10,000$ Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima International Ladies Open 2007

Surface: Carpet
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The Japanese city of Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese)) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture), and the largest city in the Chūgoku region (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region) of western Honshū (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB), the largest of Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan)'s islands. It is most known throughout the world as the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_warfare) with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki) in World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) by the United States of America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States).
Hiroshima gained municipality status on April 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1), 1889 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889) and was designated on April 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1), 1980 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980) by government ordinance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_designated_by_government_ordinance_%28Japan%2 9). The city's current mayor is Tadatoshi Akiba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadatoshi_Akiba) who assumed the office on February 23 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_23), 1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999)
On August 6 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_6), 1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945), the nuclear weapon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon) Little Boy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy) was dropped on Hiroshima by the crew of the American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)B-29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-29) bomber Enola Gay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay), directly killing an estimated 70,000 people. Approximately 69% of the city's buildings were completely destroyed, and 6.6 percent severely damaged.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima#_note-effects) In the following months, an estimated 60,000 more people died from injuries, and hundreds more from radiation

Previous Winners:
2003: (Grass) Tomoko YONEMURA JAP d. Tomoyo TAKAGISHI JAP 64 61
2004: (Grass) Emily HEWSON AUS d. Yurika SEMA JAP 61 76
2005: (Carpet) Tomoyo TAKAGISHI JAP d. Kanae HISAMI JAP 63 76
2006: (Carpet) Yuka KURODA JAP d. Maika OZAKI JAP 76 63


2007 Draws

Quali
(1) Natsumi YOKOTA JAP vs bye
Yoshimi KAWASAKI JAP vs Yukiko YABE JAP 57 62 63
(2) Maki ARAI JAP vs Yuko YOSHIHARA JAP 62 60
Aiko YAMADA JAP vs Megumi NISHIMOTO JAP 16 75 26
(3) Shan-Shan LI CHN vs Hitomi ISOMURA JAP 61 75
Yoko NAITO JAP vs Yuko ADACHI JAP 36 67
(4) Naoko ETO JAP vs Miku BANDO JAP 61 62
Noriko UEHARA JAP vs Kana WATANABE JAP 16 26
(5) Airi HAGIMOTO JAP vs Yuka UEDA JAP 60 62
(10) Sayaka UMEDA JAP vs Chika TERASAWA JAP 60 75
(6) Shiho AKITA JAP vs Kazusa ITO JAP 75 63
(12) Marina TAKIMURA JAP vs Ami NAKANO JAP 62 64
(7) Yuko KURATA JAP vs Ying QIAN CHN 63 61
(9) Tomoko TAIRA JAP vs Runa SATOU JAP 62 60
(8) Shuang WU CHN vs Nahoko TANAKA JAP 75 64
(11) Rie IMAI JAP vs Risa HASEGAWA JAP 63 46 06
2nd round
(1) Natsumi YOKOTA JAP d. Yoshimi KAWASAKI JAP 63 64
(2) Maki ARAI JAP d. Megumi NISHIMOTO JAP 64 61
Yuko ADACHI JAP d. (3) Shan-Shan LI CHN 63 75
Kana WATANABE JAP d. (4) Naoko ETO JAP 62 63
(5) Airi HAGIMOTO JAP d. (10) Sayaka UMEDA JAP 64 60
(6) Shiho AKITA JAP d. (12) Marina TAKIMURA JAP 62 63
(7) Yuko KURATA JAP d. (9) Tomoko TAIRA JAP 63 75
Risa HASEGAWA JAP d. (8) Shuang WU CHN 36 76 64

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MAIN DRAW

(1) Erika SEMA JAP vs wc Saori ODA JAP 63 61
Minori TAKEMOTO JAP vs Kasumi AIKO JAP 36 16
Tomoko DOKEI JAP vs q Yuko KURATA JAP 36 53 ret Dokei
(6) Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP vs Yumi NAKANO JAP 36 61 62
(3) Cassandra BARR AUS vs Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP 36 46
q Natsumi YOKOTA JAP vs q Maki ARAI JAP 63 36 46
wc Mayumi SEKI JAP vs q Airi HAGIMOTO JAP 26 26
(8) Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP vs Anne YELSEY USA 62 57 63
(7) Ling ZHANG HKG vs Mari INOUE JAP 46 36
Eriko MIZUNO JAP vs q Risa HASEGAWA JAP 67 75 62
Yurina KOSHINO JAP vs q Yuko ADACHI JAP 75 75
(4) Maya KATO JAP vs Kei SEKINE JAP 60 63
(5) Lauren BREADMORE AUS vs wc Yuri KASUYA JAP 63 61
Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP vs wc Hiromi OKAZAKI JAP 60 63
Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP vs q Kana WATANABE JAP 61 62
(2) Kanae HISAMI JAP vs q Shiho AKITA JAP 64 46 63
2nd round
(1) Erika SEMA JAP d. Kasumi AIKO JAP 61 62
q Yuko KURATA JAP d. (6) Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP 75 61
Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP d. q Maki ARAI JAP 75 64
(8) Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP d. q Airi HAGIMOTO JAP 62 64
Eriko MIZUNO JAP d. Mari INOUE JAP 75 36 63
(4) Maya KATO JAP d. Yurina KOSHINO JAP 63 36 75
(5) Lauren BREADMORE AUS d. Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP 63 62
Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP d. (2) Kanae HISAMI JAP 63 16 64
QF
q Yuko KURATA JAP d. (1) Erika SEMA JAP 63 32 ret
Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP d. (8) Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP 50 ret
(4) Maya KATO JAP d. Eriko MIZUNO JAP 63 60
(5) Lauren BREADMORE AUS d. Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP 26 6260
SF
Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP d. q Yuko KURATA JAP ret
(4) Maya KATO JAP d. (5) Lauren BREADMORE AUS 61 62
Final
Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP d. (4) Maya KATO JAP 36 61 63

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DOUBLES MAIN

(1) Etsuko KITAZAKI/Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP vs Haruka FUJISHIRO/Minori TAKEMOTO JAP 62 62
Shan-Shan LI CHN/Ling ZHANG HKG vs Yuko ADACHI/Shiho AKTA JAP 16 26
(4) Maya KATO/Yumi NAKANO JAP vs Yuka UEDA/Noriko UEHARA JAP 64 61
Marina TAKIMURA/Natsumi YOKOTA JAP vs Hitomi ISOMURA/Hiromi OKAZAKI JAP 63 67 11-9
Qian WANG/Shuang WU CHN vs Rie IMAI/Mari INOUE JAP 36 26
(3) Tomoko DOKEI/Yukiko YABE JAP vs Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP 46 36
Risa HASEGAWA/Mayumi SEKI JAP vs Saori ODA/Nahoko TANAKA JAP 76 26 11-9
(2) Kanae HISAMI/Eriko MIZUNO JAP vs Kei SEKINE/Sayaka UMEDA JAP 16 61 10-3
QF
(1) Etsuko KITAZAKI/Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP vs Yuko ADACHI/Shiho AKTA JAP ret Kitazaki/Yamamoto
(4) Maya KATO/Yumi NAKANO JAP vs Marina TAKIMURA/Natsumi YOKOTA JAP 64 75
Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP d. Rie IMAI/Mari INOUE JAP 64 76
(2) Kanae HISAMI/Eriko MIZUNO JAP d. Risa HASEGAWA/Mayumi SEKI JAP 60 63
SF
(4) Maya KATO/Yumi NAKANO JAP d. Yuko ADACHI/Shiho AKTA JAP 61 64
Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP d. (2) Kanae HISAMI/Eriko MIZUNO JAP 36 62 10-4
Final
Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP d. (4) Maya KATO/Yumi NAKANO JAP 62 61

Singles Qualifying Draw

Natsumi YOKOTA (JPN) (1) BYE
Yoshimi KAWASAKI (JPN) Vs Yukiko YABE (JPN)

Maki ARAI (JPN) (2) Vs Yuko YOSHIHARA (JPN)
Megumi NISHIMOTO (JPN) Vs Aiko YAMADA (JPN)

Shan-Shan LI (CHN) (3) Vs Hitomi ISOMURA (JPN)
Yuko ADACHI (JPN) Vs Yoko NAITO (JPN)

Naoko ETO (JPN) (4) Vs Miku BANDO (JPN)
Noriko UEHARA (JPN) Vs Kana WATANABE (JPN)

Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) (5) Vs Yuka UEDA (JPN)
Chika TERASAWA (JPN) Vs Sayaka UMEDA (JPN) (10)

Shiho AKITA (JPN) (6) Vs Kazusa ITO (JPN)
Ami NAKANO (JPN) Vs Marina TAKIMURA (JPN) (12)

Yuko KURATA (JPN) (7) Vs Ying QIAN (CHN)
Runa SATOU (JPN) Vs Tomoko TAIRA (JPN) (9)

Shuang WU (CHN) (8) Vs Nahoko TANAKA (JPN)
Risa HASEGAWA (JPN) Vs Rie IMAI (JPN) (11)

DB Quali:Yokota(2r)
Li over Yosemura

DBQ:
Maki Arai, Airi Hagimoto (R1)

DB: Hagimoto and Li

QDB:

Maki ARAI, Naoko ETO

DB: Arai, Hagimoto

Q DB: Airi Hagimoto, Shuang Wu

Q.DB: Hagimoto & Taira

DB

S.Li & Hagimoto

DB: Arai, Li

Q.DB: Akita, Arai

Good Luck Lauren and Cassie

DB: Li and Arai

http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100016125

Singles Main Draw

(1)Erika Sema (JPN) v (wc)Saori Oda (JPN)
Kasumi Aiko (JPN) v Minori Takemoto (JPN)

Tomoko Dokei (JPN) v Q
(6)Ayaka Maekawa (JPN) v Yumi Nakano (JPN)

(3)Cassandra Barr (AUS) v Etsuko Kitazaki (JPN)
Q v Q

(wc)Mayumi Seki (JPN) v Q
(8)Mayumi Yamamoto (JPN) v Anne Yelsey (USA)

(7)Ling Zhang (HKG) v Mari Inoue (JPN)
Eriko Mizuno (JPN) v Q

Yurina Koshino (JPN) v Q
(4)Maya Kato (JPN) v Kei Sekine (JPN)

(5)Lauren Breadmore (AUS) v (wc)Yuri Kasuya (JPN)
Haruka Fujishiro (JPN) v (wc)Hiromi Okazaki (JPN)

Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) v Q
(2)Kanae Hisami (JPN) v Q

Singles Qualifying Draw - 1st Round Results

Natsumi YOKOTA (JPN) (1) BYE
Yoshimi KAWASAKI (JPN) defeated Yukiko YABE (JPN) 5-7 6-2 6-3

Maki ARAI (JPN) (2) defeated Yuko YOSHIHARA (JPN) 6-2 6-0
Megumi NISHIMOTO (JPN) defeated Aiko YAMADA (JPN) 6-1 5-7 6-2

Shan-Shan LI (CHN) (3) defeated Hitomi ISOMURA (JPN) 6-1 7-5
Yuko ADACHI (JPN) defeated Yoko NAITO (JPN) 6-3 7-6(5)

Naoko ETO (JPN) (4) defeated Miku BANDO (JPN) 6-1 6-2
Kana WATANABE (JPN) defeated Noriko UEHARA (JPN) 6-1 6-2

Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) (5) defeated Yuka UEDA (JPN) 6-0 6-2
Sayaka UMEDA (JPN) (10) defeated Chika TERASAWA (JPN) 6-0 7-5

Shiho AKITA (JPN) (6) defeated Kazusa ITO (JPN) 7-5 6-3
Marina TAKIMURA (JPN) (12) defeated Ami NAKANO (JPN) 6-2 6-4

Yuko KURATA (JPN) (7) defeated Ying QIAN (CHN) 6-3 6-1
Tomoko TAIRA (JPN) (9) defeated Runa SATOU (JPN) 6-2 6-0

Shuang WU (CHN) (8) defeated Nahoko TANAKA (JPN) 7-5 6-4
Risa HASEGAWA (JPN) defeated Rie IMAI (JPN) (11) 3-6 6-4 6-0

good luck Lauren ;)

Win some matches please :help:

W: Sema
RU: Zhang
DB: Sema, Dokei

RU: Breadmore

DB: Maekawa, Sema

W: Zhang
RU: Sema

DB: Sema, Zhang

RU: Sema
DB: Zhang, Sema

W: Yelsey
RU: Zhang
DB: Zhang, Sema

RU: Zhang
DB: Sema (R1)

RU : Sema

DB

Sema

RU: Yelsey

DB: Erika Sema

W: Ling Zhang
RU: Yelsey
DB: Erika Sema and Ling Zhang

2nd round
(1) Natsumi YOKOTA JAP d. Yoshimi KAWASAKI JAP 63 64
(2) Maki ARAI JAP d. Megumi NISHIMOTO JAP 64 61
Yuko ADACHI JAP d. (3) Shan-Shan LI CHN 63 75
Kana WATANABE JAP d. (4) Naoko ETO JAP 62 63
(5) Airi HAGIMOTO JAP d. (10) Sayaka UMEDA JAP 64 60
(6) Shiho AKITA JAP d. (12) Marina TAKIMURA JAP 62 63
(7) Yuko KURATA JAP d. (9) Tomoko TAIRA JAP 63 75
Risa HASEGAWA JAP d. (8) Shuang WU CHN 36 76 64

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MAIN DRAW

(1) Erika SEMA JAP vs wc Saori ODA JAP 63 61
Minori TAKEMOTO JAP vs Kasumi AIKO JAP 36 16
Tomoko DOKEI JAP vs q Yuko KURATA JAP
(6) Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP vs Yumi NAKANO JAP
(3) Cassandra BARR AUS vs Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP 36 46
q Natsumi YOKOTA JAP vs q Maki ARAI JAP
wc Mayumi SEKI JAP vs q Airi HAGIMOTO JAP
(8) Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP vs Anne YELSEY USA
(7) Ling ZHANG HKG vs Mari INOUE JAP
Eriko MIZUNO JAP vs q Risa HASEGAWA JAP
Yurina KOSHINO JAP vs q Yuko ADACHI JAP
(4) Maya KATO JAP vs Kei SEKINE JAP 60 63
(5) Lauren BREADMORE AUS vs wc Yuri KASUYA JAP
Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP vs wc Hiromi OKAZAKI JAP
Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP vs q Kana WATANABE JAP
(2) Kanae HISAMI JAP vs q Shiho AKITA JAP

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DOUBLES MAIN

(1) Etsuko KITAZAKI/Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP vs Haruka FUJISHIRO/Minori TAKEMOTO JAP
Shan-Shan LI CHN/Ling ZHANG HKG vs Yuko ADACHI/Shiho AKTA JAP
(4) Maya KATO/Yumi NAKANO JAP vs Yuka UEDA/Noriko UEHARA JAP
Marina TAKIMURA/Natsumi YOKOTA JAP vs Hitomi ISOMURA/Hiromi OKAZAKI JAP 63 67 11-9
Qian WANG/Shuang WU CHN vs Rie IMAI/Mari INOUE JAP 36 26
(3) Tomoko DOKEI/Yukiko YABE JAP vs Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP 46 36
Risa HASEGAWA/Mayumi SEKI JAP vs Saori ODA/Nahoko TANAKA JAP
(2) Kanae HISAMI/Eriko MIZUNO JAP vs Kei SEKINE/Sayaka UMEDA JAP

DB: Zhang and Dokei

MD DB: Zhang (R1)

DB

Mizuno (R1)

DB: Zhang, Fujishiro

Btw Lauren is one game away from her first win since very start of June :D

Lately things been dreadful for her :help:

First round completed:

Erika Sema (JPN,1) def Saori Oda (JPN,WC) 6-3 6-1
Kasumi Aiko (JPN) def Minori Takemoto (JPN) 6-3 6-1
Yuko Kurata (JPN,Q) def Tomoko Dokei (JPN) 3-6 5-3 Ret.
Ayaka Maekawa (JPN,6) def Yumi Nakano (JPN) 3-6 6-1 6-2
Etsuko Kitazaki (JPN) def Cassandra Barr (AUS,3) 6-3 6-4
Maki Arai (JPN,Q) def Natsumi Yokota (JPN,Q) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Airi Hagimoto (JPN,Q) def Mayumi Seki (JPN,WC) 6-2 6-2
Mayumi Yamamoto (JPN,8) def Anne Yelsey (USA) 6-2 5-7 6-3

Mari Inoue (JPN) def Ling Zhang (HKG,7) 6-4 6-3
Eriko Mizuno (JPN) def Risa Hasegawa (JPN,Q) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-2
Yurina Koshino (JPN) def Yuko Adachi (JPN,Q) 7-6(5) 7-5
Maya Kato (JPN,4) def Kei Sekine (JPN) 6-0 6-3
Lauren Breadmore (AUS,5) def Yuri Kasuya (JPN,WC) 6-3 6-1
Haruka Fujishiro (JPN) def Hiromi Okazaki (JPN,WC) 6-0 6-3
Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) def Kana Watanabe (JPN,Q) 6-1 6-2
Kanae Hisami (JPN,2) def Shiho Akita (JPN,Q) 6-4 4-6 6-3

Anne Y and Ling Z :weirdo:

I'm out. Please win it Lauren :p

Ling :help:

:speakles: ... Ling?

Lauren Thank God !!!!!!!!

:tape:

Lauren :woohoo:

A win finally :D

Ling :o :help:

Erika :woohoo:

Shiho :sad:

2nd Round

Erika SEMA (JPN) (1) defeated Kasumi AIKO (JPN) 6-1 6-2
Yuko KURATA (JPN) defeated Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (6) 7-5 6-1

Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) defeated Maki ARAI (JPN) 7-5 6-4
Mayumi YAMAMOTO (JPN) (8) defeated Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) 6-2 6-4

Eriko MIZUNO (JPN) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) 7-5 3-6 6-3
Maya KATO (JPN) (4) defeated Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) 6-3 3-6 7-5

Lauren BREADMORE (AUS) (5) defeated Haruka FUJISHIRO (JPN) 6-3 6-2
Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN) defeated Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (2) 6-3 1-6 6-4

Lauren into the QF :) :D

Alright Lauren !!

It's Lauren versus the Japanese.

Good luck to her.

Erika :yeah:

Mari :o :hug:

Quarterfinal

Yuko KURATA (JPN) defeated Erika SEMA (JPN) (1) 6-3 3-2 Retired
Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) defeated Mayumi YAMAMOTO (JPN) (8) 5-0 Retired
Maya KATO (JPN) (4) defeated Eriko MIZUNO (JPN) 6-3 6-0
Lauren BREADMORE (AUS) (5) defeated Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN) 2-6 6-2 6-0

SF

Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) defeated Yuko KURATA (JPN) Walkover

Lauren :D :yeah:

Tougher match tomorrow,good luck :hug:

:ras: pfft!

Alright Lauren !!!!!

Poor Erika & Mayumi. I'm sure they would've won. :sad:

Unless they wanted to arrive in Tokyo on time... :tape:

Erika. :unsure: Hope she's alright. :hug:

Erika :scared:
Hopefully Maya can win it all, she is a pretty good player.

2nd SF
Maya Kato d. Lauren Breadmore 61 62

:(

Lauren :o :sad:

Lauren :speakles:

Lauren :( :help:

Anyway 3 wins for Lauren and hopefully this was an effort for geting to Tokyo in time ;)

Final

Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) defeated Maya KATO (JPN) (4) 3-6 6-1 6-3

Maya :sad:
congratulations Etsuko

Maya :(

first title for 25 year old Kitazaki :eek:

Maya :(
You deserved the 10 point here instead of 0.5 :(

what a surprise

Congrats to Etsuko :worship: