G2

1-Matea Mezak (CRO) bye
Sarah Fowler (HKG) d. Tsz-Man Tsang (HKG) 6-0 6-2
Kristel Izquierdo (COM) d. Anthea Look (HKG) 6-3 6-2
8-Anne Dickhardt (GER) d. Di Liu (HKG) 6-2 6-2

4-Hanna Nooni (SWE) bye
Seul-Ki Chin (KOR) d. Ka-Yan Hui (HKG) 6-1 6-0
Yan-Hua Dong (CHN) d. Evelina Leung (HKG) 6-0 6-1
7-Angela Maria Piedrahita (USA) d. Wai-Man Yiu (HKG) 6-1 6-0

5-Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) bye
I-Hui Chang (CHN) d. Emily Kwok (CAN) 6-1 6-1
Joanne Cheung (HKG) d. Zhi Xu (CHN) 6-4 6-0
3-Kristina Czafikova (SVK) bye

6-Natalia Papadopolou (SWE) bye
Ryoko Fuda (JPN) d. Yee-Ting Lo (HKG) 6-1 6-1
Shi-Tong Shao (CHN) d. Julia Roca Valverde (CRC) 6-3 6-1
2-Sania Mirza (IND) bye


2nd rd

1-Matea Mezak (CRO) d. Sarah Fowler (HKG) 6-0 6-0 <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
8-Anne Dickhardt (GER) d. Kristel Izquierdo (COM) 6-2 5-0 ret
4-Hanna Nooni (SWE) d. Seul-Ki Chin (KOR) 6-3 6-3
Yan-Hua Dong (CHN) d. 7-Angela Maria Piedrahita (USA) 6-0 6-1

5-Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) d. I-Hui Chang (CHN) 6-0 6-4
3-Kristina Czafikova (SVK) d. Joanne Cheung (HKG) 6-1 6-3
6-Natalia Papadopolou (SWE) d. Ryoko Fuda (JPN) 6-1 1-6 6-1 <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
2-Sania Mirza (IND) d. Shi-Tong Shao (CHN) 6-2 6-1 <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

[ October 17, 2001: Message edited by: TheBoiledEgg ]

best of luck to Matea Mezak and Kristina Czafikova <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

Good luck Matea <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">
<IMG SRC="smilies/bounce.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/bounce.gif" border="0">

I'm not surprised with Yan-Hua Dong's thrashing of the 7th seed. She's a good player concentrating on the pro circuit, rather than play much juniors. And she did beat Elena Bovina in March last year. <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

Good luck to 15 year old Joanne Cheung against the 3rd seed, although I can't see her winning. I hope she one day achieves the dream of being Top 10 in Asia. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

Go Matea and Sania!!!

QF lineup


1-Matea Mezak (CRO) v 8-Anne Dickhardt (GER)
4-Hanna Nooni (SWE) v Yan-Hua Dong (CHN)
5-Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) v 3-Kristina Czafikova (SVK)
6-Natalia Papadopolou (SWE) v 2-Sania Mirza (IND)

Good luck to Matea, she should win easily with that big serve

good luck anne dickhardt, but normally she will lose against matea

she beat bovina eh? sounds quite impressive!!!!!

Yep she beat her and was pretty impressive though Elena was pretty tired having played 8 matches in previous week and then having to fly to Hainan and qual again. Lost in final rd qualies having won 2 rds previously.

QF lineup

1-Matea Mezak (CRO) d. 8-Anne Dickhardt (GER) 6-2 3-6 6-3 <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
4-Hanna Nooni (SWE) d. Yan-Hua Dong (CHN) 7-5 5-7 6-3 <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
3-Kristina Czafikova (SVK) d. 5-Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 7-5 6-3 <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
2-Sania Mirza (IND) d. 6-Natalia Papadopolou (SWE) 2-6 6-4 6-3 <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

well done girls <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

good luck Sania & Hanna in Semis <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

[ October 18, 2001: Message edited by: TheBoiledEgg ]

Yan-Hua <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">
Good luck Sania. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

Eggy, did Yan-Hua look a heavy girl?

danker ..... she wasn't heavy then , but her backhand looked pretty good.

How old is she again ?????

Go Matea and Sania!!!

Eggy, Yan-Hua is 18 this year.
She's listed as 165cm and 64kg.

BTW, were there any other players that you found impressive in those 2 Chinese tourneys?

Na Li was the one other "Asian youngster"that impessed me , she did pretty good and got to semis at both events , lost to Elena in 1st 7-6 6-3 , that was pretty close encounter with lots of deuce games.

well done Matea and Kristina, keep it up <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

SEMIFINALS

1-Matea Mezak (CRO) d. 4-Hanna Nooni (SWE) 7-5 6-3

2-Sania Mirza (IND) d. 3-Kristina Czafikova (SVK) 7-6(7) 3-6 6-4 <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

well done Sania <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"> and good luck tomorrow

bad luck Hanna <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">

Congrats girls!!! Take the title Matea!!! <IMG SRC="smilies/cool.gif" border="0">

Matea <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"> well done, one more to go <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

too bad for Kristina <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">

Matea Mezak d. Sania Mirza 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2! Congrats to Matea!!! <IMG SRC="smilies/bounce.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/bounce.gif" border="0">

well done Matea <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> just as I expected <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

well done Matea <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"> , oh too bad for Sania , but she's gonna get better

Bad luck Sania. <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">
Nevermind, she's going to get stronger and stronger anyway. <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

Nice job Matea!!!