Week of 29/04/02 - 05/05/02

Good luck Justine and Kim in Hamburg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

other results: Mallorca $400K
Olivier Rochus d. Schalken 6-2 3-6 7-5
C. Rochus vs K.Pless

Rome $25K:
(q)Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs (q)Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
(6)Dick Norman (BEL) vs Stefano Galvani (ITA)

Well done Olivier and good luck to the other belgians

Well done Olivier!!!

Gooooo Olivier ! :D

Good luck to all the others!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Christophe Rochus d. Kristian Pless 7-6 2-6 6-2 :)

Congrats Christophe and Olivier!

wow..great result Christophe!!!

Other Belgians playing this week:

$25K ITF Maglie - Italy

Qualies 1st round: Leslie Butkiewicz def Nana Urotadze (GEO) 6-1 6-0
Qualies 2nd round: Leslie Butkiewicz def Marina Caiazzo (FRA) 7-5 1-6 7-6(3)
Qualies 3rd round: Leslie Butkiewicz def Caroline Ann Basu (GER) 62 60

main draw 1st round:
Leslie Butkiewicz vs ???
Caroline Maes vs Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) [1]
Patty Van Acker vs Nadejda Ostrovskaya (BLR) [7]


19th International Junior Tournament of Salsomaggiore

main draw 2nd round (all bye in first round):
Elke Clijsters (3) vs Ekaterina Krianova RUS or Dia Evimova BUL
Debbrich Feys (4) vs Anna Tchakvetadze RUS or Alice Botto ITA
Kirsten Flipkens (8) vs Julia Cohen USA or Nathalia Papadopolou SWE

ATP Challenger Rome

Dick Norman def Stefano Galvani 6-4, 6-4 :)

It's seems that right now, it's a Belgian Week!!!!

Leslie is finally winning some matches :D:D

Well done Dick :D

woohoo, keep it up belgians!!!

And Michel Deville also plays a future in England, he menaged to get through the quallies :)

Congrats Michel! :)

Wow, a great week! Congrats to everybody :)

Go Belgians !!!!!!!!!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Elke and Kirsten won, Debbrich lost in their second round matches.

Elke Clijsters (3) BEL d. Dia Evimova BUL 7-5 6-4
Anna Tchakvetadze RUS d.Debbrick Feys (4) BEL 6-2 6-3
Kirsten Flipkens (8) BEL d. Nathalia Papdopolou SWE 6-1 6-4

Debbrich :sad:

but way to go Elke and Kirsten!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Belgians! Keep winning! :bounce: :bounce:

I hope at least one of them can win a title this week! :p

KEEP GOING THE BELGIANS:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: !!!

Olivier Rochus def. Rafael Nadal-Parera 6-2 6-2

:bounce::bounce: :bounce:

(q)Kristof Vliegen (BEL) b. (q)Daniele Bracciali (ITA) 61 61

second round:
Takao Suzuki (JPN) vs (q)Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
(6)Dick Norman (BEL) vs Vadim Kutsenko (UZB)

Good luck Kristof and Dick!!!!!!!

Congrats Olivier and Kristof! :)

Mallorca:
Dominik Hrbaty def. Christophe Rochus 6-4 6-4 :sad:

Hamburg:
Kim Clijsters def. Barbara Rittner 6-3 2-1 ret.

Justine Henin def. Nicole Pratt 6-3 6-4

(14)Katerina Bohmova (CZE) b. (3)Elke Clijsters (BEL) 64 64
(8)Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) b. (12)Charlene Vanneste (FRA) 63 76

:( Elke but Congrats to Kim, Justine and everybody else who won :bounce:

Congrats Kim and Juju and Kristen,

too bad for Elke!!!!

19th International Junior Tournament of Salsomaggiore
There was a mistake on the site..Elke won her third round match!!!!!!!!

Quarters:
3)Elke Clijsters (BEL) d. Yurika Sema (JPN) 6-4 6-3 :D
(2)Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) d. (8)Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-2 4-6 7-6(5) :sad:

Semi's:
clijsters def linetskaya 6-4 6-1 :D
voskoboeva def lopez 3-6 6-2 6-3

Win the title Elke!!!!!!!!!! :D:D

Hamburg
Kim Clijsters def. Barbara Schett 6-4 6-2 :D
Jelena Dokic def. Justine Henin 7-6 7-6 :sad:

Good luck against Jelena tomorrow Kimmie!!!! and well played Justine, try to get in the best shape for RG ;)

Mallorca
Agustin Calleri d. Olivier Rochus 6-3 0-6 6-1 :sad:

good tournament Olivier!!!!

Challenger Rome
Second round (q)Kristof Vliegen (BEL) d. Takao Suzuki (JPN) 6-4 6-4 :D
Vadim Kutsenko (UZB) d. (6)Dick Norman (BEL) 6-4 6-2 :sad:

Quarterfinals
Edgardo Massa (ARG) d. (q)Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 7-6(5) 6-4 :sad:

It's up to the Clijsters' sisters to win a title this week :D

What a nice surprise about Elke!! Seems she's really playing great!! Good luck to Kim and Elke!! :bounce:

:bounce: :bounce: Great:bounce: :bounce: COME ON ELKE

AND COME ON KIM

Go Kim and Elke
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
too bad for justine though, I was realy looking forward to an all-Belgian semi-final

C'mon Kim and Elke!!! :bounce: :bounce: Good Luck! :)

Goooooooooooo Clijsters sisters!!!!

and the first title of this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!
final:
(3)Elke Clijsters (BEL) b. (2)Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-3 4-6 6-3

Congratulations Elke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D

CONGRATS ELKE!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there any pictures of Elke????

COME ON CLISTERS' FAMILY!!!!

NOW, KIM TAKE THIS TITLE TOMORROW!!!!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Woohoo
Go Elke !!!
Good luck to Kim tomorrow :bounce: :bounce:

Congrats, Elke !! :bounce: :bounce:

Come on, Kim! Follow the example of your "little" sister! :bounce:

Also congrats to Kirsten and to Olivier for having a good tournament this week! :) I'm glad Olivier is moving up in the rankings again!

Yay! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Well done Elke!! :) Hopefully Kim will win in her final tomorrow and so it can be Clijsters' day!! :) :bounce:

Congratulations Elke! :bounce: :bounce:

Yes indeed, congratulations Elke!!:)

WOO HOO!!! Congrats Elke!! Good luck tomorrow Kim :)

What a great week for the Belgians!

Congrats Clijsters sisters!

Congrats Kim!

CONGRATS KIM!!!!!

CONGRATS CLIJSTERS' FAMILY!!!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: