[Mana]

Originally Posted by RoseH

hi everyone,

i am a big fan of Ekaterina and i have started a page n facebook for everyone to follow her.

Please like it !!!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...13333592110595

Awesome work Rose, it's about time she had a FB page

[Mana]

Katya playing her second to last event of the season, at 50k + H Nantes.

Singles:

(1)Pauline Parmentier (FRA) v Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS)
Alison Riske (USA) v Nina Bratchikova (RUS)

That's so tough.

But I am pretty confident that can win the doubles if they get past their first round:

Ramialison/Verhamme (FRA/BEL) v Kushnereva/Treskunova (RUS/RUS)
(3)Ivanova/Savchuk (RUS/UKR) v Coin/Hrdinova (FRA/CZE)
Kostova/Kremer (BUL/LUX) v Giral Lores/Larriere (VEN/FRA)
(2)Kondratieva/Lefevre (RUS/FRA) v Buchina/Pekhova (RUS/BLR)

[Mana]

Katya starting her season in China this year, at 50K Quanzhou.

R1: (7) Katya d. Ling Zhang 61 61

Good start.

[Mana]

R2: Katya d. (Q) Duan 75 63.

Another good result. QF vs. Date-Krumm.

Good luck Katya, this is a good start to the season.

[Mana]

Lost or Kimiko in the QF's last week.

AO Qualies this week -

Katya d. (10) Pivovarova 63 63

Great start to the season so far, picking up 64 valuable points.

R2 tonight Vs. Chang. Good chance at another win.

[Mana]

Lost to Chang who won a round in the MD 64 on the third. Tough.

Still upto around #140ish this week.

Playing in Pattaya next.

[Tennis Fool]

Katya is the #1 seed at the 25K Moscow, her first tournament since AO qualies. She has nothing to defend here, but first round points for Kuala Lumpar next week.

[Mana]

Originally Posted by Tennis Fool

Katya is the #1 seed at the 25K Moscow, her first tournament since AO qualies. She has nothing to defend here, but first round points for Kuala Lumpar next week.

Finally back playing - But clearly rusty/sucking.

R1: (Q)Yuliya Kalabina (RUS) d. (1)Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) 61 62

Katya playing in KL next week, defending 30 points. Needed a good result here. Now gotta hope for a miracle next week now.

[Tennis Fool]

Wonder if that was a tank

[Mana]

Originally Posted by Tennis Fool

Wonder if that was a tank

Not playing doubles, so I would assume yes.

She's 2 out of the MD in KL next week, but not in qualies. She should and has to make the MD cut to be able to play.

[Tennis Fool]

Didn't make KL, but back playing $25K Moscow, where she's the #1 seed. Has fast-rising Russian Ekaterina Yashina first round.

[Mana]

Katya could just as easily win this tournament as she could crash out in the first round.

Let's see who turns up to play.

[Tennis Fool]

Katya won her opening match relatively easily. Next plays qualifier and newcomer, Nastya Frolova, who's been putting up some nice results. Katya should also win this, however.

[Mana]

Katya

Any wins good at this stage.

I can't understand why she hasn't played doubles all year?

[Tennis Fool]

No clue. Maybe she wants to focus on her singles game.