25K Seoul Challenger

MD/Q/Alternates

Borderlines as of May 13, 2003

MD

1. Jeon Mi-Ra 195
21. Khoo Chin-Bee 426

Qualy

1. Ito Chisayo 441
28. Horikawa 768

Alternates

1. Lyoo-Suh Hee-Sun 791
56 Ro Kyung-Mi No points

Thanks for that :) . Would you have the full commitment list too :) ?

I doubt Mi-Ra will there as she has other commitments in Europe.

Thanks. I would like the full list, too :)

Seeing how strong the field at Surbiton tourney is, I think Mi-Ra better play Seoul and pick some easy points, although she loves to play on grass.... What do you think?

If Mi-ra enters the Seoul event, she may get some easy points and can defend her lone and first title as a defending champion. :)
But if she do so, she have to give up the Birminham qualies as well as Surbiton. And the jet lags. :(
Hopefully, she makes good decision as soon as possible.

It's great to see Eun-ha Kim committed here after the long lay-off as a #2 seeded player. Her performance would be doubtful, but still good to know she still wants to grab a racket after tough days.
And good to know Kyung-mi Chang is ready for playing here.

Maybe, So-jung Kim will have a WC as a junior champion,.. so hopefully she can make some noise here.

Good luck to Mi-ok Kim,Jin-young Choi & Kyung-Yee Chae in qualies!

Go, girls~~
:bounce:

Thanks. I would like the full list, too :)

Seeing how strong the field at Surbiton tourney is, I think Mi-Ra better play Seoul and pick some easy points, although she loves to play on grass.... What do you think?
A weaker field in Seoul + the idea of playing home may be attractive to Mi-Ra :) .

On another hand, the jet lags (as Eric mentioned) for her coming back from Europe and going back right afterwards may not be a pleasant consideration :sad: .

She would need besides to do some travelling alone as YJ will stay in Europe.

Tough choice, but I would prefer Mi-Ra to try and give her best in the European tourneys :) . She should besides expect some good results on grass :D .

Mi-Ra's better off playing in Europe. There will another $25K in Changwon for her to play in July.

Thanks. :)
Looks like Chin Bee will play here. :D Hoping for another good tournament.

I think Mi-Ra should play the European tournaments. No harm in her doing that I think.

full commitment ???

Updated list:

$25,000 SEOUL, KOREA

02 Jun 2003 - 08 Jun 2003 Last Updated: 27 May 2003


Rank Date: 12 May 2003

27 May 2003 International Tennis Federation

Main Draw Nation Ranking Prot'd Points Information

1 JEON Mi-Ra (06/02/1978) KOR 195
2 KIM Eun-Ha (08/03/1975) KOR 251 P
3 HISAMATSU Shiho (04/07/1979) JPN 253
4 DITTMANN Mirielle (10/01/1974) AUS 263
5 KIM Jin-Hee (14/06/1981) KOR 284
6 OKAMOTO Seiko (14/03/1978) JPN 290
7 NAKAMURA Aiko (28/12/1983) JPN 298
8 TAKASE Ayami (13/12/1978) JPN 313
9 LIU Nan-Nan (19/06/1983) CHN 340
10 VIRATPRASERT Suchanun (01/01/1983) THA 342
11 HSIEH Su-Wei (04/01/1986) TPE 355
12 AOYAMA Kaori (26/08/1981) JPN 356
13 XIE Yan-Ze (11/01/1984) CHN 357
14 TONGSALEE Napaporn (21/10/1979) THA 376
15 CHUANG Chia-Jung (10/01/1985) TPE 390
16 YONEMURA Tomoko (01/07/1982) JPN 392
17 CHANG Kyung-Mi (25/02/1982) KOR 395
18 KHOO Chin-Bee (04/05/1977) MAS 426
19 KINEBUCHI Akiko (23/10/1977) JPN 449
20 AMANMURADOVA Akgul (23/06/1984) UZB 454
21 HONG Da-Jung (03/02/1986) KOR 479


32 Qualifying Nation Ranking Prot'd Points Information

1 CHOI Young-Ja (30/05/1975) KOR 491
2 ANDRIYANI Liza (02/12/1979) INA 525
3 IIJIMA Kumiko (22/10/1982) JPN 548
4 KIM Mi-Ok (01/10/1978) KOR 549
5 CHOPTANG Wilawan (18/04/1984) THA 554
6 KATSUMI Shizu (09/06/1976) JPN 571
7 CHAN Chin-Wei (08/01/1985) TPE 593
8 WANG I-Ting (21/11/1981) TPE 619
9 JULIANTO Diana (14/02/1984) INA 622
10 ARAI Maki (23/12/1982) JPN 643
11 CUPAC Dubravka (28/01/1986) AUS 666
12 SUZUKI Utako (12/08/1982) JPN 710
13 CHOI Jin-Young (24/08/1979) KOR 736
14 INOUE Mari (27/12/1984) JPN 764
15 HORIKAWA Naoko (05/02/1980) JPN 768
16 LYOO-SUH Hee-Sun (18/06/1986) KOR 791
17 ISROILOVA Ivanna (04/02/1986) UZB 792
18 CHAE Kyung-Yee (02/10/1980) KOR 793
19 HA Ji-Sun (02/09/1981) KOR 831
20 DOUKEI Tomoko (23/06/1981) JPN 841
21 WRIGHT Georgette (09/07/1984) USA 883 =
22 JUNG Yoo-Mi (17/04/1984) KOR 897
23 OKAZAKI Hiromi (13/02/1978) JPN 913
24 KIM Eun-Sook (20/07/1980) KOR 973 =
25 TAKAGISHI Tomoyo (16/07/1984) JPN 995 =
26 KIM So-Jung (18/03/1986) KOR 1010 =
27 SAKAI Misae (26/02/1979) JPN 1017 =
28 SUNG Eun-Hee (27/02/1987) KOR 1043 =

Thanks. :)
Wonder who Chin Bee will play doubles with.

Best of luck to Jan, Robbie and May. :hearts: :kiss: :hearts:

DITTMANN and CUPAC
you two are really smart palying here I wish you the best of luck
Where are all the other aussies

Good Luck Suchanan , Napaporn , Wilawan :):)

25K Se-A Cup Women's Challenger
Qualifying starts at 10 AM on May 31, Saturday
Olympic Tennis Stadium , Seoul, KOREA

Qualifying Draw :bounce:

Choptang-Watanabe
Shin Mi Ran-Isroilova
Iijima-Cho Eun Hye(WC)
Jung Yoo Mi-Inoue

Katsumi-Sakai
Takagishi-Horikawa
Chan Chin Wei-Kim Eun Sook
Sung Eun Hee - Lyoo-Suh Hee Sun

Julinato-Bae Hae Youm(WC)
Kim Ji Young-Wright
Arai-Jung Mi Hee(WC)
Doukei-Wang I Ting

Cupac-Fong Rebecca
Okazaki-Ha Ji Sun
Suzuki-Cho Jeong A(WC)
Lee Joo Hee-Chae Kyung Yee

　

Good Luck Wilawan in Qulify :):)

good luck Becky Fong :) you'll get whipped but good luck anyway.

Thanks for the draw. :wavey:

Good luck especially to Kumiko, Yoo-Mi, Tomoyo, Maki & Kyung-Yee. :D

I'm guessing the WCs must've gone to Mi-Ok, Jin-Young & So-Jung. :)

Good luck to Chin-Wei, I-Ting and Ivanna :D

Best of luck to May (Wilawan ) :kiss: :kiss: :kiss:

Godd Luck to

Su-wei :D
Chia-jung :D
Chin-wei :D
I-ting :D

Go Taiwan girls...

good luck
Dubravka :D :D
Ivanna :);)

Qualifying 1R results (Partial)

25K Se-A Cup Women's Challenger
Qualifying started at 10 AM on May 31, Saturday
Olympic Tennis Stadium , Seoul, KOREA

================================================== ==
Choptang-Watanabe 60, 63
Shin Mi Ran-Isroilova 57, 67
Iijima-Cho Eun Hye(WC) 46, 16
Jung Yoo Mi-Inoue 76, 63

Katsumi-Sakai N/A
Takagishi-Horikawa 75, 64
Chan Chin Wei-Kim Eun Sook 63, 62
Sung Eun Hee - Lyoo-Suh Hee Sun 16, ret
(Lyoo-Suh had a severe ankle injury and retired..)

Julinato-Bae Hae Youm(WC) 64, 61
Kim Ji Young-Wright 60, 76
Arai-Jung Mi Hee(WC) 36, 62, 63
Doukei-Wang I Ting 57, 62, 36

Cupac-Fong Rebecca 63, 62
Okazaki-Ha Ji Sun 26, 06
Suzuki-Cho Jeong A(WC) N/A
Lee Joo Hee-Chae Kyung Yee 06, 16

Choptang-Watanabe 60, 63 :):):)

thanks for the results :)

Chin-Wei :D :bounce:
I-Ting :D :D
Ivanna :)

well done Dubravka :D :) :bounce:
Ivanna :D :) :) :D

Becky :sad: but not a huge surprise. 600 ranking spots is a bit too much for you to make up.

Lol, Dubravka probably only lost the 5 games because Fong is the biggest hacker in the world.

Kumiko, very disappointing! :fiery: :rolleyes:

Well done Yoo-Mi, Tomoyo, Maki & Kyung-Yee. :D

Paul, what do u mean by 'hacker'? :confused:

Just to make it easier to understand:

1-Wilawan Choptang (THA) d. Ryoko Watanabe (JPN) 6-0 6-3
12-Ivanna Israilova (UZB) d. Mi-Ran Shin (KOR) 7-5 7-6(?)

WC-Eun-Hye Cho (KOR) d. 2-Kumiko Iijima (JPN) 6-4 6-1
Yoo-Mi Jung (KOR) d. 10-Mari Inoue (JPN) 7-6(?) 6-3

3-Shizu Katsumi (JPN) vs Misae Sakai (JPN)
Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) d. 11-Naoko Horikawa (JPN) 7-5 6-4

4-Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) d. Eun-Sook Kim (KOR) 6-3 6-2
Eun-Sook Kim (KOR) d. 13-Hee-Sun Lyoo-Suh (KOR) 6-1 ret'd

5-Diana Julianto (INA) d. WC-Hae-Youm Bae (KOR) 6-4 6-1
Ji-Young Kim (KOR) d. 15-Georgette Wright (USA) 6-0 7-6(?)

6-Maki Arai (JPN) d. WC-Mi-Hee Chung (KOR) 3-6 6-2 6-3
9-I-Ting Wang (TPE) d. Tomoko Doukei (JPN) 7-5 2-6 6-3

7-Dubravka Cupac (AUS) d. Rebecca Fong (GBR) 6-3 6-2
Ji-Sun Ha (KOR) d. 16-Hiromi Okazaki (JPN) 6-2 6-0

8-Utako Suzuki (JPN) vs Jeong-A Cho (KOR)
14-Kyung-Yee Chae (KOR) d. Joo-Hee Lee (KOR) 6-0 6-1

Thank you ehsuh for the result. :hearts:

Well done May(Wilawan), keep it up :hearts: :hearts: :hearts:

Hi Danker,
Thank you (typical as usual) :worship: for the easy draw.

Today I went to watched Pre-qualify (Volvo Women Open 2003) match. There are the best 4 players playing round robin match.

Napaporn Tongsalee d. Chattida Timjapo 6-2,4-6,6-2
Napaporn Tongsalee d. Orawan Lamangtong 6-1,6-0
Napaporn Tongsalee d. Jurarat Poochalearn 6-2,6-1

Chattida d. Orawan 6-3,6-0
Chattida d. Jurarat 6-4,6-4
Chattida lost to Napaporn

Orawan d. Jurarat 6-4,6-1
Orawan lost to Napaporn
Orawan lost to Chattida

Jurarat lost to Napaporn
Jurarat lost to Chattida
Jurarat lost to Orawan

Napaporn :hearts: is the winner of the Volvo Women's Open Pre-Qualifying event will receive a wild card into the main draw of Volvo Women Open 2003.
Chattida and Orawan are the runner-up and third placed player respectively will receive wild cards into the qualifying round of Volvo Women Open 2003.

Napaporn will be leaving for Korea (for $25K Seoul Challenger) tonight.

thanks for the scores :)

Thanks for the info Jiro. :)

I wonder if this means Jan has to play qualies? :sad:

well done Cupac hope you cuase some upsets in the main draw

Well done, Dubravka!! :D

Thanks for the info Jiro. :)

I wonder if this means Jan has to play qualies? :sad:

I'm also wondering the same. I forgot to tell you that Robbie(Napaporn), the winner of pre-qualify also recieved the main draw wildcard of Wismilak International Bali - Bali, INA. (This is the commitment between the tournament director of both tourney.)

Good luck Ms.Cupac :D :D

a 'hacker' is a player who is has very little power and just runs around teh back of teh court making safe shots, waiting for her opponent to make a mistake.

I posted an article on tennis jargon a few days ago in general messages, if you search for it, you'll find a better description there :)

Se-Ah 25K Women's Challenger
Qualifying Round Results
June 1, 2003
Olympic Tennis Stadium, KOREA :bounce:

ISROILOVA.I-Choptang 63 63
JUNG,Y-M-Cho Eun Hye 76(4)75
KATSUMI- TAKASE 06 61 64
CHAN,C-W- SUNG EUN HEE 61 61
KIM J-Y- JULIANTO 63 67(4) 75
WANG,I-T -ARAI 62 60
HA,J-S - CUPAC 64 64
CHAE,K-Y - CHO JEONG A 62 62

well done Chin-Wei, I-Ting and Ivanna :D good luck in main draw :)

Se-Ah Challenger 25K
Seoul Olympic Stadium, Korea

MAIN DRAW :bounce:

JEON MI RA-ANDRIYANI
TONGSALEE-JUNG YOO MI (Q)
WANG(Q)-KIM JI YOUNG(Q)
YONEMURA-KIM JIN-HEE

NAKAMURA-KIM SO-JUNG (WC)
KHOO CHIN BEE-CHAN CHIN WEI (Q)
KIM EUN-HA-AMANMURADOVAAKGUL
HONG DA JUNG -TAKASE

VIRATPRASERT-LIU NAN NAN
CHOI YOUNG-JA-CHOPTANG (LL)
ISROILOVA IVANNA (Q)-KIM MI-OK(WC)
CHOI JIN-YOUNG(WC)-DITTMANN

HSIEH SU-WEI-XIE YAN-ZE
CHANG KYUNG-MI-CHAE KYUNG-YEE(Q)
KATSUMI SHIZU(Q)-HA JI-SUN(Q)
CHUANG CHIA-JUNG-HISAMATSU SHIHO

thanks for the draw :)

Su-Wei, Chia-Jung and Chin-Wei all have tough 1st rd match :( good draw for I-Ting, hopefully she can do well here...

anyway, good luck to all of them especially Su-Wei who really needs some wins to get confidence back. :)

thanks :)

Good luck to Mi-Ra, Aiko, and welcome back Eun-Ha :)

Best of luck to Jan, Robbie and May. :kiss:

Good luck Su-Wei. :hearts:

Good luck to Mi Ra, Napaporn, and Suchanan! I really hope Mi Ra can find some form here ! :)

Mi-ra won! :bounce:

She could have won 6-0,6-0,... but lost her concentration at 6-0,3-0,... then broken her service game 3 times in a row :( and closed the match with 6-0-, 6-4.

Mi-Ok Kim lost in 3 sets,... hopefully she can do well in doubles.

I just got back from the venue to office,... so I'll post some details later on Mi-ra's thread.

:D

These are the partial result I know. Some 1st round match are assigned tomorrow. And this afternoon, there were many doubles matches.

JEON MI-RA def ANDRIYANI Liza 6-0,6-4 :bounce:
TONGSALEE-JUNG YOO MI (Q)
WANG(Q)-KIM JI YOUNG(Q)
KIM JIN-HEE def YONEMURA 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 (score? ) :p

NAKAMURA def KIM SO-JUNG (WC) 6-2, 6-3 :(
KHOO CHIN BEE - CHAN CHIN WEI (Q) 5-7, in progress :D
KIM EUN-HA def AMANMURADOVAAKGUL 6-4, 6-1 :eek:
HONG DA JUNG def TAKASE 6-3, 6-4

VIRATPRASERT-LIU NAN NAN
CHOI YOUNG-JA def CHOPTANG (LL) 6-2, 6-2
ISROILOVA IVANNA (Q) def KIM MI-OK(WC) 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 :sad: :)
CHOI JIN-YOUNG(WC)-DITTMANN

XIE YAN-ZE def HSIEH SU-WEI (score?) :eek:
CHANG KYUNG-MI-CHAE KYUNG-YEE(Q)
KATSUMI SHIZU(Q)-HA JI-SUN(Q)
HISAMATSU def CHUANG CHIA-JUNG 6-1,6-3 ;)

Go, girls~~
:bounce:

thanks for the results Eric :)

not really surprised to see Su-Wei losing, she doesn't have much confidence right now, so too bad :sad: .

Chia-Jung :(:( :sad: disappointing scoreline :(

Go Chin-Wei, hopefully she would win :)

Ivanna,Mi-Ra :)

Brief report for Day 1.

KIM JIN-HEE def YONEMURA 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 (score? Held in center court )
: I thought Yonemura would win the match,.. cause Jin-hee had so many chance with her stronger stroke but failed close the point sooo many times. But when I got back to the center court, I was somewhat surprised at her leading in 3rd set. Yonemura got tired with the hot weather in the 3rd set, I think. (Like California sunny day weather)


KHOO CHIN BEE - CHAN CHIN WEI (Q) 5-7, ??
: I don't know who won,... I started watch the match from early 1st set, Chan makes some good and aggressive shots,.. but Chin-bee could mix-up very well,.. so Chin-bee was leading.
I like Chan Chin-wei's smile so wanted her win but,.. she didn't seem to find an answer against Chin-bee's game,.. but Chan finally won the 1st set,.. and start to lead in 2nd set. Unfortunately I couldn't stay there
more,.. cause I've got to get back to my office. :(
During the match Chia-chung came to the court side with being frustrated,.. but Su-wei and a coach of her (or Chan's) didn't give any attention to her. Then she just walk away. Su-wei didn't look that disappointed, and was writing something on a note,.. and asked to the coach how to write a character correctly. :eek:
At first I couldn't recognize Su-we cause she changed her style much from last year. I thought she was one of Japanese players,... she had her hair dyed and somewhat typical japanese outlook.
And she doesn't play doubles this time, :confused: .. Chan and Chia-jung made a pair.

Hopefully Chan will have good luck here,.. I really like her smile. :) She looks like nice girl.

Due to the limited time,.. I don't know what I'm writing now. :o ;)
I really got to go now,... I'll post again.

:wavey:

Good Luck Jan and Robbie :):)
Better Luck next time May :sad: :sad:

Thanks for the results Eric.

Sorry for Akgul but good to see Eun-Ha back :) .

I am not so surprised by Yan-Ze because she is can be a hard hitter and I suppose she committed less UE than Su-Wei. I think that Su-Wei would have had a chance if Yan-Ze had had a low % of first serve.

Good victory for Mi-Ra. I hope it will increase her confidence :) . Sorry for Liza though :sad: .

Any update on Chin-Bee vs. Chin-Wei :confused: .

Ivanna :D :D

Akgul :( :(

I also saw some matches..
You're right, Steve.. Yan-Ze is a good hard hitter and she committed less UE than Su-Wei.. In first set, Su-Wei had some great shots and led 5-2, but she lost 5 games in a row.. score was 5-7 4-6..
Akgul was a big server and her stroke was also hard, but she was so slow.. Eun-ha played very smart with some drop shots and deep shots..
And Mi-Ok.. She had many errors in important points.. and decisively she had no weapon to threat Ivanna..

Today's results..
1R.
Mi-Ra Jeon(1) d. Liza Andriyani 6-0 6-4
Jin-Hee Kim(5) d. Tomoko Yonemura 2-6 6-3 6-3
Aiko Nakamura(4) d. So-Jung Kim(wc) 6-2 6-3
Chin-Wei Chan(q) d. Chin-Bee Khoo 7-5 6-2
Eun-Ha Kim d. Akgul Amanmuradova 6-4 6-1
Da-Jung Hong d. Ayami Takase(6) 6-3 6-4
Young-Ja Choi d. Wilawan Choptang(LL) 6-2 6-2
Ivanna Israilova(q) d. Mi-Ok Kim(wc) 7-6(6) 4-6 6-2
Yan-Ze Xie d. Su-Wei Hseih(8) 7-5 6-4
Shiho Hisamatsu d. Chia-Jung Chuang 6-1 6-3

thanks for the reports Eric and nlyangel :)

wow good win for Chin-Wei :D :)

too bad Su-Wei seems still lack of confidence to close out the set/match... :sad:

thanks for the reports Eric and nlyangel :)

wow good win for Chin-Wei :D :)

too bad Su-Wei seems still lack of confidence to close out the set/match... :sad:

Su-wei lost 1set from 5-2, lost 2set from 0-3 to 4-3,then 4-6 :sad:

Chin-Wei got into the main drew from Qlification in 25K for the first time and won 1RD for the first time, off course! ;)

Chin Bee :mad: :sad: :( :sad:
Akgul :(
Su-Wei :(

Mi-Ra :bounce:
Aiko :D
Welcome back, Eun-Ha. :)
Chin-Bee :sad:
Tomoyo for losing in qualies. :mad:

thanks for the scores and reports

Well done Mi-Ra :D, Aiko :D, Eun-Ha (welcome back), and Shiho :)

Complete 1st round results

JEON MI-RA def ANDRIYANI Liza 6-0,6-4 :bounce:
TONGSALEE def JUNG YOO MI (Q)
WANG(Q) def KIM JI YOUNG(Q) 6-3,6-2
KIM JIN-HEE def YONEMURA 2-6,6-3,6-3 :eek:

NAKAMURA def KIM SO-JUNG (WC) 6-2,6-3 :(
CHAN CHIN WEI (Q) def KHOO CHIN BEE 7-5,6-2 :D
KIM EUN-HA def AMANMURADOVA AKGUL 6-4,6-1 :)
HONG DA JUNG def TAKASE 6-3,6-4

VIRATPRASERT def LIU NAN NAN 2-6,7-5,6-2
CHOI YOUNG-JA def CHOPTANG (LL) 6-2,6-2
ISROILOVA IVANNA (Q) def KIM MI-OK(WC) 7-6,4-6,6-2 :( :)
CHOI JIN-YOUNG(WC) def DITTMANN 6-1,6-1 :D

XIE YAN-ZE def HSIEH SU-WEI 6-4,7-5
CHAE KYUNG-YEE(Q) def CHANG KYUNG-MI 6-2,6-2 :sad: :)
HA JI-SUN(Q) def KATSUMI SHIZU(Q) :eek:
HISAMATSU def CHUANG CHIA-JUNG 6-1,6-3

Go, girls~~
:D

I-Ting :D :D

Some comments regarding players & matches.

JEON MI-RA def ANDRIYANI Liza 6-0,6-4
: This match just showed that how Mi-ra plays. If she is confident and concentrated,.. her game is almost flawless for challenger level,.. and makes pinpoint shots. So the opponents wouldn't have any answer like Liza did. That's what happened until 6-0, 3-0. But if she lost concentration and confidence, she just becomes a normal player with so-so power. Only a person who played many tennis matches would know about her game and how difficult to hit-back her shots when she is on.
Liza played well, and had good BH slice and can mix-up well. If she had met normal hard hitter, she could have played much better.

CHAN CHIN WEI (Q) def KHOO CHIN BEE 7-5,6-2
: I'm just happy to know Chin-wei finally won the match. Even when she was losing in the 1st set, she was hang in there. I like her attitude and she hasn't changed much from last year in appearance.
Good luck Chin-wei and good luck to Chin-bee in doubles.

KIM EUN-HA def AMANMURADOVA AKGUL 6-4,6-1
: I didn't watch this match. But AKGUL is definitely most impressive player in this tournament. :eek: Even though I sat next to the player for 15 minutes before her doubles match, I thought she was Ivanna's male hitting partner. :o She is very tall and boyish look (both her body frame and outfit,.. the outfit is definitely for boys, I think. )
When doubles match started, I was surprised at her entering the court with Ivanna. :eek:

CHAE KYUNG-YEE(Q) def CHANG KYUNG-MI 6-2,6-2
: Kyung-mi is not fully recovered from her shoulder surgery 4 months ago. I saw some of her practice, but she couldn't make full swing with the shoulder. :sad: Anyway, Kyung-hee is a nice girls I think, so hopefully she could seize this chance to go further. Unintentionlly I could hear some words about her private chatt among the players, Sorry about that. ;)

Oh, I need to hurry! :eek:
:wavey:

Thanks Eric_tennis for the result and tournament report. :worship:
Did you have chance to watch Napaporn and Suchanan's match. Did they play well ? Any report if any :worship:

TONGSALEE def JUNG YOO MI (Q) ??? :kiss:

VIRATPRASERT def LIU NAN NAN 2-6,7-5,6-2 :hearts:

Well done Robbie and Jan. :hearts:
Robbie vs JEON MI-RA and Jan vs CHOI YOUNG-JA would be interesting. Let see what's happen ?

C'mon Robbie and Jan !!! Suu Suu Suu :wavey:

I saw Napaporn's match..
It was the first time that I saw her play. She won against Yoo-Mi pretty easily. Napaporn's stroke was very strong, so Yoo-Mi couldn't do anything. I was little disappointed with Yoo-Mi. When I saw her play when she was in junior, she hit the ball very hard and aggressively. But today her stroke became weaker and she lost somewhat of her power.. Anyway Napaporn seems to be in good condition. Tomorrow it'll be a very interesting game between she and Mi-Ra..
And I saw Ji-Sun and Shizu's match..
Ji-Sun hit the ball not very hard, but she throw top spin ball and hit every ball back. Shizu often commited UE after long rallies. In second set, she often came to the net, but she commited errors with her volley, too..

Today's Results
1R.
Napaporn Tongsalee d. Yoo-Mi Jung(q) 6-2 6-2
I-Ting Wang(q) d. Ji-Young Kim(q) 6-3 6-2
Suchanan Viratprasert(7) d. Nan-Nan Liu 6-2 5-7 6-2
Jin-Young Choi(wc) d. Mireille Dittman(3) 6-1 6-1 :eek:
Ji-Sun Ha(q) d. Shizu Katsumi(q) 6-3 6-3
Kyung-Yee Chae(q) d. Kyung-Mi Chang 6-2 6-2

omg mirielle :rolleyes: :sad:

Go I-ting! :)

You can do it!

I saw Napaporn's match..
It was the first time that I saw her play. She won against Yoo-Mi pretty easily. Napaporn's stroke was very strong, so Yoo-Mi couldn't do anything. I was little disappointed with Yoo-Mi. When I saw her play when she was in junior, she hit the ball very hard and aggressively. But today her stroke became weaker and she lost somewhat of her power.. Anyway Napaporn seems to be in good condition. Tomorrow it'll be a very interesting game between she and Mi-Ra..

Thank you so much nlyangel :worship:

Actually Robbie(Napaporn) hit the ball flat and hard. Mi-ra is consistent and not making unforced error, she keep the ball in play so well. It's going to be interesting match if Robbie can cut down unforced error. The better girls will win.

Looking forward to read your next report. :worship: :hearts: :worship:

Mireille :rolleyes: :o Just retire

Suchanan / Napaporn :):):):)

Thanks for the comments Eric :) .


CHAN CHIN WEI (Q) def KHOO CHIN BEE 7-5,6-2
: I'm just happy to know Chin-wei finally won the match. Even when she was losing in the 1st set, she was hang in there. I like her attitude and she hasn't changed much from last year in appearance.
What do you think made the difference in the first set? What do you think Chin-Bee could have done?


KIM EUN-HA def AMANMURADOVA AKGUL 6-4,6-1
: I didn't watch this match. But AKGUL is definitely most impressive player in this tournament. :eek: Even though I sat next to the player for 15 minutes before her doubles match, I thought she was Ivanna's male hitting partner. :o She is very tall and boyish look (both her body frame and outfit,.. the outfit is definitely for boys, I think. )
When doubles match started, I was surprised at her entering the court with Ivanna. :eek:Akgul is a very nice person. If you meet her again, you'll see she is very approachable, though physically impressive ;) .

Terry: I am thinking the same thing - Mirielle is pathetic

Well done Suchanan :)

I don't think this has been posting yet. (from Aceman Tennis)

Double result:

1-HISAMATSU, Shiho/JEON, Mi-Ra(JPN/KOR) d. LIU, Nan Nan/XIE, Yan-Ze(CHN/CHN) 3-6,6-3,6-3
Q-CUPAC, Dubravka/KRIZ, Nicole(AUS/AUS) d. Q-CHAE, Kyung Yee/LEE, Joo-Hee(KOR/KOR) 7-5,1-6,6-4
CHOPTANG, Wilawan/SUZUKI, Utako(THA/JPN) d. ANDRIYANI, Liza/JULIANTO, Diana(INA/INA) 6-1,6-1 :D
ARAI, Maki/TONGSALEE, Napaporn(JPN/THA) d. 3-CHAN, Chin-Wei/CHUANG, Chia-Jung(TPE/TPE) 6-2,1-6,6-3 :hearts:

4-AMANMURADOVA, Akgul/ISROILOVA, Ivanna(UZB/UZB) d. WC-CHO,Eun-Hye/JUNG, Yoo-Mi(KOR/KOR) 6-3,6-2
CHOI, Jin-Young/KIM, Mi-Ok(KOR/KOR) d. DITTMANN, Mireille/VIRATPRASERT, Suchanan(AUS/THA) 6-2,6-2 :sad:
WC-CHOI, Young-Ja/KIM, Eun-Ha(KOR/KOR) d. IIJIMA, Kumiko/NAKAMURA, Aiko(JPN/JPN) 6-1,6-3
KHOO, Chin Bee/YONEMURA, Tomoko(MAS/JPN) d. 2-KIM, Jin-Hee/TAKASE, Ayami(KOR/JPN) 2-6,6-2,7-6(5)

CHOI JIN-YOUNG(WC) def DITTMANN 6-1,6-1 :fiery: :fiery:
CHOI, Jin-Young/KIM, Mi-Ok(KOR/KOR) d. DITTMANN, Mireille/VIRATPRASERT, Suchanan(AUS/THA) 6-2,6-2 :fiery: :mad:
what the hell is wrong with mirielle she has played like shit all year and there is no way they should have lost the doubles like that
Q-CUPAC, Dubravka/KRIZ, Nicole(AUS/AUS) d. Q-CHAE, Kyung Yee/LEE, Joo-Hee(KOR/KOR) 7-5,1-6,6-4 :) ;)
good win for the two aussie girls hope they can keep it going

Mi-ra won~!!!! :bounce:

And She won with perfect score this time, 6-0,6-0. I knew she can do that. :D

I just got back from the venue now,... and have a lot to do in my office now cause I need to go out there again for Mi-ra's doubles match from 3 PM.

Chan-wei also won. :D
Eun-ha Kim won. Jin-hee and Wang is in 3rd set now.
Kyung-yee is losing 5-7, 3-1 in 2nd.... she was leading 5-2 or something so I thought she would won. :(

Go, girls!
:bounce:

Diana :mad: so close into getting main draw :mad:

Great to know that Napaporn get a WC in Volvo and Wismilak :worship:

Mi-ra won~!!!! :bounce:

And She won with perfect score this time, 6-0,6-0. I knew she can do that. :D

I just got back from the venue now,... and have a lot to do in my office now cause I need to go out there again for Mi-ra's doubles match from 3 PM.

:bounce:

Thanks for the info.
That means Mi-ra beated Napaporn 6-0,6-0. :sad: :sad: :sad:
Mi-ra double bageled Napaporn :eek: :eek: Congrtas Mi-ra, Napaporn :sad: better luck next time.

I just got back from the venue, again. Twice a day. :eek:
( Hopefully no one notices that in my office. ;) )

The quarterfinalists are as belows.

Mi-ra Jeon def Napaporn Tongsalee 6-0.6-0 :bounce:
I-Ting Wang(q) def KIM JIN-HEE 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 :)
CHAN CHIN WEI (Q) def NAKAMURA 7-6, 3-6, 7-6(1) :D
KIM EUN-HA def HONG DA JUNG 6-2 6-4
Suchanan Viratprasert(7) def CHOI YOUNG-JA 6-0 6-4 :eek:
CHOI JIN-YOUNG(WC) def ISROILOVA IVANNA (Q) 6-3 6-4 :D
XIE YAN-ZE def CHAE KYUNG-YEE(Q) 7-5 6-3 :(
HISAMATSU def Ji-Sun Ha(q) 6-2 6-0 :)


And in doubles
1-JEON, Mi-Ra/HISAMATSU, Shiho(KOR/JPN) def. Q-CUPAC, Dubravka/KRIZ, Nicole(AUS/AUS) 6-3,7-5 :bounce:
KHOO, Chin Bee/YONEMURA, Tomoko(MAS/JPN) def. WC-CHOI, Young-Ja/KIM, Eun-Ha(KOR/KOR) 6-4, 7-5

I'm in a hurry again,....
:wavey:

Thanks Eric_tennis for the result and tournament report. :worship:
Did you have chance to watch Napaporn and Suchanan's match. Did they play well ? Any report if any :worship:


Sorry for late reply.
I've been very busy,... back and forth,.. in and out,.... ;)

Unfortunately, I don't know the Tailand players by their faces except Tammy. (I miss you, Tammy)
And Mi-ra finished the match so fast, so I couldn't watch it. When I arrived the venue it was just over. :(

Hopefully, I can watch some of Viratprasert's match tomorrow and can give you some info.

:wavey:

Sorry for late reply.
I've been very busy,... back and forth,.. in and out,.... ;)

Unfortunately, I don't know the Tailand players by their faces except Tammy. (I miss you, Tammy)
And Mi-ra finished the match so fast, so I couldn't watch it. When I arrived the venue it was just over. :(

Hopefully, I can watch some of Viratprasert's match tomorrow and can give you some info.

:wavey:

Thank you Eric_tennis :worship: for the info.

The reason why I asked you about Napaporn is just because I know that she doesn't have chance to defeat Mi-ra. Napaporn was playing injury (her leg) in pre-qualify matches (Volvo Women's open) on Saturday, 31 May. And she left for Korea after the pre-qualify matches finished. I think she could not move well when she was playing Mi-ra. So the score told everything.

Hope you have chance to watch Suchanan Viratprasert(7) vs CHOI YOUNG-JA match tomorrow. I think Napaporn Tongsalee will be playing double tomorrow as well. Please forward my message to them that "Jiro wish them all the best of luck." Of course they (Suchanan, Napaporn and Wilawan) know me well in person. :hearts:

C'mon Thai's girls. :kiss:
Good luck Mi-ra. :hearts:

Suchanan :):)
Napaporn :sad: :sad:

thanks for the results Eric :)

I wonder if I-Ting's match scores is wrong because the scoreline is against her winning... :confused:

I hope she did win because it will be her best result in career and Chin-Wei as well :D :D

I wonder if I-Ting's match scores is wrong because the scoreline is against her winning... :confused:

I hope she did win because it will be her best result in career and Chin-Wei as well :D :D

Sorry about the confusion. :o I corrected score. I-Ting surely won. :D
As an excuse,.. I was really in a hurry, couldn't have luch today. :(

As for I-Ting's match, both hit the ball well, and hard. I think Jin-Hee has better shot, and she could have won the match. But I-Ting is much more mentally tough than Jin-hee. So full credit to I-Ting. She deserves the win. Whenever I-Ting make a good shot, she shouted 'Come ON!',,. and encouraged herself. ( Couldn't hear any support. :confused: In Chan-wei's match, there were always coaches and players cheering for her. ;) ) Anyway, I like her attitude very much along with Chan-Wei's.

I'm afraid that I-Ting would challenge for defending Champion, Mi-ra. Young junior who has nothing to loose and nothing to fear are playing very well against Mi-ra due to Mi-ra's game style.
We'll see.

As for Chan-wei,... I think she is the player who most improved from last year. She became much more consistent and persistent player this year. Good luck to Chan-wei, tomorrow~~ :D
Anyway, Su-Wei was there with coach watching Chan-wei's match. I could see her all the time, cause she was walking around a lot.
It's good to see she lookd comfortable and not bothered much by early exit. Looked no pressure on her now.
Last year, his father was always there where she goes,... and her brothers and sister, as well. ;)

Mi-Ra. ruthless! :o
If only she was like that in all her matches! the top 50 would be waiting for her!

thanks for the confirmation Eric :)

good to hear they both playing well, it will be very tough for I-Ting against Mi-Ra, good luck both of them :) also glad to know Chin-Wei improving a lot :):)

As for Su-Wei, good to know she's relaxing herself...

Napaporn made really lots of errors... and she couldn't catch Mi-Ra's deep stroke.. Mi-Ra's serve and stroke was stronger than Napaporn.. Yesterday Napaporn played very good (Maybe because Yoo-Mi was much weaker than Napaporn..), but today she seemed to have some serious problems..

Aiko vs Chin-wei was really interesting.. (I saw only final set..) On the final set, Chin-wei led 5-3.. But it soon became 5-6, 15-30.. Aiko had chance to end up the game.. But Aiko made some big errors in that important points..!! maybe she was tense.. She lost her rhythm in the tie-break, so she lost 1-7..

Jin-Young did a good play against Ivanna.. She has good forehand and she can mix up the ball freely.. At first Jin-Young threw a high top-spin ball and when Ivanna's ball is short she ended up with her great forehand.. Many people say she is a moonballer but I think it's not an apt expression.. She uses moonball when it is acceptable to the opponent.. She doesn't always play like that.. and as for Ivanna, she hit the ball very strong and she got many points with her stroke.. But she made many unforced errors.. after the match it seemed that she was very angry with her play today..

Jin-Hee :( She had defeated I-Ting last year in Shanghai 6-0 6-3 so I thought it would be easy game for her.. But she lost..... I-Ting was lefthanded and had good forehand and serve.. But her backhand was much weaker than her forehand.. Jin-Hee knew that, so she hit the ball to I-Ting's backhand.. but it didn't give I-Ting a big hurt.. anyway congrats to I-Ting.. Isn't she the first time to get to QF in challenger? If so, congrats to her once again :)

Thanks for Eric_tennis! You were a very good observer about i-ting, Chin-wei and Su-wei. ;)

BTW,you said Su-wei with her coach? who is her coach? :confused:

Chin Bee/Tomoko :D

Napaporn made really lots of errors... and she couldn't catch Mi-Ra's deep stroke.. Mi-Ra's serve and stroke was stronger than Napaporn.. Yesterday Napaporn played very good (Maybe because Yoo-Mi was much weaker than Napaporn..), but today she seemed to have some serious problems..

Aiko vs Chin-wei was really interesting.. (I saw only final set..) On the final set, Chin-wei led 5-3.. But it soon became 5-6, 15-30.. Aiko had chance to end up the game.. But Aiko made some big errors in that important points..!! maybe she was tense.. She lost her rhythm in the tie-break, so she lost 1-7..

Jin-Young did a good play against Ivanna.. She has good forehand and she can mix up the ball freely.. At first Jin-Young threw a high top-spin ball and when Ivanna's ball is short she ended up with her great forehand.. Many people say she is a moonballer but I think it's not an apt expression.. She uses moonball when it is acceptable to the opponent.. She doesn't always play like that.. and as for Ivanna, she hit the ball very strong and she got many points with her stroke.. But she made many unforced errors.. after the match it seemed that she was very angry with her play today..

Jin-Hee :( She had defeated I-Ting last year in Shanghai 6-0 6-3 so I thought it would be easy game for her.. But she lost..... I-Ting was lefthanded and had good forehand and serve.. But her backhand was much weaker than her forehand.. Jin-Hee knew that, so she hit the ball to I-Ting's backhand.. but it didn't give I-Ting a big hurt.. anyway congrats to I-Ting.. Isn't she the first time to get to QF in challenger? If so, congrats to her once again :)

THANK :):)

Well done Suchanun
and I hope she will get through final
Better luck next time-- Napaporn

Suchanan Viratprasert(7) def CHOI YOUNG-JA 6-0 6-4 :eek:

:wavey:

Hello Eric_tennis :worship:

Today's Thai newspaper quoted that CHOI YOUNG-JA def. Suchanan Viratprasert(7) 6-0 6-4 :mad:

Could you please check which one is correct ? :mad: Curious to know, please. :worship:

Could you please check which one is correct ? :mad: Curious to know, please. :worship:

I didn't watch the match,...so I can't be 100% sure. But around 98% sure about Suchanan's victory. ;) That's what listed in the Stadium board and Tennis Korea site also confirms that.

And the match, Suchanan vs Jin-Young Choi is scheduled as 2nd match of court 2 tomorrow.
:wavey:

100% sure.. Suchnan defeated Young-Ja.. I saw the end of the match..

Thank you so much Eric_tennis and nlyangel for confirmation :hearts: :worship: :hearts:

Happy to know that.

C'mon Suchanan. :kiss: :kiss: :kiss:

:bounce: Congrats Chin Wei and I-Ting and also Suchanan :worship:

too bad for Napaporn :eek: bageled :eek:

Liza played here :eek: I'm quite surprised.. she got a bad draw :mad:
Liza/Diana 1-6 1-6 :eek: :rolleyes:
Chin Bee :mad:

thanks :)

well done Mi-Ra, Eun-Ha, Suchanan, and Shiho :)

Aiko :sad:

1-JEON, Mi-Ra/HISAMATSU, Shiho(KOR/JPN) def. Q-CUPAC, Dubravka/KRIZ, Nicole(AUS/AUS) 6-3,7-5 :fiery: :fiery:
was to be expected i suppose at least it was close

:wavey:
I just got back from the venue after the 4 semi-final singles matches. :)

Mi-ra Jeon def I-Ting Wang(q) 6-2, 6-1 :bounce: :mad:
KIM EUN-HA def CHAN CHIN WEI (Q) 6-1, 6-3 :sad:
CHOI JIN-YOUNG(WC) def Suchanan Viratprasert(7) 6-3,6-4
XIE YAN-ZE def HISAMATSU 6-4,7-5 :eek: :sad:

Go, girls~!
:bounce:

Some reports of the matches I've seen.

Mi-ra Jeon def I-Ting Wang(q) 6-2, 6-1 :bounce: :mad:
: This match is a bit spoiled by the chair umpire. Mi-ra could have won the match, with 6-0, 6-0 but chair umpire made some dubious (I think bad) calls in important points. Maybe he wants sit up there longer. LOL ;)

Mi-ra started serving and led 40-0, then bad call from the umpire,.. Mi-ra lost her cool a bit. Another one in the game,..then Mi-ra got broken.
In the next game, Mi-ra had a break chance, then dubious call from him (who looked like a guy from middle east or Latin europe). Mi-ra lost the game again.
From the 3rd game, Mi-ra just showed some spectacular performance to the spectators,... so the crowd started to cheer and clap. Normally the crowd are very quiet and little reaction, so it was kind of unusual.
And I-Ting's ball has some pace and Mi-ra using it,... so their game looked more spectacular than Mi-ra's normal match. But Mi-ra won 11 games in a row and had a match point. At 6-2, 5-0, match point for Mi-ra, the bad call came again. First I-Ting's ball was long,.. but the chair didn't call, Mi-ra hit the ball back, and it just sits on the line,.. but the umpire called out. Mi-ra didn't say anything but she stared the spot where I-Ting's ball out and pointed the spot with her racket. Then she lost the game. So I couldn't see any bagel today. :(
Then Mi-ra finished the next game comfortably. It was fun game for the spectators.
Most impressive thing was I-Ting's attitude. As soon as Mi-ra's winner hit the court, I-Ting approached to the net, she gave Mi-ra nodding twice politely. It just showed her respect to Mi-ra and I-Ting's nice attitude. :D Hopefully I-Ting learned a lot from this match to advance further rounds in challenger events in the future.

I strongly predict Mi-ra would win this tournament again without much resistence... Maybe final with Jin-Young Choi, I guess.

Go, Mi-ra~
:bounce:

Mi-ra Jeon def I-Ting Wang(q) 6-2, 6-1 :bounce: :mad:
KIM EUN-HA def CHAN CHIN WEI (Q) 6-1, 6-3 :sad:
CHOI JIN-YOUNG(WC) def Suchanan Viratprasert(7) 6-3,6-4
XIE YAN-ZE def HISAMATSU 6-4,7-5 :eek: :sad:Thanks for the scores Eric.

Mi-Ra :) but I-Ting :sad:

I don't know why you are surprised Yan-Ze beat Shiho :confused: . This was predictable as Yan-Ze had the game to win :D . I Hope this will increase Yan-Ze confidence :bounce: .

KIM EUN-HA def CHAN CHIN WEI (Q) 6-1, 6-3 :sad:
: Eun-ha was embarrassing Chi-Wei when I arrive the center court. Chin-Wei was loosing 1-6,0-5. :sad: Eun-ha was doing just like she did to Jing-Quian Yi (spell?) in this tournament's final two years ago. She used semi-high ball and control the pace,. and sometimes approach the net to put more pressure to her opponent.
I clapped for Chin-Wei to encourage her,.. then she started playing bravely. She won 3 games in a row. If she started playing like that it could have been more close.
I think Mi-ra and Eun-ha Kim are in another league to 2 Taiwanese young girls. But I-Ting and Chin-Wei showed they have good potential, and hopefully they learned a lot from two senior players. :)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

CHOI JIN-YOUNG(WC) def Suchanan Viratprasert(7) 6-3,6-4
: Jing-Young Choi is #3 player in Korea,.. and she is almost unbeatable in her homeland. Only Mi-ra beat her in 3 sets in the semi of this tournament last year. I think she would win over Yoon-Jeong Cho even though she is ranked much lower. When she is on, it's very hard to beat her cause she has most variety game in this tournament.
And she gave bitter memories to two players, Mireille & Ivanna. :o She beat them in singles and doubles in a same day respectively. Imagine, to lose to same player in singles and doubles same day!
Isroilova Ivanna came to watch this match with Akgul, and studied seriously how Jin-young plays. Maybe they're playing next week here also?
Anyway, Jin-young aggrevated her shoulder injury at 6-3, 5-2, and match point,.. she couldn't serve hard and full swing from that point. Suchanan was fairly good hitter, so she didn't loose this chance and she started to get some confidence. Before this point, she always looked up her coach whenver she made a mistake. But no look back since then,.. and played very well. So home crowd started cheer for her and support her. She had a game point at 4-5 in 2nd and I thought if she makes 5 all, she has very good chance to win this set, cause Jin-Young was evidently fighting the shoulder pains,.. she used her racket to massage her shoulder and started moonballing to rest her shoulder. But she could managed finished the match with 6-4.
Jin-young Choi had to retire in last weekend's tournament final while she was leading due to the shoulder pain. She said she used acupuncture to lessen the pain. :sad:
Anyway, Jin-young's game are very suit semi- hard hitters like Ivanna and some rifle player like Yoon-jeong Cho. So, unless her injury getting worse, she would win easily over XIE YAN-ZE, I guess.
++++++++++++++++++++

XIE YAN-ZE def HISAMATSU 6-4,7-5 :eek:
: I just saw the last part of the game. Hisamatsu is one of the best shot maker in this event, but Yan-ze just overpowered with her forehand. The match just finished with dubious call,.. and Hisamastu looked embarrassed and disappointed. If it had went to tiebreak, it could have gone either way.
Yan-ze was quiet and working hard. And she definitely looked satisfied by reaching semi in a challenger event. She is coached by Korean former player,.. and he said they were going out for lunch and Yan-ze like Korean noodle much.
+++++++++++++++++++++++

That's all~~
:D

I don't know why you are surprised Yan-Ze beat Shiho :confused: . This was predictable as Yan-Ze had the game to win :D .

But it looked to me that her coaching staffs(including Korean guy) also didn't expect a win in 2 sets. ;)
And Shiho has rifles! Maybe Shiho has some advantage to me, cause she is Mi-ra's doubles partner. ;) :o
Anyway it was good to see them enjoying playing together,... smile together, talk much,.. encourage each other.
:D

But it looked to me that her coaching staffs(including Korean guy) also didn't expect a win in 2 sets. ;) :D
That's the problem with these coaches who don't believe in their players' capacities :( . I had forecast the result yesterday ;) .

Yan-Ze reached the final last year at the $25K Tianjin so reaching a $25K Semi-Final is not a first for her :) .

Yan-Ze also reached WTA Shanghai main draw, beating on the way Yuka Yoshida in Q2.

I expect next match to be actually tougher for Yan-Ze because Jin-Young has more game variety than Shiho, though less power (on her forehand).

Best regards to Yan-Ze if you happen to meet her again :wavey: .

Thank you Eric_tennis :worship: for the info.
Please forward my message to them that "Jiro wish them all the best of luck." Of course they (Suchanan, Napaporn and Wilawan) know me well in person. :hearts:
C'mon Thai's girls. :kiss:


Hello, Jirobkk :wavey:
I watched Suchanan's game,.. and she was a fairly good player. But she just met wrong opponent, I mean play style-wise.
After the match, a guy asked her to take a picture of her. She agreed politely,.. I thought she was close at the end of the match so she must have disappointed,.. It's good to know she is a nice girl as well as a decent player. And the guy said "Do you know Jiro?,....", So he gave her your regards. Then I don't want to bother her to deliver your regards again, cause she looked very tired due to hot weather. ( I was wondered that Tailand would be much hotter than here,.. :confused: )

And before the match, I thought her not to be a Thai player, by her face, she looks kind of westerner (she's pretty :) ), and always trained with Aussie girls,... and speak English well,... so I thought she would be from somewhere else,... and her coach looked like Indian.
I wish her better luck in next event.
:D

After the match, a guy asked Suchanan to take a picture of her. She agreed politely,.. I thought she was close at the end of the match so she must have disappointed,.. It's good to know she is a nice girl as well as a decent player. And the guy said "Do you know Jiro?,....", So he gave her your regards. I wonder if it was Hoon :) ?

Hello, Jirobkk :wavey:
I watched Suchanan's game,.. and she was a fairly good player. But she just met wrong opponent, I mean play style-wise.
After the match, a guy asked her to take a picture of her. She agreed politely,.. I thought she was close at the end of the match so she must have disappointed,.. It's good to know she is a nice girl as well as a decent player. And the guy said "Do you know Jiro?,....", So he gave her your regards. Then I don't want to bother her to deliver your regards again, cause she looked very tired due to hot weather. ( I was wondered that Tailand would be much hotter than here,.. :confused: )

And before the match, I thought her not to be a Thai player, by her face, she looks kind of westerner (she's pretty :) ), and always trained with Aussie girls,... and speak English well,... so I thought she would be from somewhere else,... and her coach looked like Indian.
I wish her better luck in next event.
:D

Thank you so much Eric_tennis :worship: for your information regarding Suchanan's match. :hearts:
It's no doubt that Thailand is hotter than Korea. But I'm a bit surprised that why Suchanan looked so tried due to hot weather. :confused: Isn't it winter in Korea now ?
I think the guy who forwarded my message to Suchanan is nlyangel ( because of I've also asked him to do that.) I don't know. :confused:
Suchanan is real Thai and I'm glad to know from you that she is pretty. Anyway once again thank you so much for your kind support. And I hope Korea girls will be doing well and reach the final, especially Mi-ra.

Regards, :worship:
Jiro

thanks for the results and reports Eric :)

Chin-Wei and I-Ting :sad: :sad: but they have showed their potential and reached the best career result this week, good luck next week :)

Good luck to Mi-Ra for the title now :)

Suchanan :sad: :sad:
Better Luck Next Time

Thank you for reports Eric_tennis, and don´t be afraid of Akgul :)

Most impressive thing was I-Ting's attitude. As soon as Mi-ra's winner hit the court, I-Ting approached to the net, she gave Mi-ra nodding twice politely. It just showed her respect to Mi-ra and I-Ting's nice attitude. :D Hopefully I-Ting learned a lot from this match to advance further rounds in challenger events in the future.
:bounce:

I-Ting is a really nice girl, more mature than other Taiwanese players. :D
She evne waited right on the street for 2 houes the day before first match, because she worried Su-wei her roommate, cannot find the hotel locats in the samll alley.

I'm not... maybe Hoon.. I wasn't there at that time.. ;)

very good results for Korean players..
Mi-Ra said it was hard to return I-Ting's various services.. and I-Ting has improved a lot since she saw her last time..
Mi-Ra vs Eun-Ha.. very long time to see them play each other.. I'm looking forward to the match..

Chin-Bee / Tomoko are in doubles final :D . They will play against Mi-Ra / Shiho.

Well done Mi-Ra and Eun-Ha :)

I-Ting is a really nice girl, more mature than other Taiwanese players. :D
She evne waited right on the street for 2 houes the day before first match, because she worried Su-wei her roommate, cannot find the hotel locats in the samll alley.
Talking of hotel, the tournament hotel is incredibly expensive for a $25K at USD 100 a night :eek: . I wonder why the organisers did not select a cheaper hotel :confused: .

Mi-ra won~~ !

This time 6-0,6-1. :( She could have won with double bagel,.. but she maybe didn't want to be said "ruthless" again from her fan.( including V.Melb )
Mi-ra played flawless again,... Eun-ha just hoped not get double bageld,... and her dream came true. ;)

As for Jin-Young Choi vs Xie Yan-Ze match would the saddiest match in this tournament.

When I left the venue, it was 6-3,0-4 for Jin-Young,... but I know it would be 6-3,0-6,0-6 or something like that. :( :sad:
From the start it was much more entertaining match than Mi-ra's,.. cause they are hitting harder and going for their shots. Until 4-1, both players played very well,.. very few UEs. Yan-Ze is aggressive player but her power was not enough to hurt Jin-young. And Jin-Young's forehand attack was deadly.
But from the 4-1, Jin-Young started feel her sholder injury pain,... and touched her shoulder between the points. Then she starts hurry to finish the match as soon as possible. She just make risky attack in her 3 shot. Anyway she could manage to finish it 6-3. But her pain was getting bigger and bigger.... so 2nd set just went to 0-4. Yan-ze sensed that she didn't hit any risky shot,.. just put the ball back,... and when she had opening she used forehand attack.
Jin-Young just fighting against pain not her opponent. She just wanted to finish it fast,.. just attack and Yan-Ze's good one hand lobbing saving,. then UEs. :sad:
I just left the stadium not to want to see that kind of match. From today, 3 day holiday has started,.. so I don't want to ruin my holiday and Mi-ra's victory by watching the sad match.

Jin-young had to retire from the final while she was leading just 5 days ago. I don't know shy her coach make her play soooo much events while she was fighting against pain. I hope she withdraws from the next two 10K event. It's insane to enter the next week and the next week with the body.

Yan-Ze is also decent player,.. she's normally aggressive,.. but her best quality is her defense. I only saw that kind of running one hand robbing to return opponent's deadly winner from Martina Hingis ( :kiss: ) But Yan-Ze did that shot so many times and it save her from the defeat.
Maybe she trained a lot with the shot,.. or have excellent ball touch sense,.. it was just amazing.

I'm now going resort area to enjoy my vacation and just hope Jin-Young retire from the match before risking her tennis career. :mad:

Only miracle can make her to win the match.

And I think Mi-ra would win this tournament without any problem if she keep playing like that. If she do so,.. she would reach #30 without problems,.... I've always said Mi-ra is much better player than Yoon-jeong Cho,.. and she's around #40s so,... why not for Mi-ra~ :p

Go, Mi-ra~~
:bounce:

Thanks for the news Eric :) .

Sorry for Jin-Young :sad: . She has complained from this shoulder injury already in Hochiminh City and during Fed Cup in Tokyo :sad: . I hope she'll get a proper treatment for that.

Any news on the semi-final between Yan-Ze and Jin-Young :confused: ? Latest news I had was 3-2 in the 3rd set for Yan-Ze (after rain delay).

Yan-Ze defeated Jin-Young 3-6 6-2 6-4...
Yan-Ze played very well.. she was more powerful than Jin-Young.. Well.. Jin-Young played also well.. she made so many chances with her great forehand, but she couldn't finish the chance ball.. :confused: There was rain today in Seoul, but there weren't rain delay.. ;) I hope Jin-Young skips next week and takes some treatments..
Eun-Ha.. too many errors... :(
anyway Congrats Mi-Ra and Yan-Ze.. looking forward to tomorrow..

$25K Se-Ah Steel Cup Seoul Challenger
Saturday Schedule
Center Court - start at 1.00 (Seoul)
Mi-Ra Jeon vs. Yan-Ze Xie
f/b Jeon/Hisamatsu vs. Khoo/Yonemura

well done Mi-Ra, win this and get that confidence back up :)

Chin-Bee / Tomoko are in doubles final :D . They will play against Mi-Ra / Shiho.
:D :)

Well done Mi-Ra :)

Keep it up

And I think Mi-ra would win this tournament without any problem if she keep playing like that. If she do so,.. she would reach #30 without problems,.... I've always said Mi-ra is much better player than Yoon-jeong Cho,.. and she's around #40s so,... why not for Mi-ra~ :p

Go, Mi-ra~~
:bounce:

2 Fukuoka May 12 2002 M Jeon - Y Cho(2) 7-64 5-7 6-4
Qual 1 Pan Pacif. Feb 3 2002 Y Cho - M Jeon 6-3 6-3
2 Fukuoka May 13 2001 M Jeon - Y Cho(5) 3-6 6-3 6-0

the results seem to indicate they are close........
but Cho just took off her ranking after US Open.....
and Jeon is now like so far from Cho now......
good luck though...:)

Eric and Steve insist that Mi-Ra is the better of the two.
But although i can see Mi-Ra's abundance of talent. Yoon-jeong is has a MUCH less fragile game. Mi-Ra seems prone to losing to consistent players....also she is not half as strong as Yoon-Jeong mentally.
The difference in game styles make Cho a more consistent player with much more consistent results.
Anyways.... Mi-ra should win this challenger....then go and play at a higher level! :)

You are right on these points regarding YJ V. :) .

Besides that, Mi-Ra is hitting the ball far too late (when the ball goes down). It can work in the #150 and + rankings, but beyond, she has to take the ball much earlier.

I think that besides that, Yoon-Jeong is currently faster on court.

I expect actually the final to be a close one if Yan-Ze plays smart ;) .

Eric and Steve insist that Mi-Ra is the better of the two.
But although i can see Mi-Ra's abundance of talent. Yoon-jeong is has a MUCH less fragile game. Mi-Ra seems prone to losing to consistent players....also she is not half as strong as Yoon-Jeong mentally.
The difference in game styles make Cho a more consistent player with much more consistent results.
Anyways.... Mi-ra should win this challenger....then go and play at a higher level! :)
I think it's only Eric who believes so. :confused:
I can't comment as I've seen neither play, but I do hope that Mi-Ra's the one with more potential, as I'd like to see her live up to her junior results. :)

Good luck to her in today's final. :D

FINALS

Yan-Ze Xie (CHN) d. 1-Mi-Ra Jeon (KOR) 6-3 6-4

1-Shiho Hisamatsu/Mi-Ra Jeon (JPN/KOR) d. Chin-Bee Khoo/Tomoko Yonemura (MAS/JPN) 6-3 6-1

Very disappointing, Mi-Ra... :sad:
Congrats to Yan-Ze though, as she has 23 points coming off this week. Too bad her ranking's not going to rise much, but good too see her playing well especially when she needed to.

Hopefully, someone who saw the match can let us in on some details.

Chin Bee/Tomoko :sad:

OMG!

Mi-Ra :mad:

Congratulations to Yan-Ze as I understand she played aggressive tennis during the final, attacking all the time and going to the net, which is the thing to do :D . All the credit goes to her for this victory :bounce: .

Sorry for Chin-Bee / Tomoko :sad: . But reaching the final was already a good thing. Too bad they won't be playing together the next event :( .

Mi-Ra :(:( very disappointing :(

too bad for Mi-Ra...
good luck Yan-Zi...:)
great too see Chinese players being on the rise,
too bad Hsieh has to face her so earlyt hough....:(

Hi, I was there for the final, and I thought I'd give a match summary in case anyone was interested.

I had never heard of Xan-Ze, and with Mi-Ra's scores in the earlier rounds, I expected Mi-Ra to win easily. However, after a couple of games, it was pretty clear that it wasn't going to be easy. Xan-Ze and Mi-Ra have relatively similar styles. They're both very consistent baseliners who move opponents around from side to side. The major difference is that Xan-Ze has a lot more firepower, especially from her forehand, which was just huge.

The first set started pretty close, but then Xan-Ze started going for her shots more. With a barrage of forehand winners, she won the first set 6-3. I kept track of clean winners for both players, and the stats were telling: 10 for Xan-Ze, only 2 for Mi-Ra. Xan-Ze did a good job of hustling down some tough balls, but I was frustrated by Mi-Ra's inability to put balls away. Even when she had a clear opening, she would hit the ball at about 80% pace, instead of just going for it. It certainly kept her unforced errors down, but it also allowed Xan-Ze to stay in a lot of points. Mi-Ra especially seemed tentative on her backhand. She hit too many of them down the center of the court, right to Xan-Ze.

Xan-Ze got off to a quick start in the second set, and things looked like it was going to be over pretty quickly. Mi-Ra, perhaps angry at herself, finally turned up her level of power and crushed several forehands impressively. She hit three winners in one game, which was more than how many she hit in the entire first set. The crowd at Olympic Stadium, about 100 people who were solidly behind Mi-Ra, cheered loudly. However, Xan-Ze met fire with fire. She kept ripping forehands, hitting winners all over the place, and it was all over: 6-3, 6-4.

It was only one match, but I was impressed with Xan-Ze. I could see her being in the Top 100 someday with that forehand whip of hers. As for Mi-Ra, she's a very pretty girl for sure, but I don't see enough potential in her game for her to rise a lot higher than she is now. She struggled with her nerves, and her game seemed quite predictable: forehand inside-out, then forehand down the line, then repeat. She hits the ball nicely and cleanly from her forehand, but she doesn't quite have the killer instict on it. And her backhand is almost strictly a defensive shot, and good players are going to just pounce on it.

Overall, I had a great time watching the tennis, and I recommend all of you guys to check out a challenger event when you get a chance. You'd be surprised at how high the level of tennis is.

Sorry for Chin-Bee / Tomoko :sad: . But reaching the final was already a good thing. Too bad they won't be playing together the next event :( .

Who will Chin Bee be playing with?

Hi, I was there for the final, and I thought I'd give a match summary in case anyone was interested.Thanks for the report Tommy :) .

Is Mi-Ra still hitting balls very late or is she taking them earlier now, specially floating ones (in case Yan-Ze hit any of them during the match) :confused: .

Did Yan-Ze go to the net to finish off points or did she stay at the baseline?

How is her second serve now?

It is good anyway to hear that she has become tougher mentally :) .

For Aaron, I am not too certain with whom Chin-Bee will be playing doubles this time :o .

Hi, I was there for the final, and I thought I'd give a match summary in case anyone was interested.

I had never heard of Xan-Ze, and with Mi-Ra's scores in the earlier rounds, I expected Mi-Ra to win easily. However, after a couple of games, it was pretty clear that it wasn't going to be easy. Xan-Ze and Mi-Ra have relatively similar styles. They're both very consistent baseliners who move opponents around from side to side. The major difference is that Xan-Ze has a lot more firepower, especially from her forehand, which was just huge.

The first set started pretty close, but then Xan-Ze started going for her shots more. With a barrage of forehand winners, she won the first set 6-3. I kept track of clean winners for both players, and the stats were telling: 10 for Xan-Ze, only 2 for Mi-Ra. Xan-Ze did a good job of hustling down some tough balls, but I was frustrated by Mi-Ra's inability to put balls away. Even when she had a clear opening, she would hit the ball at about 80% pace, instead of just going for it. It certainly kept her unforced errors down, but it also allowed Xan-Ze to stay in a lot of points. Mi-Ra especially seemed tentative on her backhand. She hit too many of them down the center of the court, right to Xan-Ze.

Xan-Ze got off to a quick start in the second set, and things looked like it was going to be over pretty quickly. Mi-Ra, perhaps angry at herself, finally turned up her level of power and crushed several forehands impressively. She hit three winners in one game, which was more than how many she hit in the entire first set. The crowd at Olympic Stadium, about 100 people who were solidly behind Mi-Ra, cheered loudly. However, Xan-Ze met fire with fire. She kept ripping forehands, hitting winners all over the place, and it was all over: 6-3, 6-4.

It was only one match, but I was impressed with Xan-Ze. I could see her being in the Top 100 someday with that forehand whip of hers. As for Mi-Ra, she's a very pretty girl for sure, but I don't see enough potential in her game for her to rise a lot higher than she is now. She struggled with her nerves, and her game seemed quite predictable: forehand inside-out, then forehand down the line, then repeat. She hits the ball nicely and cleanly from her forehand, but she doesn't quite have the killer instict on it. And her backhand is almost strictly a defensive shot, and good players are going to just pounce on it.

Overall, I had a great time watching the tennis, and I recommend all of you guys to check out a challenger event when you get a chance. You'd be surprised at how high the level of tennis is.
thx..........:).......great job from the Chinese player,
u know it's really scary how China puts out the players,
they would train a player in the country for a long time
and when that person is ready.......she is ready........
dont be surprised to see her in Shanghai tournament.:D

btw.....believe or not, we had
Laura vs Maria S final last year in Vancouver,
one of the best matches IMO.....:)

Did Yan-Ze go to the net to finish off points or did she stay at the baseline?
How is her second serve now?
It is good anyway to hear that she has become tougher mentally :) .


Hi, Steveg :wavey:
I didn't watch the final cause I was enjoying in resort area with my family. :o ( Sorry, Mi-ra~ )
1. I've watched Yan-Ze's several matches,... she hardly went to the net in the match,.. she finished off the point with her forehand. ( I think she uses her wrist very effectively to change the ball direction,.. so opponents had hard time to read her motion. )
2. Her second serve is her biggest weakness,... too simple serve just like beginners serve form,.. but with that,.. she hardly make DFs and many didn't got attacked in those matches. And other than the 2nd serve, her overall game was solid.
3. In the article, it says Yan-Ze is mentally tough player. So it can be an answer to you.

BTW, in her winner's interview she said she was more happy to win her 1st challenger event in her coach's homeland. And she said she hasn't set a goal as a professional player yet,.. just trying hard is her goal. And she said she could earn great confidence by winning this victory. :D
She deserves this victory. Her opponents en route to final in this event were all quality players, I think.

Her coach said in his interview that he couldn't imagine this victory before coming here. And he said Yan-Ze was lucky to win over Jin-Young Choi in semi. He thought she would lost to Jin-Young.
He also said, Yan-Ze's major problem was not being mentally tough in risky situation,.. but if she keeps her confident she showed in the final against Mi-ra, Yan-Ze will have bright future.