$50.000 Fukuoka (JPN)

Fukuoka International Women's Tennis 2008

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Tournement Website : www.itftennis.com/womens

Surface : Carpet (Outdoor) - Art. Grass

Last Years Winners

2004 (50k) : Ana Ivanovic (SCG) d. Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK) 62 67(4) 76(4)
2005 (50k) : Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 63 62
2006 (50k) : (2)Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 63 46 61
2007 (50k) : (1)Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) d. (2)Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 64 64

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2008 Draws

Singles Qualifying Draw

(1)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) v Hiromi Okazaki (JPN) 62 63
Rie Imai (JPN) d. Mari Inoue (JPN) 76(1) 62

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) d. Ai Koga (JPN) 63 36 62
Yurina Koshino (JPN) d. (8)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) 63 63

(2)Anne Yelsey (USA) v Yuka Higuchi (JPN) 61 36 62
(wc)Machika Miyaji (JPN) d. Airi Hagimoto (JPN) 75 64

Ksenia Lykina (RUS) v (wc)Miho Ishida (JPN) 62 62
(6)Yuko Kuroda (JPN) v Tori Kinard (USA) 63 62

(3)Maya Kato (JPN) v Kaori Onishi (JPN) 62 64
Qiang Wang (CHN) d. Yuko Kurata (JPN) 64 63

Misaki Doi (JPN) v (wc)Mami Hasegawa (JPN) 64 60
(5)Kanae Hisami (JPN) v (wc)Sayako Matsunaga (JPN) 61 61

(4)Alison Bai (AUS) v Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) 57 62 62
Alenka Hubacek (AUS) v (wc)Miki Hamada (JPN) 61 61

(wc)Yoshimi Tanaka (JPN) d. Kasumi Aiko (JPN) 62 62
(7)Ana Savic (CRO) v Julia Moriarty (AUS) 63 61

2nd Round

(1)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) v Rie Imai (JPN) 61 61
Shuko Aoyama (JPN) d. Yurina Koshino (JPN) 64 62

(2)Anne Yelsey (USA) v (wc)Machika Miyaji (JPN) 61 61
(6)Yuko Kuroda (JPN) v Ksenia Lykina (RUS) 76(4) 76(5)

(3)Maya Kato (JPN) v Qiang Wang (CHN) 63 76(6)
Misaki Doi (JPN) v (5)Kanae Hisami (JPN) 62 75

Alenka Hubacek (AUS) v (4)Alison Bai (AUS) 26 76(3) 64
(7)Ana Savic (CRO) v (wc)Yoshimi Tanaka (JPN) 62 60

Final Round

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) d. (1)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 64 64
(2)Anne Yelsey (USA) v (6)Yuko Kuroda (JPN) 76(1) 60
Misaki Doi (JPN) v (3)Maya Kato (JPN) 67(5) 62 62
(7)Ana Savic (CRO) v Alenka Hubacek (AUS) 61 75


Singles Main Draw

(1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v (Q)Misaki Doi (JPN) 61 62
Nicole Thyssen (NED) v Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN) 63 67(3) 64

(SE)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. Nicole Kriz (AUS) 64 62
(6)Rika Fujiwara (JPN) v Surina De Beer (RSA) 60 62

Irena Pavlovic (FRA) d. (LL)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) 63 64
Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v (wc)Aki Yamasoto (JPN) 64 64

Tatjana Priachin (GER) v (wc)Yumi Nakano (JPN) 61 63
(7)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) v I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 64 67(5) 61

(8)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) v Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) 57 75 64
(Q)Ana Savic (CRO) v (LL)Maya Kato (JPN) 64 57 62

(LL)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) v (wc)Ami Nakano (JPN) 61 61
(4)Melanie South (GBR) v (Q)Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 46 62 64

(5)Junri Namigata (JPN) v (Q)Anne Yelsey (USA) 61 61
Erika Takao (JPN) v (wc)Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) 61 63

Ellen Barry (NZL) v Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) 62 62
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v Mari Tanaka (JPN) 61 62

2nd Round

(1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v Nicole Thyssen (NED) 62 62
(SE)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (6)Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 61 67(5) 64

Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v Irena Pavlovic (FRA) 64 36 64
(7)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) v Tatjana Priachin (GER) 62 63

(8)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) v (Q)Ana Savic (CRO) 63 76(4)
(4)Melanie South (GBR) v (LL)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 16 62 63

(5)Junri Namigata (JPN) v Erika Takao (JPN) 61 60
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v Ellen Barry (NZL) 64 64

QF

(1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v (SE)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 62 62
Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v (7)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) 64 63
(4)Melanie South (GBR) v (8)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) 62 62
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v (5)Junri Namigata (JPN) 63 63

SF

Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) d. (1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 62 36 76(0)
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. (4)Melanie South (GBR) 64 62

Final

Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) d. (2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 61 26 76(8)


Doubles Main Draw

Kato/Moriarty (JPN/AUS) d. (1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) 06 76(8) 10-7
(wc)Ishida/Tanaka (JPN) d. (wc)Higuchi/Nakano (JPN) 63 64

(4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) v (wc)Date-Krumm/Doi (JPN) 67(4) 75 10-6
Hisami/Koshino (JPN) d. Inoue/Nakano (JPN) 63 46 10-7

(Q)Takao/Tanaka (JPN) d. Barry/Yelsey (NZL/USA) 67(6) 75 12-10
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v Sugano/Yonemura (JPN) 64 76(3)

Chang/Hwang (TPE) v (Q)Aoyama/Miyazaki (JPN) 63 63
Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS) d. (2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) 64 75

QF

Kato/Moriarty (JPN/AUS) d. (wc)Ishida/Tanaka (JPN) 64 76(0)
Hisami/Koshino (JPN) d. (4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) 64 63
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v (Q)Takao/Tanaka (JPN) 64 46 10-8
Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS) d. Chang/Hwang (TPE) 76(4) 64

SF

Kato/Moriarty (JPN/AUS) d. Hisami/Koshino (JPN) 46 61 10-7
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) d. Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS) 75 75

Final

(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) d. Kato/Moriarty (JPN/AUS) 46 63 14-12

GL:

FERGUSON, Sophie
THYSSEN, Nicole

Quallies

DE BEER, Surina
HENDLER, Tamaryn

Go Ferguson, Adamczak, Hewson and Kriz :)

Hopefully Regina will stay healthy for this to play.

Good luck Wan-Ting, Yi-Jing and Qiang :D

Any word on whether Kimiko will be playing singles here?

Main draw wild card Date Kimiko
MAin draw doubles Date/Doi

Main draw wild card Date Kimiko
MAin draw doubles Date/Doi

Excellent news. :bounce:

A question regarding Kimiko Date-Krumm.She's Alt#17 for this but as she's in Semis in Gifu (like Savic) .Is it possible to get SE even if you're only in the alternates list?

A question regarding Kimiko Date-Krumm.She's Alt#17 for this but as she's in Semis in Gifu (like Savic) .Is it possible to get SE even if you're only in the alternates list?

Main draw wild card Date Kimiko

That doesn't answer my question :confused:
Because she wouldn't need the WC if she got in with SE. I just wanted to know if a player in the ALT list is able to get a Special Exempt,too ;)

Go Kumiko

GL Ellen Barry :rocker2:

That doesn't answer my question :confused:
Because she wouldn't need the WC if she got in with SE. I just wanted to know if a player in the ALT list is able to get a Special Exempt,too ;)

I wouldn't think so.

That doesn't answer my question :confused:
Because she wouldn't need the WC if she got in with SE. I just wanted to know if a player in the ALT list is able to get a Special Exempt,too ;)

Definitely. So long as they've entered the tournament, it doesn't matter if they're on the Q list or the Alt list, they'll still get the SE.

Definitely. So long as they've entered the tournament, it doesn't matter if they're on the Q list or the Alt list, they'll still get the SE.

Why would they get an SE if they are on the ALT list? If they are on the ALT list, then they aren't even playing that tourney unless some people pull out. I mean if they are # 15 on the ALT list and the SE is decided like the day before the draw is done, it's not always likely that so many will pull out then.

Why would they get an SE if they are on the ALT list? If they are on the ALT list, then they aren't even playing that tourney unless some people pull out. I mean if they are # 15 on the ALT list and the SE is decided like the day before the draw is done, it's not always likely that so many will pull out then.

Players on the Alternate List can preserve their eligibility for
unused Special Exempt places by personally contacting the ITF Supervisor
prior to the Qualifying Sign-in Deadline.

http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_30329_original.PDF

Players on the Alternate List can preserve their eligibility for
unused Special Exempt places by personally contacting the ITF Supervisor
prior to the Qualifying Sign-in Deadline.

http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_30329_original.PDF

OK - fair enough. Still seems like a strange rule to me.

Yes ;)

QUALIFYING DRAW

1-Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) vs Hiromi Okazaki (JPN)
Mari Inoue (JPN) vs Rie Imai (JPN)
Shuko Aoyama (JPN) vs Ai Koga (JPN)
Yurina Koshino (JPN) vs 8-Tomoko Dokei (JPN)

2-Anne Yelsey (USA) vs Yuka Higuchi (JPN)
WC-Machika Miyaji (JPN) vs Airi Hagimoto (JPN)
WC-Miho Ishida (JPN) vs Ksenia Lykina (RUS)
Tori Kinard (USA) vs 6-Yuka Kuroda (JPN)

3-Maya Kato (JPN) vs Kaori Onishi (JPN)
Qiang Wang (CHN) vs Yuko Kurata (JPN)
Misaki Doi (JPN) vs WC-Mami Hasegawa (JPN)
WC-Sayako Matsunaga (JPN) vs 5-Kanae Hisami (JPN)

4-Alison Bai (AUS) vs Sakiko Shimizu (JPN)
Alenka Hubacek (AUS) vs WC-Miki Hamada (JPN)
Kasumi Aiko (JPN) vs WC-Yoshimi Tanaka (JPN)
Julia Moriarty (AUS) vs 7-Ana Savic (CRO)

No SE, mission imposible to play ten non stop days with trip around japan :sad: .

Good Luck to Kai-Chen

Wow :eek: The draw is much stronger here than Gifu.

c'mon Ksenia ;) :hug:

isn't the SE going to Date?

isn't the SE going to Date?

She got a MDWC I believe. Anyway, there are usually two SE spots available.

She got a MDWC I believe. Anyway, there are usually two SE spots available anyway.
Since she was on the ALT list she will get SE entry.

Directors can give WC to another player.

good luck

Ksenia Lykina (RUS) - Time to pick it up :help:
(7)Ana Savic (CRO)

Go Kai-Chen! It's time to shine girl!:bounce:

Good luck to Kai-Chen, Qiang, Ksenia, and Ana. :yeah:

Good Luck

Ksenia Lykina :help:
Tori Kinard
Alison Bai
Alenka Hubacek
Julia Moriartry

Ana won :bounce:.

At least post the results :o

http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100099425&tournament=1100017431
(1) Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) def. Hiromi OKAZAKI (JPN) 62 63
Rie IMAI (JPN) def. Mari INOUE (JPN) 76(1) 62

Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) def. Ai KOGA (JPN) 63 36 62
Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) def. (8) Tomoko DOKEI (JPN) 63 63

(2) Anne YELSEY (USA) def. Yuka HIGUCHI (JPN) 61 36 62
WC Machika MIYAJI (JPN) def. Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) 75 64

Ksenia LYKINA (RUS) def. WC Miho ISHIDA (JPN) 62 62
(6) Yuka KURODA (JPN) def. Tori KINARD (USA) 63 62

(3) Maya KATO (JPN) def. Kaori ONISHI (JPN) 62 64
Qian WANG (CHN) def. Yuko KURATA (JPN) 64 63

Misaki DOI (JPN) def. WC Mami HASEGAWA (JPN) 64 60
(5) Kanae HISAMI (JPN) def. WC Sayako MATSUNAGA (JPN) 61 61

(4) Alison BAI (AUS) def. Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN) 57 62 62
Alenka HUBACEK (AUS) def. WC Miki HAMADA (JPN) 61 61

WC Yoshimi TANAKA (JPN) def. Kasumi AIKO (JPN) 62 62
(7) Ana SAVIC (CRO) def. Julia MORIARTY (AUS) 63 61

Keep going Qiang :D

Qiang, Kai-chen and Doi :) keep going young girls

Ksenia & Ana :)

Alenka ;)

Alenka vs Alison :fiery:

Well done Ksenia and Ana :banana:

ana :) very well done considering she had to cross half the country and has played 8 matches in the last 8 days :D

Ana & Ksenia :yeah:

Alenka vs Alison :help:
Alison will win 6-3 6-4 IMO...

And then the winner will have to play Savic :o :spit:

^^ i don't know if ana will make it. today's match will be her 9th in 9 days :help:

I have a feeling that Hewson may not show up here!!

SINGLES MD

1-Aiko Nakamura (JPN) vs Q
Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) Vs Nicole THYSSEN (NED)
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) Vs Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN)
Surina DE BEER (RSA) Vs Rika FUJIWARA (JPN) (6)

Regina KULIKOVA (RUS) (3) Vs Irena PAVLOVIC (FRA)
Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) Vs Aki YAMASOTO (JPN)
Yumi NAKANO (JPN) Vs Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER)
I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE) Vs Kumiko IIJIMA (JPN) (7)

Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) (8) Vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN)
Q vs Q
Ana JOVANOVIC (SRB) Vs Ami NAKANO (JPN)
Q vs 4-Melanie South (GBR)

5-Junri Namigata (JPN) vs Q
Erika TAKAO (JPN) Vs Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN)
Wan-Ting LIU (CHN) Vs Ellen BARRY (NZL)
Mari TANAKA (JPN) Vs Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) (2)

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Kimiko's in the same section of the draw as Rika & Aiko, once again... :o

Q2

Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) (1) defeated Rie IMAI (JPN) 6-1 6-1 :)
Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) defeated Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) 6-4 6-2

Anne YELSEY (USA) (2) defeated Machika MIYAJI (JPN) 6-1 6-1
Yuka KURODA (JPN) (6) defeated Ksenia LYKINA (RUS) 7-6(4) 7-6(5)

Maya KATO (JPN) (3) defeated Qiang WANG (CHN) 6-3 7-6(6)
Misaki DOI (JPN) defeated Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (5) 6-2 7-5

Alenka HUBACEK (AUS) defeated Alison BAI (AUS) (4) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4
Ana SAVIC (CRO) (7) defeated Yoshimi TANAKA (JPN) 6-2 6-0

Good luck to Tammy and Aiko

Misaki and Maya :yeah:

Lykina :help:

Ksenia :help: :rolleyes:

Ana ;) :yeah:

good luck Regina in MD :hug: ;) :kiss:
pls stay fit :hug:

Surina :D

Oi Eggy!

Say it with me
'Good luck Ellen :rocker2:'

Go Mel. Another semi should be on the cards and hopefully you can beat Tammy.

Krizzy vs Kumiko R1 :fiery:

Good Luck Alenka

ana just keeps chugging along. really hope she qualifies

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) v Kato/Moriarty (JPN/AUS)
(wc)Higuchi/Nakano (JPN) v (wc)Ishida/Tanaka (JPN)

(4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) v (wc)Date-Krumm/Doi (JPN)
Inoue/Nakano (JPN) v Hisami/Koshino (JPN)

Barry/Yelsey (NZL/USA) v (Q)Takao/Tanaka (JPN)
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v Sugano/Yonemura (JPN)

Chang/Hwang (TPE) v (Q)Aoyama/Miyazaki (JPN)
(2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) v Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS)

Go Kimiko and Misaki :D

GO De Beer/Iijima

Go Tammy!:bounce:

I'm a bit concerned about her schedule though. If she wins this tournament also, her next would be another 50K tournament, then strasbourg (which she might lose early, but still...), then Roland Garros. That would be 4 consecutive weeks before RG!

I wonder if that is also one of the reasons why she always loses in RG.:p

:Good luck Melanie :)

(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED):):)

LL has one spot in MD.

Great quarter for Mel, hopefully she will get to have a shot against Tammy in the SF

Good Luck

Ana Savic
Yi-Jing ZHAO
Kimiko Date
Surina De Beer
Regina Kulikova
Ana Jovanovic
Wan-Ting LIU

They gave Kimiko a Special Entry :bounce:. I guess they could give her that because she was in the doubles and singles finals when the Q draw was going on. I would have thought they would have given her an MD wc anyways :confused:.
Anywho, GOOD LUCK KIMIKO! :bounce:

GL Suirna & Nicole

Kimiko:bounce: Tough Draw but hopefully that's ok.

Kimiko play here as well :eek: good luck!

Tammy, take this title as well, back to back Japan challanger in the row :)

Qualifying Round
Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) d. 1-Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) 6-4 6-4
2-Anne YELSEY (USA) vs 6-Yuka KURODA (JPN) 7-6 2-0
3-Maya KATO (JPN) vs Misaki DOI (JPN) 7-6 2-3
Alenka HUBACEK (AUS) vs 7-Ana SAVIC (CRO) ???

Main Draw 1st Round
8-Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) 4-2

Thanks for that Yoshi :hug:

Hopefully Alenka and Ellen win today :)

Qualifying Round
Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) d. 1-Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) 6-4 6-4
2-Anne YELSEY (USA) vs 6-Yuka KURODA (JPN) 7-6 2-0
3-Maya KATO (JPN) vs Misaki DOI (JPN) 7-6 2-3
Alenka HUBACEK (AUS) vs 7-Ana SAVIC (CRO) ???

Main Draw 1st Round
8-Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) 4-2


Thanks Yoshi :hatoff:

Qualifying Round
2-Anne YELSEY (USA) d. 6-Yuka KURODA (JPN) 7-6 6-0
3-Maya KATO (JPN) vs Misaki DOI (JPN) 7-6 2-6 2-1

Main Draw 1st Round
8-Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) 5-7
Surina DE BEER (RSA) vs 6-Rika FUJIWARA (JPN) 0-6

Hope Alenka does okay :scared:

Qualifying Round
3-Maya KATO (JPN) vs Misaki DOI (JPN) 7-6 2-6 2-4

Main Draw 1st Round
8-Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) 5-7 2-1
WC-Yumi NAKANO (JPN) vs Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER) 1-3

Qualifying Round
Misaki DOI (JPN) d. 3-Maya KATO (JPN) 6-7 6-2 6-2

Main Draw 1st Round
8-Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) 5-7 3-3
WC-Yumi NAKANO (JPN) vs Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER) 1-6

Main Draw 1st Round
8-Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) 5-7 7-5 0-0
6-Rika FUJIWARA (JPN) d. Surina DE BEER (RSA) 6-0 6-2

Qualifying Round
7-Ana SAVIC (CRO) d. Alenka HUBACEK (AUS) 6-1 7-5

Main Draw 1st Round
WC-Yumi NAKANO (JPN) vs Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER) 1-6 2-3

Main Draw 1st Round
Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER) d. WC-Yumi NAKANO (JPN) 6-1 6-3
8-Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) d. Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) 5-7 7-5 6-4
LL-Yuka KURODA (JPN) vs Irena PAVLOVIC (FRA) 2-4
Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs WC-Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) 3-1
LL-Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) vs WC-Ami NAKANO (JPN) 6-1 1-0

3 players of main draw withdraw
KATO, KURODA, CHANG get into main draw by LL:eek:

Main Draw 1st Round
LL-Yuka KURODA (JPN) vs Irena PAVLOVIC (FRA) 3-6
Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs WC-Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) 6-1
LL-Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) vs WC-Ami NAKANO (JPN) 6-1 5-1

6-Rika FUJIWARA (JPN) d. Surina DE BEER (RSA) 6-0 6-2 :scared:

Thanks for the results Yoshi

Alenka :sad: :hug: ... a good second set ;)

Main Draw 1st Round
Erika TAKAO (JPN) d. WC-Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) 6-1 6-3

That's what Irena needed! Keep going girl, you need to improve your rank before Wimbledon!
I hope Regina's fine :unsure:.

When will Kimiko play her first round match?

Thanks for draws and scores.

Main Draw 1st Round
BAI/KRIZ d. DATE/DOI 6-7 7-5 [10-6]

Kimiko's singles 1st match is tomorrow.

so Regina withdrew :bigcry: :sad: :sobbing:

Pavlovic def. Kuroda (LL) 63 64 :yeah:. But :tape: for the scoreline, she got lucky that Regina withdrew.

Main Draw 1st Round
BAI/KRIZ d. DATE/DOI 6-7 7-5 [10-6]

Kimiko's singles 1st match is tomorrow.

OMG! Nice result for Alison and Nicole!

Kimiko and Misaki :sad:

Tatjana :D :banana:

Regina withdrew again :sobbing: :sad:

Probably a blessing for Kimiko that she's out of the doubles now she can rest after her singles!

Lenks :sad:
Ali/Nic :bounce:

ana savic :)

rika:yeah:
akiko:)
erika:dance:

Rika and Akiko!:bounce:

Final Round

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) d. (1)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 64 64
(2)Anne Yelsey (USA) v (6)Yuko Kuroda (JPN) 76(1) 60
Misaki Doi (JPN) v (3)Maya Kato (JPN) 67(5) 62 62
(7)Ana Savic (CRO) v Alenka Hubacek (AUS) 61 75


Singles Main Draw

(1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v (Q)Misaki Doi (JPN)
Nicole Thyssen (NED) v Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN)

Nicole Kriz (AUS) v (SE)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
(6)Rika Fujiwara (JPN) v Surina De Beer (RSA) 60 62

Irena Pavlovic (FRA) d. (LL)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) 63 64
Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v (wc)Aki Yamasoto (JPN)

Tatjana Priachin (GER) v (wc)Yumi Nakano (JPN) 61 63
(7)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) v I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE)

(8)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) v Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) 57 75 64
(Q)Ana Savic (CRO) v (LL)Maya Kato (JPN)

(LL)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) v (wc)Ami Nakano (JPN) 61 61
(4)Melanie South (GBR) v (Q)Shuko Aoyama (JPN)

(5)Junri Namigata (JPN) v (Q)Anne Yelsey (USA)
Erika Takao (JPN) v (wc)Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) 61 63

Ellen Barry (NZL) v Wan-Ting Liu (CHN)
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v Mari Tanaka (JPN)


Doubles Main Draw

Kato/Moriarty (JPN/AUS) d. (1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) 06 76(8) 10-7
(wc)Higuchi/Nakano (JPN) v (wc)Ishida/Tanaka (JPN)

(4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) v (wc)Date-Krumm/Doi (JPN) 67(4) 75 10-6
Inoue/Nakano (JPN) v Hisami/Koshino (JPN)

Barry/Yelsey (NZL/USA) v (Q)Takao/Tanaka (JPN)
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v Sugano/Yonemura (JPN)

Chang/Hwang (TPE) v (Q)Aoyama/Miyazaki (JPN)
(2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) v Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS)

Probably a blessing for Kimiko that she's out of the doubles now she can rest after her singles!

Your probobly right:bounce:.

Singles 1st Round
1-Aiko NAKAMURA (JPN) d. Q-Misaki DOI (JPN) 61 62
Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) vs WC-Aki YAMASOTO (JPN) 64 01
Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) vs 4-Melanie SOUTH (GBR) 64 02
I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE) vs 7-Kumiko IIJIMA (JPN) 34

thanks yoshi! where are you getting scores from?

thanks yoshi! where are you getting scores from?
from my friend on tournament site

Mel :o Wake up!!!

When does Kriz play Kimiko?

When does Kriz play Kimiko?
NB 14:00
Now 12:11

Aiko!:bounce:

Okay thanks Yoshi :)

tammy?

Singles 1st Round
Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) d. WC-Aki YAMASOTO (JPN) 64 64
7-Kumiko IIJIMA (JPN) d. I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE) 64 67 61
2-Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) d. Mari TANAKA (JPN) 61 62
Nicole THYSSEN (NED) d. Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) 63 67 64

Tammy:D

Singles 1st Round
4-Melanie SOUTH (GBR) d. Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) 46 62 64
5-Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) vs Anne YELSEY (USA) 41

Mel :D *phew*

well done Mel :D

Any news on Ellen?

Yi Jing :sad:

Singles 1st Round
5-Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) vs Anne YELSEY (USA) 61
Wan-Ting LIU (CHN) vs Ellen BARRY (NZL) 26 01

Doubles 1st Round
ISHIDA (JPN) / TANAKA (JPN) d. HIGUCHI (JPN) / NAKANO (JPN) 63 64

:woohoo: Go Ellen :rocker2:

:bounce: Nicole

Wan Ting :o

Wan Ting :o

Ellen Barry has won a 10k, finalist of a 25k, semifinalist of another, and last week a Quarterfinalist in 50k Gifu. Give her some credit, it wouldn't be an embarrasing loss for Wan Ting it would be an expected loss!

Singles 1st Round
5-Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) d. Anne YELSEY (USA) 61 61
Ellen BARRY (NZL) d. Wan-Ting LIU (CHN) 62 62

Wan Ting :help: 4 games :sad:

:woohoo: Expected win but a good one all the same

Next up Tammy :eek:

Singles 1st Round
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) vs SE-Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) 43

Surina and Mari :sad: :hug:
Tatjana :yeah: :D

Go Tammy!:bounce:

Go Tammy!:bounce:

I'll always have alot of respect for Tammy, after all she is absolutely adorable when she's upset (see my pictures from 07 Fed Cup qualies).

But Ellens gonna win tomorrow :rocker2:

Singles 1st Round
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) vs SE-Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) 43

C'mon Nic keep going! :hearts:

Nice form Ellen! :)

Singles 1st Round
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) vs SE-Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) 46 12

Doubles 1st Round
HISAMI (JPN) / KOSHINO (JPN) d. INOUE (JPN) / NAKANO (JPN) 63 36 10-7
KURODA (JPN) / LYKINA (RUS) vs 2-DE BEER (RSA) / IIJIMA (JPN) 53
SUGANO (JPN) / YONEMURA (JPN) vs 3-SOUTH (GBR) / THYSSEN (NED) 45

Kimiko :bounce: Keep it up. :D

Kimiko 6-4, 6-2 Kriz

Kimiko :woohoo: :bounce:

4-Melanie SOUTH (GBR) d. Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) 46 62 64

bit to close mel :D

Kimiko. :yeah:

Doubles 1st Round
KURODA (JPN) / LYKINA (RUS) d. 2-DE BEER (RSA) / IIJIMA (JPN) 64 75
3-SOUTH (GBR) / THYSSEN (NED) d. SUGANO (JPN) / YONEMURA (JPN) 64 76

Nicole :bounce:

Singles 1st Round
LL-Maya KATO (JPN) vs Ana SAVIC (CRO) 46

Doubles 1st Round
BARRY (NZL) / YELSEY (USA) vs TAKAO (JPN) / TANAKA (JPN) 76 44
CHANG (TPE) / HWANG (TPE) d. AOYAMA (JPN) / MIYAZAKI (JPN) 63 63

Well done Kimiko!

Go Ellen! Very close so far!!!

Nice win in singles ellen :yeah:
Hope she wins in doubles too

Yoshi any update on the doubles match yet?

Yeah Mel!!!! Singles and doubles!

Singles 1st Round
Ana SAVIC (CRO) d. LL-Maya KATO (JPN) 64 57 62
Doubles 1st Round
TAKAO (JPN) / TANAKA (JPN) d. BARRY (NZL) / YELSEY (USA) 67 75 12-10

[/B]TAKAO (JPN) / TANAKA (JPN) d. BARRY (NZL) / YELSEY (USA) 67 75 12-10

:eek: So Ellens been robbed in doubles twice in 2 weeks then :bigcry:

Oh wait its just doubles :woohoo:

Bravo Ana!!! Looks like she's getting tired!!!

Singles Main Draw

(1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v (Q)Misaki Doi (JPN) 61 62
Nicole Thyssen (NED) v Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN) 63 67(3) 64

(SE)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. Nicole Kriz (AUS) 64 62
(6)Rika Fujiwara (JPN) v Surina De Beer (RSA) 60 62

Irena Pavlovic (FRA) d. (LL)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) 63 64
Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v (wc)Aki Yamasoto (JPN) 64 64

Tatjana Priachin (GER) v (wc)Yumi Nakano (JPN) 61 63
(7)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) v I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 64 67(5) 61

(8)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) v Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) 57 75 64
(Q)Ana Savic (CRO) v (LL)Maya Kato (JPN) 64 57 62

(LL)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) v (wc)Ami Nakano (JPN) 61 61
(4)Melanie South (GBR) v (Q)Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 46 62 64

(5)Junri Namigata (JPN) v (Q)Anne Yelsey (USA) 61 61
Erika Takao (JPN) v (wc)Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) 61 63

Ellen Barry (NZL) v Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) 62 62
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v Mari Tanaka (JPN) 61 62


Doubles Main Draw

Kato/Moriarty (JPN/AUS) d. (1)Namigata/Yonemura (JPN) 06 76(8) 10-7
(wc)Ishida/Tanaka (JPN) d. (wc)Higuchi/Nakano (JPN) 63 64

(4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) v (wc)Date-Krumm/Doi (JPN) 67(4) 75 10-6
Hisami/Koshino (JPN) d. Inoue/Nakano (JPN) 63 46 10-7

(Q)Takao/Tanaka (JPN) d. Barry/Yelsey (NZL/USA) 67(6) 75 12-10
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v Sugano/Yonemura (JPN) 64 76(3)

Chang/Hwang (TPE) v (Q)Aoyama/Miyazaki (JPN) 63 63
Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS) d. (2)De Beer/Iijima (RSA/JPN) 64 75

Ana & Ellen ;) :yeah: ;)

It will be a nice experience for Ellen Barry against a player like Tamarine Tanasugarn, it will show her what girls in the top 100 play like, and the level she will need to make it there one day.

great job ana :) definately looks like she's running out of energy
11 wins in 11 days

Wow Moriarty!! Big Upset win for her in Doubles :o

bravo Kimiko :bigclap: even though Kriz got her revenge from singles in doubles ;)

KURODA (JPN) / LYKINA (RUS) d. 2-DE BEER (RSA) / IIJIMA (JPN) 64 75 :sad:

If Ana's is running out of steam, imagine how Kimiko feels! haha

Kimiko :yeah: :D
Mari/Erika :woohoo:
Surina in doubles :o :o :o

Kimiko:bounce::banana:

Wobbly win for Mel in singles :eek:
Doubles :yeah:

Ana don't stop now :kiss:.

Wobbly win for Mel in singles :eek:
Doubles :yeah:

Not really, the girl only lost to Date last week in three sets so is a pretty useful player.

Good luck Melanie in singles and doubles :):)

Many thanks Tobi for keeping front page up to date and is Yoshi there taking photos?

Singles 2nd Round
5-Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) d. Erika TAKAO (JPN) 61 60
7-Kumiko IIJIMA (JPN) d. Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER) 62 63
Irena PAVLOVIC (FRA) vs Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) 46 11

Junri and Kumiko!:banana::bounce:

where did you get the scores from?

Kimiko :eek: good onya!

Tammy ;)

Irena :o wake up

Singles 2nd Round
Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) d. Irena PAVLOVIC (FRA) 64 36 64
1-Aiko NAKAMURA (JPN) d. Nicole THYSSEN (NED) 62 62
LL-Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) vs 4-Melanie SOUTH (GBR) 61 26 34
Ellen BARRY (NZL) vs 2-Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) 21

:woohoo: Go Ellen!!!

Singles 2nd Round
4-Melanie SOUTH (GBR) d. LL-Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) 16 62 63
Ellen BARRY (NZL) vs 2-Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) 45

Go Ellen! Close set so far!!!

Go Ellen!! What an upset that would be :D

good luck ana savic!!

Thursday Order (http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/tournaments/pdf/womens/2008/fukuoka08_oop.pdf)

Now 13:35

Tomoko!:eek::bounce:

Any update :scared:

Singles 2nd Round
2-Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) d. Ellen BARRY (NZL) 64 36 64

:sad: Nice effort though Ellen!

And if anyone is negative towards Ellen for this loss :armed:

OMFG Ellen :rolleyes: :tape:














































































































jk :haha: :haha: :haha:
That was an awesome effort from her...she is doing really well this year :yeah:

Tammy :scared::scared:
Anyway, win is win....good luck next round :kiss::kiss:

Tammy:kiss:

Mel :yeah: Good recovery after first set!

Singles 2nd Round
2-Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) d. Ellen BARRY (NZL) 64 36 64


Thanks Terao san,

But I heard that Tammy won 64 64.
could you please make a confirmation ?

4-Melanie SOUTH (GBR) d. LL-Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) 16 62 63

again another close battle for mel,,, glasd she got threw it :D

:sad:Nicole

Thanks Terao san,

But I heard that Tammy won 64 64.
could you please make a confirmation ?
Sorry, I might have got the wrong information.

Singles 2nd Round
SE-Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) vs 6-Rika FUJIWARA (JPN) 61 67 00

Erika :eek: :hug:

Yonemura vs. Savic?
Anybody knows?

Go tammy

Thanks, Khun Nicky and Khun Jiro!

Go Kimiko - repeat the feat!

From jirobkk webboard



get well soon Tammy

Great to hear that Ellen was serving great, it's certainly developed alot over the past 12 months!

OMFG Ellen :rolleyes: :tape:














































































































jk :haha: :haha: :haha:
That was an awesome effort from her...she is doing really well this year :yeah:

You don't know how close I was to giving you a bad rep :eek::hug:

Singles 2nd Round
SE-Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) d. 6-Rika FUJIWARA (JPN) 61 67 64

Congrats Kimiko!

Kimiko :yeah:

Rika :sad: :hug:
Kimiko :yeah:

Well done again Kimiko!

OMG Irena this is such an awful loss. No Wimbledon this year :sad:.

Singles 2nd Round
8-Akiko YONEMURA (JPN) d. Q-Ana SAVIC (CRO) 63 76

Yeah Mel!!!!!!! Come on win this one!!!!!

:hug: Nicole

Date-Krumm still going :eek: But I think Nakamura will be too strong this time! ;)

Akiko :woohoo: :bounce:

well done Mel ;) :)

Irena :o :mad: :o
Ana :( :sad: :o

Savic :(

Ana was probably tired.

Kimiko!:bounce::banana:

GL South win ur 1st 50k dont care if its in singles or doubles

win it tammy!

2nd Round

(1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v Nicole Thyssen (NED) 62 62
(SE)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (6)Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 61 67(5) 64

Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v Irena Pavlovic (FRA) 64 36 64
(7)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) v Tatjana Priachin (GER) 62 63

(8)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) v (Q)Ana Savic (CRO) 63 76(4)
(4)Melanie South (GBR) v (LL)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 16 62 63

(5)Junri Namigata (JPN) v Erika Takao (JPN) 61 60
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v Ellen Barry (NZL) 64 64


Doubles QF

Kato/Moriarty (JPN/AUS) d. (wc)Ishida/Tanaka (JPN) 64 76(0)
(4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) v Hisami/Koshino (JPN) 64 63
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) v (Q)Takao/Tanaka (JPN)
Chang/Hwang (TPE) v Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS)

Well done Melanie :bounce:

6 japanese players in the QF , 1 thai and 1 British.. good luck girls...anyone has schedule of play?

Kimiko ;)

Tammy ;)

Date-Krumm still going :eek: But I think Nakamura will be too strong this time! ;)

We thought the same thing last week, but Kimiko beats her!

2nd Round

(1)Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v Nicole Thyssen (NED) 62 62
(SE)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (6)Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 61 67(5) 64

Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v Irena Pavlovic (FRA) 64 36 64
(7)Kumiko Iijima (JPN) v Tatjana Priachin (GER) 62 63

(8)Akiko Yonemura (JPN) v (Q)Ana Savic (CRO) 63 76(4)
(4)Melanie South (GBR) v (LL)Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 16 62 63

(5)Junri Namigata (JPN) v Erika Takao (JPN) 61 60
(2)Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v Ellen Barry (NZL) 64 64



Kimiko v Rika almost the same scores as last week :eek:

Fukuoka here I come!!!!!! Go, Tammy, go! Will send updates via Danker mail!

When will Kimiko play today?

Good luck Tammy and thanks Tammysbigsis!

From Jiro's Site:

YONEMURA, Tomoko (JPN) d. 7-IIJIMA, Kumiko (JPN) 64 63

4-SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) d. 8-YONEMURA, Akiko (JPN) 62 62

Again from Jiro:

1-NAKAMURA, Aiko (JPN) d. SE-DATE-KRUMM, Kimiko (JPN) 62 62

The dream is over for this week.

Kimiko :sobbing: Oh well, it was too good to begin with, couldn't expect another final. Hopefully she'll get some rest now :wavey:

4-SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) d. 8-YONEMURA, Akiko (JPN) 62 62

Mel finally a easy win :armed:

Aiko :yeah:

2-Tanasugarn(THA) d. 5-Namigata(JPN) 63 63:D

Nice work Tamarine... on fast surfaces u are just too good for many of these girls. excellent win, keep it up, u are now firmly in the top 100 ... u can start looking towards the top 50 again. :)

AIK0 :woohoo:
Next Yonemura, good luck :yeah:

Doubles QF:

KATO (JPN) / MORIARTY (AUS) defeated ISHIDA (JPN) / TANAKA (JPN) 6-4 7-6(0)
HISAMI (JPN) / KOSHINO (JPN) defeated BAI (AUS) / KRIZ (AUS) (4) 6-4 6-3
SOUTH (GBR) / THYSSEN (NED) (3) defeated TAKAO (JPN) / TANAKA (JPN) 6-4 4-6 [10-8]
KURODA (JPN) / LYKINA (RUS) defeated CHANG (TPE) / HWANG (TPE) 7-6(4) 6-4

Kato/Moriarty well done Girls :yeah: but now Bai and Kriz must win :bounce:

South :)

South/Thyssen :yeah:

Tamarine :)

Kumiko :sad:

Yeah South in 2 semis!!!!!!!

Go Mel. Win it :)

Keep up the good form Mel :)

Melanie :)

Kuroda/Lykina :D

I think tammy def South 6-4 6-2 from www.jirobkk.com

Tammy!!! Gear up for a big Wimbledon run this year :)

The score in the 2nd set went:
2-0
4-0
5-2
6-2

Thanks Tammysbigsis! :wavey:
Good luck in the final, Tammy! :D

Tammy was off to a slow start. Her right shoulder was bugging her, but she caught up and won 10 games in a row. Mel's serve was fantastic, but Tammy won it on an ace. Nakamura and Yonemura are at 3-3 in the 3rd. Yonemura won 6-2, Nakamura 6-3.

Tammy:worship::worship:
Good luck in final round:)

Go little Aiko

SF
YONEMURA, Tomoko (JPN) d. 1-NAKAMURA, Aiko (JPN) 62 36 76(0)
2-TANASUGARN, Tamrine (THA) d. 4-SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 64 62

Aiko:sad:

:help: :o at the fact that Aiko can't even get into the finals of these home ITFs.

Good luck to Tammy for 2 titles in a row. :D

:eek:
AIK0 :sad:
I was thinking that she will have an easy win :help:

2-TANASUGARN, Tamrine (THA) d. 4-SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 64 62

still a good week tho :sad:,,,

Aiko :help:

But wow Tomoko. This is amazing. :bolt:

She is in good form it seems, she qualified for her first WTA main draw last year in Tokyo, reached quarters of Gifu last week. She is in good form.

But Aiko :help: :hug:

Aiko :spit: :o :help:

Mel :( :(

South :(

South/Thyssen won doubles semi final 7-5 7-5 :yeah: :woohoo:

Tomoko :bounce:

:D Nic & Mel

Tough match in singles Melanie :sad:

Nic/Mel into another doubles Final :bounce::bounce::banana::rocker::woohoo:

WOW! Tomoko :) :yeah:
Tamarine :)

Aiko :o :help:

That was pretty hopeless.


Doubles SF

Kato/Moriarty (JPN/AUS) d. Hisami/Koshino (JPN) 46 61 10-7
(3)South/Thyssen (GBR/NED) d. Kuroda/Lykina (JPN/RUS) 75 75