[shirgan]

so she's a grunter. hope it's not too loud.

[neospecialist]

Originally Posted by shirgan

so she's a grunter. hope it's not too loud.

No more grunting this week.

Min d. Patiuk 63 60

[Archer16]

Originally Posted by neospecialist

No more grunting this week.

Min d. Patiuk 63 60

It turns out she lost to the eventual champion.
She also played two doubles matches the day after, won one and lost R2 to an American pair.

Originally Posted by shirgan

so she's a grunter. hope it's not too loud.

We've seen her in action for a bit in Fed Cup (see OP) and thankfully I don't recall anything special in that department

[shirgan]

Valeria won the juniors Israeli championships last week



http://www.ita.co.il/ita_images/news...and_patiuk.jpg

She also has a new record high ranking in the women's tour, entering the top 700 for the first time: #693

[shirgan]

New record ranking of #659

[shirgan]

reaching the QFs in a 10k in Spain has been enough to advance her rankings to #644

[Archer16]

Disappointing 6-7 6-0 4-6 loss to a local player in the AO girls opening round.

But frankly I'm more interested in her tour results.

[Archer16]

Apparently she wasn't on the Fed Cup squad in Eilat because of injury.
Does someone know the extent and nature of it? Hopefully not serious...
What are her next scheduled tournaments?

[Archer16]

Valeria finally back into action, trying to defend her Raanana 10K title from last year.

She actually returned from her injury last month and posted some nice results in Juniors, winning a local Grade 4 tournament and making a final and a SF in two Grade 2 ones in Spain.

[Mary Chain]

Astrid Bowl

[shirgan]

Very nice! Thanks

[Archer16]

Her recent junior results haven't been good, but she just won her US Open R1 match from a set down, 4-6 6-3 6-1 over Pera (CRO), who has about the same tour ranking as hers.

However, she's in a packed top half of the draw, and is likely to meet American Krista Hardebeck (seeded 15 here, ranked #324 on tour) who recently gave Glushko a decent match at the 50K Julia went on to win.
In the unlikely case Lera pulls the upset, the title favorite Genie Bouchard will be next in R3, and as we all remember she just beat the Israeli #1
So not to expect a deep run here.

When will she be back to pro ITFs?

[Archer16]

After Hardebeck was beaten convincingly by Von Deichmann of Liechtenstein, the latter did the same to Patiuk in R2, 6-2 6-1.
But unlike last year, Lera's beater won't be the champion: she then lost 2&2 to American hopeful Victoria Duval, who upset title favorite Bouchard in R2.

The Israeli representative at the (male) junior tournament, Or Ram-Harel (pictured above with Patiuk at the Israeli Juniors) also lost R2.

[shirgan]

Valeria beats a top 300 player for the first time in her career at the 25k in Lagos, Nigeria

Valeria PATIUK (ISR) d. Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) [4] 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(6)

[shirgan]

a picture of Valeria in Lagos provided by the ITA: