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[PierreC]

CLASSIC FIELD

Auckland, January 1-6

Jelena Jankovic (Serbia, world No 12)
Anastasia Myskina (Russia, 16)
Marion Bartoli (France, 17)
Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia, 18)
Vera Zvonareva (Russia, 24)
Eleni Daniliidou (Greece, 36)
Shenay Perry (US, 44)
Jamea Jackson (US, 45)
Jelena Kostanic (Croatia, 46)
Romina Oprandi (Italy, 49)
Nathalie Dechy (France, 50)
Paola Suarez (Argentina, 55)
Emilie Loit (France, 56)
Aiko Nakamura (Japan, 58)
Gisela Dulko (Argentina, 60)
Vania King (US, 61)
Kaia Kanepi (Estonia, 64)
Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria, 66)
Sania Mirza (India, 67)
Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain, 69)
Laura Granville (US, 70)
Jarmila Gajdosova (Slovakia, 71)
Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia, 72)

Also

Three wildcards, four qualifiers, two ITF feeder tournament winners, Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia, 156) and Ayumi Morita (Japan, 184)

[Davenport]

Pavlyuchenkova is causing an argument because she's trying to get a MWC.

[PierreC]

really? is it looking like she'll get one? That would be pretty good for such an event...

[Davenport]

I don't think there's been an official response.

She is getting a QWC for the Aus Open though. (She won the junior one last year.)

[PierreC]

that is great. I hope she qualifies so I can see her play:)

[Sean.J.S.]

I love Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (except her name is a little bit long)

She is ranked 413 but is only 15 years old and won two junior Grand Slams in 2006 (Australian and US Open).

Hopefully she gets a WCMD for ASB Classic :)

I also hope she plays Australian Open QWC :)

[Sean.J.S.]

Where did you hear that? Can you give me a link please?

She is getting a QWC for the Aus Open though.

[Sean.J.S.]

The entry list has been updated and Vania King (USA 61), Tszvetana Pironkova (BUL 66) and Jarmila Gadjosova (SLO 71) have withdrawn and have been replaced by Jill Craybas (USA 73), Camille Pin (FRA 75) and Emma Laine (FIN 77).

http://www.aucklandtennis.co.nz/asb_classic/2006/12/05/confirmed-direct-entrant-list-for-2007-asb-classic/

[Sean.J.S.]

ASB Classic Field (Updated)

Auckland, January 1-6

Jelena Jankovic (Serbia, world No 12)
Anastasia Myskina (Russia, 16)
Marion Bartoli (France, 17)
Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia, 18)
Vera Zvonareva (Russia, 24)
Eleni Daniliidou (Greece, 36)
Shenay Perry (US, 44)
Jamea Jackson (US, 45)
Jelena Kostanic (Croatia, 46)
Romina Oprandi (Italy, 49)
Nathalie Dechy (France, 50)
Paola Suarez (Argentina, 55)
Emilie Loit (France, 56)
Aiko Nakamura (Japan, 58)
Gisela Dulko (Argentina, 60)
Kaia Kanepi (Estonia, 64)
Sania Mirza (India, 67)
Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain, 69)
Laura Granville (US, 70)
Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia, 72)
Jill Craybas (US, 73)
Camille Pin (France, 75)
Emma Laine (Finland, 77)

Players in bold are my favs :D Only two of them coming to Auckland :(

[Davenport]

I didn't know you liked her too. I've been following her since the beginning of the year. She's so talented. I lost the link weeks ago, sorry.

Somebody else on wtaworld has that watch out for AP in their sig? Is that you? I never found out what your name on wtaworld was.

[Sean.J.S.]

The person on WTA World who has AP in their sig is bg01. Is that the person who are talking about? They post quite a bit on Dokic's Domain (Jelena's player forum) as I do. I don't have AP in my sig at the moment coz I have players who I'll be supporting at Australian Open 2007 but now I find out she might have QWC? Once I get conformation of that I will add her to my sig :)

Btw my name on WTA World is Verdasco :) What is yours?

I didn't know you liked her too. I've been following her since the beginning of the year. She's so talented. I lost the link weeks ago, sorry.

Somebody else on wtaworld has that watch out for AP in their sig? Is that you? I never found out what your name on wtaworld was.

[rafa's best friend]

The person on WTA World who has AP in their sig is bg01. Is that the person who are talking about? They post quite a bit on Dokic's Domain (Jelena's player forum) as I do. I don't have AP in my sig at the moment coz I have players who I'll be supporting at Australian Open 2007 but now I find out she might have QWC? Once I get conformation of that I will add her to my sig :)

Btw my name on WTA World is Verdasco :) What is yours?
You know what instead of wishing Dokic back, we should tell Williams sisters that if they don't start to play seriously again soon, we are going to revoke all their endorsments................:)

[Sean.J.S.]

Um ...

You know what instead of wishing Dokic back, we should tell Williams sisters that if they don't start to play seriously again soon, we are going to revoke all their endorsments................:)

[Davenport]

The person on WTA World who has AP in their sig is bg01. Is that the person who are talking about? They post quite a bit on Dokic's Domain (Jelena's player forum) as I do. I don't have AP in my sig at the moment coz I have players who I'll be supporting at Australian Open 2007 but now I find out she might have QWC? Once I get confirmation of that I will add her to my sig :)

Btw my name on WTA World is Verdasco :) What is yours?
Oh, yeah, I thought it was the boiled egg. After I posted that, I found you and I immediately knew you were Verdasco. :) I can't wait for conformation as well! :)

I'm just Dav there, but the site doesn't let me post for some odd reason...

[Sean.J.S.]

The site doesn't let you have very long signatures :(. I wanted to add more players to my list of players I'm supporting at Australian Open. I would definitely add Jelena, Mary (Pierce), Monica and Jennifer (Capriati) to the list if they were playing in AO 2007.

Oh, yeah, I thought it was the boiled egg. After I posted that, I found you and I immediately knew you were Verdasco. :) I can't wait for conformation as well! :)

I'm just Dav there, but the site doesn't let me post for some odd reason...

[Aussiefan]

The site doesn't let you have very long signatures :(. I wanted to add more players to my list of players I'm supporting at Australian Open. I would definitely add Jelena, Mary (Pierce), Monica and Jennifer (Capriati) to the list if they were playing in AO 2007.

really? You should PM Pierre, he might fix that for you:)

[PierreC]

Indeed...if you are coming up with some problems doing so, just let me know, I'll look into the reason and try to fix that...

[Davenport]

I had that problem as well, on Kournikova.com though. (Same type of message board, no?) You can only have so many charachters in your sig or in PMs. Maybe posts too.

Thanks for looking into it, Pierre. :)

[Terrell]

does it work ok on other boards?

[Sean.J.S.]

I was talking about WTA World but I wouldn't mind if I could have more characters in my signature on Tennisrulz messageboards. If we are to discuss this issue further I think we need a new thread because it is so off-topic commenting it on ASB Classic commitments.

really? You should PM Pierre, he might fix that for you:)

[PierreC]

I'll be very curious to see how well Gisela Dulko can start her year, she had so many ups and downs in 2006...

[Aussiefan]

yeah, not sure Gisela has much of a game anymore, not enough power..

[Kirilenkofan]

Gisela has a lot of variety in her game, she had some ups and downs last year but then again, part of that was beecause of personal issues I'm sure...

[Sean.J.S.]

I think Gisela has had more downs than ups in 2006. Not that I care because I'm not a fan of hers.

[PierreC]

I have not heard any news about her in the past month or so, I hope she had a good off-season...