$50.000 Gifu (JPN)

Kangaroo Cup International Ladies Open Tennis

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Tournement Website : http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/kangaroo/index.html

Surface : Carpet (Outdoor) - Art. Grass

Last Years Winners

2003 ($50k) : (1)Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) d. (2)Saori Obata (JPN) 64 61
2004 ($50k) : (Q)Ana Ivanovic (SCG) d. (8)Mi-Ra Jean (KOR) 64 26 75
2005 ($50k) : (4)Saori Obata (JPN) d. (6)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) 61 26 64
2006 ($50k) : Erika Takao (JPN) d. (1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 61 57 61
2007 ($50k) : (1)Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 63 61

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2008 Draws

Singles Qualifying Draw

(1)Ana Savic (CRO) v (wc)Miyabi Inoue (JPN) 63 64
Misaki Doi (JPN) v Airi Hagimoto (JPN) 61 75

Yuko Kurata (JPN) d. Maya Wakui (JPN) 64 63
(7)Yumi Nakano (JPN) v (wc)Yuko Adachi (JPN) 76(4) 64

(2)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) v Yuka Higuchi (JPN) 63 75
Akari Inoue (JPN) v (wc)Manami Miyamoto (JPN) 61 26 76(5)

Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) d. Alenka Hubacek (AUS) 57 64 62
(6)Ksenia Lykina (RUS) v Yuuki Tanaka (JPN) 63 76(5)

Mari Inoue (JPN) d. (3)Qiang Wang (CHN) 64 62
Ai Yamamoto (JPN) v Rie Imai (JPN) 63 61

(wc)Mika Kawamura (JPN) d. Julia Moriarty (AUS) 75 75
(8)Yurina Koshino (JPN) v Kaoru Maezawa (JPN) 61 61

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) d. (4)Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) 62 62
(wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (wc)Anna Tajima (JPN) 67(4) 61 63

Kasumi Aiko (JPN) d. Naoko Eto (JPN) 62 61
(5)Kaori Onishi (JPN) v Hiromi Okazaki (JPN) 62 60

2nd Round

(1)Ana Savic (CRO) v Misaki Doi (JPN) 46 62 63
(7)Yumi Nakano (JPN) v Yuko Kurata (JPN) 61 46 63

(2)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) v Akari Inoue (JPN) 64 63
(6)Ksenia Lykina (RUS) v Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) 62 64

Mari Inoue (JPN) d. Ai Yamamoto (JPN) 63 16 62
(8)Yurina Koshino (JPN) v (wc)Mika Kawamura (JPN) 61 64

(wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 61 36 63
(5)Kaori Onishi (JPN) v Kasumi Aiko (JPN) 62 61

Final Round

(1)Ana Savic (CRO) v (7)Yumi Nakano (JPN) 64 62
(6)Ksenia Lykina (RUS) v (2)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) 62 62
(8)Yurina Koshino (JPN) v Mari Inoue (JPN) 75 64
(wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (5)Kaori Onishi (JPN) 63 64


Singles Main Draw

(1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) 61 60
Erika Takao (JPN) v (Q)Yurina Koshino (JPN) 61 46 63

(wc)Aki Yamasato (JPN) d. Surina De Beer (RSA) 46 64 63
(Q)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (5)Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 26 64 64

(3)Melanie South (GBR) v Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN) 62 62
(wc)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) d. Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) 75 61

Ellen Barry (NZL) v Kanae Hisami (JPN) 63 63
(6)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) v Anne Yelsey (USA) 16 76(2) 62

(Q)Ana Savic (CRO) d. (8)Nicole Thyssen (NED) 63 76(5)
(wc)Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) 61 62

Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) d. Maya Kato (JPN) 62 62
Nicole Kriz (AUS) d. (4)Junri Namigata (JPN) 64 64

(7)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) v Tatjana Priachin (GER) 76(6) 60
(Q)Ksenia Lykina (RUS) d. Alison Bai (AUS) 60 46 76(1)

Mari Tanaka (JPN) v (wc)Kana Watanabe (JPN) 60 61
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v Irena Pavlovic (FRA) 61 62

2nd Round

(1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v Erika Takao (JPN) 60 36 62
(Q)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (wc)Aki Yamasato (JPN) 76(8) 62

(3)Melanie South (GBR) v (wc)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) 63 62
Ellen Barry (NZL) v (6)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) 75 61

(Q)Ana Savic (CRO) d. (wc)Kurumi Nara (JPN) 64 63
Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) d. Nicole Kriz (AUS) 64 64

(7)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) v (Q)Ksenia Lykina (RUS) 61 64
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v Mari Tanaka (JPN) 61 61

QF

(Q)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 76(7) 46 63
(3)Melanie South (GBR) v Ellen Barry (NZL) 36 62 61
(Q)Ana Savic (CRO) d. Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) 46 76(4) 64
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v (7)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) 46 76(3) 60

SF

(Q)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (3)Melanie South (GBR) 76(5) 63
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. (Q)Ana Savic (CRO) 63 61

Final

(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. (Q)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 46 75 62


Doubles Main Draw

(1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) v Hubacek/Moriarty (AUS) 62 76(5)
(wc)Date-Krumm/Nara (JPN) d. (Q)Doi/Hisami (JPN) 64 62

(4)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v Hisamatsu/T.Yonemura (JPN) 62 63
Bai/Kriz (AUS) v Kato/Nakano (JPN) 46 64 10-6

Dokei/Kurata (JPN) v (wc)Adachi/Watanabe (JPN) 63 62
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v (Q)Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS) 64 62

Inoue/Shimizu (JPN) v (wc)Inoue/Tajima (JPN) 76(5) 62
(2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) v Barry/Yelsey (NZL/USA) 64 46 10-7

QF

(wc)Date-Krumm/Nara (JPN) d. (1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) 36 76(2) 11-9
Bai/Kriz (AUS) v (4)Liu/Zhao (CHN) 26 62 10-5
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v Dokei/Kurata (JPN) 62 63
Inoue/Shimizu (JPN) v (2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) w/o

SF

(wc)Date-Krumm/Nara (JPN) d. Bai/Kriz (AUS) 64 57 10-6
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v Inoue/Shimizu (JPN) 61 60

Final

(wc)Date-Krumm/Nara (JPN) d. (3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) 61 67(8) 10-7

Sophie :rolleyes: Why no.1 priority than playing in Europe?

So is Kimiko Date going to be playing here? That would be so exciting. :bounce:

This tournament helped launch a young Marina Erakovic all those years ago, lets hope that Ellen Barry follows in her footsteps here!

GOOD LUCK TO:
- Monique Adamczak (AUS)
- Sophie Ferguson (AUS)
- Emily Hewson (AUS)
- Nicole Kriz (AUS)
- Alison Bai (AUS)
- Alenka Hubacek (AUS)

And all the other Aussies ;)
Interesting point Harley. This tournament has seen the likes of Ivanovic and Molik as well as Dellacqua, Chan, Erakovic and Nakamura
Hopefully some of the Aussies do well this year ;)

I hope Erika returns here. :hug:

Why has Chan entered here :o

Morita Withdrew

Why has Chan entered here :o

She won it last year, a number who return will remember her

Chan frustrates me, she comes back to Asia to rip up the 50ks each year against girls with the same game style as herself, but weaker.......... ok, we know she can beat them... but she needs to play players from Europe who have different games with more variety and power, not just Asian backboards in the 50k events, whom she tears apart every year.

.... I don't think winning a ton of 50ks in Asia every year helps her game, it keeps her in the top 75, but then each time she gets to a grandslam against stronger dare I say 'white' girls.... she cant really handle them, despite all her talent, because she is simply not used to it.

She needs to insist on playing the the Tier 3 european events, and qualify for the tier 1 events... more points, more money, and most important of all, more development of her game. Not running through events beating Tagakishi, Yonemura, Namigata etc. she is ranked in the top 75, to take the next step, she needs to take the risk and face off against stronger players.

(This event is actually has a good turn out with some tough players, so what I am saying applies less to this event, but some of these Asian challengers have only a host of Asian players with one dimensional games that Chan pretty much beats every time, its not going to help her develop her game).

Chan hears you and withdraws. :)

I can tell she's trying.As the results show,she's setting new goals for herself and working for them.Lets just wish her luck. :angel:

Good luck to Tammy,Su-Wei,Junri and Rika. :D

Gifu always seems to have a pretty strong entry list.

Its good to see Tammy still trying to keep her ranking up with playing a couple ITFs here and there .:bounce:

I hope Lauren can inch into the MD:cool:.

Gifu always seems to have a pretty strong entry list.

Its good to see Tammy still trying to keep her ranking up with playing a couple ITFs here and there .:bounce:

I hope Lauren can inch into the MD:cool:.

As if she'll do any damage. :o Would be better for her to be seeded in qualies if you ask me. ;)

BTW, she's become totally a journey-woman. :spit:

From Official Homepage (Only Japanese)
http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/kangaroo/pdf/h20/08.04.13%20Entry%20List.pdf (http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/kangaroo/pdf/h20/08.04.13%20Entry%20List.pdf)

Main Draw WC
Kuroda Yuka 　黒田　祐加　543
Yamasoto Aki　山外　涼月 782
Nara Kurumi　 奈良　くるみ　－
Watanabe Kana 　渡邉　華奈　－

Qualifying Draw WC
Adachi Yuko 　足立　愉有子
Tajima Anna 田島　杏奈
Miyamoto Manami 宮本　真奈美
Doi Misaki 土居　美咲
Krumm Date Kimiko 　クルム伊達公子

Kimiko and Misaki with a qually wildcard :yeah:

Nice to see Aki and Kurumi with main draw wildcards.

Some pretty nice choices there.

Kimiko playing singles. :eek: :D

I think it's a great tourney to test the waters since the qualies cutoffs are now incredibly low - 1051.

She's apparently playing doubles with Misaki in Fukuoka. 21 years age difference. :lol:

GL:

FERGUSON, Sophie
THYSSEN, Nicole

Quallies

LYKINA, Ksenia

Go Kriz, Bai, Hubacek and Moriarty :)

Good luck Melanie :wavey:

Wasn't it a semi final here for Nicole last year?? :) Hope she can do it again or better!!!:D

15 ZHAO, Yi-Jing CHN
19 LIU, Wan-Ting CHN
7 WANG, Qiang CHN all come on!

Wasn't it a semi final here for Nicole last year?? :) Hope she can do it again or better!!!:D

It was, yes - so hopefully she can match that at least! ;)

Good luck to all the Aussies, in particular Alison Bai and Alenka Hubacek...
Al, the top 500 beckons again ;)
Lenks, time to get some wins on the board and get that ranking moving northward again :armed:

good luck wan-ting, yi-jing and qiang :D

When quali draw will be out?

go mel :D

Qualifying draw here:
http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/kangaroo/pdf/h20/08%20KangarooCupSQ.pdf

OOP here:
http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/kangaroo/pdf/h20/08%20KangrooCup08.04.27OOP.pdf

Good draw for Kimiko. :)

Ana roll over japanese :) .

Very nice draw

Good luck to all the Japanese, especially Kimiko Date Krumm, Miyabi Inoue, Misaki Doi and Yurina Koshino.


Also good luck to Ksenia Lykina. :D

Good Luck

Ana Savic
Alenka Hubacek
Ksenia Lykina
Julia Moriartry
Kumiko Date

good luck

Ksenia ;)
Ana S ;)

Good luck to Mrs. Krumm!

good luck

(6)Ksenia Lykina (RUS)
(wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)

Lets gooo Kimiko!

kimiko won her 1st rd qualie match 67 61 63:):yeah::hatoff:kegood luck next round kimiko,she should qualify!:)

Kimiko :yeah:

results of qual first and second round?

Kimiko :yeah: :D

First quali round results. (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100099373&tournament=1100017418)

Ana & Ksenia ;) :yeah:

Good luck to:

Nakamura
Takao (welcome back!)
Nara
Doi
Date :bounce:
Yonemura
Fujiwara
Namigata

and other Japanese girls that I dont know.

First Round

(1)Ana Savic (CRO) v (wc)Miyabi Inoue (JPN) 63 64
Misaki Doi (JPN) v Airi Hagimoto (JPN) 61 75

Yuko Kurata (JPN) d. Maya Wakui (JPN) 64 63
(7)Yumi Nakano (JPN) v (wc)Yuko Adachi (JPN) 76(4) 64

(2)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) v Yuka Higuchi (JPN) 63 75
Akari Inoue (JPN) v (wc)Manami Miyamoto (JPN) 61 26 76(5)

Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) d. Alenka Hubacek (AUS) 57 64 62
(6)Ksenia Lykina (RUS) v Yuuki Tanaka (JPN) 63 76(5)

Mari Inoue (JPN) d. (3)Qiang Wang (CHN) 64 62
Ai Yamamoto (JPN) v Rie Imai (JPN) 63 61

(wc)Mika Kawamura (JPN) d. Julia Moriarty (AUS) 75 75
(8)Yurina Koshino (JPN) v Kaoru Maezawa (JPN) 61 61

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) d. (4)Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) 62 62
(wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (wc)Anna Tajima (JPN) 67(4) 61 63

Kasumi Aiko (JPN) d. Naoko Eto (JPN) 62 61
(5)Kaori Onishi (JPN) v Hiromi Okazaki (JPN) 62 60

Qiang :tape:

good luck ana savic!!! and kimiko date!! :D:D

Alenka and Julia...Just plain awful :(

Q2R: Kimiko def. Shuko Aoyama 6-1, 3-6, 6-3

Kimiko :eek: :) :kiss:

Kimiko:yeah:

Go Kimiko!:bounce:

Goodness gracious me, You go girlfriend Kimiko :kiss:

Kimiko:yeah:

Q2

(1)Ana Savic (CRO) d. Misaki Doi (JPN) 4-6 6-2 6-3
(7)Yumi Nakano (JPN) d. Yuko Kurata (JPN) 6-1 4-6 6-3

(2)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) d. Akari Inoue (JPN) 6-4 6-3
(6)Ksenia Lykina (RUS) d. Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) 6-2 6-4

Mari Inoue (JPN) d. Ai Yamamoto (JPN) 6-3 1-6 6-2
(8)Yurina Koshino (JPN) d. (wc)Mika Kawamura (JPN) 6-1 6-4

(wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 6-1 3-6 6-3
(5)Kaori Onishi (JPN) d. Kasumi Aiko (JPN) 6-2 6-1

MD SINGLES

1-Aiko Nakamura (JPN) vs Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN)
Q vs Erika Takao (JPN)
WC-Aki Yamasoto (JPN) vs Surina De Beer (RSA)
Q vs 5-Rika Fujiwara (JPN)

3-Melanie South (GBR) vs Yi-Jing Zhou (CHN)
Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) vs WC-Yuka Kuroda (JPN)
Kanae Hisami (JPN) vs Ellen Barry (NZL)
Anne Yelsey (USA) vs 6-Kumiko Iijima (JPN)

8-Nicole Thijssen (NED) vs Q
WC-Kurumi Nara (JPN) vs Chiaki Okadaue (JPN)
Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) vs Maya Kato (JPN)
Nicole Kriz (AUS) vs 4-Junri Namigata (JPN)

7-Akiko Yonemura (JPN) vs Tatjana Priachin (GER)
Q vs Alison Bai (AUS)
Mari Tanaka (JPN) vs WC-Kana Watanabe (JPN)
Irena Pavlovic (FRA) vs 2-Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) v Hubacek/Moriarty (AUS)
(Q)Doi/Hisami (JPN) v (wc)Date-Krumm/Nara (JPN)

(4)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v Hisamatsu/T.Yonemura (JPN)
Bai/Kriz (AUS) v Kato/Nakano (JPN)

Dokei/Kurata (JPN) v (wc)Adachi/Watanabe (JPN)
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v (Q)Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS)

Inoue/Shimizu (JPN) v (wc)Inoue/Tajima (JPN)
(2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) v Barry/Yelsey (NZL/USA)

Best of luck:

Aiko Nakamura
Erika Takao :worship: :inlove: Welcome Back
Aki Yamasoto
Rika Fujiwara
Kanae Hisami :inlove:
Kumiko Iijima :help: :haha:
Kurumi Nara :worship:
Maya Kato vs Tomoko Yonemura :sad:
Junri Namigata :yeah:
Mari Tanaka
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Irena Pavlovic
Melanie South

Ksenia & Ana in Q ;) :D

no Regina again in MD :sobbing: :sad:

good luck in MD to

Ellen B ;)
Irena P ;)
Surina DB ;)
Tatjana P ;)

Good luck to Surina, Tatjana, Kurumi and Mari :D

Good first up draw for Ellen, GREAT doubles partner in Yelsey!!!

Good luck to Bai and Kriz :)

A video of some of Date vs Tajima
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnDDARVYDQA

OOP for tomorrow
http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/kangaroo/pdf/h20/08%20KangarooCup08.04.29OOP.pdf

wow!!!,, so many people watchin 50k qulis match :eek:

wow!!!,, so many people watchin 50k qulis match :eek:

I guess Kimiko Date is a big reason for that. She even beat in former times Steffi Graf once (However just in Fed-Cup) or Sabatini and Jana Novotna a couple of times etc.

Come on Mel, good section so make the most of it
GL Irena and Kimiko :hearts:

Goooooooooooooo Nikkie!

Good luck Tammy

any updates?

I only know Kimiko won the Q3R...
Tomoko Yonemura won her 1R...

I only know Kimiko won the Q3R...
Tomoko Yonemura won her 1R...

thanks anyway! :)

some 1st round result on www.itftennis.com/womens (http://www.itftennis.com/womens)
then select 50000Gifu .

Quali R3
Ana Savic CRO d. Yumi Nakano JAP 64 62
Ksenia Lykina RUS d. Tomoko Dokei JAP 62 62
Yurina Koshino JAP d. Mari Inoue JAP 75 64
Kimiko Date-Krumm JAP d. Kaori Onishi JAP 63 64

MAIN DRAW
1-Aiko Nakamura (JPN) vs Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN)
Q Yurina Koshino JAP vs Erika Takao (JPN)
WC-Aki Yamasoto (JPN) vs Surina De Beer (RSA) 46 64 63
Q Kimiko Date-Krumm JAP vs 5-Rika Fujiwara (JPN)

3-Melanie South (GBR) vs Yi-Jing Zhou (CHN)
Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) vs WC-Yuka Kuroda (JPN) 57 16
Kanae Hisami (JPN) vs Ellen Barry (NZL)
Anne Yelsey (USA) vs 6-Kumiko Iijima (JPN) 61 67 26

8-Nicole Thijssen (NED) vs Q Ana Savic CRO
WC-Kurumi Nara (JPN) vs Chiaki Okadaue (JPN)
Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) vs Maya Kato (JPN) 62 62
Nicole Kriz (AUS) vs 4-Junri Namigata (JPN)

7-Akiko Yonemura (JPN) vs Tatjana Priachin (GER)
Q Ksenia Lykina RUS vs Alison Bai (AUS)
Mari Tanaka (JPN) vs WC-Kana Watanabe (JPN) 60 61
Irena Pavlovic (FRA) vs 2-Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 16 26

Tammy :hearts::hearts:

Ksenia and Yurina qualified :yeah:
Kimiko :hug:

Maya :sad: :hug:
Excellent win for Aki Yamasoto. :D

Kimiko got the toughest spot in the MD. :mad:

Kumiko finally won a match! :eek: :D
Mari :D
Tammy :yeah:

Tammy:D

wan-ting :crying2:

kumiko finally:):yeah:
tomoko:)
mari:dance:
goodluck to kimiko nothing to loose:)

Come on Nicole :D :hearts: !!

Wednesday OOP
http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/kangaroo/pdf/h20/08%20KangrooCup08.04.30OOP.pdf

Pathetic Irena :help:. She completely lost her form.

Q Ksenia Lykina RUS vs Alison Bai (AUS)
Should be a great battle! Both are still pretty young but with some pretty good results so far - definately top 100 prospects.

Q Kimiko Date-Krumm JAP vs 5-Rika Fujiwara (JPN)
Sure to be a great battle!

Anne Yelsey (USA) vs 6-Kumiko Iijima (JPN) 61 67 26
:tears:

Well done Tammy

Bad Luck Hubacek/Moriarty :bigcry:

Good Luck tomorrow to Alison and Nic....and also South, Barry and Date!!!

Ksenia & Ana in Q ;) :yeah:

Irena :tape: :lol: :help:

Wan-Ting :sad:
Both Kumiko and Shuai won today :eek:

go south go go go :D,,, has a good draw here:D

Kimiko and Mari :yeah: :D
Surina :o :o

Irena :mad:

Surina :sobbing: :o :o

Go Tatjana.

Krizzy d. Junri Namigata (Jpn) - 6-4,6-4 :banana: :rocker: :worship: :bounce: :drool: :cool:

:eek: :yeah: :woohoo:
Krizzy made me eat my words :lol:
Awesome win :cool:

Where did you get that result from Sean? Is there anyway to find out how Alison's going?
Hope Bai in Gifu, McDowell and Barr in Balikpapan and Gajdosova in Korea can follow suit

..from Japanese tennis fan site.
Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) d. Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER) 7-6 6-0
Ellen BARRY (NZL) d. Kanae HISAMI (JPN) 6-3 6-3

^^^
Thanks for these results Yoshi...
Can I have a link to the Japanese Tennis Fan site please...
Thanks :)
Ellen :cool:
Top 300 with this win KK :shrug:

:woohoo: Well done Ellen!!!

And yup top 300 with this win :D

^^^
Can I have a link to the Japanese Tennis Fan site please...

Sorry, members only site.

Aiko Nakamura (JPN) d. Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) 6-1 6-0

Ellen :yeah:

oh okay...
Thanks anyway...
Aiko :eek: good opening win :)
Are there set updates or just match results

yeah Hisamatsu sucks
I am looking forward to seeing how Kimiko does
I hope she can pull off a win

thanks for the scores Yoshi
you are the best

Tatjana :o :o

any updates?

kimiko 2-6, 6-4 rika

Do you know how Bai went :confused:

Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) d. Rika FUJIWARA (JPN) 2-6 6-4 6-4 :eek:

well done kimiko :eek:,, wht was the south score?

:eek: well done Kimiko...great comeback so far :)

congratulations kimiko!!!!
this is so cool
its like a miracle run
WC into Wimby qualies?!!!
hopefully she can win this tournament

Kimiko :yippee:
But Junri :tape: :tape: :spit: Words can't describe how bad that loss is. :haha: :help:

Kimiko :yippee:
But Junri :tape: :tape: :spit: Words can't describe how bad that loss is. :haha: :help:

Oh yes its a worse loss than when she was bagelled against Anna Fitzpatrick last year :confused:

Oh yes its a worse loss than when she was bagelled against Anna Fitzpatrick last year :confused:
I didn't say it was her worst match ever ;).

I suppose thinking about it, it isn't that bad a loss actually as Nicole Kriz did win a 25k lately, but Junri should have won.

I didn't say it was her worst match ever ;).

I suppose thinking about it, it isn't that bad a loss actually as Nicole Kriz did win a 25k lately, but Junri should have won.

Not only that she won it beating Miss boyshorts (a top 100, future top 50 player) in the final!

Anyone know the doubles results yet, would be nice to see if Ellen picked up some more $$$ today :p

I didn't say it was her worst match ever ;).

I suppose thinking about it, it isn't that bad a loss actually as Nicole Kriz did win a 25k lately, but Junri should have won.

Considering Junri's only won 1 match against a top 450 player this year, compared to Nic beating Adamczak & Erakovic to win that $25k. Not a surprise at all!

WOW!!! Kimiko :eek::yeah:

Mel won 62 62 :D

Any other results?

Alison BAI (AUS) lost to Ksenia LYKINA (RUS) (Q) 0-6 6-4 6-7(1)

:sad:

Aiko NAKAMURA (JPN) (1) defeated Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) 6-1 6-0
Erika TAKAO (JPN) defeated Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) 6-1 4-6 6-3
Aki YAMASOTO (JPN) defeated Surina DE BEER (RSA) 4-6 6-4 6-3
Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) defeated Rika FUJIWARA (JPN) (5) 2-6 6-4 6-4

Melanie SOUTH (GBR) (3) defeated Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) 6-2 6-2
Yuka KURODA (JPN) defeated Wan-Ting LIU (CHN) 7-5 6-1
Ellen BARRY (NZL) defeated Kanae HISAMI (JPN) 6-3 6-3
Kumiko IIJIMA (JPN) (6) defeated Anne YELSEY (USA) 1-6 7-6(2) 6-2
Ana SAVIC (CRO) defeated Nicole THYSSEN (NED) (8) 6-3 7-6(5)

Kurumi NARA (JPN) defeated Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN) 6-1 6-2
Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) defeated Maya KATO (JPN) 6-2 6-2
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) defeated Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) (4) 6-4 6-4

Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) (7) defeated Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER) 7-6(6) 6-0
Ksenia LYKINA (RUS) defeated Alison BAI (AUS) 6-0 4-6 7-6(1)
Mari TANAKA (JPN) defeated Kana WATANABE (JPN) 6-0 6-1
Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) (2) defeated Irena PAVLOVIC (FRA) 6-1 6-2

Nicole :(

:help: Nicole. :sad:

Yeah Mel!

Kuru-kurumi :D:yeah:, this is a nice start for her. She has a big chance to make it to the SF now. Good results for the Japonese girls!

Erika TAKAO (JPN) defeated Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) 6-1 4-6 6-3
:woohoo: Welcome back. :yeah:


Ksenia :D
Wow Kurumi :yeah: Very Solid win for pro debut.

Ellen and Yelsey lost in a third set supertiebreak 10-7 to the 2nd seeds :tears:

Ksenia ;) :D phew :p
Ana :banana: ;)
Ellen ;)
Mel :)

Ksenia ;) :D phew :p
Ana :banana: ;)
Ellen ;)
Mel :)

Love ya eggy :p

Ana won :kiss: .

Kimiko :eek: Great win!

ana savic :D:D

Nicole :sad:

OOP Thursday

http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/kangaroo/pdf/h20/08%20KangarooCup08.05.01OOP.pdf

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) v Hubacek/Moriarty (AUS) 62 76(5)
(Q)Doi/Hisami (JPN) v (wc)Date-Krumm/Nara (JPN)

(4)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v Hisamatsu/T.Yonemura (JPN) 62 63
Bai/Kriz (AUS) v Kato/Nakano (JPN)

Dokei/Kurata (JPN) v (wc)Adachi/Watanabe (JPN) 63 62
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v (Q)Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS)

Inoue/Shimizu (JPN) v (wc)Inoue/Tajima (JPN) 76(5) 62
(2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) v Barry/Yelsey (NZL/USA) 64 46 10-7

Wan-Ting and Yi-Jing :yeah:

Kimiko :eek: :)

kimiko:eek:

Yi-Jing/Wan-Ting :)

Kimmy. :yeah:

Kimiko:D:bounce:

Wan-Ting and Yi-Jing :yeah:

:haha: :rolls: :fiery:

What´s wrong, Super Na :confused:

Maybe you got the names round the wrong way :confused:

Keep it going Krizzy!!

Matches Completed:

Tomoko Yonemura def Nicole Kriz 6-4 6-4 :bigcry:
Melanie South def Yuko Kuroda 6-3 6-2 :cool:
Anna Savic def Kurumi Nara 6-4 6-3
Akiko Yonemura def Ksenia Lykina 6-1 6-4
Kimiko Date-Krumm def Aki Yamasoto 7-6(8) 6-2 :cool:
Kumiko Iijima def Ellen Barry 7-5 6-1 :sad:
Matches In Progress

Tanasugarn leads Tanaka 2-1

Go Tammy

Matches Completed:

Tomoko Yonemura def Nicole Kriz 6-4 6-4 :bigcry:
Melanie South def Yuko Kuroda 6-3 6-2 :cool:
Anna Savic def Kurumi Nara 6-4 6-3
Akiko Yonemura def Ksenia Lykina 6-1 6-4
Kimiko Date-Krumm def Aki Yamasoto 7-6(8) 6-2 :cool:
Kumiko Iijima def Ellen Barry 7-5 6-1 :sad:
Matches In Progress

Tanasugarn leads Tanaka 2-1

Oh well nevermind, Ellen is ranked something like 100 places behind Kumiko anyway :p

Ana s. i love you :) .

Kimiko :worship:

What´s wrong, Super Na :confused:

because u gave them :yeah: , even they lost :o

Kurumi :o :sad:I am a bit disapointed.
Tomoko :yeah:
Ksenia :sad:
Kumiko :D Found some form. :eek:

Kimiko Date-Krumm :worship:

Tammy won 61 61:D

Oh yes Tammy baby. fast courts.... you are too good for all of these girls .... :D

(Date-Krumm's talent is scary, but by the time you get to her, she will be exhausted anyway)

ITF has Ellen winning (which I thought was more likely anyway :p)

Another tough South/Barry showdown. :armed:

Aiko Nakamura def Erika Takao 6-0 3-6 6-2

Bai/Kriz def Kato/Nakano 4-6 6-4 10-6
South/Thyssen def Kuroda/Lykina 6-4 6-2
Date/Nara def Doi/Hisami 6-4 6-2

Erika :(

ITF has Ellen winning (which I thought was more likely anyway :p)

Another tough South/Barry showdown. :armed:
You're right ;)
the oop has Barry on it.

Congratulations Ellen :)
Kumiko :sad: At least she won a match.

Ksenia :( :sad: :(

Ellen ;) :D
Ana :banana: ;) :kiss:
Mel :D

because u gave them :yeah: , even they lost :o

They won in doubles :p

Mel :kiss: Keep it up girl

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) v Hubacek/Moriarty (AUS) 62 76(5)
(wc)Date-Krumm/Nara (JPN) d. (Q)Doi/Hisami (JPN) 64 62

(4)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v Hisamatsu/T.Yonemura (JPN) 62 63
Bai/Kriz (AUS) v Kato/Nakano (JPN) 46 64 10-6

Dokei/Kurata (JPN) v (wc)Adachi/Watanabe (JPN) 63 62
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v (Q)Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS) 64 62

Inoue/Shimizu (JPN) v (wc)Inoue/Tajima (JPN) 76(5) 62
(2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) v Barry/Yelsey (NZL/USA) 64 46 10-7

Mel doobs :D

Melanie through to 1/4 Final singles and doubles, well done and good luck. :bounce:

any livescores

Guys I can confirm that Ellen actually won 7-5 6-1, you'd be surprised at the email I got :o

:yippee: Date for a 2 title sweep !:yippee:

QF
1-JPN NAKAMURA, Aiko vs Q-DATE-KRUMM, Kimiko (JPN) 67(7) 64 0-0
3-GBR SOUTH, Melanie d. NZL BARRY, Ellen 36 62 61

Q-SAVIC, Ana (CRO) vs JPN YONEMURA, Tomoko
2-THA TANASUGARN, Tanasugarn vs 7-JPN YONEMURA, Akiko 46 76(4) 1-0

2-THA TANASUGARN, Tanasugarn def. 7-JPN YONEMURA, Akiko 46 76(4) 60:D

QF
1-JPN NAKAMURA, Aiko vs Q-DATE-KRUMM, Kimiko (JPN) 67(7) 64 0-0
3-GBR SOUTH, Melanie d. NZL BARRY, Ellen 36 62 61

Q-SAVIC, Ana (CRO) vs JPN YONEMURA, Tomoko
2-THA TANASUGARN, Tanasugarn vs 7-JPN YONEMURA, Akiko 46 76(4) 1-0

Dang, nevermind - superb run this week Ellen :hearts:

Just have to remind you all, shes from Christchurch, NZ :rocker2:

:eek: Kimiko has impressed me, she took 1 set from Aiko :eek: Go Kimiko!

Tammy :kiss: win the title

From www.jirobkk.com
Q-DATE-KRUMM, Kimiko (JPN) d.1-JPN NAKAMURA, Aiko 76(7) 46 63
Aiko:sad: DATA:kiss:

3-GBR SOUTH, Melanie d. NZL BARRY, Ellen 36 62 61

south vs date :hearts:,,,good luck i think she may have a chance here as kimiko may be tired :D,, good luck :yeah:

Melanie and Kimiko :yeah:
Ellen pff

Kimiko :worship:

very impressive

:eek:.....Kimiko :worship:.........
Aiko-a Top 100 player :eek::sad:

Q-SAVIC, Ana (CRO) d. JPN YONEMURA, Tomoko 46 76 64

Tomoko :( But good tournament anyway.

Hoping for a Tammy vs Kimiko final. :bounce:

Keep going Kimiko. :bounce:

This tournament is yours now. :rocker:

Now savic has SE for fukuoka or not?

Ana ;) :yeah: :D
Mel ;)

Now savic has SE for fukuoka or not?

she should

yup, she should
great result for ana!!!
date :eek:

:bolt:
Kimiko :D :)
Tamarine :)

Ellen :sad: :(

Krizzy/Bai :rocker: :banana:

Kimiko :cool:

Date proves the level of the ITF's in Asia is very low !

Way to go Mel!!!!

Keep going Mel :D

Saturday OOP
http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/kangaroo/pdf/h20/08%20KangarooCup08.05.03OOP.pdf

Doubles QF

(wc)Date-Krumm/Nara (JPN) d. (1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) 36 76(2) 11-9
Bai/Kriz (AUS) v (4)Liu/Zhao (CHN) 26 62 10-5
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v Dokei/Kurata (JPN) 62 63
Inoue/Shimizu (JPN) v (2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) w/o

Date proves the level of the ITF's in Asia is very low !
This is actually one of the stronger one over there but to say anything positive or negative about Date's form after one event is meaningless in my opinion.

Great work Mel, keep it up :yeah:

Doubles QF

(wc)Date-Krumm/Nara (JPN) d. (1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) 36 76(2) 11-9
Bai/Kriz (AUS) v (4)Liu/Zhao (CHN) 26 62 10-5
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v Dokei/Kurata (JPN) 62 63
Inoue/Shimizu (JPN) v (2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) w/o



:woohoo:Could this be the "Date Sweep" in Gifu... ;)

Good luck Melanie and Happy Birthday :)

Bai/Kriz :woohoo:
Date & Tammy :cool:

DATE d. SOUTH 76(5) 63
SF : 2-Tanasugarn(THA) vs Q-Savic(CRO) 6-3 0-0

SF
Q-DATE-KRUMM, Kimiko (JPN) d. 3-GBR SOUTH, Melanie 76(5) 63
2-THA TANASUGARN, Tanasugarn d. Q-SAVIC, Ana (CRO) 63 61:D

Date in the final :help:

wow kimiko! fantastic effort this week:eek::)and to keep the knockers happy,she beats a non japanese player in 2 sets:p,good luck in the final,kimiko is back!:worship:

doubles results?

South :help:

Ana & Mel :( :sad:

Doubles SF

DATE-KRUMM (JPN) / NARA (JPN) defeated BAI (AUS) / KRIZ (AUS) 6-4 5-7 [10-6]
SOUTH (GBR) / THYSSEN (NED) (3) defeated INOUE (JPN) / SHIMIZU (JPN) 6-1 6-0

:D Nic & Mel

Mel :sad:

Get revenge in the doubles!!! ;)

Melanie :sad:

Well done in doubles, good luck in the Final :):)

Go Kimiko!!!

OMG!! Well done Kimiko :) :)
Tamarine :)

great final

Date Krumm - Tammy 6-4, 1-0

from jirobkk.com

Date Tammy 6-4 5-6

c'mon Date!!

Tammy won the 2nd set 7-5! :yeah:

Thanks, Rose! :wavey:

date 6-4 5-7 0-0

Come on Kimiko!!

Come on Date!

C'mon Tammy!!!

Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) (2) d. Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) 4-6 7-5 6-2 :D

:sad:

Tammy :woohoo:

Tamarine ;)

Congratulations Tammy ;)
Amazing week for Kimiko also. :D

great week for Tammy!! hope she will do well in the rest of Japan's tours

doubles result?

Date and Nara won. :D 61 67(7) 10-7

Congrats Tamarine :)

Such an amazing start for Kimiko here,with singles final and doubles title.

nice try Kimiko :worship:
what a week :) :hug:

Well done Tamarine :D :)

Nice tournament Melanie, good luck next week :)


Congrats to Tamarine and Date :)

What an amazing week for Date:worship:. Also congrats to Tammy for winning the singles :D:bounce:.