(1)Hannah Collin GBR vs q-Matea Mezak CRO
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER vs Iveta Gerlova CZE
wc-Karen Paterson GBR vs Christina Zachariadou GRE
q-Hannah Grady GBR vs (7)Irina Boulykina RUS

(4)Frederica Piedade POR vs q-Elke Clijsters BEL
q-Lynsey Davison GBR vs Svetlana Mossakiova RUS
wc-Lyndsay Reilly GBR vs Hannah Nooni SWE
wc-Melissa Berry GBR vs (5)Lenka Tvaroskova SVK

(6)Galina Voskoboeva RUS vs Martina Babakova SVK
Elisa Balsamo ITA vs q-Amanda Janes GBR
Tessy Van De Ven NED vs Giorgia Mondani ITA
Liana Balaci ROM vs (3)Nicole Renken RSA

(8)Borka Majstorovic YUG vs Suzanne Van Hartingsveldt NED
Milica Koprivica YUG vs Jenny Lindstrom SWE
q-Georgie Stoop GBR vs q-Renata Kucerkova CZE
Aleksandra Srndovic SWE vs (2)Yvonne Doyle IRL

OMG at Hannah's match:eek:

Paterson
Reilly and
Janes should win their first rounds the others i don't really know!

Jenny Lindstrom back :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Hanna Nooni :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :D

Aleksandra Srndovic :bounce: :bounce:

I'm happy ;)

(1)Doyle/Zachariadou vs Doz/Ruutel
Balaci/Piedade vs Clijsters/Majstorovic
(4)Babakova/Tvarskova vs Berry/Paterson
Lindstrom/Srndovic vs wc-Kucerkova/O'Brien
Balsamo/Mondani vs Collins/Hawkins
Reilly/Renken vs (3)Cerna/Gerlova
wc-Emmet/Slater vs White/Mossiakova
Van de Ven/Van Hartingsveldt vs (2)Boulykina/Voskoboeva

Poor Elke!! beat that seed!!!

good luck Elke and Elke&Borka
also good luck Hannah, Yvonne, Anna Lena and Borka in singles
:D :bounce:

WOW! The #1, #3, and #4 seeds got such tough qualifiers. :eek:

I'll be going tomorrow ;)

Hannah vs Matea :eek: (poor Hannah)
Svetlana :)
Galina :)
Irina :)
Jenny Lindstrom ;)
Anna-Lena :)
Hanna Nooni :)

have fun TBE, and i expect a report ;)

Go Brits!

yes TBE - go watch Karen for the looks, and Linzi for the hurling abuse at umpires.

Tink Anna White, only add a scottish accent, swearing and times the volume by 10 :p

Originally posted by TheBoiledEgg
I'll be going tomorrow ;)



If you see two people (one male, one female, both in their very early twenties) who are talking Dutch to each other, please say 'hi', as the female one is probably me ;)

Good luck Nicole, Elke, Tessy, Yvonne and Suzanne!

Linzi is so funny.

When i saw her at nationals she missed a smash by miles then said quite loud

'I haven't missed one all day thought it would be funny':eek:

Go Anna-Lena

lol MR i remember that.

I also thought it was funny when she dumped a forhand into teh net to hand Gibb the match:

"There you go, that was easy. Didn't ahve to do much really did you?"

And then she spent the next 4 hours crying.

Originally posted by Fieke
If you see two people (one male, one female, both in their very early twenties) who are talking Dutch to each other, please say 'hi', as the female one is probably me ;)

I'll see ;)
do i have to stand next to every couple in their early 20's in case they might speak dutch ;)

Good luck to Matea Mezak and Anna-Lena Groenefeld :)

Originally posted by TheBoiledEgg
I'll see ;)
do i have to stand next to every couple in their early 20's in case they might speak dutch ;)

hmm, maybe that wasn't such a good idea, it would look a bit suspicious... :)

best of luck to:

*Hannah Collin
*Matea Mezak :D
*Lenka Tvaroskova
*Galina Voskoboeva
*Elisa Balsamo
*Amanda Janes :D
*Liana Balaci
*Jenny Lindstrom :D
*Yvonne Doyle

Good luck to MATEA MEZAK!:)

Did she Paul?

I don't know why but when i watched that match i started hating Linzi and loving Melissa.I just love Melissa's game!

Good luck

Anna-Lena
Elke
Hannah
Jenny
Aleksandra

Hannah Nooni SWE bt wc-Lyndsay Reilly GBR 3-6 6-4 6-2 :D
q-Amanda Janes GBR bt Elisa Balsamo ITA 6-3 6-2
q-Renata Kucerkova CZE bt q-Georgie Stoop GBR 2-6 6-3 6-0
Aleksandra Srndovic SWE bt (2)Yvonne Doyle IRL 7-5 ret. :sad:

Tessy Van de Ven (NED) BEAT Mondani (ITA) 6-2, 6-2 :)
Liana Balaci (ROM) BEAT Nicole Rencken (RSA) 6-3, 6-3

Nice to see the LTA regularly posting updates!

Also I think Linzi Reilly wasn't too wise going straight into this tournament as the first event of her year. Most of the Brits, like Amanda Janes, have warmed up with British tour events.

Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) BEAT Martina Babakova (SVK) 6-4, 6-1

Linzi :sad: but good try.

BP she i think she was in USA, where she is actually based. That's why she leaved UK in May and jets off to USA and Canada.

Waste of a wc though, 0 points - woo-pee!

Hopefully she played well, that girl needs some more consistency and then she'll get somewhere.

Surprised to see Nicole getting whipped.

Amanda :)

(q) Elke Clijsters d. (4) Frederica Piedade 6-2 6-3 :bounce:
(q) Matea Mezak d. (1) Hannah Collin 6-2 6-4

Not a very good day for the seeds...

:rolleyes: @ Hannah

Elke :D:D

Complete results:

Hannah Nooni (Swe) bt Lyndsay Reilly (Gbr) 3-6 6-4 6-2 :sad: (good try - ranking gap of 200 was too much)

Amanda Janes (Gbr) bt Elisa Balsamo (Ita) 6-3 6-2 :D

Renata Kucerkova (Cze) bt Georgie Stoop (Gbr) 2-6 6-3 6-0 :sad: (again wow, never heard of Georgie before but she's playing well)

Aleksandra Srndovic (Swe) bt Yvonne Doyle (Irl) 7-5 ret :sad:

Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) bt Martina Babakova (Svk) 6-4 6-1

Tessy Van De Ven (Ned) bt Giorgia Mondani (Ita) 6-2 6-2

Matea Mezak (Cro) bt Hannah Collin (Gbr) 6-2 6-4 :( :rolleyes:

Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) bt Iveta Gerlova (Cze) 6-4 6-2 :)

Karen Paterson (Gbr) bt Christina Zachariodou (Gre) 6-2 6-4 :D:D

Melissa Berry (Gbr) bt Lenka Tvaroskova (Svk) 5-7 6-1 6-4 :D

Liana Balaci (Rom) bt Nicole Rencken (Rsa) 6-3 6-3

Suzanne Van Hartingsveldt (Ned) bt Borka Majstorovic (Yug) 6-4 6-4 :)

Jenny Lindstrom (Swe) bt Milica Koprivica (Yug) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 :D

Irina Boulykina (Rus) bt Hannah Grady (Gbr) 6-4 7-5 :sad: (but wow at closeness, Hannah is only what 15?)

Elke Clijsters (Bel) bt Frederica Piedade (Por) 6-1 6-3 :)

Lynsey Davison (Gbr) bt Svetlana Mossiakova (Rus) 6-4 6-1 :D

Overall, a good day for the Brits. Except Hannah, all the losers put on solid showings against much higher ranked opponents. Hopefully this bodes well for the rest of the year, usually all of them woulda lost r1.

Second Round Draw

q-Matea Mezak CRO vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER
wc-Karen Paterson GBR vs (7)Irina Boulykina RUS

q-Elke Clijsters BEL vs q-Lynsey Davison GBR
Hannah Nooni SWE vs wc-Melissa Berry GBR

(6)Galina Voskoboeva RUS vs q-Amanda Janes GBR
Tessy Van De Ven NED vs Liana Balaci ROM

Suzanne Van Hartingsveldt NED vs Jenny Lindstrom SWE
q-Renata Kucerkova CZE vs Aleksandra Srndovic SWE

Only 2 seeds left :eek:

Groenefeld vs Mezak should be an amazing match, winner of that will take the event i think.

Hopefully a couple of the Brits can sneak through.

Doubles draw has been altered as Doyle has withdrawn.

For soem reason, the third seeds have been moved into top seeds place (Doyle/Zachariadou) instead of 2nd team, and Hawkins/Collins become 4th seeds and take on Reilly/Renken.

Don't understand changes

good luck Anna Lena, Hannad, Elke and Liana

COME ON ELKE

For reports & pictures, go to Fieke's special Hull thread in the Belgian Babes Band: http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53659 !!! :D

voilà nog wa reclame gemaakt :angel:

WOW! at the results ... i'm waiting to read TBE's report ;)

too bad for Nicole, Frederica, Hannah :sad:

Matea vs. Anna-Lena:( Good luck to them both and Elke and Hanna!!!

Congratulations to Hanna and Jenny :D :D :D

Too bad for Yvonne's retirement :sad: last year also retired against Aleksandra :o

Good luck Aleksandra in the 2r :) I want a Jenny vs Aleksandra qf :)

I'M shocked that Anna Powaska of POland did not qualify! ;) :p :rolleyes:

Good luck to Matea, Anna-Lena, Borka, Aleksandra and Yvonne!

ooh! Suzanne won too! :D

So what are the chances for the remaining Brits?

Paterson: Boulykina's very inconsistent. If she's playing well, she'll beat Paterson easily. However, if she not playing too well, Paterson could win it in three. Paterson's one of the few Brits, who in terms of power of shot, can compete with Boulykina.

Davison: Should be totally outclassed by Clijsters.

Janes: I quite fancy Janes to beat Voskoboeva. Her ranking definitely on the up.

So that means the Dvornikova sisters play Balsamo & Mondani.

Matea :D
Anna-Lena :)

good luck both in their match :)

Hannah :)
Anna-Lena :)
Aleksandra :)
Elke :)

Any news on 2nd round?

Did Fieke meet The Boiled Egg?

(And if so, who won? lol)

lol girl power! Hup Fieke! ;)

Some 2nd round scores:

Elke Clijsters BEAT Lynsey Davison 6-1, 6-0
Galina Voskoboeva BEAT Amanda Janes 6-7, 6-3, 6-4
Tessy Van De Ven BEAT Liana Balaci 6-2, 7-6 :)
Suzanne Van Hartingsveldt BEAT Jenny Lindstrom 6-1, 7-5
Renata Kucerkova BEAT Aleksandra Srndovic 7-5, 6-4

Liana :sad: Elke :D

I was hoping to see Clijsters and Van De Ven tomorrow, so I'm really pleased with those results. Disappointed about Janes losing though.

The other scores:

Anna-Lena Groenefeld BEAT Matea Mezak 6-3, 6-4
Irina Boulykina BEAT Karen Paterson 6-3, 6-1
Hanna Nooni BEAT Melissa Berry 6-0, 6-4

No British girls left to play in the quarters!

Quarter-final draw:

Groenefeld V Boulykina
Clijsters V Nooni
Voskoboeva V Van De Ven
Van Hartingsveldt V Kucerkova

Anna Lena , Hannah!! :D

Originally posted by Colin B
Did Fieke meet The Boiled Egg?
No :sad:

Originally posted by Colin B
(And if so, who won? lol)
Originally posted by inkyfan
lol girl power! Hup Fieke! ;)

I would definitly win :p ;)

ooh! I love the QF draw! Well, Nooni might be tough for Elke though I hope not.

Hope the semi's will be:
Groenefeld - Clijsters
van de Ven - van Hartingsveldt

but I think i won't be that lucky! ;)

OH NOOO!
Matea:(
damn

Jenny :sad: :mad: Aleksandra :sad:

Hanna :D :D

Bad luck girls :sad:

any doubles results yet?

they started doubles about 3pm
and i left about then too as i was pretty tired cos of hardly any sleep in past few days.

Hanna :D :D she's a great girl :) :)
Galina just got better as match went on :D
Irina was too powerful
Jenny :sad: didnt play as good
Liana :sad: she tried her best but Tessy was too good

Anna-Lena was again impressive, big serve, and groundies were too much for Matea
fuller report on other thread.

Anna-Lena :D

Matea :sad:

Well done Hanna :)

(3)Cerna/Gerlova bt Doz/Ruutel 7-6 7-6
Clijsters/Majstorovic bt Balaci/Piedade 3-6 6-3 6-0 :) Elke :sad: liana
(4)Babakova/Tvarskova bt Berry/Paterson 6-1 6-1
Lindstrom/Srndovic bt wc-Kucerkova/O'Brien 6-2 6-2
Dvornikova/Dvornikova bt Balsamo/Mondani 5-7 3-0
Reilly/Renken bt Collins/Hawkins 6-4 7-6 :sad: Anna
White/Mossiakova bt wc-Emmet/Slater 7-6 6-0
(2)Boulykina/Voskoboeva bt Van de Ven/Van Hartingsveldt 1-6 7-6 7-5 :D

Doubles Round 1:

(3)Cerna/Gerlova bt Doz/Ruutel 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
Clijsters/Majstorovic bt Balaci/Piedade 3-6 6-3 6-0 :)
(4)Babakova/Tvaroskova bt Berry/Paterson 6-1 6-1 :sad:
Lindstrom/Srndovic bt wc-Kucerkova/O'Brien 6-2 6-2 :) :(
alt-Dvornikova/Dvornikova bt Balsamo/Mondani 5-7 3-0 ret.
Reilly/Renken bt Collin/Hawkins 6-4 7-6(8) :D :(
Mossiakova/White bt wc-Emmett/Slater 7-6(5) 6-0 :) :sad:
(2)Boulykina/Voskoboeva bt Van De Ven/ Van Hartingsveldt 1-6 7-6(5) 7-5 :(

Congrats Elke!!!!! :bounce: :bounce:
Good luck in the quarters ;)

pfff @ the Brits!

Go Clijsters/Majstorovic & Boulykina/Voskoboeva :D

Matea :sad: :(

but well done Anna-Lena :)

Amanada, Jenny, Liana, and Matea all out :(

well done Galina though, now win it ;)

Lindstrom/Srndovic :D

CONGRATS ELKE

A-N-N-A - L-E-N-A!!!

Hannah :D
Anna-Lena :)
Elke :)

Jenny :(
Aleksandra :(

hanna :sad: , Elke :D:D
Anna Lena :D
Elke vs Anna Lena :mad:

1/4 Finales

Groenefeld - Boulykina (7) 6-3 4-6 6-0
E Clijsters (Q) - Nooni 6-2 4-6 6-2
Van de Ven - Voskoboeva (6) 6-4 6-4
Van Hartingsveldt - Kucerkova (Q) 2-6 6-1 6-3

Congrats Elke :bounce: Good luck in the semis :bounce:

CONGRATS ELKE

I saw all the matches and pretty good too

the Elke vs Hanna match wasn't the best quality but it was pretty fun.

not a good day as it turned out for me
Galina lost, Tessy was too good for her :sad:
Irina should have lost in two but Anna-Lena lost the plot in set two when she was *3-0 up.
Hanna Nooni...... what else can i say other than "She floats like a butterfly and stings like one too" (more on the other page you'll know what i mean ;) )

jenny/Aleksandra lost in doubles :sad:

Clijsters/Majstorovic bt (3)Cerna/Gerlova 7-5 5-7 6-4
(4)Babakova/Tvaroskova bt Lindstrom/Srndovic 6-4 6-3
alt-Dvornikova/Dvornikova bt Reilly/Renken 7-5 6-3
(2)Boulykina/Voskoboeva bt Mossiakova/White 6-3 6-3

Linzi/Nicole :sad:

Linzi/Nicole were 4-1 up and also led 5-3, last i saw was 6-5
then i had to go.

lol good ol' Linz, going ahead then losing. Now THATS the Scottish way ;)

Anna-Lena :)

Go Elke!:bounce:

damn hanna :sad: - but a good tournament regardless

Well done Anna-Lena :)

Galina :(
Clijsters/Majstorovic ;)
Boulykina/Voskoboeva ;)

C'mon Elke :bounce:

Come on Elke!!

Pictures from Hull are here :)

http://wtaq.tripod.com/turn/hull3/THUMB1.HTM


there will be more to come as i saw Roland again on Thurs and Friday

Groenefeld - Clijsters 5-7 6-2 6-3 :sad:
van de Ven - Van Hartingsveldt 6-3 7-6 (2)

damn Elke :sad:
but great tournament for her!!
Anna Lena :D:D Now win this!!

Go Tessy now

Anna-Lena :D

Elke :(
Hanna :sad:

Anna-Lena won :bounce:

Anna-Lena :D :bounce: :bounce:

Well done Tessy and Anna-Lena :)

Doubles Semis:

Clijsters/Majstorovic bt (4)Babakova/Tvaroskova 6-2 1-6 7-5

(2)Boulykina/Voskoboeva bt Dvornikova/Dvornikova 6-4 7-6(2)

All 4 finalists will probably have to pull out of Tipton qualies which start tomorrow i think.

Semi Finals

Clijsters/Majstorovic - Babakova/Tvaroskova (4) 6-2 1-6 7-5 :):)
Boulykina/Voskoboeva (2) - Dvornikova/Dvornikova 6-4 7-6 (2)

Elke :D/Borka :D

Originally posted by paul_masterton
Doubles Semis:
All 4 finalists will probably have to pull out of Tipton qualies which start tomorrow i think.
if Elke is seeded in the qualliedraw she maybe gets a bye in the first round of that draw and doesn't have to play on Sunday but on Monday when the second rounds are :confused:, but I have no idea..
is tipton far away from hull??

Tipton is near Birmingham, but from Hull (on east coast) it will take about 2-3 hours by train.
but qualies start on monday anyway (rd1 and 2)

Alena/Anastasia :sad: :( but go Irina/Galina :)

Anna-Lena :)
not suprised Tessy won again. she's been on fire all week.

TBE: will you be going to Tipton?

Nope its a bit far off for me, plus i got work next week.

woohoo! Go Tessy! Poor Elke, but I like Anna-Lena too. Still, I hope Tessy wins this! :D

Anna-Lena :) :) good luck in final :)

Go anna-Lena and win your 2nd ITF-Title

juhu, ANNA-LENA!!!!

Final

Groenefeld - Van de Ven 7-6 (4) 6-3

well done Anna-Lena :)

Anna-Lena :bounce:

good week for her

this will give her 9 points for the ranking
and will move her up nearly 100 spots
she will be #460 or so next week :bounce:

Anna Lena :D:D:bounce:

any doubles results?

Well done Anna-Lena and Tessy! Tessy got 7 points this week and should be around 430! :D

ANNA-LENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to Anna-Lena

Congrats to Anna-Lena.:)

Congrats to Anna-Lena :D

The Germans are on the up-and-up :)

Today's final never really reached the standard of yesterday's Clijsters V Groenefeld semi. Anna-Lena started very slowly, struggling in her first service game, and then getting broken in her 2nd to give Tessy an early 3-1 lead.
Being a break down seemed to scare Anna-Lena, and she broke back immediately. For the remainder of the set, both players held serve comfortably (never worse than 40-15).
In the tie-break, Tessy's serve deserted her. There were no long rallies, as the breaker slipped away from Van De Ven. Once Anna-Lena led 6-2, Tessy did hold her serve but it was too late.
In the second set, Tessy took some time to recover from losing the 1st, and was broken to trail 0-3. Although she managed to regain her rhythm somewhat, she never threatened Anna-Lena's serve again.

Incidentally, Anna-Lena has had strapping round her ankles this tournament. This, according to her coach, is a "recurring ligament problem" although she isn't in pain during her matches.

Doubles final: Boulykina & Voskoboeva BEAT Clijsters & Majstorovic 4-6, 7-6, 6-3

Something of a marathon, this match. Voskoboeva started very badly, struggling to hit anything in court. Boulykina is quite clearly the dominant player of the two, and it was important that she kept encouraging Voskoboeva.
In the end, the height of Boulykina proved crucial, she spent a lot of time at the net, and in the final set, must have hit 4 or 5 excellent smashes.

As can be seen in my signature, some photos will be coming into my gallery soon from this tournament. For most of them, the quality isn't too great, due to either watching from behind glass or nets. Despite their promises, they didn't put seats out beside the court for spectators today.

Finally, I will be going to the final 2 days of Tipton (the qualifying for which starts tomorrow, as TBE said, although no draw is available yet)

grr...lazy pommies! I want the Tipton draw! ;)

I think Van Hartingsveldt may have to go through the qualifying draw for Tipton, unlike Hull.

no... she was last in for MD at Tipton on the entry list... so she should be in MD!

congrats Anna-Lena :) :)

Oh, sorry, you must be right, someone's probably dropped out, from the list I've got.

Anna-Lena :D