Singles Qualifying Draw

1 INOUE Mari JPN vs. HATTORI Kasumi JPN
KOBAYASHI Chiho JPN vs. YAMADA Miho JPN

2 TAKEHARA Kokoro JPN vs. ABRAHAM Sasha IND
TAKEUCHI Ayano JPN vs. TAKASAKI Kyoko JPN

3 YONEMURA Akiko JPN vs. TSUKADA Midori JPN
UCHIDA Saori JPN vs. WC SIHIMIZU Tomomi JPN

4 URABE Nami JPN vs. ISOGAI Ayako JPN
MINAMI Keiko JPN vs. SIRAKAWA Kumiko JPN

5 TANAKA Shiho JPN vs. KURATA Yuko JPN
KATO Akiko JPN vs. SUGANO Tomoko JPN

6 TAKAGISHI Tomoyo JPN vs. CHOI Bo-Ra KOR
ISHIKAWA Naoko JPN vs. MATSUO Eri JPN

7 ITO Kazusa JPN vs. IMAI Momoko JPN
NAITO Yoshiko JPN vs. NAGASAWA Hiromi JPN

8 WATANABE Ryoko JPN vs. KAKUTA Yoshimi JPN
MATSUURA Ai JPN vs. 9 NAGANO Chie JPN

More errors from the ITF :mad:

* really played in Karuizawa (Nagano prefecture) not Nagano city.
* Shimizu, not SIHIMIZU
* Shirikawa, not SIRIKAWA

At least they got Yoshimi Kakuta's 1st name right this time. :rolleyes:

1st Rd

1-Mari Inoue d. Kasumi Hattori 6-2 6-2
Chiho Kobayashi d. Miho Yamada 6-1 6-2

2-Kokoro Takehara d. Sasha Abraham (IND) 6-3 6-0
Ayano Takeuchi d. Kyoko Takasaki 6-0 4-6 6-2

3-Akiko Yonemura d. Midori Tsukada 6-0 6-1 :D
Saori Uchida d. WC-Tomomi Shimizu 6-0 6-1

4-Nami Urabe d. Ayako Isogai 6-3 6-2
Kumiko Shirikawa d. Keiko Minami 6-3 6-3

5-Shiho Tanaka d. Yuko Kurata 6-2 6-1 :D
Akiko Kato d. Tomoko Sugano 6-3 6-1

6-Tomoyo Takagishi d. Bo-Ra Choi (KOR) 6-4 6-0 :D
Naoko Ishikawa d. Eri Matsuo 6-2 6-0

7-Kazusa Ito d. Momoko Imai 6-1 6-3
Hiromi Nagasawa d. Yoshiko Naito 6-2 6-2

Yoshimi Kakuta d. 8-Ryoko Watanabe 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3
9-Chie Nagano d. Ai Matsuura 6-0 6-1

I nearly thought Ai Matsuura was the Aya Matsuura, who also plays tennis (recreationally) herself. Too bad... :sad:

More errors from the ITF :mad:

* really played in Karuizawa (Nagano prefecture) not Nagano city.
* Shimizu, not SIHIMIZU
* Shirikawa, not SIRIKAWA

At least they got Yoshimi Kakuta's 1st name right this time. :rolleyes:You have to thank Nao Kawatei for that :rolleyes: .

No Thai here !!!!!

1 INOUE Mari JPN d. KOBAYASHI Chiho JPN 46 62 62
2 TAKEHARA Kokoro JPN d. TAKEUCHI Ayano JPN 62 61
3 YONEMURA Akiko JPN d. UCHIDA Saori JPN 60 61
4 URABE Nami JPN d. SIRAKAWA Kumiko JPN 60 60
5 TANAKA Shiho JPN d. KATO Akiko JPN 60 60
6 TAKAGISHI Tomoyo JPN d. ISHIKAWA Naoko JPN 63 63
7 ITO Kazusa JPN d. NAGASAWA Hiromi JPN 64 60
9 NAGANO Chie JPN d. KAKUTA Yoshimi JPN 61 62

hi stephane...here is Jie & Zi :wavey:

Hi Johnny :wavey:

Thanks for the photo :D . Zi looks good on it : she gives the impression she is following the match with attention :p .

I'll try to get Zi and Jie to see it soon ;) . For the reference, the third person on the photo was the Fed Cup captain (WANG Zueo Liang).

he was the Fed Cup captain? hmmm--he was the one who gave me all the info on where Zie plans to play since Zie was eating & brooding/untalkative...he seemed nice a nice fella...well Zi looks better of the picture she posed for he he (will post it soon when i get a chance to scan it eventhough it's rather dark)

don't forget to tell Zi that she *needs* to come back to MN next year :D