Has anyone have the qualifying draw and/or results? I cannot find them anywhere!

I have only seven results from Qual Round 2, but that is all for now, technical problems from Cardiff!

Nicole Seitenbecher GER d. Karen Paterson GBR 6-0 6-3 :bigcry::sad::mad::(
Kirsty Wooley GBR d. Surina de Beer NED 6-3 6-2
Chantal Coombs GBR d. Claire Ricketts GBR 1-6 6-1 6-3
Sarah Borwell GBR d. Jenny Broughall GBR 6-3 6-4
Melanie South GBR d. Anna Hawkins GBR 6-4 6-1
Kirsten Flipkens BEL d. Clare Peterzan GBR 6-3 6-3 :)
Gabriela Niculescu ROM d. Lyndsay Reilly GBR 6-2 6-2 :rolleyes:

Kirsten :yippee: :yippee:

Kirsten :)

Melanie :)

Gabi ;)

Well Done Sarah :D :D

Karen :rolleyes: :fiery:

Was that the final qualifying round ? If so, maybe Karen will get in as a lucky loser.

Kirsten :)

Kirsty :worship:

Following win over Elke last week, another excellent result

So this is the qualifying round or the first round?

Go Mel!

The qual. draw is 48 players (with many byes for sure), so the 8 winners of 3rd round go into the main draw.

Well done:

Chantal
Sarah :D
Melanie

Hopfully Marta will make a better result than last week.
All the best Marta :) :D

Kirsten :)
Sarah :)
Melanie :) Anna :sad:

Hopfully Marta will make a better result than last week.
All the best Marta :) :D

I remember when last year SATRISTA7 wrote that Marta was his discovery of the tournament in Cardiff. She played really well and won 3 difficult matches before loosing to Kalyuzhnaya in the main draw 7/5 4/6 3/6. So maybe she likes the place and has good memories from there. That's a good point to start :)
Good Luck Marta!!!

Satrista's treport from last year: "My discovery of the day was Marta Domachowska - I saw the doubles match between Domachowska/Boulykina and Diaz-Oliva/Pullin in full. It's hard to believe she's only 16 - as well as hitting with incredible power she also plays with excellent composure. It was unfortunate, then, that she was partnered with Irina Boulykina, who is, to be honest, a bit rubbish. (...)I swear Marta D would have done better playing on her own (...) Watch out for Domachowska. I personally expect to see her in the top 100 in a few years' time".
Satrista7, are you going to the tournamnet this year?

Gabriela Niculescu ROM d. Lyndsay Reilly GBR 6-2 6-2

Great effort from Gabriella playing from Friday to Sunday on clay in Spain

Surina! :sad:

Kirsten! :bounce: :yippee: :woohoo: :D

Go Kirsten! :D

Qualifying round result

Monica Niculescu ROM d. Melanie South GBR 4-6, 3-6 :sad:

Qualifying draw up at LTA site now.

(1)Van de Ven bt bye
Nugent bt Gibb 62 62
Peterzan bt Williams 63 60 :D
(13)Flipkens bt bye

(17)Hawkins bt bye
South bt James 60 61 :D
Reilly bt Jacks 62 62 :D :woohoo:
(9)Niculescu bt bye

(3)Boulykina bt bye
Thomas bt bye
Davison bt Fong 63 62 :) :(
(16)Hirschauer bt bye

(4)Borwell bt bye
Broughall bt bye
Scarfi bt Wong 60 61
(15)Ejeson bt bye

(5)Bratchikova bt bye
Davydova bt Wallace 61 60
Bell bt bye
(14)Johansson bt bye

(6)Gers bt bye
Bjornstrom bt Torr 62 62
Ricketts bt Brown 64 64
(11)Coombs bt bye

(7)Tvaroskova bt bye
Keothavong bt Kostikova 64 76(5) :)
Woolley bt bye
(12)De Beer bt bye

(8)Paterson bt bye
Seitenbecher bt Miles 61 61 :(
Meise bt Lems 62 60
(10)Van Hartingsveldt bt bye

Nugent bt (1)Van de Ven 57 62 32ret.
(13)Flipkens bt Peterzan 63 63 :sad:

South bt (17)Hawkins 64 61 :D :sad:
(9)Niculescu bt Reilly 62 62 :sad:

(3)Boulykina bt Thomas 60 61
(16)Hirschauer bt Davison 76(2) 63 :sad:

(4)Borwell bt Broughall 63 64 :D
(15)Ejeson bt Scarfi 61 62

(5)Bratchikova bt Davydova 46 75 63
(14)Johansson bt Bell 61 61

Bjornstrom bt (6)Gers 63 63
(11)Coombs bt Ricketts 16 61 63 :D

(7)Tvaroskova bt Keothavong 62 61 :sad:
Woolley bt (12)De Beer 63 62

Seitenbecher bt (8)Paterson 60 63 :sad:
(10)Van Hartingsveldt bt Meise 64 64

tough match for Sarah today, hopefully she can do it! :D :D

Good Luck to Coombs & Wooley as well :D

Flipkens def. Nugent :yippee:

I'll post the maindraw in a minute ;)

Main draw

(1) Sandra Kloesel GER v WC Katie O'Brien GBR
Marta Domachowska POL v Q Kirsty Woolley GBR
Olha Lazarchuk UKR v Q Monica Niculescu ROM
Alberta Brianti ITA v (6) Jane O'Donoghue GBR

(4) Virginie Pichet FRA v Ipek Senoglu TUR
Helen Crook GBR v Q Kirsten Flipskens BEL
Yvonne Doyle IRL v Valentina Sassi ITA
WC Holly Bagshaw GBR v (8) Sybille Bammer AUT

(5) Maria Geznenge BUL v Q Irina Boulykina RUS
Q Suzanne Van Hartingsveldt NED v Amanda Janes GBR
Ana Vrljic CRO v Francesca Lubiani ITA
Hanna Nooni SWE v (3) Stanislava Hrozenska SVK

(7) Giulia Casoni ITA v Dragana Zaric YUG
Q Sarah Borwell GBR v LL Lenka Tvaroskova SVK
WC Katherine Baker GBR v Q Nina Bratchikova RUS
Q Chantal Coombs GBR v (2) Lilia Osterloh USA

good luck gb girls :D :banana:

MAINDRAW
Kloesel (1) vs O'Brien (wc)
Domachowksa vs Woolley (Q)
Lazarchuck vs Niculescu (Q)
Brianti vs O'Donoghue (6)

Pichet (4) vs Senoglu
Crook vs Flipkens (Q)
Doyle vs Sassi
Bagshaw vs Bammer (8)

Geznenge (5) vs Boulykina
Van Hartingsveldt vs Janes
Vrljic vs Lubiani
Nooni vs Hrozenska (3)

Casoni (7) vs Zaric
Borwell vs Tvaroskova
K Baker vs Bratchikova
Coombs vs Osterloh (2)

Good luck
:yeah: Ana Vrljic!!
:yeah: Kristen Flipkens!!

go Nina, Irina :)

Hanna :D :)
Chantal
Sarah B :)
Kirsten ;)
Marta :)
Sybille

Doubles draw

(1) Geznenge/Zaric BUL/YUG v Coombs/Paterson GBR
Niculescu/Tvaroskova ROM/SVK v Hirschauer/Seitenbecher GER

(3) De Beer/Gers RSA/NZL v Baker/Peterzan GBR
O'Brien/South GBR v Borwell/Ejeson GBR/SWE

Domachowska/Hrozenska POL/SVK v Bratchikova/Lazarchuk RUS/UKR
Curran/Senoglu IRL/TUR v (4) Lubiani/O'Donoghue ITA/GBR

Doyle/Nugent IRL v Bagshaw/Reilly GBR
Boulykina/Kostikova RUS v (2) Crook/Hawkins GBR

Go Lilia :bounce:

Qualifying Final Round Results

(13)Kirsten Flipkens BEL d. Karen Nugent IRL 6-2 6-4 :) :woohoo:
(9)Gabriela Niculescu ROM d. Melanie South GBR 6-4 6-3
(3)Irina Boulykina RUS d. (16)Tanja Hirschauer GER 6-1 6-7(4) 6-3
(4)Sarah Borwell GBR d. (15) Helena Ejeson SWE 6-4 7-6(7)

(5)Nina Bratchikova RUS d. (14)Mathilde Johansson FRA 7-5 6-4
(11)Chantal Coombs GBR d. Carina Bjornstrom FIN 6-1 6-2 :) :sad:
Kirsty Woolley GBR d. (7)Lenka Tvaroskova SVK 6-2 6-2 :eek: :)
(10)Suzanne Van Hartingsveldt NED d. Nicole Seitenbecher GER 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3

Good Luck:
*Kirsten Flipkens :bounce: :hearts: :kiss:
*Dragana Zaric :)
*Katherine Baker :)
*Chantal Coombs :)
*Hanna Nooni :)
*Amanda Janes :)

Good luck

(5) Maria Geznenge BUL :) :D
Valentina Sassi ITA ;)

Dragana Zaric YUG :)
(3) Stanislava Hrozenska SVK ;)
(1) Sandra Kloesel GER
Q Monica Niculescu ROM
(4) Virginie Pichet

(1) Geznenge/Zaric BUL/YUG ;) :)
Domachowska/Hrozenska POL/SVK

dragana good luck

Good Luck GB Girls :D :D

Well Done to Sarah & Kirsty for qualifying :D :bigclap:

good draw for Marta :) match with Sandra if both wins should be a real test for her. Teaming up with Stanislava is a good choice :yeah:

also good luck in md to :
:) Hrozenska
:) Kirsten
and Bammer :D

Helena :sad:
vamos in doubles

Good luck to:

Marta Domachowska :)
Jane O'Donoghue
Kirsten Flipskens :)
Nina Bratchikova

Marta :)
go go go girl :D

Well done to Sarah for qualifying.
Good luck to all the Brits, and to Kirsten Flipkens and Yvonne Doyle; also to Surina de Beer in the doubles.
If they all make it through tomorrow then I'll be happy!

Wow Kirsty.This is what i thought she could achive after watching her in wrexham.She hits the ball so hard and at just turned 17 is a decent british prospect.

Go Sandra Klösel

Olha Lazarchuk d. Monica Niculescu 46 62 62 :)
Jane O'Donaghue d. Alberta Brianti 67(2) 61 62 :)
Virgine Pichet d. Ipek Senoglu 76(0) 60 :)
Kirsten Flipkens d. Helen Crook 61 75 :yeah:
Valentina Sassi d. Yvonne Doyle 64 63
Sybille Bammer d. Holly Bagshaw 63 62
Irina Boulykina d. Maria Geznenge 61 63 :woohoo: :yeah:
Sarah Borwell d. Lenka Tvaroskova 63 64 :yeah: :D
Chantal Coombs d. Lilia Osterloh 62 75 :woohoo: :D (:lol: :rolleyes: :help: )

Jane :)
Sarah :)
Chantal :D :D

Sarah :bounce: :bounce:
Jane :bounce: :bounce:
Chantal :eek: :bigclap: :bounce:

Kirsten :D

omg Chantal :eek: :D :banana:
Helen :sad: still on the road back to fitness i guess
Jane :D
Holly :sad:
Irina :D
Sarah :woohoo: :D

Jane :D :D
Sarah :)
Chantal :)

Kirsten :D :)
Jane :)

Monica :(

Lilia :help:

Sybille :kiss:

Lilia omg :(

Kirsten :p

win this, SANDRA!

WOW Chantal is on fire these past few tournies.

Good to see Sarah getting 3 wins in a row.

so Marta playing in night sesion again :mad: please not a repeat.

well done Kirsten and Sybille :)

Maria G :mad: :help: :fiery:

Kirsten :yeah: :yippee:

night session? there's no such thing. Marta was 3rd on n/b 12.30. SHould get results soon, will be waiting for last results to come through, probably the Hrozenska v Nooni match, which was the only singles match 4th on court

Where are the other results?? anyone?

Where are the other results?? anyone?

the BBC hasn't put up the results yet :(

Results No Scores!

Kloesel def. O'Brien
Domachowska def. Woolley
Lubiani def. Vrljic
Hrozenska def. Nooni
Vans Hartingsveldt def. Janes :rolleyes:
Casoni def. Zaric
Bratchkova def. Baker

Marta... we were waiting for it... :)

Hanna :sad: :crying2:

Nina :woohoo: but i didn't think you'd have any trouble.
Marta :)
Francesca :)

(1)Kloesel bt (wc)O'Brien 61 63 :sad:
Domachowska bt (q)Woolley 63 62 :sad:
Lazarchuk bt (q)Niculescu 46 62 62
(6)O'Donoghue bt Brianti 67(2) 61 62 :D

(4)Pichet bt Senoglu 76(0) 75
(q)Flipkens bt Crook 61 75 :sad:
Sassi bt Doyle 64 63
(8)Bammer bt (wc)Bagshaw 63 62 :sad:

(q)Boulykina bt (5)Gezenge 61 63 :D
(q)Van Hartingsveldt bt Janes 67(5) 76(5) 62 :sad:
Lubiani bt Vrljic 64 75
(3)Hrozenska bt Nooni 61 63

(7)Casoni bt Zaric 63 46 63
(q)Borwell bt (LL)Tvaroskova 63 64 :D
(q)Bratchikova bt (wc)Baker 21ret. :sad:
(q)Coombs bt (2)Osterloh 62 75 :D :woohoo:

(1)Gezenge/Zaric bt Coombs/Paterson 36 76(5) 62 :sad:
Niculescu/Tvaroskova bt Hirschauer/Seitenbecher 64 64
(3)De Beers/Gers bt Baker/Peterzan w/o :sad:
Doyle/Nugent bt Bagshaw/Reilly 63 63 :sad:
Boulykina/Kostikova bt (2)Crook/Hawkins 67(5) 62 63 :sad:

(1)Gezenge/Zaric :)

Valentina ;)

Karen/Chantal :sad: Lyndsay/Holly :sad:

Chantal :eek: :yeah:
Kirsten :):)

Marta :)

Marta :woohoo: well done, now important match with Sandra .
Stanislava :yeah:

:yippee: Marta :yippee:

first of all :haha: :haha: @ Lilia

Well done Sandra, Marta, Olha, Valentina :), Francesca, Stanislava :hug:, Giulia :), and Chantal

Ipek :sobbing:, Maria :mad: :sad:

well done Marta :hearts: :wavey:

FRancesca finally found ehr form again :D

Lilia :lol: :haha: :rolleyes: :sad:

Dammit I don't get to see Hanna :mad:

I'm probably going tomorrow, depending on when I wake up, how lazy I'm feeling and whether my housemate wants to go as well.

That Lilia result is hideous, but yay for Chantal :)

Marta :banana:

Very good wins for Coombs, Boulykina & Van Hartingsveldt. I think Boulykina should beat Van Hartingsveldt tomorrow, and if she keeps playing well might make the semifinal. I also think Flipkens should beat Pichet.

Good Luck Sarah, Jane & Chantal tomorrow :D Please win!!!!

Dragana :sad: haven't seen you winning a while!!!!

Marta :yeah: :)
Nina :)

Whahey! :D Kirsten :bowdown: Suzanne :bowdown: ;)

Doesn anyone ahve the site for this tournament of where can I find results?
I don't live in the UK, so TT is out of the question.

www.lta.org.uk/lta.htm
This is the site of the UK tennis association, the results are updated after all the matches of the day are completed (it was like that yesterday)

go SANDRA KLÖSEL!

tx martaGO

Marta - Sandra result WANTED!!!!! Lazy Brits don't update their association site :( :help:

result from GBTennisGirls :)

Borwell def. Casoni (7)
?-? ?-? 6-3 ;)

Hope it's true :D If so, well Done Sarah :) A great chance for a Brit to get to the semi's ;) :eek:

if its from GB Girls then its correct (if its in headlines which it isn't) result was posted by someone so ???

wow Sarah :D :)

GBTennisGirls don't update their headlines immediately after a match, so either we'll wait for confirmation from the BBC, LTA Updates or GBTennisgirls headlines ;)

Results 2nd Round :)

Kloesel (1) def. Domachowska
7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-3
O'Donoghue (6) def. Lazarchuk
6-3 6-1 :D :D
Bammer (8) def. Sassi
6-2 6-3
Lubiani def. Hrozenska (3)
6-3 6-4
Borwell def. Cassoni (7)
6-4 2-6 6-3 :D :D

Well Done Sarah & Jane :D

Marta :sad: :(

Jane :)

Marta :( so close

Sarah :D :) :woohoo:
Francesca :) :yeah:
Sybille :)

Marta :sad:

Jane :D
Sarah :D
Finally some good results for these two who had been in a bit of a lull.

Sarah :D
Jane :D

2nd rd:

Sandra Kloesel (Ger) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-3

Jane O'Donoghue (Gbr) bt Olha Lazarchuk (Ukr) 6-3 6-1

Sybille Bammer (Austria) bt Valentina Sassi (Italy) 6-2 6-3

Francesca Lubiani (Ita) bt Stanislava Hrozenska (Slo) 6-3 6-4

Sarah Borwell (Gbr) bt Giulia Casoni (Ita) 6-4 2-6 6-3

:bounce: Kirsten Flipkens :bounce: (Bel) bt Virginie Pichet (Fra) 6-3 6-1

Irina Boulykina (Rus) bt Suzanne Van Hartignsveldt (Ned) 2-6 6-3 6-3

Nina Bratchikova (Rus) bt Chantal Coombs (Gbr) 6-4 7-5,

Wow, well done Kirsten! :worship:

Marta :sad: again so close defeat :fiery: but at least it was a fight .
Stanislava :(

Flipkens :)

well done Sybille :hearts: :hearts: :bounce:

Marta :sad: :fiery:

Kirsten :eek: :eek: :drool:

I went today... I don't have time right now to write anything in detail, but the Marta v Sandra match was excellent. Sad that she lost, but really Marta polayed very well.

Stanislava Hrozenska is the biggest headcase ever.

Nina and Irina :woohoo: :banana: :yeah:
Kirsten :) :yeah:

Kirsten :woohoo: :)
Nina :)

I went today... I don't have time right now to write anything in detail, but the Marta v Sandra match was excellent. Sad that she lost, but really Marta polayed very well.
.

Nothing to add... Thanx satrista!

Kirsten :yeah: :)

Kirsten :yeah: :D

yes, SANDRA!

thanks sartrista7
great you enjoyed the match :)

Jane :D
Sybille :D
Kirsten :yeah:

Marta :sad: :(
Giulia :(

Sandra ;)

Valentina :sad:
Stanislava :(
Virginie :(

O'Brien/South GBR d. Borwell/Ejeson GBR/SWE 7-6 1-2 RTD

come on Flipkens I believe in you!!!!!!!!! win this

and two match in arrow for Francesca!!!!!!!1 wow continu:):):)

Go Brits:)

Marta :mad:

O'Brien/South GBR d. Borwell/Ejeson GBR/SWE 7-6 1-2 RTD

:sad: I hope it's not Sarah :sad:

O'Brien/South GBR d. Borwell/Ejeson GBR/SWE 7-6 1-2 RTD

Hope it's not Helena :sad: :sad:

I made the journey up the M5 and along the M4 today, and was rewarded by wins for Jane and Sarah. Both were playing well, and it's good to see them winning matches at this level; it will only take some consistency, which together with the confidence should come before too long if they can just keep winning. Jane in particular seems to have a powerful 'weight of shot', while Sarah played many long rallies and had the determination to come through.

It may have been Sarah that had to withdraw from the doubles; the trainer came on court for her during the second set of her 3-set singles win, but let's hope she'll be fit tomorrow ready to win through to the semis.

Kirsten Flipkens, yes, seems to play confidently. I thought I saw numerous inside-out-forehands from her, and again she seems to play pretty well. Being from Belgium, she'll no doubt be aspiring to the standards set by certain others from those parts!

Doubles 1rd
Geznenge/Zaric def. Coombs/Paterson 3/6 7/6(5) 6/2
Niculescu/Tvaroskova def. Hirschauer/Seitenbecher 6/4 6/4
De Beer/Gers def. Baker/Paterzan w/o
O'Brien/South def. Borwell/Ejeson 7/6(5) 2/1 ret.

Domachowska/Hrozenska def. Bratchikova/Lazarchuk 6/4 6/7(5) 6/4 :)
Curran/Senoglu def. Lubiani/O'Donoghue 6/3 7/5
Doyle/Nugent def. Bagshaw/Reilly 6/3 6/3
Boulykina/Kostikova def. Crook/Hawkins 6/7(5) 6/2 6/3

QF.
Geznenge/Zaric def. Niculescu/Tvaroskova w/o

Marta & Stanislava :) :D

well done Sandra, win this :D

too bad Olga and Stanislava :(

Thanks for your report, tim4! Good to know Kirsten has the inside-out FH down! :)

Sarah Borwell bt Nina Bratchikova 61 62.

omg Nina :help: :rolleyes: :sad:
well done Sarah

Well done to Sarah Borwell, nice to see some results for her this week. Good luck to Jane.

Also good luck to Claire Curran in the dubs, though there was an interview with her in the paper today and she was saying her partner Senoglu has the flu at the moment and is feeling really unwell.

Quarter-Finals

Kloesel def. O'Donoghue 2-6 6-3 6-2 :(
Bammer def. Flipkens 6-2 6-0
Boulykina def. Lubiani 6-2 6-3
Borwell def. Bratchikova 6-1 6-2 :bounce:

Well done Sarah. :D :bounce: :bigclap:

Sarah :D :D
Jane :(

Kirsten :eek: :sad:

Now she can play Luxembourg quallies ;)

Bammer :)
Kirsten :eek: :(

:sad: kirsten

yeah Sybille :hearts: Mummy showed the youngster her limit

btw 22 year old Sybille who is mother of a 3 year old daughter will get a WC for Linz. She will quit the season in the end of October to spend more time with her child

What a shame Marta lost to Sandra. Marta is up against O'Donoghue 2-0 this season.
Sandra win this !!

Quarter-Finals

Kloesel def. O'Donoghue 2-6 6-3 6-2
It all seems to have gone 'tits up' for our top players this autumn! :(

Borwell def. Bratchikova 6-1 6-2 :bounce:
Sarah on the other hand seems to be ending the year as she started. :)

did Kirsten put in a token effort :eek: ???

Irina :)

Kirsten :eek: :( :sad:
Jane :(
Nina :(

yeah Sybille :hearts: Mummy showed the youngster her limit

btw 22 year old Sybille who is mother of a 3 year old daughter will get a WC for Linz. She will quit the season in the end of October to spend more time with her child


Sybille is retiring then ?? :sad:

doubles QF:
Geznenge/Zaric def. Niculescu/Tvaroskova w/o
De Beer/Gers def. O'Brien/South 6:3, 6:7(7), 7:5
Curran/Senoglu def. Domachowska/Hrozenska 6:7(5), 6:3, 7:5 :mad::fiery: :sad:
Doyle/Nugent def. Boulykina/Kostikova 6:3, 6:4

Sandra :D

Is Sybille retiring? :sad: Or just ending her season early?

Well done Sandra :yeah:, Sybille :yeah:

Francesca :bigcry:

Like last year she ends the season earlier but now she is in a great form so I dont know :angel:

Now that Justine withdrew from Linz they have to give a WC to a top 10 player. So Sybille wont get the Main Draw WC :mad:

Thank you Justine :fiery: :fiery: :fiery: :fiery: :mad:

:confused: I thought all the WCs had gone!? Schaul, Elke Clijsters and Flipkens got the Main Draw WCs!

Linz not Luxembourg ;)

SemiFinals

Sybille Bammer d. Sandra Kloesel 75 61 :yeah: :woohoo:
Irina Boulykina d. Sarah Borwell 62 57 75 :yeah: :)

well done Irina :)
:sad: for Sarah :(

Sybille :kiss: :hearts:

sarah :sad: so close

Wow, everything's gone pretty much as I would've predicted after watching the Thursday matches :)

Sorry about the delay for the report, I've been very busy the past couple of days. Here it is... Thursday.

Lots of random little kids scurrying around. I think there was a school trip or something... anyway, the sight of Claire Peterzan being mobbed for autographs by eight-year-olds has to be one of the more surreal sights I've ever seen. They kept asking everyone whether they played tennis or not... Marta Domachowska's coach told them to shut up at one point. Go coach :D

Sandra Kloesel d. Marta Domachowska 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3
This was the match I specifically wanted to see, and the match of the day by far. Marta was looking gorgeous in black (split skirt!), and she's got a lot more powerful since I saw her last year, and in particular her first serve is a huge weapon now - I lost track of the number of aces she served. Second serve is clever, but possibly still needs an injection of pace. Her forehand seems the bigger weapon, but really her groundstrokes are potent on both wings - she needs to learn a) when to really go for her shots and b) when not to, though.
Sandra was really impressive - it's easy to understand why she's such a great Challenger player. She makes very, very few errors but has enough power and aggression to ensure that she's not forced into being defensive all the time, and she could easily live with Marta's pace. Coupled with her own strong serve and a readiness to fight when down, her consistency probably made the difference. Marta was up 4-1 in the first and was still the more dominant of the two going into the TB, but a few loose shots at the start really killed her chances... I didn't see the second set, but the key game was Kloesel's service game at 4-3 up in the third - about a million deuces, both girls got diddled on crappy line calls on game point, and ultimately it was Sandra who rode that momentum to victory.
Marta was being cheered on very vocally by her coach and a stunning Lina K lookalike (sister?), who obviously both desperately wanted her to win... he gave her a hug afterwards though, I think everyone knew she'd played very well.

Jane O'Donoghue d. Olha Lazarchuk 6-3, 6-1
Pretty comfortable for Jane, she harnessed her power very well and was her usual feisty self on court. Olha doesn't appear to have enough power in her game, but she looked generally disgusted with herself throughout so maybe it was just a bad day.

Francesca Lubiani d. Stanislava Hrozenska 6-3 6-4
I didn't see the first set, but the second - such a major choke job from Stani. Francesca's got nice variety and amazing defence, but really Stani should have blown her away... she went 4-0 up in the second with, like, no trouble at all. Then she got angry over a couple of line calls, and pretty much couldn't put the ball in court for the next five games, getting more and more emotional with every point. Francesca tried to choke herself when serving for it, but despite fluffing about five MPs Stani still sucked too much to take advantage :rolleyes:

Sybille Bammer d. Valentina Sassi 6-2, 6-3
Didn't see too much of this, but Bammer plays like her name ;) Valentina was cheering Kloesel on during the Marta-Sandra match. One of the linesmen for this match was simply :drool:

Irina Boulykina d. Suzanne van Hartingsveldt 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Wow, Irina has improved out of sight since last year. She's still... er... let's just say her conditioning needs to improve a lot, though. I didn't see the first set, but the pattern of the second was fairly simple: either Irina would take control of the point, clout the ball from corner to corner and win it, or Suzanne would make her run and lose it. Irina's got amazingly heavy groundstrokes - she reminds me a lot of Lindsay pre-weight loss - and she really throws her entire body into her shots. She even had enough confidence by the end to hit a running winner :eek: Good fighting spirit, too. Needs to get a new hairstyle though, that fringe is hideous. SVH is boring and has a boring game and I was bored by her.

Nina Bratchikova d. Chantal Coombs 6-4, 7-5
Nina and Chantal are both gorgeous :hearts: (though obviously Marta and Marta's sister took the tournament honours in this category). They both have game, too - Chantal has nice volleys, Nina great groundies - but unfortunately it wasn't working for either girl today... the first set was an exercise in how to fluff won points. Whoever took control of the rally invariably ended up losing it. Both were getting very frustrated, especially as they knew that the other wasn't on top form... ultimately Nina just has more game.

Sarah Borwell d. Giulia Casoni 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Hmm, neither were amazingly good but Sarah does play a nice clean game, and her serve was OK. Giulia got very down on herself and was very grumpy towards the latter stages of the match.

Kirsten Flipkens d. Virginie Pichet 6-3, 6-1
Flipkens is an exercise in perpetual motion... her footwork is amazing, and as has been noted the inside-out forehand is her big weapon. Virginie appeared to be putting in minimal effort. Didn't see much of this. Not surprised that Flipkens lost to Bammer, but would have expected a better scoreline.

thanx Alex for the great report.

agree totally on irina.....
Nina...... she still plays like a headless chicken :o nothings changed then :sad:

Sandra :bigcry:

Good luck Sybille in the finals :)

thanks for the report :)

Thanks for the report. :D

Thank you ALEX :worship: :worship:

lol at Marta`s coach .

I will attach a photo, there is Marta with her sister , it`s from AO 2003.
You can check if it was she.

Nice try Sarah, good luck in your next event.

Sandra :(

Yes, go Irina!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great tournament for her, she deserves this mini breakthru, she's always been better than her rank!

Linz not Luxembourg ;)

Oh dear, I am :o

Good luck Sybille in the final....

Final
Sybille Bammer d. Irina Boulykina 60 62 :worship: :worship: :hearts: :bounce: :kiss:

Way to go Sybille!!!! Now go and beat Pistolesi in Linz...

Irina :help: :o

well done Sybille now go and win a match in Linz ;)

Apparantly, in the semi's Sarah was up 5-3 in the 3rd set against Boulykina :banghead: :fiery: And she was serving as well :( Oh well, a great tournament anyway :bigclap:

Well done Sybille - :worship:

Very, very impressive the last two weeks

Oh Sarah:rolleyes:

When I was there on Thursday I heard Sarah B talking to someone straight after her 2nd round match and mentioning how she had choked in a match a week or two previously. But she was talking in a confident tone suggesting that she'd learnt and would not let herself choke again. When I saw yesterday's close SF scoreline I just wondered - did she choke? if she was 5-3 up and serving in the final set then maybe.

Oh well, I'm sure she'll learn, and next year should be a good year for Sarah.

Sybille :D