10,000$ Brussels, Belgium

Iris Ladies Open

Surface: Clay

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[B]Previous Winners:
1998: Kim CLIJSTERS BEL d. Denisa SOBOTKOVA CZE 75 61
1999: Gabriela NAVRATILOVA CZE d. Eszter MOLNAR HUN 75 60
2000: Anouska VAN EXEL NED d. Magdalena ZDENOVCOVA CZE 64 60
2001: Camilla KREMER GER d. Evgenia LINETSKAYA RUS 61 61
2003: Leslie BUTKIEWICZ BEL d. Debbrich FEYS BEL 46 64 61
2004: Michaella KRAJICEK NED d. Elisa VILLA ITA 63 60
2005: Leslie BUTKIEWICZ BEL d. Claire DE GUBERNATIS FRA 57 61 64
2006: Renee REINHARD NED d. Marlot MEDDENS NED 26 64 76
2007: Nathalie MOHN FRA d. Leslie BUTKIEWICZ BEL 64 76

2008 Draws


Quali
(1) Virginie AYASSAMY FRA vs bye
Laura CLAUS GER d. Catherine CHANTRAINE BEL 62 75
Dominika KANAKOVA CZE d. Jenka MERGAERT BEL 60 61
Lisa WAGNER AUT d. Marine VERBEKEN BEL 75 60
(2) Nicolette VAN UITERT NED vs bye
Anastasia MEGLINSKAYA RUS d. Florence RENARD BEL 64 26 75
Esther SCHEIRLYNCK BEL d. Aglae VAN DEN BERGh BEL ret
Jenny JULLIEN FRA d. Lucia GALLEGO JOVER ESP 61 63
Kristyna HANCAROVA CZE d. Sophie NOLIN FRA 62 60
Irina RAMIALISON FRA vs bye
Marie MENACER FRA d. Danny ENGEL NED 61 61
Laura GAMBARINI ITA d. wc Irina TREGUB RUS 62 62
Nicky VAN DYCK BEL d. Denise HÜBSCH AUT 61 60
Helene AUENSEN NOR d. Chichi SCHOLL USA 67 63 63
Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL d. Ornella GENTILE BEL 61 63
Celine GHESQUIERE FRA d. Florence NA NED 61 64
Alize LIM FRA d. Andrea ARQUES GARCIA ESP 61 60
Marina SKVORTSOVA RUS d. Katharina JACOB GER 63 62
Alexandra KUDRYAVTSEVA RUS d. Jessica HERMANS BEL 64 61
Laura BERNARD BEL d. Aleksandra ROMANOVA RUS 64 36 61
Priscilla HEISE FRA d. Fleur GOEDKOOP NED 62 62
wc Quynh-Phuong TRAN GER vs bye
Solene FICHEUX FRA d. Elyne BOEYKENS BEL 75 63
Laura APAOLAZA MIRADEVILA ESP d. Estelle SUYS BEL 60 61
Eleonora PUNZO ITA d. Alice HALL FRA 61 62
Morgane PONS FRA vs bye
Ine NOWE BEL d. Melanie MARECHAL BEL 60 60
Marinela ANTONIC AUS d. Audrey DUJARDIN BEL 63 46 62
Josanne VAN BENNEKOM NED d. Lea-Katharina JACOB GER 46 60 76
Dajana AXINIE BEL vs bye
Kiki BERTENS NED d. Yulia PILNIK UKR 62 61
Veronika MAKOVEY AUS d. Jolien GADEYNE BEL 61 62
2nd round
(1) Virginie AYASSAMY FRA d. Laura CLAUS GER 62 36 64
Dominika KANAKOVA CZE d. Lisa WAGNER AUT 63 60
(2) Nicolette VAN UITERT NED d. Anastasia MEGLINSKAYA RUS 63 62
Jenny JULLIEN FRA d. Esther SCHEIERLYNCK BEL 61 62
Irina RAMIALISON FRA d. Kristyna HANCAROVA CZE 62 26 75
Marie MENACER FRA d. Laura GAMBARINI ITA 64 63
Helene AUENSEN NOR d. Nicky VAN DYCK BEL 63 75
Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL d. Celine GHESQUIERE FRA 16 63 64
Alize LIM FRA d. Marina SKVORTSOVA RUS 64 57 62
Laura BERNARD BEL d. Alexandra KUDRYAVTSEVA RUS 61 62
Priscilla HEISE FRA d. Quynh-Phuong TRAN GER 62 60
Solene FICHEUX FRA d. Laura APAOLAZA MIRADEVILA ESP 62 63
Morgane PONS FRA d. Eleonora PUNZO ITA 60 36 62
Ine NOWE BEL d. Marinela ANTONIC AUS 57 60 62
Josanne VAN BENNEKOM NED d. Dajana AXINIE BEL 61 60
Kiki BERTENS NED d. Veronika MAKOVEY AUS 64 60
3rd round
(1) Virginie AYASSAMY FRA d. Dominika KANAKOVA CZE 64 64
(2) Nicolette VAN UITERT NED d. Jenny JULLIEN FRA 64 60
Marie MENACER FRA d. Irina RAMIALISON FRA 75 64
Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL d. Helene AUENSEN NOR 63 61
Alize LIM FRA d. Laura BERNARD BEL 62 62
Solene FICHEUX FRA d. Priscilla HEISE FRA 63 36 61
Morgane PONS FRA d. Ine NOWE BEL 60 62
Josanne VAN BENNEKOM NED d. Kiki BERTENS NED 26 62 63

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SINGLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Ling ZHANG HKG vs q Nicolette VAN UITERT NED 76 46 63
wc Appollonia MELZANI BEL vs Franziska ETZEL GER 62 63
Volha DUKO BLR vs q Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL 06 16
(7) Bibiane SCHOOFS NED vs q Alize LIM FRA 62 26 76
(5) Nathalie MOHN FRA vs wc Ineke MERGAERT BEL 64 60
Sophie CORNEROTTE BEL vs q Solene FICHEUX FRA 67 46
Danielle HARMSEN NED vs wc Caroline HITIMANA BEL 64 63
(6) Vasilisa DAVYDOVA RUS vs q Virginie AYASSAMY FRA 46 06
(8) Katerina POLUNINA UKR vs Chloe BABET FRA 36 26
q Morgane PONS FRA vs Martina BALOGOVA SVK 06 36
LL Kiki BERTENS NED vs Tara WIGAN GBR 26 60 64
(4) Romana JANSHEN NED vs Sherazad BENAMAR FRA 36 62 36
Emilie BACQUET FRA vs q Josanne VAN BENNEKOM NED 61 62
q Marie MENACER FRA vs LL Laura BERNARD BEL 46 67
wc Anouk DELEFORTRIE BEL vs Claire LABLANS NED 06 64 63
(3) Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS vs Samia MEDJAHDI ALG 63 64
2nd round
(1) Ling ZHANG HKG vs wc Appollonia MEZANI BEL 64 76
(6) Bibiane SCHOOFS NED vs q Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL 75 75
(4) Nathalie MOHN FRA vs q Solene FICHEUX FRA 61 60
Danielle HARMSEN NED d. q Virginie AYASSAMY FRA 61 76
Chloe BABET FRA vs Martina BALOGOVA SVK 67 16
Sherazad BENAMAR FRA vs LL Kiki BERTENS NED 46 63 20 ret
(7) Emilie BACQUET FRA vs LL Laura BERNARD BEL 63 561
(2) Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS vs wc Anouk DELEFORTRIE BEL 57 67
QF
(1) Ling ZHANG HKG d. (6) Bibiane SCHOOFS NED 54 ret
Danielle HARMSEN NED d. (4) Nathalie MOHN FRA 64 67 63
Sherazad BENAMAR FRA d. Martina BALOGOVA SVK 61 63
(7) Emilie BACQUET FRA d. wc Anouk DELEFORTRIE BEL 60 60
SF
Danielle HARMSEN NED d. (1) Ling ZHANG HKG 63 64
(7) Emilie BACQUET FRA d. Sherazad BENAMAR FRA 62 64
Final
Danielle HARMSEN NED d. (7) Emilie BACQUET FRA 61 62

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DOUBLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Danielle HARMSEN/Kim KILSDONK NED vs bye
Danny ENGEL NED/Ine NOWE BEL vs bye
Marinela ANTONIC AUS/Ling ZHANG HKG vs bye
Chloe BABET/Marie MENACER FRA vs Kiki BERTENS/Nicolette VAN UITERT NED 57 06
Anouk DELEFORTRIE/Marine VERBEKEN BEL vs Emilie BACQUET FRA/Ornella GENTILE BEL 26 16
(3) Volha DUKO BLR/Ineke MERGAERT BEL vs bye
Alexandra KUDRYAVTSEVA RUS/Yulia PILNIK UKR vs bye
(2) Vasilisa DAVYDOVA/Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS vs bye
QF
(1) Danielle HARMSEN/Kim KILSDONK NED d. Danny ENGEL NED/Ine NOWE BEL 62 60
Kiki BERTENS/Nicolette VAN UITERT NED d. Marinela ANTONIC AUS/Ling ZHANG HKG 64 62
(3) Volha DUKO BLR/Ineke MERGAERT BEL d. Emilie BACQUET FRA/Ornella GENTILE BEL 61 67 10-6
(2) Vasilisa DAVYDOVA/Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS d. Alexandra KUDRYAVTSEVA RUS/Yulia PILNIK UKR 60 60
SF
(1) Danielle HARMSEN/Kim KILSDONK NED d. Kiki BERTENS/Nicolette VAN UITERT NED ret
(3) Volha DUKO BLR/Ineke MERGAERT BEL d. (2) Vasilisa DAVYDOVA/Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS 60 64
Final
(1) Danielle HARMSEN/Kim KILSDONK NED d. (3) Volha DUKO BLR/Ineke MERGAERT BEL 64 53 ret

RU Elena Pioppo

GL: Romana, Bibi, Danielle, Ineke...all NLers in quallies.

QD

Virginie AYASSAMY (FRA) (1) BYE
Laura CLAUS (GER) Vs Catherine CHANTRAINE (BEL)

Jenka MERGAERT (BEL) Vs Dominika KANAKOVA (CZE)
Marine VERBEKEN (BEL) Vs Lisa WAGNER (AUT)

Nicolette VAN UITERT (NED) (2) BYE
Florence RENARD (BEL) Vs Anastasia MEGLINSKAYA (RUS)

(WC) Aglae VAN DEN BERGH (BEL) Vs Esther SCHEIRLYNCK (BEL)
Jenny JULLIEN (FRA) Vs Lucia GALLEGO-JOVER (ESP)

Kristyna HANCAROVA (CZE) Vs Sophie NOLIN (FRA)
Irina RAMIALISON (FRA) BYE

Danny ENGEL (NED) Vs Marie MENACER (FRA)
(WC) Irina TREGUB (RUS) Vs Laura GAMBARINI (ITA)

Denise HUEBSCH (AUT) Vs Nicky VAN DYCK (BEL)
Helene AUENSEN (NOR) Vs Chichi SCHOLL (USA)

Ornella GENTILE (BEL) Vs Sandra ZANIEWSKA (POL)
Celine GHESQUIERE (FRA) Vs Florence NA (NED)

Andrea ARQUES-GARCIA (ESP) Vs Alize LIM (FRA)
Katharina JACOB (GER) Vs Marina SKVORTSOVA (RUS)

Alexandra KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) Vs Jessica HERMANS (BEL)
Laura BERNARD (BEL) Vs Aleksandra ROMANOVA (RUS)

Fleur GOEDKOOP (NED) Vs Priscilla HEISE (FRA)
(WC) Quynh-Phuong TRAN (GER) BYE

Elyne BOEYKENS (BEL) Vs Solene FICHEUX (FRA)
Estelle SUYS (BEL) Vs Laura APAOLAZA-MIRADEVILLA (ESP)

Alice HALL (FRA) Vs Eleonora PUNZO (ITA)
Morgane PONS (FRA) BYE

Ine NOWE (BEL) Vs Melanie MARECHAL (BEL)
Marinela ANTONIC (AUS) Vs Audrey DUJARDIN (BEL)

Lea-Katharina JACOB (GER) Vs Josanne VAN BENNEKOM (NED)
Dajana AXINIE (BEL) BYE

Yulia PILNIK (UKR) Vs Kiki BERTENS (NED)
Veronika MAKOVEY (AUS) Vs Jolien GADEYNE (BEL)

QDB: Apaolaza-Miradevilla and Nowe

QDB: Apaoloza-Miradevilla, Hermans

QDB: Van Bennekom, Auensen

:mad:
Isabella isn't here,
Oh well, win Junior Wimbledon doubles instead :armed:

QDB :Auensen & Meglinskaya

QDB: [both r2] Ramialison, Pons

QDB: Meglinskaya and Apaolaza-Miradevilla

QDB: Apaolaza-Miradevilla, Auensen

Q.DB: Apaolaza-Mirradevilla & Meglinskaya

I'll probably be going to qualies today and will try to make some pics if I see some players worth it (but it seems to be mostly young players which is a good news :))

QDB: Nowe, Menacer

QDB: Hermans, Nowe

Just got back from the tournament for lunch and ehre are the firt results :

Kanakova def. J.Mergaert 6/1 6/0
Alexandra Kudryavtseva def. Hermans 6/4 6/1
Wagner def. Verbeken 7/5 6/0
Van Dycj def. Huebsch 6/1 6/0
Menacer def. Engel 6/1 6/1
Ghesquiere def. Na 6/4 6/1
Gambarini def. Tregub 6/2 6/2
Auensen def. Scholl 6/7 6/3 6/3
Scheyrlinck def. Van den Berghe w/o No show
Jullien def. Gallego-Javer 6/1 6/3
Zaniewska def. Gentile 6/3 6/1
Lim def. Argues-Garcia 6/1 6/0
Skvortsova def. K.Jacob 6/2 6/3

And Claus was up 6/2 against Chantraine

I'll post the rest of the results and some reports when I come back tonight... (

Thanks for the scores. :D

I know I said I'd make the reports later but there's one I cannot wait to tell you..

You've seen Scheyrlinck has won by default... Seeing Aglae wasn't coming the organisors called her... She was still in bed :lol: so they asked her why she wasn't here, she said "I thought I didn't get into the qualies", they answered to her "we've given you a wildcard" and she said "Oh you know, i just didn't check the computer the last few days" :haha: :haha:

The girl seem to be sooo professional :haha: Anyway I guess this was the first and last time the tournament has given her a WC :lol:

:help: That's really bad. :lol:

I know I said I'd make the reports later but there's one I cannot wait to tell you..

You've seen Scheyrlinck has won by default... Seeing Aglae wasn't coming the organisors called her... She was still in bed :lol: so they asked her why she wasn't here, she said "I thought I didn't get into the qualies", they answered to her "we've given you a wildcard" and she said "Oh you know, i just didn't check the computer the last few days" :haha: :haha:

The girl seem to be sooo professional :haha: Anyway I guess this was the first and last time the tournament has given her a WC :lol:

:lol:
Thanks for sharing the story :wavey:

Any pics or reports on Marinela Antonic would be great, cheers :wavey:

Ok as we're currently in a rain delay I came home to do the first reports... Play probably won't resume before an hour or so...

:lol: European summer weather... :help: :p

Let's report :bounce:

Kanakova def. J.Mergaert 6/1 6/0

Not a great match as you can imagine... Jenka doesn't have a bad game, but it's just simply not good enough, she's the kind of girl who likes to play in rythm, but she can't keep it up... Kanakova just had to send the ball back and wait for Jenka's fault who would always come way too early... Will have to see Kanakova against someone else to really judge her game...

Alexandra Kudryavtseva def. Hermans 6/4 6/1

I almost didn't see anything of this match.. So pretty hard to report it :lol:

Wagner def. Verbeken 7/5 6/0

My first impression on marine was "Oh my god, what a talented girl" Well she IS talented, but the girl is mentally the weakest player I've ever seen... She's not patient enough and goes for the winner on everypoint, when she scores, it's usually with a great shot.. But then there are all the times when she doesn't score... Wagner has a good game and seemed more clever than Marine... After losing the first set, marine totally disconnected from the match...

Van Dyck def. Huebsch 6/1 6/0

And I thought Van Dyck was another hopeless belgian player :eek: Well she isn't! She's got a great serve, with great groundstrokes both on the forehand and backhand side and is pretty good at the net :eek: She was strong mentally... Well she really did a great match. Huebsch is not bad at all and the scoreline don't do her justice as she definitely would have beaten some of the girls who won today, but Nicky was just on fire :hearts: At the end of match she did like she was to send a ball in the air like they do in big stadium and then laughed :lol:

Menacer def. Engel 6/1 6/1

Menacer didn't impress me that much... And still managed to complain a lot though she's led the whole match :lol: Engel should try another sport, she's really not good at tennis :shrug:

Ghesquiere def. Na 6/1 6/4

I had written 6/4 6/1, it was actually 6/1 6/4... Na's game isn't really effective... At first I wondered why she used her one-handed backhand so much, as it obviously wasn't doing any good... And the I saw her forehand and understood... Nevertheless she managed to bring back lots of ball and led at the begin of the second, but Ghesquiere stayed focused and won it in straight sets.

Gambarini def. Tregub 6/2 6/2

Tregub will remain a mystery for me... She has everything to be a very powerful player, she's tall, when she's going to hit to ball you think it's gonna go fast fast fast... And then I don't know what she does, but it's just horrible :lol: Plus the girl has no mental strenght and can't stay focused long... She held until 2-2 in both sets and then just vanished both times... Gambarini's a typical italian player with an awful grunt, but she's very efficien on clay...
One last thing about Tregub, she's russian, but she speaks dutch :scratch:

Auensen def. Scholl 6/7 6/3 6/3

Probably the match of the day. Both players were among the best of the day... Scholl is a little less consistant and focused than auensen though and that cost her the match... but it was a very entertaining match with lots of drama (both girls led in all of the three sets lol)

Scheyrlinck def. Van den Berghe w/o No show

I've already explained that bit a few posts before... But just once again :help: @ Aglae :lol:

Jullien def. Gallego-Javer 6/1 6/3

Didn't see a lot of this match either, but Jullien seemed just much better than her opponent...

Zaniewska def. Gentile 6/3 6/1

Ornella, why do you keep playing tennis ? I've seen her play for a few years now and still don't get it... The girl has a really great forehand. But that's basically it. She just hits her forehand hoping to make the point, if she has to do anything else she just can't (or don't want to, I always wonder...). I think with a bit of work, Ornella could have become a tennisplayer while she's just become a girl who plays tennis... Zaniewska on the other hand was pretty solid... But she just hits her racket wayyyyy to much :o

Lim def. Argues-Garcia 6/1 6/0

Just saw a few points of the game and was totally sure Lim was losing it... It seems she wasn't :lol:

Skvortsova def. K.Jacob 6/2 6/3

A 10k in brussels without Katharina in qualies wouldn't be a real 10k in brussels... She seemed less inspired than last times I had seen her and Skvortsova was just too good for her...

And Claus was up 6/2 against Chantraine

It seems when I got back they had finished the match with Claus winning (I overheard Chantraine saying she had lost), but I couldn't find the score.. Anyway, both girls offered us some great baseline rallies and seem to be talented.. But Claus was more consistant and focus, so it's quite normal she won that match... But Chantraine, who's only 15, may have some potential...

Kanakova def. J.Mergaert 6/1 6/0
Alexandra Kudryavtseva def. Hermans 6/4 6/1
Wagner def. Verbeken 7/5 6/0
Van Dyck def. Huebsch 6/1 6/0
Menacer def. Engel 6/1 6/1
Ghesquiere def. Na 6/1 6/4
Gambarini def. Tregub 6/2 6/2
Auensen def. Scholl 6/7 6/3 6/3
Scheyrlinck def. Van den Berghe w/o No show
Jullien def. Gallego-Javer 6/1 6/3
Zaniewska def. Gentile 6/3 6/1
Lim def. Argues-Garcia 6/1 6/0
Skvortsova def. K.Jacob 6/2 6/3

Scores 2nd part :

Claus def. Chantraine 6/2 7/5
Meglinskaya def. Renard 6/4 2/6 7/5
Bernard def. Romanova 6/3 4/6 6/1
Hancarova def. Nolin 6/2 6/0
Heise def. Goedkoop 6/2 6/2
Nowe def. Marechal 6/0 6/0
Ficheux def. Boeykens 7/5 6/3
Apaoloza-Miradevilla def. Suys 6/1 6/0
Punzo def. Hall 6/1 6/2
Antonic def. Dujardin 6/4 3/6 6/2
Makovey def. Godeyne 6/? 6/2
Van Bennekom def. L.K.Jacob 4/6 6/0 7/6
Bertens def. Pilnik 6/2 6/1

2nd part of the reports to follow

Reports 2nd Part

Meglinskaya def. Renard 6/4 2/6 7/5

Not the greatest of match... both players were really negative with Renard complaining all the time and Meglinskaya crying everytime she lost a match... Renard was 2-0 in the third, then Meglinskaya serve for the match at 5-4 and strte with 2 DF... Renard broke but got broken again in the next game and the finally lost the match... I'll have to check who she wil play next round but I doubt she'll win another match...

Bernard def. Romanova 6/3 4/6 6/1

Romanova was better, but what a temper, she even got a warning in the last set... She's got a pretty good game but reall needs to be more focused on her game... In the last set she was watching the matc on the court next to her between two points :help:

Hancarova def. Nolin 6/2 6/0

Didn't see a single point of this match...

Heise def. Goedkoop 6/2 6/2

Didn't see a lot of this one either but just that Heise was way better than the dutch...

Nowe def. Marechal 6/0 6/0

:eek: Another of the match I haven't seen.. But during the rain delay I overheard Marechal saying she was eeling the ball well but was annoyed by Nowe's dropshots... it seems she's made even more dropshots after the rain delay :lol:

Ficheux def. Boeykens 7/5 6/3

I still can't believe Ficheux is only 14! She's still a bit weak mentally when she leads, but is awesome when she's trailed!!! she came back from 5-3 in the first set and the kept on by breaking in the second and the held until the lmast game when she broke Boeykens again. She's already quite powerful for her age and probably has a good shot at becoming a good tennisplayer... Boeykens was quite good too except for the last game of the match, but she needs to eat a little :o

Apaoloza-Miradevilla def. Suys 6/1 6/0

Haven't seen this one either

Punzo def. Hall 6/1 6/2

Why is Punzo unranked ? The girl's quite talented...

Antonic def. Dujardin 6/4 3/6 6/2

This was the last match to end like 30 minutes ago and it was quite boring... Antonic sliced almost all her shots an doesn't have a real weapon in her game, she basically waits for her opponent to make the fault... But she's quite efficient on clay... Also she says Ajde instead of C'mon lol

Makovey def. Godeyne 6/? 6/2

Mokaovey is not really impressive but served pretty well and won her serve game easily, which helped her win the game... The poor level of Godeyne also helped :o

Van Bennekom def. L.K.Jacob 4/6 6/0 7/6

Another great match :hearts: Jacobs started really well serving for the first set with two breaks up, that's when Van bennekom decided to come back, she won two games in a row but serving for the second time for the set Jacobs took it 6/4... Then in the third Van Bennekom was just too good. She kept on elading until 4/2 in the third but then started to think about victory... Jacobs came back but Van Bennekom recovered in the tie-break and won it easlity (7/2 I think) But really both players were good claycourters and offered a very entertaining match...

Bertens def. Pilnik 6/2 6/1

Pilnik would be #1 if you only had to shoot the ball two times per point... So bad she always misses that 3rd shot :lol: Bith players hit pretty hard, but Bertens understood quickly she just had to wait two shots to win the point.



I'll try to do some more reports tomorrow, but won't be able to attend the whole day...

If you want pictures they should be on the webstie of the tournaments tomorrow I think...

Great reports, Greg :yeah:

Punzo is unranked because last year played few tournaments due to an injury;) honestly never heard good things about her:lol::p

I know I said I'd make the reports later but there's one I cannot wait to tell you..

You've seen Scheyrlinck has won by default... Seeing Aglae wasn't coming the organisors called her... She was still in bed :lol: so they asked her why she wasn't here, she said "I thought I didn't get into the qualies", they answered to her "we've given you a wildcard" and she said "Oh you know, i just didn't check the computer the last few days" :haha: :haha:

The girl seem to be sooo professional :haha: Anyway I guess this was the first and last time the tournament has given her a WC :lol:

OMG :haha:
Thanks for all the reports :hatoff:

Thanks Greg! :hug:

great reports!!

try to catch ineke next week

Marinela and Veronika :cool:

Josanne :hearts:

Thanx for the reports!

QDB: Kanakova and Nowe(r2)

Helene:)

Qualifying Second Round:

(1)Virginie AYASSAMY (FRA) d. Laura CLAUS (GER) 62 36 64
Dominika KANAKOVA (CZE) d. Lisa WAGNER (AUT) 63 60
(2)Nicolette VAN UITERT (NED) d. Anastasia MEGLINSKAYA (RUS) 63 62
Jenny JULLIEN (FRA) d. Ester SCHEIRLYNCK (BEL) 61 62
Irina RAMIALISON (FRA) d. Kristyna HANCAROVA (CZE) 62 26 75
Marie MENACER (FRA) d. Laura GAMBARINI (ITA) 64 62
Helene AUENSEN (NOR) d. Nicky VAN DYCK (BEL) 64 75
Sandra ZANIEWSKA (POL) d. Celine GHESQUIERE (FRA) 16 63 64
Alize LIM (FRA) d. Maria SKVORTSOVA (RUS) 64 57 62
Laura BERNARD (BEL) d. Alexandra KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) 61 62
Priscilla HEISE (FRA) d. Quynh-Phuong TRAN (GER) 62 60
Solene FICHEUX (FRA) d. Laura APAOLAZA-MIRADEVILLA (ESP) 62 63
Morgane PONS (FRA) d. Eleonora PUNZO (ITA) 60 26 63
Ine NOWE (BEL) d. Marinela ANTONIC (AUS) 57 60 62
Josanne VAN BENNEKOM (NED) d. Dajana AXINIE (BEL) 61 60 :)
Kiki BERTENS (NED) d. Veronika MAKOVEY (AUS) 64 60 :)

great reports!!

try to catch ineke next week

I hope I will be able to.. So I hope she'll play late coz I've got to work :sad:

I'll post the reports for yesterday later today :wavey:

So many French players here!!! Hope one of them can take the title!
Allez Irina, Solène & Morgane, all in MD please!

3rd round
(1) Virginie AYASSAMY FRA d. Dominika KANAKOVA CZE 64 64
(2) Nicolette VAN UITERT NED d. Jenny JULLIEN FRA 64 60
Marie MENACER FRA d. Irina RAMIALISON FRA 75 64
Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL d. Helene AUENSEN NOR 63 61
Alize LIM FRA d. Laura BERNARD BEL 62 62
Solene FICHEUX FRA d. Priscilla HEISE FRA 63 36 61
Morgane PONS FRA d. Ine NOWE BEL 60 62
Josanne VAN BENNEKOM NED d. Kiki BERTENS NED 26 62 63

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SINGLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Ling ZHANG HKG vs q Nicolette VAN UITERT NED
wc Appollonia MELZANI BEL vs Franziska ETZEL GER
Volha DUKO BLR vs q Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL
(7) Bibiane SCHOOFS NED vs q Alize LIM FRA
(5) Nathalie MOHN FRA vs wc Ineke MERGAERT BEL
Sophie CORNEROTTE BEL vs q Solene FICHEUX FRA
Danielle HARMSEN NED vs wc Caroline HITIMANA BEL
(6) Vasilisa DAVYDOVA RUS vs q Virginie AYASSAMY FRA
Katerina POLUNINA UKR vs Chloe BABET FRA
q Morgane PONS FRA vs Martina BALOGOVA SVK
q Kiki BERTENS NED vs Tara WIGAN GBR
(4) Romana JANSHEN NED vs Sherazad BENAMAR FRA
Emilie BACQUET FRA vs q Josanne VAN BENNEKOM NED
q Marie MENACER FRA vs LL
wc Anouk DELEFORTRIE BEL vs Claire LABLANS NED
(3) Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS vs Samia MEDJAHDI ALG

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DOUBLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Danielle HARMSEN/Kim KILSDONK NED vs bye
Danny ENGEL NED/Ine NOWE BEL vs bye
Marinela ANTONIC AUS/Ling ZHANG HKG vs bye
Chloe BABET/Marie MENACER FRA vs Kiki BERTENS/Nicolette VAN UITERT NED
Anouk DELEFORTRIE/Marine VERBEKEN BEL vs Emilie BACQUET FRA/Ornella GENTILE BEL
(3) Volha DUKO BLR/Ineke MERGAERT BEL vs bye
Alexandra KUDRYAVTSEVA RUS/Yulia PILNIK UKR vs bye
(2) Vasilisa DAVYDOVA/Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS vs bye

W: Schoofs
RU: Jansen

RU: Tochilovskaya
DB: Schoofs, Harmsen

W: Harmsen
RU: Tochilovskaya
DB: Harmsen and Schoofs

good luck to Martina B:wavey:

come on tara
:D

W: Schoofs
RU: Benamar

RU: Schoofs

W: Schoofs
RU: Tochilovskaya
MDB: Harmsen, Lablans

RU : Janshen

DB : Lablans & Mohn

Can't believe people are voting for Romana and her inflated African 10k ranking.. :p

W: Harmsen
RU: Schoofs
DB: Bertens, Harmsen

W: Balogova
RU: Harmsen
DB: Harmsen, Lablans

W: Tochilovskaya
RU: Schoofs
DB: Harmsen, Lablans

Can't believe people are voting for Romana and her inflated African 10k ranking.. :p
Plus it's not like she's won that many matches this year, so it's also not likely she's gonna suddenly win here. ;)

W: Balogova
RU: Harmsen
MDDB: Harmsen&Lablans

W: Tochilovskaya
RU: Schoofs
MDB: Balogova and Harmsen

Well I hadn't had the time to post reports or to go to the tournament yesterday.. Hope I'll be able to go today as I really wanna see Mohn vs Mergaert(that would have been my dream final for the tournament so I'm a bit :o )

Sandra Zaniewska - Volha Duko 6-0 6-1 :bounce::hearts:

Results not updated yet, I'll post those I remember:

Bernard (LL) def. Menacer in 2 sets
Benamar def. janshen in 3 sets
Tochilovskaya def. Medjahdi in 2 sets
Zaniewska def. Duko 61 60
Balogova def. Pons 60 63
Zhang def. Van Uitert 76 46 63 (or somethng like that lol)
Bacquet/Gentile def. Delefortrie/Verbeken 2 easy sets
Harmsen def. Hitimana in 2 sets
Ficheux def. Cornerotte 75 64
Bertens.Van Uitert def. Babet/Menacer 75 6/?
Ayassamy def. Davydova in 2 sets
Mohn def. Mergaert 6/4 6/0

First round:

(1) Ling ZHANG HKG d. q Nicolette VAN UITERT NED 76 46 63
wc Appollonia MELZANI BEL vs Franziska ETZEL GER
q Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL d. Volha DUKO BLR 60 61
(7) Bibiane SCHOOFS NED vs q Alize LIM FRA
(5) Nathalie MOHN FRA d. wc Ineke MERGAERT BEL 64 60
q Solene FICHEUX FRA d. Sophie CORNEROTTE BEL 76 64
Danielle HARMSEN NED d. wc Caroline HITIMANA BEL 63 64
q Virginie AYASSAMY FRA d. (6) Vasilisa DAVYDOVA RUS 64 60
Katerina POLUNINA UKR vs Chloe BABET FRA
Martina BALOGOVA SVK d. q Morgane PONS FRA 60 63
LL Kiki BERTENS NED vs Tara WIGAN GBR
Sherazad BENAMAR FRA d. (4) Romana JANSHEN NED 63 26 63
Emilie BACQUET FRA vs q Josanne VAN BENNEKOM NED
LL Laure BERNARD BEL d. q Marie MENACER FRA 64 76
wc Anouk DELEFORTRIE BEL vs Claire LABLANS NED
(3) Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS d. Samia MEDJAHDI ALG 63 64

Nicolette :D Good performance! :hug:
Romana :spit: expected!

Nicolette really did a great match... Zhang was better in the last... Sad Nicolette couldn't close out te first set when she served for it :sad:

And Ineke vs Mohn was :hearts: Nath started badly (trailed 4-1) then didn't lose a single game... But Ineke played well though

Not like there were promising players to vote apart from Janshen in the bottom half :shrug:

Used to vote for Polunina but she keeps losing as well :lol:

Lynn, phew. :o

Elizaveta :) :)

All remaining first round matches postponed to tomorrow due to rain.

bravo shé et nath! :-) bonne chance chloé et alizé

Good Luck

Sandra Zaniewska
Katerina Polunina
Martina Balogova
Elizaveta Tochilovskaya

Schoofs - Lim 5:2 in I set

rain rain rain :rolleyes:

really.. But it's not raining anymore :shrug: and I'm working like 1km away from the tourny :shrug:

First round:

(1) Ling ZHANG HKG d. q Nicolette VAN UITERT NED 76 46 63
wc Appollonia MELZANI BEL d. Franziska ETZEL GER 62 63
q Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL d. Volha DUKO BLR 60 61
(7) Bibiane SCHOOFS NED d. q Alize LIM FRA 62 26 76
(5) Nathalie MOHN FRA d. wc Ineke MERGAERT BEL 64 60
q Solene FICHEUX FRA d. Sophie CORNEROTTE BEL 76 64
Danielle HARMSEN NED d. wc Caroline HITIMANA BEL 63 64
q Virginie AYASSAMY FRA d. (6) Vasilisa DAVYDOVA RUS 64 60
Chloe BABET FRA d. (8) Katerina POLUNINA UKR 63 62
Martina BALOGOVA SVK d. q Morgane PONS FRA 60 63
LL Kiki BERTENS NED d. Tara WIGAN GBR 26 60 64
Sherazad BENAMAR FRA d. (4) Romana JANSHEN NED 63 26 63
Emilie BACQUET FRA d. q Josanne VAN BENNEKOM NED 61 62
LL Laura BERNARD BEL d. q Marie MENACER FRA 64 76
wc Anouk DELEFORTRIE BEL d. Claire LABLANS NED 06 64 63
(3) Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS d. Samia MEDJAHDI ALG 63 64


Second round:

(1) Ling ZHANG HKG vs wc Appollonia MELZANI BEL
q Sandra ZANIEWSKA POL vs (7) Bibiane SCHOOFS NED
(5) Nathalie MOHN FRA vs q Solene FICHEUX FRA
Danielle HARMSEN NED d. q Virginie AYASSAMY FRA 61 76
Chloe BABET FRA vs Martina BALOGOVA SVK
LL Kiki BERTENS NED vs Sherazad BENAMAR FRA
Emilie BACQUET FRA vs LL Laura BERNARD BEL
wc Anouk DELEFORTRIE BEL vs (3) Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA RUS

Bibi,, phew!!

Kiki to 2R as LL because of lucky draw, Josanne out :(

Claire :o

OMG Tara u should've won that!!

:D Bibi & Dani

S.Zaniewska - B.Schoofs 5-7 5-7 :(

Sandra 4-2 in I set and 5-2 in II set, but she must lost.. She plays tomorrow in Poland..

Bibi :)

2nd Round

Ling ZHANG (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100038440) (HKG) (1) defeated Appollonia MELZANI (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100061783) (BEL) 6-4 7-6(4)
Bibiane SCHOOFS (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100033471) (NED) (6) defeated Sandra ZANIEWSKA (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100102953) (POL) 7-5 7-5
Nathalie MOHN (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100072907) (FRA) (4) defeated Solene FICHEUX (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100129969) (FRA) 6-1 6-0
Danielle HARMSEN (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100015295) (NED) defeated Virginie AYASSAMY (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100003778) (FRA) 6-1 7-6(0)
Martina BALOGOVA (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100062508) (SVK) defeated Chloe BABET (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100084196) (FRA) 7-6(3) 6-1
Sherazad BENAMAR (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100067600) (FRA) defeated Kiki BERTENS (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100094532) (NED) 4-6 6-3 2-0 Retired
Emilie BACQUET (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=20013363) (FRA) (7) defeated Laura BERNARD (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100118597) (BEL) 6-3 6-1
Anouk DELEFORTRIE (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100058103) (BEL) defeated Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100043651) (RUS) (2) 7-5 7-6(4)

Quarterfinal

Ling ZHANG (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100038440) (HKG) (1) defeated Bibiane SCHOOFS (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100033471) (NED) (6) 5-4 Retired
Danielle HARMSEN (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100015295) (NED) defeated Nathalie MOHN (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100072907) (FRA) (4) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3
Sherazad BENAMAR (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100067600) (FRA) defeated Martina BALOGOVA (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100062508) (SVK) 6-1 6-3
Emilie BACQUET (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=20013363) (FRA) (7) defeated Anouk DELEFORTRIE (http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/players/player.asp?player=100058103) (BEL) 6-0 6-0

Nathalie :sad:. Such a fight, but her back problems surely didn't help at the end. Dutchies are really in form in every tournament they play, good on them.
Chloé :mad:. At least Sherazad made something of this draw. Allez for the final!

Nathalie :bigcry:

Bibi :( :bigcry:

Bibi :sad:

Dani :yeah:

Kiki and Bibi both retired? :o :sad:

You may win this now, Ling :)

Kiki and Bibi both retired? :o :sad:

You may win this now, Ling :)

You don't want Dani to defeat her?

Martina B:sad:

You don't want Dani to defeat her?
Nah I don't like Danielle. :shrug:

Nah I don't like Danielle. :shrug:

:sad:

Honestly james I dont know how anyone could like Danielle's game :shrug: And I really don't get how she managed to go that far :shrug:

If you don't understand, so be it. I will remain the only one cheering for her I guess. :p

If you don't understand, so be it. I will remain the only one cheering for her I guess. :p

:hug: I'm sure she also has family and friends :p

:hug: I'm sure she also has family and friends :p

Let's hope so. Everyone is so mean to her here. :sad:

I always cheer for underdogs by the way. :p

:lol:

If you don't understand, so be it. I will remain the only one cheering for her I guess. :p
I'm with you, I'd like her to win this;)

I'm with you, I'd like her to win this;)
Yay, now there is two of us. :bounce:

SF

Danielle Harmsen (NED) v (1)Ling Zhang (HKG) 63 64
(7)Emilie Bacquet (FRA) v Sherazad Benamar (FRA) 62 64

Yay, now there is two of us. :bounce:
:lol: doesn't take much to get you jumpin' huh? ;)

Now win it Dani!!

Let's hope so. Everyone is so mean to her here. :sad:

I always cheer for underdogs by the way. :p
I cheer for her too - maybe not as loudly as you, and if she's playing anotherDutchie, then I probably don't - but I hope she will win this now.

Sherazad :mad:!!

Oh, and Ling as well! :fiery:

:lol: doesn't take much to get you jumpin' huh? ;)

No, I am pretty flexible there. ;)

Now win it Dani!!

That's the spirit. :cool:

I cheer for her too - maybe not as loudly as you, and if she's playing anotherDutchie, then I probably don't - but I hope she will win this now.

:hug:

Oh, and Ling as well! :fiery:

You are going to cheer for Emilie now? :p

I don't care anymore now. :ras:

Lynn, wish she'd just leave the clay :o

I don't care anymore now. :ras:

:angel:

FINALS:

Danielle Harmsen d. Emilie Bacquet 61 62

Danielle :yeah:

Danielle :yeah:

:ras: to the haters

I have to admit her form is impressive. I don't really understand how she does it though :shrug:

I have to admit her form is impressive. I don't really understand how she does it though :shrug:

With a tennis racket? :p

Seriously? :o

I thought she used a hockey stick last time I saw her!? :shrug:

:bounce: Danielle.

Nah, she's taken to using a tennis racquet now Frank. :p