$25.000 Nagano (JPN)

ITF Womens Circuit Karuizawa Yonex Open

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Tournament Website : www.itftennis.com/womens

Surface : Carpet (Outdoor) - Art. Grass

Last years winners :

2006 ($25k) : (7)Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) d. (4)Sarah Borwell (GBR) 75 Ret.
2007 ($25k) : Rika Fujiwara (JPN) d. Natsumi Hamamura (JPN) 75 62

http://fedcup.jp/2007/wgpo/images/photo_p/rika_fujiwara_l.jpg

2008 Draws

Singles Qualifying Draw

Kaori ONISHI (JPN) defeated Yi CHEN (TPE) (1) 2-6 6-4 7-6(6)
Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (10) defeated Yuri KASUYA (JPN) 6-4 6-0

Ayumi OKA (JPN) (2) defeated Saori KARIKOMI (JPN) 6-2 6-2
Ting LI (CHN) (14) defeated Shiho OTAKE (JPN) 6-3 4-6 6-1

Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) (3) 6-4 6-4
Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) (11) defeated Sayaka WATANABE (JPN) 6-3 6-1

Suchanun VIRATPRASERT (THA) (4) defeated Kei SEKINE (JPN) 6-1 6-1
Qiang WANG (CHN) (12) defeated Anjyu KANDA (JPN) 6-0 6-1

Lizaan DU PLESSIS (RSA) (5) defeated Hiromi OKAZAKI (JPN) 6-3 6-3
Ai KOGA (JPN) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) (16) 7-5 6-2

Alison BAI (AUS) (6) defeated Kasumi AIKO (JPN) 6-4 6-3
Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) (15) defeated Ayano HONDA (JPN) 6-0 6-0

Maya KATO (JPN) (7) defeated Chihiro TAKAYAMA (JPN) 6-2 6-0
So-Jung KIM (KOR) (9) defeated Chika TERASAWA (JPN) 6-1 6-1

Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (8) defeated Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) 6-1 6-0
Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) (13) defeated Yuri KURASHIMA (JPN) 6-1 6-1

Final Round

Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (10) defeated Kaori ONISHI (JPN) 7-6(3) 1-6 6-3
Ayumi OKA (JPN) (2) defeated Ting LI (CHN) (14) 6-4 4-6 7-6(3)
Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) (11) 6-1 6-1
Suchanun VIRATPRASERT (THA) (4) defeated Qiang WANG (CHN) (12) 6-4 6-2
Lizaan DU PLESSIS (RSA) (5) defeated Ai KOGA (JPN) 6-2 6-2
Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) (15) defeated Alison BAI (AUS) (6) 6-1 6-4
Maya KATO (JPN) (7) defeated So-Jung KIM (KOR) (9) 6-2 7-6(4)
Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) (13) defeated Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (8) 7-6(5) 6-3

Singles Main Draw

(1)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) v (wc)Tori Kinard (USA) 64 46 64
(LL)Kaori Onishi (JPN) d. (Q)Yurina Koshino (JPN) 62 26 75

Nicole Kriz (AUS) d. Kyung-Mi Chang (TPE) 63 75
Montinee Tangphong (THA) d. (6)Yi-Miao Zhao (CHN) 76(5) 61

(Q)Maya Kato (JPN) d. (4)I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 76(5) 64
Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) v (Q)Anastasia Malhotra (JPN) 60 20 Ret.

Erika Sema (JPN) v (wc)Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) 60 60
Jin-A Lee (KOR) d. (8)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) 61 75

(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v (Q)Suchanun Viratprasert (THA) 64 62
Remi Tezuka (JPN) v (Q)Ayumi Oka (JPN) 76(2) 63

Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) v (wc)Yuko Adachi (JPN) 62 62
(3)Yurika Sema (JPN) v (Q)Lizaan Du Plessis (RSA) 36 64 61

(5)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) v Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 64 76(6)
Mari Tanaka (JPN) v (wc)Misa Eguchi (JPN) 61 61

(Q)Miki Miyamura (JPN) d. (Q)Kanae Hisami (JPN) 63 36 76(2)
(2)Seiko Okamoto (JPN) v Tomoko Sugano (JPN) 64 75

2nd Round

(1)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) v (LL)Kaori Onishi (JPN) 62 63
Montinee Tangphong (THA) d. Nicole Kriz (AUS) 41 Ret.

Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) v (Q)Maya Kato (JPN) 64 46 62
Jin-A Lee (KOR) d. Erika Sema (JPN) 61 36 75

(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v Remi Tezuka (JPN) 62 46 63
(3)Yurika Sema (JPN) v Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) 62 64

(5)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) v Mari Tanaka (JPN) 76(6) 26 63
(2)Seiko Okamoto (JPN) v (Q)Miki Miyamura (JPN) 75 60

QF

(1)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) v Montinee Tangphong (THA) 62 06 64
Jin-A Lee (KOR) d. Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) 61 62
(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v (3)Yurika Sema (JPN) 62 63
(5)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) v (2)Seiko Okamoto (JPN) 63 63

SF

Jin-A Lee (KOR) d. (1)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) 63 62
(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v (5)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) 63 75

Final

(7)Erika Takao (JPN) d. Jin-A Lee (KOR) 64 61


Doubles Main Draw

(1)Chan/Okamoto (TPE/JPN) v Kim/Lee (KOR) 63 64
Chen/Kao (TPE) v (wc)Otake/Seki (JPN) 62 61

Kato/Maekawa (JPN) d. (4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) 64 36 11-9
Chang/Du Plessis (KOR/RSA) v (Q)Koshino/Tanaka (JPN) 63 63

Tezuka/Zhou (JPN/CHN) v (wc)H.Chan/Kasuya (TPE/JPN) 63 57 10-6
(3)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v (wc)Eguchi/Takayama (JPN) 63 62

Sema/Sema (JPN) v (Q)Takagishi/Tangphong (JPN/THA) 63 61
Chang/Hwang (TPE) d. (2)Oka/Sugano (JPN) 61 64

QF

(1)Chan/Okamoto (TPE/JPN) v Chen/Kao (TPE) 63 61
Kato/Maekawa (JPN) d. Chang/Du Plessis (KOR/RSA) 63 62
Tezuka/Zhou (JPN/CHN) v (3)Liu/Zhao (CHN) 75 64
Sema/Sema (JPN) v Chang/Hwang (TPE) 67(4) 63 10-8

SF

Kato/Maekawa (JPN) d. (1)Chan/Okamoto (TPE/JPN) 63 64
Sema/Sema (JPN) v Tezuka/Zhou (JPN/CHN) 76(3) 26 10-4

Final

Sema/Sema (JPN) d. Kato/Maekawa (JPN) 76(1) 63

8 ZHOU, Yi-Miao CHN come on

LIU, Wan-Ting WANG, Qiang LI, Ting
go go go go go come on！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

miao miao always with wan-ting :lol:

hope tomoko yonemura gets a md wc here,she was ranked #418 ,after last week she is up to#283:eek::eek:

WCM KINARD, Tori USA 903= 1
WCM ADACHI, Yuko JPN 1
WCM EGUCHI, Misa JPN 1

WCQ KURASHIMA, Yuri JPN 1
WCQ CHAN, Hao-Ching TPE 1

Go Lizaan...and Misa #2 :lol:

Good luck to:

Yi-Miao Zhou:kiss:
Wan-ting Liu:rolleyes:
Qiang Wang:)
Ting Li:drool:
Kai-Chen Chang:worship:

Singles Qualifying Draw

Yi CHEN (TPE) (1) Vs Kaori ONISHI (JPN)
Yuri KASUYA (JPN) Vs Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (10)

Ayumi OKA (JPN) (2) Vs Saori KARIKOMI (JPN)
Shiho OTAKE (JPN) Vs Ting LI (CHN) (14)

Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) (3) Vs Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN)
Sayaka WATANABE (JPN) Vs Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) (11)

Suchanun VIRATPRASERT (THA) (4) Vs Kei SEKINE (JPN)
Anjyu KANDA (JPN) Vs Qiang WANG (CHN) (12)

Lizaan DU PLESSIS (RSA) (5) Vs Hiromi OKAZAKI (JPN)
Ai KOGA (JPN) Vs Mari INOUE (JPN) (16)

Alison BAI (AUS) (6) Vs Kasumi AIKO (JPN)
Ayano HONDA (JPN) Vs Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) (15)

Maya KATO (JPN) (7) Vs Chihiro TAKAYAMA (JPN)
Chika TERASAWA (JPN) Vs So-Jung KIM (KOR) (9)

Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (8) Vs Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN)
Yuri KURASHIMA (JPN) Vs Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) (13)

Good Luck to Yi...
No Hao-Chin...WCQ?

good luck in qualies
[3]tomoyo takagishi:)
[2]ayumi oka:yeah:
[8] ayaka maekawa:)

Singles Main Draw

(1)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) v (wc)Tori Kinard (USA)
Q v Q

Kyung-Mi Chang (TPE) v Nicole Kriz (AUS)
(6)Yi-Miao Zhao (CHN) v Montinee Tangphong (THA)

(4)I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) v Q
Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) v Q

Erika Sema (JPN) v (wc)Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)
(8)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) v Jin-A Lee (KOR)

(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v Emily Hewson (AUS)
Remi Tezuka (JPN) v Q

Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) v (wc)Yuko Adachi (JPN)
(3)Yurika Sema (JPN) v Q

(5)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) v Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)
Mari Tanaka (JPN) v (wc)Misa Eguchi (JPN)

Q v Q
(2)Seiko Okamoto (JPN) v Tomoko Sugano (JPN)

Singles Qualifying Draw - 1st Round Results

Kaori ONISHI (JPN) defeated Yi CHEN (TPE) (1) 2-6 6-4 7-6(6)
Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (10) defeated Yuri KASUYA (JPN) 6-4 6-0

Ayumi OKA (JPN) (2) defeated Saori KARIKOMI (JPN) 6-2 6-2
Ting LI (CHN) (14) defeated Shiho OTAKE (JPN) 6-3 4-6 6-1

Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) (3) 6-4 6-4
Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) (11) defeated Sayaka WATANABE (JPN) 6-3 6-1

Suchanun VIRATPRASERT (THA) (4) defeated Kei SEKINE (JPN) 6-1 6-1
Qiang WANG (CHN) (12) defeated Anjyu KANDA (JPN) 6-0 6-1

Lizaan DU PLESSIS (RSA) (5) defeated Hiromi OKAZAKI (JPN) 6-3 6-3
Ai KOGA (JPN) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) (16) 7-5 6-2

Alison BAI (AUS) (6) defeated Kasumi AIKO (JPN) 6-4 6-3
Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) (15) defeated Ayano HONDA (JPN) 6-0 6-0

Maya KATO (JPN) (7) defeated Chihiro TAKAYAMA (JPN) 6-2 6-0
So-Jung KIM (KOR) (9) defeated Chika TERASAWA (JPN) 6-1 6-1

Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (8) defeated Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) 6-1 6-0
Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) (13) defeated Yuri KURASHIMA (JPN) 6-1 6-1

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Chan/Okamoto (TPE/JPN) v Kim/Lee (KOR)
Chen/Kao (TPE) v (wc)Otake/Seki (JPN)

(4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) v Kato/Maekawa (JPN)
Chang/Du Plessis (KOR/RSA) v (Q)Koshino/Tanaka (JPN)

Tezuka/Zhou (JPN/CHN) v (wc)H.Chan/Kasuya (TPE/JPN)
(3)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v (wc)Eguchi/Takayama (JPN)

Sema/Sema (JPN) v (Q)Takagishi/Tangphong (JPN/THA)
(2)Oka/Sugano (JPN) v Chang/Hwang (TPE)

:D Lizaan

Alison :cool:
Emily is back :bounce:

Eva, another close loss. :fiery:
Tomoyo :sad:
Jan, Alison, So-Jung & Miki :yeah:

Lizaan ;) :)

Go Little Ting, Qiang, Wan-Ting, Yi-Miao, Kyung-Mi and Seiko :D :banana:

Go Kai-Chen, Chin-Wei, Yi and I-Hsuang!!!

Ellen not in Maindraw :sad:

Good Luck

Nicola Kriz
Yi-Miao Zhou
Emily Hewson

Final Round

Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (10) defeated Kaori ONISHI (JPN) 7-6(3) 1-6 6-3
Ayumi OKA (JPN) (2) defeated Ting LI (CHN) (14) 6-4 4-6 7-6(3)
Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) (11) 6-1 6-1
Suchanun VIRATPRASERT (THA) (4) defeated Qiang WANG (CHN) (12) 6-4 6-2
Lizaan DU PLESSIS (RSA) (5) defeated Ai KOGA (JPN) 6-2 6-2
Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) (15) defeated Alison BAI (AUS) (6) 6-1 6-4
Maya KATO (JPN) (7) defeated So-Jung KIM (KOR) (9) 6-2 7-6(4)
Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) (13) defeated Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (8) 7-6(5) 6-3

Singles Main Draw

(1)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) v (wc)Tori Kinard (USA) 64 46 64
(Q)Yurina Koshino (JPN) v (LL)Kaori Onishi (JPN)

Kyung-Mi Chang (TPE) v Nicole Kriz (AUS)
(6)Yi-Miao Zhao (CHN) v Montinee Tangphong (THA)

(4)I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) v (Q)Maya Kato (JPN)
Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) v (Q)Anastasia Malhotra (JPN)

Erika Sema (JPN) v (wc)Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)
Jin-A Lee (KOR) d. (8)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) 61 75

(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v (Q)Suchanun Viratprasert (THA)
Remi Tezuka (JPN) v (Q)Ayumi Oka (JPN)

Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) v (wc)Yuko Adachi (JPN) 62 62
(3)Yurika Sema (JPN) v (Q)Lizaan Du Plessis (RSA)

(5)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) v Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)
Mari Tanaka (JPN) v (wc)Misa Eguchi (JPN) 61 61

(Q)Kanae Hisami (JPN) v (Q)Miki Miyamura (JPN)
(2)Seiko Okamoto (JPN) v Tomoko Sugano (JPN) 64 75


Doubles Main Draw

(1)Chan/Okamoto (TPE/JPN) v Kim/Lee (KOR)
Chen/Kao (TPE) v (wc)Otake/Seki (JPN)

Kato/Maekawa (JPN) d. (4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) 64 36 11-9
Chang/Du Plessis (KOR/RSA) v (Q)Koshino/Tanaka (JPN)

Tezuka/Zhou (JPN/CHN) v (wc)H.Chan/Kasuya (TPE/JPN) 63 57 10-6
(3)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v (wc)Eguchi/Takayama (JPN)

Sema/Sema (JPN) v (Q)Takagishi/Tangphong (JPN/THA)
(2)Oka/Sugano (JPN) v Chang/Hwang (TPE)

Seiko won a match. :eek:

QIANG :sad:
Ting :fiery:
Wan-Ting :banana:
Chin-Wei :)

Ting and Qiang :tears:

tough loss, junior ting li :crying2:

Singles Main Draw

(1)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) v (wc)Tori Kinard (USA) 64 46 64
(LL)Kaori Onishi (JPN) d. (Q)Yurina Koshino (JPN) 62 26 75

Nicole Kriz (AUS) d. Kyung-Mi Chang (TPE) 63 75
Montinee Tangphong (THA) d. (6)Yi-Miao Zhao (CHN) 76(5) 61

(Q)Maya Kato (JPN) d. (4)I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 76(5) 64
Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) v (Q)Anastasia Malhotra (JPN) 60 20 Ret.

Erika Sema (JPN) v (wc)Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) 60 60
Jin-A Lee (KOR) d. (8)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) 61 75

(7)Erika Takao (JPN) v (Q)Suchanun Viratprasert (THA) 64 62
Remi Tezuka (JPN) v (Q)Ayumi Oka (JPN) 76(2) 63

Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) v (wc)Yuko Adachi (JPN) 62 62
(3)Yurika Sema (JPN) v (Q)Lizaan Du Plessis (RSA) 36 64 61

(5)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) v Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 64 76(6)
Mari Tanaka (JPN) v (wc)Misa Eguchi (JPN) 61 61

(Q)Miki Miyamura (JPN) d. (Q)Kanae Hisami (JPN) 63 36 76(2)
(2)Seiko Okamoto (JPN) v Tomoko Sugano (JPN) 64 75


Doubles Main Draw

(1)Chan/Okamoto (TPE/JPN) v Kim/Lee (KOR) 63 64
Chen/Kao (TPE) v (wc)Otake/Seki (JPN) 62 61

Kato/Maekawa (JPN) d. (4)Bai/Kriz (AUS) 64 36 11-9
Chang/Du Plessis (KOR/RSA) v (Q)Koshino/Tanaka (JPN) 63 63

Tezuka/Zhou (JPN/CHN) v (wc)H.Chan/Kasuya (TPE/JPN) 63 57 10-6
(3)Liu/Zhao (CHN) v (wc)Eguchi/Takayama (JPN) 63 62

Sema/Sema (JPN) v (Q)Takagishi/Tangphong (JPN/THA) 63 61
Chang/Hwang (TPE) d. (2)Oka/Sugano (JPN) 61 64

Shiho won a match :eek: & against a red-hot Kai-Chen! :eek:

Wow Shiho :eek:

Erika :bounce:

Wan-Ting :eek: :D
Yi-Miao :sad: but well done Montinee.

Bad luck Kai-Chen! You put up a good fight! Win the doubles now!

Malhorta :help:

I hope it isn't serious.

Second Round:
1-Chan def LL-Onishi 6-2 6-3
3-Sema def Liu 6-2 6-4

Thats all i have for now!! :wavey:

Second round

(1)Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) d. (LL)Kaori Onishi (JPN) 62 63
Montinee Tangphong (THA) d. Nicole Kriz (AUS) 41 ret.

Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) d. (Q)Maya Kato (JPN) 64 46 62
Jin-A Lee (KOR) d. Erika Sema (JPN) 61 36 75

(7)Erika Takao (JPN) d. Remi Tezuka (JPN) 62 46 63
(3)Yurika Sema (JPN) d. Wan-Ting Liu (CHN) 62 64

(5)Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) d. Mari Tanaka (JPN) 76(6) 26 63
(2)Seiko Okamoto (JPN) d. (Q)Miki Miyamura (JPN) 75 60

Doubles QF

(1)Chan/Okamoto (TPE/JPN) d. Chen/Kao (TPE) 63 61
Kato/Maekawa (JPN) d. Chang/Du Plessis (KOR/RSA) 63 62

Tezuka/Zhou (JPN/CHN) d. (3)Liu/Zhao (CHN) 75 64
Sema/Sema (JPN) d. Chang/Hwang (TPE) 67(4) 63 [10-8]

Erika :yeah:
Chiaki seems to be playing quite well at the moment. :yeah: Keep it up.

Chin-Wei and Montinee :D
Wan-Ting :sad:

Quarterfinal

Chin-Wei CHAN (TPE) (1) defeated Montinee TANGPHONG (THA) 6-2 0-6 6-4
Jin-A LEE (KOR) defeated Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN) 6-1 6-2
Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) defeated Yurika SEMA (JPN) (3) 6-2 6-3
Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) (5) defeated Seiko OKAMOTO (JPN) (2) 6-3 6-3

Erika :bounce:
Please win this :D.

Where has Shiho's form come from? :eek:

Yuri :help:

Shiho's really turned things around. :o

It's really too bad Jin-A doesn't play many tournaments. :(

Tezuka/Zhou :D

Semifinal
Jin-A LEE (KOR) defeated Chin-Wei CHAN (TPE) (1) 6-3 6-2
Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) defeated Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN) (5) 6-3 7-5

Erika :woohoo:
Win this please.
Finally a good tournament. :yeah:

Final

Sema/Sema (JPN) d. Kato/Maekawa (JPN) 76(1) 63

Sema/Sema!:bounce::banana:

Sainarong posted the result in Erika's thread
Final

Erika TAKAO (JPN) (7) defeated Jin-A LEE (KOR) 6-4 6-1

Erika :eek: :D

Erika :woohoo:

First title since 2006 and so deserved after her injury problems. Keep it up :yeah: :hug:

Well done Erika! Would love to see her back in the Top 130. :cool:

Welcome back Erika :) :hug:

well done erika!:):bounce:,hope she can keep going and get her ranking back up there!:)

Well done Erika ;)