10,000$ Tokyo-Akishima, Japan

Showanomori Tennis Tournament 2007

Surface: Carpet

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Previous Winners:
2007: Ling ZHANG HKG d. Mari TANAKA JAP 46 75 62

2008 Draws


Quali
(1) Yurina KOSHINO JAP d. Ryo TAKAHASHI JAP 61 62
Wing-Yau Venise CHAN HKG d. Seira ETORI JAP 62 60
Wen-Hsin HSU TPE d. (2) Da-Jung HONG KOR 63 64
(15) Ji-Young KIM KOR d. Yoshimi KAKUTA JAP 64 75
Kazusa ITO JAP d. (3) Cassandra BARR AUS 64 60
Saori KARIKOMI JAP d. (13) Kasumi AIKO JAP 64 21 ret
(4) Kei SEKINE JAP d. Chiho KOBAYASHI JAP 76 63
(12) Yumi MIYAZAKI JAP d. Yuri KASUYA JAP 61 63
(5) Yuko KURATA JAP d. wc Tomoko IYORI JAP 62 75
Shayna McDOWELL AUS d. (14) Rie IMAI JAP 63 64
Yuuki TANAKA JAP d. (6) Airi HAGIMOTO JAP 60 60
(11) Joohyoung KIM KOR d. wc Jia-Bei MEI CHN 60 60
(7) So-Jung KIM KOR d. Mika KAWAMURA JAP 60 64
(9) Ai YAMASOTO JAP d. Akari INOUE JAP 64 64
(8) Shuko AOYAMA JAP d. wc Kai-Lin ZHANG CHN 75 60
(10) Mitsuko ISE JAP d. Hiromi OKAZAKI JAP 63 62
2nd round
(1) Yurina KOSHINO JAP d. Wing-Yau Venise CHAN HKG 76 46 63
Wen-Hsin HSU TPE d. (15) Ji-Young KIM KOR 63 62
Saori KARIKOMI JAP d. Kazusa ITO JAP 63 64
(12) Yumi MIYAZAKI JAP d. (4) Kei SEKINE JAP 62 62
Shayna McDOWELL AUS d. (5) Yuko KURATA JAP 63 60
Yuuki TANAKA JAP d. (11) Joohyoung KIM KOR 61 61
(9) Ai YAMASOTO JAP d. (7) So-Jung KIM KOR 75 64
(8) Shuko AOYAMA JAP d. (10) Mitsuko ISE JAP 62 61
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SINGLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Kyung-Mi CHANG KOR vs Mari INOUE JAP 61 61
Min-Hwa YU KOR vs Yumi NAKANO JAP 36 26
Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP vs Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI THA 63 36 63
(6) Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP vs wc Mitsumi KAWASAKI JAP 63 76
(3) Emily HEWSON AUS vs wc Maiko INOUE JAP 26 63 46
Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP vs q Saori KARIKOMI JAP 61 60
wc Sayaka UMEDA JAP vs Maki ARAI JAP 67 67
(5) Maya KATO JAP vs q Yumi MIYAZAKI JAP 26 36
(7) Remi TEZUKA JAP vs q Shayna McDOWELL AUS 36 62 36
q Yurina KOSHINO JAP vs Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP 67 63 26
q Ai YAMASOTO JAP vs Kanae HISAMI JAP 46 26
(4) Ayumi OKA JAP vs Jin-Hee KIM KOR 60 16 75
(8) Suchanun VIRATPRASERT THA vs q Wen-Hsin HSU TPE 16 57
Sung-Hee HAN KOR vs q Shuko AOYAMA JAP 46 46
Miki MIYAMURA JAP vs q Yuuki TANAKA JAP 76 67 61
(2) Kyung-Yee CHAE KOR vs wc Miho KOWASE JAP 62 61
2nd round
(1) Kyung-Mi CHANG KOR d. Yumi NAKANO JAP 36 64 62
(6) Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP d. Etsuko KITAZAKI JAP 62 63
Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP d. wc Maiko INOUE JAP 61 76
q Yumi MIYAZAKI JAP d. Maki ARAI JAP 36 62 60
Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP d. q Shayna McDOWELL AUS 62 64
(4) Ayumi OKA JAP d. Kanae HISAMI JAP 75 60
q Shuko AOYAMA JAP d. q Wen-Hsin HSU TPE 62 64
(2) Kyung-Yee CHAE KOR d. Miki MIYAMURA JAP 61 75
QF
(6) Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP d. (1) Kyung-Mi CHANG KOR 60 64
q Yumi MIYAZAKI JAP d. Anastasia MALHOTRA JAP 06 62 62
(4) Ayumi OKA JAP d. Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP 26 64 61
(2) Kyung-Yee CHAE KOR d. q Shuko AOYAMA JAP 36 76 62
SF
q Yumi MIYAZAKI JAP d. (6) Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP 76 46 64
(2) Kyung-Yee CHAE KOR d. (4) Ayumi OKA JAP 64 61
Final
(2) Kyung-Yee CHAE KOR d. q Yumi MIYAZAKI JAP 63 16 63

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DOUBLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Ayumi OKA JAP/Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI THA vs Hiromi OKAZAKI/Sayaka UMEDA JAP 61 75
Eun-Hye CHO/Min-Hwa YU KOR vs q Jia-Bei MEI/Kai-Ling ZHANG CHN 61 61
(4) Yi-Jung KIM/So-Jung KIM KOR vs q Shuko AOYAMA/Yumi NAKANO JAP 64 75
Akari and Maiko INOUE JAP vs Maki ARAI/Yurina KOSHINO JAP 61 26 10-6
Miso KINOSHITA/Yuuki TANAKA JAP vs Maya KATO/Miki MIYAMURA JAP 64 06 11-9
(3) Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP vs Mari INOUE/Kazusa ITO JAP 75 26 10-2
Natsumi KURITA/Kei SEKINE JAP vs Da-Jung HONG/Jin-Hee KIM KOR 26 26
(2) Kyung-Mi CHANG/Kyung-Yee CHAE KOR vs Sung-Hee HAN/Joohyoung KIM KOR 61 76
QF
(1) Ayumi OKA JAP/Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI THA d. Eun-Hye CHO/Min-Hwa YU KOR 64 64
Akari and Maiko INOUE JAP d. (4) Yi-Jung KIM/So-Jung KIM KOR 64 64
(3) Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP d. Miso KINOSHITA/Yuuki TANAKA JAP 75 62
(2) Kyung-Mi CHANG/Kyung-Yee CHAE KOR d. Da-Jung HONG/Jin-Hee KIM KOR 63 64
SF
(1) Ayumi OKA JAP/Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI THA d. Akari and Maiko INOUE JAP 36 64 10-8
(2) Kyung-Mi CHANG/Kyung-Yee CHAE KOR d. (3) Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP 61 61
Final
(2) Kyung-Mi CHANG/Kyung-Yee CHAE KOR d. (1) Ayumi OKA JAP/Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI THA 36 62 10-7

Nice to see Venise playing during her summer break. :)

RU Maya Kato

Q

All players Japanese unless stated otherwise

1-Yurina Koshino vs WC-Ryo Takahashi
Venise Chan (HKG) vs Seira Etori

2-Da-Jung Hong (KOR) vs Wen-Hsin Hsu (TPE)
Yoshimi Kakuta vs 15-Ji-Young Kim (KOR)

3-Cassandra Barr (AUS) vs Kazusa Ito
Saori Karikomi vs 13-Kasumi Aiko

4-Kei Sekine vs Chiho Kobayashi
Yuri Kasuya vs 12-Yumi Miyazaki

5-Yuko Kurata vs WC-Tomoko Iyori
Shayna McDowell (AUS) vs 14-Rie Imai

6-Airi Hagimoto vs Yuuki Tanaka
WC-Jia-Bei Mei (CHN) vs 11-Joo-Hyung Kim (KOR)

7-So-Jung Kim (KOR) vs Mika Kawamura
Akari Inoue vs 9-Ai Yamamoto

8-Shuko Aoyama vs WC-Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN)
Hiromi Okazaki vs 10-Mitsuko Ise

QDB: Venise Chan, So Jung Kim

QDB: McDowell, Koshino

QDB: Venise Chan and Miyazaki

QDB: V. Chan, Aoyama

QDB: Venise Chan, So Jung Kim

QDB: Venise Chan, So Jung Kim

Results on ITF Site, sorry couldn't be bothered typing them :o
here's the link: http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100102439&tournament=1100018140

Shayna won 6-3 6-4 :)

Qualifying round 1:

1-Yurina Koshino vs WC-Ryo Takahashi 6-1 6-2
Venise Chan (HKG) vs Seira Etori 6-2 6-0

2-Da-Jung Hong (KOR) vs Wen-Hsin Hsu (TPE) 3-6 4-6
Yoshimi Kakuta vs 15-Ji-Young Kim (KOR) 4-6 5-7

3-Cassandra Barr (AUS) vs Kazusa Ito 4-6 0-6
Saori Karikomi vs 13-Kasumi Aiko 6-4 2-1 ret. Aiko

4-Kei Sekine vs Chiho Kobayashi 7-6 (3) 6-3
Yuri Kasuya vs 12-Yumi Miyazaki 1-6 3-6

5-Yuko Kurata vs WC-Tomoko Iyori 6-2 7-5
Shayna McDowell (AUS) vs 14-Rie Imai 6-3 6-4

6-Airi Hagimoto vs Yuuki Tanaka 0-6 0-6
WC-Jia-Bei Mei (CHN) vs 11-Joo-Hyung Kim (KOR) 0-6 0-6

7-So-Jung Kim (KOR) vs Mika Kawamura 6-0 6-4
Akari Inoue vs 9-Ai Yamamoto 4-6 4-6

8-Shuko Aoyama vs WC-Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN) 7-5 6-0
Hiromi Okazaki vs 10-Mitsuko Ise 3-6 2-6

QDB: Joo-Hyung Kim and So-Jung Kim (both R2)

QDB: Chan, Hsu (both r2)

Cassie :bigcry:
Shayna :cool:

QDB: Aoyama and Mcdowell( last Q round)

QDB: Joo-Hyung Kim and So-Jung Kim (both R2)

Single Main draw

1-CHANG, Kyung-Mi (KOR) vs INOUE, Mari (JPN)
YU, Min-Hwa (KOR) vs NAKANO, Yumi (JPN)
KITAZAKI, Etsuko (JPN) vs KATO, Maya (JPN)
WC-KAWASAKI, Mitsumi (JPN) vs 5-MAEKAWA, Ayaka (JPN)

4-HEWSON, Emily (AUS) vs WC- INOUE, Maiko (JPN)
MALHOTRA, Anastasia (JPN) vs Q- KARIKOMI, Saori (JPN)
WC- UMEDA, Sayaka (JPN) vs ARAI, Maki (JPN)
Q- MIYAZAKI, Yumi (JPN) vs 8-WONGTEANCHAI, Varatchaya (THA)

6-TEZUKA, Remi (JPN) vs Q- MCDOWELL, Shayna (AUS)
Q- KOSHINO, Yurina (JPN) vs SHIMIZU, Sakiko (JPN)
Q- YAMAMOTO, Ai (JPN) vs HISAMI, Kanae (JPN)
KIM, Jin-Hee (KOR) vs 3-OKA, Ayumi (JPN)

7- VIRATPRASERT, Suchanun (THA) vs Q- HSU, Wen-Hsin (TPE)
HAN, Sung-Hee (KOR) vs Q- AOYAMA, Shuko (JPN)
MIYAMURA, Miki (JPN) vs Q- TANAKA, Yuuki (JPN)
WC-KOWASE, Maho (JPN) vs 2-CHAE, Kyung-Yee (KOR)

Doubles Main Draw

1-OKA (JPN) / WONGTEANCHAI (THA) vs WC- OKAZAKI (JPN) / UMEDA (JPN)
CHO (KOR) / YU (KOR) vs Q
4-KIM (KOR) / KIM (KOR) vs Q
WC- INOUE (JPN) / INOUE (JPN) vs ARAI (JPN) / KOSHINO (JPN)

WC- KINOSHITA (JPN) / TANAKA (JPN) vs KATO (JPN) / MIYAMURA (JPN)
INOUE (JPN) / ITO (JPN) vs 3- HAGIMOTO (JPN) / SHIMIZU (JPN)
KURITA (JPN) / SEKINE (JPN) vs HONG (KOR) / KIM (KOR)
HAN (KOR) / KIM (KOR) vs 2-CHAE (KOR) / CHANG (KOR)

Jan vs Wen-Hsin in the 1R?! :mad: :banghead:

Both would've advanced far... :fiery:

Q2

Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) (1) defeated Wing-Yau Venise CHAN (HKG) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3
Wen-Hsin HSU (TPE) defeated Ji-Young KIM (KOR) (15) 6-3 6-2
Saori KARIKOMI (JPN) defeated Kazusa ITO (JPN) 6-3 6-4
Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) (12) defeated Kei SEKINE (JPN) (4) 6-2 6-2
Shayna MCDOWELL (AUS) defeated Yuko KURATA (JPN) (5) 6-3 6-0
Yuuki TANAKA (JPN) defeated Joohyoung KIM (KOR) (11) 6-1 6-1
Ai YAMAMOTO (JPN) (9) defeated So-Jung KIM (KOR) (7) 7-5 6-4
Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) (8) defeated Mitsuko ISE (JPN) (10) 6-2 6-1

Venise :help: :banghead:
Wen-Hsin :yeah:
So-Jung, she showed so much potential before injuries... :sad:

Shayna :)
Win a few matches in MD :yeah:

VENISE! Show them all Hong Kong power! :banana:
Also good luck to Chang Kyung-Mi, Yu Min-Hwa and Anastasia Malhotra :D

oh dear, Venise. haha I spoke to soon! :weirdo:

W: Tezuka
RU: Hewson
DB: K-Y Chae, K-M Chang

W: Chang
RU: Viratprasert

W: Yu
RU: Oka
DB: Chae, Hewson

W: Yu
RU: Miyamura
DB: Maekawa and Chae

Winner: Aoyama
RU: K-M Chang
MDDB: Chae & K-M Chang

W: K.Y. Chae
RU: K.M. Chang

Winner : Tezuka
RU : Maekawa

DB : #2 seed & #5 seed

W: Tezuka
RU: Hewson
MDB: Kyung-Yee Chae, Maekawa

W: Hsu
RU: Yu
DB: Hewson, Chae

W: Yu
RU: Miyamura
DB: Hewson, Chae

W: Hewson
RU: Tezuka
MDB: Hewson and Maekawa

W: Suchanun Viratprasert
RU: Kyung-Mi Chang
DB: Arai


GOOD LUCK TO:
- Emily Hewson
- Shayna McDowell

Hsu Wen-hsin's blog
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/cadywen13
Best luck for her in Japan, and hope she could get into the quali next week. She could enter the Wimbledon quali in 2006, if not the back injuries..

Hsu Wen-hsin's blog
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/cadywen13
Best luck for her in Japan, and hope she could get into the quali next week. She could enter the Wimbledon quali in 2006, if not the back injuries..
Thanks. :)

She was actually in the RG '06 qualifying draw, but pulled out just before her match... :sad:

Tuesday Results

Kyung-Mi CHANG (KOR) (1) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) 6-1 6-1
Yumi NAKANO (JPN) defeated Min-Hwa YU (KOR) 6-3 6-2

Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) defeated Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (6) defeated Mitsumi KAWASAKI (JPN) 6-4 7-5

Maiko INOUE (JPN) defeated Emily HEWSON (AUS) (3) 6-2 3-6 6-4
Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) Vs Saori KARIKOMI (JPN)

Maki ARAI (JPN) defeated Sayaka UMEDA (JPN) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) Vs Maya KATO (JPN) (5)

Remi TEZUKA (JPN) (7) Vs Shayna MCDOWELL (AUS)
Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) Vs Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN)

Ai YAMAMOTO (JPN) Vs Kanae HISAMI (JPN)
Ayumi OKA (JPN) (4) defeated Jin-Hee KIM (KOR) 6-0 1-6 7-5

Suchanun VIRATPRASERT (THA) (8) Vs Wen-Hsin HSU (TPE)
Sung-Hee HAN (KOR) Vs Shuko AOYAMA (JPN)

Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) Vs Yuuki TANAKA (JPN)
Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) (2) defeated Maho KOWASE (JPN) 6-2 6-1

Why the draw was change?

ITF messed up the draw it seems,this must be the correct one

They corrected it on the ITF website as well.

http://www.tennisuniverse.co.jp/tournament/itf_pdf/W-C10-JPN-03A-2008Md.pdf

1R

Kyung-Mi CHANG (KOR) (1) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) 6-1 6-1
Yumi NAKANO (JPN) defeated Min-Hwa YU (KOR) 6-3 6-2
Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) defeated Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (6) defeated Mitsumi KAWASAKI (JPN) 6-4 7-5

Maiko INOUE (JPN) defeated Emily HEWSON (AUS) (3) 6-2 3-6 6-4
Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Saori KARIKOMI (JPN) 6-1 6-0
Maki ARAI (JPN) defeated Sayaka UMEDA (JPN) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) defeated Maya KATO (JPN) (5) 6-2 6-3

Shayna MCDOWELL (AUS) defeated Remi TEZUKA (JPN) (7) 6-3 2-6 6-2
Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN) defeated Yurina KOSHINO (JPN) 7-5 3-6 6-2
Kanae HISAMI (JPN) defeated Ai YAMAMOTO (JPN) 6-4 6-2
Ayumi OKA (JPN) (4) defeated Jin-Hee KIM (KOR) 6-0 1-6 7-5

Wen-Hsin HSU (TPE) defeated Suchanun VIRATPRASERT (THA) (8) 6-1 7-5
Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) defeated Sung-Hee HAN (KOR) 6-4 6-4
Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) defeated Yuuki TANAKA (JPN) 7-6(3) 6-7(6) 6-1
Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) (2) defeated Maho KOWASE (JPN) 6-2 6-1

Shayna what a win! :worship:

2R

Kyung-Mi CHANG (KOR) (1) defeated Yumi NAKANO (JPN) 3-6 6-4 6-2
Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (6) defeated Etsuko KITAZAKI (JPN) 6-2 6-3

Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) defeated Maiko INOUE (JPN) 6-1 7-6(6)
Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) defeated Maki ARAI (JPN) 3-6 6-2 6-0

Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN) defeated Shayna MCDOWELL (AUS) 6-2 6-4
Ayumi OKA (JPN) (4) defeated Kanae HISAMI (JPN) 7-5 6-0

Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) defeated Wen-Hsin HSU (TPE) 6-2 6-4
Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) (2) defeated Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) 6-1 7-5

Shayna :sad:
Good to see you got through this tournament, winning three matches and with no injuries :)
Good luck for your next tournament :hug:
Hope Shimizu wins it now :angel:

QF

Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (6) defeated Kyung-Mi CHANG (KOR) (1) 6-0 6-4
Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) defeated Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) 0-6 6-2 6-2
Ayumi OKA (JPN) (4) defeated Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN) 2-6 6-4 6-1
Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) (2) defeated Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2

SF

Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) defeated Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) (6) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4
Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) (2) defeated Ayumi OKA (JPN) (4) 6-4 6-1

Finals:

Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) (2) defeated Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) 6-3 1-6 6-3 :)