10,000$ Kyoto, Japan, Sep03, winner: Ayumi Oka

10,000$ Kyoto, Japan

GS Yuasa Open 2007

Surface: Carpet

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Kyoto (京都市, Kyōto-shi? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese)) listen (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Kyoto-shi.ogg) (help (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help)·info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kyoto-shi.ogg)) is a city (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_of_Japan) in the central part of the island of Honshū (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB), Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan). It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_of_Japan), it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture), as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto) metropolitan area. Many of Japanese recognize Tokyo as the ostensible capital of Japan and Kyoto as the authentic one.
Although archaeological (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology) evidence places the first human settlement on the islands of Japan to approximately 10,000 BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10%2C000_BC), relatively little is known about human activity in the area before the 6th century (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_century) AD. During the 8th century (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_century), when the powerful Buddhist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist) clergy became involved in the affairs of the Imperial government, the Emperor chose to relocate the capital to a region far from the Buddhist influence. Emperor Kammu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kammu) selected the village of Uda, at the time in the Kadono district of Yamashito Province, for this honor

Previous Winners:
2000: Kyung-Mi CHANG KOR d. Shiho HISAMATSU JAP 62 57 62
2001: Samantha STOSUR AUS d. Jin-Hee KIM KOR 61 75
2004: Haruka INOUE JAP d. Maika OZAKI JAP 64 61
2005: Beti SEKULOVSKI AUS d. Lei HUANG CHN 62 30 ret
2006: Tomoyo TAKAGISHI JAP d. Mayumi YAMAMOTO JAP 61 64

2007 Draws


Quali
(1) Yuan JIA CHN cs Catriona STEWART GBR 60 61
Miharu IMANISHI JAP vs Huan LI CHN 76 63
(2) Minori TAKEMOTO JAP vs Yukako KATO JAP 46 67
Rui BAO CHN vs Yoshimi KAWASAKI JAP 26 36
(3) Yumi NAKANO JAP vs Aika OSAWA JAP 62 63
(10) Sayaka UMEDA JAP vs Shiori KIKUKAWA JAP 64 76
(4) Kei SEKINE JAP vs Courtney VERNON USA 63 63
(11) Airi HAGIMOTO JAP vs Marilyn BAKER USA 60 60
(5) Natsumi YOKOTA JAP vs Kana OKADA KAP 61 61
(9) Mitsuko ISE JAP vs Chika TERASAWA JAP 61 60
(6) Shuang WU CHN vs Ami NAKANO JAP 63 61
(13) Rie IMAI JAP vs Kotomi TAKAHATA JAP 16 16
(7) Shan-Shan LI CHN vs Ying QIAN CHN 16 36
(14) Hiromi OKAZAKI JAP vs Xi LU CHN 75 64
(8) Shiho OTAKE JAP vs Yuuki TANAKA JAP 63 26 76
12) Marina TAKIMURA JAP vs Mayumi SEKI JAP 26 75 26
2nd round
(1) Yuan JIA CHN d. Miharu IMANISHI JAP 61 60
Yukako KATO JAP d. Yoshimi KAWASAKI JAP 61 64
(3) Yumi NAKANO JAP d. (10) Sayaka UMEDA JAP 63 75
(11) Airi HAGIMOTO JAP d.Courtney VERNON USA 76 62
(9) Mitsuko ISE JAP d. (5) Natsumi YOKOTA JAP 46 63 61
Kotomi TAKAHATA JAP d. (6) Shuang WU CHN 64 62
Ying QIAN CHN d. (14) Hiromi OKAZAKI JAP 61 61
(8) Shiho OTAKE JAP d. Mayumi SEKI JAP 61 36 64

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MAIN DRAW

(1) Yan-Ze XIE CHN vs q Yuan JIA CHN 64 64
Yi CHEN TPE vs q Shiho OTAKE JAP 60 64
q Yumi NAKANO JAP vs Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP 67 26
(6) Ayumi OKA JAP vs wc Kazusa ITO JAP 61 57 64
(4) Yuka KURODA JAP vs Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP 76 75
Eriko MIZUNO JAP vs q Ying QIAN CHN 76 62
Shona LEE NZL vs wc Emiko ITO JAP 63 61
(7) Tomoko SUGANO JAP vs Mari INOUE JAP 64 60
(5) Kanae HISAMI JAP vs q Kotomi TAKAHATA JAP 57 61 61
wc Kana WATANABE JAP vs Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP 26 26
wc Tomoko TAIRA JAP vs q Airi HAGIMOTO JAP 36 46
(3) Jie HAO CHN vs Tomoko DOKEI JAP 06 36
(8) Nicole KRIZ AUS vs q Yukako KATO JAP 63 16 60
Maya KATO JAP vs Cassandra BARR AUS 62 76
q Mitsuko ISE JAP vs Kasumi AIKO JAP 64 64
(2) Ellen BARRY NZL vs Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN 63 64
2nd round
Yi CHEN TPE d. (1) Yan-Ze XIE CHN 62 60
(6) Ayumi OKA JAP d. Ayaka MAEKAWA JAP 64 67 61
Eriko MIZUNO JAP d. (4) Yuka KURODA JAP 64 61
Shona LEE NZL d. (7) Tomoko SUGANO JAP 63 63
Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP d. (5) Kanae HISAMI JAP 63 57 61
q Airi HAGIMOTO JAP d. Tomoko DOKEI JAP 61 61
Maya KATO JAP d. (8) Nicole KRIZ AUS 62 76
(2) Ellen BARRY NZL d. q Mitsuko ISE JAP 63 62
QF
(6) Ayumi OKA JAP d. Yi CHEN TPE 67 63 64
Shona LEE NZL d. Eriko MIZUNO JAP 60 61
Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP d. q Airi HAGIMOTO JAP 64 36 61
(2) Ellen BARRY NZL d. Maya KATO JAP 62 60
SF
(6) Ayumi OKA JAP d. Shona LEE NZL 63 46 62
Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP d. (2) Ellen BARRY NZL 62 61
Final
(6) Ayumi OKA JAP d. Haruka FUJISHIRO JAP 61 46 63

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DOUBLES MAIN

(1) Jie HAO/Yan-Ze XIE CHN vs Ayaka MAEKAWA/Kotomi TAKAHATA JAP 63 64
Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP vs Rui BAO/Xi LU CHN 64 62
(3) Yi CHEN TPE/Yuan JIA CHN vs Yoshimi KAWASAKI/Shiori KIKUKAWA JAP 60 61
Hiromi OKAZAKI/Sayaka UMEDA JAP vs Kana OKADA/Miharu IMANISHI JAP 63 57 10-6
Kanae HISAMI/Minori TAKEMOTO JAP vs Maya KATO/Yumi NAKANO JAP 46 67
(4) Shan-Shan LI/Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN vs Courtney VERNON USA/Shuang WU CHN 62 64
Kazus ITO/Tomoko TAIRA JAP vs Marina TAKIMURA/Natsumi YOKOTA JAP 64 64
(2) Nicole KRIZ AUS/Shona LEE NZL vs Shiho OTAKE/Mayumi SEKI JAP 64 63
QF
Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP d. (1) Jie HAO/Yan-Ze XIE CHN 76 64
(3) Yi CHEN TPE/Yuan JIA CHN d. Hiromi OKAZAKI/Sayaka UMEDA JAP 63 64
(4) Shan-Shan LI/Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN d. Maya KATO/Yumi NAKANO JAP 64 62
Kazusa ITO/Tomoko TAIRA JAP d. (2) Nicole KRIZ AUS/Shona LEE NZL 62 63
SF
Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP d. (3) Yi CHEN TPE/Yuan JIA CHN 64 60
Kazusa ITO/Tomoko TAIRA JAP d. (4) Shan-Shan LI/Yi-Jing ZHAO CHN 61 63
Final
Airi HAGIMOTO/Sakiko SHIMIZU JAP d. Kazusa ITO/Tomoko TAIRA JAP 76 36 10-4






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No draws...sheesh...

No draws...sheesh...
Since sign-in was on Sunday at 18.00 local time,it should be up on ITF quite soon ;)

Now it is up :lol:

Singles Qualifying Draw

Yuan JIA (CHN) (1) Vs Catriona STEWART (GBR)
Miharu IMANISHI (JPN) Vs Huan LI (CHN)

Minori TAKEMOTO (JPN) (2) Vs Yukako KATO (JPN)
Yoshimi KAWASAKI (JPN) Vs Rui BAO (CHN)

Yumi NAKANO (JPN) (3) Vs Aika OSAWA (JPN)
Shiori KIKUKAWA (JPN) Vs Sayaka UMEDA (JPN) (10)

Kei SEKINE (JPN) (4) Vs Courtney VERNON (USA)
Marilyn BAKER (USA) Vs Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) (11)

Natsumi YOKOTA (JPN) (5) Vs Kana OKADA (JPN)
Chika TERASAWA (JPN) Vs Mitsuko ISE (JPN) (9)

Shuang WU (CHN) (6) Vs Ami NAKANO (JPN)
Kotomi TAKAHATA (JPN) Vs Rie IMAI (JPN) (13)

Shan-Shan LI (CHN) (7) Vs Ying QIAN (CHN)
Xi LU (CHN) Vs Hiromi OKAZAKI (JPN) (14)

Shiho OTAKE (JPN) (8) Vs Yuuki TANAKA (JPN)
Mayumi SEKI (JPN) Vs Marina TAKIMURA (JPN) (12)

:lol: Wow! Really late sign in!
DB: Jia, Sekine

DB WU, Hagimoto

DB: Yokota and Jia

DB: S. Wu, Y. Jia

DB: Hagimoto and Jia

DB: Hagimoto, Wu

DB: Wu, Hagimoto

DB: Hagimoto and Wu

Q.DB: Wu & Hagimoto

DB

Wu & Hagimoto

DB: Jia , Hagimoto

GL Ellen Barry

Qualifying first round:

(1)Yuan Jia (CHN) def Catriona Stewart (GBR) 6-0 6-1
(WC)Miharu Imanishi (JPN) def Huan Li (CHN) 7-6(3) 6-3
(WC)Yukako Kato (JPN) def (2)Minori Takemoto (JPN) 6-4 7-6(2)
Yoshimi Kawasaki (JPN) def Rui Bao (CHN) 6-2 6-3
(3)Yumi Nakano (JPN) def Aika Osawa (JPN)
(10)Sayaka Umeda (JPN) def Shiori Kikukawa (JPN) 6-4 7-6(1)
Courtney Vernon (USA) def (4)Kei Sekine (JPN) 6-3 6-3
(11)Airi Hagimoto (JPN) def Marilyn Baker (USA) 6-0 6-0
(5)Natsumi Yokota (JPN) def (WC)Kana Okada (JPN) 6-1 6-1
(9)Mitsuko Ise (JPN) def Chika Terasawa (JPN) 6-1 6-0
(6)Shuang Wu (CHN) def Ami Nakano (JPN) 6-3 6-1
(WC)Kotomi Takahata def (13)Rie Imai (JPN) 6-1 6-1
Ying Qian (CHN) def (7)Shan-Shan Li (CHN) 6-1 6-4
(14)Hiromi Okazaki (JPN) def Xi Lu (CHN) 7-5 6-4
(8)Shiho Otake (JPN) def Yuuki Tanaka (JPN) 6-3 2-6 7-6(12)
Mayumi Seki (JPN) def (12)Marina Takimura (JPN) 6-2 5-7 6-2

RU: Ellen Barry

Final Qualifying Round:

(1)Yuan Jia (CHN) def (WC)Miharu Imanishi (JPN) 6-1 6-0
(WC)Yukako Kato (JPN) def Yoshimi Kawasaki (JPN) 6-1 6-4
(3)Yumi Nakano (JPN) def (10)Sayaka Umeda (JPN) 6-3 7-5
(11)Airi Hagimoto (JPN) def Courtney Vernon (USA) 7-6(4) 6-2
(9)Mitsuko Ise (JPN) def (5)Natsumi Yokota (JPN) 4-6 6-3 6-1
(WC)Kotomi Takahata def (6)Shuang Wu (CHN) 6-4 6-2
Ying Qian (CHN) def (14)Hiromi Okazaki (JPN) 6-1 6-1
(8)Shiho Otake (JPN) def Mayumi Seki (JPN) 6-1 3-6 6-4

Singles Main Draw:

(1)Yan-Ze Xie (CHN) vs (Q)Yuan Jia (CHN)
Yi Chen (TPE) vs (Q)Shiho Otake (JPN)
Ayaka Maekawa (JPN) vs (Q)Yumi Nakano (JPN)
(6)Ayumi Oka (JPN) vs (WC)Kazusa Ito (JPN)
(4)Yuka Kuroda (JPN) vs Sakiko Shimizu (JPN)
Eriko Mizuno (JPN) vs (Q)Ying Qian (CHN)
Shona Lee (NZL) vs (WC)Emiko Ito (JPN)
(7)Tomoko Sugano (JPN) vs Mari Inoue (JPN)

(5)Kanae Hisami (JPN) vs (Q)Kotomi Takahata (JPN)
Haruka Fujishiro (JPN) vs (WC)Kana Watanabe (JPN)
(Q)Airi Hagimoto (JPN) vs (WC)Tomoko Taira (JPN)
(3)Jie Hao (CHN) vs Tomoko Dokei (JPN)
(8)Nicole Kriz (AUS) vs (Q)Yukako Kato (JPN)
Cassandra Barr (AUS) vs Maya Kato (JPN)
Kasumi Aiko (JPN) vs (Q)Mitsuko Ise (JPN)
(2)Ellen Barry (NZL) vs Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN)

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Ellen in first round against last week's winner :scared:

RU: Yi Chen

DB: Xie, Lee

W: Zhao
RU: Xie
DB: Lee and Oka

come on Xie

RU: Xie
DB: Lee and Xie

RU: Zhao
DB: Lee & Kriz

Winner: Xie
RU: Barry
DB: Lee and Xie

W: Zhao
RU: Xie
DB: Lee, Xie

W: Zhao
RU: Xie
DB: Lee, Oka
:p

Shan-Shan Song not playing? :confused: Then I will change my vote, if it's not too late:

W: Yan-Ze Xie
RU: Yi-Jing Zhao

If I'm not too late:
W: Barry
RU: Xie
DB: Lee, Xie

winner : Kuroda
RU : Hao

DB

Oka & Lee

Winner:Yan-Ze Xie
Runner up:Yi-Jing Zhao

DB Main Draw: Oka over Ito
Lee over Ito

1st Round
Yan-Ze XIE (CHN) (1) defeated Yuan JIA (CHN) 6-4 6-4
Yi CHEN (TPE) defeated Shiho OTAKE (JPN) 6-0 6-4
Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) defeated Yumi NAKANO (JPN) 7-6(4) 6-2
Ayumi OKA (JPN) (6) defeated Kazusa ITO (JPN) 6-1 5-7 6-4
Yuka KURODA (JPN) (4) defeated Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN) 7-6(3) 7-5
Eriko MIZUNO (JPN) defeated Ying QIAN (CHN) 7-6(6) 6-2
Shona LEE (NZL) defeated Emiko ITO (JPN) 6-2 6-1 :angel:
Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) (7) defeated Mari INOUE (JPN) 6-4 6-0
Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (5) defeated Kotomi TAKAHATA (JPN) 5-7 6-1 6-1
Haruka FUJISHIRO (JPN) defeated Kana WATANABE (JPN) 6-2 6-2
Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) defeated Tomoko TAIRA (JPN) 6-3 6-4
Tomoko DOKEI (JPN) defeated Jie HAO (CHN) (3) 6-0 6-3
Nicole KRIZ (AUS) (8) defeated Yukako KATO (JPN) 6-3 1-6 6-0
Maya KATO (JPN) defeated Cassandra BARR (AUS) 6-2 7-6(5)
Mitsuko ISE (JPN) defeated Kasumi AIKO (JPN) 6-4 6-4
Ellen BARRY (NZL) (2) defeated Yi-Jing ZHAO (CHN) 6-3 6-4 :yeah: :D

Ellen!!! Great win :D Now you should be able to win it all! :D
Shona :yeah:

Jie :tape:
Yi-Jing :sad:

Come on Ellen, straight sets to the end please :)

2nd Round

Yi CHEN (TPE) defeated Yan-Ze XIE (CHN) (1) 6-2 6-0
Ayumi OKA (JPN) (6) defeated Ayaka MAEKAWA (JPN) 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1

Eriko MIZUNO (JPN) defeated Yuka KURODA (JPN) (4) 6-4 6-1
Shona LEE (NZL) defeated Tomoko SUGANO (JPN) (7) 6-3 6-3

Haruka FUJISHIRO (JPN) defeated Kanae HISAMI (JPN) (5) 6-3 5-7 6-1
Airi HAGIMOTO (JPN) defeated Tomoko DOKEI (JPN) 6-1 6-1

Maya KATO (JPN) defeated Nicole KRIZ (AUS) (8) 6-2 7-6(1)
Ellen BARRY (NZL) (2) defeated Mitsuko ISE (JPN) 6-3 6-2

Ellen & Shona ;) :yeah:

Thats better Ellen, keep the straight sets wins going

I bet Shona Lee cant believe her luck, the top seed and 4th seed both suffered very surpising losses today so she actually had a pretty decent chance at making the final :eek:

Shona:eek:
Japanese girls that won:banana:

Shona:eek:
Japanese girls that won:banana:

Quarters:

(6)Ayumi Oka (JPN) def Yi Chen (TPE) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4
Shona Lee (NZL) def Eriko Mizuno (JPN) 6-0 6-1
Haruka Fujishiro (JPN) def (Q)Airi Hagimoto (JPN) 6-4 3-6 6-1
(2)Ellen Barry (NZL) def Maya Kato (JPN) 6-2 6-0


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First Yi upsets and crushes Xie, and now she loses against Oka?? :tape:

We'll be getting a Kiwi-final here!! :woohoo:

ellen and Shona ;) :yeah:
c'mon Kiwi girls

Go Shona!

Eva :sad:
Haruka :eek:

Andiyan, Ayu's in good form. She won a big domestic money event a couple of weeks ago upsetting Mari Tanaka in the final.

It's definitely Ellen's to win or lose now...

Ellen and Shona :hearts: :hearts:

Quarters:

(6)Ayumi Oka (JPN) def Yi Chen (TPE) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4
Shona Lee (NZL) def Eriko Mizuno (JPN) 6-0 6-1
Haruka Fujishiro (JPN) def (Q)Airi Hagimoto (JPN) 6-4 3-6 6-1
(2)Ellen Barry (NZL) def Maya Kato (JPN) 6-2 6-0



Thats better Ellen, keep the same sorta scoreline in your next match

:eek: Shona your having the best week ever in your tennis career, after this win how far is she off her Career High (of 598)

Semifinal
Ayumi OKA (JPN) (6) defeated Shona LEE (NZL) 6-3 4-6 6-2
Haruka FUJISHIRO (JPN) defeated Ellen BARRY (NZL) (2) 6-2 6-1

pfffffffffffff both Shona and Ellen :( :bigcry: :o

:eek: Wasn't expecting that!

Me neither... :bolt:
Ellen didn't even have a chance :help:

Ellen and Shona :o :banghead:

Ayumi and Haruka :woohoo:

maybe Ellen and Shona tanked to play the 50k Tokyo tourn.

I think Ellen may have tanked, but I doubt Shona did.

Hope Haruka wins tomorrow, but I think Ayu will.

kittyking's theory is working perfectly then,giving up this event to win $50k then giving up it to win WTA event,then giving up it to win Grand slam all the way :rolls:

H2H : 2-1 Oka

2004 $25,000 Gunma 16 Carpet (O) H.FUJISHIRO 4-6 7-5 4-6
2005 $25,000 Makinohara 16 Carpet (O) A.OKA 6-2 6-1
2006 $10,000 Tokyo 1 32 Hard (O) A.OKA 4-6 6-4 6-1

kittyking's theory is working perfectly then,giving up this event to win $50k then giving up it to win WTA event,then giving up it to win Grand slam all the way :rolls:

Except I never said that Ellen would win a Grand Slam

I simply said that 10k events arent all that important to her, I mean if she wins them then thats 6 points....just 6 points.....yup just 6 points

Was most surprised that Shona lost, I mean this weeks performance was one of her best ever performances

kittyking's theory is working perfectly then,giving up this event to win $50k then giving up it to win WTA event,then giving up it to win Grand slam all the way :rolls:

:rolls: :lol:

F

6-Oka d. Fujishiro 6-1 4-6 6-3

Haruka :sad:

Haruka :awww:

Well done Ayumi :)
great week for her