My e-mail to the organiser worked, the qualifying results have been put up!

1st round qualifying:

Anna White (GB) - BYE
Kirsty Woolley (GB) BT Arabella Martin (GB) 6-3, 6-3
Katherine Laidler (GB) - BYE
Lynsey Davison (GB) BT Aoife O'Neil (IRE) 6-4, 6-3
Kristina Jarkenstedt (SWE) - BYE
Amelie Detreviere (FRA) BT Jenny Broughall (GB) 6-4, 6-2
Rebecca Fong (GB) - BYE
Line Elvstroem (DEN) BT Gina Niland (IRE) 7-5, 6-2
Clodagh McMorrow (IRE) - BYE
Emma Doyle (IRE) BT Nikki Moore (IRE) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Claire Ricketts (GB) BT Andrea Ryan (IRE) 6-4, 6-1
Jenna Hirdle (GB) BT Sandra Griffith (IRE) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Timea Baczinsky (SUI) BT Leigh Walsh (IRE) 6-1, 6-2
Galina Misiurova (LTU) BT Anna Lind (SWE) 6-3, 6-2
Svenja Weidemann (GER) BT Melanie Wolkersberger (AUT) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
Lucy Warburton (GB) BT Aine Leonard (IRE) 6-2, 7-5

Timea :)

Melanie :(:(

great scoreline for timea. keep going timea!

Go Timea Baczinsky :)

Melanie Wolkersberger :( :fiery:

Come On Brits!:)

Thanks bluepastures :)

Go Kristina :D!

Goo Timea and Rebecca Fong!:D

Timea :)

keep going Kristina, Line, and Claire :D

MAin draw please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vamos paula!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAINDRAW

1-JANES Amanda GBR vs HOMEWOOD Carly GBR
q-DETRIVIERE Amelie FRA vs q-DAVISON Lynsey GBR
NERI Natalie GBR vs KENOYER Jodi USA
WC-NUGENT Karen IRL vs 8-NORFELDT Helena SWE

3-FONDEVILA CASTRO Paula vs WC-HOGAN Anne-Marie IRL
q-WEIDEMANN Svenja GER vs q-ELVSTROM EKNER Line DEN
q-RICKETTS Claire GBR vs FILIPP Susanne AUT
q-MCMORROW Clodagh IRL vs 5-O'RIAIN Elsa IRL

7-GLITZENSHTEIN Yael ISR vs RANKIN Rebecca GBR
REILLY Lyndsay GBR vs MACKENZIE Alice GBR
MARAMA Paula NZL vs q-WHITE Anna GBR
MARAMA Eden NZL vs 4-HOCH Eva AUT

6-CAIAZZO Marina FRA vs KRIZ Nicole AUS
LL-LAIDLER Katherine GBR vs FRANCOIS Celine LUX
q-BACSINSZKY Timea SUI vs WC-MURPHY Emma IRL
SUMMERSIDE Michelle AUS vs 2-DOYLE Yvonne IRL

qual rd

Anna White (GB) d. Kirsty Woolley (GB) 6-3 6-2 :D
Lynsey Davison (GB) d. Katherine Laidler (GB) 6-1 6-0
Amelie Detreviere (FRA) d. Kristina Jarkenstedt (SWE) 6-3 6-2 :(
Line Elvstroem (DEN) d, Rebecca Fong (GB) 7-6(2) 6-2
Clodagh McMorrow (IRE) d. Emma Doyle (IRE) 6-3 7-5
Claire Ricketts (GB) d. Jenna Hirdle (GB) 6-0 6-1
Timea Baczinsky (SUI) d. Galina Misiurova (LTU) 6-0 6-0 :help:
Svenja Weidemann (GER) d. Lucy Warburton (GB) 6-1 6-3

Timea :D Good luck in main draw :)

Good luck Amanda :D

good luck Susanne, Eva and Yael :bounce:

WOW!!! Pauliña!!!! 3rd seed, WC in 1st round, Qualies around her.....

Vamos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

...but no chance against Amanda. :lol:

Anna:)
Claire:)
Lynsey:)

GO AMANDA Title #1

Good Luck Amanda :worship: :D :D

Good Luck Kriz and Sumerside

When does the first round get underway?

Come on Timea! You can win this tournament!

Pf Kristina :(

Pf Clarke withdrew again :fiery: :fiery: :mad:

Double Draw

Curran/O'Riain (1) - bye
Elvstrom Ekner/Jarkenstedt - Caizzo /Neri
Summerside/White (4) - bye
E et P Marama - Lind/Weidemann
Glitzenshtein/Hoch - bye
Kriz/Reilly (3) - bye
Filipp/Wolkersberger - Fong/Mackenzie
Nugent /Doyle (2)

Timea :)
Good luck Helena!

best of luck to:

*Amanda Janes :D
*Karen Nugent
*Line Elvstrom Ekner :D
*Claire Ricketts :D
*Elsa O'Riain :D
*Eden Marama :D
*Yvonne Doyle

best of luck Amanda, Line, Elsa, Eden, Yvonne and Curran/O'Raine

Draw sheets and OOP are available at http://www.castleknocktennis.org/

Click on the Irish Open link - although it will then say it's for 2002, the details in there are actually for this year!

Thanks Dogdriller!!!!! :)

results

Detriviere d. Davison 6-4 2-6 6-4 :)
Weideman d. Elvstrom-Ekner 6-4 6-2 :(
Filipp d. Ricketts 6-4 6-3
Glitsenstein d. Rankin 6-0 6-2 :help:
P Marama d. White 6-4 3-6 6-3 :mad:
E Marama d. Hoch 6-2 6-0
Kriz d. Caiazzo 5-7 6-4 6-3 :help:
Francois d. Laidler 6-0 rtd :)
Bacsinszky d. Murphy 6-3 6-2 :)

Thanks Dogdriller & Eggy :D

When does Amanda play? :)

Susanne Filipp :worship:

Eva Hoch :eek: :fiery:

Yael :worship:

Timea :)

Janes BT Homewood 6-2, 6-2
Neri BT Kenoyer 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
Nugent BT Norfeldt 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Fondevila BT Hogan 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
O'Riain BT McMorrow 6-2, 6-1
MacKenzie BT Reilly 6-4, 6-4 :)
Doyle BT Summerside 6-1, 6-2

Oh no Helena :eek: :mad: you were defending champion :(!

good luck Celien :)

Amanda :)

Helena :mad:

Pauliña!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Her first match ever in grass won!!!! :)

Amanda!

OMG Alice won a match:eek:

Well Done Amanda :D :D & Alice :D

Amanda :)

Any news on todays results? Or am I just being too optimistic? ;)

Amanda :D :D

still nothing from today :(

found them :)

Janes d. Detriviere 6-3 6-4
Nugent d. Neri 6-4 6-2
Fondevila Castro d. Weideman 6-1 3-6 6-0
O'Riain d. Filipp 6-1 6-1
MacKenzie d. Glitsenstein 6-2 6-4 :)
Eden Marama d. Paula Marama 7-6(1) 6-4
Kriz d. Francois 6-2 6-0 :(
Bacsinszky d. Doyle 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4 :)

Well Done Amanda :D :D

and Alice :D :D :D :eek:

Amanda :)

Susanne :o

Yael :fiery:

great win by Basinszky !:), bad luck for the Marama sisters !!! but player of the two win!!!!!
good one for o'rian and Janes but bad lost by Yeal.(:sad:

Timea :woohoo: :)

Eden :)

Kepp it up Amanda :D

Whoo! Timea, soo close!:D

any news from today? :) (Wishful Thinking)

Hoping Amanda & Alice have won! ;)

Pauliña!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):):)

2nd match ever in grass, 2nd win!!!

Go on 3rd seed!!!!!!!! ;)

QF

Nugent d. Janes 6-3 6-4 :rolleyes:
O'Riain d. Fondevila Castro 6-3 6-3
Marama d. MacKenzie 6-2 6-1
Kriz d. Bacsinszky 4-6 6-1 6-2 :(

Amanda :fiery: you ought to be ashamed of yourself :( :( :banghead: And to think in a couple of weeks, you'll be ranked higher than Elena Baltacha :rolleyes:

Amanda :O

Timea :(

I still can't believe Linzi lost to Alice, that's rather bad.

At least Natalie got a win.

Amanda :rolleyes: that's poor.

Lol, this event must be the only one in teh world played on astroturf, lol.

Timea :( :sad: but a good week :)

Go Eden :)

Sorry Pauliña :(

But, good week there!!!

Come back to clay!!!! :)

Lol, this event must be the only one in teh world played on astroturf, lol.

This is played on ASTROTURF?!?! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That's... awful. There used to be astroturf courts at my school... it's utter crap to play on, and if you fell over it HURT. Slice works well though ;)

Amanda :rolleyes:

OMG Amanda:rolleyes:

Alice:eek:

She seems to be getting back on track!

Yeah that's pretty bad by Amanda, but fact is that players often play well above themselves at their 'home' tournament - it's not like Clare Wood ever did very much apart from the old indoor tourny at Brighton.

Go Amanda!

Perhaps Amanda doens't like Astroturf ;) And would prefer to play on a much nicer tennis surface :)

Good Luck in your next tournament Amanda, and make sure it's not on Astroturf ;)

Don't know any results, but the final will be played on Saturday between;

Karen Nugent (WC) vs. Eden Marama

Doubles Final between; (Tonight)
Marama Sisters & Doyle/Nugent

A Good tournament by Nugent! I expect her to win both titles!

Isn't Karen ranked like 1000?

I expect this is her home club?

Eden :) Amanda :(

Marama sisters :)

Isn't Karen ranked like 1000?

I expect this is her home club?

No she isn't ranked 1000. She isn't even ranked at all!!!! She must have some talent though, beating Janes & O'Riain and reaching the final ;) It'll give her a big boost in the rankings, if and when she plays 3 tournaments

well done Karen and Eden :D

hope Eden wins this now :)

Karen is a decent player. Very good doubles player. She, like Claire Curran, very rarely played singles.

Doubles Final:

Marama/Marama bt Doyle/Nugent 6-4 7-5

Singles Semi-Finals:

Nugent bt O'Riain 1-6 6-3 6-3
E.Marama bt Kriz 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4

Final:

E.Marama bt (wc)K.Nugent 6-1 6-2 :(

Well done Marama sisters. They took over the titles.
By the way, what the hell is "Astroturf"?

Both Nugent & Curran are Fed Cup veterans for Ireland too. Not the most difficult team to get selected for admittedly. Through that, they have come up against opposition well above their ranking level, such as Zimbabwe's Cara Black.

I don't think it helps that Ireland have so few ITF ranking tournaments on the tour. Hence the expenses in playing on the tour are that much greater.

Astroturf is what they call artificial grass although its nothing like it.
fall on that and you got burn marks to last some time.

Was it astroturf that QPR, Luton & Oldham made their artificial pitches out of, when they had them about 10 years ago?

Well Nugent was ranked in the 900's before!

Congrats Marama Sisters :)

Is that the same kind of artificial grass they use on hockey and soccer fields? Because if it is, it does hurt a lot, I've fallen on them. Besides, I don't think that's a proper surface for playing tennis...

Eden :D

Both Nugent & Curran are Fed Cup veterans for Ireland too. Not the most difficult team to get selected for admittedly.


Well true but both Karen and Claire have been seriously hampered by injury throughout their careers.

Karen was considered Ireland's best prospect. Certainly more talented than Kelly Liggan who made the top 200 recently. Karen got to the quarter finals of Junior Wimbledon in the '90s but a few years back picked up a life threatening virus in Africa which saw her weigh go down to six stone. There was a big piece in the Belfast Telegraph about it.

As for Claire she's always been a good doubles player and she partnered Amy Jensen at the US Open a couple of years back and lost a three setter in the first round against Hingis & Pierce.

lol, my old club was "artificial grass"

i wonder if they haev the layer of grit over the top?

Yes its the same thing used for hockey pitches

Hoooppp Neuzelandai!!!!!!
Eden!!!!

EDEN!!!:yeah: