25K Las Palmas (Hard) - 10/2008

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Welcome to Las Palmas!! (España)



Main Draw


(1) Chanelle Scheepers vs bye
Mathilde Johansson vs Jie Zheng
Sarah Borwell vs bye
bye vs (5) Palma Kiraly

(6) Vladimira Uhlirova vs bye
Andrea Hlavacova vs Jasmina Kajtazovic
Astrid Besser vs Melanie Klaffner
bye vs (4) Anne Keothavong

(3) Elena Baltacha vs bye
Neuza Silva vs Amanda Elliott
Nikola Hofmanova vs bye
bye vs (7) Angelique Widjaja

(8) Arantxa Parra vs bye
bye vs Brenda Schultz
Bianka Lamade vs Kira Nagy
bye vs (2) Mariana Duque



Week: 10/2008
Points: 25/17/12/7/4/1
Send HARD points to LRWTT or [e-mail]
Deadline: Tuesday 29/3/2008
Make doubles teams.

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Doubles Draw


(1) Scheepers / Uhlirova vs bye
bye vs Duque / Zheng
Johansson / Kiraly vs Hlavacova / Keothavong
bye vs (4) Nagy / Widjaja

(3) Besser / Silva vs bye
bye vs Borwell / Hofmanova
Lamade / Klaffner vs Parra / Schultz
bye vs (2) Baltacha / Elliott

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Head to head
First Round



Johansson vs Zheng: 0-0
- No previous records

Hlavacova vs Kajtazovic: 1 - 0
- Dubrovnik 2004 (Round of 16) Hlavacova def Lucic: 16 75 62

Besser vs Klaffner: 0-0
- No previous records

Elliott vs Silva: 0-0
- No previous records

Lamade vs Nagy: 0-0
- No previous records

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First Round Results



Jie Zheng def Mathilde Johansson
7-6(7) 7-6(3)

Andrea Hlavacova def Jasmina Kajtazovic
walkover

Astrid Besser def Melanie Klaffner
6-2 6-2

Amanda Elliott def Neuza Silva
7-6(5) 6-2

Bianka Lamade def Kira Nagy
6-4 3-6 6-4

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Head to head
Second Round




Scheepers vs Zheng: 1 - 0
- Tampa 2008 (Quarterfinal) Scheepers def Zheng: 63 36 75

Borwell vs Kiraly: 2 - 1
- Moscow-2 2007 (Round of 32) Kiraly def Borwell: 36 63 76
- Cuneo 2007 (Round of 16) Borwell def Kiraly: 63 46 64
- Sunderland 2008 (Round of 16) Borwell def Kiraly: 64 75

Hlavacova vs Uhlirova: 0-0
- No previous records

Besser vs Keothavong: 4 - 2
- Waikoloa 2007 (Round of 32) Besser def Keothavong: 36 64 76
- Istanbul 2007 (Round of 16) Besser def Keothavong: 06 63 64
- Miyazaki 2007 (Round of 16) Besser def Keothavong: 26 62 76
- Kurume 2007 (Round of 16) Keothavong def Besser: 62 64
- Joue Les Tours 2007 (Quarterfinal) Besser def Keothavong: 06 62 63
- Xiamen 2007 (Round of 16) Keothavong def Besser: 64 75



Baltacha vs Elliott: 4 - 1
- Minks 2005 (qualy) Baltacha def O´Brien: 36 63 62
- Hamanako 2006 (Round of 16) Baltacha def O´Brien: 76 64
- Frinton 2007 (Round of 16) Baltacha def O´Donoghue: 62 36 64
- Sunderland 2008 (Round of 16) Elliott def Baltacha: 76 76
- Las Vegas 2008 (Semifinal) Baltacha def Elliott: 62 26 76

Hofmanova vs Widjaja: 0-0
- No previous records

Parra vs Schultz: 0 - 2
- Felixstowe 2007 (Round of 16) Schultz-McCarthy def Boonstra: 62 57 63
- Mexico 2007 (Round of 16) Schultz-McCarthy def Boonstra: 62 06 64

Duque vs Lamade: 3 - 0
- Falkenberg 2005 (Round of 16) Balda def Lamade: 64 62
- Gdynia 2007 (Round of 16) Duque def Lamade: 46 75 62
- Las Vegas 2008 (Round of 16) Duque def Lamade: 63 64

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Doubles First Round





Johansson / Kiraly def Hlavacova / Keothavong
6-3 2-6 6-3

Parra / Schultz def Lamade / Klaffner
6-4 6-2

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Second Round Results



Jie Zheng def (1) Chanelle Scheepers
6-3 1-6 6-3

Sarah Borwell def (5) Palma Kiraly
7-5 6-4

(6) Vladimira Uhlirova def Andrea Hlavacova
4-6 6-4 6-3

Astrid Besser def (4) Anne Keothavong
5-7 7-5 7-6(8)



(3) Elena Baltacha def Amanda Elliott
6-2 2-6 7-6(7)

(7) Angelique Widjaja def Nikola Hofmanova
7-6(2) 7-6(8)

(8) Arantxa Parra def Brenda Schultz
1-6 6-1 6-4

(2) Mariana Duque def Bianka Lamade
5-7 6-4 7-6(5)

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Head to head
Quarterfinals



Borwell vs Zheng: 0-0
- No previous records

Besser vs Uhlirova: 1 - 0
- Tampa 2008 (Round of 16) Besser def Uhlirova: 62 75

Baltacha vs Widjaja: 0 - 1
- Bari 2007 (Round of 16) Widjaja def Baltacha: 63 76

Duque vs Parra: 6 - 5
- Porto 2004 (Round of 16) Sromova def Wartusch: 16 64 61
- Stuttgart 2005 (Round of 16) Wartusch def Balda: 76 46 76
- Sunderland 2005 (Quarterfinal) Wartusch def Balda: 62 64
- Bendigo 2005 (Round of 32) Balda def Wartusch: 64 16 62
- St. Petersbourg 2005 (Quarterfinal) Wartusch def Balda: 63 63
- Algiers-2 2007 (Semifinal) Boonstra def Duque Marino: 76 26 62
- Waikoloa 2007 (Round of 32) Duque Marino def Boonstra: 16 62 76
- Albuquerque 2007 (Semifinal) Duque def Boonstra: 64 36 64
- Xiamen 2007 (Round of 32) Duque def Boonstra: 64 26 63
- Sunderland 2008 (Round of 16) Parra def Duque: 63 63
- Pattaya 2008 (Round of 32) Duque def Parra: 64 26 63

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Doubles Quarterfinals



Duque / Zheng def (1) Scheepers / Uhlirova
6-2 0-6 6-2

Johansson / Kiraly def (4) Nagy / Widjaja
6-3 6-4

Borwell / Hofmanova def (3) Besser / Silva
6-2 5-7 6-2

Parra / Schultz def (2) Baltacha / Elliott
6-4 7-5

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Quarterfinal Results


Jie Zheng def Sarah Borwell
7-6(7) 2-6 6-2

Astrid Besser def (6) Vladimira Uhlirova
6-3 6-4

(3) Elena Baltacha def (7) Angelique Widjaja
7-6(7) 7-6(5)

(2) Mariana Duque def (8) Arantxa Parra
6-3 2-6 6-4

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Head to head
Semifinals



Besser vs Zheng: 0-0
- No previous records

Baltacha vs Duque: 0 - 7
- Sunderland 2005 (Round of 16) Balda def Baltacha: 63 46 63
- Pattaya 2007 (qualy) Duque Marino def Baltacha: 75 62
- Melbourne 2007 (Quarterfinal) Duque Marino def Baltacha: 63 26 63
- Istanbul 2007 (Quarterfinal) Duque Marino def Baltacha: 62 16 64
- Pattaya 2008 (Final) Duque def Baltacha: 76 64
- Melilla 2008 (Quarterfinal) Duque def Baltacha: 63 64
- Las Vegas 2008 (Final) Duque def Baltacha: 64 64

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Doubles Semifinals



Johansson / Kiraly def Duque / Zheng
6-3 6-3

Parra / Schultz def Borwell / Hofmanova
2-6 7-5 6-3

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Semifinal Results



Jie Zheng def Astrid Besser
7-5 1-6 6-2

(2) Mariana Duque def (3) Elena Baltacha
3-6 6-4 7-5

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Head to head
Final Match



Duque vs Zheng: 1 - 0
- Pattaya 2008 (Semifinal) Duque def Zheng: 75 26 63

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The 18-year-old from Bogota is currently riding on a 16 match winning streak- the longest in the history of the game.

When you started talking about this record something worried me. I always remember when this game started, the frist 4 events were won by the same player who lost in SF in the 5th. This player was Frederica Piedade (btw, she retired after a few tournaments because she was bored of winning)

This was Frederica Piedade´s winning streak:
Bronx 2003 : 2 matchs
Bucharest 2003 : 3 matchs
Rimini 2003 : 3 matchs
Fano 2003 : 4 matchs
Presov 2003 : 2 matchs, lost in SF
Total: 14 matchs
That makes Duque´s record official :yeah:

Her win/loss record for the year sits at 19-3 following today's victory.

"To be honest, I think my winning has not been so great for the LRWTT tour. It is quite a competitive tour and I think a lot of the players find it boring that someone is winning a lot of the time.

That can be fixed joining other surfaces events.
But anyway I have seen a lot of 50 points strategies defeating higher, specially with new points, what makes a potential 65 points.
Example:
new 50 pts: 00-50-00
Old 150 pts: 90-55-5
Result: 0-6 7-6(7) 7-6(7)

I want to be able to play Fed Cup for Colombia one day so I hope that my tennis has an impact on the growth of tennis there so that one day it will be possible for Colombia to compete." She also added.
." Mariana concluded.

I have spammed for a long time people in this board to join, watching what player/country they support before inviting, but I think they hate me for so much spam. But if I see a Colombian around, I will write to him/her




Finally, an advice for all the players.
I´m glad the new vs old points rule is working.
Baltacha and Afinogenova send points inmediatelly after the tournament thread is open, and you can see them in the ranking. Duque never uses old points too, but she waits to watch the draw first.
Wartusch (today Parra) sent new points almost all the time when she was N° 1 (almost the complete 2005 season). Well the rule was not made then but it shows she was focused.




An advice for those who have time to find out how to improve in this kind of games:
You open an excel file and put the strategy you used, the rival and the score. You can guess more or less your rivals strategy, how did the defeat you and who uses the same strategy all the time.
Some little or major modifications, then test them on the court, and results will be at sight.

Example: There was a time in this game, around midle 2004 and 2005 when the winning strategy was 75-74-1 in different order but same times. You can see a lot of 7-6 in these ages, watching the h2h. Then come what is know as the "Laine strategy", she defeated all of them using 120 points and sending 100-10-10 (Laine has authorized me to post that).
That shows that this game changes, it grows and moves.

Final hint for the present/future: Don´t focus in clay and hard, because now any indoor tournament uses carpet. Spread your 400 points wisely.

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Doubles Final



Johansson / Kiraly def Parra / Schultz
6-2 4-6 6-3

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Final Match




(2) Mariana Duque Marino def Jie Zheng
3-6 6-4 6-4