[kittyking]

I'd say she should definately qualify now, South would have to pull off a blinder and Doi... well Doi is consistently average, no massive wins in her career so far and doesn't beat a lot of players inside the top 200.

[Vaxey]

Katya

[Mana]

Rain delay =

Needs to get the job done tonight. She does everything better than Doi, she should be able to get through in straight sets again I would think.

[Mana]

Brain fart on QR3 - lost to Doi 57 46.

Not good. And a huge oppertunity lost.

[Mana]

Katya @ 50k Torun this week.

(1)Anastasia Pivovarova (RUS) vs. Irina Buryachok (UKR)
Reka-Luca Jani (HUN) vs. Paula Ormaechea (ARG)

Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) vs. (WC)Katarzyna Kawa (POL)
(8)Madalina Gojnea (ROU) vs. Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

Unlucky not to be seeded, was next inline for one. Still a pretty good draw though.

Doubles:

(4)Beygelzimer/Ivanova (UKR/RUS) vs. Kosińska/Zagórska (POL/POL)
Piter/Sobaszkiewicz (POL/POL) vs. (WC)Barańska/Nalborska (POL/POL)'

I really like this pairing and I think they could win the title.

[Mana]

R1: Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) d. (WC)Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 63 62

Thats a good start.

[Mana]

Katya back this week @ 50k Olompuc CZE

(5)Stefanie Voegele (SUI) v Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) v Ana Vrljic (CRO)

Let's hope she can win one match, but who knows.

Cabeza-Candela/Garcia-Vidagany (ESP/ESP) v Vrljic/Wienerova (CRO/SVK)
(4)Ivanova/Kostova (RUS/BUL) v Bergot/Burnett (FRA/ITA)

This pairing usually struggles. Let's hope they can turn it around this week.

[Mana]

(4)Ivanova/Kostova (RUS/BUL) d. Bergot/Burnett (FRA/ITA) 46 62 10-5

Good start.

[Mana]

Vrljic d. Katya 61 61

I wonder what the hell happened here?

[Mana]

Katya @ 50K Trnava

(5)Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) v Leticia Costas-Moreira (ESP)
Lenka Jurikova (SVK) v (wc)Veronika Kolarova (CZE)

Michaela Pochabova (SVK) v (wc)Nikola Vajdova (SVK)
(2)Renata Voracova (CZE) v Ani Mijacika (CRO)

The way shes been playing, she will be lucky to win a match. No doubles this week so no excuses.

[Mana]

R1: Katya d. Leticia Costas-Moreira 62 64

Keep going. Jurikova next.

[Mana]

Lost to Jurikova last week. Not good enough.

This week in 50k Krzan in Russie

R1: (8)Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) d. Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 26 61 64

It's on hard court, let's hope Katya can turn this year around. US Open next.

That's an ok start, at least she won.

[Mana]

Doubles R1: (2)Ivanova/Klepac (RUS/SLO) d. Ivakhnenko/Kozlova (UKR/UKR) 61 63

I quite like this team, Klepac is a good player.

[Mana]

R2: Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) d. (8)Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) 75 76

She's all over the place at the moment.

QF: (2)Ivanova/Klepac (RUS/SLO) d. Hogenkamp/Kotelnikova (NED/RUS) 64 64

They should be able to make the final.

[Mana]

SF: (2)Ivanova/Klepac (RUS/SLO) d. Lykina/Sirotkina (RUS/RUS) 63 61

Into the doubles final which I don't expect them to win, but still a good week.