(1) 127 Sofia Arvidsson SWE v 234 Viginia Pichet FRA
207 Nina Duebbers GER v 204 Anne Keothavong GBR
231 Julia Schruff GER v Q 261 Karolina Sprem CRO
217 Zuzana Kucova SVK v (5) 163 Elena Baltacha GBR

(4) 160 Nadejda Ostrovskaya BLR v 228 Zuzanna Hejdova CZE
223 Maria Wolfbrandt SWE v 209 Eva Birnerova CZE
WC 689 Lyndsay Reilly GBR v 224 Maria Geznenge BUL
Q 315 Giulia Casoni ITA v (8) 188 Julie Pullin GBR

(7) 165 Roberta Vinci ITA v Q 306 Aiko Nakamura JPN
Q 287 Sophie Lefevre FRA v 221 Angelika Bachmann GER
233 Severine Beltrame FRA v JE Jarmila Gajdosova SVK
Q 268 Petra Russegger AUT v (3) 139 Sandra Kloesel GER

(6) 164 Lubomira Bacheva BUL v Q 277 Stepanie Gehrlein GER
214 Natalia Gussoni ARG v Q 290 Capucine Rousseau FRA
WC 278 Jane O'Donoghue GBR v Q 265 Caroline Maes BEL
WC 575 Karen Paterson GBR v 128 Olga Barabanschikova BLR

Gogo Caroline :) :bounce: Take this chance :)

Good luck to:

Julie Pullin
Anne Keothavong :D
Capucine Rousseau :D
Giulia Casoni
Caroline Maes
Karen Paterson

Good luck:

Sofia Arvidsson
Anne Keothavong
Karolina Sprem
Elena Baltacha
Lyndsay Reilly
Julie Pullin
Roberta Vinci
Sophie Lefevre
Jane O'Donoghue
Karen Paterson
Olga Barabanschikova

Elena, Anne and Jane have winnable matches. Julie might get through hers if she starts to play a bit better. Lyndsay could sneak an upset if she is really on it. As for Karen, well we all know what is gonna happen there i'm afraid.

Doubles Main Draw

(1) Daskovic/Zaric YUG v Gajdosova/Kucova SVK
Gourevich/Kondratieva RUS v Coombs/Reilly GBR

(3) Geznenge/Topalova BUL v Crook/Lefevre GBR/FRA
Collin/Keothavong GBR v Hawkins/Rencken GBR/RSA

Maes/Woerle BEL/GER v Janes/O'Donoghue GBR
Bachmann/Kloesel GER v (4) Barabanshikova/Ostrovskaya BLR

Hejdova/Steinbach CZE/GER v Birnerova/Hlavackova CZE
Duebbers/Schruff GER v (2) Baltacha/Pullin GBR

Good Luck Olga and Jarmilla! :)

Good luck Nina & Jane

Good Luck British Girls
Lets hope they all perform better than last week.

best of luck to:

*Sofia Arvidsson :D
*Nina Dubbers
*Anne Keothavong
*Elena Baltacha :D
*Eva Birnerova :D
*Maria Geznenge
*Julie Pullin
*Roberta Vinci
*Sophie Lefevre
*Jarmila Gajdosova :D
*Sandra Kloesel :D

Good luck to:

(1) 127 Sofia Arvidsson SWE
234 Viginia Pichet FRA
204 Anne Keothavong GBR
(7) 165 Roberta Vinci ITA
JE Jarmila Gajdosova SVK
WC 278 Jane O'Donoghue GBR
and 128 Olga Barabanschikova BLR!!!!!

Keothavong and Baltacha get hard draws again! :(

:o sofia vs virginia in r1 again :o
and if sofia wins again probably anne again in r2 :o

maria and another bad draw :(

oh no!!! virginie vs sofia again I can' believe it :mad:
I hope it will be virginie's turn to win
good luck to giulia and sophie :)

Go Olga:)

How do they do the draws, because they aren't many differnces with last weeks!!!
It would be better is Baltacha & Bacheva swap rankings, becasue Bacheva's quarter is much easier than Bally's. And if Bally wins her first singles match of the year, then she will probably face Sprem, Great!!!!!

good luck to Karolina Sprem!

Good luck to all my faves
e.g. Elena Baltacha and Jane O'Donoghue.

Go

ELENA BALTACHA
JANE O DONOGHUE

GO:

Anne Keothavong
Elena Baltacha
Julie Pullin
Jarmila Gajdosova
Capucine Rousseau
Jane O'Donoghue
Caroline Maes
Karen Paterson
Olga Barabanschikova

go bally!

Good luck to:

Karolina Sprem :)
Roberta Vinci
Jarmila Gajdosova :)
Jane O'Donoghue
Olga Barabanschikova :)

Originally posted by Palicot
(1) 127 Sofia Arvidsson SWE v 234 Viginia Pichet FRA
207 Nina Duebbers GER v 204 Anne Keothavong GBR
231 Julia Schruff GER v Q 261 Karolina Sprem CRO
217 Zuzana Kucova SVK v (5) 163 Elena Baltacha GBR

(4) 160 Nadejda Ostrovskaya BLR v 228 Zuzanna Hejdova CZE
223 Maria Wolfbrandt SWE v 209 Eva Birnerova CZE
WC 689 Lyndsay Reilly GBR v 224 Maria Geznenge BUL
Q 315 Giulia Casoni ITA v (8) 188 Julie Pullin GBR

(7) 165 Roberta Vinci ITA v Q 306 Aiko Nakamura JPN
Q 287 Sophie Lefevre FRA v 221 Angelika Bachmann GER
233 Severine Beltrame FRA v JE Jarmila Gajdosova SVK
Q 268 Petra Russegger AUT v (3) 139 Sandra Kloesel GER

(6) 164 Lubomira Bacheva BUL v Q 277 Stepanie Gehrlein GER
214 Natalia Gussoni ARG v Q 290 Capucine Rousseau FRA
WC 278 Jane O'Donoghue GBR v Q 265 Caroline Maes BEL
WC 575 Karen Paterson GBR v 128 Olga Barabanschikova BLR
only 6 British in the MD:eek: including 3 WC's
where is Lucie Ahl?
hoping Elena will be able to get the title on her home soil,
her 3rd round Wimbies points are no easy task to defend,
good luck to her.....:)

A touch of deja vu for Anne in r.2! Let's hope she can 'up' her game and take out the favourite this week!

I stopped posting good luck messages to the GBTG's because I thought I was jinxing them (they seemed to lose every time I posted one!) but after last week's debacle it seems it must be someone else; So I can start again.

GOOD LUCK BRITS!! :bounce:

Good luck:

Bally
Anne
Jane
Karen
Lyndsay
Julie

Good luck

Lubomira Bacheva BUL
Maria Geznenge BUL
Zuzana Kucova SVK
Karolina Sprem CRO
(3) Geznenge/Topalova BUL ;)
Hejdova/Steinbach

:fiery: Anne K v Sofia in r2 again

good luck:

Anne Keothavong
Elena Baltacha
Roby Vinci
Aiko Nakamura
Jarmila Gajdosova
Petra Russegger
Capucine Rousseau
Jane O'Donoghue
Olga Barabanschikova

some draws already up on lta website good nesw for gb girls

Anne,Jane and Elena won

Sofia and Olga won aswell

Sofia won 6-0 6-2
Anne won 6-2 6-3
Sprem won 7-6 6-2
Bally won 6-2 6-0:D
Jane won 6-2 6-1

Caroline :(

O'donoghue beat Maes 6-2 6-1? :(

Originally posted by bram_born84
O'donoghue beat Maes 6-2 6-1? :(

Wow, is that the scoreline? I only can say: "Terrible Caroline!" :(

(1) Sofia Arvidsson SWE d. Viginia Pichet FRA 6-0, 6-2
Anne Keothavong GBR d. Nina Duebbers GER 6-2, 6-3
Q Karolina Sprem CRO d. Julia Schruff GER 7-6(0), 6-2
(5) Elena Baltacha GBR d. Zuzana Kucova SVK 6-2, 6-0
(4) Nadejda Ostrovskaya BLR d. Zuzana Hejdova CZE 6-1, 6-7(1), 6-4
Eva Birnerova CZE d. Maria Wolfbrandt SWE 6-2, 6-3
JE Jarmila Gajdosova SVK d. Severine Beltrame FRA 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-1
WC Jane O'Donoghue GBR d. Q Caroline Maes BEL 6-2, 6-1
(2) Olga Barabanschikova BLR d. WC Karen Paterson GBR 7-5, 6-2

Klösel d. Russegger 60 63 :sad:

Sofia :)
Jane :)
Olga :)

Maria :(

Karolina:D:D

Good luck against Baltacha!

Great job Anne, Elena, and Jarmila :)

nice win Jarmila :D
Karolina :) :)
Olga :) :)
Jane :)

C'Mon Anne! Kick Ass!

Good luck Julie.

Well done Bally, Anne, Jane and Olga :)

Well done Anne :D

Caroline and Karen :sad:

Full 1st round results

(1) Sofia Arvidsson SWE d. Viginia Pichet FRA 6-0, 6-2
Anne Keothavong GBR d. Nina Duebbers GER 6-2, 6-3
Q Karolina Sprem CRO d. Julia Schruff GER 7-6(0), 6-2
(5) Elena Baltacha GBR d. Zuzana Kucova SVK 6-2, 6-0

(4) Nadejda Ostrovskaya BLR d. Zuzana Hejdova CZE 6-1, 6-7(1), 6-4
Eva Birnerova CZE d. Maria Wolfbrandt SWE 6-2, 6-3
Maria Geznenge BUL d. WC Lyndsay Reilly GBR 6-4, 6-3
(8) Julie Pullin GBR d. Q Giulia Casoni ITA 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-3

(7) Roberta Vinci ITA d. Q Aiko Nakamura JPN 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Q Sophie Lefevre FRA d. Angelika Bachmann GER 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
JE Jarmila Gajdosova SVK d. Severine Beltrame FRA 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-1
(3) Sandra Kloesel GER d. Q Petra Russegger AUT 6-3, 6-0

Q Stephanie Gehrlein GER d. (6) Lubomira Bacheva BUL 6-3, 6-4
Natalia Gussoni ARG d. Q Capucine Rousseau FRA 6-2, 6-4
WC Jane O'Donoghue GBR d. Q Caroline Maes BEL 6-2, 6-1
(2) Olga Barabanschikova BLR d. WC Karen Paterson GBR 7-5, 6-2

Sofia :D
Anne :D
Karolina :)
Bally :D
Linzi :sad: - but good effort! :)
Julie :D
Roberta :)
Sophie :D
Jane :D
Olga :D
Karen :sad: - but a good shot against a much higher-ranked player

WOW convincing victories for Elena, Anne & Jane plus finally Julie has something to celebrate... And Lyndsay and especially Karen made good impact!!!

well done Sofia, Anne, Elena, Eva, Maria, Julie, Roberta, Sophie, Jarmila, and Sandra :D

too bad for Nina :(

good day for me here :o

Some good British results there, and convincing one's too!!

Good Luck in Round 2 to Bally, Anne, Jane & Julie.

Any doubles news yet?

Doubles don't start until tomorrow.

Yeah Julie wins a match:D

Sandra :bounce:
Stephanie :bounce:
Angelika :sad:
Nina :sad: :(
Julie :D
Jane :D
Natalia :D
Elena :D

oh Nina :sad:

Roberta :)

Well done :

Julie
Jane
Bally :D :D
Anne

Well done Olga and all the Brits especially Elena!:bounce:

Karen was 0-30 down at 4-4, fought back to 5-4.

She had 4 set points on Olga's serve and couldn't take them :sad:

Bad luck Karen, but against these girls you need to take your chances :(

Good day for the Brits. More tomorrow, let's hope!
Jane, Julie, Anne, Elena :)

Sofia :D

Maria :sad: almost identic scoreline than last week :sad:

Bally :bounce: :bounce:
Jane :):):):)
Anne :):):):)
Julie :):)

GO BRITS TOMORROW!!!!

5 more British to go.........:D

Shut up!

2nd round results

Jarmila Gajdosova (Svk) bt Sandra Kloesel (Ger) 7-5 6-3
Olga Barabanschikova (Blr) bt Jane O'Donoghue (Gbr) 6-2 6-2

Roby :)
Olga :)

Jane :(
Giulia :(

Originally posted by Palicot
2nd round results

Jarmila Gajdosova (Svk) bt Sandra Kloesel (Ger) 7-5 6-3
:fiery: :(

wow Jarmila :D very good win :D

keep it going ;)

too bad Sandra though :(

Lubomira :eek: - not again
Bravo Maria :D

2nd round results

Anne Keothavong GBR d. (1) Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-4, 3-1 Retd.
Q Karolina Sprem CRO d. (5) Elena Baltacha GBR 6-4, 6-2

(4) Nadejda Ostrovskaya BLR d. Eva Birnerova CZE 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Maria Geznenge BUL d. (8) Julie Pullin GBR 6-2, 7-5

(7) Roberta Vinci ITA d. Q Sophie Lefevre FRA 6-3, 6-4
JE Jarmila Gajdosova SVK d. (3) Sandra Kloesel GER 7-5, 6-3

Natalia Gussoni ARG d. Q Stephanie Gehrlein GER 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
(2) Olga Barabanschikova BLR d. WC Jane O'Donoghue GBR 6-2, 6-2

Thanx for the scores Palicot

Well Done Anne, a good win regardless of whether Arvidsson retired or not. But for the other Brits, tut tut. Bally's result is dreadful, she will lose 10 points of her ranking next Monday and has not made up for it in this tournament, Julie's was probably expected and Jane lost to a much better opponent, lets hope things go better in the doubles!!!!!
The best part of the draw for the Brits to be in was either the 2nd or 3rd quarter, and only Julie was there, if it was Bally or Jane they would have gotten a lot further.

bally played dreadful spraying the ball everywhere
sprem did play well her serve is very strong, and she was into the game clenching a fist when she won a big point . bally look like she was'nt there. she wasn,t pump up at all.
i was at redbridge last year and to me bally hase not really inproved since last year un like anne, i was very impressed with annne her sevre has got stronger and her return of serve was impressive and to the base line .she is a much stronger player than last year even though she swears like a brick layer.
good luck anne !!!

Roberta :D
Jane :sad:

Sandra and Stephanie :sad: :fiery:

Congrats
Anne
Natalia

well done Anne, Roberta, and Maria :)

too bad Sofia, Elena, Eva, Julie, and Sophie :(

:D Great results

:bounce: Anne K, Roby, Jarmila, Olga

blah @ Jane and Bally though.

Fantastic to hear Anne's back to her cursing ways :D

Elena :fiery:

Anne :bounce:

abs: Do you know why Sofia retired?

Well done Nadejda, Maria, Roberta, and Natalia :)

abs: Do you know why Sofia retired?

Well done Nadejda, Maria, Roberta, and Natalia :)

Sofia :( I wonder if she will try to get to Mexico intime for Qualies?

Any doubles results?

wow Karen did far better against Olga than Jane.

Bally :fiery: :sad:
Anne :D
Julie :rolleyes:

Anne could be British #1 soon :eek:

Wow Anne even though Sofia retired:D

Bally:rolleyes:

Abs love the quote

'even though she swears like a brick layer'

I find it funny that the one time i saw Anne play she didn't swear at all!

i think it was blisters i'm not sure but put a bandage on her foot

I don't know the doubles results, but I know the 2nd round matches;

DASKOVIC/ZARIC v. Kondratieva/Gourevitch
GEZNENGE/TOPALOVA v. Hawkins/Rencken
BARABANSCHIKOVA/OSTROVSKAYA v. Janes/O'Donoghue
BALTACHA/PULLIN v. Birnerova/Hlavakova

Maria/Dessi :D :D

Doubles 1st round results

(1) Daskovic/Zaric YUG d. Gajdosova/Kucova SVK 6-4, 6-4
Gourevich/Kondratieva RUS d. Coombs/Reilly GBR 6-3, 6-2

(3) Geznenge/Topalova BUL d. Crook/Lefevre GBR/FRA 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5)
Hawkins/Rencken GBR/RSA d. Collin/Keothavong GBR 2-1 Retd

Janes/O'Donoghue GBR d. Maes/Woerle BEL/GER 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
(4) Barabanshikova/Ostrovskaya BLR d. Bachmann/Kloesel GER 6-1, 4-6, 6-4

Birnerova/Hlavackova CZE d. Hejdova/Steinbach CZE/GER 6-4, 6-4
(2) Baltacha/Pullin GBR d. Duebbers/Schruff GER 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

Helen/Sophie :sad: SO CLOSE!! :sad:

Well Done Amanda/Jane, Bally/Julie.

Good Luck to Amanda & Jane against Olga & Nadedja

Originally posted by Palicot
Doubles 1st round results
Hawkins/Rencken GBR/RSA d. Collin/Keothavong GBR 2-1 Ret

Uh-ohh! Hope Anne isn't injured.
(I hope Hannah isn't either but you know what I mean!)

Karolina:D

good luck in quarterfinal against Anne!

thanks abs ... so it isn't a serious injury :)

Keep going Anne, Roberta, Jarmila, and Olg!!:D

Sofia :( bad luck

Anne :bounce:
Bally :confused: Get your act together! At least Anne will show Sprem who's boss!

When (hoping) Anne has beaten Sprem, the route is easy for her to get to the final, if she was to do this would she overtake Julie as the number 2 brit?

Originally posted by Palicot
2nd round results

Anne Keothavong GBR d. (1) Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-4, 3-1 Retd.
Q Karolina Sprem CRO d. (5) Elena Baltacha GBR 6-4, 6-2

(4) Nadejda Ostrovskaya BLR d. Eva Birnerova CZE 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Maria Geznenge BUL d. (8) Julie Pullin GBR 6-2, 7-5

(7) Roberta Vinci ITA d. Q Sophie Lefevre FRA 6-3, 6-4
JE Jarmila Gajdosova SVK d. (3) Sandra Kloesel GER 7-5, 6-3

Natalia Gussoni ARG d. Q Stephanie Gehrlein GER 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
(2) Olga Barabanschikova BLR d. WC Jane O'Donoghue GBR 6-2, 6-2

QF matchup
204-Anne Keothavong GBR 19 vs 261-Q Karolina Sprem CRO 18
160-(4) Nadejda Ostrovskaya BLR 26 vs 224-Maria Geznenge BUL 25
178-(7) Roberta Vinci ITA 19 vs JE Jarmila Gajdosova SVK 15
128-(2)Olga Barabanschikova BLR 23 vs 214-Natalia Gussoni ARG 21

hopefully Anne will come through her half, being a British
and i cant wait to see the SF b/w
Jarmila and Olga:bounce: :)

COME ON ANNE:D

Come on Anne, get secure your place in the top 200, then we shall have 3 brits there.

GO ANNE!! :bounce: :kiss:

WOW KAROLINA! She is 18-0 so far this season :eek:

If Keothavong is the one who stops Sprem this year, I'd be very surprised.

Olga :D

Roberta :)

Great win, Maria :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Originally posted by croat123
WOW KAROLINA! She is 18-0 so far this season :eek:

Please,Karolina keep this run!
Please beat Anne!

GO ANNE! :D

Jarmila :D finally some good wins again :)
Karolina :) :) keep it up :)
Olga :) :) bad luck Jane though :(
Roberta :)

Originally posted by Hurley
If Keothavong is the one who stops Sprem this year, I'd be very surprised.

Why?:confused:

Good luck

Olga B
Anne K
Bally/Julie :bounce: :bounce:

Any results yet?

Roby :)

Sofia :sad:

Sofia :sad:

Roby :)

Results;

Sprem beat Keothavong
7-5,6-4
Ostrovskaya beat Geznenge
6-1,6-2
Gajdosova beat Vinci
5-7,6-3,6-4
Barabanschikova beat Gussoni
6-2,6-1

WD Karolina:D:D

Good luck in semifinal against Ostrovskaya!
Karolina was beat Ostrovskaya las week in Southampton!
go Karolina!

Doubles;

Daskovic/Zaric beat Gourevitch/Kondratieva
6-1,6-4
Hawkins/Rencken beat Geznenge/Topalova
w/o
Barabanschikova/Ostrovskaya beat Janes/O'Donoghue
6-1,6-2
Baltacha/Pullin beat Birnerova/Hlavakova
6-2,6-0

Well Done Elena & Julie, a convincing win, hopefully this shall be a turning point in both players form.

Bad lUck Anne!

Jarmila :D :D :D

fantastic run here, don't think she'll beat Olga, but who knows ;) Give it your best shot :)

too bad for Anne, Roberta, and Maria :(

wow Jarmila :D what a good tournament for her :)
Karolina :) :) do it again in semi ;)
Olga :) :)

Nadejda and Karolina -- well done

Natalia - but good tournament nevertheless

Roberta - :sad:

welll Olga this is now the time to jump in big events those 25k are too easy for you. well done.

It's great to see Jarmila doing so well in this tournament, on a junior exemption wild-card.

Well done to Elena and Julie for getting through today.

Olga knows what she's doing. She showed she can play well at adidas and beat the big names( i saw most matches), but she wants some easy matches and a tournament to get match-fit...

by the end of the year she should be top 50 and playing top tournaments

Gajdosova beat Vinci
5-7,6-3,6-4
Barabanschikova beat Gussoni
6-2,6-1
cool stuff,
SF showdown b/w a TOP junior and a comeback player...:D

Anne:rolleyes:

But at least not your safe in the top 200.191ish

Good luck Olga B in singles, but not in doubles ;) Go Bally/Julie!!!!

Anne :sad: :sad:

another doubles withdrawal from Topalova :confused:

Any results yet???

Olga :)

Roby :(

Karolina Sprem(CRO) def. Nadejda Ostrovskaya(BLR) 6-1,6-0:D
Olga Barabanschikova(BLR) def. Jarmila Gajdosova(SVK) 6-2,6-1

WD Karolina:D
Good luck in FINAL!!!

:eek: -- Karolina

Nadejda :sad:

Karolina :eek: wow! what a great win! she is on fire!

20-0 now for the season! make it 21-0!

I think,Karolina is favorite against Olga in Final!
go Karolina!:D

Hmmm... Karolina is about to her first 3 challenger events in 2003, like a certain player did in 2000, who also won her 3rd title at Redbridge... it's a good sign. :)

Karolina :eek: :D good luck in the final :)

Jarmila :sad: still good tournament anyways... :)

Doubles semi-final results

(1) Daskovic/Zaric YUG d. Hawkins/Rencken GBR/RSA 6-1, 6-4

(4) Barabanschikova/Ostrovskaya BLR d. (2) Baltacha/Pullin GBR 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Close Bally and Julie :sad: :sad:

The really disappointing thing is that Elena & Julie were leading 5-1 in the second set, before they lost 8 games in succession. A terrific match though.

Sorry, no time to write a report, as I've got more photos to edit from today. These should appear on my gallery this evening.

On another topic, I spoke to Irina Boulykina's coach today. As well as asking him where Irina is playing next, I also asked him about Ekaterina Syssoeva who I haven't seen on the circuit since she was in the US open qualifiers.

I found out, to my surprise, that Syssoeva has now completely given up tennis as she is pregnant!

:eek:

OMG - Ekaterina

And she was doing so well

She'll probably be back, like Rossana and Lindsay, and the other mothers on the tour.

Ekaterina :eek: Congrats :D

Karolina! :eek:

Oh dear, another terrible result for Bally & Julie and losing so close. The result wouldn't be so terrible had they not being winning 5-1 in the 2nd set.
But at least there ranking will move up, a bit.

And who will Bally play with next week in Ostrava, seeing as Julie isn't playing, hopefully someone who can play doubles?

Since Jane, Anne, Elena and Hannah are all going to be there, they could make 2 pairs up (if they do all want to enter the doubles).

I've uploaded five photos from today's matches to my WTAworld gallery. They're still "pending approval" at the moment, but should be ready for viewing soon.

Olga :D
Dragana/Katarina :)

Well if Dragana Zaric hasn't got a partner then that would be a good paring (from Elena's p.o.v), as would Jane and Bally, lets hope that the Brits can do better there than at Redbridge!

---Final---

Karolina Sprem(CRO) def. Oga Barabanschikova(BLR) 6-3,6-2:D

Easy training for Karolina;):D

Well Done Karolina!!!:)

wow Congrats Karolina :D

wow! that is extremely impressive!

well done karolina
next stop wta tour

Well Done and congratulations, Karolina. It has been an excellent start to the year, lets hope it will continue. (Just not in Ostrava)

wow.......Sprem has just exploded this year.......where will she be ranked on Monay?

Tomorrow she will be ranked about 239

and the following week, should be in the top 220.

wow....good for her. she should be able to get in RG and Wimbledon qualifying by then.

she will probably be higher because of the quality points she will gain for beating higher ranked players...and being a qualifier from both Southampton and Redbridge.

WOW!

impressive week for Karolina once again :)

Wow Karolina, and WOW Ekaterina!

Doubles final

(4) Barabanschikova/Ostrovskaya BLR d. (1) Daskovic/Zaric YUG 6-4, 1-6, 7-5

Sprem's serve was the real difference in the final. She was never broken. She's not a big player, and she doesn't have the most powerful serve. However she does have a very good first serve % and her placement is excellent.

Really pleased to see Olga and Nadejda win a thoroughly entertaining doubles final. Myself and the two friends I was with were definitely supporting them! I've got some more good photos from today, and I'm going to edit them up now to put on my gallery.

bluepastures: How are Karolina's groundstrokes?

I have to be honest, there weren't too many long rallies. Hence her groundstrokes weren't tested too much. However they always appeared accurate and pulled Olga from one side of the court to the other.. Her mobility is good too. She's very quick and is happy to move up to the net when required.

I've uploaded three photos from today onto my WTAworld photo gallery.

Lars has uploaded around 100 photos taken at Rebridge on his website.

To view them, you can go there (no posting here for copyright reasons ;) ) :

Photos of Redbridge 2003 (http://ifoto0.tripod.com/turn/redbrid3/THUMB1.HTM)

Ah yes, they're by Rowland Goodman, who used to provide them for www.*****************
He has VERY expensive equipment, much better than my digital camera! Still, he could only take them from the balcony. My digital camera is so small I could take it down to the stand, which is one bonus.

They really are superb photos, I suspect they'll be more appearing there in the next few days.

Originally posted by bluepastures
Ah yes, they're by Rowland Goodman, who used to provide them for www.*****************
He has VERY expensive equipment, much better than my digital camera! Still, he could only take them from the balcony. My digital camera is so small I could take it down to the stand, which is one bonus.

They really are superb photos, I suspect they'll be more appearing there in the next few days. That's correct :) . But still it must have been difficult to take these indoor photos because some of Goodman's are a bit blur.

I suspect it is because he was at the balcony and had therefore even less light. I had the same problem last year to take night photos in the ITF Hochiminh City.

If I attend again this year, I'll stand at players level to have more light :) .

Yes, that's true, indoor photos are a lot more prone to blurring. Outdoors, I don't seem to get blurs even on fast action photos.
However, Redbridge is a lot better for photos than many indoor tournaments because:

a) There's no nets obstructing the view from the upstairs balcony.
and
b) The lighting is much better than at many venues, such as Southampton