[TeamUla]

Yeah - and Paula has a sponsor now so she will play 4 more tournament this year - because some companies see potential at her.

And nobody sees it at Martunha

[TeamUla]

Paula won her 1st match against Chin-Wei Chan 64 63.
It makes her very close to top200 (22 points to her ranking).
She still has to defend 42 points from the last year (Opole final and Bratislava R2).

Next opponent probably Ayumi Morita.

[Jerem]

Lost 2-6 2-6 to Morita, but it was the first time I was able to watch her playing during a full match and she has an interesting game

Too many errors today but Morita is really quick on the court, Paula isn't at this level yet.

[TeamUla]

Yeah - too much errors and Morita was consistent.
Paula commited so many errors because I saw her knee work was not ready for that court (she should have worked on low legs). Good luck in the next tournaments! (Mińsk and Zawada 25ks)

[TeamUla]

Paula in Polish tennis press said that making ranking for AO quallies is her goal.

[Adrian.]

@ vulture

[Jerem]

Originally Posted by Adrian.

@ vulture

Indeed, she plays 25k tournaments
You obviously didn't see her playing She hits the ball well but she still has to get used to a higher level of play. She hasn't got so many opportunities to play against top 50-100 players so far, and she will need that matches.

Great season already, anyway

[TeamUla]

paula will be 207th on Monday.

[TeamUla]

Minsk draw:

(1)Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) v Q
Anastasiya Vasylyeva (UKR) v Alexandra Artamonova (RUS)
Pemra Ozgen (TUR) v Veronika Kapshay (UKR)
(8)Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) v Q

(3)Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) v (wc)Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR)
Lisa Whybourn (GBR) v Q
Iryna Bremond (FRA) v (wc)Khrystsina Kandratsiuk (BLR)
(5)Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) v Q

(6)Tadeja Majeric (SLO) v Q
Q v Q
Yuliya Kalabina (RUS) v Q
(4)Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) v Margalita Chakhnashvili (GEO)

(7)Valentyna Ivakhnenko (UKR) v (wc)Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR)
Estelle Guisard (FRA) v Ilona Kremen (BLR)
Ksenia Lykina (RUS) v Polina Pekhova (BLR)
(2)Paula Kania (POL) v (wc)Darya Lebesheva (BLR)

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(1)Kichenok/Kichenok (UKR/UKR) v Lebesheva/Valetova (BLR/RUS)
Ianchuk/Pirazhenka (UKR/BLR) v Shkudun/Yashina (UKR/RUS)
(3)Lykina/Melnikova (RUS/RUS) v Kirillova/Vasylyeva (RUS/UKR)
Bychkova/Pashkova (RUS/RUS) v Kremen/Marozava (BLR/BLR)

(wc)Dubavets/Shymanovich (BLR/BLR) v (wc)Ladutska/Tolibova (BLR/BLR)
(4)Gasparyan/Kapshay (RUS/UKR) v (wc)Kandratsiuk/Sabalenka (BLR/BLR)
Frolova/Lazareva (RUS/RUS) v Dzehalevich/Sasnovich (BLR/BLR)
(2)Kania/Pekhova (POL/BLR) v Artamonova/Monova (RUS/RUS)

[Adrian.]

and now tell me she is not vulturing

[TeamUla]

She's not. She's just visiting her friend Polina and wants to win doubles with her friend at her hometown. This is the tournament where she doesn't have to pay for hotel etc. because Polina is hosting her which is good for her wallet

And she needs points to make AO quallies. Marta should follow Paula's footsteps because probably she won't even make the cut.

[Adrian.]

Originally Posted by PainfulTruth

She's not. She's just visiting her friend Polina and wants to win doubles with her friend at her hometown. This is the tournament where she doesn't have to pay for hotel etc. because Polina is hosting her which is good for her wallet

And she needs points to make AO quallies. Marta should follow Paula's footsteps because probably she won't even make the cut.

Marta won't go to Australia anyway

[TeamUla]

Paula d. Lebesheva 62 62
Lykina next

[TeamUla]

Kania/Pekhova d. Artamonova/Monova 76(5) 62
Tomorrow against Dzehalevich/Sasnovich

By the way - Paula is treated like a star in Minsk. Both of her today matches were on court with camera and so will tomorrow matches

[Jerem]

Originally Posted by PainfulTruth

By the way - Paula is treated like a star in Minsk. Both of her today matches were on court with camera and so will tomorrow matches

Well, it's quite normal as she's the 2nd seed in singles and in doubles too with a Belarusian

Great chances to perform well there