PYW ITF Saint-Gaudens & Kurume

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Welcome to Saint Gaudens in France and Kurume, Japan! Saint-Gaudens is the final big ITF tournaments before the largest tournament on clay and while top players play in Rome there is a good chance for players like Cetkovska, Bovina, Fedossova, Dubois, Scheepers and Pandzić to rise their ranking. In the Carpet Surface of Kurume, Melanie South and Kimiko Date-Krumm are the big favorites to take the title. But will they overcome the dark horses like Erika Takao and Sema sisters? You decide! Vote now as the tournaments kick off!!

<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: bbcode_code --> Ranking Points Saint-Gaudens and Kurume:
ITF 50K (32, $50,000):
W - 35
F - 25
SF - 16
QF - 9
R16 - 5
R32 - 1
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Previous Finals:
Saint-Gaudens:
2007: Meng Yuan CHN [5] lost to Tatiana Perebiynis UKR | 5-7 4-6
2006: Joanna Sakowicz POL beat Timea Bacsinszky SUI [Q] | 3-6 7-5 6-2

Kurume:
2007: New Event in 2008 (25K last year)
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The Favourites:

Saint-Gaudens

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First Quarter: Elena Bovina RUS

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Second Quarter: Yulia Fedossova FRA

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Third Quarter: Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]

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Fourth Quarter: Jelena Pandzić CRO

Kurume

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First Quarter: Melanie South GBR [1]

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Second Quarter: Erika Sema JPN

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Third Quarter: Erika Takao JPN [7]

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Fourth Quarter: Yurika Sema JPN [5]

<!-- END TEMPLATE: bbcode_code -->Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1] vs Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Elena Bovina RUS vs Estelle Guisard FRA [Q]
Rebeca Bou-Nogueira ESP [Q] vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC] vs Yulia Fedossova FRA

Claudine Schaul LUX vs Mariá José Martínez Sanchez ESP
Leonie Mekel NED [LL] vs Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9] vs Anastasia Yakimova BLR
Jelena Pandzić CRO vs Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1] vs Tomoko Yonemura JPN
Yi-Miao Zhou CHN vs Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3] vs Shuko Aoyama JPN [WC]
Ling Zhang HKG vs Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7] vs Yuka Kuroda JPN [Q]
Mari Tanaka JPN vs Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Yurika Sema JPN [5] vs Alexandra Panova RUS
Remi Tezuka JPN vs Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Cetkovska
Bovina
Bou-Nogueira
Fedossova

Martinez Sanchez
Dubois
Manasieva
Hsieh


South
Date-Krumm
Okamoto
Sema

Takao
Tanaka
Sema
Tezuka

Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Estelle Guisard FRA [Q]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Jelena Pandzić CRO

Tomoko Yonemura JPN
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Shuko Aoyama JPN [WC]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA

Claudine Schaul LUX
Leonie Mekel NED [LL]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Jelena Pandzić CRO

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Shuko Aoyama JPN [WC]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Mari Tanaka JPN
Alexandra Panova RUS
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC]

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Ling Zhang HKG

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Mari Tanaka JPN
Alexandra Panova RUS
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC]

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:

Tomoko Yonemura JPN
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Mari Tanaka JPN
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Remi Tezuka JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Elena Bovina RUS
Rebeca Bou-Nogueira ESP [Q]
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC]

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Anastasia Yakimova BLR
Jelena Pandzić CRO

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Ling Zhang HKG

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Alexandra Panova RUS
Remi Tezuka JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Anastasia Yakimova BLR
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]


Kurume | Second Round:
Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Remi Tezuka JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Estelle Guisard FRA [Q]
Rebeca Bou-Nogueira ESP [Q]
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC]

Mariá José Martínez Sanchez ESP
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Alexandra Panova RUS
Remi Tezuka JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA
Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Anastasia Yakimova BLR
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN
Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Alexandra Panova RUS
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Jelena Pandzić CRO

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN

Yuka Kuroda JPN [Q]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:
Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:
Tomoko Yonemura JPN
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA

Mariá José Martínez Sanchez ESP
Leonie Mekel NED [LL]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Jelena Pandzić CRO

Kurume:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Mari Tanaka JPN
Alexandra Panova RUS
Remi Tezuka JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:
Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC]

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:
Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Ling Zhang HKG

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Mari Tanaka JPN
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA

Claudine Schaul LUXStéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9] Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Yi-Miao Zhou CHN
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Shuko Aoyama JPN [WC]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Alexandra Panova RUS
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:
Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC]

Claudine Schaul LUX
Leonie Mekel NED [LL]
Anastasia Yakimova BLR
Jelena Pandzić CRO

Kurume | Second Round:
Melanie South GBR [1]
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Ling Zhang HKG

Yuka Kuroda JPN [Q]
Mari Tanaka JPN
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Rebeca Bou-Nogueira ESP [Q]
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC]

Claudine Schaul LUXP
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Yi-Miao Zhou CHN
Shuko Aoyama JPN [WC]
Ling Zhang HKG

Yuka Kuroda JPN [Q]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Alexandra Panova RUS
Remi Tezuka JPN

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1]
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Yulia Fedossova FRA

Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9]
Jelena Pandzić CRO

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1]
Yi-Miao Zhou CHN
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Alexandra Panova RUS
Tomoyo Takagishi JPN

Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Elena Bovina RUS
Rebeca Bou-Nogueira ESP [Q]
Yulia Fedossova FRA
Claudine Schaul LUX
Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3]
Anastasia Yakimova BLR
Jelena Pandzić CRO

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Melanie South GBR [1]
Yi-Miao Zhou CHN
Shuko Aoyama JPN [WC]
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Yurika Sema JPN [5]
Remi Tezuka JPN

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN
Elena Bovina RUS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE]
Amandine Hesse FRA

Claudine Schaul LUX
Leonie Mekel NED
Vesna Manasieva RUS
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2]

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC]
Seiko Okamoto JPN
Erika Sema JPN

Erika Takao JPN [7]
Ellen Barry NZL [4]
Alexandra Panova RUS
Remi Tezuka JPN

Cetkovska
Bovina
Bou-Nogueira
Hesse

Schaul
Mekel
Yakimova
Hsieh

South
Zhou
Okamoto
Sema

Takao
Barry
Sema
Takagishi

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1] vs Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN | 5-7 6-0 1-2
Elena Bovina RUS beat Estelle Guisard FRA [Q] | 6-1 6-1
Rebeca Bou-Nogueira ESP [Q] lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE] | 3-6 0-6
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC] lost to Yulia Fedossova FRA | 4-6 3-6

Claudine Schaul LUX beat Mariá José Martínez Sanchez ESP | 6-1 6-2
Leonie Mekel NED [LL] lost to Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3] | 1-6 1-6
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9] beat Anastasia Yakimova BLR | 6-2 6-1
Jelena Pandzić CRO lost to Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2] | 3-6 5-7

Kurume | Second Round:

Melanie South GBR [1] beat Tomoko Yonemura JPN | 6-2 6-1
Yi-Miao Zhou CHN lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC] | 0-6 0-6
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3] beat Shuko Aoyama JPN [WC] | 6-2 6-0
Ling Zhang HKG lost to Erika Sema JPN | 2-6 1-6

Erika Takao JPN [7] vs Yuka Kuroda JPN [Q] | 6-0 6-1
Mari Tanaka JPN lost to Ellen Barry NZL [4] | 4-6 3-6
Yurika Sema JPN [5] vs Alexandra Panova RUS | 7-5 5-5
Remi Tezuka JPN lost to Tomoyo Takagishi JPN | 5-7 4-6

Cetkovska

Sema

Cetkovska
Sema

Cetkovska

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1] vs Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN | 5-7 6-0 4-2
Elena Bovina RUS beat Estelle Guisard FRA [Q] | 6-1 6-1
Rebeca Bou-Nogueira ESP [Q] lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE] | 3-6 0-6
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC] lost to Yulia Fedossova FRA | 4-6 3-6

Claudine Schaul LUX beat Mariá José Martínez Sanchez ESP | 6-1 6-2
Leonie Mekel NED [LL] lost to Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3] | 1-6 1-6
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9] beat Anastasia Yakimova BLR | 6-2 6-1
Jelena Pandzić CRO lost to Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2] | 3-6 5-7

Kurume | Second Round Complete:

Melanie South GBR [1] beat Tomoko Yonemura JPN | 6-2 6-1
Yi-Miao Zhou CHN lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC] | 0-6 0-6
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3] beat Shuko Aoyama JPN [WC] | 6-2 6-0
Ling Zhang HKG lost to Erika Sema JPN | 2-6 1-6

Erika Takao JPN [7] vs Yuka Kuroda JPN [Q] | 6-0 6-1
Mari Tanaka JPN lost to Ellen Barry NZL [4] | 4-6 3-6
Yurika Sema JPN [5] beat Alexandra Panova RUS | 7-5 7-5
Remi Tezuka JPN lost to Tomoyo Takagishi JPN | 5-7 4-6

VOTE AGAIN:

Cetkovska

Cetkovska

Saint-Gaudens | Second Round Complete:

Petra Cetkovska CZE [1] beat Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN | 5-7 6-0 6-2
Elena Bovina RUS beat Estelle Guisard FRA [Q] | 6-1 6-1
Rebeca Bou-Nogueira ESP [Q] lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS [JE] | 3-6 0-6
Amandine Hesse FRA [WC] lost to Yulia Fedossova FRA | 4-6 3-6

Claudine Schaul LUX beat Mariá José Martínez Sanchez ESP | 6-1 6-2
Leonie Mekel NED [LL] lost to Stéphanie Dubois CAN [3] | 1-6 1-6
Vesna Manasieva RUS [9] beat Anastasia Yakimova BLR | 6-2 6-1
Jelena Pandzić CRO lost to Su-Wei Hsieh TPE [2] | 3-6 5-7

Kurume | Second Round Complete:

Melanie South GBR [1] beat Tomoko Yonemura JPN | 6-2 6-1
Yi-Miao Zhou CHN lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN [WC] | 0-6 0-6
Seiko Okamoto JPN [3] beat Shuko Aoyama JPN [WC] | 6-2 6-0
Ling Zhang HKG lost to Erika Sema JPN | 2-6 1-6

Erika Takao JPN [7] vs Yuka Kuroda JPN [Q] | 6-0 6-1
Mari Tanaka JPN lost to Ellen Barry NZL [4] | 4-6 3-6
Yurika Sema JPN [5] beat Alexandra Panova RUS | 7-5 7-5
Remi Tezuka JPN lost to Tomoyo Takagishi JPN | 5-7 4-6