1-REEVES SAMANTHA USA vs MCQUILLAN RACHEL AUS
SFAR SELIMA TUN vs RAO SUNITHA USA
SE-SAEKI MIHO JPN vs SNYDER TARA USA
Q- vs 8-DRAKE MAUREEN CAN

4-JANKOVIC JELENA YUG vs SE-DEVIDZE SALOME GEO
VANC ANDREEA ROM vs YOSHIDA YUKA JPN
Q vs STOSUR SAMANTHA AUS
BRANDI KRISTINA PUR vs 7-KAPROS ANIKO HUN

6-NEFFA-DE LOS ROSSANA PAR vs GRANDIN NATALIE RSA
WHEELER CHRISTINA AUS vs BIELIK BEA USA
ASHLEY TERYN USA vs WC-KIRKLAND JESSICA USA
HOPKINS JENNIFER USA vs 3-LEE-WATERS LINDSAY USA

5-NOORLANDER SEDA NED vs WC-EMBRY JENNIFER USA
Q vs PERRY SHENAY USA
Q vs WC-DEASON WHITNEY USA
LEE JANET TPE vs 2-CARGILL ANSLEY USA

Good luck

Samantha S.
Samantha R.
Salome
Ansley

Good luck to:

Sunitha Rao :)
Samantha Stosur
Aniko Kapros
Bea Bielik
Jessica Kirkland
Janet Lee :D

Good Luck to Aniko Kapros :)

Vamos Shenay And Selima :d

Rachel McQuillan have to face Samantha Reeves?! :( PFF!!

I hope Rachel can beat Samantha but wait and see for what happening ;)

Go Sunitha! .. Good to see her back out again after the hamstring injury from wimbledon..

Jay

Go Sammy R:) You can win this tourny!

good luck to:

-Samantha reeves
-Miho Saeki
-Ansley Cargill
-Maureen Drake :D
-Aniko Kapros :)
-Yuka Yoshida
-Samantha Stosur
-Jennifer Hopkins
-Lindsay Lee-Waters :D
-Salome Davidze :D
-Shenay Perry :)

Good luck to:

1-REEVES SAMANTHA USA
MCQUILLAN RACHEL AUS
SFAR SELIMA TUN
RAO SUNITHA USA
SE-SAEKI MIHO JPN
4-JANKOVIC JELENA YUG
SE-DEVIDZE SALOME GEO
BRANDI KRISTINA PUR
6-NEFFA-DE LOS ROSSANA PAR
HOPKINS JENNIFER USA
and LEE JANET TPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Miho's up against her nemesis. Good luck. :)

Tough match for Janet, but if she's playing well I don't see why she can't come up with a victory.

Good luck to
Natalie :D
Rachel :D
Maureen
Christina
Andreea
Lindsay
Seda
Samantha

Good luck against Janet, Ansley! :D Get her this time. :)

Selima v Sunitha :mad: Jelena v Salome :mad:

Good luck:

Selima Sfar
Sunitha Rao
Miho Saeki
Mo Drake
Jelena Jankovic
Salome Devidze
Aniko Kapros
Rossana Neffa De Los Rios
Jenny Hopkins
Shenay Perry

Where is Wynne?

Good Luck
Sammy
Sunitha Rao :hearts:
Tara Snyder
Kristina Brandi :bounce:
Bea Bielik
Teryn Ashley vs Jessica Kirkland :(
Lindsay Lee Waters
Jennifer Embry
Shenay Perry :D
Ansley Cargill :) vs Janet Lee :) :eek: :Sad:

Wynne might be injured, though 100 % sure. Read something like that

lee-waters d. hopkins 6-3, 6-1

Jenny :sad: :sad:

yes Wynne is injured
there was a thread in GM about it

just check the Asian Assault forum

OMG @ the potential 2nd rounder between Tara Snyder and Maureen Drake :eek: Can you imagine the racquet throwing, screaming, and foul language coming from that court :p

Go Christina Wheeler and Samantha Reeves.

VAMOS Maureen! You need a tournament title win this season so seize the day and win it!

good luck to Maureen!!!

Go sunitha rao!

finally lindsay wins

Good luck Kristina, Teryn, and Samantha.

Bradshaw is right. If the Drake/Snyder match comes to pass, the USTA need to make a special sanction that no one under 17 may view the match.

Vamos Rossana! :D

Jelena, PLEASE, do something here!!! Get out of that damn slump you've been in since AUS open and react!!! If you choke just one more time here I'll be :fiery: at you! You can do it, girl, just believe in yourself.
'Ajmo JELENA!!!!! :bounce:

well done lindsay

Jenny :sad:
She'll be lucky to be in top 300 by yearend

Results?! :fiery:

:yawn:

Good Luck:
Rachel McQuillan
Sam Stosur
Christina Wheeler

Complete results for yesterday:
Selima Sfar d. Sunitha Rao 26, 61, 62
Andreea Vanc d. Yuka Yoshida 75, 64
Kristina Brandi d. (7) Aniko Kapros 62, 64
Bea Bielik d. Christina Wheeler 62, 46, 76 (2)
(3) Lindsay Lee-Waters d. Jennifer Hopkins 63, 61
(5) Seda Noorlander d. (WC) Jennifer Embry 62, 61
(2) Ansley Cargill d. Janet Lee 63, 76 (3)

Qualifiers Placed:
(Q) Mi-Ra Jeon vs. (8) Maureen Drake
(Q) Petra Rampre vs. Samantha Stosur
(Q) Maria Geznenge vs. Shenay Perry
(Q) Jessica Lehnoff vs. (WC) Whitney Deason

Sorry I don't have the qualifying scores from yesterday, just the winners.

thanx just beat me to it :p
saves me trouble ;)

well done
Selima :)
Ansley ;)
Andreea :)

Christina :sad:
Aniko :(


Whitney... i wanted Rampre for her

selima , bea :)
Kapros :rolleyes:

Kristina :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Great upset win.

Sunitha, Yuka & Janet. :fiery:

Kristina :)

Go figure, Mi-Ra got Maureen. Clash of the opposite personalities. :p

Sunitha :sad:
Lindsay :)

Lindsay :D
Seda :)

Janet :mad: :sad:
Sunitha :sad: :(
Aniko :( :sad:

Bea :)
Mi-Ra :)

Amber lost to Petra :(

Seda and Bea :)

Reeves d. McQuillan
Ashley d. Kirkland 6-3, 6-1

Sammy :woohoo: :)

Sammy :woohoo: :)
Hey Eggy,
Where did you hear the news about natasha zvereva that you posted in the general messages part?

Hey Eggy,
Where did you hear the news about natasha zvereva that you posted in the general messages part?

At Wimbledon
she was there working for BBC Radio for most of the two weeks and they asked her.

Best of luck Jess and Jeon! :)

Mélanie :sad: You should have won that qualifying match!!!

Ansley :dance: :D :bounce: :woohoo:

Yay Sammy:)!

Bea :bounce:
Samantha :bounce:
Kristina :bounce:
Lindsay :bounce:

Jennifer :sad: :mad:

Doubles Qualifying Results:

1R
(WC)Tamara Encina(usa)/Alison Ojeda(usa) def. (1)Remi Tezuka(jpn)/Yuka Yoshida(jpn) 2/4 5/4(6) 4/2
Lauren Breadmore(aus)/Lioudmila Skavronskaia(rus) vs. (4)Seiko Okamato(jpn)/Tomoko Yonemura(jpn)

Tiffany Dabek(usa)/Chanelle Scheepers(rsa) def. (2)Natalia Dziamidzenka(blr)/Varavra Lepchenko(usa) 4/1 4/1
Ilke Gers(nzl)/Petra Rampre(slo) def. (3)Kelly McCain(usa)/Kristen Schlukebir(usa) 1/4 4/2 4/2

Doubles Qualifying Round

Encina/Ojeda def. ?????? ?/? ?/? ?/?
Gers/Rampre def. Dabek Scheepers ?/? ?/? ?/?

Doubles Maindraw:

[1]Miyagi/Reeves v. [WC]Kalvaria/Lastra
Cargill/Cochran v. Sewell/Van Den Hurk
[4]Grandin/Hopkins v. Ashley/Perry
Sanjeev/Sfar v. Grant/McQuillan

Stewart/Wheeler v. Ditty/McShea
[Q]Encina/Ojeda v. [3]Stone/Vanc
[WC]Bielik/Lenhoff v. Geznenge/Jeon
[Q]Gers/Rampre v. [2]Augustus/Embry


Doubles Results:[yesterday i assume]

(1)Nana Miyagi[jpn]/Samantha Reeves[usa] def. (wc)Lauren Kalvaria[usa]/Gabriela Lastra[usa] 6/4 3/6 6/4

Terryn Ashley[usa]/Shenay Perry[usa] def. (4)Natalie Grandin[rsa]/Jennifer Hopkins[usa] 2/6 6/2 6/4

Drake won in 3

deason lost in 2 :sad:

Whitney :sad: :sad: :(:(

go mira =).

Does anyone know what Sammy's score was?

:bounce: :bounce: YEAH!! GREAT WIN BY MAUREEN DRAKE SHE SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT WAS A DIFFICULT MATCH !! BUT SHE DID IT COME ON MO!:yeah::yeah:

Maureen :bounce: :woohoo:

Drake won in 3


Mi-ra lost in 3? :eek: :sad:

If so, Mi-ra's 3 week US trip has finished,..and it was quite disappointing.

Hopefully, she forgets these results, and regroup before US open.

Good luck next time, Mi-ra~~~
:wavey:

Good luck to Geznenge and Drake :) ;)

Mi-Ra :(:(

According to the report of a spectator, Mi-ra lost to Drake 6-2,1-6,5-7.
Mi-ra was leading 5-4, 30-0 in 3rd set,.. then miss a easy shot at net. Then lost her momentum. There were many deuces in the last 2 games, but she couldn't take the chance. :(

And according to the report, Drake was not very nice to the spectators and her opponent. I'm sorry to hear that. :( I just hope Mi-ra didn't get intimidated by that. The only Canadian player I watched was Vanessa Webb and she was nice and had good manner. (BTW, where's she? )

** PS: Mi-ra's qualie final score was 1-6,6-4,6-3 over AVANTS, Cory Ann (USA).

Good luck, Mi-ra in doubles with Geznenge tomorrow.
:D

well done Maureen :)

shame it had to come at Mi-Ra's expense :sad:

hopefully she will improve with each round :)

Wheeler :rolleyes:

Another loss i see :rolleyes:

Goodluck to

:yeah: Sam S
:yeah: Maquillian :rolleyes:

Here is an article in the Louisville newspaper --

http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/news2003/07/31/spt-front-tenn0731-6536.html

Samantha pictures and all. She won 75 61 after being behind 2-5 in the first. No other scores in that article (drives me up the wall that these newspapers can't add 3 or 4 lines of scores at the end)..

Jay

ok here's the Wed results

Reeves d. McQuillan 7-5 6-1 :yeah: :)
Snyder d. Saeki 6-1 6-7(4) 6-2
Drake d. Jeon 2-6 6-1 7-5
Jankovic d. Devidze 6-3 6-0 :fiery: :sad:
Rampre d. Stosur 6-2 6-3 :)
De Los Rios d. Grandin 7-5 3-6 6-4
Perry d. Geznenge 6-4 6-2
Lehnhoff d. Deason 6-1 6-1 :sad: :sad:

Rossana :D
Shenay :D

Natalie :sad: :mad:
Rachel :sad:

Samantha :D Maureen :D
Shenay :D
Miho :( Salome :sad:
Jessica :)

Today's schedule
Court 1
Ashley vs. Lee-Waters
Noorlander vs. Perry
Reeves vs. Sfar
Ashley/Perry vs. Grant/McQuillan
Miyagi/Reeves vs. Sewell/Van Den Hurk

Court 2
Neffa de los Rios vs. Bielik
Lehnoff vs. Cargill
Jankovic vs. Vanc
Bielik/Lehnoff vs. Geznenge/Jeon

Court 3
Rampre vs. Brandi
SNyder vs. Drake

Play should have started a half hour ago

Well done Petra, gl against Brandi :)

ashley beat lee-w 6-1 6-2
Bea won 6-4 6-2

Lindsay :o

Rossana :(

Rachel led 5-2 in the first set?! :fiery: PFF!!

Snyder vs. Drake on Court 3?! Are they crazy?! Put them on center!!!

LOL @ Maureen being rude to Mi-Ra and the spectators. That's my girl!!! ;)

The courts are just lined up 1 and 2 side by side, 3 and 4 behind them. There really is no center, but court 3 comes closest today cuz nobodys playing on court 4.

Looks like Tara still has Miho's number. :mad:

Mi-Ra, what a way to lose... :sad:

Bea :bounce:

Teryn :bounce:

Lindsay :sad: :mad:

What's going on with Lindsay?? :rolleyes:

Rossana :) (now :()
Shenay :D
Jessica :D :)

Lindsay :(

Woohoo Jelena!!! That's the way!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
Now it's Vanc's turn. We want revenge!!! :D

Bea :)

Samantha S :(

Pfff, Nice push Mi-Ra. Is Maureen really rude? Tara! :fiery:

Go Sammy....good luck against Sfar today:)

Salome!!!! Gr.......

Anyone got any first round results?

I meant second round...lol:)

Anyone out there???lol

Second Round Results:

(1) Reeves def. Sfar 64 62
Snyder def. (8) Drake 64 75
(4) Jankovic def. Vanc 63 64
Brandi def. Rampre 63 62
Bielik def. Neffa de los Rios 64 62
Ashley def. Lee-Waters 61 62
Perry def. Noorlander 75 64
(Q) Lehnhoff def. (2) Cargill 62 62

Repuation me! ;)

Samantha :bounce:
Tara :bounce:
Jelena :)
Kristina :bounce:
Bea :bounce: :bounce:
Teryn :bounce:
Shenay :bounce:
Jessica :bounce:

Lindsay :sad: :mad: :o
Ansley :sad: :mad: :o

Doubles First Round Results:

(1) Miyagi/Reeves def. (WC) Kalvaria/Lastra 64 36 64
Sewell/Van Den Hurk def. Cargill/Cochren 63 64
Grant/McQuillan def. Sanjeev/Sfar 57 62 64
(4) Grandin/Hopkins def. Ashley/Perry 26 62 64

(3)Stone/Vanc def. (Q) Encina/Ojeda 75 63
Ditty/McShea def. Stewart/Wheeler 76 (5) 36 64
Geznenge/Jeon def. (WC) Bielik/Lehnhoff 64 16 75
(2) Augustus/Embry def. (Q) Gers/Rampre 75 46 61

Sammy :woohoo: :D

Ansley pfffffff
Petra :(

Maureen :mad:

Bea :)

Shenay! :D

Lindsay :lol:

Jessica :bowdown: but Ansley :scratch: :help:

samantha :) Selima :(
Jessica :D Shenay :D Ansley :(
Bea :)

Drake :sad:

YAY SAMMY:) Good luck against Tara

Sammy :woohoo:
Tara,Teryn, Bea :D :D
Shenay :bounce: :bounce:
Brandi :)

Ansley :(

Wow! Go Jessica! Finally some results! Poor Seda.

go shenaaay!!

Ansley :o :mad:

yes well done Jessica :D knew there was hope for an upset ;)

keep it going and prove you shouldn't have been overlooked for a US Open wildcard ;)

well done Shenay, Kristina, Jelena, Tara, and Samantha aswell :)

Maureen :sad: Lindsay :sad: Rossana :sad: Andreea :sad:

Reeves :woohoo:
Bea :D

Vamos Shenay!!!!!!!! :d

Jelena :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
Keep going, please beat Brandi this time!!!

go jankovic

Rossana :sad: :rolleyes:
Shenay :D
Lindsay :( :rolleyes:

COME ON KRISTINA WIN THE TITLE!!!:):):):)
TO BAD MO :sad:

Well done Shenay and Jessica.

No results today?? :sad:

Anyone got results for the quarters??

it would be nice if someone different might call for results when i cant. ive never seen anyone but bk4ever call yet you all ask over and over as if its our duty to get them

Sorry Lee-Watersboy...I would have called but I got in right when I made that post and I thought they were closed. I understand how you feel...but thanks for the previous results and if you have todays we would be really grateful if you would post them. Thanks:)

How about providing the tourney # when the thread is started. That way many of us can take turns calling.

Hello all! I've shamelessly been copying the results for another board. Thanks to those providing them.

http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/news2003/08/02/spt-2-oth-tenn0802-5366.html

Juanita Ditty sat on the deck at the University of Louisville's Bass-Rudd Tennis Center stitching away a needlepoint design of a pink poodle dress. It is her nerve-calming routine whenever she watches her daughter play tennis.

Julie Ditty seemed right at ease, after some initial angst, as she and Lisa McShea breezed past Sarah Stone and Andreea Vanc 6-3, 6-1 yesterday in the Yum! Brands/Pepsi-Cola $50,000 Tennis Challenger.

Ditty and McShea will face No.2-seeded Jennifer Embry and Amanda Augustus in today's doubles semifinals. Their match will follow the 11 a.m. singles semifinal between No.1-seeded Samantha Reeves and Kristina Brandi.

The third-seeded Stone and Vanc battled to a 3-3 tie in the first set before Ditty and McShea took control on three crucial points.

"We kept playing at our same level," McShea said. "They seemed to drop."

Ditty smashed a backhand past Stone, a Vanc return volley sailed into the net and McShea hit a forehand stroke so hard that Vanc could only graze the bottom of the ball.

Ditty and McShea broke serve for the first time in the match, breaking their opponents' spirit and making the needlepointing a lot less tense for Ditty's mom.

"We kind of got on a roll," Ditty said. "We got a little more aggressive at the net and kept balls coming at them."

Ditty — a native of Ashland and three-time Kentucky high school state champion — is on a bit of a roll herself since moving to Lexington, Ky., in June.

She had spent the past year training at Saddlebrook Academy in Tampa, Fla. Although many top players such as Martina Hingis, Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati have trained at Saddlebrook, it wasn't a good fit for Ditty.

"I felt like I needed a change," she said. "I'm a lot happier in Lexington. I have some friends there, and it's nice to be able to see my family more. The tour can get lonely sometimes."

Ditty lives with her sister, Christy, a student in the University of Kentucky's law school. Julie has begun training with with former UK player Carlos Drada, and her parents approve.

"Carlos has a lot to offer her game," Juanita Ditty said.

"She has a positive support group around her," added Dittty's father, Jack, also a former UK tennis player.

And she has a good lineage. Julie Ditty played two years for Dennis Emery at Lexington Christian Academy. Emery, now the men's tennis coach at UK, recruited and coached Drada, who played for the 2000 NCAA singles title and now is an assistant at UK.

"From the first practice I felt like this was the right coach for me," Ditty said. "I feel like he's already taken my game to the next level."

Drada's influence hasn't totally transformed her game yet, but she is starting to show flashes of his trademark intensity.

"In the past, I've kind of used my talent," she said. "I've relied on my hands, not my footwork. That has a lot to do with becoming more aggressive."

Ditty admitted that aggressive play doesn't come naturally to her, but Drada said she is working hard at improving that.

"We're working on her movement and with the shots she selects," he said. "What she has right now, it can become a lot better. That's the beauty of it."

Reeves — who beat Tara Snyder 6-2, 6-2 — emerged as the only seeded player to reach the singles semifinals. Brandi knocked off No. 4 Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-2.

Shenay Perry, who beat Jessica Lehnhoff 6-3, 6-1, awaits the Reeves-Brandi winner in tomorrow's final. Perry's semifinal opponent, Bea Bielik, withdrew because of an injury. Bielik beat Teryn Ashley 6-4, 6-2 yesterday.

In other doubles quarterfinals, top-seeded Reeves and Nana Miyagi lost to Perry and Teryn Ashley 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. No. 2 Amanda Augustus and Jennifer Embry beat Mi-Ra Jeon and Maria Geznenge 6-1, 6-3.

Yum! Brands/Pepsi-Cola $50,000

Tennis Challenger

Yesterday's singles results —
Kristina Brandi d. No. 4 Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-2; :)
No. 1 Samantha Reeves d. Tara Snyder 6-2, 6-2; :D :D
Shenay Perry d. Jessica Lehnhoff 6-3, 6-1;:(
Bea Bielik d. Teryn Ashley 6-4, 6-2.

Yesterday's doubles results — Julie Ditty/Lisa McShea d. No. 3 Sarah Stone/Andreea Vanc 6-3, 6-1;
No. 2 Amanda Augustus/Jennifer Embry d. Mi-Ra Jeon/Maria Geznenge 6-1, 6-3;
Teryn Ashley/Shenay Perry d. Nana Miyagi/Samantha Reeves 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. :(

so Perry is in final with a walkover

go Sammy ;) good luck in semis today ;)

Jelena :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

Go Sammy! :woohoo:

Good luck: Kristina Brandi & Shenay Perry

Good luck Kristina :) :) :) :)

Shenay :worship:

Sammy :D :D Brandi :D :bounce:

I don't mind any 3 of these win :)

Another 50K final for Shenay! :D
Good luck to her!
Too bad about Bea's injury though, hope it isnt serious :(

Jessica...A great run here. Hope things continue. I hope her schedule picks up quite a bit. Well done by Shenay, too bad for Bea. Best of luck to both Sammy and Kristina. A toss up there.

Bea :bounce: :sad: Heal Up Girl!!

Shenay :bounce:

Kristina :bounce:

Samantha :bounce:

Jessica :sad:

Tara :sad:

wow congrats Shenay! I tho you would defeat Bielik even so, congrats for your final :) Win again!! GO SHENAY!

Come on, Shenay, win the title :D

Top 100 is getting closer and closer :worship:

Samantha :)
Shenay :)
Bea :)

Vamos Shenay!!!!! :d

Semifinals:

Brandi d. Reeves(1) 7:6[5] 6:2 :)
Perry d. Bielik walkover

Sammy :sad: :sad: :(

go Kristina, win this now

Kristina :bounce:

Samantha :sad: At least you can probably play Qualies at LA though. :rolleyes:

Win the title Shenay!! :bounce:

Come on Shenay! Win the final :D

Samantha :(
Shenay :D

great work Kristina, really on fire right now :)

well done Shenay too :) hope Kristina wins though ;)

Kristina has been playing awesome lately

too bad Sammy :(

WOW THE FIRE GIRL DOING SOME DESTRUCTION !!!!!:bounce:bounce: im so happy for her and now one more step from the title kristina !!!!!:):):)

Go Kristina.

Brandi makes some noise herself
Overcomesdin, deficit to beat top seed
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By C.L. BROWN
cbrown@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

Kristina Brandi keeps beating the odds. Yesterday she beat the distractions, too.

Brandi eliminated No.1 seed Samantha Reeves 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in the semifinals of the $50,000 Yum! Brands/Pepsi-Cola Tennis Challenger. Brandi, who also has beaten the No.4 and No.7 seeds, will meet Shenay Perry at 10 a.m. today for the championship at the University of Louisville's Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

Ashland, Ky., native Julie Ditty and partner Lisa McShea advanced to today's doubles final with a 6-2, 6-0 rout of Amanda Augustus and Jennifer Embry. They'll face Perry and Teryn Ashley after the singles championship.

Brandi, of Tampa, Fla., moved on despite falling behind 4-0 in the first set of a match played through the constant din of planes, trains and automobiles. There was the roar of jets descending to land at the airport, the periodic howl of a train whistle and even one motorist who chose to drive past honking the car horn.

"It's actually really good prep for the U.S. Open," said Brandi, in reference to the major played in Queens, N.Y., near LaGuardia International Airport. "It can be quite a circus."

Her performance in the first set was not some sideshow fluke. She maintained her focus and didn't allow herself to fold. After trailing 4-0, she rallied to win the next four games.

"I knew I couldn't get upset," Brandi said. "That would have made things worse. When I got it back to 4-all, I knew I was in the match."

Reeves knew it, too. That might be why she argued the point that tied the set at 4. She claimed Brandi's volley was long, and while returning the stroke, she looked at the side judge as if to say the ball was out. Brandi won the point with a cross-court shot that Reeves couldn't chase down.

Clearly frustrated, Reeves whacked a ball into the fence, then approached the chair umpire and argued her case to no avail.

"By the way," she told the umpire, "that was such a horrible call."

It marked a turning point in the match. Brandi was back on even ground and had the momentum, and Reeves was rattled.

"When I let her catch me, it gave her confidence," Reeves said. "It was frustrating. One or two points and it would have been over."

Reeves recovered to go ahead 6-5 and had the serve, but Brandi forced deuce, then Reeves' serve failed her. She double-faulted the first point, then made an unforced error that allowed Brandi to send the set to a tiebreaker.

"The whole week I haven't been serving well," said Reeves, who had trouble with her first serves throughout the match. "Basically I was trying to kick it in. I could have been more offensive if I was getting them in, and that could have made a difference."

Instead, it was Brandi's relentlessness that made the difference. When she won the tiebreaker 7-5, she in effect had defeated her opponent.

"You have to fight for every point against her," Reeves said. "She just fights for everything. By the time we finished the first set, I was not happy with the thought of going two more sets like that."

Brandi made sure that wouldn't be necessary. With the second set tied at 2, Reeves twisted her ankle and needed a six-minute delay while she had it taped. Brandi showed no sympathy, winning the last four games to claim the match.

The victory was just another steppingstone on her road back. In 2000 she was ranked No.28 in the world, but a wrist injury kept her off the court as she watched her ranking plummet to its current No.131.

"It's the hardest thing I've had to do in my career," she said. "It took me a while to feel comfortable on the court. I feel like I'm playing somewhat back to where I was."

In doubles, Ditty and McShea needed only 44 minutes to eliminate Augustus and Embry.

Augustus and Embry, who have paired up off and on for the past two years, were the tournament's No.2 seeds. Ditty and McShea never had played together and joined up only minutes before the deadline to register, but they've had the look of veterans.

"We complement each other well on the court," Ditty said. "She's an experienced doubles player. She plays well with anyone."

http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/news2003/08/03/08-03-2003_spt-7_SPO_0803TENNIS1_SAM.jpg
Kristina Brandi returned a shot in her semifinal victory over top seed Samantha Reeves in the Yum! Brands/Pepsi-Cola Tennis Challenger.
http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/news2003/08/03/08-03-2003_spt-7_SPO_0803TENNIS4_SAM.jpg
Julie Ditty, left, of Ashland, Ky., congratulated partner Lisa McShea after they reached the doubles final with a lopsided victory.

Sammy :sad: :sad:
doesn't look good :(

Take it Kristina!:D

Go Shenay! :D

Brandi :D Sammy :(

Any results?

come on kristina!! ditty have some wheight to lose but mcshea very fit !! :)

well Kristina won the title :D :)

no score yet, me look :)

Ditty teams up for doubles title
Florida pro falls in both finals
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By C.L. BROWN
cbrown@courier-journal.com
The Courier-
In three grueling sets, Julie Ditty and Lisa McShea never figured out exactly what to expect from their opponents.

But they figured out enough to get by.

Ditty and McShea held off Shenay Perry and Teryn Ashley 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 in yesterday's Yum! Brands/Pepsi-Cola $50,000 Tennis Challenger doubles final at the University of Louisville's Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

It was the second three-set match of the day for Perry — and her second runner-up trophy. The Coral Springs, Fla., pro fell to Kristina Brandi of Tampa, Fla., 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the singles final.

The doubles title marked an especially sweet homecoming for Ditty. The Ashland native returned to Kentucky in June after living in Tampa, Fla., for a year.

"It's a really great feeling," the Lexington resident said. "It was my first $50,000 (tournament) win. I was very excited to play in Kentucky; some of my friends were able to come out."

The three-time state high school champion and McShea were unseeded, but they overpowered the Nos.2 and 3 seeds in straight sets on their march to the final. Perry and Ashley were no pushovers, however.

"They kept coming up with all sorts of things," said McShea. "It was hard to get into a rhythm."

After winning the first-set tiebreaker, Ditty and McShea took a 5-3 lead in the second set, only to have Perry and Ashley summon a newfound energy.

"They were kind of unpredictable," Ditty said. "Just when you thought they were playing one way, they would go to another level."

Perry and Ashley eventually forced — and won —the tiebreaker. Ditty and McShea admitted they got tight on their first chance to close out the match.

It did not happen a second time. Ditty and McShea jumped to a 3-0 lead in the third set en route to their victory.

"We got back to playing aggressive," Ditty said.

The singles final ultimately came down to a single game. With Perry serving at 3-3 in the third set, the game became one long deuce battle. Six times Perry and Brandi were knotted at deuce before Brandi emerged with the game.

"It was an unbelievably great game," Brandi said. "She was coming up with great shots. It was really crucial. I thought whoever won that game would have momentum."

She was right.

"I couldn't get my first serve in," Perry said of the game. "I played a couple of loose points; that's pretty much what did me in."

Brandi won her last two service games to finish off Perry despite a constant pain in her left leg. After winning the first game in the second set, Brandi called out the trainer.

"It felt like a pinched nerve," she said. "It was so tight. I just needed (the trainer) to loosen it up."

Brandi needed time to loosen up in the match, too. Just as in her semifinal contest — when she trailed 4-0 in the first set — she started with a big deficit. Perry jumped to a 5-1 lead and was making it look easy behind her strong serve.

"I needed some time to figure her game," Brandi said. "It took me some time, but I got used to it."

The match was one of contrasting styles. Perry used a mix of spin, stalking the net, changing speeds on her strokes and ball movement. Brandi relied on precise placement.

"She's difficult to play," Perry said. "She hits the ball really low and really flat. It was kind of hard for me to change the tempo of the match, and that's pretty much my game. If I can't control that, then ..."

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geez shenay is so ugly

Well done Kristina :D

Well done by Kristina! Looks like we will have another American re-emerge into the top 100 soon. (Hope I haven't spoken too soon.) She really is very talented and it is great to see her finally find her form after so many injuries and setbacks. Well done by Lisa and Julie too.

BTW, that is a terrible picture of poor Shenay. (She looks older than Martina! :p )

Best of luck to them at the US Open!

well done Kristina

Shenay :(

fuck you kristina-i change my nation even though the usta has paid for my training-brandi

well done Kristina :D

Kristina :bounce:

Shenay :sad: :sad:

Kristina :D

I have to say that as bad as it is, that picture of Shenay is pretty accurate. I saw her play last year and that's what she looks like. She at least got rid of her acne. I felt awful for her last year cuz it looked like someone took a grease gun set on autofire and aimed right at her face. Poor girl :sad: Very good week for her though!

Kristina :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:

That's four challenger titles this year.

Kristina is now at #115 this week. Definitely one of the best comebacks this year.

What is Shenay's new ranking. That is her 3rd $50,000 final in the last 4 months and she won the other two.

Congrats Kristina!:D