SINGLES

1-Saori Obata (JPN) vs Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR)<br />Trudi Musgrave (AUS) vs Amanda Grahame (AUS)<br />Q vs Kristen Van Elden (AUS)<br />WC-Adriana Szili (AUS) vs 5-Christina Wheeler (AUS)

3-Rika Fujiwara (JPN) vs Q<br />Shelley Stephens (NZL) vs WC-Jaslyn Hewitt (AUS)<br />Q vs Mireille Dittmann (AUS)<br />Nicole Rencken (RSA) vs 8-Eun-Ha Kim (KOR)

7-Desislava Topalova (BUL) vs Mi-Ra Jeon (KOR)<br />Michelle Summerside (AUS) vs Q<br />Cindy Watson (AUS) vs Melissa Dowse (AUS)<br />Inga Albers (GER) vs 4-Pavlina Nola (NZL)

6-Bryanne Stewart (AUS) vs Lisa McShea (AUS) <br />Beti Sekulovski (AUS) vs Samantha Stosur (AUS)<br />WC-Jenny Belobrajdic (AUS) vs Monique Adamczak (AUS)<br />Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) vs 2-Yoon-Jeong Cho (KOR)

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Oh why can't Mi-Ra have easier draws! <img src="graemlins/firey.gif" border="0" alt="[Fiery]" />

[ November 12, 2001: Message edited by: danker ]</p>

Mi-Ra is talented - she can win that match IMO.<br />Good luck all asian girls <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Bryanne v Lisa?!?! <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> Oh well... I hope Bryanne win

A nice draw - good luck to Saori, Kristen, Lisa, and Pavlina Nola. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

Good luck to

Yulia Beygelzimer <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <br />Trudi Musgrave <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> <br />Kristen Van Elden <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> <br />Christina Wheeler <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> <br />Shelley Stephens <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> <br />Michelle Summerside <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Bryanne Stewart <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Allez Stéphanie Cohen - Aloro !!!!! <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Poor Mi-Ra!!! <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> Good luck to Saori, Jaslyn, Eun-Ha, Desislava, Mi-Ra, and Yoon-JeonG!!!

best of luck to:

*Yulia Beygelzimer<br />*Trudi Musgrave<br />*Kristen Van Elden<br />*Christina Wheeler<br />*Eun-Ha Kim<br />*Mi-Ra Jeon<br />*Melissa Dowse<br />*Bryanne Stewart<br />*Lisa McShea

Good luck to Mi-ra! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

Who is Desislava Topalova? Is she too strong player for Mi-ra? <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0">

But maybe I'm somewhat relieved after seeing TheBoiledEgg's post. He didn't mention Desislava .... so I guess she is not that promising .. for being out of TheBoiledEgg's radar. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Go, Mi-ra!

<img src="graemlins/bounce.gif" border="0" alt="[Bounce]" />

Final Round of Qualifying:

Rochelle Rosenfield(1) vs. Madita Suer<br />I-Ting Wang vs. Tessy Van de Ven<br />Stefanie Weis(3) vs. Anouk Sterk(8)<br />Ivana Abramovic vs. Ilke Gers(5)

Gooooooo Anouk, Tessy and Nicole! <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Eric_tennis Good luck to Mi-ra! <br />Who is Desislava Topalova? Is she too strong player for Mi-ra?

Dessislava Tapalova is a power player, she is 22 years old and she is very much a late blummer, she is bulgarian and is coached by her mother as well as julga Barbaranova-maleeva( maleeva's mother) dessislava plays with her younger sister radoslava who is 17 years old and ranked somewhere in the top 500.<br />Dessislava is a all court player, a late blummer, but she hits the ball as hard as a (Hantuchueva), she sometimes lacks concentration and miss hits with lots of errors, but when she is on, she can be fast she can hit hard and she can come to net, so if she plays with concentration she can pretty much steam roll through anyone in the 100's.<br />she can be a top 50 player even a top 32 player she even has the height (5'9 and a half)<br />the only problem is she lacks motivation, but i have met her and i think next year she will be in the top 100 for sure. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <br />Dessislava Tapalova is ranked #195 <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

<br />Good Luck:<br />Bulgarian Girls<br />Go:

Dessislava Tapalova<br />Pavlina Stoyanova-Nola

[ November 13, 2001: Message edited by: bulgar ]</p>

bulgar : Thanks for the info. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <br /> But you really made me worried. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Go, Mi-ra!

<img src="graemlins/bounce.gif" border="0" alt="[Bounce]" />

Final Round of Qualifying:

Madita Suer d. Rochelle Rosenfield(1) 7:6[1] 6:4<br />I-Ting Wang d. Tessy Van de Ven 6:1 5:7 6:1<br />Anouk Sterk(8) d. Stefanie Weis(3) 6:3 6:1 <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <br />Ilke Gers(5) d. Ivana Abramovic 6:4 6:2 <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

<img src="frown.gif" border="0"> Tessy

<img src="smile.gif" border="0"> Anouk, Madita (Matthais'll be happy).

<font color="red">First Round:</font>

Saori Obata(1) d. Yulia Beygelzimer 3:6 6:3 6:2 <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <br />Christina Wheeler(5) d. Adriana Szili 6:0 6:1<br />Nicole Rencken d. Eun-Ha Kim(8) 6:3 6:1<br />Dessislava Topalova(7) d. Mi-Ra Jeon 6:3 7:5 <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <br />Pavlina Nola(4) d. Inga Albers 6:3 7:5 <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <br />Bryanne Stewart(6) d. Lisa McShea 6:1 6:1 <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> <br />Beti Sekulovski d. Samantha Stosur 0:6 6:4 6:1

Congrats to Saori and Dessislava. Too bad for Eun-Ha and Mi-Ra! I knew it. Dessislava is too powerful for Mi-Ra! <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Congrats Saori <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <br />and I-Ting for qualifying <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Mi-Ra <img src="graemlins/firey.gif" border="0" alt="[Fiery]" /> <br />Eun-Ha <img src="mad.gif" border="0"> Nicole's been playing great, but so has Eun-Ha esp last week at Pattaya. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Hopefully Yoon-Jeong, I-Ting and Rika can win today. <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0">

qualies

Tessy , Ivana , Rochelle <img src="mad.gif" border="0"> <img src="graemlins/sad.gif" border="0" alt="[Sad]" />

<br />MD <br />Yulia <img src="mad.gif" border="0">

well done

Bryanne <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> <br />Christina <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Well done, Bryanne! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

Congrats Saori and I-Ting <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <br />Bad luck Eun-Ha and Mi-Ra <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Another great win for Nicole Rencken, which is great to see. This should definitely put her inside the top 300. It's great to see her playing so well in Australia after struggling in the early part of the year. Hope she continues to show good form!

well done Ilke in qualies <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

good stuff Bryanne and Christina <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

too bad for Yulia, Eun-Ha, Mi-Ra, and Lisa <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

shocked Beti beat Samantha!

I'm not shocked Beti won!

Stosur has lost her last three matches, her game has gone back to how it was before Asia. Beti is an incredibly tough to play, she is a huge fighter, she is exactly like Sarah Pitkowski with her whinging and fighting spirit.

I'm more shocked that Rochelle lost to Suer! At least she got in as a lucky loser, unfortunately for Dittmann though who always seems to get beaten by Rochelle.

Impressive, easy wins for Christina and Bryanne!

More Results

Van Elden def Gers(Q) 7-6(4) 7-6(2)

Dittmann def Rosenfield(LL) 6-3 1-6 6-3

Belobradjic(WC) def Wang(Q) 3-6 6-3 6-1

Suer(Q) def Summerside 6-4 6-7(10) 6-0

Cohen-Aloro def Cho(2) 1-6 7-5 7-6(2)

<br />Well done Kristen and Jenny! Good revenge win for Mireille. Bad luck to Michelle, she obviously fought really hard to win the second set only to crumble in the third.

Very disappointed especially with Yoon-Jeong. <img src="mad.gif" border="0"> <br />It looks like she won't make the Aus Open maindraw. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Bad luck I-Ting. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

No Asians left in the bottom half.<br />If only Rika was down there, instead of the top. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Cohen Aloro is a very promising French girl. That was a bad draw for both players, and it went to the final set tiebreak, so don't be too disappointed with Yoon Jeong.

Hurley, I know that Cohen-Aloro is a promising player.

But there are a few reasons to why I'm disappointed:

1) Yoon-Jeong is the 2nd seed & higher ranked<br />2) Yoon-Jeong has been playing well since the US Open<br />3) Yoon-Jeong was ranked in the Top 110 a few weeks ago and would have made the cut-offs if points hadn't come off<br />4) Yoon-Jeong loses too many matches like this (close 3rd set; I'll bet she even had match points)

I think we may see her in a small slump in the next coming weeks. I really hope she proves me wrong...

Good luck Saori, win the whole thing. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

I understand, but it's a defendable loss, if you have to lose these sorts of matches.

I'm disappointed too, I became a fan of Yoon Jeong's at the Open and I know that she should be into the Top 100 and winning these types of matches all the time. But she's improving overall, and everyone has a bad week. I'm pretty confident she'll be able to make it into the main draw of the Australian through the qualifying, and, if not, she should be okay for the French and Wimbledon. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

well done Kristen <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Jenny <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Michelle <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> Rochelle <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Stephanie ... impressive win <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> ... there goes one set of 4 quality pts , now who will bt Saori if anyone ?

Yoon-Jeong tends to crack when she's leading and lose tough matches. <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> <br />But Saori has also been playing well latelly ( Took sandrine to 3 <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> ) - Saori will win this challenger! GO SOARI! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

well done Kristen <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> too bad for Ilke <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

WOOHOO Nicole! <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> Keep it up! <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Missing results

1st round

Jaslyn Hewitt(WC) def Shelley Stephens 6-0 6-2<br />Anouk Sterk(Q) def Rika Fujiwara(3) ?????<br />Cindy Watson vs Melissa Dowse ???????<br />Amanda Grahame vs Trudi Musgrave ?????

2nd Round

Obata(1) def Grahame/Musgrave ???<br />Wheeler vs Van Elden ?????<br />Jaslyn Hewitt(WC) def Anouk Sterk(Q) 7-5 6-4<br />Dittmann def Rencken ???<br />Topalova def Suer(Q) ????<br />Nola(4) def Watson/Dowse ????<br />Sekulowski def Stewart(7) ?????<br />Belobradjic(WC) def Cohen-Aloro

Quarter Final

Obata def Wheeler/Van Elden<br />Jaslyn Hewitt def Mireille Dittmann 6-4 7-6(1)<br />Pavlina Nola def Dessislave Topalova 6-4 6-2<br />Jenny Belobradjic def Beti Sekulowski 6-3 7-5

Big wins for Anouk and Beti!

Go Jaslyn and Jenny, don't like their chances!!!!

thanks for the scores ... well, mostly <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

congrats to saori and pavlina ... those are the two finalists that i wanted from the start of the tournament

Missing scores:

1st rd<br />Grahame d. Musgrave 6-3 6-3<br />Q-Sterk d. 3-Fujiwara 7-5 5-7 7-5 <img src="graemlins/firey.gif" border="0" alt="[Fiery]" /> <br />Watson d. Dowse 6-1 2-6 6-4

2nd rd<br />1-Obata d. Grahame 7-6(5) 6-0 <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <br />5-Wheeler d. Van Elden 6-3 6-1<br />Dittmann d. Rencken 6-1 6-3<br />7-Topalova d. Suer 6-3 7-5<br />4-Nola d. Watson 7-5 5-7 6-2<br />Sekulovski d. 6-Stewart 6-2 6-4<br />WC-Belobrajdic d. Cohen-Aloro 7-6(3) 6-1

QF<br />1-Obata d. 5-Wheeler 5-7 6-1 6-2 <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

[ November 16, 2001: Message edited by: danker ]</p>

DOUBLES<br />1st rd

1-McShea/Musgrave d. WC-Barclay/Szili 6-4 4-6 6-1<br />Q-Cho/Obata d. Sekulovski/Sewell 6-2 4-6 6-0 <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <br />3-Stephens/Stosur d. LL-McIntyre/O'Connor 6-2 6-1<br />Rencken/Stone d. Beygelzimer/Sterk 6-2 6-3

Albers/Topalova d. Belobrajdic/Summerside 6-2 6-1<br />Grahame/Watson d. 4-Haak/Mens 5-7 6-2 7-5<br />Hewitt/Stewart d. Q-Gers/Scheepers 6-4 6-2<br />2-Jeon/Kim d. Dittmann/Van Elden 6-2 6-1 <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

[ November 16, 2001: Message edited by: danker ]</p>

oh noooo Bryanne ,Kristen lost in rd 2 <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Christina <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

and go Beti and Jenny B

and someone stop that Hewitt , so go Saori <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Jaslyn must have been inspired by her brother. And what a good inspiration to have - The new world No. 1 no less! <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Gooo Saori and Jaslyn!!!!

it would appear the good results are far and few between for me this week <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

too bad for Trudi, Kristen, Christina, Melissa, and Bryanne <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Way to go JASLYN! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="graemlins/bounce.gif" border="0" alt="[Bounce]" /> Let's make it a double win for the Hewitt family! <img src="graemlins/bounce.gif" border="0" alt="[Bounce]" />

Bad luck Rika <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> lost a tough one <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> <br />congrats to Saori though <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

what a disappointing week for the asians excluding saori! 3 asians were expected to reach semis but at best we will only get one! <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

very very disappointed! <img src="graemlins/firey.gif" border="0" alt="[Fiery]" />

Go Pavlina you are finally playing better <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Dessislava would have reached the final if she didn't have to face pavlina <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

Obata def Hewitt 6-1 6-4<br />Nola def Belobradjic 6-3 7-5

Jeon/Kim def Watson/Grahame 7-5 in the third to advance to the Doubles Final

thanx ausboy! <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

well done saori! hope u win the final!!!! you should be able to! <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Go Pav <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

well done Saori <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Good luck to Pavlina. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Oh well! Saori take the title!!!!

GOOOO Pavlina-Stoyanova-Nola <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Singles Final

Obata def Nola 6-1 6-2

Doubles semi-final

Musgrave/McShea def Stephens/Stosur 7-6 7-6

Doubles Final

Musgrave/McShea def Kim/Jeon 6-4 7-5

<img src="graemlins/sad.gif" border="0" alt="[Sad]" /> <img src="graemlins/sad.gif" border="0" alt="[Sad]" /> <img src="graemlins/sad.gif" border="0" alt="[Sad]" /> <img src="graemlins/sad.gif" border="0" alt="[Sad]" /> <img src="graemlins/sad.gif" border="0" alt="[Sad]" />

Congrats to Obata, poor Pav <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

well done saori!!! <img src="graemlins/bounce.gif" border="0" alt="[Bounce]" />

does this do anything good for her ranking!?

Congrats Saori!!!! <img src="graemlins/kiss.gif" border="0" alt="[Kiss]" /> She should be around the 110s I think. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

Congrats Saori <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <br /> prooved your consistency for the later part of this year <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Congrats Saori!!! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

Saori's rank will go up to about 105 in a couple of week's time. Good enough to make the Aus Open maindraws, but I think the acceptance list will be based on the rankings coming out today.

A win this week will finally push her into the Top 100. Good luck to her!!! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

BTW, she's surpassed Shinobu Asagoe as the Number 2 Japanese player. She deserves it as she's had a more consistent year. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

congrats Saori <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> well done

<br />danker .... acceptance lists are 6 weeks before AUS OPEN.

so rank lists will be Dec 3.

so Nuriootpa will also count.

Thanks for that Eggy.<br />The list was done 1 week after Pattaya finished last week, so I expected the same to happen again this year.

So Saori finally made it. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Pattaya finished Nov 19 last year , so they used Nov 27 ranks for 2001 AUS Open

either Nov 26 or Dec 3 , normally they use 6 weeks before hand.

It may well be Dec 3 , I'm hoping so as there is no USTA event this week but $50K West Columbia (TX) is next week.

So 2 Japanese girls and 2 Aussie girls have split the 4 Aussie challengers so far... <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Congrats Saori, these 2 finalists were just a class above the rest from the QF onwards.

Great tourn for the young Aussies ; Jenny, Jaslyn and Beti!

Hopefully Christina Wheeler can do some damage in the next few....

I saw some discussion regarding Stephanie Cohen Aloro.<br />I have seen her in Pattaya. My understanding is that she is really going for it now and has already made huge progress with a leap of 100 places in the past two months and another similar leap mid of this year.<br />She has besides a great coach now : Arnaud Decugis (husband and coach of Julie Halard Decugis).<br />They are doing a wonderful job together and this is a well deserved victory.<br />I am certain we will hear more about Stephanie during next season as she is starting to believe in herself.