(1)Jana Hlavackova CZE vs Anais Laurendon FRA
Karla Mraz FRA vs (11)Kaia Kanepi EST

(2)Karolina Sprem CRO vs Emmanuelle Edon FRA
Michelle Gerards NED vs Aiko Nakamura JAP

(3)Stephanie Gehrlein GER vs Vera Douchevina RUS
wc-Karen Paterson GBR vs (10)Maria Kondratieva RUS

(4)Anne-Lauren Heitz GER vs wc-Melanie South GBR
wc-Rebecca Llewellyn GBR vs (16)Nicole Rencken RSA

(5)Antoaneta Pandjerova BUL vs Tessy Van de Ven NED
Helena Ejeson SWE vs (13)Lauren Breadmore AUS

(6)Capucine Rousseau FRA vs Claudia Kuleszka GER
Galina Voskoboeva RUS vs (14)Hannah Collin GBR

(7)Sophie Lefevre FRA vs wc-Holly Bagshaw GBR
Irina Boulykina RUS vs (15)Sophie Erre FRA

(8)Laura Dell'Angelo ITA vs Aurelie Vedy FRA
Olivia Sanchez FRA vs (12)Giulia Casoni ITA

I dont like the 16 seed thing, makes the results pretty obvious. Can't see a huge degree of upsets, certainly not from the Brits anyway.

Go Kaia & Vera

If Anne Laure doesn't win this match...

Thanx Paul!!!

Go Brits!

Paul:

Why would you have expected upsets from the Brits if there were only eight seeds? :p :p

Hannah Collin's got a very tough match. Voskoboeva made the final in Tipton.

Douchevina's a very good junior, so I think she's got a good chance against Gehrlein.

It's 8 qualifiers, so my predictions are:

Kanepi
Sprem
Douchevina
Heitz
Van De Ven
Voskoboeva
Boulykina
Dell'Angelo

Good Luck To all Brits;
Becasue Karen is in the Qualifying Draw does this mean that Amanda Janes gets a wildcard into the main draw???

The 8 qualifiers will be;
Jana Hlavackova
Karolina Sprem
Vera Douchevina
Melanie South
Tessy Van de ven
Galina Voskoboeva
Holly Bagshaw
Olivia Sanchez

Good luck to all the Brits especially

Hannah :) :)
Karen :) :)
Rebecca :) :)

good luck to Karolina Sprem!

Good LUCK :
:) Jana Hlavackova
:) Giulia Casoni

Good Luck Capuccine, Hannah, Kaia, Holly, Melanie, Rebecca, karen and Guilia:bounce:

good luck:

vera
kaia
lauren
galina

Good luck to the brits!

COME ON Melanie step it up!

Good luck to:

(11)Kaia Kanepi EST
Aiko Nakamura JAP
Vera Douchevina RUS
wc-Rebecca Llewellyn GBR
and (14)Hannah Collin GBR!!!!

Go Michelle and Tessy! :D

Kaia :bounce: :bounce: Go girl :D

Vera D vs Masha Kondratieva in the 2R :mad: Come on girls, play great for Eggy :D

Go go go, Aiko! :bounce:

Good luck to Karolina Sprem :)

Go Luck To Lauen Breadmore she is playing well and be carefull cause she's going to upset lots of people this year!!

You go girl

Go Lauren, fantastic to see that she is not hanging around in Australia until the Bendigo Challenger. This girl has something all the other aussie girls don't have, and thats intelligence with scheduling, must be cos she was dux at her score receiving a perfect score! Good on her, she's gonna succeed and be in the top 250 very soon!

Go Lauren :)

Will she come back for Bendigo in 2 weeks time? Or stay in Europe...it's amazing how many Aussie girls are hopeless at scheduling (look how many missed out on India and Doha), Lauren looks to be an exception...some tough players in her section but on current form she can beat them.

Go Vera D also :)

Breadmore's 4th alternate for qualifying in Redbridge next week, so chances are she'll probably just get in. However, she's committed to nothing in Europe the following week, so I suspect she could be going back to Australia.

Pfffff, can't believe reigning Wimbledon junior champs doesn't get a WC in England

1st qualifying round

Heitz (FRA) BEAT South (GB) 6-3, 6-3

In challengers, wild-cards are almost always given to home players.

Mel :sad: but a good try

Good luck Vera, Helena and Giulia!

Originally posted by bluepastures
In challengers, wild-cards are almost always given to home players.

You mean in England, right?

No, not at all. In all countries they're going to favour the home players. Look at the Bergamo 10k this week. 7 out of the 8 wildcards to Italians. It's the home federation's choice, and naturally they're going to want to promote home talent.

Of course at WTA events, you've got other issues, such as crowd popularity or tv ratings, which aren't really an issue for challengers.

No more scores yet, but some results:

Llewellyn BEAT Rencken
Paterson LOST TO Kondratieva
Bagshaw LOST TO Lefevre

a Vera Douchevina sighting :bounce: Davay!

good luck Kaia Kanepi, Aiko Nakamura and Capucine Rousseau as well

OMG Rebecca won a match:eek::D

Kaia has found her winning ways again! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
6-2 6-4
Congratulations to her and all her fans! :) :)

Holly lost 64 16 64. She just needs to win a couple of these tight matches and seh will be on her way. She's so talented.

Karen lost 64 61, so she actualyl did quite well in the 1st set considering the gulf in class.

Becky won 64 76(4) amazing!

Hannah lost 63 75. I know Galina is good but still pathetic. She better not get a wimbledon wild card ahead of Crook, Moore or Borwell this year. If she does i'll go mental.

Kaia :bounce: :bounce:

Congrats Kaia...keep it up...I want to see you in the top 100 by years end :D

1st round qualifying results

Anais Laurendon FRA d. (1) Jana Hlavackova CZE 6-3, 7-5
(11) Kaia Kanepi EST d. Karla Mraz FRA 6-2, 6-4

(2) Karolina Sprem CRO d. Emmanuelle Edon FRA 6-2, 6-2
Michelle Gerads NED d. (9) Aiko Nakamura JPN 6-4, 6-3

Vera Douchevina RUS d. (3) Stephanie Gehrlein GER
(10) Maria Kondratieva d. WC Karen Paterson GBR 6-4, 6-1

(4) Anne-Laure Heitz FRA d. WC Melanie South GBR 6-3, 6-3
WC Rebecca Llewellyn GBR d. (16) Nicole Rencken RSA 6-4, 7-6(4)

Tessy Van De Ven NED d. (5) Antoaneta Pandjerova BUL 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
(13) Lauren Breadmore AUS d. Helena Ejeson SWE 6-7(3), 6-1, 7-5

(6) Capuchine Rousseau FRA d. Claudia Kuleszka GER 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1
Galoma Voskoboeva RUS d. (14) Hannah Collin GBR 6-3, 7-5

(7) Sophie Lefevre FRA d. WC Holly Bagshaw GBR 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Irina Boulykina RUS d. (15) Sophie Erre FRA 7-5, 7-5

(8) Laura Dellangelo ITA d. Aurelie Vedy FRA 6-3, 6-2
(12) Giulia Casoni ITA d. Olivia Sanchez FRA 6-1, 4-6, 7-5

Karolina:D

go Karolina Sprem!

Helena :sad: great effort but not enough :sad:

Well Done Rebecca!:D

Hope you can win the next:)

Quite shocked to see Holly do so well isn't she like 16? She seems to have a bright future!

Well done Kaia, Capuccine and Rebecca!

Weren't Casoni, Hlavackova, and Kanepi top 150 at one point. I remember watching them play in US Open qualies a couple of years ago. What happened to them? Especially Jana:sad:

Michelle! :D :bounce: Tessy! :D :bounce:

Nicole :sad:

Kaia has her hands full with Laurendon...Anais did quite well at the Paris Indoors. Hope Kaia can win a few more matches before the week is through :D :D :D

Vera vs Masha, as expected :mad: Davay Vera :D

go vera!

Anne-Laure - finally a win :)

Karolina :) :)

keep it going lauren great form keep it up

agree with you guys comments about the aussies scheduling - theyre hopeless

Originally posted by Bradshaw#1
Weren't Casoni, Hlavackova, and Kanepi top 150 at one point. I remember watching them play in US Open qualies a couple of years ago. What happened to them? Especially Jana:sad:

Kaia was injured for most of last year :sad:

She is finally healthy...hopefully she can stay that way.

Kaia :bounce: :bounce:

Jana :(
go Casoni:)

Vera :)
Giulia :)

Helena :(

Antoaneta :sad:

Qualifying round results

Anais Laurendon FRA d. (11) Kaia Kanepi EST 7-5, 6-4
(2) Karolina Sprem CRO d. Michelle Gerads NED 6-0, 6-1
Vera Douchevina RUS d. (10) Maria Kondratieva 7-6(4), 6-4
(4) Anne-Laure Heitz FRA d. WC Rebecca Llewellyn GBR 6-4, 6-3
Tessy Van De Ven NED d. (13) Lauren Breadmore AUS 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2
Galoma Voskoboeva RUS d. (6) Capuchine Rousseau FRA 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
(7) Sophie Lefevre FRA d. Irina Boulykina RUS 6-4, 6-0
(12) Giulia Casoni ITA d. (8) Laura Dellangelo ITA 6-2,6-3

Brilliant win for Tessy :) The MDs (singles and doubles) are out, I presume Palicot's posting them as I write this.

Kaia :sad:

Kaia :sad: Rebecca :sad: Capuccine :sad:

Kaia!:( You should've beaten her.:sad:

Congrats Vera D!!!

Tessy! :D

Michelle :sad:

Karolina :) :)

Maria :(

Kaia, Capucine :( :sad:

go Vera :)

Vera :)
Giulia :)