[auntie janie]

Okay! Now, who should we be rooting for in the qualies, for starters?

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

Janie ..... we only got 1 left in from 4 starters

Svetlana Kuznetsova is our last hope and she will qualify.

Also Olga Barabanschikova won

 

[Martian KC]

On the men's side Yuri Schukin......quite talented.

 

[auntie janie]

In that case...Good Luck Svetlana and Yuri!

 

[auntie janie]

All in the same 8th of the Draw:

*Elena D *Anastasia *Alina J *Anna K

In the next 8th -- still in the same Quarter as those above:

*Lina K *Elena L

Not in the same Quarter, but still in the same Half:

*Elena B. *Svetlana K, qualifier [in separate 8ths from each other]

Am I missing anybody?

I am not including Tatarkova, who also qualified.

 

[auntie janie]

Meanwhile, back in the Qualies, Kuznetsova advanced easily to the final round.

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

I hate the draw

what am i gonna do ????

All my girls and every one on same day.

HELP , i need to duplicate myself

Elena v Alinka pffffff with winner to play Anastasia hopefully

Anna v Juju

At least Lina got a decent draw

 

[bubble]

what an awful draw for the girls......

Congrats to Sveta! Keep going!

 

[ys]

Fucking draw...

The only consolation is that the draw is incredibly bottom heavy, and all our girls are in the top half.

We can only hope that Sveta ends up planted in the bottom half..

 

[marshmellow]

go see the anna vs juju match boiledegg

....

that way you can take cool pics of anna for me!

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

Anna v Juju will be night match i can assure you so I won't be there, only see that on TV.

Only going to day session matches plus any night match involving Russian players other than Anna ( can get in simple)

 

[gorecki]

Too bad for Anna K drawing JuJu in the opening round!!!

Best of Luck to Elena L + D + B / Lina K !

 

[auntie janie]

VERY tough for you, Eggy! Help whoever you can!

 

[ys]

However, if there is be another withdrawal from seeded player, Lina could be moved from her current spot.. So, I'd say that she can be least sure that she is going to play according to her current draw..

 

[auntie janie]

Meanwhile, back in the Qualies, Kuznetsova won the first set 6-1, but is down 0-3 in the 2nd...

What a pleasure to have the wonderful Live Scoreboard at the AO web site -- functioning even for the qualies! -- after the hassle of struggling to find out anything the past 2 weeks!

 

[auntie janie]

Katalin easily took the 2nd set ... Svetlana has gone to the dogs. 6-1, 1-6 now ... waht a goofy score!

Can the Last Russian Qualifier fight back? I know nothign about either of these players so i can't say!

 

[auntie janie]

Nice recovery for Svetlana, who is into the main draw! Well done, kid!

 

[auntie janie]

Naturally, Svetlana has landed in the same half of the draw as all the other Russian players! She is in Bovina's quarter, and her first opponent is the korean player, Cho.

Best of luck to her!

I did forget someone on the post about Russian placements in the draw - Elena Likhotseva, the 30th seed. I'll go back and add these two to that post to give a complete picture.

 

[auntie janie]

Russian Main Draw action starts today after all! Lina K. has to get ready to go into battle against the wily veteran, Conchita!

Can she make this adjustment? Can Eggy help Lina get ready?

 

[auntie janie]

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!!!!

How many Russian ladies will be left in the draw by tomorrow? We will see VERY SOON!

Good luck to:

Lina
Elena, Elena, and Elena
Anastasia
Svetlana
Tatiana

and while I'm at it I must throw in:
Iroda!