[neospecialist]

Good win for Julia today at the $25,000 ITF in Antalya-Manaugat, Turkey.

First Round:
Julia GLUSHKO (ISR) defeated Oksana KALASHNIKOVA (GEO) 7-5 6-3

[ronim1]

Originally Posted by neospecialist

Good win for Julia today at the $25,000 ITF in Antalya-Manaugat, Turkey.

First Round:
Julia GLUSHKO (ISR) defeated Oksana KALASHNIKOVA (GEO) 7-5 6-3

Thanks for the info.

[Archer16]

Second Round:
(Q) Sarah GRONERT (GER) defeated (Q) Julia GLUSHKO (ISR) 6-2 2-6 6-4

That was a good opportunity to gain some points, she doesn't play 25K too often.
Notes:
1. Julia won easily two qualifying rounds to get into the main draw. Keren won one and lost the second convincingly.
2. Only one seeded player made it to the QF - uncommon occurence in any level.

[neospecialist]

Huge win for Julia today in $25,000 ITF in Szczecin, Poland.

(Q)Julia Glushko (ISR) def. (3)Tina Schiechtl (AUT) 63 26 76(2)

Tina is ranked #237 in the world and I believe that Julia has never beaten anyone ranked this high before today.

[justine schnyder]

Wow.. Good win Julia!
Jow keep it up please!!!

[Archer16]

Originally Posted by neospecialist

Huge win for Julia today in $25,000 ITF in Szczecin, Poland.

(Q)Julia Glushko (ISR) def. (3)Tina Schiechtl (AUT) 63 26 76(2)

Tina is ranked #237 in the world and I believe that Julia has never beaten anyone ranked this high before today.

At least in a rated match, it is (#110 Obziler, ISR ch. SF 2006).
The way in which the win was achieved is very important. Finally a big win for her in a close match.
She also won her last qualifying match 7-6(7) 2-6 6-4 against a top-500 (former top-300) local player, who BTW is also into the 2nd round as a LL.

This is another big step after the 10K win last October.
It will also put her in about #600

[neospecialist]

Julia continues on a roll in Szczecin,Poland.

Second Round Results:

(Q)Julia Glushko (ISR) def.(Q)Oksana Teplyakova (UKR) 76(2) 62

[justine schnyder]

Good.. Keep it up! Come on!

[Ghoul123]

Great stuff Julia!
Keep it up

[Archer16]

The great run comes to an end against one of the most talented locals:
Katarzyna Piter def. Julia Glushko 6-7 6-3 6-2.
A very good week, she should play more 25Ks.

[Meteor Shower]

Julia wins a qualifying match in a 75K!!
J. Glushko def. E. Pashkova - 6:4 7:5

[Archer16]

I'm surprised no-one mentioned her qualifying into a 50K main draw with 3 solid wins two weeks ago. Too bad she got such a tough draw there (Voracova), but a good experience.

It has to be said that most of her results since the breakthrough week in Szczecin in May were not good.

Originally Posted by Archer16

Let me state the obvious: she has to play. And by that I mean at least 20 tournaments a year. When she does that, she'll be #500 even at her current level of play - I don't think that there's any question she's more talented than Shlomo, and she almost got there last year in her first full season (although Keren got some cheap points in 25000$ ITFs in Nigeria late 2006, which were weaker than most western 10000$ tourneys).
As she's still eligible to play Juniors (by 4 days ), I don't know if she will indeed make 2008 her first full year on tour. Maybe it will only be next year. As far as I know, she has aspirations of becoming a pro.

Another question in this regard is the financial issue (which I have no idea if it's an issue in her case). Players in that stage of their careers spend much more money (filghts, hotels, coaching, equipment etc.) that they can win in small ITFs. Not everyone can afford it for a long time. Dudi e.g. was close to retirement because of this, Tzipi also had trouble with sponsorship even when she was in the top 200.

That didn't take too long.

Does anyone know what's in store for her in the upcoming month?

[Archer16]

While all of us were into the Olympics, that didn't bode all too well as far as Israeli tennis is concerned, Julia recorded last week the best tournament yet of her promising, upcoming career, a semifinal at a 50K in Russia, including her first top-200 win. All her matches were tight three-setters against higher rated opponents.
The event added nearly 50% to her ranking points and moved her 80 places up, very close to the top 400 in the world.

PENZA See all PENZA Results for GLUSHKO
ST, RUSSIA, August 17, 2008, $ 50,000 , CLAY (O)
Draw: 32M/32Q/16D, Rank: 487, Seed/Entry:

Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score
R32 (2) PALKINA, KSENIA KGZ 197 W 6-1 2-6 6-3
R16 BURYACHOK, IRINA UKR 332 W 7-5 5-7 6-0
Q BUYUKAKCAY, CAGLA TUR 425 W 4-6 6-1 6-4
S (4) SHAPATAVA, SOFIA GEO 283 L 6-3 4-6 6-4
WTA Championship Pts: 0 WTA Ranking Pts.: 16 Prize Money: $2185

[ronim1]

Originally Posted by Archer16

While all of us were into the Olympics, that didn't bode all too well as far as Israeli tennis is concerned, Julia recorded last week the best tournament yet of her promising, upcoming career, a semifinal at a 50K in Russia, including her first top-200 win. All her matches were tight three-setters against higher rated opponents.
The event added nearly 50% to her ranking points and moved her 80 places up, very close to the top 400 in the world.

PENZA See all PENZA Results for GLUSHKO
ST, RUSSIA, August 17, 2008, $ 50,000 , CLAY (O)
Draw: 32M/32Q/16D, Rank: 487, Seed/Entry:

Rnd Opponent Rank W/L Score
R32 (2) PALKINA, KSENIA KGZ 197 W 6-1 2-6 6-3
R16 BURYACHOK, IRINA UKR 332 W 7-5 5-7 6-0
Q BUYUKAKCAY, CAGLA TUR 425 W 4-6 6-1 6-4
S (4) SHAPATAVA, SOFIA GEO 283 L 6-3 4-6 6-4
WTA Championship Pts: 0 WTA Ranking Pts.: 16 Prize Money: $2185

That's the best news regarding Israeli players (except 1st round wins for Dudi) in weeks.

[neospecialist]

First round results Sarajevo $25,000 ITF

Julia GLUSHKO (ISR) defeated Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) 3-6 6-3 6-1