There’s a raindrop or two out there in the South Carolina skies this morning. Family Circle Cup qualifying play was originally supposed to begin at 10:00 a.m. and was moved to 9:30 a.m. That might have been optimistic as the forecast calls for the rain early today. It might be a long day of on-again, off-again outdoor frustratation, but fingers are crossed.
Having never had the benefit of witnessing the young USA talent of Hayley Carter, Abigail Spears, Shelby Rogers, Maria Sanchez, Emily Harman or Tetiania Luzhanska, today will be a day of first impressions for this sleep-deprived tweeter.
As @WTAToday pointed out last night, the Shvedova-Pegula fight should be particularly entertaining. Other matches of note, in no particular order:
Heather Watson vs. Melanie Oudin: Both of these players could argue that they were handed the toughest draw in qualifying. Watson’s game is on the rise, and Oudin desperately needs to win some matches.
Julia Cohen vs. Shelby Rogers–It’s the North vs. the South as the young South Carolinian takes on Philadelphia’s Julia Cohen.
Andrea Hlavackova vs. Kristina Mladenovic—Hlavackova hails from a brewing family and has earned half of a law degree. What could be more interesting than watching her, even if you’re not a beer-drinking attorney whose twitter alter-ego is @BaltoBeerBaron?
Veteran vs. Upstart division:
Alexandra Cadantu vs. Marta Domachowska
Melinda Czink vs. Hayley Carter
Mirjana Lucic vs. Simone Kalhorn
—S. Fogleman
Tennis Atlantic 
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