I think we may need a thread to discuss Danish tennis in general (non-juniors). Maria Jespersen is starting a pro career at the moment, and some others like Anna Signe Rasmussen and Malene Stripp, who are in their last junior seasons, have already tried their luck on the pro circuit a few times in 2012. And I guess there will others the next few years. Creating a new thread for each player might be a bit excessive.
This thread can also be used for Danish Fed Cup discussions now that Caro isn't playing on the team.
Olga Ianchuk won the 10K Stockholm last week (60 60 in the final)! Really good result by Karen. GL in the SF - probably against Susanne Celik (SWE), who's leading 4-0 in the 3rd set in her QF right now.
Karen's opponent in the SF will be (2)Jasmine Tinjic (BIH). Celik blew a 4-0 lead losing 6 games in a row. Tough loss for Celik, and a very tough SF coming up for Karen...
Top 8 seeds:
1 Karen Barbat
2 Karina I. Jacobsgaard
3 Mai Grage
4 Ulrikke Høyer
5 Emma Rønholt
6 Anna Signe Rasmussen
7 Emilie Elsvad
8 Malene Stripp
Notable players missing are Emilie Francati, Julie Noe, Martine Ditlev (who hasn't played in Denmark for more than a year) & Malou Ejdesgaard (and obviously Wozniancki). Karen has been in excellent form lately and is a huge favourite to win the title. Julie Noe seems to be playing a G1 junior ITF in Thailand instead. I have no idea what Emilie Francati is doing (she's not on the G1 Thailand acceptance list).
^ It certainly looks that way. Notice also that Malou's own club KB is hosting the tournament! I would at least expect her to play this tournament if any. I miss Malou...
Maria Jespersen is also missing on the acceptance list btw.
I'm looking forward to the main draw though. Mai Grage & Barbat could end up in the same half, which would be brutal. But we may also see "new" players having a great run now that Maria, Julie and Emilie aren't playing.
R1 (complete)
(1) Karina I. Jacobsgaard d. Josefine Axelsen 60 60
Sille Tranberg d. Emma Tranberg 62 76(3)
(Q) Laura Gaarde Andersen d. (LL) Katrine S. Christensen 36 66 ret.
(7) Malene Stripp d. Emma Håkansson 61 61
(4) Emma Rønholt d. Emilie K.S. Hansen 61 63
(Q) Cecilie Melsted d. Elisabeth Nørgaard 61 62
(Q) Hannah Viller Møller d. (Q) Sofia Samavati 36 60 62
(6) Emilie Elsvad d. (Q) Linnea Fristam 62 62
(5) Anna Signe Rasmussen d. Anna S. Christensen 60 64
Caroline Fricke d. (Q) Anna Marie Møller 63 62
Ida E. Stilling Krause d. Kathrine Berge 61 60
(3) Ulrikke Høyer d. Rebekka La Cour Hillingsø 61 36 61
Simone Alipieva d. (8) Amina Hadzic 62 62
(LL) Sofie Aamot Mønster d. (Q) Karoline Laursen 62 61
Frederikke Svarre d. Sofie V. Bjerringgaard 63 63
(2) Mai Grage d. (Q) Alma Nødskov Rune 61 61
Fine win by Simone, impressive score by Ida. And a good effort by Rebekka Hillingsø against Ulrikke Høyer (U14 vs U18!).
Barbat has been in impressive form lately but she was steamrolled by another qualifier today:
$25,000 Preston, GBR, R1
(Q)Angelique Van Der Meet (NED) d. (Q)Karen Barbat (DEN) 61 62
Kom igen!
R2
(1) Karina I. Jacobsgaard d. Sille Tranberg 60 61
(7) Malene Stripp d. (Q) Laura Gaarde Andersen 62 61
(Q) Cecilie Melsted d. (4) Emma Rønholt 26 61 60
(6) Emilie Elsvad d. (Q) Hannah Viller Møller 61 60
Caroline Fricke d. (5) Anna Signe Rasmussen w/o
Ida E. Stilling Krause d. (3) Ulrikke Høyer 75 64
Simone Alipieva d. (LL) Sofie Aamot Mønster 62 60
(2) Mai Grage d. Frederikke Svarre 61 63
Doubles SF
Line Lauridsen/Sisse Folmø d. (1)Karina Jacobsgaard/Ulrikke Høyer 64 62
(2)Malou Ejdesgaard/Mai Grage d. (Q)Anne Sofie Astrup/Ivona-Ioana Sfreja 61 61
Ida
Cecilie Melsted seemed to have lost any form during the last couple of years. She was a women's finalist in the Danish Championships back in 2010 when she was 15 years old; this year she had to play qualification to get into the championships! And now it's the other way around: Emma Rønholt (seeded 4) is struggling with her form while Melsted seems to be on her way back! Strange. Women's tennis?