50k Kurume

Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis 2008

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Tournement Website : http://itf-kurume.jp/index.html

Surface : Carpet (Outdoor)

Last years winners :

2005 (25k) : (1) Su-We Hsieh (TPE) d. Erika Takao (JPN) 62 63
2006 (25k) : (1) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) d. (4) Chia-Jung Chuang 57 64 62
2007 (25k) : (2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) d. (1) Erika Takao (JPN) 61 31 ret.

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2008 Draws

Singles Qualifying Draw

(1)Ayaka Maekawa (JPN) v BYE
Machiko Shigefuji (JPN) d. Chika Terasawa (JPN) 60 60

Tori Kinard (USA) v Kasumi Aiko (JPN) 63 63
(6)Qiang Wang (CHN) v Mami Hasegawa (JPN) 76(6) 64

(2)Alison Bai (AUS) v BYE
Yumi Nakano (JPN) v Yoko Yanase (JPN) 62 60

Anastasia Malhotra (JPN) v Yuko Kurata (JPN) 63 62
(8)Ting Li (CHN) v Yurina Koshino (JPN) 75 63

(3)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) v BYE
Alenka Hubacek (AUS) v Ami Nakano (JPN) 61 61

Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) v (wc)Miki Hamada (JPN) 60 62
(5)Kanae Hisami (JPN) v Misa Eguchi (JPN) 61 64

(4)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) v Yuka Higuchi (JPN) 46 64 62
Miki Kawamura (JPN) v Airi Hagimoto (JPN) 64 62

Mari Inoue (JPN) v Risako Sugihara (JPN) 62 61
Minori Takemoto (JPN) d. (7)Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) 76(3) 64

2nd Round

(1)Ayaka Maekawa (JPN) v Machiko Shigefuji (JPN) 64 62
(6)Qiang Wang (CHN) v Tori Kinard (USA) 06 60 61

(2)Alison Bai (AUS) v Yumi Nakano (JPN) 63 62
Anastasia Malhotra (JPN) v (8)Ting Li (CHN) 64 63

(3)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) v Alenka Hubacek (AUS) 63 75
Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) v (5)Kanae Hisami (JPN) 63 76(3)

(4)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) v Miki Kawamura (JPN) 64 64
Mari Inoue (JPN) v Minori Takemoto (JPN) 62 26 63

Final Round

(1)Ayaka Maekawa (JPN) v (6)Qiang Wang (CHN) 64 67(6) 61
Anastasia Malhotra (JPN) v (2)Alison Bai (AUS) 76(5) 26 62
(3)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) v Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) 62 76(5)
(4)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) v Mari Inoue (JPN) 63 76(2)


Singles Main Draw

(Q)Anastasia Malhotra (JPN) d. (1)Melanie South (GBR) 64 46 63
Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v Nicole Kriz (AUS) 64 64

Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN) v (Q)Ayaka Maekawa (JPN) 64 64
(wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. (8)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) 61 60

Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) d. (3)Seiko Okamoto (JPN) 64 61
(LL)Qiang Wang (CHN) v (wc)Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 75 64

Ling Zhang (HKG) v (LL)Alison Bai (AUS) 36 64 75
Erika Sema (JPN) d. (6)I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 62 75

(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN) 26 75 75
(Q)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) d. Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) 62 76(5)

Mari Tanaka (JPN) v (wc)Chinatsu Maeda (JPN) 63 64
(4)Ellen Barry (NZL) v (LL)Mari Inoue (JPN) 61 64

(5)Yurika Sema (JPN) v Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) 36 75 61
Alexandra Panova (RUS) v Tomoko Sugano (JPN) 61 61

Remi Tezuka (JPN) v (wc)Sayako Matsunaga (JPN) 62 61
Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) d. (Q)Tomoko Dokei (JPN) 64 63

2nd Round

Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v (Q)Anastasia Malhotra (JPN) 61 63
(wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d. Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN) 63 62

Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) d. (LL)Qiang Wang (CHN) 64 64
Erika Sema (JPN) d. Ling Zhang (HKG) 63 16 63

(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v (Q)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) 63 76(4)
(4)Ellen Barry (NZL) v Mari Tanaka (JPN) 75 63

Alexandra Panova (RUS) v (5)Yurika Sema (JPN) 76(5) 63
Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) d. Remi Tezuka (JPN) 62 76(2)

QF

Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v (wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 62 62
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) d. Erika Sema (JPN) 64 62
(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v (4)Ellen Barry (NZL) 67(10) 33 Ret.
Alexandra Panova (RUS) v Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) 61 76(2)

SF

Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) d. Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) 64 75
Alexandra Panova (RUS) d. (7)Erika Takao (JPN) 62 61

Final

Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) d. Alexandra Panova (RUS) 75 63


Doubles Main Draw

(1)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v (wc)Maeda/Matsunaga (JPN) 60 61
(wc)Date-Krumm/Takagishi (JPN) d. Dokei/Kurata (JPN) 75 63

(3)Sema/Sema (JPN) v Zhang/Zhou (HKG/CHN) 64 62
Hisamatsu/Hisami (JPN) v (wc)Takao/Tanaka (JPN) 63 60

Sugano/Yonemura (JPN) d. Li/Tezuka (JPN) 64 61
(4)Chang/Hwang (TPE) v (Q)Hasegawa/Sugihara (JPN) 62 61

(Q)Aoyama/Takemoto (JPN) d. Kato/Nakano (JPN) 26 63 10-3
(2)Bai/Kriz (AUS) v Barry/Hubacek (NZL/AUS) 61 64

QF

(wc)Date-Krumm/Takagishi (JPN) d. (1)Liu/Zhao (CHN) 63 75
(3)Sema/Sema (JPN) v Hisamatsu/Hisami (JPN) 75 67(5) 10-6
(4)Chang/Hwang (TPE) v Sugano/Yonemura (JPN) 75 64
(Q)Aoyama/Takemoto (JPN) d. (2)Bai/Kriz (AUS) 64 46 10-8

SF

(3)Sema/Sema (JPN) v (wc)Date-Krumm/Takagishi (JPN) 36 61 15-13
(4)Chang/Hwang (TPE) v (Q)Aoyama/Takemoto (JPN) 63 64

Final

(4)Chang/Hwang (TPE) d. (3)Sema/Sema (JPN) 63 26 10-6

Miao :rocker2:

zhao zhao and miao miao :lol:

ZHOU, Yi-Miao CHN and ZHAO, Yi-Jing and LIU, Wan-Ting plz go go go come on come on come on:worship:

Miao Miao :D
Yi-Jing and Wan-Ting :)

GL Surina...seeing as she's probably the only one of my faves who won't pull out here. :lol:

good luck tammy

Good luck Monique, Sophie, Emily and Nicole!

I hope Kimiko recieves a MainDraw WC here ;):bounce:

Good luck Melanie :)

Good luck Natasha in qualifying :)

Georgie has withdrawn :sad:

C'mon Sandy ;) and Tammy :)

Savic withdraws.

Seiko, Yi-Miao, Yi-Jing and Wan-Ting, good runs here please!
Ling Zhang, Little Li Ting and Wang Qiang - qualify into MD please :banana:

I hope Kimiko recieves a MainDraw WC here ;):bounce:

She will ;)

QUALIFYING

Players are Japanese unless stated otherwise

1-Ayaka Maekawa bye
Chika Terasawa vs Machiko Shigefuji
Tori Kinard (USA) vs Kasumi Aiko
Mami Hasegawa vs 6-Qiang Wang (CHN)

2-Alison Bai (AUS) bye
Yumiko Nakano vs Yoko Yanase
Anastasia Malhotra vs Yuko Kurata
Yurina Koshino vs 8-Ting Li (CHN)

3-Yuka Kuroda bye
Ami Nakano vs Alenka Hubacek (AUS)
WC-Miki Hamada vs Yumi Miyazaki
Misa Eguchi vs 5-Kanae Hisami

4-Tomoko Dokei vs Yuka Higuchi
Mika Kawamura vs Airi Hagimoto
Mari Inoue vs Risako Sugihara
Minori Takemoto vs 7-Sakiko Shimizu

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Too bad there are 3 byes :(

haha oh - I suppose I have to cheer for Misa. :lol:

Kurume

QDB: Miyazaki, Bai (r2)

Wrong thread:p

hmm I opened the other thread - wtf? Oh well, I'll go post it hopefully in the right thread this time. :lol:

Good luck to Ellen Barry - she could be a seed here :eek:

Anastasia Malhotra > She's japanese ? :lol:

Anastasia Malhotra > She's japanese ? :lol:

Aparantly so - sounds half Russian, half Indian to me. ;)

Yeah me too

Anastasia Malhotra > She's japanese ? :lol:
I think I read somewhere she's half Japanese and half British. :shrug:

According to Tammy, Tomoko Yonemura will get a main draw direct in because she is in today's final in Fukuoka. Well done, Tomoko (and Yonemura sisters)!:bounce:

Anastasia Malhotra > She's japanese ? :lol:

Yep, Ana has her Japanese citizenship.
Her mother is Japanese and father is Brit.

It's Japanese...but here's her website.
http://www.sportsman.ne.jp/anastasia/index.asp

Yep, Ana has her Japanese citizenship.
Her mother is Japanese and father is Brit.

It's Japanese...but here's her website.
http://www.sportsman.ne.jp/anastasia/index.asp

she should apply to be Brit in June every yr, she might get a WC into Wimby
exotic girl ;)

She looks nice (except the teeth)

Did Natasha withdraw?

Q1

1-Ayaka Maekawa bye
Machiko Shigefuji d. Chika Terasawa 6-0 6-0
Tori Kinard (USA) d. Kasumi Aiko 6-3 6-3
6-Qiang Wang (CHN) d. Mami Hasegawa 7-6(6) 6-4

2-Alison Bai (AUS) bye
Yumiko Nakano d. Yoko Yanase 6-2 6-0
Anastasia Malhotra d. Yuko Kurata 6-3 6-2
8-Ting Li (CHN) d. Yurina Koshino 7-5 6-3

3-Yuka Kuroda bye
Alenka Hubacek (AUS) d. Ami Nakano 6-1 6-1
Yumi Miyazaki d. WC-Miki Hamada 6-0 6-2
5-Kanae Hisami d. Misa Eguchi 6-1 6-4

4-Tomoko Dokei d. Yuka Higuchi 4-6 6-4 6-2
Mika Kawamura d. Airi Hagimoto 6-4 6-2
Mari Inoue d. Risako Sugihara 6-2 6-1
Minori Takemoto d. 7-Sakiko Shimizu 7-6(3) 6-4

Anastasia :yeah:

Alenka & Anastasia :)

tomoko dokei:)
kanae:D
good luck to ayaka maekawa and yuka kuroda

Are you sure that Aiko is playing in Kurume ? :confused:
Because she is in the entry list of the main draw in Istanbul ...
...and if she plays good in Kurume ... it will be hard to play on clay 1 or 2 days after !! :tape:

Are you sure that Aiko is playing in Kurume ? :confused:
Because she is in the entry list of the main draw in Istanbul ...
...and if she plays good in Kurume ... it will be hard to play on clay 1 or 2 days after !! :tape:

aiko was to play kurume,she withdrewand will play next week in istanbul as lead up for roland garros:)

Thanks :yeah:
I found that strange
It's a good idea
Be ready for the French Open Aiko !!! :D

Kai-Chen, please take the title this week. I know you can do it. :)

Good Luck Sandy and Tammy :)

Main Draw?

Are you sure that Aiko is playing in Kurume ? :confused:
Because she is in the entry list of the main draw in Istanbul ...
...and if she plays good in Kurume ... it will be hard to play on clay 1 or 2 days after !! :tape:

Tamarine is doing the same thing, she s playing here and off to Strasbourg and RG...They are both clay court clowns so its understandable that they wanted to skip most of the claycourt season...they probably dont care about the transition anyway....

Trust me Aiko will be playing here ;) :D

aiko was to play kurume,she withdrewand will play next week in istanbul as lead up for roland garros:)

Oh ok...I didnt realise that :p

Main Draw?

That's what I wanna no!

Main Draw

(1) Melanie SOUTH (GBR) vs (Q/LL)
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) vs Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN)

Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN) vs (Q/LL)
WC Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) vs (8) Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN)

(3) Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) vs Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE)
WC Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) vs Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER)

(Q/LL) vs Ling ZHANG (HKG)
Erika SEMA (JPN) vs (6) I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE)

(7) Erika Takao (JPN) vs Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN)
(Q/LL) vs Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN)

Mari TANAKA (JPN) vs WC Chinatsu MAEDA (JPN)
(Q/LL) vs (4) Ellen Barry

(5) Yurika SEMA (JPN) vs Wan-Ting LIU (CHN)
Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) vs Aleksandra PANOVA (RUS)

Remi TEZUKA (JPN) vs WC Sayako MATSUNAGA (JPN)
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) vs (2) Sandy GUMULYA (INA)

Q2

Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (1) defeated Machiko SHIGEFUJI (JPN) 6-4 6-2
Qiang WANG (CHN) (6) defeated Tori KINARD (USA) 0-6 6-0 6-1

Alison BAI (AUS) (2) defeated Yumi NAKANO (JPN) 6-3 6-2
Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Ting LI (CHN) (8) 6-4 6-3

Yuka KURODA (JPN) (3) defeated Alenka HUBACEK (AUS) 6-3 7-5
Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) defeated Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (5) 6-3 7-6(3)

Tomoko DOKEI (JPN) (4) defeated Mika KAWAMURA (JPN) 6-4 6-4
Mari INOUE (JPN) defeated Minori TAKEMOTO (JPN) 6-2 2-6 6-3

Main Draw

(1) Melanie SOUTH (GBR) vs (Q/LL)
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) vs Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN)

Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN) vs (Q/LL)
WC Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) vs (8) Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN)

(3) Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) vs Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE)
WC Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) vs Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER)

(Q/LL) vs Ling ZHANG (HKG)
Erika SEMA (JPN) vs (6) I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE)

(7) Erika Takao (JPN) vs Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN)
(Q/LL) vs Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN)

Mari TANAKA (JPN) vs WC Chinatsu MAEDA (JPN)
(Q/LL) vs (4) Ellen Barry

(5) Yurika SEMA (JPN) vs Wan-Ting LIU (CHN)
Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) vs Aleksandra PANOVA (RUS)

Remi TEZUKA (JPN) vs WC Sayako MATSUNAGA (JPN)
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) vs (2) Sandy GUMULYA (INA)
Tomoyo vs Sandy in R1. :fiery:

Otherwise, pretty happy with the draw. :cool:

DOUBLES MD

LIU (CHN) / ZHAO (CHN) (1) Vs MAEDA (JPN) / MATSUNAGA (JPN)
DATE-KRUMM (JPN) / TAKAGISHI (JPN) Vs DOKEI (JPN) / KURATA (JPN)

SEMA (JPN) / SEMA (JPN) (3) Vs ZHANG (HKG) / ZHOU (CHN)
HISAMATSU (JPN) / HISAMI (JPN) Vs TAKAO (JPN) / TANAKA (JPN)

LI (CHN) / TEZUKA (JPN) Vs SUGANO (JPN) / YONEMURA (JPN)
HASEGAWA (JPN) / SUGIHARA (JPN) Vs CHANG (TPE) / HWANG (TPE) (4)

KATO (JPN) / NAKANO (JPN) Vs AOYAMA (JPN) / TAKEMOTO (JPN)
BARRY (NZL) / HUBACEK (AUS) Vs BAI (AUS) / KRIZ (AUS) (2)

Main Draw

(1) Melanie SOUTH (GBR) vs (Q/LL)
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) vs Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN)

Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN) vs (Q/LL)
WC Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) vs (8) Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN)

(3) Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) vs Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE)
WC Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) vs Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER)

(Q/LL) vs Ling ZHANG (HKG)
Erika SEMA (JPN) vs (6) I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE)

(7) Erika Takao (JPN) vs Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN)
(Q/LL) vs Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN)

Mari TANAKA (JPN) vs WC Chinatsu MAEDA (JPN)
(Q/LL) vs (4) Ellen Barry

(5) Yurika SEMA (JPN) vs Wan-Ting LIU (CHN)
Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) vs Aleksandra PANOVA (RUS)

Remi TEZUKA (JPN) vs WC Sayako MATSUNAGA (JPN)
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) vs (2) Sandy GUMULYA (INA)

Yay Go Ellen :rocker2: Time to reach the top 250 girl!!! :worship:

DOUBLES MD

LIU (CHN) / ZHAO (CHN) (1) Vs MAEDA (JPN) / MATSUNAGA (JPN)
DATE-KRUMM (JPN) / TAKAGISHI (JPN) Vs DOKEI (JPN) / KURATA (JPN)

SEMA (JPN) / SEMA (JPN) (3) Vs ZHANG (HKG) / ZHOU (CHN)
HISAMATSU (JPN) / HISAMI (JPN) Vs TAKAO (JPN) / TANAKA (JPN)

LI (CHN) / TEZUKA (JPN) Vs SUGANO (JPN) / YONEMURA (JPN)
HASEGAWA (JPN) / SUGIHARA (JPN) Vs CHANG (TPE) / HWANG (TPE) (4)

KATO (JPN) / NAKANO (JPN) Vs AOYAMA (JPN) / TAKEMOTO (JPN)
BARRY (NZL) / HUBACEK (AUS) Vs BAI (AUS) / KRIZ (AUS) (2)

Yay she's paired up with Alenka again! Great combination, last time they pulled off 2 big upsets (including beating the top seeds) to make the semis :hearts:

Kittykings prediction - going to be a good tournament for Ellen :)

Anastasia :yeah: I hope she qualifies. :D

Li Ting :o keep on your crap play :fiery:

Qiang :eek: 0:6 6:0 6:1 just well done

Alenka in Q :(

Anastasia :)

good luck in MD to

1) Melanie SOUTH (GBR)
Tatjana PRIACHIN (GER)
(4) Ellen Barry
Aleksandra PANOVA (RUS)

Pics of the players' party from Shinobu Asagoe's blog:

http://www.40love.jp/asagoe/img/166/MjAwODA1MTIxOTQ3MDAw-c0.jpg
Seeded players in order (R-L). Only 2nd seed Sandy Gumulya missing. :(

http://www.40love.jp/asagoe/img/166/MjAwODA1MTIxOTUzMDAw9sI.jpg
Wildcards

(6)Qiang Wang (CHN) v Tori Kinard (USA) 06 60 61 :eek:

Good Luck

Qiang Wang
Alison Bai
Nicola Kriz
Kimiko Date
Yi-miao Zhou
Yi-Jing ZHAO
Wan-Ting LIU
Aleksandra PANOVA
Remi TEZUKA

good luck to
[3] seiko okamoto
[5] yurika sema:)
[7]erika takao:D
[8]shiho hisamatsu:help:poor shiho drew kimiko
tomoko yonemura:dance:
tomoyo takagishi:sad::awww:
remi tezuka:help::tape::lol:
kimiko date-krumm:):worship:

Good luck :

Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN)
WC Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN)
(6) I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE)
(7) Erika Takao (JPN)
Mari TANAKA (JPN)
(5) Yurika SEMA (JPN)
Aleksandra PANOVA (RUS)
(2) Sandy GUMULYA (INA)

Gwd luck to south

win the tourny

Good luck Kai-Chen! Tough first round but i believe you can beat her!!!

Good luck Kimiko!!

Go Mel:) Win it!

Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Ting LI (CHN) (8) 6-4 6-3 :)

Anastasia is my new love :angel:

Good Luck DATE!!!! :rocker2:

(6)Qiang Wang (CHN) v Tori Kinard (USA) 06 60 61 :eek:

Sooo close to a 3 bagel match win~! :lol:

Ling, Seiko, Yi-Miao, Yi-Jing, Qiang! :banana:

ting in qualifying :tears: but good for anastasia :D

Yi-Miao and Ling, young doubles dream team! :banana:

Pics of the players' party from Shinobu Asagoe's blog:

http://www.40love.jp/asagoe/img/166/MjAwODA1MTIxOTQ3MDAw-c0.jpg

Cover up Ellen :lol:

Qiang :lol:

Kimiko should win this. :)

I'm hoping for a Date-Krumm v Panova final. :bounce:

GL:

Takoa
Malhorta
Sema Sisters
Date!

hopefully it will be Date vs Gumulya final :bounce:

junior ting li :fiery:

Q3

Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (1) defeated Qiang WANG (CHN) (6) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-1
Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Alison BAI (AUS) (2) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-2
Yuka KURODA (JPN) (3) defeated Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) 6-2 7-6(5)
Tomoko DOKEI (JPN) (4) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) 6-3 7-6(2)

1R

Melanie SOUTH (GBR) (1) Vs Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN)
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) Vs Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN)
Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN) Vs Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN)
Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) Vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) (8)

Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) defeated Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) (3) 6-4 6-1
Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) Vs Qiang WANG (CHN)
Alison BAI (AUS) Vs Ling ZHANG (HKG)
Erika SEMA (JPN) defeated I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE) (6) 6-2 7-5

Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) defeated Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) 2-6 7-5 7-5
Yuka KURODA (JPN) Vs Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN)
Mari TANAKA (JPN) defeated Chinatsu MAEDA (JPN) 6-3 6-4
Mari INOUE (JPN) Vs Ellen BARRY (NZL) (4)

Yurika SEMA (JPN) (5) defeated Wan-Ting LIU (CHN) 3-6 7-5 6-1
Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) Vs Alexandra PANOVA (RUS)
Remi TEZUKA (JPN) defeated Sayako MATSUNAGA (JPN) 6-2 6-1
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) Vs Tomoko DOKEI (JPN)

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Sandy's no longer in the draw! :sobbing: :fiery:

Sandy :(

:eek: Wow after Sandy withdrew the draws really opened up! Please make the most of it Ellen!!!!

GL against Malhotra, Mel :)

BAI (AUS) / KRIZ (AUS) (2) defeated BARRY (NZL) / HUBACEK (AUS) 6-1 6-4

:rolls:

:eek: Wow after Sandy withdrew the draws really opened up! Please make the most of it Ellen!!!!

:eek: I hope she does too!

Mari :yeah: :D

Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) defeated Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) (3) 6-4 6-1

WOW
Kai-Chen is impressive

take the title

Anastasia and Erika :yeah:

Seiko :o
Anyone can beat her at the moment, but well done Kai-Chen :yeah:

1R

Melanie SOUTH (GBR) (1) Vs Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN)
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) Vs Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN)
Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN) Vs Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN)
Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) Vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) (8)

Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) defeated Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) (3) 6-4 6-1
Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) Vs Qiang WANG (CHN)
Alison BAI (AUS) Vs Ling ZHANG (HKG)
Erika SEMA (JPN) defeated I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE) (6) 6-2 7-5

Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) defeated Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) 2-6 7-5 7-5
Yuka KURODA (JPN) Vs Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN)
Mari TANAKA (JPN) defeated Chinatsu MAEDA (JPN) 6-3 6-4
Mari INOUE (JPN) Vs Ellen BARRY (NZL) (4)

Yurika SEMA (JPN) (5) defeated Wan-Ting LIU (CHN) 3-6 7-5 6-1
Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) Vs Alexandra PANOVA (RUS)
Remi TEZUKA (JPN) defeated Sayako MATSUNAGA (JPN) 6-2 6-1
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) Vs Tomoko DOKEI (JPN)

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Sandy's no longer in the draw! :sobbing: :fiery: I bet, Sandy is still injured (tennis elbow & wrist)...so much for being trained at Big Mama's elite camp!!!:tape::help::fiery::devil::o

Lets go Krizzy and Ali

Yi Jing and Wan Ting :fiery: Choke?

Erika!:bounce:

Melanie injured, hope she is ok for next week :sad:

Mel lost, but I don't know the score. Hope her shoulder heals up fast!!!!!

Good luck to Erika Takao and Shiho Hisamatsu, I guess :shrug:

Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Alison BAI (AUS) (2) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-2 :D

Mel lost, but I don't know the score. Hope her shoulder heals up fast!!!!!
Wow Anastasia :eek: :D

Hope Mel is ok though :hug:

This tournament is now left wide open and a good chance for Kimiko.

Date-Krumm def Hisamatsu 6-0 6-1

Both Yi-Miao and Qiang win :bounce:

So Yi-Miao will face to Date-Krumm next round?
omg, a 1991 vs 1970 match

Another result: Ellen Barry won in 2 sets :)

The ITF websites had the results for hours ;)

Yikes, now South lost its an even more wide open draw!,
does that mean ellen is now the highest ranked player left?!

Yikes, now South lost its an even more wide open draw!,
does that mean ellen is now the highest ranked player left?!

Top seed out in 1st round
Second seed out, withdrew
Third seed out in 1st round
Fouth seed - Christchurch born and bred Ellen Barry :eek:

The ITF websites had the results for hours ;)

I'm not greedy, I wanted 1 of the match results :lol:

Then why don't you post them all for everyone to see?

nevermind.

1st Round
Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Melanie SOUTH (GBR) (1) 6-4 4-6 6-3
Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) defeated Nicole KRIZ (AUS) 6-4 6-4
Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN) defeated Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) 6-4 6-4
Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) defeated Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) (8) 6-1 6-0
Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) defeated Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) (3) 6-4 6-1
Qiang WANG (CHN) defeated Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) 7-5 6-4
Ling ZHANG (HKG) defeated Alison BAI (AUS) 3-6 6-4 7-5
Erika SEMA (JPN) defeated I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE) (6) 6-2 7-5
Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) defeated Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) 2-6 7-5 7-5
Yuka KURODA (JPN) defeated Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN) 6-2 7-6(5)
Mari TANAKA (JPN) defeated Chinatsu MAEDA (JPN) 6-3 6-4
Ellen BARRY (NZL) (4) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) 6-1 6-4
Yurika SEMA (JPN) (5) defeated Wan-Ting LIU (CHN) 3-6 7-5 6-1
Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) defeated Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) 6-1 6-1
Remi TEZUKA (JPN) defeated Sayako MATSUNAGA (JPN) 6-2 6-1
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) defeated Tomoko DOKEI (JPN) 6-4 6-3

Sasha ;) :yeah:
Ellen :)

Mel :( :sad:

Sasha got a good chance to make final here.

Mel :sad: Hope the shoulder recovers in time for the French :hug:

Ling, Yi-Miao, Qiang :banana:
Seiko :tears:
Malhotra :eek:

Yuri :hearts:

Yi Miao and Qiang :D

Shuko :sad:

Date Chang Zhang Takao Sema Zhou :D

Date Chang Zhang Takao Sema Zhou :D

Kimiko :yeah:

Kimiko :yeah: :D

well done Kimiko

Mel:sad:

Hope shes ok for RG if not then hopefully shes ok for the grass where shes gonna kick ass.

Kimiko!:bounce:

Then why don't you post them all for everyone to see?

nevermind.

1st Round
Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Melanie SOUTH (GBR) (1) 6-4 4-6 6-3
Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) defeated Nicole KRIZ (AUS) 6-4 6-4
Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN) defeated Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) 6-4 6-4
Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) defeated Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) (8) 6-1 6-0
Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) defeated Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) (3) 6-4 6-1
Qiang WANG (CHN) defeated Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) 7-5 6-4
Ling ZHANG (HKG) defeated Alison BAI (AUS) 3-6 6-4 7-5
Erika SEMA (JPN) defeated I-Hsuan HWANG (TPE) (6) 6-2 7-5
Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) defeated Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) 2-6 7-5 7-5
Yuka KURODA (JPN) defeated Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN) 6-2 7-6(5)
Mari TANAKA (JPN) defeated Chinatsu MAEDA (JPN) 6-3 6-4
Ellen BARRY (NZL) (4) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) 6-1 6-4
Yurika SEMA (JPN) (5) defeated Wan-Ting LIU (CHN) 3-6 7-5 6-1
Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) defeated Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) 6-1 6-1
Remi TEZUKA (JPN) defeated Sayako MATSUNAGA (JPN) 6-2 6-1
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) defeated Tomoko DOKEI (JPN) 6-4 6-3

Sorry :hug:

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v (wc)Maeda/Matsunaga (JPN) 60 61
Dokei/Kurata (JPN) v (wc)Date-Krumm/Takagishi (JPN)

(3)Sema/Sema (JPN) v Zhang/Zhou (HKG/CHN) 64 62
Hisamatsu/Hisami (JPN) v (wc)Takao/Tanaka (JPN) 63 60

Sugano/Yonemura (JPN) d. Li/Tezuka (JPN) 64 61
(4)Chang/Hwang (TPE) v (Q)Hasegawa/Sugihara (JPN) 62 61

(Q)Aoyama/Takemoto (JPN) d. Kato/Nakano (JPN) 26 63 10-3
(2)Bai/Kriz (AUS) v Barry/Hubacek (NZL/AUS) 61 64

shit... HKG suddenly has a good player :rolls: ling zhang :kiss:

and miao miao again :bounce:

Well Done

Anastasia Malhotra
Yi-Miao Zhou
Kimiko Date
Qiang Wang
Sascha Panova
Remi Tezuka

R2

Kimiko Date-Krum def. Yi-Miao Zhou
6-3, 6-2

Tomoko Yonemura def. Anastasia Malhotra
6-1 6-3

Tomoyo Takagishi def. Remi Tesuzuka
6-2 7-6

Kai-Chen Chan def. Qiang Wang
6-4 6-4

Erica Sema def. Ling Zhang
6-3 1-6 6-3

next, kimiko vs tomoko... that's a hot match!!

Kimiko and Tomoko!:bounce::banana:

Kimiko :yeah:
Keep going.

Tomoyo :):D

R2

Kimiko Date-Krum def. Yi-Miao Zhou
6-3, 6-2

Tomoko Yonemura def. Anastasia Malhotra
6-1 6-3

Tomoyo Takagishi def. Remi Tesuzuka
6-2 7-6

Kai-Chen Chan def. Qiang Wang
6-4 6-4

Erica Sema def. Ling Zhang
6-3 1-6 6-3

How about the Ellen Barry vrs Mari Tanaka match?

Tomoko Yonemura def. Anastasia Malhotra
6-1 6-3 :sad:

Kimiko is on fire...Yi-Miao :sad:
Qiang & Ling :(

Kai-Chen :yeah:

Erika Takao def. Yuka Kuroda
6-3, 7-6

Ellen Barry (4) def. Mari Tanaka
7-5, 6-3

Alexandra Panova def. Yurika Sema
7-6, 6-3

now,
QF
Tomoko vs Kimiko
Chan vs Erica Sema
Erika Takao vs Barry
Tomoyo vs Panova

Erika :yeah:

Please try and upset Barry :scared: Although it will be very difficult.

If Erika Takao is anywhere near what she was like a few years ago then Ellen will have to raise her game :scared:

Not far away from top 250 now :) Strange to think that she only broke into the top 300 a matter of weeks ago!

Congratulations ellen!
What a great year she is having, she'll be on her way to the top 200 soon if she does well here!
Good luck versus Takao :)

Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) defeated Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) 6-1 6-3
Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) defeated Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN) 6-3 6-2
Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) defeated Qiang WANG (CHN) 6-4 6-4
Erika SEMA (JPN) defeated Ling ZHANG (HKG) 6-3 1-6 6-3
Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) defeated Yuka KURODA (JPN) 6-3 7-6(4)
Ellen BARRY (NZL) (4) defeated Mari TANAKA (JPN) 7-5 6-3
Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) defeated Yurika SEMA (JPN) (5) 7-6(5) 6-3
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) defeated Remi TEZUKA (JPN) 6-2 7-6(2)

Congratulations ellen!
What a great year she is having, she'll be on her way to the top 200 soon if she does well here!
Good luck versus Takao :)

It's a shame that the Crusaders keep winning, because Ellen Barry has been named Canterbury Young Sportswoman of the year before - but shes getting hardly any publicity this week :sad: (there was a 100 word memo type thing in the paper last week but thats it!)

Sasha ;) :woohoo: now vs Tomyo again
same score as last week would be just great :drool:

Ellen :) :D
Anastasia :(

Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) defeated Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) 6-1 6-3
Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) defeated Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN) 6-3 6-2
Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) defeated Qiang WANG (CHN) 6-4 6-4
Erika SEMA (JPN) defeated Ling ZHANG (HKG) 6-3 1-6 6-3
Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) defeated Yuka KURODA (JPN) 6-3 7-6(4)
Ellen BARRY (NZL) (4) defeated Mari TANAKA (JPN) 7-5 6-3
Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) defeated Yurika SEMA (JPN) (5) 7-6(5) 6-3
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) defeated Remi TEZUKA (JPN) 6-2 7-6(2)

So there is guaranteed to be three unseeded players in the Semifinals :rolls:

Doubles 1R

Kimiko Date-Krum/Tomoyo Takagishi def. Tomoko Dokei/Yuko Kurata 7-5, 6-3

Sasha ;) :woohoo: now vs Tomyo again
same score as last week would be just great :drool:

Ellen :) :D
Anastasia :(

A question to TF's ranking expert -
Is it possible for Ellen to get into the top 250 this week and if so what round does she need to reach? (approx)

Thanks :hug:

It's a shame that the Crusaders keep winning, because Ellen Barry has been named Canterbury Young Sportswoman of the year before - but shes getting hardly any publicity this week :sad: (there was a 100 word memo type thing in the paper last week but thats it!)

:lol: those damn crusaders!
Im sure ellen wont mind too much, tennis never gets much publicity, apart from two weeks a year when the asb and heineken open are on

A question to TF's ranking expert -
Is it possible for Ellen to get into the top 250 this week and if so what round does she need to reach? (approx)

Thanks :hug:

win her next match she moves from 256 to level pts with #240

win her next match she moves from 256 to level pts with #240

:eek:

:woohoo::woohoo:

next, kimiko vs tomoko... that's a hot match!!

Yes, winner of that one such should strool to the title. :)

Sasha ;) :woohoo: now vs Tomyo again
same score as last week would be just great :drool:

Ellen :) :D
Anastasia :(

Why do you always call Alexandra Panova "Sacha" ?

Why do you always call Alexandra Panova "Sacha" ?

Why do people call Maria Masha and Svetlana Sveta?

Kimiko :yeah: :D
Mari :sad: :hug:

Tomoko vs Kimiko :eek:

Why do people call Maria Masha and Svetlana Sveta?

Everybody but you can understand that :lol:

But what's the common point between the words "Alexandra" and "Sacha" ? :confused:

Everybody but you can understand that :lol:

But what's the common point between the words "Alexandra" and "Sacha" ? :confused:

Its kind of a russian nick name for Alexandra, just like for Ksenia it is Ksyusha, Maria it is Masha, Dmitry it is Dima etc

Yi Miao and Qiang :hug:

Everybody but you can understand that :lol:

But what's the common point between the words "Alexandra" and "Sacha" ? :confused:

lol i asked this in another thread but i don't think i was dignified with an answer :lol:

Better luck next tournament, Yi-Miao, Ling and Qiang :hug:

I'm still amazed that Kimiko is playing so well so early in her comeback :bounce:. I hope she wins her matches today. :bounce:

Yoshi any updates?

Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) d. Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) 62 62
Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) d. Erika SEMA (JPN) 64 64
Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) vs Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) 61 21

Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) vs Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) 61 55
7-Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs Ellen 4-BARRY (NZL) 32

Come on Ellen :scared:

Oh and btw thanks for the updates Yoshi :D

Kimiko!:sad:

Kai-Chen :yeah:

Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) d. Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) 61 76(2)
7-Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs Ellen 4-BARRY (NZL) 53

Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) d. Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) 61 76(2)
7-Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs Ellen 4-BARRY (NZL) 53

Its been a day of upsets so far........I hope Ellen can turn things around :sad:

7-Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs Ellen 4-BARRY (NZL) 55

7-Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs Ellen 4-BARRY (NZL) 55


Take it to a tiebreak girl, your pretty good in those :D

:scared: Any further update?

7-Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs Ellen 4-BARRY (NZL) 67(10) 00

:woohoo: Go Ellen!

Need to win the next set still though :scared:

Tomoko :hearts: :bounce:

7-Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs Ellen 4-BARRY (NZL) 67(10) 21

Barry takes medical time.

7-Erika TAKAO (JPN) vs Ellen 4-BARRY (NZL) 67(10) 23

7-Erika TAKAO (JPN) d. Ellen 4-BARRY (NZL) 67(10) 33 ret

:sad: Any idea how serious the injury is?

Erika :yeah: I am quite happy she finally made a semi final and is having a nice run, but I didn't want her to beat Barry like this.

Ellen :hug:. Hope you get better soon.

Kimiko Date :eek: :sad:
I really thought she would be able to beat Tomoko.
Tomoko is playing really well. :eek:

So the semi finals:
Tomoko Yonemura vs Kai Chen Chang
(7) Erika Takao vs Alexandra Panova

it is a pity Kai-chen can not compete with Date

hopefully Kai-chen will take her first title

Something to do with her legs :sad:

Well Done

Sascha Panova :D

QF

Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) v (wc)Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 62 62
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) d. Erika Sema (JPN) 64 62
(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v (4)Ellen Barry (NZL) 67(10) 33 Ret.
Alexandra Panova (RUS) v Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) 61 76(2)


Doubles QF

(wc)Date-Krumm/Takagishi (JPN) d. (1)Liu/Zhao (CHN) 63 75
(3)Sema/Sema (JPN) v Hisamatsu/Hisami (JPN) 75 67(5) 10-6
(4)Chang/Hwang (TPE) v Sugano/Yonemura (JPN) 75 64
(Q)Aoyama/Takemoto (JPN) d. (2)Bai/Kriz (AUS) 64 46 10-8

SF

(3)Sema/Sema (JPN) v (wc)Date-Krumm/Takagishi (JPN)
(4)Chang/Hwang (TPE) v (Q)Aoyama/Takemoto (JPN) 63 64

Sasha giving Tomoyo some games this week after a 6-0 6-0 last week :o :spit:

go Sasha in semis, go all the way :hug:

Ellen :sad:

Panova and Chang into Final
Tomoko :sad:

Kai-Chen. :eek: Huge breakthrough!

Go and take your first 50k. :yeah:

Tomoko and Erika :sad:
I think Tomoko was probably tired.

Hope Kai-Chen wins it. :yeah:

Semifinal

Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) defeated Tomoko YONEMURA (JPN) 6-4 7-5
Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) defeated Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) 6-2 6-1

Doubles SF

SEMA (JPN) / SEMA (JPN) (3) defeated DATE-KRUMM (JPN) / TAKAGISHI (JPN) 3-6 6-1 [15-13] :eek:
CHANG (TPE) / HWANG (TPE) (4) defeated AOYAMA (JPN) / TAKEMOTO (JPN) 6-3 6-4

Take the title Sasha! :rocker2: :rocker:

Sasha ;) :woohoo:

go take it all now ;)

Sasha :woohoo: win it

Kai-Chen :)

Kai-Chen :yeah: ...Now Go and take the title

Tomoko :sad:
her great run ends

Erika :(

Erika :eek::sad:

Sema sisters for the win!! :bounce:

Go Kai-Chen! Good luck in both singles and doubles! Hope you win both:)

Final:
Kai-Chen Chang def. Alexandra Panova 75 63

Wow~~~Congrats Kai-Chen.......:yeah:

Kai-Chen Chang :woohoo:

Doubles F:
Chang/Hwang(4) d. Sema/Sema(3) 6-3 2-6 [10-8] :sad: :sad:

Kai-Chen :woohoo:

Sasha :help: :mad:

Well done Kai-Chen! Double crowns!!! Keep up the good form!:)

:bigclap:

Impressive week for Kai-Chen. Well done! :cool:

:worship:
Congrats Kai-Chen :)

Kai-Chen :D