Australian Open second round qualifying


By Maarten Heida
January 15 2005

In a frantic second round in qualifying another 4 seeded scalps were claimed. The most notable among them was 3rd seed Liliah Osterloh of the United States, who succumbed to Dutch youngster Michaëlla Krajicek in straight sets. Australian open second round qualifying

 

Krajicek started off well, taking Osterloh’s service early. Krajicek then managed to fend off 13 breakpoints in a row, until Osterloh finally managed to break Krajicek in the first set at the 14th attempt, coming back to 4-4 in the first set.

 

Osterloh could not hold her own serve and left Krajicek to successfully serve for the first set, taking it 6-4. In the second set Osterloh still tried to fight back, but an early break at 1-2 for Krajicek ended all hopes for Osterloh.

 

Krajicek managed to notch another break to finish off the match at 6-2. Krajicek now hopes to overcome 14th seeded Russian Galina Voskoboeva to reach the Main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in her young career.

Other seeds to go out were 10th seed Milagros Sequera of Venezuela, 11th seed Tiantian Sun of China and 24th seed Conchita Martinez-Granados of Spain.

 

Results second round qualifying:

Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL, 1) d. Maria-Fernanda Alves (BRA) 6-3, 6-3

Shahar Peer (ISR, 19) d. Daniella Dominikovic (AUS) 6-4, 6-1

Final round match:

Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL, 1) - Shahar Peer (ISR,19)

My prediction:

Karatantcheva will reach the main draw of the Australian open for the first time in her career.

 

Yoon-Jeong Cho (KOR) d. Eva Hrdinova (CZE) 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-1

Jessica Kirkland (USA) d. Conchita Martinez-Granados (ESP, 24) 7-5, 6-2

Final round match:

Yoon-Jeong Cho (KOR) - Jessica Kirkland (USA)

My prediction:

Yoon-Jeong Cho to scrape through, hoping to better her second round performance of last year.

 

Michaëlla Krajicek (NED) d. Liliah Osterloh (USA, 3) 6-4, 6-2

Galina Voskoboeva (RUS, 14) d. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) 6-3, 6-0

Final round match:

Michaëlla Krajicek (NED) - Galina Voskoboeva (RUS,14)

My prediction:

Krajicek might reach the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time.

 

Nannan Liu (CHN) d. Vanessa Henke (GER) 6-1, 6-2

Yuka Yoshida (JPN) d. Katerina Bohmova (CZE) 7-5, 6-2

Final round match:

Nannan Liu (CHN) - Yuka Yoshida (JPN)

My prediction:

Yoshida might reach the main draw for the first since qualifying 4 times in a row until 1999.

 

Elena Baltacha (GBR) d. Jaslyn Hewitt (AUS) 6-2, 6-0

Teryn Ashley (USA) d. Shikha Uberoi (USA) 6-3, 6-3

Final round match:

Elena Baltacha (GBR) - Teryn Ashley (USA)

My prediction:

Elena Baltacha to make her second main draw appearance in the Australian Open.

 

Angela Haynes (USA, 6) d. Jamea Jackson (USA) 6-1, 6-4

Elise Tamaela (NED) d. Natalie Grandin (RSA) 7-5, 6-1

Final round match:

Angela Haynes (USA, 6) - Elise Tamaela (NED)

My prediction:

Haynes to make her first main draw appearance outside the US open.

 

Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE, 7) d. Lana Popadic (CRO) 6-3, 6-2

Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN, 17) d. Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR) 6-4, 6-3

Final round match:

Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE, 7) - Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN, 17)

My prediction:

Ondraskova to make her second main draw appearance at the Australian Open.

 

Zsofia Gubacsi (HUN) d. Maret Ani (EST) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

Jennifer Hopkins (USA, 13) d. Olivia Lukaszewicz (AUS) 6-1, 6-1

Final round match:

Zsofia Gubacsi (HUN) - Jennifer Hopkins (USA, 13)

My prediction:

Hopkins might reach her fourth main draw appearance at the Australian Open.

 

Lina Krasnoroutskaya (RUS, 9) d. Lourdes Dominguez-Lino (ESP) 6-3, 6-2

Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR, 16) d. Martina Muller (GER) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2

Final round match:

Lina Krasnoroutskaya (RUS, 9) - Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR, 16)

My prediction:

Krasnoroutskaya to get a shot at bettering her third round performance of last year.

 

Sandra Kloesel (GER) d. Milagros Sequera (VEN, 10) 6-3, 6-2

Ting Li (CHN) d. Edina Gallovits (ROM) 6-4, 6-2

Final round match:

Sandra Kloesel (GER) - Ting Li (CHN)

My prediction:

Ting Li to reach the main draw for the fourth year in succession

 

Sunitha Rao (USA) d. Tiantian Sun (CHN, 11) 6-3, 6-2

Meilen Tu (USA) d. Vilmarie Castellvi-Castillo (PUR, 21) 7-5, 6-4

Final round match:

Sunitha Rao (USA) - Meilen Tu (USA)

My prediction:

Meilen Tu to keep her run of reaching the main draw alive at 8.

 

Aiko Nakamura (JPN, 12) d. Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 6-3, 6-4

Lenka Nemeckova (CZE, 20) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 6-0, 6-0

Final round match:

Aiko Nakamura (JPN,12) - Lenka Nemeckova (CZE,20)

My prediction:

Nakamura might reach the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career.

Bookmark or share this story with: