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Aussie assault on women’s qualifying

Aussie assault on women’s qualifying

Tennis Australia Thursday 1 January 2009 7 Comments »

Six Australian women will begin their 2009 campaigns at the Queensland Tennis Centre attempting to qualify for the Brisbane International.

Such is the strength of the tournament, the cut off for the qualifying event was a world ranking of 166.

Jessica Moore (ranked 138) and Anastasia Rodionova (98) qualified courtesy of their rankings, while Emelyn Starr (414), Monique Adamczak (232), Sophie Ferguson (272) and Marija  Mirkovic (422) were all given wildcards.

Moore has drawn a tough first-up match against 25-year-old world No.84 Roberta Vinci from Italy, while Rodionova meets Ferguson. Starr is up against German 20-year-old Julia Goerges (ranked 108), Adamczak meets China’s Zi Yang (126) and Mirkovic takes on 33-year-old Rossana De Los Rios (95) from Paraguay.

Matches start at 10:00 am.

The men’s qualifying event will start on Saturday.

ORDER OF PLAY – FRIDAY, JANUARY 02, 2009
SHOW COURT 1 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – K Sprem (CRO) vs G Voskoboeva (KAZ)
Qualifying – J Goerges (GER) vs [WC] E Starr (AUS)
Qualifying – Z Yan (CHN) vs [WC] M Adamczak (AUS)
Qualifying – [WC] S Ferguson (AUS) vs A Rodionova (AUS)

SHOW COURT 2 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – K Knapp (ITA) vs E Rodina (RUS)
Qualifying – A Groenefeld (GER) vs V Kutuzova (UKR)
Qualifying – [WC] M Mirkovic (AUS) vs R de Los Rios (PAR)
Qualifying – R Vinci (ITA) vs J Moore (AUS)

COURT 14 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – S Bremond (FRA) vs C Castano (COL)
Qualifying – J Schruff (GER) vs S Karatantcheva (BUL)
Qualifying – M South (GBR) vs E Bychkova (RUS)
Qualifying – A Amanmuradova (UZB) vs M Czink (HUN)

COURT 16 start 10:00 am
Qualifying – M Duque Marino (COL) vs M Yuan (CHN)
Qualifying – V King (USA) vs C Pin (FRA)
Qualifying – J Coin (FRA) vs Y Shvedova (KAZ)
Qualifying – J Pandzic (CRO) vs Y Fedak (UKR)


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  • Aaron

    Looks like Monique has recovered from that injury yay hope she pulls through.

  • Jamie

    Im glad Emelyn has atleast got a wildcard into the qualifying…she has been making such big steps in her career and deserves to be rewarded!!!
    Go all the way Emelyn…you can do it!!!

  • trent hawkins

    lets hope as many aussies as possible get through quallies, and we can get some more locals into the main draw.

  • GoBaltacha

    Can anyone tell me whether the following British Girls are playing in the Qualifiers?

    Elena Baltacha (WTA Rank 136)
    Katie O’Brien (WTA Rank 159)

    Have a great tournament!!

  • Liam

    Go Melanie South. Hopefully she does well because she is an up and coming british player. She is now ranked 110 in the world

  • StDochev

    Go, Sesil, Go!!!

  • Bri

    Will Emelyn Starr get a main draw wild card like all the other semi finalists from the wildcard playoffs?

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