arancha's friend took for me the pic, then i asked her how she was feeling and she said great, that she was feeling very confortable. then i said thanks and good luck and she told me a thanks back, omg she was so nicw with me, very friendly and i think surprised. omg i was so mad at almost all the crowd there, when we were in her match i had to hear things like whats the name of the spaniard? Is this arantxa sanchez vicario? who is the spaniard? lol they also had not idea about francesca its was kinda funny to hear something but grr when they said stupid comments about arancha. how as i was saying i got aranchas pic so i back to the other match, beltram was leading a set and a break and suddnely she dissapear from the match.

Then arancha's match started. lol i was just sitted down behind her chair, and when she came into the court and wnet to her charis she saw me and she smiled to me awww, i was taking pics of her during all the match lol i think i made more than 50 lol, although i also had taken pics from other players, the problem is that i had forgetten my camera at home so i had to bought those cameras u use them just once.

About the match... omg arancha was so unlucky...she was holding serve without problems while francesca had to fought in all her service game ( 1st set) but arancha never was good in the crucial points....and at 5*-6 she lost it white pff...

But i was SO impressed about arancha's game, i mean she hits!!! lol she is not a moonballer ;-) she makes lots of winner and has got a good serve, thats why she does well on hard, she attacks. But Lubiani's service worked today so good she had the good serve when she really needed....

anyway it was such so a good day, i mean its a great atmoshpera, walking with the players watching them trainign and talk....and the best thing...lol all is free, i didnt know this, i thought i would have to pay to watch tennis, but not :-D.

In the courts there were the pamplona committens, and arancha and ainhoa are in, for sure next week i will travel again if tha reach quarters. If you have the chance, go to an ITF... it's so wonderful.

awww, Thanks anabel for your report. Too bad for you that Arancha won but its great that you got her picture and everything.

So Anabel, tell me, do you lke Lubiani's game, and do you think she can get back to top 150??

Well i must tell you that she has not got anything special, but she has a good serve, she saved most of the complicated situations with it. But all the long rallys were won by arancha. But yes i think Francesca can back to top 150, at least her game today was better than Nina's or Beltrame's

anyway i took some pictures of francesca. she was very pretty, i loved the way she had her hair lol.

Anabel, glad to know you had a great time :)

What the F**K are you doing in that bus station :confused: Did you missed last bus or something? I hope you're OK ;)

Y no te escabullas, me debes una. Así que me envias un e-mail y me cuentas lo que te pasó al mediodia. La curiosidad no me va a dejar dormir :p

yes i get in the bus station at 10.30 and the tickets window closed at 10.00 so i could not buy my ticket for 2.30 trip so i have to wait to 6.00 to buy my ticket for 7.00 trip :S

ni loca te lo cuento :p

Great report Anabel. Thanks. I agree with you that, ITF events do have a great atmosphere, in a completely different way to the big Grand slam and WTA tour tournaments.

Yes Lol anabel! I love Francesca's hair! And yes I think she is pretty too. did she have her hair in 2 buns?

yes lol, i liked it.

oh no, nina lost :sad:

Go Trudi! :)

tx anabel for the report :)

Any news of Saturday yet?? Ballie's dubs??? :bounce:

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:bounce:

thanx anabel for your wonderful report :) :kiss: :)

glad you finally met your arancha ;)

So did Ballie win?

we dont Know yet ;)


I hope Francesca won! !!

Does anyone have the results from the doubles final?

News from saturday matches -- (from http://www.elnortecastilla.es the newspaper there)

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El Ciudad de Valladolid cierra sin representación española en la final
La pareja formada por Baltacha y Randriantefy ganó en la categoría de dobles
LÍA Z. LORENZO/VALLADOLID

Olga Blaotova y Francesca Lubiani se disputarán el Ciudad de Valladolid en las pistas de Covaresa hoy a las 12.30.

La primera semifinal enfrentó a las dos checas supervivientes. Olga Blahotova ganó en tres sets a su compatriota Magdalena Zdenovcova por 6-1, 3-6 y 6-7. En la otra eliminatoria Francesca Lubiani derrotó a Trudy Musgrave por 2-6, 6-3 y 7-6 (7-4 en el tie break).

La checa partía antes de este Torneo desde el puesto 215 del ránking, mientras que la italiana era la número 201.

En dobles las tenistas Elena Baltacha (Gran Bretaña) y Natacha Randrietefy ( Madagascar) se adjudicaron la final que se disputó ayer a las 12.00.

Las dos jugadoras se deshicieron con facilidad de Leanne Baker y Manisha Malhotra en dos sets por 6-3 y 6-2, en un partido en el que la pareja ganadora demostró su superioridad bajo un agobiante calor. Las vencedoras tuvieron un gran comienzo, que las llevó a tomar una ventaja de 4-0. Baker logró, en el quinto juego, mantener su saque y romper el de las rivales en el siguiente, lo que no le sirvió para remontar.

El segundo set fue más equilibrado, aunque los errores no forzados de la pareja formada por Baker y Malhotra pusieron las cosas fáciles a Baltacha y Randrietefy, que sentenciaron el partido sin necesidad de disputar el tercer set.

El público se ha animado a acudir a las pistas en esta fase final, y las gradas han presentado mayor presencia de aficionados que en la clasificatoria.

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Here is the translation by Alta Vista -- I always get a kick from that! Enjoy :-)

"Olga Blaotova and Francesca Lubiani will today dispute the City of Valladolid in the tracks of Covaresa to 12.30. The first semifinal faced the two surviving Czechs. Olga Blahotova won in three sets to its compatriot Magdalena Zdenovcova by 6-1, 3-6 and 6-7. In the other eliminatory Francesca Lubiani it defeated to Trudy Musgrave by 2-6, 6-3 and 7-6 (7-4 in the tie break). The Czech started off before this Match from position 215 of ránking, whereas the Italian was number 201. In doubles the tennis players Elena Baltacha (Great Britain) and Natacha Randrietefy (Madagascar) adjudged the end that was disputed to 12.00 yesterday. The two players undid with facility of Leanne Baker and Manisha Malhotra in two sets by 6-3 and 6-2, in a party in which the winning pair demonstrated its superiority under an exhausting heat. The winners had a great beginning, that took them to take an advantage from 4-0. Baker obtained, in the fifth game, to maintain their serve and to break the one of the rivals in the following one, which did not serve to him to overcome. The second Seth was more balancing, although the forced errors of the pair formed by Baker and Malhotra did not put the things easy to Baltacha and Randrietefy, that with no need sentenced the party to dispute the third Seth. The public has animated itself to go to the tracks in this final phase, and the launching slips have presented/displayed greater fan presence than in the qualifying one."

Jay

:bounce: Francesca!!!!!!!!!


ONE MORE FRANCESCA!!!!! :BOUNCE: yayayaya I am so happy Francesca! :bounce

Francesca :)

Good luck both players.

lol after i saw them live i have a special feeling for all them :)

Yay congrats ballie on a doubles title.

Trudi :sad: So close! :mad: It wouldve been great to see her vying for a $25K title. Better luck next time.

Well Done Ballie:D

Well done Ballie!!! Two titles in two weeks!!! Yay!!!! :bounce:

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Finale
(3)Francesca Lubiani (ITA) b. (4)Olga Blahotova (CZE) 62 64 :D

well done Francesca :D

Congratulations Francesca :bounce:

Francesca my darling, my angel!!!!! :D :bounce: this is ana mazing day for me!!! Congratulations baby ;)


OMG!!! :bounce: Vamos Francesca!!!! good luck in Pamplona make it 2 in a row!!!!!



ahhhh! (drops dead)

Well done Francesca :)

Olga :sad:

Olga :sad: :sad:

Congrats !